Ministries since 1945 and Political Parties

Deputy Prime Ministers

27 Jul 1945 - 26 Oct 1951 Herbert Stanley Morrison,

Baron Morrison of Lambeth ............. 1888-1965 L

27 Oct 1951 - 06 Apr 1955 Robert Anthony Eden C

13 Jul 1962 - 20 Oct 1963 Richard Austen Butler .................. 1902-1982 C

(also titled first secretary of state)

05 May 1979 - 10 Jan 1988 William Stephen Ian Whitelaw,

Viscount Whitelaw ..................... 1918-1999 C

24 Jul 1989 - 01 Nov 1990 Sir Edward Geoffrey Howell ............. 1926- C

05 Jul 1995 - 02 May 1997 Michael Ray Dibdin Heseltine ........... 1933- C

(also titled first secretary of state)

02 May 1997 - 27 Jun 2007 John Leslie Prescott ................... 1938- L

(also titled first secretary of state)

11 May 2010 - Nicholas William Peter Clegg ........... 1967- LD

Foreign and Commonwealth

Secretaries of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs

27 Jul 1945 - 09 Mar 1951 Ernest Bevin ........................... 1881-1951 L

27 Oct 1951 - 05 Apr 1955 Robert Anthony Eden C

07 Apr - 20 Dec 1955 Maurice Harold Macmillan C

20 Dec 1955 - 27 Jul 1960 John Selwyn Brook Lloyd C

27 Jul 1960 - 20 Oct 1963 Alexander Frederick Douglas-Home (1st Time) C

20 Oct 1963 - 17 Oct 1964 Richard Austen Butler

17 Oct 1964 - 22 Jan 1965 Patrick Chrestien Gordon Walker ........ 1907-1980 L

22 Jan 1965 - 10 Aug 1966 Robert Michael Maitland Stewart ........ 1906-1990 L

10 Aug 1966 - 15 Mar 1968 George Alfred Brown .................... 1914-1985 L

15 Mar 1968 - 20 Jun 1970 Robert Michael Maitland Stewart (2nd Time)

20 Jun 1970 - 04 Mar 1974 Sir Alexander Frederick Douglas-Home

04 Mar 1974 - 08 Apr 1976 Leonard James Callaghan ................ 1913-2005 L

08 Apr 1976 - 19 Feb 1977 Charles Anthony Raven Crosland ......... 1918-1977 L

21 Feb 1977 - 04 May 1979 David Anthony Llewllyn Owen,

Baron Owen ............................ 1938- L

04 May 1979 - 06 Apr 1982 Peter Alexander Rupert Carrington ...... 1919-

06 Apr 1982 - 09 Jun 1983 Francis Leslie Pym ..................... 1922-2008 C

09 Jun 1983 - 24 Jul 1989 Sir Geoffrey Howell C

24 Jul - 26 Oct 1989 John Major C

26 Oct 1989 - 05 Jul 1995 Douglas Richard Hurd ................... 1930- C

05 Jul 1995 - 02 May 1997 Malcolm Leslie Rifkind ................. 1946- C

02 May 1997 - 08 Jun 2001 Robert 'Robin' Finlayson Cook .......... 1946-2005 L

08 Jun 2001 - 05 May 2006 John "Jack" Whitaker Straw ............. 1946- L

05 May 2006 - 28 Jun 2007 Margaret Mary Beckett .................. 1943- L

28 Jun 2007 - 11 May 2010 David Wright Miliband .................. 1965- L

11 May 2010 - 15 Jul 2014 William Jefferson Hague ................ 1961- C

15 Jul 2014 - Philip Anthony Hammond ................. 1955 - C

Her Majesty's Treasury

Chancellors of the Exchequer

26 Jul 1945 - 15 Nov 1947 Edward Hugh John Neale Dalton .......... 1887-1962 L

15 Nov 1947 - 19 Oct 1950 Sir Richard Stafford Cripps ............ 1889-1952 L

19 Oct 1950 - 26 Oct 1951 Hugh Todd Naylor Gaitskell ............. 1906-1963 L

26 Oct 1951 - 24 Dec 1955 Richard Austen Butler

24 Dec 1955 - 14 Jan 1957 Maurice Harold Macmilan

14 Jan 1957 - 07 Jan 1958 George Edward Peter Thorneycroft ....... 1909-1994 C

07 Jan 1958 - 27 Jul 1960 Derick Heathcoat-Amory ................. 1899-1981 C

27 Jul 1960 - 13 Jul 1962 John Selwyn Brook Lloyd

13 Jul 1962 - 17 Oct 1964 Reginald Maudling ...................... 1917-1979 C

17 Oct 1967 - 19 Jun 1970 Roy Harris Jenkins,

Baron Jenkins of Hillhead ............. 1920-2003 L

19 Jun - 20 Jul 1970 Iain Norman Macleod .................... 1913-1970 C

25 Jul 1970 - 05 Mar 1974 Anthony Perrinott Lysberg Barber ....... 1920-2005 C

05 Mar 1974 - 05 May 1979 Denis Winston Healey ................... 1917-

05 May 1979 - 11 Jun 1983 Sir Geoffrey Howell

11 Jun 1983 - 26 Oct 1989 Nigel Lawson, Baron Lawson of Blaby .... 1932- C

26 Oct 1989 - 28 Nov 1990 John Major

28 Nov 1990 - 27 May 1993 Norman Stewart Hughson Lamont,

Baron Lawson of Lerwick ............... 1942- C

27 May 1993 - 02 May 1997 Kenneth Henry Clark .................... 1940- C

02 May 1997 - 27 Jun 2007 James Gordon Brown L

27 Jun 2007 - 11 May 2010 Alistair Maclean Darling ............... 1953- L

11 May 2010 - George Gideon Oliver Osborn ............ 1971- C

Ministry of Defence (MOD)

Ministers of Defence

11 May 1940 - 26 Jul 1945 Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill ...... 1874-1965 C

                          (1st Time)

26 Jul 1945 - 21 Dec 1946 Clement Richard Attlee ................. s.a

22 Dec 1946 - 28 Feb 1950 Albert Victor Alexander,

                           Earl Alexander of Hillsborough ........ 1885-1965 L

28 Feb 1950 - 26 Oct 1951 Emanuel Shinwell ....................... 1884-1986 L

28 Oct 1951 - 01 Mar 1952 Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill (2nd Time)

01 Mar 1952 - 18 Oct 1954 Harold Rupert Leofric George Alexander,

                           Earl Alexander of Tunis ............... 1891-1969 C

18 Oct 1954 - 07 Apr 1955 Harold Maurice Macmillan ............... s.a

07 Apr      - 20 Dec 1955 John Selwyn Brook Lloyd ................ s.a

20 Dec 1955 - 18 Oct 1956 Walter Turner Monckton ................. 1891-1965 C

18 Oct 1956 - 14 Jan 1957 Anthony Henry Head ..................... 1906-1983 C

14 Jan 1957 - 14 Oct 1959 Edwin Duncan Sandys .................... 1908-1987 C

14 Oct 1959 - 13 Jul 1962 Harold Arthur Watkinson ................ 1910-1965 C

13 Jul 1962 - 17 Oct 1964 George Edward Peter Thorneycroft ....... s.a

Secretaries of State for Defence

17 Oct 1964 - 19 Jun 1970 Denis Winston Healey ................... s.a

19 Jun 1970 - 08 Jan 1974 Peter Alexander Rupert Carrington,

                           Baron Carrington ...................... s.a

08 Jan      - 04 Mar 1974 Ian Hedworth John Little Gilmour,

                           Baron Gilmour of Craigmiller .......... 1926-2007 C

04 Mar 1974 - 10 Sep 1976 Roy Mason, Baron Mason ................. 1924-     L

10 Sep 1976 - 04 May 1979 Frederick William Mulley ............... 1918-1995 L

05 May 1979 - 05 Jan 1981 Francis Leslie Pym ..................... s.a

05 Jan 1981 - 06 Jan 1983 John William Frederic Nott ............. 1932-     C

06 Jan 1983 - 09 Jan 1986 Michael Ray Dibdin Heseltine ........... s.a

09 Jan 1986 - 24 Jul 1989 George Kenneth Hotson Younger .......... 1931-     C

24 Jul 1989 - 09 Apr 1992 Thomas Jeremy King ..................... 1933-     C

09 Apr 1992 - 05 Jul 1995 Malcolm Leslie Rifkind ................. s.a

05 Jul 1995 - 02 May 1997 Michael Denzil Xavier Portillo ......... 1953-     C

02 May 1997 - 11 Oct 1999 George Islay MacNeil Robertson,

                           Baron Robertson of Port Ellen ......... 1946-     L

11 Oct 1999 - 06 May 2005 Geoffrey William Hoon .................. 1953-     C

06 May 2005 - 05 May 2006 John Reid .............................. s.a       L

05 May 2006 - 03 Oct 2008 Desmond Henry Browne ................... s.a       L

03 Oct 2008 - 05 Jun 2009 John Matthew Patrick Hutton ............ 1955-     L

05 Jun 2009 - 11 May 2010 Robert William Ainsworth ............... 1952-     L

12 May 2010 - 14 Oct 2011 Dr Liam Fox ............................ 1961-     C

14 Oct 2011 - 15 Jul 2014 Philip Anthony Hammond ................. s.a

15 Jul 2014 -             Michel Cathel Fallon ................... 1952-     C

Home Office

Home Secretaries

27 Jul 1945 - 26 Oct 1951 James Chuter Ede ....................... 1882-1965 L

27 Oct 1951 - 19 Oct 1954 Sir David Patrick Maxwell Fyfe

19 Oct 1954 - 14 Jan 1957 Gwilym Lloyd George .................... 1894-1967 LD/C

14 Jan 1957 - 13 Jul 1962 Richard Austen Butler

14 Jul 1962 - 16 Oct 1964 Henry Brooke, Baron Brooke of Cumnor ... 1903-1984 C

17 Oct 1964 - 23 Dec 1965 Frank Soskice, Baron Stow Hill ......... 1902-1979 L

23 Dec 1965 - 30 Nov 1967 Roy Harris Jenkins (1st Time)

01 Dec 1967 - 19 Jun 1970 Leonard James Callagham

20 Jun 1970 - 18 Jul 1972 Reginald Maudling

18 Jul 1972 - 04 Mar 1974 Leonard Robert Carr .................... 1916-     C

05 Mar 1974 - 10 Sep 1976 Roy Harris Jenkins (2nd Time)

10 Sep 1976 - 04 May 1979 Merlyn Rees ............................ 1920-2006 L

05 May 1979 - 11 Jun 1983 William Stephen Ian Whitelaw,

                           Viscount Whitelaw

11 Jun 1983 - 02 Sep 1985 Leon Brittan ........................... 1939-2015 C

02 Sep 1985 - 26 Oct 1989 Douglas Richard Hurd

26 Oct 1989 - 28 Nov 1990 David Charles Waddington ............... 1929-     C

28 Nov 1990 - 10 Apr 1992 Kenneth Wilfred Baker .................. 1934-     C

10 Apr 1992 - 27 May 1993 Kenneth Henry Clarke

27 May 1997 - 02 May 1997 Michael Howard ......................... 1941-     C

02 May 1997 - 08 Jun 2001 John "Jack" Whitaker Straw

08 Jun 2001 - 15 Dec 2004 David Blunkett ......................... 1947-     L

15 Dec 2004 - 05 May 2006 Charles Rodway Clarke .................. 1950-     L

05 May 2006 - 27 Jun 2007 John Reid

27 Jun 2007 - 05 Jun 2009 Jacqueline Jill Smith .................. 1962-     L

05 Jun 2009 - 11 May 2010 Alan Arthur Johnson .................... 1950-     L

12 May 2010 -             Theresa Mary May ....................... 1956-     C

Department of Health

Secretaries of State for Health

27 Jul 1945 - 17 Jan 1951 Aneurin "Nye" Bevan .................... 1897-1960 L

17 Jan      - 26 Oct 1951 Hilary Adair Marquand .................. 1901-1972 L

30 Oct 1951 - 07 May 1952 Henry Frederick Comfort Crookshank ..... 1893-1961 C

07 May 1952 - 20 Dec 1955 Iain Norman Macleod .................... s.a

20 Dec 1955 - 16 Jan 1957 Robert Hugh Turton ..................... 1903-1994 C

16 Jan      - 17 Sep 1957 Dennis Forwood Vosper, Baron Runcorn ... 1916-1968 C

17 Sep 1957 - 27 Jul 1960 Derek Colclough Walker-Smith ........... 1910-1992 C

27 Jul 1960 - 18 Oct 1963 John Enoch Powell ...................... 1912-1998 C

18 Oct 1963 - 16 Oct 1964 Anthony Perrinott Lysberg Barber ....... s.a

17 Oct 1964 - 01 Nov 1968 Sir Kenneth Robinson ................... 1911-1996 L

01 Nov 1968 - 16 Jun 1970 Richard Howard Stafford Crossman ....... 1907-1974 L

16 Jun 1970 - 04 Mar 1974 Keith Sinjohn Joseph ................... 1918-1994 C

05 Mar 1974 - 08 Apr 1976 Barbara Anne Castle,

                           Baroness Castle of Blackburn .......... 1910-2002 L

08 Apr 1976 - 04 May 1979 David Hedley Ennals .................... 1922-1995 L

05 May 1979 - 14 Sep 1981 Charles Patrick Fleeming Jenkin ........ 1926-     C

14 Sep 1981 - 13 Jun 1987 Peter Norman Fowler .................... 1938-     C

13 Jun 1987 - 25 Jul 1988 John Edward Michael Moore .............. 1937-     C

25 Jul 1988 - 02 Nov 1990 Kenneth Henry Clarke ................... s.a

02 Nov 1990 - 10 Apr 1992 William Arthur Waldegrave .............. 1946-     C

10 Apr 1992 - 05 Jul 1995 Virginia Bottomley ..................... 1948-     C

05 Jul 1995 - 02 May 1997 Stephen James Dorrell .................. 1952-     C

02 May 1997 - 11 Oct 1999 Frank Gordon Dobson .................... 1940-     L

11 Oct 1999 - 13 Jun 2003 Alan Milburn ........................... 1958-     L

13 Jun 2003 - 05 May 2005 John Reid .............................. s.a

06 May 2005 - 27 Jun 2007 Patricia Hope Hewitt ................... 1948-     L

27 Jun 2007 - 05 Jun 2009 Alan Arthur Johnson .................... s.a

05 Jun 2009 - 11 May 2010 Andrew Murray Burnham .................. 1970-     L

12 May 2010 - 04 Sep 2012 Andrew David Lansley ................... 1956-     C

04 Sep 2012 -             Jeremy Richard Streynsham Hunt ......... 1966-     C

Department of Education

Ministers for Education

03 Aug 1945 - 06 Feb 1947 Ellen Cicely Wilkinson ................. 1891-1947 L

10 Feb 1947 - 26 Oct 1951 George Tomlinson ....................... 1890-1952 L

02 Nov 1951 - 18 Oct 1954 Baroness Florence Gertrude Horsbrugh ... 1889-1969 C

18 Oct 1954 - 13 Jan 1957 David McAdam Eccles, Viscount Eccles ... 1904-1999 C

                          (1st Time)

14 Jan      - 17 Sep 1957 Quintin McGarel Hogg, Viscount Hailsham 1907-2001 C

17 Sep 1957 - 14 Oct 1959 Baron Geoffrey William-Lloyd ........... 1902-1984 C

14 Oct 1959 - 13 Jul 1962 David McAdam Eccles, Viscount Eccles (2nd Time)

13 Jul 1962 - 01 Apr 1964 Edward Charles Gurney Boyle,

                           Baron Boyle of Handsworth ............. 1923-1981 C

18 Oct 1964 - 22 Jan 1965 Robert Michael Maitland Stewart,

                           Baron Stewart of Fulham ............... 1906-1990 L

22 Jan 1965 - 29 Aug 1967 Charles Anthony Raven Crosland ......... 1918-1977 L

29 Aug 1967 - 06 Apr 1968 Baron Patrick Chrestien Gordon Walker .. 1907-1980 L

06 Apr 1968 - 20 Jun 1970 Edward Watson Short, Baron Glenamara ... 1912-2012 L

20 Jun 1970 - 04 Mar 1974 Margaret Hilda Thatcher ................ 1925-     C

05 Mar 1974 - 10 Jun 1975 Baron Reginald Ernest Prentice ......... 1923-2001 L

10 Jun 1975 - 10 Sep 1976 Baron Frederick William Mulley ......... 1918-1995 L

10 Sep 1976 - 04 May 1979 Shirley Vivian Teresa Brittain Williams 1930-     L

05 May 1979 - 14 Sep 1981 Mark Carlisle .......................... 1929-2005 C

14 Sep 1981 - 21 May 1986 Baron Keith St John Joseph ............. 1918-1994 C

21 May 1986 - 24 Jul 1989 Kenneth Wilfred Baker .................. 1934-     C

24 Jul 1989 - 02 Nov 1990 John Roddick Russell McGregor .......... 1937-     C

02 Nov 1990 - 10 Apr 1992 Kenneth Henry Clark                                C

10 Apr 1992 - 20 Jul 1994 John Haggitt Charles Patten ............ 1945-     C

20 Jul 1994 - 02 May 1997 Gillian Patricia Shephard .............. 1940-     C

02 May 1997 - 08 Jul 2001 David Blunket                                      L

08 Jul 2001 - 24 Oct 2002 Estelle Morris ......................... 1952-     L

24 Oct 2002 - 15 Dec 2004 Charles Rodway Clark                               L

15 Dec 2004 - 05 May 2006 Ruth Maria Kelly ....................... 1968-     L

05 May 2006 - 28 Jun 2007 Allen Arthur Johnson                               L

28 Jun 2007 - 11 May 2010 Edward Michael Balls ................... 1967-     L

11 May 2010 - 15 Jul 2014 Michael Andrew Gove .................... 1967-     C

15 Jul 2014 -             Nicola Anne Morgan ..................... 1972-     C

Secretaries of State for Energy and Climate Change

11 Apr 1992 - 03 Oct 2010 Post Abolished

Secretaries of Energy and Climate Change

08 Jan      - 04 Mar 1974 Peter Alexander Rupert Carington ....... (s.a)     C

05 Mar 1974 - 10 Jun 1975 Eric Graham Varley ..................... 1932-2008 L

10 Jun 1975 - 04 May 1979 Anthony "Tony" Neil Wedgwood Benn ...... 1925-2014 L

                          (Viscount Stansgate to 1963)

05 May 1979 - 14 Sep 1981 David Arthur Russell Howell ............ 1936-     C

14 Sep 1981 - 11 Jun 1983 Nigel Lawson ........................... (s.a)     C

11 Jun 1983 - 13 Jun 1987 Peter Edward Walker .................... 1932-2010 C

13 Jun 1987 - 24 Jun 1989 Cecil Parkinson ........................ 1931-     C

24 Jun 1989 - 11 Apr 1992 John Wakeham ........................... 1932-     C

11 Apr 1992 - 03 Oct 2010 Post Abolished

03 Oct 2008 - 11 May 2010 Edward Samuel Miliband ................. 1969-     L

12 May 2010 - 03 Feb 2012 Christopher Murray Paul Huhne .......... 1954-     LD

03 Feb 2012 -             Edward Jonathan Davey .................. 1965-     LD

Department of Justice

Ministers for Justice (Lord Chancellors to 2007)

28 Jul 1945 - 25 Oct 1951 William Allen Jowitt,

Baron Jowitt .......................... 1885-1957 L

26 Oct 1951 - 18 Oct 1954 Gavin Turnbull Simonds,

Baron Simonds ......................... 1881-1971 C

19 Oct 1954 - 16 Jul 1962 David Patrick Maxwell Fyfe,

Viscont Kilmuir ....................... 1900-1967 C

17 Jul 1962 - 26 Oct 1964 Reginald Edward Manningham-Butler,

Baron Dilhorne ........................ 1905-1980 C

27 Oct 1964 - 27 Jun 1970 Gerald Austin Gardiner,

Baron Gardiner ........................ 1900-1990 L

28 Jun 1970 - 04 Mar 1974 Quintin McGarel Hogg,

Baron Hailsham ........................ 1907-2001 C

05 Mar 1974 - 04 May 1979 Frederick Elwyn-Jones,

Baron Elwyn-Jones ..................... 1909-1989 L

05 May 1979 - 12 Jun 1987 Quintin McGarel Hogg,

Baron Hailsham (2nd Time)

12 Jun 1987 - 02 May 1997 James Peter Hymers Mackay,

Baron Mackay of Clashfern ............. 1927- C

02 May 1997 - 12 Jun 2003 Alexander Andrew Mackay Irvine,

Baron Irvine of Lairg ................. 1940- L

12 Jun 2003 - 27 Jun 2007 Charles Leslie Falconer,

Baron Falconer of Thoroton ............ 1951- L

27 Jun 2007 - 11 May 2010 John "Jack" Whitaker Straw

12 May 2010 - 04 Sep 2012 Kenneth Henry Clarke

04 Sep 2012 - Christopher Stephen Grayling ........... 1962- C

Department of Business, Innovation and Skills

- Presidents of the Board of Trade -

27 Jul 1945 - 29 Sep 1947 Sir Richard Stafford Cripps ............ 1889-1952 L

29 Sep 1947 - 23 Apr 1951 James Harold Wilson .................... s.a       L

24 Apr      - 26 Oct 1951 Sir Hartley William Shawcross .......... 1902-2003

26 Oct 1951 - 13 Jun 1957 George Edward Peter Thorneycroft ....... s.a

13 Jun 1957 - 14 Oct 1959 David McAdem Eccles .................... s.s       C

14 Oct 1959 - 09 Oct 1961 Reginald Maudling ...................... s.a       C

09 Oct 1961 - 20 Oct 1963 Frederick James Erroll ................. 1914-2000 C

- Secretaries of State for Industry, Trade and Regional Development -

20 Oct 1963 - 16 Oct 1964 Edward Richard George Heath

- Presidents of the Board of Trade -

18 Oct 1964 - 29 Aug 1967 Douglas Patrick Thomas Jay ............. 1907-1996 L

29 Oct 1967 - 06 Oct 1969 Charles Anthony Raven Crosland ......... s.a       L

06 Oct 1969 - 19 Jun 1970 Roy Mason .............................. s.a       L

19 Jun      - 15 Oct 1970 Michael Anthony Cristobal Noble ........ 1913-1984 C

- Presidents of State for Trade and Industry -

15 Oct 1970 - 05 Nov 1972 John Emerson Harding Harding-Davies .... 1916-1979 C

05 Nov 1972 - 04 Mar 1974 Peter Edward Walker .................... s.a       C

- Secretaries of State for Prices and Consumer Protection -

05 May 1974 - 10 Sep 1976 Shirley Williams ....................... s.a       L

10 Sep 1976 - 04 May 1979 Roy Sidney George Hattersley ........... 1932-     L

- Secretaries of State for Industry -

05 May 1974 - 10 Jun 1975 Anthony Wedgwood Benn .................. s.a       L

10 Jun 1975 - 04 May 1979 Eric Graham Varley ..................... 1932-2008 L

04 May 1979 - 14 Sep 1981 Keith Sinjohn Joseph ................... 1918-1994 C

14 Sep 1981 - 12 Jun 1983 Charles Patrick Fleeming Jenkin ........ s.a       C

- Secretaries of State for Trade -

05 May 1974 - 08 Apr 1976 Peter David Shore ...................... s.a       L

08 Apr 1976 - 11 Nov 1978 Edmund Emanuel Dell .................... 1921-1999 L

11 Nov 1978 - 04 May 1979 John Smith ............................. s.a       L

05 May 1979 - 05 Jan 1981 John William Frederic Nott ............. s.a       C

05 Jan 1981 - 06 Apr 1982 William John Biffen .................... s.a       C

06 Apr 1982 - 12 Jun 1983 Francis Arthur Cockfield ............... 1916-2007 C

- Secretaries of State for Trade and Industry -

11 Oct 1983 - 02 Sep 1985 Norman Beresford Tebbit ................ s.a       C

02 Sep 1985 - 22 Jan 1986 Leon Brittan ........................... s.a       C

24 Jan 1986 - 13 Jun 1987 Henry Paul Guinness Channon ............ s.a       C

13 Jun 1987 - 24 Jul 1989 David Ivor Young ....................... 1932-     C

24 Jul 1989 - 13 Jul 1990 Nicholas Ridley ........................ s.a

14 Jul 1990 - 10 Apr 1992 Peter Bruce Lilley ..................... 1943-     C

10 Apr 1992 - 05 Jul 1995 Michael Ray Dibdin Heseltine ........... s.a       C

05 Jul 1995 - 02 May 1997 Ian Bruce Lang ......................... 1940-     C

02 May 1997 - 27 Jul 1998 Margaret Mary Beckett .................. s.a       L

27 Jul      - 23 Dec 1998 Peter Benjamin Mandelson ............... s.a       L

                          (1st Time)

23 Dec 1998 - 08 Jun 2001 Stephen John Byers ..................... s.a       L

08 Jun 2001 - 06 May 2005 Patricia Hope Hewitt ................... s.a       L

06 May 2005 - 05 May 2006 Alan Arthur Johnson .................... s.a       L

05 May 2006 - 27 Jun 2007 Alistair Darling ....................... s.a       L

- Secretaries of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform -

27 Jun 2007 - 03 Oct 2008 John Matthew Patrick Hutton ............ s.a       L

03 Oct 2008 - 11 May 2010 Peter Benjamin Mandelson (2nd Time)

- Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills -

12 May 2010 -             John Vincent Cable ..................... 1943-     LD

Department of Culture, Media and Sport

- Secretaries of National Heritage -

11 Apr      - 22 Sep 1992 David John Mellor ...................... s.a

22 Sep 1992 - 20 Jul 1994 Peter Leonard Brooke ................... 1934-   C

20 Jul 1994 - 05 Jul 1995 Stephen James Dorrell .................. s.a

05 Jul 1995 - 02 May 1997 Virginia Bottomley ..................... s.a

- Secretaries of State for Culture, Media and Sport -

02 May 1997 - 08 Jun 2001 Christopher Robert Smith ............... 1951-     L

08 Jun 2001 - 27 Jun 2007 Tessa Jane Jowell ...................... s.a

27 Jun 2007 - 24 Jan 2008 James Mark Dakin Purnell ............... 1970-     L

24 Jan 2008 - 05 Jun 2009 Andrew Murray Burnham .................. s.a      L

05 Jun 2009 - 11 May 2010 Benjamin Peter James Bradshaw .......... s.a       L

- Secretaries of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport -

12 May 2010 - 04 Sep 2012 Jeremy Richard Streynsham Hunt ......... s.a       C

- Secretaries of State for Culture, Media and Sport -

04 Sep 2012 - 09 Apr 2014 Maria Francis Lewis Miller ............. 1964-     C

09 Apr 2014 -             Sajid Javid ............................ 1969-     C

Department of Communities and Local Government

Secretaries of State for Communities and Local Government

05 May 2005 - 05 May 2006 David Wright Miliband .................. s.a       L

06 May 2006 - 27 Jun 2007 Ruth Maria Kelly ....................... s.a       L

27 Jun 2007 - 05 Jun 2009 Hazel Anne Blears ...................... 1956-     L

05 Jun 2009 - 11 May 2010 John Yorck Denham ...................... s.a       L

12 May 2010 -             Eric Jack Pickles ...................... 1952-     C

Cabinet Secretaries

01 Jan 1947 - 31 Dec 1962 Baron Norman Craven Brook .............. 1902-1967

01 Jan 1963 - 31 Dec 1973 Baron Burke St. John Trend ............. 1914-1987

01 Jan 1974 - 31 Dec 1979 John Joseph Benedict Hunt,

                           Baron of Tanworth ..................... 1919-2008

01 Jan 1980 - 31 Dec 1987 Robert Temple Amstrong,

                           Baron of Ilminster .................... 1927-

01 Jan 1988 - 31 Dec 1997 Frederick Edward Robin Butler,

                           Baron of Brockwell .................... 1938-

01 Jan 1998 - 31 Aug 2002 Richard Thomas Wilson, Baron of Dinton . 1942-

01 Sep 2002 - 31 Aug 2005 Baron Andrew Turnbull .................. 1945-

01 Sep 2005 - 31 Dec 2011 Sir Augustine Thomas O'Donnell ......... 1945-

01 Jan 2012 -             Jeremy John Heywood .................... 1961-

Attorney General for England and Wales

Attorneys General for England and Wales

04 May 1945 - 24 Apr 1951 Sir Hartley William Shawcross .......... s.a

24 Apr      - 26 Oct 1951 Sir Frank Soskice ...................... s.a

26 Oct 1951 - 18 Oct 1954 Sir Lionel Frederick Heald ............. 1897-1981

18 Oct 1954 - 16 Jul 1962 Sir Reginald Edward Manningham-Buller .. 1905-1980

16 Jul 1962 - 16 Oct 1964 Sir John Gardiner Sumner Hobson ........ 1912-1967

16 Oct 1964 - 19 Jun 1970 Sir Frederick Elwyn Jones .............. 1909-1989

23 Jun 1970 - 04 Mar 1974 Peter Anthony Grayson Rawlinson ........ 1919-2006

07 Mar 1974 - 04 May 1979 Samuel Charles Silkin .................. 1918-1988

06 May 1979 - 13 Jun 1987 Sir Robert Michael Oldfield Havers ..... 1923-1992

13 Jun 1987 - 10 Apr 1992 Patrick Barnabas Burke Mayhew .......... 1929-

10 Apr 1992 - 02 May 1997 Sir Nicholas Walter Lyell .............. 1938-2010 C

02 May 1997 - 29 Jul 1999 Sir John Morris ........................ 1931-     C

29 Jul 1999 - 11 Jun 2001 Lord Gareth Wyn Williams of Mostyn ..... 1941-2003 L

11 Jun 2001 - 27 Jun 2007 Peter Henry Goldsmith .................. 1950-     L

27 Jun 2007 - 11 May 2010 Patricia Janet,

                           Baroness Scotland of Asthal ........... 1955-     L

11 May 2010 - 14 Jul 2014 Dominic Charles Roberts Grieve ......... 1956-     C

14 Jul 2014 -             Jeremy Paul Wright ..................... 1972-     C

Non-Ministerial government departments

Crown Prosecutions Service (England and Wales)

Directors of Public Prosecutions

1944 - 1964               Sir Theobald Mathew

1964 - 1977               Sir Norman Skelhorn

1977 - 1987               Sir Thomas Hetherington

1987 - 1992               Sir Allen Green

1992 - 1998               Dame Barbara Mills

1998 - 2003               Sir David Calvert-Smith

2003 - 2008               Sir Kenneth McDonald

2008 - 2013               Sir Keir Starmer

01 Nov 2013 -             Alison Saunders

British Armed Forces

Chief of the Defence Staff

09 Dec 1988 - 01 Apr 1991 MRAF. David Brownrigg Craig ............ 1929-

02 Apr 1991 - 31 Dec 1992 FM. Richard Frederick Vincent .......... 1931-

01 Jan 1993 - 15 Mar 1994 Air Mshl. Sir Peter Robin Harding ...... 1933-

15 Mar 1994 - 01 Apr 1997 FM. Sir Peter Anthony Inge ............. 1935-

02 Apr 1997 - 15 Feb 2001 Gen. Sir Charles Ronald Llewelyn Guthrie 1938-

16 Feb 2001 - 02 May 2003 Adm. Michael Cecil Boyce ............... 1943-

02 May 2003 - 28 Apr 2006 Gen. Sir Michael John Dawson Walker .... 1944-

28 Apr 2006 - 29 Oct 2010 ACM. Sir Graham Eric Stirrup ........... 1949-

29 Oct 2010 - 18 Jul 2013 Gen. David Julian Richards ............. 1952-

18 Jul 2013 - Gen. Sir John Nicholas Reynolds Houghton 1954-

Major Cities

Leaders of the Greater London Council

01 Jan 1964 - 1967 William Fisk, Baron Fisk ............... 1905-1975 L

1967 - 1973 Arthur Desmond Herne Plummer,

Baron Plummer of St Marylebone ........ 1914-2009 C

1973 - 1977 Sir Reginald Eustace Goodwin ........... 1908-1986 L

1977 - 17 May 1981 Sir Horace Walter Cutler ............... 1912-1997 C

17 May 1981 - 31 Mar 1986 Kenneth Robert Livingstone ............. 1945- L

01 Apr 1986 - 04 May 2000 Post Abolished

Mayors of London

04 May 2000 - 04 May 2008 Kenneth Robert Livingstone

04 May 2008 - Alexander Boris de Pfeffel Johnstone ... 1964- C

Birmingham

Leaders of the City Council

1984 - 1993               Sir Richard Marchant Knowles ........... 1917-2008 L

1993 - 1999               Theresa Stewart                                    L

1999 - 2004               Sir Albert Bore (1st Time) ............. 1946-     L

2004 - 2012               .....

04 May 2012 -             Sir Albert Bore (2nd Time)

Bristol

Mayor

19 Nov 2012 - George Robin Paget Ferguson ............ 1947-

Cardiff

Leader of the City Council

1974 - 2012 .....

04 May 2012 - Heather Joyce

Leaders of the City Council

1967 - 1972 Frank Shaw Marshall,

Baron Marshall of Leeds ............... 1915-1990 L

1975 - 1979 Irwin Bellow

1979 - 1980 Peter Sparling C

1980 - 1989 George Edward Mudie .................... 1945- L

1989 - 1996 Jon Hedley Trickett .................... 1950- L

1996 - 2003 Brian Walker L

2003 - 2004 Keith Wakefield (1st Time) ............. 1948- L

2004 - 2010 Andrew Carter C

(with the following)

2004 - 22 Nov 2007 Mark Harris LD

22 Nov 2007 - 06 May 2010 Richard Brett LD

07 May 2010 - Keith Wakefield (2nd Time) L

Leicester

Leaders of the City Council

1973 - 1974              James Marshall .......................... 1941-2004

1981 - 1999              Peter Alfred Soulsby .................... 1948      L

1999 - 2003              Ross Willmott (1st Time)

2003 - 2004              Roger Blackmore (1st Time) .............. 1941-     LD

2004 - 2005              Ross Willmott (2nd Time)

2005 - 2007              Roger Blackmore (2nd Time)

2007 - 2010              Ross Willmott (3rd Time)

2010 - 2011              Veejay Patel

Mayor

06 May 2011 -            Sir Peter Alfred Soulsby

Leaders of the City of Liverpool Council

1974 - 1975 Cyril Carr ............................. 1926-1981 L

1975 - 1976 William Smyth LD

1976 - 1978 John Hamilton .......................... 1922-2006 L

1978 Eddie Roderick L

1979 - 1983 Sir Trevor Jones LD

1983 - 1986 John Hamilton (2nd Time)

1986 - 1987 Tony Byrne L

1987 Sir Trevor Jones

1987 - 1990 Keva Coombes L

1990 - 1996 Harry Rimmer

1996 - 1998 Frank Prendergast L

1998 - 2005 Baron Michael Storey LD

2005 - 2010 Warren Bradley LD

06 May 2010 - 04 May 2012 Joseph Anderson L

04 May 2012 - Joseph Anderson L

01 Apr 1974 Great Manchester County Council formed

01 Apr 1986 Abolished

01 Apr 2011 Greater Manchester Combined Authority established

Chairman of the Greater Manchester Combined Authority

01 Apr 2011 - Peter Richard Charles Smith,

Baron Smith of Leigh

Leaders of the Greater Manchester Council

1984 - 1996 Graham Eric Stringer ................... 1950- L

1996 - Sir Richard Charles Leese .............. 1951- L

Political Parties

British National Party

Leaders of the British National Party

1982 - 27 Sep 1999 John Hutchyns Tyndall ................. 1934-2005

27 Sep 1999 - 21 Jul 2014 Nicholas John Griffin ................. 1959-

21 Jul 2014 - Adam Walker

Leaders of the Communist Party of Great Britain (Dissolved 1991, Now CPB)

1941 - 1956 Harry Pollitt ......................... 1890-1960

1956 - 1975 John Gollan ........................... 1911-1977

1975 - Dec 1989 Gordan McLennan

Jan 1990 - Dec 1991 Nina Tempell .......................... 1956-

Leaders of the Communist Party of Britain

1988 - Jan 1998 Michael Hicks

Jan 1998 - Robert Griffiths

Conservative Party

Leaders of the Conservative Party

10 May 1940 - 07 Apr 1955 Winston Churchill

07 Apr 1955 - 10 Jan 1957 Robert Anthony Eden

10 Jan 1957 - 18 Oct 1963 Maurice Harold Macmillan

18 Oct 1963 - 28 Jul 1965 Sir Alec Douglas Home

28 Jul 1965 - 11 Feb 1975 Edward Heath

11 Feb 1975 - 28 Nov 1990 Margaret Hilda Thatcher

28 Nov 1990 - 19 Jun 1997 John Major

19 Jun 1997 - 18 Sep 2001 William Jefferson Hague

18 Sep 2001 - 06 Nov 2003 George Ian Duncan Smith

06 Nov 2003 - 06 Dec 2005 Michael Howard

06 Dec 2005 - David William Donald Cameron

Principal Speakers of the Green Party

1973-1977 Sara Parkin

1977-198. James Berreen

198.-198. Andrew Simms

1989-1991 David Spaven

1989-1992 Dr Derek Wall

1992-1993 Jean Lambert

1992-1995 Dr Richard Lawson

1995-1997 David Taylor

1996-1998 Peg Alexander

1998-2004 Dr Michael Edward Woodin ............................... 1965-2004

1999-2002 Margaret Wright

2002-2003 Darrel Paul Johnson

2003-2006 Caroline Patricia Lucas (1st Time)

2004-2006 Keith Taylor

2006-2007 Si�n Berry

2007-2008 Caroline Patricia Lucas (2nd Time)

Leader of the Green Party

05 Sep 2008 - 02 Sep 2012 Caroline Patricia Lucas ................ 1960-

02 Sep 2012 - Natalie Louise Bennett ................. 1966-

Note: No official leader until 2008, party had two principal speakers.

Leaders of the Labour Party

08 Oct 1935 - 14 Dec 1955 Clement Richard Attlee

14 Dec 1955 - 18 Jan 1963 Hugh Toff Naylor Gaitskell ............. 1906-1963

18 Jan - 14 Feb 1963 George Alfred Brown .................... 1914-1985

14 Feb 1963 - 04 Mar 1976 James Harrold Wilson

04 May 1976 - 04 Nov 1980 Leonard James Callaghan

04 Nov 1980 - 02 Oct 1983 Michael Mackintosh Foot ................ 1913-2010

02 Oct 1983 - 18 Jul 1992 Neil Gordon Kinnock .................... 1942-

18 Jul 1992 - 12 May 1994 John Smith ............................. 1938-1994

12 May - 21 Jul 1994 Margaret Mary Beckett .................. 1943-

21 Jul 1994 - 27 Jun 2007 Anthony Charles Lynton Blair ........... 1953-

27 Jun 2007 - 11 May 2010 James Gordon Brown ..................... 1951-

11 May - 25 Sep 2010 Harriet Ruth Hartman ................... 1951-

25 Sep 2010 - Edward Samuel Miliband ................. 1969-

Liberal Democrats

Leaders of the Liberal Democrat

1945 - 05 Nov 1956 Edawrd Clement Davis ................... 1884-1962

05 Nov 1956 - 17 Jan 1967 Joseph Grimond ......................... 1913-1993

18 Jan 1967 - 18 May 1976 John Jeremy Thorpe

07 Jul 1976 - 16 Jul 1988 David Martin Scott Steel

16 Jul 1988 - 11 Aug 1999 Jeremy John Durham 'Paddy' Ashdown

09 Aug 1999 - 07 Jan 2006 Charles Peter Kennady

02 Mar 2006 - 15 Oct 2007 Sir Walter Menzies Campbell

18 Dec 2007 - Nicholas William Peter Clegg

Social Democratic Party (Now Defunct, joined Liberal Democrats)

07 Jul 1981 - 13 Jun 1983 Roy Jenkins

21 Jun 1983 - 06 Aug 1987 David Anthony Llewllyn Owen

28 Aug 1987 - 16 Jul 1988 Robert Adam Ross Maclennan