Deputy Prime Minister of The United Kingdom - List of Deputy Prime Ministers

List of Deputy Prime Ministers

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Labour Conservative Liberal Democrats
Name Picture Term of Office Political party and position Ministerial Offices Prime Minister
Clement Attlee 19 February 1942 23 May 1945 Labour (Leader)
Deputy Prime Minister
Dominions Secretary
Lord President of the Council
Winston Churchill
Herbert Morrison 26 July 1945 26 October 1951 Labour (Deputy Leader) Deputy Prime Minister
Lord President of the Council
Leader of the House of Commons
Foreign Secretary
Clement Attlee
Anthony Eden 26 October 1951 6 April 1955 Conservative Deputy Prime Minister
Foreign Secretary
Winston Churchill
Office not in use 1955–1962 Anthony Eden
Harold Macmillan
R. A. Butler 13 July 1962 18 October 1963 Conservative Deputy Prime Minister
First Secretary of State
Office not in use 1963–1979 Alec Douglas-Home
Harold Wilson
Edward Heath
Harold Wilson
James Callaghan
William Whitelaw
4 May 1979 10 January 1988 Conservative Deputy Prime Minister
Home Secretary
Lord President of the Council
Leader of the House of Lords
Margaret Thatcher
Sir Geoffrey Howe 24 July 1989 1 November 1990 Conservative Deputy Prime Minister
Lord President of the Council
Leader of the House of Commons
Office not in use 1990–1995 John Major
Michael Heseltine 20 July 1995 2 May 1997 Conservative Deputy Prime Minister
First Secretary of State
John Prescott 2 May 1997 27 June 2007 Labour (Deputy Leader) Deputy Prime Minister
Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions
First Secretary of State
Tony Blair
Office not in use 2007–2010 Gordon Brown
Nick Clegg 11 May 2010 Incumbent Liberal Democrats (Leader)
Deputy Prime Minister
Lord President of the Council
Minister for Constitutional and Political Reform
David Cameron

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