Editing Number 10 Policy Unit (section)

== List of Directors of the Policy Unit ==

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! #
! Policy Director
! Years
! colspan="2" | Prime Minister
|-
| rowspan="2" | 1
| rowspan="2" | [[Bernard Donoughue, Baron Donoughue|Bernard Donoughue]]
| 1974–1976
| [[Harold Wilson]]
|style="background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
|-
|1976–1979
|[[James Callaghan]]
|style="background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
|-
| 2
| [[John Hoskyns (policy advisor)|John Hoskyns]]
| 1979–1982
| rowspan="4" | [[Margaret Thatcher]]
| rowspan="4" style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
|-
| 3
| [[Ferdinand Mount]]
| 1982–1983
|-
| 4
| [[John Redwood]]
| 1983–1985
|-
| 5
| [[Brian Griffiths, Baron Griffiths of Fforestfach|Brian Griffiths]]
| 1985–1990
|-
| 6
| [[Sarah Hogg, Viscountess Hailsham|Sarah Hogg]]
| 1990–1995
| rowspan="2" | [[John Major]]
| rowspan="2" style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
|-
| 7
| [[Norman Blackwell]]
| 1995–1997
|-
| 8
| [[David Miliband]]
| 1997–2001
| rowspan="5" | [[Tony Blair]]
| rowspan="5" style="background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
|-
| 9
| [[Andrew Adonis, Baron Adonis|Andrew Adonis]]<ref name="anyquestions">{{cite web | author = BBC Radio 4 | author-link = BBC Radio 4 | title = ''Any Questions?'' transcript | publisher = BBC | date = 2005-12-02 | url = http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/news/anyquestions_transcripts_20051202.shtml | access-date = 2006-12-17}}</ref>
| 2001–2003
|-
| 10
| [[Geoff Mulgan]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2003/sep/04/uk.society1|title=Blair pins hopes on sweeping policy changes|first1=Patrick|last1=Wintour|first2=Michael|last2=White|date=4 September 2003|website=the Guardian}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/society/2004/apr/21/guardiansocietysupplement2|title=Eastern promise|first=David|last=Walker|date=21 April 2004|website=the Guardian}}</ref> 
| 2003–2004
|-
| 11
| [[Matthew Taylor (Labour politician)|Matthew Taylor]]
| 2005–2005
|-
| 12
| [[David Bennett (consultant)|David Bennett]]
| 2005–2007
|-
| 13
| [[Dan Corry]]
| 2007–2008
| rowspan="2" | [[Gordon Brown]]
| rowspan="2" style="background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
|-
| 14
| Nick Pearce
| 2008–2010
|-
| 15
| [[James O'Shaughnessy, Baron O'Shaughnessy]]<ref>{{Cite web |date=2015-05-22 |title=The Cameron centre takes shape |url=https://www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/article/comment/cameron-centre-takes-shape |access-date=2025-04-30 |website=Institute for Government |language=en}}</ref>
| 2010–2011
| rowspan="4" | [[David Cameron]]
| rowspan="4" style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
|- 
| 16
| Paul Kirby
| 2011–2013
|-
| 17
| [[Jo Johnson]]
| 2013–2015
|-
| 18
| [[Camilla Cavendish]]
| 2015–2016
|-
| 19
| John Godfrey<ref>{{cite web|title=Downing Street political advisers|url=https://www.gov.uk/government/news/downing-street-political-advisers|website=gov.uk|access-date=29 March 2017}}</ref>
| 2016–2017
| rowspan="2" | [[Theresa May]]
| rowspan="2" style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
|-
| 20
| [[James Marshall (political adviser)|James Marshall]]
| 2017–2019
|-
| 21
| [[Munira Mirza]]
| 2019–2022
| rowspan="2" | [[Boris Johnson]]
| rowspan="2" style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
|-
| 22
| [[Andrew Griffith]]<ref name=":0" />
| 2022
|-
|23
|Jamie Hope<ref name=":1" />
|2022
| rowspan="1" | [[Liz Truss]]
| rowspan="1" style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
|-
|24
|[[Eleanor Shawcross]]
|2022–2024
| rowspan="1" | [[Rishi Sunak]]
| rowspan="1" style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
|-
|25
|[[Stuart Ingham]]
|2024 - present
| rowspan="1" | [[Keir Starmer]]
| rowspan="1"style="background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
|}