 Gaitskellites represented the political right of the Labour Party and were opposed by the Bevanites, the more left wing faction of the party led by Aneurin Bevan and Michael Foot.The main period of Gaitskellism was from 1950–63, when they generally controlled the policy positions of the Labour Party, even though it was out of power and had little influence.By the 1950s there were many parallels between Gaitskellism and the economic policies of Rab Butler, the Conservative Chancellor of the Exchequer.