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Minister for Security 
Arms of Her Majesty's GovernmentAppointer David Cameron Inaugural holder Admiral Lord West Formation 12 May 2010 Website www.homeoffice.gov.uk The Minister for Security is a junior ministerial position in the Home Office. The post was created by Labour Prime Minister Gordon Brown on 3 June 2009 by splitting the now-defunct post of the Minister for Security, Counter-Terrorism, Crime and Policing between this post (then called Minister for Security and Counter-Terrorism) and the new post of Minister for Crime and Policing. The postholder, currently James Brokenshire MP,[1] has a permanent seat on the National Security Council (NSC).[2]
The previous Security Minister, Lady Neville-Jones, resigned in May 2011 to be replaced as Minister of State at the Home Office by Lady Browning, while her brief at the Home Office for Security was taken on by James Brokenshire but only as a Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State.[3]
Ministers
Name Portrait Title Took office Left office Political party Prime Minister Beverley Hughes[4] 
Citizenship, Immigration and Counter Terrorism 2003 2004 Labour
Tony Blair
Hazel Blears[5] 
Crime Reduction, Policing, Community Safety
and Counter-Terrorism2003 2005 Hazel Blears[6] Policing, Security and Community Safety 2005 2006 Tony McNulty 
Security, Counter-Terrorism, Crime and Policing 2006 3 October 2008 Gordon Brown David Hanson 
10 June 2009 11 May 2010 Vernon Coaker[7] Policing, Crime and Security 3 October 2008 3 June 2009 Admiral Lord West 
Security and Counter-Terrorism 3 June 2009 12 May 2010 Lady Neville-Jones[8][9] 
12 May 2010 9 May 2011 Conservative David Cameron James Brokenshire[1] 
Crime and Security[10] 9 May 2011 Present References
- ^ a b Johnson, Wesley (12 May 2011). "James Brokenshire takes on security role". Independent. http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/james-brokenshire-takes-on-security-role-2282850.html. Retrieved 12 May 2011.
- ^ "Cameron chairs first UK security council meeting". BBC News. 12 May 2010. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/8679082.stm. Retrieved 15 May 2010.
- ^ Home Office: Our Ministers
- ^ "Baroness Hughes of Stretford - Parliamentary Career". http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/beverley-hughes/25513.
- ^ "Hazel Blears - Parliamentary Career". http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/hazel-blears/25738.
- ^ "Hazel Blears - Parliamentary Career". http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/hazel-blears/25738.
- ^ "Vernon Coaker - Parliamentary Career". http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/vernon-coaker/25758.
- ^ http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/about-us/our-organisation/ministers/pauline-neville-jones/
- ^ Page 40
- ^ Home Office: Our Ministers
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