Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport

Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport
Arms of Her Majesty's Government Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Incumbent Jeremy Hunt since 12 May 2010
Style	The Right Honourable
Appointer	David Cameron as Prime Minister
Inaugural holder	David Mellor
Formation	11 April 1992
Website	DCMS

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The Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport (previously Culture, Media and Sport) is a United Kingdom cabinet position with responsibility for the Department for Culture, Media and Sport. The role was created in 1992 by John Major as Secretary of State for National Heritage. The first to fill the role, David Mellor, dubbed it "Minister of Fun".^[1]

Secretaries of State

Secretaries of State for National Heritage (1992–1997)
Name			Took office	Left office	Political party	Prime Minister
	David Mellor		11 April 1992	22 September 1992	Conservative	John Major
	Peter Brooke		25 September 1992	20 July 1994	Conservative
	Stephen Dorrell		20 July 1994	5 July 1995	Conservative
	Virginia Bottomley		5 July 1995	2 May 1997	Conservative
Secretaries of State for Culture, Media and Sport (1997–2010)
Name		Portrait	Took office	Left office	Political party	Prime Minister
	Chris Smith		3 May 1997	8 June 2001	Labour	Tony Blair
	Tessa Jowell		8 June 2001	27 June 2007	Labour
	James Purnell		28 June 2007	24 January 2008	Labour	Gordon Brown
	Andy Burnham		24 January 2008	5 June 2009	Labour
	Ben Bradshaw		5 June 2009	11 May 2010	Labour
Secretaries of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport (2010– )
Name		Portrait	Took office	Left office	Political party	Prime Minister
	Jeremy Hunt		12 May 2010	Incumbent	Conservative	David Cameron

Shadow Secretaries of State

Loyal Opposition

Shadow Secretaries of State for National Heritage (1992–1997)
Name		Took office	Left office	Shadow Cabinet
	Bryan Gould MP	18 July 1992	29 September 1992	Smith (LAB)
	Ann Clwyd MP	29 September 1992	21 October 1993
	Mo Mowlam MP	21 October 1993	21 July 1994
	The Rt Hon Virginia Bottomley MP	2 May 1997	11 June 1997	Major (CON)
Shadow Secretaries of State for Culture, Media and Sport (1997–2010)
Name		Took office	Left office	Shadow Cabinet
	The Rt Hon Francis Maude MP	11 June 1997	1 June 1998	Hague (CON)
	Peter Ainsworth MP	1 June 1998	18 September 2001
	Tim Yeo MP	18 September 2001	23 July 2002	Duncan Smith (CON)
	John Whittingdale OBE MP	23 July 2002	6 November 2003
	Julie Kirkbride MP	6 November 2003	19 June 2004	Howard (CON)
	John Whittingdale OBE MP	19 June 2004	6 May 2005
	The Rt Hon Theresa May MP	6 May 2005	8 December 2005
	Hugo Swire MP [§]	8 December 2005	2 July 2007	Cameron (CON)
	Jeremy Hunt MP [§]	2 July 2007	11 May 2010
Shadow Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport (2010)
Name		Took office	Left office	Shadow Cabinet
	The Rt Hon Ben Bradshaw MP	11 May 2010	8 October 2010	Harman (LAB)
Shadow Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport (2010– )
Name		Took office	Left office	Shadow Cabinet
	Ivan Lewis MP	8 October 2010	7 October 2011	Miliband (LAB)
	The Rt. Hon. Harriet Harman QC MP	7 October 2011	Incumbent	Miliband (LAB)

^§ Swire was also appointed Shadow Minister for the Olympics in 2005; Hunt held this additional title throughout his tenure.

Liberal Democrats

Frontbench Spokesperson for Culture, Media and Sport (1997–1999)
Name		Took office	Left office	Shadow Cabinet
	The Rt Hon Robert Maclennan MP	May 1997	August 1999	Ashdown (LD)
Shadow Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport (1999–2010)
Name		Took office	Left office	Shadow Cabinet
	Don Foster MP	August 1999	May 2010	Kennedy (LD)
				Campbell (LD)
				Cable (LD)
				Clegg (LD)
	Since May 2010, the third party has not shadowed the government, the Liberal Democrats being the junior party in a coalition government.

References

1. ^ Townsend, Nick (17 January 1999). "Interview: David Mellor - A more mellow fellow? Mellor's not for turning". The Independent on Sunday. http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/interview-david-mellor--a-more-mellow-fellow-mellors-not-for-turning-1074453.html. Retrieved 12 July 2009.