- Secretary of State for Employment
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The Secretary of State for Employment was a position in the Cabinet of the United Kingdom. In 1995 it was merged with Secretary of State for Education to make the Secretary of State for Education and Employment. In 2001 the employment functions were split off this and transferred to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions.
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Minister of Labour (1916–1940)
Name Took office Left office Political Party Prime Minister John Hodge 10 December 1916 17 August 1917 Labour
(Coalition)David Lloyd George George Roberts 17 August 1917 10 January 1919 Labour
(Coalition)Sir Robert Stevenson Horne 10 January 1919 19 March 1920 Unionist
(Coalition)Thomas James Macnamara 19 March 1920 19 October 1922 Liberal
(Coalition)Anderson Montague Barlow 31 October 1922 22 January 1924 Conservative Andrew Bonar Law Stanley Baldwin Tom Shaw 22 January 1924 3 November 1924 Labour Ramsay MacDonald Arthur Steel-Maitland 6 November 1924 4 June 1929 Conservative Stanley Baldwin Margaret Bondfield 7 June 1929 24 August 1931
(lost seat 1931)Labour Ramsay MacDonald Sir Henry Betterton, Bt 25 August 1931 29 June 1934 Conservative
(National Government)Oliver Stanley 29 June 1934 7 June 1935 Conservative
(National Government)Ernest Brown 7 June 1935 13 May 1940 Liberal National
(National Government)Stanley Baldwin Neville Chamberlain Minister of Labour and National Service (1940–1959)
Name Took office Left office Political Party Prime Minister Ernest Bevin 13 May 1940 23 May 1945 Labour
(Coalition)Winston Churchill Rab Butler 25 May 1945 26 July 1945 Conservative
(Caretaker)George Isaacs 3 August 1945 17 January 1951 Labour Clement Attlee Aneurin Bevan 17 January 1951 23 April 1951
(resigned)Labour Alfred Robens 24 April 1951 26 October 1951 Labour Walter Monckton 28 October 1951 20 December 1955 Conservative Sir Winston Churchill Sir Anthony Eden Iain MacLeod 20 December 1955 14 October 1959 Conservative Harold Macmillan Edward Heath 14 October 1959 12 November 1959 Conservative Minister of Labour (1959–1968)
Name Took office Left office Political Party Prime Minister Edward Heath 12 November 1959 27 July 1960 Conservative Harold Macmillan John Hare 27 July 1960 20 October 1963 Conservative Joseph Godber 20 October 1963 16 October 1964 Conservative Sir Alec Douglas-Home Ray Gunter 18 October 1964 6 April 1968 Labour Harold Wilson Secretary of State for Employment and Productivity (1968–1970)
Name Took office Left office Political Party Prime Minister Barbara Castle 6 April 1968 19 June 1970 Labour Harold Wilson Secretary of State for Employment (1970–1995)
Name Took office Left office Political Party Prime Minister Robert Carr 20 June 1970 7 April 1972 Conservative Edward Heath Maurice Macmillan 7 April 1972 2 December 1973 Conservative William Whitelaw 2 December 1973 4 March 1974 Conservative Michael Foot 5 March 1974 8 April 1976 Labour Harold Wilson Albert Booth 8 April 1976 4 May 1979 Labour James Callaghan James Prior 5 May 1979 14 September 1981 Conservative Margaret Thatcher Norman Tebbit 14 September 1981 16 October 1983 Conservative Tom King 16 October 1983 2 September 1985 Conservative Lord Young 2 September 1985 13 June 1987 Conservative Norman Fowler 13 June 1987 3 January 1990 Conservative Michael Howard 3 January 1990 11 April 1992 Conservative John Major Gillian Shepherd 11 April 1992 27 May 1993 Conservative David Hunt 27 May 1993 20 July 1994 Conservative Michael Portillo 20 July 1994 5 July 1995 Conservative Secretary of State for Education and Employment (1995–2001)
Name Took office Left office Political Party Prime Minister Gillian Shepherd 5 July 1995 2 May 1997 Conservative John Major David Blunkett 2 May 1997 8 June 2001 Labour Tony Blair Office merged with Secretary of State for Work and Pensions 2001.
Categories:- Lists of government ministers of the United Kingdom
- Defunct ministerial offices in the United Kingdom
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