Leader of the Labour Party in the House of Lords

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Leader of the Labour Party in the House of Lords
Incumbent The Baroness Smith of Basildon since 27 May 2015
Inaugural holder	The Viscount Haldane
Formation	1924

The Leader of the Labour Party in the House of Lords is the parliamentary chairperson of the Labour Party of the House of Lords. The Labour Party peers elect the Leader of the Labour Party in the House of Lords.

When the Labour Party is the main party of opposition in the House of Commons, this post also acts as Shadow Leader of the House of Lords.

The current incumbent, Angela Smith, Baroness Smith of Basildon, was appointed in May 2015.^[1][2]

List of Labour Leaders in the House of Lords[]

Leader in the House of Lords
#	Leader		Took office	Left office	LOTO	Portfolio
1	The Viscount Haldane (Richard Haldane)		1924	19 August 1928	1924–1928	Lord High Chancellor 1924
						Leader of the House of Lords 1924
2	The Baron Parmoor (Charles Cripps)		1928	1931	[[
3	The Lord Ponsonby of Shulbrede (Arthur Ponsonby)		1931	1935		Lord President of the Council 1929–1931
4	The Lord Snell (Harry Snell)		1935	1940
5	The Viscount Addison (Christopher Addison)		1940	11 December 1951
6	The Earl Jowitt (William Jowitt)		1952	1955
7	The Earl Alexander of Hillsborough (A. V. Alexander)		1955	1964
8	The Earl of Longford (Frank Pakenham)		18 October 1964	16 January 1968
9	The Lord Shackleton (Edward Shackleton)		16 January 1968	4 March 1974
10	The Lord Shepherd (Malcolm Shepherd)		4 March 1974	10 September 1976
11	The Baron Peart (Fred Peart)		10 September 1976	4 November 1982
12	The Baron Cledwyn of Penrhos (Cledwyn Hughes)		4 November 1982	18 July 1992
13	The Baron Richard (Ivor Richard)		18 July 1992	27 July 1998
14	The Baroness Jay of Paddington (Margaret Jay)		27 July 1998	8 June 2001
15	The Lord Williams of Mostyn (Gareth Williams)		8 June 2001	20 September 2003
16	The Baroness Amos (Valerie Amos)		6 October 2003	27 June 2007
17	The Baroness Ashton of Upholland (Catherine Ashton)		27 June 2007	3 October 2008
18	The Baroness Royall of Blaisdon (Janet Royall)		3 October 2008	27 May 2015	2010–2015
19	The Baroness Smith of Basildon (Angela Smith)		27 May 2015		2015–

See also[]

• Leader of the Labour Party (UK)

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