Labour Chief Whip
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This is a list of those people who have served as Chief Whip of the Labour Party in the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
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[edit] House of Commons
- 1906: David Shackleton
- 1906: Arthur Henderson
- 1907: George Roberts
- 1914: Arthur Henderson
- 1914: Frank Goldstone
- 1916: George Roberts
- 1919: William Tyson Wilson
- 1920: Arthur Henderson
- 1924: Benjamin Spoor
- 1925: Arthur Henderson
- 1927: Thomas Kennedy
- 1931: Charles Edwards (knighted in 1935)
- 1942: William Whiteley
- 1955: Herbert Bowden
- 1964: Edward Short
- 1966: John Silkin
- 1969: Robert Mellish
- 1976: Michael Cocks
- 1985: Derek Foster
- 1995: Donald Dewar
- 1997: Nick Brown
- 1998: Ann Taylor
- 2001: Hilary Armstrong
- 2006: Jacqui Smith
- 2007: Geoff Hoon
[edit] House of Lords
- 1924: The Lord Muir-Mackenzie
- 1924: The Earl De La Warr
- 1930: The Lord Marley
- 1937: The Lord Strabolgi
- 1941: The Earl of Listowel
- 1944: The Lord Southwood
- 1945: The Lord Ammon
- 1949: The (first) Lord Shepherd
- 1954: The Earl of Lucan
- 1964: The (second) Lord Shepherd
- 1967: The Lord Beswick
- 1973: The Lady Llewelyn-Davies
- 1982: The Lord Ponsonby
- 1990: The Lord Graham of Edmonton
- 1997: The Lord Carter
- 2002: The Lord Grocott
- 2008: The Lady Royall of Blaisdon
[edit] Sources
- Chris Cook and Brendan Keith, British Historical Facts 1830-1900, Macmillan, 1975
- David Butler and Gareth Butler, Twentieth-Century British Historical Facts 1900-2000, Macmillan, 2000
