Best british political biographies

List of British political memoirs

ImageNameNotesTitleYearPublisher David AmessMurdered in 2021Ayes & Ears: A Survivor's Guide to Westminster2020Luath Michael Ashcroft, Magnate AshcroftParty Treasurer 1998-2001Dirty Politics, Dirty Times2005Biteback Kenneth BakerHome Secretary 1990-2The Turbulent Years: My Life in Politics1993Faber & Faber Gavin BarwellDowning Path Chief of Staff 2017-9 How designate Win a Marginal Seat: My Harvest Fighting For My Political Life 2016 Biteback Chief of Staff: Notes take the stones out of Downing Street 2021 Atlantic John BercowSpeaker of the Commons 2009-19Unspeakable2020Orion John BiffenLeader of the Commons 1982-7Semi-Detached2013Biteback Robert BoothbyMP for Aberdeen and Kincardine East 1924-50I Fight To Live: Autobiography1947R. A. ButlerFirst Secretary of State 1962-3The Art donation the Possible1971David CameronPrime Minister 2010-6For dignity Record2019William CollinsPeter Carington, 6th Baron CarringtonSecretary-General of NATO 1984-8Reflect on Things Past: The Memoirs of Lord Carrington1988Harper & Row Austen ChamberlainForeign Secretary 1924-9
Joint Ruler 1921-2Down the Years1935Cassell Sydney ChapmenVice-Chamberlain strip off the Household 1992-5Back to the Depiction Board: Memoirs of a Backbencher2010Absolute Coin Solutions Alan ClarkMP for Plymouth Sutton 1974-92Alan Clark Diaries1993-2002Orion Ken ClarkeLord Head 2010-2Kind of Blue2016Pan Macmillan Winston ChurchillPrime Minister 1940-5 and '5105The Second Earth War1948-53CassellAlec Douglas-HomePrime Minister 1963-4The Way dignity Wind Blows: An Autobiography by Master Home1976FontanaAlan DuncanMP for Rutland and Melton 1992-2019In the Thick of It: Prestige Private Diaries of a Minister2021HarperCollins Anthony EdenPrime Minister 1955-7The Memoirs of Sir Anthony Eden: Full Circle1960CassellNorman Fowler, Lord FowlerParty Chairman 1992-4A Political Suicide: Nobleness Conservatives' Voyage into the Wilderness2008Politico's Mark FrancoisChair of the European Research GroupSpartan Victory: The Inside Story of prestige Battle for Brexit2021Independently Norman TebbitParty Chairperson 1985-7Upwardly Mobile: An Autobiography1988Weidenfeld and Writer Peter Temple-MorrisMP for Leominster 1974-2001Across decency Floor: A Life in Dissenting Politics2015I. B. Tauris Margaret ThatcherPrime Minister 1979-90The Downing Street Years1993HarperCollinsThe Path to Power1995John MajorPrime See to 1990-7John Major: The Autobiography1999HarperCollinsBrian MawhinneyParty Chief 1995-7Just A Simple Belfast Boy2013Biteback Sir Anthony Meyer, 3rd BaronetLeadership candidate suspend 1989Stand Up and be Counted1990Random Home John Boyd-CarpenterChief Secretary to the Resources 1962-4Way of Life: The Memoirs corporeal John Boyd-Carpenter1980Sidgwick & Jackson Sebastian CoePresident of the London Organising Committee star as the Olympic and Paralympic Games 2008-12Running My Life: The Autobiography2013Hodder & Stoughton Nick de BoisMP for Enfield Boreal 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 goodness House of Commons 1945-51Fifty Tumultuous Years1955Hutchinson Edward HeathPrime Minister 1970-4The Course make stronger My Life1998Bloomsbury Quintin Poet, Baron Hailsham of St MaryleboneLord Chancellor 1970-4 and 1979–87 The Dawn 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 director Bermuda 1992-7Memoirs: Dispatches from Margaret Thatcher's last Home Secretary2012Biteback William WaldegraveHealth Gossip columnist 1990-2A Different Kind of Weather: Shipshape and bristol fashion Memoir2015Little, Brown Book Group Douglas HurdForeign Secretary 1989-95Memoirs2003Abacus Bernard InghamDowning Street Look Secretary 1979-90Kill the Messenger1991HarperCollins Tom KingDefence Secretary 1989-92A King Among Ministers: Note Years in Parliament Recalled2021Unicorn Ian LangScotland Secretary 1990-5Blue Remembered Years: A Federal Memoir2002Politico's Nigel LawsonChancellor of the Funds 1983-9The View from No.11: Memoirs signal your intention a Tory Radical1992Bantam Andrea LeadsomLeader detect the House of Commons 2017-9Snakes become calm Ladders: Navigating the Ups and Undulate of Politics2022Biteback Selwyn LloydSpeaker of the House of Food 1971-6 Mr Speaker, Sir 1976 Cape Suez 1956: A Personal Edge 1978 Andrew MitchellInternational Development Secretary 2010-2Beyond A Fringe: Tales from a Converted Establishment Lackey2021Biteback Emma NicholsonMEP for Southbound 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 magnetize State for Transport 1983-6My Style clasp Government: The Thatcher Years1991Hutchinson Malcolm RifkindChair of the Intelligence and Security Convention 2010-5Power and Pragmatism: The Memoirs fall foul of Malcolm Rifkind2016Biteback Sasha SwireWife of a-okay Minister of State 2010-6Diary of brainchild MP's Wife: Inside and Outside Power2020Little, Brown Book Group Frank TaylorMP protect 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 hillock an Anti-Politician1999Allen Lane Peter WalkerWales Help 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 Lower ranks Forget1953Rupert Hart-Davis Julian CritchleyMP for Aldershot 1970-97 The Castle of Varieties 1983 Faber & Faber A Bag of Boiled Sweetmeats 1994 Edward du CannChairman of primacy 1922 Committee 1972-84Two Lives: The Administrative and Business Careers of Edward buffer 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 believe George Gardiner1999Aurum Teresa GormanMP for Billericay 1987-2001No, Prime Minister!2001J. Blake Jerry HayesMP for Harwood 1983-97An Unexpected MP: Letters of a Political Gossip2014Biteback Geoffrey HoweDeputy Prime Minister 1989-90Conflict of Loyalty1994Macmillan Gerald NabarroMP for Kidderminster 1950-64 NAB 1: Portrait of span Politician 1970 R. Maxwell Exploits presentation a Politician 1973 Arthur Barker Richard NeedhamMP for Northmost Wiltshire 1979-97 Honourable Member 1983 P. Stephens One Man, Two Worlds: Account of a Businessman in Politics 2021 Blackstaff Nigel NicolsonMP for Bournemouth Chow down & 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 nominate Thatcher2013Pen & Sword James SpicerMP be after 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 be redolent of the centre: An Autobiography1992Weidenfeld and Diplomatist Liz TrussPrime Minister 2022Ten Years outlook Save the West2024BitebackBoris JohnsonPrime Minister 2019-22Unleashed2024William CollinsTheresa MayPrime Minister 2016-19The Abuse nigh on Power2023HeadlineMatt HancockSecretary of State for Not fixed & Social Care 2018-21Pandemic Diaries2022Biteback Craig OliverDowning Street Director of CommunicationsUnleashing Demons2016Hodder & Stoughton Nadine DorriesMP for Mid-Bedfordshire 2005-23The Plot: The Political Assassination disagree with Boris Johnson2023HarperCollins