| Chief Secretary to the Treasury |
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Arms of Her Majesty's Government HM Treasury |
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| Style | The Right Honourable |
| Appointer | David Cameron |
| Inaugural holder | Henry Brooke |
| Formation | 8 October 1961 |
| Website | HM Treasury |
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The Chief Secretary to the Treasury is the third most senior ministerial position in HM Treasury, after the Prime Minister (the First Lord of the Treasury) and the Chancellor of the Exchequer (the Second Lord of the Treasury). In recent years, the office holder has usually been given a junior position in the British Cabinet. It was created in 1961, to share the burden of representing the Treasury with the Chancellor of the Exchequer.
The position's responsibilities include negotiating with departments about budget allocations, public sector pay, welfare reform, and procurement policy.
| Chief Secretary to the Treasury | Entered office | Left office | Political party | Chancellor of the Exchequer | ||
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| Henry Brooke | 9 October 1961 | 13 July 1962 | Conservative | Selwyn Lloyd | ||
| John Boyd-Carpenter | 13 July 1962 | 16 October 1964 | Conservative | Reginald Maudling | ||
| John Diamond | 20 October 1964 | 19 June 1970 | Labour | James Callaghan | ||
| Roy Jenkins | ||||||
| Maurice Macmillan | 23 June 1970 | 7 April 1972 | Conservative | Iain Macleod | ||
| Anthony Barber | ||||||
| Patrick Jenkin | 7 April 1972 | 8 January 1974 | Conservative | |||
| Thomas Boardman | 8 January 1974 | 4 March 1974 | Conservative | |||
| Joel Barnett | 7 March 1974 | 4 May 1979 | Labour | Denis Healey | ||
| John Biffen | 5 May 1979 | 5 January 1981 | Conservative | Sir Geoffrey Howe | ||
| Leon Brittan | 5 January 1981 | 11 June 1983 | Conservative | |||
| Peter Rees | 11 June 1983 | 2 September 1985 | Conservative | Nigel Lawson | ||
| John MacGregor | 2 September 1985 | 13 June 1987 | Conservative | |||
| John Major | 13 June 1987 | 24 July 1989 | Conservative | |||
| Norman Lamont | 24 July 1989 | 28 November 1990 | Conservative | John Major | ||
| David Mellor | 28 November 1990 | 10 April 1992 | Conservative | Norman Lamont | ||
| Michael Portillo | 10 April 1992 | 20 July 1994 | Conservative | |||
| Kenneth Clarke | ||||||
| Jonathan Aitken | 20 July 1994 | 5 July 1995 | Conservative | |||
| William Waldegrave | 5 July 1995 | 2 May 1997 | Conservative | |||
| Alistair Darling | 3 May 1997 | 27 July 1998 | Labour | Gordon Brown | ||
| Stephen Byers | 27 July 1998 | 23 December 1998 | Labour | |||
| Alan Milburn | 23 December 1998 | 11 October 1999 | Labour | |||
| Andrew Smith | 11 October 1999 | 29 May 2002 | Labour | |||
| Paul Boateng | 29 May 2002 | 6 May 2005 | Labour | |||
| Des Browne | 6 May 2005 | 5 May 2006 | Labour | |||
| Stephen Timms | 5 May 2006 | 27 June 2007 | Labour | |||
| Andy Burnham | 28 June 2007 | 24 January 2008 | Labour | Alistair Darling | ||
| Yvette Cooper | 24 January 2008 | 5 June 2009 | Labour | |||
| Liam Byrne | 5 June 2009 | 11 May 2010 | Labour | |||
| David Laws | 12 May 2010 | 29 May 2010 | Liberal Democrat (Coalition Government) |
George Osborne | ||
| Danny Alexander | 29 May 2010 | Liberal Democrat (Coalition Government) |
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