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9 Leaders of the Labour Party since 1906

From 1906 until 1922 the leader was formally "Chairman of the Parliamentary Labour Party".

• Keir Hardie 1906- 1908
• Arthur Henderson 1908- 1910
• George Nicoll Barnes 1910- 1911
• Ramsay MacDonald 1911- 1914
• Arthur Henderson 1914- 1917
• William Adamson 1917- 1921
• John Robert Clynes 1921- 1922

From 1922 until 1970 the leader was formally "Leader of the Labour Party" and "Chairman of the Parliamentary Labour Party". However these two posts were occasionally split, usually when the party was in government or when the leader of the party did not sit in the House of Commons.

• Ramsay MacDonald 1922- 1931
• Arthur Henderson 1931- 1932

(Arthur Henderson lost his seat in the Commons a couple of months after becoming leader. For the remainder of his leadership, the Chairman of the Parliamentary Labour Party was George Lansbury.)

• George Lansbury 1932- 1935
• Clement Attlee 1935- 1955
• Hugh Gaitskell 1955- 1963 (died in office)
• Harold Wilson 1963- 1976

In 1970 the posts of "Leader of the Labour Party" and "Chairman of the Parliamentary Labour Party" were split with the latter having no policy role.

• James Callaghan 1976- 1980
• Michael Foot 1980- 1983
• Neil Kinnock 1983- 1992
• John Smith 1992- 1994 (died in office)
• Tony Blair 1994-present

10 Deputy leaders of the Labour Party since 1922

• John Robert Clynes 1922- 1931
• Jointly John Robert Clynes 1931- 1932 and William Graham 1931- 1932 (died in office)
• Clement Attlee 1932- 1935
• Arthur Greenwood 1935- 1945
• Herbert Morrison 1945- 1955
• James Griffiths 1955- 1959
• Aneurin Bevan 1959- 1960
• George Brown 1960- 1970
• Roy Jenkins 1970- 1972
• Edward Short 1972- 1976
• Michael Foot 1976- 1980
• Denis Healey 1980- 1983
• Roy Hattersley 1983- 1992
• Margaret Beckett 1992- 1994
• John Prescott 1994-present.

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