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===Last Night conductors===
The following table lists by year the conductors of the Last Night of the Proms. In general, since the tenure of Sargent, the Chief Conductor of the [[BBC Symphony Orchestra]] has led this concert, but guest conductors have directed the Last Night on several occasions. Additionally, the tradition was for a British conductor, and if not the current serving Chief Conductor, one who had an association with the BBC Symphony Orchestra or one of the other BBC orchestras. [[Charles Mackerras]] was the first non-British-born conductor to lead the Last Night, in 1980. [[Leonard Slatkin]] was the first American conductor of the Last Night in 2001. [[Jiří Bělohlávek]] was the first non-native English speaker to conduct the Last Night, in 2007. [[Marin Alsop]] was the Last Night's first female conductor in 2013.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-22188201|title= BBC Proms appoints first female director for Last Night|work=BBC News|date= 18 April 2013|access-date=13 September 2014}}</ref>

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! rowspan="2" | Conductor !! colspan="9" | Last Night(s) ...{{efn|group=lastnight|name="worldwar2"|The 1939 season was curtailed by the outbreak of war, and the 1940 season by German bombing, meaning that there was no official "Last Night". Only the first few concerts were held in public in 1944 due to renewed bombing. Wood died shortly before what should have been the end of the 1944 season.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.royalalberthall.com/about-the-hall/news/2012/august/things-you-may-not-have-known-about-the-bbc-proms/ |title=Discover the secret history of the BBC Proms |date=14 August 2012 |website=royalalberthall.com |access-date=27 September 2016}}</ref> The 2022 season was curtailed by the [[death of Elizabeth II]], meaning that there was no official "Last Night" for that year}}
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! 19th c.–1940s !! 1950s !! 1960s !! 1970s !! 1980s !! 1990s !! 2000s !! 2010s !! 2020s
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| [[Henry Wood]]{{efn|group=lastnight|''Sir Henry'' from 1911 onwards}}|| 1895–1938, 1941–1943{{efn|group=lastnight|name="worldwar2"}}
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| [[Sir Adrian Boult]] || align="center"| 1945, 1946{{efn|group=lastnight|name="guest-conductor"|Duties undertaken as Guest Conductor, rather than as resident Chief Conductor, [[BBC Symphony Orchestra]]}}{{efn|group=lastnight|name="principal-conductor"|Former Principal Conductor of the BBC Concert Orchestra}}
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| [[Basil Cameron]] || rowspan="2" align="center"| 1945{{efn|group=lastnight|Constant Lambert, Basil Cameron and Sir Adrian Boult jointly undertook proceedings upon the return in 1945}}
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| [[Constant Lambert]]
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| [[Sir Malcolm Sargent]] || colspan="3" align="center"|  1947–1966
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| [[Colin Davis]]{{efn|group=lastnight|Later ''Sir Colin''}}
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| colspan="2" align="center"| 1967–1972
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| [[Norman Del Mar]]{{efn|group=lastnight|name="scottish"|Former Chief Conductor of the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra}}
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| align="center"| 1973, 1975 ||align="center"| 1983{{efn|group=lastnight|name="guest-conductor"}}
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| [[Sir Charles Groves]]{{efn|group=lastnight|name="northern"|Former Principal Conductor of the BBC Northern Symphony Orchestra (later the BBC Philharmonic)}}
| align="center"| 1974, 1976, 1978{{efn|group=lastnight|name="guest-conductor"}}
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| [[James Loughran]]{{efn|group=lastnight|name="scottish"}} || align="center"| 1977, 1979 || 1981, 1982, 1984{{efn|group=lastnight|name="guest-conductor"}}
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| [[Sir Charles Mackerras]]{{efn|group=lastnight|name="principal-conductor"}}
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| align="center"|1980{{efn|group=lastnight|name="guest-conductor"}}
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| [[Vernon Handley]] || align="center"| 1985{{efn|group=lastnight|name="guest-conductor"}}
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| [[Raymond Leppard]]{{efn|group=lastnight|name="northern"}} || align="center"| 1986{{efn|group=lastnight|name="guest-conductor"}}
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| [[Mark Elder]]{{efn|group=lastnight|Later ''Sir Mark''}} || align="center"| 1987{{efn|group=lastnight|name="guest-conductor"}} || align="center"| 2006{{efn|group=lastnight|name="guest-conductor"}}
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| [[Sir Andrew Davis]]{{efn|group=lastnight|''Sir Andrew'' from 1999 onwards<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/55354/supplement/1/data.pdf |title = The Gazette (London Gazette supplement), issue 55354 |date = 30 December 1998 |website = www.thegazette.co.uk |publisher = The Stationery Office}}</ref>}} || align="center"| 1988{{efn|group=lastnight|name="guest-conductor"}} || align="center"| 1990{{efn|group=lastnight|replacing Mark Elder}}–1992, 1994–1999 || align="center"| 2000{{efn|group=lastnight|name="guest-conductor"}}|| align="center"| 2018{{efn|group=lastnight|Davis is currently Conductor Laureate of the [[BBC Symphony Orchestra]], having served as Chief Conductor from 1989 to 2000.}}
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| [[Sir John Pritchard]] || align="center"| 1989
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| [[Barry Wordsworth]]{{efn|group=lastnight|name="principal-conductor"}}
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| align="center"|1993{{efn|group=lastnight|name="guest-conductor"}}
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| [[Leonard Slatkin]]
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| align="center" |2001–2004
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| [[Paul Daniel]] || align="center"|2005{{efn|group=lastnight|name="guest-conductor"}}
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| [[Jiří Bělohlávek]] || align="center"|2007|| 2010, 2012
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| [[Sir Roger Norrington]] || align="center"| 2008{{efn|group=lastnight|name="guest-conductor"}}
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| [[David Robertson (conductor)|David Robertson]] || align="center"| 2009{{efn|group=lastnight|name="guest-conductor"}}{{efn|group=lastnight|Robertson was Principal Guest Conductor of the BBC SO from 2005 to 2012}}
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| [[Edward Gardner (conductor)|Edward Gardner]]
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| align="center"|2011{{efn|group=lastnight|name="guest-conductor"}}
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| [[Marin Alsop]] 
| align="center"|2013, 2015{{efn|group=lastnight|name="guest-conductor"}} 
| 2023
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| [[Sakari Oramo]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/proms/whats-on/2014/september-13/15146|title=Proms 76: Last Night of the Proms|publisher=[[BBC]]|access-date=13 September 2014}}</ref>
| align="center"|2014, 2016, 2017, 2019
|2021, 2024
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| [[Dalia Stasevska]]<ref name="bbc2020">{{cite news |title=Subdued Proms concludes after Rule, Britannia! row |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-54115935 |access-date=13 September 2020 |publisher=BBC News |date=12 September 2020}}</ref>
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| align="center"|2020{{efn|group=lastnight|name="guest-conductor"}}, <s>2022</s>
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| [[Elim Chan]]
| align="center"|2025{{efn|group=lastnight|name="guest-conductor"}}
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