Minister |
Concurrent office(s) |
Tenure |
Political party |
Prime Minister |
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William Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland |
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January 1805 – February 1806 |
Whig |
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William Pitt the Younger |
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William Fitzwilliam, 4th Earl Fitzwilliam |
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October 1806 – March 1807 |
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William Grenville (Ministry of All the Talents) |
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William Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland |
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4 October 1809 – 30 October 1809 |
Tory |
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Spencer Perceval |
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Dudley Ryder, 1st Earl of Harrowby |
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November 1809 – June 1812 |
Tory (Pittite) |
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John Pratt, 2nd Earl Camden (created 1st Marquess Camden, August 1812) |
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8 April 1812 – December 1812 |
Tory |
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Robert Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool |
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Henry Phipps, 1st Earl of Mulgrave |
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January 1819 – May 1820 |
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Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice, 3rd Marquess of Lansdowne |
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April 1827 – July 1827 |
Whig |
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George Canning |
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William Bentinck, 4th Duke of Portland |
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July 1827 – September 1827 |
Tory (Canningite) |
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George Howard, 6th Earl of Carlisle |
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22 November 1830 – 5 June 1834 |
Whig |
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Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey |
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Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington |
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3 September 1841 – July 1846 |
Conservative |
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Robert Peel |
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Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice, 3rd Marquess of Lansdowne |
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28 December 1852 – 21 February 1858 |
Whig |
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George Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen (until February 1855) |
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Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston |
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Lord John Russell |
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February 1853 – June 1854 |
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George Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen |
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Spencer Horatio Walpole |
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May 1867 – February 1868 |
Conservative |
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Edward Smith-Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby |
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Michael Hicks Beach |
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7 March 1887 – 20 February 1888 |
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Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury |
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![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e9/Marquess_of_Lansdowne_crop.jpg/75px-Marquess_of_Lansdowne_crop.jpg) |
Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice, 5th Marquess of Lansdowne |
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25 May 1915 – December 1916 |
Liberal Unionist |
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H. H. Asquith (Coalition) |
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Arthur Henderson |
Member of the War Cabinet |
10 December 1916 – 12 August 1917 |
Labour |
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David Lloyd George (Coalition) |
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Alfred Milner, 1st Viscount Milner |
10 December 1916 – 18 April 1918 |
Conservative |
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Jan Smuts |
22 June 1917 – 10 January 1919 |
South African Party |
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Edward Carson |
17 July 1917 – 21 January 1918 |
Ulster Unionist Party (Irish Unionist) |
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George Barnes |
Member of the War Cabinet (until October 1919) |
13 August 1917 – 27 January 1920 |
Labour |
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Austen Chamberlain |
Member of the War Cabinet |
18 April 1918 – 10 January 1919 |
Conservative |
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Eric Campbell Geddes |
10 January 1919 – 31 October 1919 |
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Laming Worthington-Evans |
Member of the War Cabinet (until October 1919) |
10 January 1919 – 13 February 1921 |
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Christopher Addison |
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1 April 1921 – 14 July 1921 |
Liberal |
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Anthony Eden |
Minister for League of Nations affairs |
7 June 1935 – 22 December 1935 |
Conservative |
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Stanley Baldwin (Coalition) |
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Eustace Percy |
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7 June 1935 – 31 March 1936 |
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Leslie Burgin |
Minister of Supply-designate |
21 April 1939 – 14 July 1939 |
National Liberal Party |
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Neville Chamberlain (Coalition) |
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Maurice Hankey |
Member of the War Cabinet |
September 1939 – 10 May 1940 |
no party |
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Neville Chamberlain (Coalition) |
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Arthur Greenwood |
11 May 1940 – 22 February 1942 |
Labour |
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Winston Churchill (Coalition) |
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William Jowitt |
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30 December 1942 – 8 October 1944 |
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A. V. Alexander |
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4 October 1946 – 20 December 1946 |
Labour Co-operative |
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Clement Attlee |
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Arthur Greenwood |
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17 April 1947 – 29 September 1947 |
Labour |
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Geoffrey FitzClarence, 5th Earl of Munster |
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18 October 1954 – 1957 |
Conservative |
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Winston Churchill |
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Anthony Eden |
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Stormont Mancroft, 2nd Baron Mancroft |
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11 June 1957 – 1958 |
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Harold Macmillan |
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Henry Scrymgeour-Wedderburn, 11th Earl of Dundee |
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23 October 1958 – 1961 |
Unionist |
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Percy Mills, 1st Baron Mills |
Deputy Leader of the House of Lords |
9 October 1961 – 13 July 1962 |
Conservative |
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Bill Deedes |
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13 July 1962 – 16 October 1964 |
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Alec Douglas-Home |
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Peter Carington, 6th Baron Carrington |
Leader of the House of Lords |
20 October 1963 – 16 October 1964 |
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Eric Fletcher |
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19 October 1964 – 6 April 1966 |
Labour |
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Harold Wilson |
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Arthur Champion, Baron Champion |
Deputy Leader of the House of Lords |
21 October 1964 – 7 January 1967 |
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Douglas Houghton |
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6 April 1966 – 7 January 1967 |
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Edward Shackleton, Baron Shackleton |
Deputy Leader of the House of Lords |
7 January 1967 – 16 January 1968 |
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Patrick Gordon Walker |
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7 January 1967– 21 August 1967 |
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George Thomson |
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17 October 1968 – 6 October 1969 |
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Peter Shore |
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6 October 1969 – 19 June 1970 |
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Niall Macpherson, 1st Baron Drumalbyn |
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15 October 1970 – 1974 |
Unionist |
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Edward Heath |
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Morys Bruce, 4th Baron Aberdare |
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8 January – March 1974 |
Conservative |
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David Young, Baron Young of Graffham |
advising on unemployment |
11 September 1984 – 3 September 1985 |
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Margaret Thatcher |
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Jeremy Hanley |
Chairman of the Conservative Party |
20 July 1994 – 5 July 1995 |
John Major |
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Brian Mawhinney |
5 July 1995 – 2 May 1997 |
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Peter Mandelson[3] |
called the "Dome Secretary"[4] |
5 May 1997 – 26 July 1998 |
Labour |
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Tony Blair |
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Charles Clarke[5] |
Labour Party Chair |
8 June 2001 – 24 October 2002 |
Labour |
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Tony Blair |
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John Reid[6] |
24 October 2002 – 4 April 2003 |
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Ian McCartney[7] |
4 April 2003 – 5 May 2006 |
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Hazel Blears[8] |
5 May 2006 – 28 June 2007 |
no appointment |
28 June 2007 – 12 May 2010 |
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Gordon Brown |
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Sayeeda Warsi, Baroness Warsi[9][10] |
Co-Chairman of the Conservative Party |
12 May 2010 – 6 September 2012 |
Conservative |
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David Cameron (Coalition) |
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Grant Shapps[11] |
6 September 2012 – 8 May 2015 |
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Kenneth Clarke[12] |
Trade envoy |
6 September 2012 – 14 July 2014 |
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John Hayes[13] |
Senior Parliamentary Adviser to the Prime Minister (Cabinet Office) |
28 March 2013 – 15 July 2014 |
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Robert Halfon[14] |
Deputy Chairman of the Conservative Party |
8 May 2015 – 17 July 2016 |
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David Cameron |
no appointment |
17 July 2016 – 8 January 2018 |
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Theresa May |
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Brandon Lewis[15] |
Chairman of the Conservative Party |
8 January 2018 – 24 July 2019 |
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James Cleverly[16] |
24 July 2019 – 13 February 2020 |
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Boris Johnson |
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Amanda Milling[17] |
13 February 2020 – 15 September 2021 |
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Oliver Dowden[18] |
15 September 2021 – 24 June 2022 |
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no appointment |
24 June 2022 – 7 July 2022 |
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Andrew Stephenson |
Chairman of the Conservative Party |
7 July 2022 – 6 September 2022 |
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Sir Jake Berry |
6 September 2022 – 25 October 2022 |
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Liz Truss |
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Nadhim Zahawi |
25 October 2022 – 29 January 2023 |
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Rishi Sunak |
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Greg Hands |
7 February 2023 – 13 November 2023 |
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Richard Holden |
13 November 2023 – 5 July 2024 |
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Ellie Reeves |
Chair of the Labour Party |
6 July 2024 – present |
Labour |
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Keir Starmer |