List of British political memoirs

This is a list of British political memoirs:

Conservative Image Name Notes Title Year Publisher David Amess Murdered in 2021 Ayes & Ears: A Survivor's Guide to Westminster 2020 Luath Michael Ashcroft, Baron Ashcroft Party Treasurer 1998–2001 Dirty Politics, Dirty Times 2005 Biteback Kenneth Baker Home Secretary 1990–2 The Turbulent Years: My Life in Politics 1993 Faber & Faber Gavin Barwell Downing Street Chief of Staff 2017–9 How to Win a Marginal Seat: My Year Fighting For My Political Life 2016 Biteback Chief of Staff: Notes from Downing Street 2021 Atlantic John Bercow Speaker of the Commons 2009–19 Unspeakable 2020 Orion John Biffen Leader of the Commons 1982–7 Semi-Detached 2013 Biteback Robert Boothby MP for Aberdeen and Kincardine East 1924-50 I Fight To Live: Autobiography 1947 Graham Brady Chairman of the 1922 Committee 2019-24 Kingmaker: Secrets, Lies, and the Truth about Five Prime Ministers 2024 Bonnier Books UK R. A. Butler First Secretary of State 1962–3 The Art of the Possible 1971 David Cameron Prime Minister 2010–6 For the Record 2019 William Collins Peter Carington, 6th Baron Carrington Secretary-General of NATO 1984-8 Reflect on Things Past: The Memoirs of Lord Carrington 1988 Harper & Row Austen Chamberlain Foreign Secretary 1924-9Joint Leader 1921-2 Down the Years 1935 Cassell Sydney Chapmen Vice-Chamberlain of the Household 1992-5 Back to the Drawing Board: Memoirs of a Backbencher 2010 Absolute Design Solutions Alan Clark MP for Plymouth Sutton 1974–92 Alan Clark Diaries 1993–2002 Orion Ken Clarke Lord Chancellor 2010-2 Kind of Blue 2016 Pan Macmillan Winston ChurchillPrime Minister 1940-5 and '51-'55The World Crisis1923-31Thornton ButterworthThe Second World War1948-53Cassell Alec Douglas-HomePrime Minister 1963-4The Way the Wind Blows: An Autobiography by Lord Home1976Fontana Alan DuncanMP for Rutland and Melton 1992-2019In the Thick of It: The Private Diaries of a Minister2021HarperCollins Anthony Eden, 1st Earl of Avon Prime Minister 1955-7 Full Circle 1960 Cassell Facing the Dictators 1962 The Reckoning 1965 Another World 1976 Allen Lane Norman Fowler, Baron Fowler Party Chairman 1992-4 A Political Suicide: The Conservatives' Voyage into the Wilderness 2008 Politico's The Best of Enemies: Diaries 1980-1997 2023 Biteback Mark FrancoisChair of the European Research GroupSpartan Victory: The Inside Story of the Battle for Brexit2021 Independently Norman TebbitParty Chairman 1985-7Upwardly Mobile: An Autobiography1988Weidenfeld and Nicolson Peter Temple-MorrisMP for Leominster 1974–2001Across the Floor: A Life in Dissenting Politics2015I. B. Tauris Margaret Thatcher Prime Minister 1979-90 The Downing Street Years 1993HarperCollinsThe Path to Power1995 John MajorPrime Minister 1990–7John Major: The Autobiography1999HarperCollins Brian MawhinneyParty Chairman 1995–7Just A Simple Belfast Boy2013Biteback Sir Anthony Meyer, 3rd BaronetLeadership candidate in 1989Stand Up and be Counted1990Random House John Boyd-CarpenterChief Secretary to the Treasury 1962-4Way of Life: The Memoirs of John Boyd-Carpenter1980Sidgwick & Jackson Sebastian CoePresident of the London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games 2008-12Running My Life: The Autobiography2013Hodder & Stoughton Nick de BoisMP for Enfield North 2010-5Confessions of a Recovering MP2017Biteback Jean Barker, Baroness TrumpingtonBaroness-in-Waiting 1983-5 and 92-7Coming Up Trumps: A Memoir2015Pan Macmillan Edward Turnour, 6th Earl WintertonFather of the House of Commons 1945-51Fifty Tumultuous Years1955Hutchinson Edward HeathPrime Minister 1970-4The Course of My Life1998Bloomsbury Quintin Hogg, Baron Hailsham of St Marylebone Lord Chancellor 1970-4 and 1979–87 The Door Wherein I Went 1975 Collins A Sparrow's Flight: Memoirs 1990 Fontana Ann WiddecombeMinister of State for Prisons 1995-7Strictly Ann: The Autobiography2013Orion David WaddingtonGovernor of Bermuda 1992-7Memoirs: Dispatches from Margaret Thatcher's last Home Secretary2012Biteback William WaldegraveHealth Secretary 1990-2A Different Kind of Weather: A Memoir2015Little, Brown Book Group Douglas HurdForeign Secretary 1989-95Memoirs2003Abacus Bernard InghamDowning Street Press Secretary 1979-90Kill the Messenger1991HarperCollins Tom KingDefence Secretary 1989-92A King Among Ministers: Fifty Years in Parliament Recalled2021Unicorn Ian LangScotland Secretary 1990-5Blue Remembered Years: A Political Memoir2002Politico's Nigel LawsonChancellor of the Exchequer 1983-9The View from No.11: Memoirs of a Tory Radical1992Bantam Andrea LeadsomLeader of the House of Commons 2017-9Snakes and Ladders: Navigating the Ups and Downs of Politics2022Biteback Selwyn Lloyd Speaker of the House of Commons 1971-6 Mr Speaker, Sir 1976 Cape Suez 1956: A Personal Account 1978 Andrew MitchellInternational Development Secretary 2010-2Beyond A Fringe: Tales from a Reformed Establishment Lackey2021Biteback Emma NicholsonMEP for South East England 1999-2009Secret Society: Inside - and Outside - the Conservative Party1996 Matthew ParrisMP for West Derbyshire 1979-86Chance Witness: An Outsider's Life in Politics2002Penguin Chris PattenGovernor of Hong Kong 1992-7First Confession: A Sort of Memoir2017Penguin Nicholas Ridley, Baron Ridley of LiddesdaleSecretary of State for Transport 1983-6My Style of Government: The Thatcher Years1991Hutchinson Malcolm RifkindChair of the Intelligence and Security Committee 2010-5Power and Pragmatism: The Memoirs of Malcolm Rifkind2016Biteback Sasha Swire Wife of a Minister of State 2010-6 Diary of an MP's Wife: Inside and Outside Power 2020 Little, Brown Book Group Frank TaylorMP for Manchester Moss Side 1961-74Called to Account1993Pentland Teddy TaylorBaby of the Commons 1964-5Teddy Boy Blue2008Kennedy & Boyd George WaldenMP for Buckingham 1983-97Lucky George: Memoirs of an Anti-Politician1999Allen Lane Peter WalkerWales Secretary 1987-90Staying Power: An Autobiography1991Bloomsbury Rhodes BoysonMP for Brent North 1974-97Speaking My Mind1994Peter Owen John Buchan, 1st Baron TweedsmuirGovernor-General of Canada 1935-40Memory Hold-the-Door1940Hodder and Stoughton Duff CooperAmbassador to France 1944-8Old Men Forget1953Rupert Hart-Davis Julian Critchley MP for Aldershot 1970-97 The Palace of Varieties 1983 Faber & Faber A Bag of Boiled Sweets 1994 Edward du CannChairman of the 1922 Committee 1972-84Two Lives: The Political and Business Careers of Edward du Cann1995Images Rory StewartMP for Penrith & the Border 2010-19Politics on the Edge2023Jonathan Cape George GardinerMP for Reigate 1974-97A Bastard's Tale: The Political Memoirs of George Gardiner1999Aurum Teresa GormanMP for Billericay 1987-2001No, Prime Minister!2001J. Blake Jerry HayesMP for Harwood 1983-97An Unexpected MP: Confessions of a Political Gossip2014Biteback Geoffrey HoweDeputy Prime Minister 1989-90Conflict of Loyalty1994Macmillan Gerald Nabarro MP for Kidderminster 1950-64 NAB 1: Portrait of a Politician 1970 R. Maxwell Exploits of a Politician 1973 Arthur Barker Richard Needham MP for North Wiltshire 1979-97 Honourable Member 1983 P. Stephens One Man, Two Worlds: Memoir of a Businessman in Politics 2021 Blackstaff Nigel NicolsonMP for Bournemouth East & Christchurch 1952-9Long Life: Memoirs1997Phoenix John NottDefence Secretary 1981-3Here Today Gone Tomorrow: Memoirs of an Errant Politician2002Politico's Elizabeth PeacockMP for Batley and Spen 1983-97A Yorkshire Lass at the Court of Thatcher2013Pen & Sword James SpicerMP for West Dorset 1974-97Jim's Journey2014Independently Michael SpicerChairman of the 1922 Committee 2001-10The Spicer Diaries2012St Martin's Edward SpearsMP for Carlisle 1931-45Assignment to Catastrophe1954-5A. A. Wyn Cecil ParkinsonParty Chairman 1981-3 and '97-8Right at the centre: An Autobiography1992Weidenfeld and Nicolson Liz Truss Prime Minister 2022 Ten Years to Save the West 2024 Biteback Boris Johnson Prime Minister 2019-22 Unleashed 2024 William Collins Theresa May Prime Minister 2016-19 The Abuse of Power 2023 Headline Matt HancockSecretary of State for Health & Social Care 2018-21Pandemic Diaries2022Biteback Craig OliverDowning Street Director of CommunicationsUnleashing Demons2016Hodder & Stoughton Nadine DorriesMP for Mid-Bedfordshire 2005-23The Plot: The Political Assassination of Boris Johnson2023HarperCollins

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