Introduction; T.Heppell Winston Churchill 1945-1951; K.Theakston Clement Attlee 1951-1955; V.Honeyman & T.Heppell Hugh Gaitskell 1955-1963; T.Heppell Harold Wilson 1963-1964 and 1970-1974; P.Dorey Alec Douglas-Home 1964-1975; M.Hill Edward Heath 1965-1970 and 1974-1975; M.Garnett Margaret Thatcher 1975-1979; P.Norton James Callaghan 1979-1980; S.Meredith Michael Foot 1980-1983; E.Gouge Neil Kinnock 1983-1992; S.Griffiths John Smith 1992-1994; M.Stuart Tony Blair 1994-1997; S.Mc Aa William Hague 1997-2001; N.Fletcher Iain Duncan Smith 2001-2003; R.Hayton Michael Howard 2003-2005; M.Garnett David Cameron 2005-2010; T.Bale Conclusion; T.Heppell Bibliography

TIM BALE Professor of Politics in the Department of Politics and Contemporary European Studies at Sussex University, UK PETER DOREY Reader in British Politics in the School of European Studies at the University of Cardiff, UK NIGEL FLETCHER Founder and Chairman of the Centre for Opposition Studies, UK MARK GARNETT Lecturer in British Politics in the Department of Politics and International Relations at the University of Lancaster, UK ED GOUGE Senior Teaching Fellow in the School of Politics and International Studies (POLIS) at the University of Leeds, UK SIMON GRIFFITHS Lecturer in British Politics in the Department of Politics at Goldsmiths, University of London, UK, and Senior Research Fellow at the Social Market Foundation RICHARD HAYTON Senior Lecturer in Politics in the Division of Criminology, Politics and Sociology at the University of Huddersfield, UK MICHAEL HILL Lecturer in British Politics in the Department of Education and Social Sciences at the University of Central Lancashire, UK VICTORIA HONEYMAN Lecturer in British Politics in the School of Politics and International Studies (POLIS) at the University of Leeds, UK STUART MCANULLA Lecturer in British Politics in the School of Politics and International Studies (POLIS) at the University of Leeds, UK STEPHEN MEREDITH Principal Lecturer in British Politics in the Department of Education and Social Sciences at the University of Central Lancashire, UK LORD PHILIP NORTON Professor of British Politicsand Director of Centre for Legislative Studies, within the Department of Politics and International Studies at the University of Hull, UK MARK STUART Research Fellow in the School of Politics and International Relations at the University of Nottingham, UK KEVIN THEAKSTON Professor of British Government in the School of Politics and International Studies (POLIS) at the University of Leeds, UK