Chief Secretary to the Treasury

Chief Secretary to the Treasury
Arms of Her Majesty's Government
Incumbent Greg Hands MP since 11 May 2015
HM Treasury
Style	The Right Honourable
Appointer	Elizabeth II
Inaugural holder	Henry Brooke
Formation	8 October 1961
Website	HM Treasury

The Chief Secretary to the Treasury is the second most senior ministerial position in HM Treasury, after the Chancellor of the Exchequer. In recent years, the office holder has 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, and procurement policy.

Chief Secretaries to the Treasury

Colour key (for political parties):
      Conservative       Labour       Liberal Democrats

Name		Term of office		Political party	P.M.		Ch.Exch.
	Henry Brooke	9 October 1961	13 July 1962	Conservative		Macmillan	Lloyd
	John Boyd-Carpenter	13 July 1962	16 October 1964	Conservative			Maudling
						Home
	John Diamond	20 October 1964	19 June 1970	Labour		Wilson	Callaghan
							Jenkins
	Maurice Macmillan	23 June 1970	7 April 1972	Conservative		Heath	Macleod
							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		Wilson	Healey
						Callaghan
	John Biffen	5 May 1979	5 January 1981	Conservative		Thatcher	Howe
	Leon Brittan	5 January 1981	11 June 1983	Conservative
	Peter Rees	11 June 1983	2 September 1985	Conservative			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			Major
	David Mellor	28 November 1990	10 April 1992	Conservative		Major	Lamont
	Michael Portillo	10 April 1992	20 July 1994	Conservative
							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		Blair	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		Brown	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		Cameron	Osborne
	Danny Alexander	29 May 2010	7 May 2015	Liberal Democrat
	Greg Hands	11 May 2015	Incumbent	Conservative

See also

• Secretary to the Treasury
• Financial Secretary to the Treasury
• Economic Secretary to the Treasury
• Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury
• Paymaster General