Leaders of the Opposition

1. Introduction
Timothy Heppell

2. Winston Churchill, 1945–51
Kevin Theakston

3. Clement Attlee, 1951–5
Victoria Honeyman, Timothy Heppell

4. Hugh Gaitskell, 1955–63
Timothy Heppell

5. Harold Wilson, 1963–4 and 1970–4
Peter Dorey

6. Alec Douglas-Home, 1964–5
Michael Hill

7. Edward Heath, 1965–70 and 1974–5
Mark Garnett

8. Margaret Thatcher, 1975–9
Philip Norton

9. James Callaghan, 1979–80
Stephen Meredith

10. Michael Foot, 1980–3
Ed Gouge

11. Neil Kinnock, 1983–92
Simon Griffiths

12. John Smith, 1992–4
Mark Stuart

13. Tony Blair, 1994–7
Stuart McAnulla

14. William Hague, 1997–2001
Nigel Fletcher

15. Iain Duncan Smith, 2001–3
Richard Hayton

16. Michael Howard, 2003–5
Mark Garnett

17. David Cameron, 2005–10
Tim Bale

18. Conclusion
Timothy Heppell

Keywords: Political Science and International Relations, Political History, British Politics, History of Britain and Ireland, Political Science, Modern History, US Politics