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<ownershipDocument>

    <schemaVersion>X0306</schemaVersion>

    <documentType>4</documentType>

    <periodOfReport>2013-05-07</periodOfReport>

    <issuer>
        <issuerCik>0001140536</issuerCik>
        <issuerName>WILLIS GROUP HOLDINGS PLC</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>WSH</issuerTradingSymbol>
    </issuer>

    <reportingOwner>
        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0001205164</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>MCCANN JAMES F</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>C/O WILLIS GROUP HOLDINGS PLC</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2>51 LIME STREET</rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>LONDON, ENGLAND</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>X0</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>EC3M 7DQ</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription>UNITED KINGDOM</rptOwnerStateDescription>
        </reportingOwnerAddress>
        <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isDirector>1</isDirector>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

    <nonDerivativeTable>
        <nonDerivativeTransaction>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Ordinary Shares, nominal value $0.000115 per share</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <transactionDate>
                <value>2013-05-07</value>
            </transactionDate>
            <transactionCoding>
                <transactionFormType>4</transactionFormType>
                <transactionCode>S</transactionCode>
                <equitySwapInvolved>0</equitySwapInvolved>
                <footnoteId id="F1"/>
            </transactionCoding>
            <transactionAmounts>
                <transactionShares>
                    <value>1341.0000</value>
                </transactionShares>
                <transactionPricePerShare>
                    <value>40.5751</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F2"/>
                </transactionPricePerShare>
                <transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
                    <value>D</value>
                </transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
            </transactionAmounts>
            <postTransactionAmounts>
                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>11620.0000</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F3"/>
                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
            </postTransactionAmounts>
            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>D</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
        </nonDerivativeTransaction>
    </nonDerivativeTable>

    <derivativeTable></derivativeTable>

    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">The sales reported in this Form 4 were pursuant to a Rule 10b5-1 trading plan adopted by the reporting person on November 12, 2012 to cover taxes incurred on the vesting of 2,753 restricted share units (&quot;RSUs&quot;) on May 7, 2013.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">The number of securities disposed of represents the aggregate number of shares sold in multiple open market transactions having prices ranging from $40.53 to $40.65 per share. The price listed in Table I represents the weighted average sale price for such sales. The reporting person undertakes to provide the staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission, the Issuer, or a stockholder of the Issuer, upon request, information regarding the number of shares sold at each separate price within the range.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F3">Includes 1,361 vested RSUs with a deferred settlement no later than January 2, 2017.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>/s/ James F. McCann</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2013-05-09</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
</ownershipDocument>
