Chief Secretary to the Treasury

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Incumbent Vince Cable

The Chief Secretary to the Treasury is the second most senior ministerial position in HM Treasury, after the Chancellor of the Exchequer. The office holder is usually given a junior position in the British Cabinet. It was created in 1961, to share the burden of representing the Treasury with the Chancellor of the Exchequer.

The position's responsibilities include negotiating with departments about budget allocations, public sector pay, welfare reform, and procurement policy.

Liam Byrne is the current holder of the office, having been appointed in the 5 June 2009 reshuffle.

Chief Secretaries to the Treasury

Chief Secretary to the Treasury		Entered office	Left office	Political party	Chancellor of the Exchequer
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |	Henry Brooke	9 October 1961	13 July 1962	Conservative	Selwyn Lloyd
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |	John Boyd-Carpenter	13 July 1962	16 October 1964	Conservative	Reginald Maudling
rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |	John Diamond	20 October 1964	19 June 1970	Labour	James Callaghan
Roy Jenkins
rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |	Maurice Macmillan	23 June 1970	7 April 1972	Conservative	Iain Macleod
Anthony Barber
	style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |	Patrick Jenkin	7 April 1972	8 January 1974	Conservative
	style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |	Thomas Boardman	8 January 1974	4 March 1974	Conservative
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |	Joel Barnett	7 March 1974	4 May 1979	Labour	Denis Healey
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |	John Biffen	5 May 1979	5 January 1981	Conservative	Sir Geoffrey Howe
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |	Leon Brittan	5 January 1981	11 June 1983	Conservative
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |	Peter Rees	11 June 1983	2 September 1985	Conservative	Nigel Lawson
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |	John MacGregor	2 September 1985	13 June 1987	Conservative
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |	John Major	13 June 1987	24 July 1989	Conservative
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |	Norman Lamont	24 July 1989	28 November 1990	Conservative	John Major
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |	David Mellor	28 November 1990	10 April 1992	Conservative	Norman Lamont
rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |	Michael Portillo	10 April 1992	20 July 1994	Conservative
Kenneth Clarke
	style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |	Jonathan Aitken	20 July 1994	5 July 1995	Conservative
	style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |	William Waldegrave	5 July 1995	2 May 1997	Conservative
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |	Alistair Darling	3 May 1997	27 July 1998	Labour	Gordon Brown
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |	Stephen Byers	27 July 1998	23 December 1998	Labour
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |	Alan Milburn	23 December 1998	11 October 1999	Labour
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |	Andrew Smith	11 October 1999	29 May 2002	Labour
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |	Paul Boateng	29 May 2002	6 May 2005	Labour
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |	Des Browne	6 May 2005	5 May 2006	Labour
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |	Stephen Timms	5 May 2006	27 June 2007	Labour
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |	Andy Burnham	28 June 2007	24 January 2008	Labour	Alistair Darling
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |	Yvette Cooper	24 January 2008	5 June 2009	Labour
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |	Liam Byrne	5 June 2009	11 May 2010	Labour
style="background-color: Template:Liberal Democrat (UK)/meta/color" |	Vince Cable	11 may 2010	incumbent	Liberal Democrat

See also

• Secretary to the Treasury
• Financial Secretary to the Treasury
• Economic Secretary to the Treasury