Deputy Leaders of The Labour Party Since 1922
- John Robert Clynes, 1922–1932
- William Graham, 1931–1932
- Clement Attlee, 1932–1935
- Arthur Greenwood, 1935–1945
- Herbert Morrison, 1945–1955
- Jim 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, 1994–2007
- Harriet Harman, 2007–present
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