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Chancellor of the Exchequer

Lead minister of His Majesty's Treasury

Chancellor of the Exchequer

Lead minister of His Majesty's Treasury

FieldValue
postUnited Kingdom
Chancellor of the Exchequer
Second Lord of the Treasury
insigniaCoat of arms of the United Kingdom (2022, lesser arms).svg
insigniacaptionRoyal Arms of His Majesty's Government
imageFile:Rachel Reeves Official Cabinet Portrait, July 2024 (cropped 2).jpg
incumbentRachel Reeves
incumbentsince5 July 2024
departmentHis Majesty's Treasury
style
typeMinister of the Crown
statusGreat Office of State
member_of
reports_toFirst Lord of the Treasury (Prime Minister of the United Kingdom)
seatWestminster
residence[11 Downing Street](11-downing-street)
nominatorFirst Lord of the Treasury
appointerThe Monarch
appointer_qualified(on the advice of the Prime Minister)
termlengthAt His Majesty's pleasure
salary£163,891 per annum (2024)
(including £91,346 MP salary)
formationc. 1221
firstEustace of Fauconberg (in the Kingdom of England only)
deputyChief Secretary to the Treasury
website
Note

Chancellor of the Exchequer Second Lord of the Treasury (including £91,346 MP salary)

The chancellor of the exchequer, often abbreviated to chancellor, is a senior minister of the Crown within the Government of the United Kingdom, and the head of His Majesty's Treasury. As one of the four Great Offices of State, the chancellor is a high-ranking member of the British Cabinet.

Responsible for all economic and financial matters, the role is equivalent to that of a finance minister in other countries. The chancellor is now always Second Lord of the Treasury as one of at least six Lords Commissioners of the Treasury, responsible for executing the office of the Treasurer of the Exchequer the others are the prime minister and Commons government whips. In the 18th and early 19th centuries, it was common for the prime minister also to serve as Chancellor of the Exchequer if he sat in the Commons; the last chancellor who was simultaneously prime minister and Chancellor of the Exchequer was Stanley Baldwin in 1923. Formerly, in cases when the chancellorship was vacant, the lord chief justice of the King's Bench would act as chancellor pro tempore. The last lord chief justice to serve in this way was Lord Denman in 1834.

The chancellor is the third-oldest major state office in English and British history, and in recent times has come to be the most powerful office in British politics after the prime minister. It originally carried responsibility for the Exchequer, the medieval English institution for the collection and auditing of royal revenues. The earliest surviving records which are the results of the exchequer's audit date from 1129 to 1130 under King Henry I and show continuity from previous years. The chancellor has oversight of fiscal policy, therefore of taxation and public spending across government departments. It previously controlled monetary policy as well until 1997, when the Bank of England was granted independent control of its interest rates.

Since 1718, all chancellors of the exchequer, except at times the lord chief justice of England and Wales as interim holders, have been members of the House of Commons, with Lord Stanhope being the last chancellor from the House of Lords.

The office holder works alongside the other Treasury ministers and the permanent secretary to the Treasury. The corresponding shadow minister is the shadow chancellor of the Exchequer, and the chancellor is also scrutinised by the Liberal Democrat Treasury spokesperson and the Treasury Select Committee.

The current chancellor is Rachel Reeves.

Second Lord of the Treasury

The holder of the office of chancellor of the exchequer is ex officio second lord of the Treasury as a member of the commission exercising the ancient office of Treasurer of the Exchequer. As second lord, her official residence is 11 Downing Street in London, next door to the residence of the first lord of the Treasury (a title that has for many years been held by the prime minister), who resides in 10 Downing Street. While in the past both houses were private residences, today they serve as interlinked offices, with the occupant living in an apartment made from attic rooms previously resided in by servants.

Since 1827, the chancellor has always simultaneously held the office of second lord of the Treasury when that person has not also been the prime minister.

Roles and responsibilities

A previous chancellor, Robert Lowe, described the office in the following terms in the House of Commons, on 11 April 1870: "The Chancellor of the Exchequer is a man whose duties make him more or less of a taxing machine. He is entrusted with a certain amount of misery which it is his duty to distribute as fairly as he can."

Fiscal policy

The chancellor has considerable control over other departments as it is the Treasury that sets Departmental Expenditure Limits. The amount of power this gives to an individual chancellor depends on their personal forcefulness, their status within their party and their relationship with the prime minister. Gordon Brown, who became chancellor when Labour came into Government in 1997, had a large personal power base in the party. Perhaps as a result, Tony Blair chose to keep him in the same position throughout his ten years as prime minister; making Brown an unusually dominant figure and the longest-serving chancellor since the Reform Act 1832. This has strengthened a pre-existing trend towards the chancellor occupying a clear second position among government ministers, elevated above their traditional peers, the foreign secretary and home secretary.

One part of the chancellor's key roles involves the framing of the annual year budget. As of 2017, the first is the Autumn Budget, also known as Budget Day which forecasts government spending in the next financial year and also announces new financial measures. The second is a Spring Statement, also known as a "mini-Budget". Britain's tax year has retained the old Julian end of year: 24 March (Old Style) / 5 April (New Style, i.e. Gregorian). From 1993, the Budget was in spring, preceded by an annual autumn statement. This was then called Pre-Budget Report. The Autumn Statement usually took place in November or December. The 1997, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2012 and 2016 budgets were all delivered on a Wednesday, summarised in a speech to the House of Commons.

The budget is a state secret until the chancellor reveals it in the speech given to Parliament. Hugh Dalton, on his way to giving the budget speech in 1947, inadvertently blurted out key details to a newspaper reporter, and they appeared in print before he made his speech. Dalton was forced to resign.

Monetary policy

Although the Bank of England is responsible for setting interest rates, the chancellor also plays an important part in the monetary policy structure. They set the inflation target which the Bank must set interest rates to meet. Under the Bank of England Act 1998 the chancellor has the power of appointment of four out of nine members of the Bank's Monetary Policy Committee – the so-called 'external' members. They also have a high level of influence over the appointment of the Bank's Governor and Deputy Governors, and has the right of consultation over the appointment of the two remaining MPC members from within the Bank. The Act also provides that the Government has the power to give instructions to the Bank on interest rates for a limited period in extreme circumstances. This power has never been officially used.

Ministerial arrangements

At HM Treasury the chancellor is supported by a political team of four junior ministers and by permanent civil servants. The most important junior minister is the chief secretary to the Treasury, a member of the Cabinet, to whom the negotiations with other government departments on the details of government spending are delegated, followed by the paymaster general, the financial secretary to the Treasury and the economic secretary to the Treasury. Whilst not continuously in use, there can also be appointed a commercial secretary to the Treasury and an exchequer secretary to the Treasury. Two other officials are given the title of a secretary to the Treasury, although neither is a government minister in the Treasury: the parliamentary secretary to the Treasury is the Government chief whip in the House of Commons; the permanent secretary to the Treasury is not a minister but the senior civil servant in the Treasury.

The chancellor is obliged to be a member of the Privy Council, and thus is styled the Right Honourable (Rt. Hon.). Because the House of Lords is excluded from financial matters by tradition confirmed by the Parliament Acts 1911 and 1949, the office is effectively limited to members of the House of Commons; apart from the occasions when the lord chief justice of the King's Bench has acted as interim chancellor. The last peer to hold the office was Henry Booth, 2nd Baron Delamer (created Earl of Warrington shortly after leaving office) from 9 April 1689 to 18 March 1690. The chancellor holds the formerly independent office of Master of the Mint as a subsidiary office.

Perquisites of the office

Official residence

The chancellor has no official London residence as such but since 1828 in their role as Second Lord of the Treasury they live in the second lord's official residence, No. 11 Downing Street. In 1997, the then first and second Lords, Tony Blair and Gordon Brown respectively, swapped apartments, as the chancellor's larger apartment in No. 11 better accommodated Blair's substantial family (besides himself and his wife, he had three children under 18 upon taking office, and a fourth was born in 2000); meanwhile, Brown was then unmarried and had no children.

Dorneywood

Main article: Dorneywood

Dorneywood is the summer residence that is traditionally made available to the chancellor, though it is the prime minister who ultimately decides who may use it. Gordon Brown, on becoming chancellor in 1997, refused to use it and the house, which is set in 215 acre of parkland, was allocated to Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott. In 2007, it reverted to the then-chancellor, Alistair Darling.

Budget box

Budget box or Gladstone box, {{circa}} 1860

The chancellor traditionally carries their budget speech to the House of Commons in a particular red despatch box. The so-called 'Budget Box' is identical to the cases used by all other government ministers (known as ministerial boxes or "despatch boxes") to transport their official papers, but is better known because the chancellor traditionally displays the box, containing the budget speech, to the press before leaving 11 Downing Street for the House of Commons.

The original budget box was first used by William Ewart Gladstone in 1853 and continued in use until 1965 when James Callaghan was the first chancellor to break with tradition when he used a newer box. Prior to Gladstone, a generic red despatch box of varying design and specification was used. The practice is said to have begun in the late 16th century, when Queen Elizabeth I's representative Francis Throckmorton presented the Spanish Ambassador, Bernardino de Mendoza, with a specially constructed red briefcase filled with black puddings.

In July 1997, Gordon Brown became the second chancellor to use a new box for the Budget. Made by industrial trainees at Babcock Rosyth Defence Ltd ship and submarine dockyard in Fife, the new box is made of yellow pine, with a brass handle and lock, covered in scarlet leather and embossed with the Royal cypher and crest and the chancellor's title. In his first Budget, in March 2008, Alistair Darling reverted to using the original budget box and his successor, George Osborne, continued this tradition for his first budget, before announcing that it would be retired due to its fragile condition. The key to the original budget box has been lost.

Budget tipple

By tradition, the chancellor has been allowed to drink whatever they wish while making the annual budget speech to Parliament. This includes alcohol, which is otherwise banned under parliamentary rules.

Previous chancellors have opted for whisky (Kenneth Clarke), gin and tonic (Geoffrey Howe), brandy and water (Benjamin Disraeli and John Major), spritzer (Nigel Lawson) and sherry and beaten egg (William Gladstone).

The chancellors after Clarke, Philip Hammond, George Osborne, Alistair Darling and Gordon Brown, opted for water. In fact Darling drank what was named "Standard Water" in reference to, and support of, the London Evening Standard newspaper's campaign to have plain tap water available in restaurants at no charge to customers.

Robe of office

The chancellor has a robe of office, similar to that of the lord chancellor (as seen in several of the portraits depicted below). In recent times it was regularly worn at coronations, and up until 1997 it was worn annually by the chancellor when attending the Trial of the Pyx. According to George Osborne, the robe (dating from Gladstone's time in office, and worn by the likes of Lloyd George and Churchill) 'went missing' during Gordon Brown's time as chancellor.

List of chancellors of the exchequer

England ({{Circa|1221}} – {{Circa|1558}})

Chancellor of the ExchequerTerm of officeMonarch
(Reign)**Henry III**
[[File:Coat of Arms of England (-1340).svg50px]]
(1216–1272)**Edward I**
[[File:Coat of Arms of England (-1340).svg50px]]
(1272–1307)**Edward II**
[[File:Coat of Arms of England (-1340).svg50px]]
(1307–1327)**Edward III**
[[File:Coat of Arms of Edward III of England (1327-1377) (Attributed).svg50px]]
(1327–1377)
**Richard II**
[[File:Coat of Arms of Richard II of England (1377-1399).svg50px]]
(1377–1399)**Henry IV**
[[File:Coat of Arms of Henry IV of England (1399-1413).svg50px]]
(1399–1413)**Henry V**
[[File:Coat of Arms of Henry IV & V of England (1413-1422).svg50px]]
(1413–1422)**Henry VI**
[[File:Coat of Arms of Henry VI of England (1422-1471).svg50px]]
(1422–1461)
**Edward IV**
[[File:Coat of Arms of Edward IV of England (1461-1483).svg50px]]
(1461–1470)**Henry VI**
[[File:Coat of Arms of Henry VI of England (1422-1471).svg50px]]
(1470–1471)**Edward IV**
[[File:Coat of Arms of Edward IV of England (1461-1483).svg50px]]
(1471–1483)**Edward V**
[[File:Coat of Arms of Edward V of England (1483).svg50px]]
(1483)
**Richard III**
[[File:Coat of Arms of Richard III of England (1483-1485).svg50px]]
(1483–1485)**Henry VII**
[[File:Coat of Arms of Henry VII of England (1485-1509).svg50px]]
(1485–1509)**Henry VIII**
[[File:Coat_of_Arms_of_England_(1509-1554)_-_Dragon_with_pizzle.png50px]]
(1509–1547)
**Edward VI**
[[File:Coat_of_Arms_of_England_(1509-1554)_-_Dragon_with_pizzle.png50px]]
(1547–1553)
**Mary I**
[[File:Coat of Arms of England (1554-1558).svg50px]]
(1553–1558)
[[File:No image.svg75px]]**Eustace of Fauconberg**
Bishop of London
[[File:No image.svg75px]]**John Maunsell**
Secretary of State
Ralph de Leicesterbefore 1248
Edward of Westminster1248
Albric de Fiscampbefore 1263
[[File:No image.svg75px]]**John Chishull**
12631265
[[File:No image.svg75px]]**Walter Giffard**
Bishop of Bath and Wells12651266
[[File:No image.svg75px]]**Godfrey Giffard**
Lord Chancellor12661268
[[File:No image.svg75px]]**John Chishull**
Lord Chancellor12681269
[[File:No image.svg75px]]**Richard of Middleton**
Archdeacon of Northumberland12691272
Roger de la Leyebefore 1283
Geoffrey de Neuband
Philip de Willoughby12831305
[[File:No image.svg75px]]**John Benstead**
Secretary of State13051306
[[File:No image.svg75px]]**John Sandale**
Bishop of Winchester
13071308
**John** of Markenfield13091312
[[File:No image.svg75px]]**John Hotham**
Bishop of Ely13121316
[[File:No image.svg75px]]**Hervey de Stanton**1316
[[File:BishopWalterStapledon ExeterCathedral.JPG75px]]**Walter Stapledon**
Lord High Treasurer1323
[[File:No image.svg75px]]**Hervey de Stanton**
Chief Justice of the Common Pleas1324
1327
[[File:No image.svg75px]]**Adam de Harvington**
13271330
[[File:No image.svg75px]]**Robert Wodehouse**13301331
[[File:Chichestercathedralrobertstratfordtomb.jpg75px]]**Robert de Stratford**
Bishop of Chichester13311334
John Hildesle
William de Everdon1341
William Askeby
Archdeacon of Northampton1363
[[File:No image.svg75px]]**Robert de Ashton**1375
1377
Sir Walter Barnham
1377
1399
[[File:No image.svg75px]]**Henry Somer**
MP for Middlesex14101437
[[File:No image.svg75px]]**John Somerset**14411447
[[File:No image.svg75px]]**Thomas Browne**
MP for Dover1440?1450?
[[File:No image.svg75px]]**Thomas Witham**1454
[[File:No image.svg75px]]**Thomas Thwaites**
1461
[[File:No image.svg75px]]**Thomas Witham**14651469
**Richard Fowler**1469
1471
[[File:No image.svg75px]]**Thomas Thwaites**
Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
1471
1483
[[File:William Catesby, memorial brass.jpg75px]]**William Catesby**
Speaker of the House of Commons
1483
[[File:Sir Thomas Lovell, bronze medallion.jpg75px]]**Thomas Lovell**
14851524
[[File:John Bourchier, 2nd Baron Berners by Ambrosius Benson.jpg75px]]John Bourchier
2nd **Baron Berners**15241533?
[[File:Cromwell,Thomas(1EEssex)01.jpg75px]]Thomas Cromwell
1st **Earl of Essex**
Secretary of State12 April
153310 June
1540
**John Baker**
MP for Kent1545
1558
[[File:John Baker (1488–1558).jpg75px]]

: Died in office.

England ({{Circa|1558}} – 1708)

Chancellor of the ExchequerTerm of officeMonarch
(Reign)**Elizabeth I**
[[File:Coat of Arms of England (1558-1603).svg50px]]
(1558–1603)**James I**
[[File:Coat of Arms of England (1603-1649).svg50px]]
(1603–1625)**Charles I**
[[File:Coat of Arms of England (1603-1649).svg50px]]
(1625–1649)Vacancy during the Interregnum (1649–1660)Chancellor of the ExchequerTerm of officeMinistryMonarch
(Reign)**Charles II**
[[File:Coat of Arms of England (1660-1689).svg50px]]
(1660–1685)**James II**
[[File:Coat of Arms of England (1660-1689).svg50px]]
(1685–1688)**William III**
&
**Mary II**
[[File:Coat of Arms of England (1689-1694).svg50px]]
(1689–1694)**William III**
[[File:Coat of arms of England (1694–1702).svg50px]]
(1694–1702)Anne
[[File:Coat of Arms of Great Britain (1707-1714).svg50px]]
(1702–1714)
[[File:No image.svg75px]]**Richard Sackville**
MP for SussexFebruary
155921 April
1566
[[File:Walter Mildmay.jpg75px]]**Walter Mildmay**
MP for Northamptonshire156631 May
1589
[[File:Sir John Fortescue by Sidney Hunt.jpg75px]]**John Fortescue**
15891603
[[File:George Home 1st Earl of Dunbar.jpg75px]]George Home
1st **Earl of Dunbar**24 May
1603April
1606
[[File:Unknown man, formerly known as Sir Julius Caesar from NPG.jpg75px]]**Julius Caesar**
MP for Middlesex11 April
16061614
[[File:Fulkegrevillee.jpg75px]]**Fulke Greville**
15 October
16141621
[[File:RichardWeston.jpg75px]]**Richard Weston**
MP for 7 constituencies successively29 January
162115 July
1628
[[File:No image.svg75px]]Edward Barrett
1st **Lord Barrett of Newburgh**14 August
16281629
[[File:Francis Cottington, 1st Baron Cottington from NPG.jpg75px]]Francis Cottington
1st **Baron Cottington**18 April
16296 January
1642
[[File:1stLordColepeper.jpg75px]]**John Colepeper**
MP for Kent6 January
164222 February
1643
[[File:Peter Lely (1618-1680) (after) - Sir Edward Hyde (1609–1674), 1st Earl of Clarendon - 1257076 - National Trust.jpg75px]]**Edward Hyde**February
16431646
[[File:Peter Lely (1618-1680) (after) - Sir Edward Hyde (1609–1674), 1st Earl of Clarendon - 1257076 - National Trust.jpg75px]]Edward Hyde
1st **Baron Hyde**166013 May
1661Clarendon
[[File:Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 1st Earl of Shaftesbury.jpg75px]]Anthony Ashley Cooper
1st **Baron Ashley**13 May
166122 November
1672
Cabal
[[File:No image.svg75px]]**John Duncombe**
MP for Bury St Edmunds22 November
16722 May
1676
Danby I
**John Ernle**
MP for 4 constituencies successively2 May
16769 April
1689
Privy Council
Chits
[[File:Henrybooth.jpg75px]]Henry Booth
2nd **Baron Delamer**9 April
168918 March
1690Carmarthen–Halifax
[[File:No image.svg75px]]**Richard Hampden**
MP for Buckinghamshire18 March
169010 May
1694Carmarthen
[[File:Charles Montagu, 1st Earl of Halifax by Sir Godfrey Kneller, Bt.jpg75px]]**Charles Montagu**
10 May
169431 May
1699Whig Junto I
[[File:John Smith, Speaker of the House of Commons.jpg75px]]**John Smith**
MP for Andover31 May
169923 March
1701Pembroke
**Henry Boyle**
27 March
170122 April
1708
[[File:Henry Boyle Lord Carleton by Godfrey Kneller.jpg75px]]Godolphin–Marlborough
(*Tory–Whig*)

Great Britain (1708–1817)

Chancellor of the ExchequerTerm of officePartyMinistryMonarch
(Reign)**Anne**
[[File:Coat of Arms of Great Britain (1707-1714).svg50px]]
(1702–1714)**George I**
[[File:Coat of Arms of Great Britain (1714-1801).svg50px]]
(1714–1727)
**George II**
[[File:Coat of Arms of Great Britain (1714-1801).svg50px]]
(1727–1760)**George III**
[[File:Coat of Arms of the United Kingdom (1801-1816).svg50px]]
(1760–1820)
Whigs (British political party)}}"[[File:John Smith, Speaker of the House of Commons.jpg75px]]**John Smith**
MP for Andover22 April
170811 August
1710WhigGodolphin–Marlborough
(*Tory–Whig*)
Tories (British political party)}}"[[File:Robert Harley Chancellor of the Exchequer by Kneller.jpg75px]]**Robert Harley**
MP for Radnor11 August
17104 June
1711ToryOxford–Bolingbroke
Tories (British political party)}}"[[File:Bingley.jpg75px]]**Robert Benson**
MP for York4 June
171121 August
1713Tory
Tories (British political party)}}; border-bottom:none"[[File:Sir William Wyndham, 3rd Bt by Jonathan Richardson.jpg75px]]**William Wyndham**
MP for Somerset21 August
171313 October
1714Tory
Tories (British political party)}}; border-top:none"
Whigs (British political party)}}"[[File:Richardonslow.jpg75px]]**Richard Onslow**
MP for Surrey13 October
171412 October
1715WhigTownshend
Whigs (British political party)}}"[[File:Robertwalpole cropped.jpg75px]]**Robert Walpole**
MP for King's Lynn12 October
171515 April
1717Whig
Whigs (British political party)}}"[[File:James Stanhope, 1st Earl Stanhope by Sir Godfrey Kneller, Bt.jpg75px]]James Stanhope
1st **Earl Stanhope**15 April
171720 March
1718WhigStanhope–Sunderland I
Whigs (British political party)}}"[[File:JohnAislabie.jpg75px]]**John Aislabie**
MP for Ripon20 March
171823 January
1721WhigStanhope–Sunderland II
Whigs (British political party)}}"[[File:Sir John Pratt by Michael Dahl.jpg75px]]**John Pratt**
Lord Chief Justice (*interim*)*2 February
1721**3 April
1721*Whig
Whigs (British political party)}}; border-bottom: none"[[File:Robertwalpole cropped.jpg75px]]**Robert Walpole**
1st Earl of Orford
MP for King's Lynn3 April
172112 February
1742WhigWalpole–Townshend
Whigs (British political party)}}; border: none"
Whigs (British political party)}}; border: none"Walpole
Whigs (British political party)}}"[[File:1stLordSandys.jpg75px]]**Samuel Sandys**
MP for Worcester12 February
174212 December
1743WhigCarteret
Whigs (British political party)}}; border:none"[[File:Henry Pelham by William Hoare.jpg75px]]**Henry Pelham**
MP for Sussex12 December
17438 March
1754Whig
Whigs (British political party)}}; border:none"Broad Bottom
(I & II)
Whigs (British political party)}}"[[File:Sir William Lee by C.F. Barker.jpg75px]]**William Lee**
Lord Chief Justice (*interim*)*8 March
1754**6 April
1754*WhigNewcastle I
Whigs (British political party)}}"[[File:HenryBilsonLegge.jpg75px]]**Henry Bilson-Legge**
MP for Orford6 April
175425 November
1755Whig
Whigs (British political party)}}"[[File:Lyttlelton.jpg75px]]**George Lyttelton**
MP for Okehampton25 November
175516 November
1756Whig
Whigs (British political party)}}"[[File:HenryBilsonLegge.jpg75px]]**Henry Bilson-Legge**
MP for Orford16 November
175613 April
1757WhigPitt–Devonshire
Whigs (British political party)}}"[[File:William Murray, Earl of Mansfield LCJ.jpg75px]]William Murray
1st **Earl of Mansfield**
Lord Chief Justice (*interim*)*13 April
1757**2 July
1757*Whig
[1757 Caretaker](1757-caretaker-ministry)
Whigs (British political party)}}; border-bottom:none"[[File:HenryBilsonLegge.jpg75px]]**Henry Bilson-Legge**
2 July
175719 March
1761WhigPitt–Newcastle
Whigs (British political party)}}; border-top:none"
Whigs (British political party)}}"[[File:2ndViscountBarrington.jpg75px]]William Barrington
2nd **Viscount Barrington**
MP for Plymouth19 March
176129 May
1762Whig
Tories (British political party)}}"[[File:Francis Baron le Despencer by Nathaniel Dance-Holland.jpg75px]]**Francis Dashwood**
MP for Weymouth and Melcombe Regis29 May
176216 April
1763ToryBute
(*Tory–Whig*)
Whigs (British political party)}}"[[File:George Grenville (1712–1770) by William Hoare (1707-1792) Cropped.jpg75px]]**George Grenville**
MP for Buckingham16 April
176316 July
1765WhigGrenville
(*Whig–Tory*)
Whigs (British political party)}}"[[File:No image.svg75px]]**William Dowdeswell**
MP for Worcestershire16 July
17652 August
1766WhigRockingham I
Whigs (British political party)}}"[[File:Charles Townshend after Reynolds.jpg75px]]**Charles Townshend**
MP for Harwich2 August
17664 September
1767WhigChatham
(*Whig–Tory*)
Tories (British political party)}}; border:none"[[File:Nathaniel Dance Lord North cropped cropped.jpg75px]]Frederick North
**Lord North**
MP for Banbury11 September
176727 March
1782Tory
Tories (British political party)}}; border:none"Grafton
North
Whigs (British political party)}}"[[File:Lord John Cavendish by GD Tomlinson.jpg75px]]Lord **John Cavendish**
MP for York27 March
178210 July
1782WhigRockingham II
Whigs (British political party)}}"[[File:William Pitt the Younger.jpg75px]]**William Pitt** the Younger
MP for Appleby10 July
178231 March
1783WhigShelburne
(*Whig–Tory*)
Whigs (British political party)}}"[[File:Lord John Cavendish by GD Tomlinson.jpg75px]]Lord **John Cavendish**
MP for York2 April
178319 December
1783WhigFox–North
Tories (British political party)}}"[[File:William Pitt the Younger.jpg75px]]**William Pitt** the Younger
19 December
178314 March
1801ToryPitt I
Tories (British political party)}}"[[File:Henry Addington by Beechey.jpg75px]]**Henry Addington**
MP for Devizes14 March
180110 May
1804ToryAddington
Tories (British political party)}}"[[File:William Pitt the Younger.jpg75px]]**William Pitt** the Younger
MP for Cambridge University10 May
180423 January
1806ToryPitt II
Tories (British political party)}}"[[File:Lord-ellenborough.jpg75px]]Edward Law
1st **Baron Ellenborough**
Lord Chief Justice (*interim*)*23 January
1806**5 February
1806*ToryAll the Talents
(*Whig–Tory*)
Whigs (British political party)}}"[[File:Henry Walton (1746-1813) - Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice, 3rd Marquess of Lansdowne - NPG 178 - National Portrait Gallery.jpg75px]]Lord **Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice**
MP for Cambridge University5 February
180626 March
1807Whig
Tories (British political party)}}"[[File:Spencer PercevalCE.jpg75px]]**Spencer Perceval**
MP for Northampton26 March
180711 May
1812ToryPortland II
Perceval
Tories (British political party)}}"[[File:Nicholas Vansittart by William Owen.jpg75px]]**Nicholas Vansittart**
9 June
181212 July
1817ToryLiverpool

United Kingdom (1817–present)

Although the Kingdoms of Great Britain and Ireland had been united by the Acts of Union 1800, the Exchequers of the two Kingdoms were not consolidated until 1817 under the Consolidated Fund Act 1816 (56 Geo. 3. c. 98). For the holders of the Irish office before this date, see Chancellor of the Exchequer of Ireland.

Chancellor of the ExchequerTerm of officePartyMinistryMonarch
(Reign)**George III**
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(1760–1820)
**George IV**
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(1820–1830)**William IV**
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(1830–1837)**Victoria**
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(1837–1901)**Edward VII**
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(1901–1910)**George V**
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(1910–1936)**Edward VIII**
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(1936)**George VI**
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(1936–1952)**Elizabeth II**
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(1952–2022)**Charles III**
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(2022–present)
Tories (British political party)}}; border-bottom: none"[[File:Nicholas Vansittart by William Owen.jpg75px]]**Nicholas Vansittart**
MP for Harwich12 July 181731 January 1823ToryLiverpool
Tories (British political party)}}; border-top: none"
Tories (British political party)}}"[[File:Frederick John Robinson, 1st Earl of Ripon by Sir Thomas Lawrence cropped.jpg75px]]**Frederick John Robinson**
MP for Ripon31 January 182327 April 1827Tory
Tories (British political party)}}"[[File:George Canning by Richard Evans - detail.jpg75px]]**George Canning**
MP for Seaford27 April 18278 August 1827ToryCanning
(*Canningite–Whig*)
Tories (British political party)}}"[[File:Lord Tenterden LCJ by William Owen.jpg75px]]Charles Abbott
1st **Baron Tenterden**
Lord Chief Justice (*interim*)*8 August 1827**5 September 1827*ToryGoderich
Tories (British political party)}}"[[File:John Charles Herries.jpg75px]]**John Charles Herries**
MP for Harwich5 September 182726 January 1828Tory
Tories (British political party)}}; border-bottom:none"[[File:HenryGoulburn.jpg75px]]**Henry Goulburn**
MP for Armagh26 January 182822 November 1830ToryWellington–Peel
Tories (British political party)}}; border-top:none"
Whigs (British political party)}}"[[File:JC Spencer, Viscount Althorp by HP Bone cropped.jpg75px]]John Spencer
**Viscount Althorp**
22 November 183014 November 1834WhigGrey
Melbourne I
Whigs (British political party)}}"[[File:Thomas Denman, 1st Baron Denman by Sir Martin Archer Shee crop.jpg75px]]Thomas Denman
1st **Baron Denman**
Lord Chief Justice (*interim*)*14 November 1834**15 December 1834*WhigWellington Caretaker
Conservative Party (UK)}}"[[File:Robert Peel by RR Scanlan detail.jpg75px]]**Robert Peel**
MP for Tamworth15 December 18348 April 1835ConservativePeel I
Whigs (British political party)}}; border-bottom:none"[[File:1stBaronMonteagle.jpg75px]]**Thomas Spring Rice**
MP for Cambridge18 April 183526 August 1839WhigMelbourne II
Whigs (British political party)}}; border-top:none"
Whigs (British political party)}}"[[File:Francis Baring, 1st Baron Northbrook by Sir George Hayter.jpg75px]]**Francis Baring**
MP for Portsmouth26 August 183930 August 1841Whig
Conservative Party (UK)}}"[[File:HenryGoulburn.jpg75px]]**Henry Goulburn**
MP for Cambridge University3 September 184127 June 1846ConservativePeel II
Whigs (British political party)}}"[[File:1stViscountHalifax.jpg75px]]**Charles Wood**
MP for Halifax6 July 184621 February 1852WhigRussell I
Conservative Party (UK)}}"[[File:Disraeli.jpg75px]]**Benjamin Disraeli**
MP for Buckinghamshire27 February 185217 December 1852ConservativeWho? Who?
Peelite}}"[[File:WE Gladstone robed NPG.jpg75px]]**William Ewart Gladstone**
MP for Oxford University28 December 185228 February 1855PeeliteAberdeen
(*Peelite–Whig*)
Whigs (British political party)}}"[[File:Sir George Cornewall Lewis, 2nd Bt.jpg75px]]**George Cornewall Lewis**
MP for Radnor28 February 185521 February 1858WhigPalmerston I
Conservative Party (UK)}}"[[File:Disraeli.jpg75px]]**Benjamin Disraeli**
MP for Buckinghamshire26 February 185811 June 1859ConservativeDerby–Disraeli II
Liberal Party (UK)}}"[[File:WE Gladstone robed NPG.jpg75px]]**William Ewart Gladstone**
18 June 185926 June 1866LiberalPalmerston II
Russell II
Conservative Party (UK)}}"[[File:Disraeli.jpg75px]]**Benjamin Disraeli**
MP for Buckinghamshire6 July 186629 February 1868ConservativeDerby–Disraeli III
Conservative Party (UK)}}"[[File:George Ward Hunt (30 July 1825 – 29 July 1877) .jpg75px]]**George Ward Hunt**
MP for North Northamptonshire29 February 18681 December 1868Conservative
Liberal Party (UK)}}"[[File:Robert Lowe, 1st Viscount Sherbrooke by George Frederic Watts.jpg75px]]**Robert Lowe**
MP for London University9 December 186811 August 1873LiberalGladstone I
Liberal Party (UK)}}"[[File:WE Gladstone robed NPG.jpg75px]]**William Ewart Gladstone**
MP for Greenwich11 August 187317 February 1874Liberal
Conservative Party (UK)}}"[[File:Stafford Northcote, 1st Earl of Iddesleigh.jpg75px]]**Stafford Northcote**
MP for North Devonshire21 February 187421 April 1880ConservativeDisraeli II
Liberal Party (UK)}}"[[File:WE Gladstone robed NPG.jpg75px]]**William Ewart Gladstone**
MP for Midlothian28 April 188016 December 1882LiberalGladstone II
Liberal Party (UK)}}"[[File:Hugh Childers, Lock & Whitfield woodburytype, 1876-83 crop.jpg75px]]**Hugh Childers**
MP for Pontefract16 December 18829 June 1885Liberal
Conservative Party (UK)}}"[[File:St Aldwyn Michael Edward Hicks-Beach (1st Earl).jpg75px]]**Michael Hicks Beach**
MP for Bristol West24 June 188528 January 1886ConservativeSalisbury I
Liberal Party (UK)}}"[[File:Sir William Harcourt.jpg75px]]**William Harcourt**
MP for Derby6 February 188620 July 1886LiberalGladstone III
Conservative Party (UK)}}"[[File:Randolph churchill.jpg75px]]Lord **Randolph Churchill**
MP for Paddington South3 August 188622 December 1886ConservativeSalisbury II
Liberal Unionist Party}}"[[File:George Goschen by Bassano.jpg75px]]**George Goschen**
MP for St George Hanover Square14 January 188711 August 1892Liberal Unionist
Liberal Party (UK)}}"[[File:Sir William Harcourt.jpg75px]]**William Harcourt**
MP for Derby18 August 189221 June 1895LiberalGladstone IV
Rosebery
Conservative Party (UK)}}; border-bottom:none"[[File:St Aldwyn Michael Edward Hicks-Beach (1st Earl).jpg75px]]**Michael Hicks Beach**
MP for Bristol West29 June 189511 August 1902ConservativeSalisbury
(III & IV)
(*Con.–Lib.U.*)
Conservative Party (UK)}}; border-top:none"
Conservative Party (UK)}}"[[File:Charles Thomson Ritchie headshot.jpg75px]]**Charles Ritchie**
MP for Croydon11 August 19029 October 1903ConservativeBalfour
Liberal Unionist Party}}"[[File:Austen Chamberlain MP.jpg75px]]**Austen Chamberlain**
MP for East Worcestershire9 October 19034 December 1905Liberal Unionist
Liberal Party (UK)}}"[[File:H H Asquith 1908.jpg75px]]**Herbert Henry Asquith**
MP for East Fife10 December 190516 April 1908LiberalCampbell-Bannerman
Liberal Party (UK)}}; border-bottom:none"[[File:David Lloyd George 1911.jpg75px]]**David Lloyd George**
MP for Caernarvon Boroughs16 April 190825 May 1915LiberalAsquith
(I–III)
Liberal Party (UK)}}; border-top:none"
Liberal Party (UK)}}"[[File:Reginald McKenna photo.jpg75px]]**Reginald McKenna**
MP for North Monmouthshire25 May 191510 December 1916LiberalAsquith Coalition
(*Lib.–Con.–et al.*)
Conservative Party (UK)}}"[[File:Andrew Bonar Law 02.jpg75px]]**Bonar Law**
10 December 191610 January 1919ConservativeLloyd George
(I & II)
Conservative Party (UK)}}"[[File:Austen Chamberlain MP.jpg75px]]**Austen Chamberlain**
MP for Birmingham West10 January 19191 April 1921Conservative
Conservative Party (UK)}}"[[File:Viscount Horne.jpg75px]]**Robert Horne**
MP for Glasgow Hillhead1 April 192119 October 1922Conservative
Conservative Party (UK)}}; border:none"[[File:Stanley Baldwin ggbain.35233 (cropped).jpg75px]]**Stanley Baldwin**
MP for Bewdley27 October 192227 August 1923ConservativeLaw
Conservative Party (UK)}}; border:none"Baldwin I
Conservative Party (UK)}}"[[File:Chamberlain Neville.jpg75px]]**Neville Chamberlain**
MP for Birmingham Ladywood27 August 192322 January 1924Conservative
Labour Party (UK)}}"[[File:Lord Snowden.jpg75px]]**Philip Snowden**
MP for Colne Valley22 January 19243 November 1924LabourMacDonald I
Conservative Party (UK)}}"[[File:Winston Churchill cph.3a49758.jpg75px]]**Winston Churchill**
MP for Epping6 November 19244 June 1929ConservativeBaldwin II
Labour Party (UK)}}"[[File:Lord Snowden.jpg75px]]**Philip Snowden**
MP for Colne Valley7 June 19295 November 1931LabourMacDonald II
National Labour Organisation}}"National LabourNational I
(*N.Lab.–Con.–et al.*)
Conservative Party (UK)}}; border: none"[[File:Chamberlain Neville.jpg75px]]**Neville Chamberlain**
MP for Birmingham Edgbaston5 November 193128 May 1937ConservativeNational II
Conservative Party (UK)}}; border: none"National III
(*Con.–N.Lab.–et al.*)
Conservative Party (UK)}}; border: none"
Conservative Party (UK)}}; border: none"
National Liberal Party (UK, 1931)}}"[[File:Viscount Simon.jpg75px]]**John Simon**
MP for Spen Valley28 May 193712 May 1940Liberal NationalNational IV
Chamberlain War
Conservative Party (UK)}}"[[File:Kinglsey Wood.jpg75px]]**Kingsley Wood**
MP for Woolwich West12 May 194021 September 1943ConservativeChurchill War
(*All parties*)
National Government (United Kingdom)}}; border:none"[[File:John Anderson, 1st Viscount Waverley 1943.jpg75px]]**John Anderson**
MP for Combined Scottish Universities24 September 194326 July 1945Independent
(National)
National Government (United Kingdom)}}; border:none"Churchill Caretaker
(*Con.–Lib.N.*)
Labour Party (UK)}}"[[File:Hugh Dalton.png75px]]**Hugh Dalton**
MP for Bishop Auckland27 July 194513 November 1947LabourAttlee
(I & II)
Labour Party (UK)}}"[[File:Stafford Cripps 1947.jpg75px]]**Stafford Cripps**
13 November 194719 October 1950Labour
Labour Party (UK)}}"[[File:Hugh Gaitskell MP.PNG75px]]**Hugh Gaitskell**
MP for Leeds South19 October 195026 October 1951Labour
Conservative Party (UK)}}; border-bottom:none"[[File:Richard-Austen-Rab-Butler-1st-Baron-Butler-of-Saffron-Walden.jpg75px]]**Richard Austen Butler**
MP for Saffron Walden26 October 195120 December 1955ConservativeChurchill III
Conservative Party (UK)}}; border:none"
Conservative Party (UK)}}; border-top:none"Eden
Conservative Party (UK)}}"[[File:Harold Macmillan in 1942.jpg75px]]**Harold Macmillan**
MP for Bromley20 December 195513 January 1957Conservative
Conservative Party (UK)}}"[[File:Peter Thorneycroft cropped.png75px]]**Peter Thorneycroft**
MP for Monmouth13 January 19576 January 1958ConservativeMacmillan
(I & II)
Conservative Party (UK)}}"[[File:Derick Heathcoat-Amory.png75px]]**Derick Heathcoat-Amory**
MP for Tiverton6 January 195827 July 1960Conservative
Conservative Party (UK)}}"[[File:SelwynLloyd1960.jpg75px]]**Selwyn Lloyd**
MP for Wirral27 July 196013 July 1962Conservative
Conservative Party (UK)}}; border:none"[[File:Reginald Maudling, 1969 (Brightned) (cropped).jpg100x100px]]**Reginald Maudling**
MP for Barnet16 July 196216 October 1964Conservative
Conservative Party (UK)}}; border:none"Douglas-Home
Labour Party (UK)}}"[[File:James Callaghan 1970 (cropped).jpg75px]]**James Callaghan**
MP for Cardiff South East17 October 196429 November 1967LabourWilson
(I & II)
Labour Party (UK)}}"[[File:Roy Jenkins 1977 (cropped).jpg75px]]**Roy Jenkins**
MP for Birmingham Stechford29 November 196719 June 1970Labour
Conservative Party (UK)}}"[[File:The National Archives UK - CO 1069-166-17 Macleod crop.jpg75px]]**Iain Macleod**
MP for Enfield West20 June 197020 July 1970ConservativeHeath
Conservative Party (UK)}}"[[File:Anthony Barber, 1973 (cropped).tif75px]]**Anthony Barber**
MP for Altrincham and Sale25 July 19704 March 1974Conservative
Labour Party (UK)}}"[[File:Denis Healey 2.jpg75px]]**Denis Healey**
MP for Leeds East5 March 19744 May 1979LabourWilson
(III & IV)
Callaghan
Conservative Party (UK)}}"[[File:Geoffrey Howe (1985).jpg75px]]**Geoffrey Howe**
MP for East Surrey4 May 197911 June 1983ConservativeThatcher I
Conservative Party (UK)}}; border:none"[[File:Official portrait of Lord Lawson of Blaby crop 2.jpg75px]]**Nigel Lawson**
MP for Blaby11 June 198326 October 1989ConservativeThatcher II
Conservative Party (UK)}}; border:none"Thatcher III
Conservative Party (UK)}}"[[File:John Major Feb. 1993.jpg75px]]**John Major**
MP for Huntingdon26 October 198928 November 1990Conservative
Conservative Party (UK)}}; border:none"[[File:Norman LAMONT (cropped).jpg100x100px]]**Norman Lamont**
MP for Kingston-upon-Thames28 November 199027 May 1993ConservativeMajor I
Conservative Party (UK)}}; border:none"Major II
Conservative Party (UK)}}"[[File:Kenneth Clarke.gif75px]]**Kenneth Clarke**
MP for Rushcliffe27 May 19932 May 1997Conservative
Labour Party (UK)}}"[[File:Chancellor Gordon Brown official portrait.jpg75px]]**Gordon Brown**
2 May 199727 June 2007LabourBlair
(I, II & III)
Labour Party (UK)}}"[[File:Alistair Darling official portrait.jpg75px]]**Alistair Darling**
MP for Edinburgh South West28 June 200711 May 2010LabourBrown
Conservative Party (UK)}}"[[File:George Osborne HM Treasury.jpg75px]]**George Osborne**
MP for Tatton11 May 201013 July 2016ConservativeCameron–Clegg
(*Con.–L.D.*)
Cameron II
Conservative Party (UK)}}"[[File:Philip Hammond 2016.jpg108x108px]]**Philip Hammond**
MP for Runnymede and Weybridge13 July 201624 July 2019ConservativeMay I
May II
Conservative Party (UK)}}; border:none"[[File:Official portrait of Rt Hon Sajid Javid MP crop 2.jpg100x100px]]**Sajid Javid**
MP for Bromsgrove24 July 2019[13 February 2020](2020-british-cabinet-reshuffle)ConservativeJohnson I
Conservative Party (UK)}}; border:none"Johnson II
Conservative Party (UK)}}"[[File:Rishi Sunak Official Cabinet Portrait, September 2021 (cropped).jpg100x100px]]**Rishi Sunak**
MP for Richmond (Yorks)13 February 20205 July 2022Conservative
Conservative Party (UK)}}"[[File:Nadhim Zahawi Official Cabinet Portrait, September 2022 (cropped).jpg100x100px]]**Nadhim Zahawi**
MP for Stratford-on-Avon5 July 20226 September 2022Conservative
Conservative Party (UK)}}; border: none"[[File:Kwasi Kwarteng Official Cabinet Portrait, September 2022 (seated) (cropped).jpg100x100px]]**Kwasi Kwarteng**
MP for Spelthorne6 September 202214 October 2022ConservativeTruss
Conservative Party (UK)}}; border: none"
Conservative Party (UK)}}; border: none"[[File:Official portrait of the Chancellor of the Exchequer Jeremy Hunt, 2022 (cropped).jpg100x100px]]**Jeremy Hunt**
MP for South West Surrey14 October 20225 July 2024Conservative
Conservative Party (UK)}}; border:none"Sunak
Labour Party (UK)}}"[[File:Rachel Reeves Official Cabinet Portrait, July 2024 (cropped 2) (cropped).jpg100x100px]]**Rachel Reeves**
MP for Leeds West and Pudsey5 July 2024IncumbentLabourStarmer

Timeline

1817–present

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H. Asquith" bar:LloydGeorge from: 16/04/1908 till: 25/05/1915 color:liberal text:"David Lloyd George" bar:McKenna from: 25/05/1915 till: 10/12/1916 color:liberal text:"Reginald McKenna" bar:BonarLaw from: 10/12/1916 till: 10/01/1919 color:conservative text:"Bonar Law" bar:Horne from: 01/04/1921 till: 27/10/1922 color:conservative text:"Robert Horne" bar:Baldwin from: 27/10/1922 till: 27/08/1923 color:conservative text:"Stanley Baldwin" bar:NChamberlain from: 27/08/1923 till: 22/01/1924 color:conservative from: 05/11/1931 till: 28/05/1937 color:conservative text:"Neville Chamberlain" bar:Snowden from: 22/01/1924 till: 03/11/1924 color:labour from: 07/06/1929 till: 24/08/1931 color:labour from: 24/08/1931 till: 05/11/1931 color:natlabour text:"Philip Snowden bar:Churchill from: 06/11/1924 till: 04/06/1929 color:conservative text:"Winston Churchill" bar:Simon from: 28/05/1937 till: 12/05/1940 color:natliberal text:"John Simon" bar:KWood from: 12/05/1940 till: 21/09/1943 color:conservative text:"Kingsley Wood" bar:Anderson from: 24/09/1943 till: 26/07/1945 color:independent text:"John Anderson" bar:Dalton from: 27/07/1945 till: 13/11/1947 color:labour text:"Hugh Dalton" bar:Cripps from: 13/11/1947 till: 19/10/1950 color:labour text:"Stafford Cripps" bar:Gaitskell from: 19/10/1950 till: 26/10/1951 color:labour text:"Hugh Gaitskell" bar:Butler from: 26/10/1951 till: 20/12/1955 color:conservative text:"Rab Butler" bar:Macmillan from: 20/12/1955 till: 13/01/1957 color:conservative text:"Harold Macmillan" bar:Thorneycroft from: 13/01/1957 till: 06/01/1958 color:conservative text:"Peter Thorneycroft" bar:Heathcoat-Amory from: 06/01/1958 till: 27/07/1960 color:conservative text:"Derick Heathcoat-Amory" bar:Lloyd from: 27/07/1960 till: 13/07/1962 color:conservative text:"Selwyn Lloyd" bar:Maudling from: 16/07/1962 till: 16/10/1964 color:conservative text:"Reginald Maudling" bar:Callaghan from: 17/10/1964 till: 29/11/1967 color:labour text:"James Callaghan" bar:Jenkins from: 29/11/1967 till: 19/06/1970 color:labour text:"Roy Jenkins" bar:Macleod from: 20/06/1970 till: 20/07/1970 color:conservative text:"Iain Macleod" bar:Barber from: 25/07/1970 till: 04/03/1974 color:conservative text:"Anthony Barber" bar:Healey from: 05/03/1974 till: 04/05/1979 color:labour text:"Denis Healey" bar:Howe from: 04/05/1979 till: 11/06/1983 color:conservative text:"Geoffrey Howe" bar:Lawson from: 11/06/1983 till: 26/10/1989 color:conservative text:"Nigel Lawson" bar:Major from: 26/10/1989 till: 28/11/1990 color:conservative text:"John Major" bar:Lamont from: 28/11/1990 till: 27/05/1993 color:conservative text:"Norman Lamont" bar:Clarke from: 27/05/1993 till: 02/05/1997 color:conservative text:"Kenneth Clarke" bar:Brown from: 02/05/1997 till: 27/06/2007 color:labour text:"Gordon Brown" bar:Darling from: 28/06/2007 till: 11/05/2010 color:labour text:"Alistair Darling" bar:Osborne from: 11/05/2010 till: 13/07/2016 color:conservative text:"George Osborne" bar:Hammond from: 13/07/2016 till: 24/07/2019 color:conservative text:"Philip Hammond" bar:Javid from: 24/07/2019 till: 13/02/2020 color:conservative text:"Sajid Javid" bar:Sunak from: 13/02/2020 till: 05/07/2022 color:conservative text:"Rishi Sunak" bar:Zahawi from: 05/07/2022 till: 06/09/2022 color:conservative text:"Nadhim Zahawi" bar:Kwarteng from: 06/09/2022 till: 14/10/2022 color:conservative text:"Kwasi Kwarteng" bar:Hunt from: 14/10/2022 till: 05/07/2024 color:conservative text:"Jeremy Hunt" bar:Reeves from: 05/07/2024 till: $now color:labour text:"Rachel Reeves"

Notes

References

References

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  2. "Pay and expenses for MPs".
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