The Political Secretary to the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom is a senior official in the United Kingdom Civil Service who advises the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.
Political Secretary to the Prime Minister | |
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Prime Minister's Office | |
Appointer | Prime minister |
Formation | 1964 |
First holder | Marcia Williams |
Website | 10 Downing Street |
Political secretary | Years | Prime Minister | |
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Marcia Williams[1][2] | 1964–1970 | Harold Wilson | |
Douglas Hurd[3][4] | 1970–1974 | Edward Heath | |
Marcia Williams[5][6] | 1974–1976 | Harold Wilson | |
Tom McNally[7][8][9] | 1976–1979 | James Callaghan | |
Richard Ryder[10][11][12] | 1979–1981 | Margaret Thatcher | |
Derek Howe[13] | 1981–1983 | ||
Stephen Sherbourne[14][15] | 1983–1988 | ||
John Whittingdale[16][17] | 1988–1990 | ||
Judith Chaplin[18] | 1990–1992 | John Major | |
Jonathan Hill[19] | 1992–1994 | ||
Howell James[20][21][22] | 1994–1997 | ||
Sally Morgan[23][24] | 1997–2001 | Tony Blair | |
Robert Hill[25] | 2001–2002 | ||
Pat McFadden[26][27][28] | 2002–2005 | ||
John McTernan[29][30] | 2005–2007 | ||
Joe Irvin[31] | 2007–2010 | Gordon Brown | |
Stephen Gilbert[32][33] | 2010–2015 | David Cameron | |
Laurence Mann[34] | 2015–2016 | ||
Stephen Parkinson[35] | 2016–2019 | Theresa May | |
Danny Kruger[36][37][38] | 2019–2019 | Boris Johnson | |
Benjamin Gascoigne[39][40][41] | 2019–2021 | ||
Declan Lyons[42] | 2021–2022 | ||
Sophie Jarvis[43] | 2022 | Liz Truss | |
James Forsyth[44] | 2022–present | Rishi Sunak |