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British Leaders of the Opposition

Enter the names of all people who have ever held the title Leader of Her Majesty's Most Loyal Opposition. According to the Wikipedia article on this issue
This quiz includes interim leaders
Only the Leaders of the Opposition that sit in the House of Commons are valid
Only leaders since 1900 appear on this list
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Last updated: February 14, 2021
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Leader Name
Years
Party
Henry Campbell-Bannerman
1899-1905
Liberal
Arthur Balfour
1905-1906
Conservative
Joseph Chamberlain
1906
Liberal Unionist
Arthur Balfour
1906-1911
Conservative
Bonar Law
1911-1915
Conservative
Edward Carson
1915-1916
Irish Unionist
H. H. Asquith
1916-1918
Liberal
Donald Maclean
1918-1920
Liberal
H. H. Asquith
1920-1922
Liberal
Ramsay MacDonald
1922-1924
Labour
Stanley Baldwin
1924
Conservative
Ramsay MacDonald
1924-1929
Labour
Stanley Baldwin
1929-1931
Conservative
Arthur Henderson
1931
Labour
George Lansbury
1931-1935
Labour
Clement Attlee
1935-1940
Labour
Hastings Lees-Smith
1940-1942
Labour
Frederick Pethick-Lawrence
1942
Labour
Arthur Greenwood
1942-1945
Labour
Clement Attlee
1945
Labour
Winston Churchill
1945-1951
Conservative
Clement Attlee
1951-1952
Labour
Herbert Morrison
1952-1955
Labour
Hugh Gaitskell
1955-1963
Labour
Leader Name
Years
Party
George Brown
1963
Labour
Harold Wilson
1963-1964
Labour
Alec Douglas-Home
1964-1965
Conservative
Edward Heath
1965-1970
Conservative
Harold Wilson
1970-1974
Labour
Edward Heath
1974-1975
Conservative
Margaret Thatcher
1975-1979
Conservative
James Callaghan
1979-1980
Labour
Michael Foot
1980-1982
Labour
Neil Kinnock
1983-1992
Labour
John Smith
1992-1994
Labour
Margaret Beckett
1994
Labour
Tony Blair
1994-1997
Labour
John Major
1997
Conservative
William Hague
1997-2001
Conservative
Iain Duncan Smith
2001-2003
Conservative
Michael Howard
2003-2005
Conservative
David Cameron
2005-2010
Conservative
Harriet Harman
2010
Labour
Ed Miliband
2010-2015
Labour
Harriet Harman
2015
Labour
Jeremy Corbyn
2015-2020
Labour
Keir Starmer
2020-present
Labour
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