What is Leader of the Conservative Party (UK)?
The '''Leader of the Conservative Party''' is the most senior [[politician]] within the [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative Party]] of the [[United Kingdom]]. The post is currently held by [[Kemi Badenoch]] since 2 November 2024.<!--who is also the [[Leader of the Opposition (United Kingdom)|Leader of the Opposition]].--> There was no proper leader of the Conservative Party until 1922: ==Leaders in the [[House of Lords]] 1834–present== ''Those asterisked ( * ) were considered the overall leader of the party.'' * [[Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington]] 1834–1846 * [[Edward Smith-Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby|Edward Smith-Stanley, 1st Baron Stanley]] ''(14th Earl of Derby from 1851)'' 1846–1868 * * [[James Howard Harris, 3rd Earl of Malmesbury]] 1868–1869 * [[Hugh Cairns, 1st Earl Cairns|Hugh Cairns, 1st Baron Cairns]] 1869–1870 * [[Charles Gordon-Lennox, 6th Duke of Richmond]] 1870–1876 * [[Benjamin Disraeli, 1st Earl of Beaconsfield]] 1876–1881 * * [[Robert Arthur Talbot Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury]] 1881–1902 (* from 1885) * [[Spencer Cavendish, 8th Duke of Devonshire]] 1902–1903 * [[Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice, 5th Marquess of Lansdowne]] 1903–1916 * [[George Nathaniel Curzon, 1st Marquess Curzon of Kedleston|George Nathaniel Curzon, 1st Earl Curzon of Kedleston]] ''(1st Marquess Curzon of Kedleston from 1921)'' 1916–1925 * [[James Gascoyne-Cecil, 4th Marquess of Salisbury]] 1925–1931 * [[Douglas Hogg, 1st Viscount Hailsham]] 1931–1935 * [[Charles Vane-Tempest-Stewart, 7th Marquess of Londonderry]] 1935 * [[E. F. L. Wood, 1st Earl of Halifax|E. F. L. Wood, 3rd Viscount Halifax]] 1935–1938 * [[James Stanhope, 7th Earl Stanhope]] 1938–1940 * [[Thomas Inskip, 1st Viscount Caldecote]] 1940 * [[E. F. L. Wood, 1st Earl of Halifax|E. F. L. Wood, 3rd Viscount Halifax]] 1940 * [[George Lloyd, 1st Baron Lloyd]] 1940–1941 * [[Walter Guinness, 1st Baron Moyne]] 1941–1942 * [[Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 5th Marquess of Salisbury|Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, Viscount Cranborne]] ''(5th Marquess of Salisbury from 1947)'