Tag: Parliament

  • Cabinet Ministers Losing an Election Whilst Holding Office

    Cabinet Ministers Losing an Election Whilst Holding Office

    A list of Cabinet Ministers since 1900 who have lost their Parliamentary seat whilst holding office.


    Parliament Date Minister
    1906-1910 Apr-08 Winston Churchill
    1910-1918 Feb-14 Charles Masterman
    1910-1918 May-14 Charles Masterman
    1918-1922 Mar-21 Sir Arthur Griffith-Boscawen
    1918-1922 Nov-22 Sir Arthur Griffith-Boscawen
    1922-1923 Mar-23 Sir Arthur Griffith-Boscawen
    1922-1923 Dec-23 Sir Anderson Montague-Barlow
    1922-1923 Dec-23 Sir Robert Sanders
    1923-1924 Oct-24 Frederick Jowett
    1924-1929 May-29 Sir Arthur Steel-Maitland
    1931-1935 Nov-35 Ramsay MacDonald
    1931-1935 Nov-35 Malcolm MacDonald
    1935-1945 Jul-45 Leo Amery
    1935-1945 Jul-45 Brendan Bracken
    1935-1945 Jul-45 Sir Percy James Grigg
    1935-1945 Jul-45 Harold Macmillan
    1935-1945 Jul-45 Sir Donald Somervell
    1945-1950 Feb-50 Arthur Creech Jones
    1959-1965 Oct-64 Anthony Barber
    1959-1964 Oct-64 Geoffrey Rippon
    1964-1966 Jan-65 Patrick Gordon-Walker
    1966-1970 Jun-70 John Diamond
    1970-1974 Feb-74 Gordon Campbell
    1974-1979 May-79 Shirley Williams
    1987-1992 Apr-92 Chris Patten
    1992-1997 May-97 Michael Forsyth
    1992-1997 May-97 Roger Freeman
    1992-1997 May-97 Ian Lang
    1992-1997 May-97 Tony Newton
    1992-1997 May-97 Michael Portillo
    1992-1997 May-97 Sir Malcolm Rifkind
    1992-1997 May-97 William Waldegrave
    2010-2015 May-15 Sir Danny Alexander
    2010-2015 May-15 Sir Vince Cable
    2010-2015 May-15 Sir Edward Davey
  • FACTS AND FIGURES : Composition of the Political Honours Scrutiny Committee

    FACTS AND FIGURES : Composition of the Political Honours Scrutiny Committee

    The Political Honours Scrutiny Committee (PHSC) was established in 1923 and comprised of three members. Since 2002, it has been known as the Honours Scrutiny Committee. Harold Macmillan said in the House of Commons in 1959 about the committee:

    “This Committee was instituted in 1923, in accordance with the recommendations of the Royal Commission on Honours, to advise the Prime Minister of the day whether individuals whose names are to be submitted for honours for political services are fit and proper persons to be so recommended.”


    1923-1923 : Lord Dunedin

    1923-1923 : Viscount Ullswater

    1923-1924 : Lord Mildmay

    1923-1925 : Sir E Cecil

    1924-1925 : T Richards

    1924-1929 : Lord Buckmaster

    1925-1925 : W Nicholson

    1925-1929 : Lord Merrivale

    1925-1934 : Viscount Novar

    1929-1938 : G Barnes

    1929-1952 : Lord Macmillan

    1934-1945 : Marquis of Crewe

    1938-1949 : Lord Rushcliffe

    1945-1949 : J Clynes

    1949-1959 : Viscount Templewood

    1949-1961 : Lord Pethick-Lawrence

    1952-1954 : Lord Asquith

    1954-1961 : Viscount Thurso

    1959-1961 : Lord Crookshank

    1961-1962 : C Davies

    1961-1967 : Lord Williams

    1961-1976 : Lord Crathorne

    1962-1976 : Lord Rea

    1967-1976 : Baroness Summerskill

    1976-1992 : Lord Shackleton

    1976-1987 : Lord Franks

    1976-1987 : Lord Carr

    1987-1992 : Lord Grimond

    1987-1999 : Lord Pym

    1992-2001 : Lord Cledwyn

    1992- : Lord Thomson of Monifieth