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Office of the Leader of the House of Commons

2003

John Reid (b. 1947) was Labour MP for Motherwell North in 1987-97, and for Hamilton North and Bellshill since 1997. He was secretary of state for Scotland in 1999-2001, secretary of state for Northern Ireland in 2001-02, and leader of the House of Commons and president of the council in 2003. Following his period as Leader he held the posts of Secretary of State for Health and Defence. He is currently Secretary of State for the Home Department.



	21st Century
- Robin Cook
- Jack Straw
- Peter Hain
- John Reid
- Geoff Hoon

	20th Century
- Sir Stafford Cripps
- Ramsey MacDonald
- Fred Peart
- Herbert Stanley Morrisno
- Michael Foot
- Neville Chamberlain
- Anthony Newton
- Ramsey MacDonald
- Sir Henry Campbell - Bannerman
- Margaret Beckett
- Francis Pym
- Ann Tayler
- Arthur James Balfour
- Stanley Baldwin
- William Whitelaw
- Stanley Baldwin
- James Prior
- Andrew Bonar Law
- Selwyn Lloyd
- John MacGregor

	19th Century
- William Huskisson
- William Henry Smith
- Spencer Perceval
- Charles James Fox
- Sir Robert Peel
- William Ewart Gladstone
- Sir Stafford Henry Northcote
- William Ewart Gladstone
- Benjamin Disraeli
- Lord John Russell
- Henry John Temple
- Henry John Temple
- Benjamin Disraeli
- George Canning
- John Charles Spencer
- Sir Robert Peel
- Robert Stewart
- Lord Randolph Churchill
- Lord John Russell
- Sir Michael Hicks - Beach

	18th Century
- Lord Frederick North
- Henry Pelham
- Samuel Sandys
- Thomas Townshend
- William Pitt the Elder
- George Grenville
- Henry Seymour Conway
- Sir Thomas Robinson
- Charles James Fox and Lord North
- William Pitt the Younger
- Henry Fox
- Charles James Fox
- Robert Walpole
- George Grenville