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Home Secretary

Member of the Cabinet of the United Kingdom

Field	Value
post	United Kingdom
Secretary of State
for the Home Department
insignia	Royal Arms of the United Kingdom (Crown & Garter) (2022).svg
insigniasize	75px
insigniacaption	Royal Arms as used by the Home Office
image	Shabana Mahmood Official Cabinet Portrait, September 2025.jpg
incumbent	Shabana Mahmood
incumbentsince	5 September 2025
department	Home Office
style
type	Minister of the Crown
status
member_of
reports_to	The Prime Minister
seat	Westminster
nominator	The Prime Minister
appointer	The Monarch
appointer_qualified	(on the advice of the Prime Minister)
termlength	At His Majesty's pleasure
formation	27 March 1782
salary	£159,038 per annum (2022)
(including £86,584 MP salary)
first	Earl of Shelburne
website
deputy	Minister of State for Security

Secretary of State for the Home Department (including £86,584 MP salary)

The secretary of state for the Home Department, more commonly known as the home secretary, is a senior minister of the Crown in the Government of the United Kingdom and the head of the Home Office. The position is a Great Office of State, making the home secretary one of the most senior and influential ministers in the government. The incumbent is a statutory member of the British Cabinet and National Security Council.

The position, which may be known as interior minister in other nations, was created in 1782, though its responsibilities have changed many times. Past office holders have included the prime ministers Lord North, Robert Peel, the Duke of Wellington, Lord Palmerston, Winston Churchill, James Callaghan and Theresa May. The longest-serving home secretary is Henry Addington, 1st Viscount Sidmouth, who held the post continuously for 9 years, 221 days. The shortest-serving home secretary is Grant Shapps, who served in the position for the final six days of the premiership of Liz Truss. In 2007, Jacqui Smith became the first female home secretary. The incumbent home secretary is Shabana Mahmood.

The office holder works alongside the other Home Office ministers and the permanent under-secretary of state of the Home Office. The corresponding shadow minister is the shadow home secretary, and the performance of the home secretary is also scrutinized by the Home Affairs Select Committee in the House of Commons and the Justice and Home Affairs Committee in the House of Lords.

Historically, the role has been regarded as a political dead end for aspiring politicians, due to the numerous potential issues and controversies it tends to involve.

Responsibilities

Main article: Powers of the home secretary

Corresponding to what is generally known as an interior minister in many other countries, the home secretary's remit includes:

Oversight of Home Office ministers
Law enforcement in England and Wales and UK wide elements of policing, that are not devolved.
Matters of national security and counter-terrorism
Matters of immigration and border security
Oversight of the Security Service (MI5).

Formerly, the home secretary was the minister responsible for prisons and probation in England and Wales; however in 2007 those responsibilities were transferred to the Ministry of Justice under the lord chancellor.

From the birth of King Edward VIII in 1894 until the birth of Princess Alexandra in 1936, the home secretary would be present at all royal births to verify that the baby and potential heir to the throne was a descendent of the monarch, and not an imposter. Prior to this, a wider range of privy counsellors would attend. The practice was abolished by King George VI shortly before the birth of King Charles III.

History

The title Secretary of State in the government of England dates back to the early 17th century. The position of Secretary of State for the Home Department was created in the British governmental reorganisation of 1782, in which the responsibilities of the Northern and Southern Departments were reformed into the Foreign Office and Home Office.

In 2007, the new Ministry of Justice took on the criminal justice functions of the Home Office and its agencies.

List of home secretaries

Secretary of State for the Home Department
Including constituencies for elected MPs.	Term of office	Party	Ministry	Monarch
(Reign)	George III
[[File:Coat of Arms of the United Kingdom (1801-1816).svg	50px]]
(1760–1820)
Whigs (British political party)}}"		Tories (British political party)}}"		Whigs (British political party)}}"		Tories (British political party)}}"		Tories (British political party)}}"		Whigs (British political party)}}"		Tories (British political party)}}"		Tories (British political party)}}"		Whigs (British political party)}}"		Tories (British political party)}}"		Tories (British political party)}}"		Tories (British political party)}}; border-bottom:none"		Tories (British political party)}}; border-top:none"		George IV
[[File:Coat of Arms of the United Kingdom (1816-1837).svg	50px]]
(1820–1830)	Tories (British political party)}}"		Tories (British political party)}}"		Whigs (British political party)}}; border:none"		Whigs (British political party)}}; border:none"		Tories (British political party)}}; border-bottom:none"		Tories (British political party)}}; border-top:none"		William IV
[[File:Coat of Arms of the United Kingdom (1816-1837).svg	50px]]
(1830–1837)	Whigs (British political party)}}"		Whigs (British political party)}}"		Tories (British political party)}}"		Conservative Party (UK)}}"		Whigs (British political party)}}; border-bottom:none"		Whigs (British political party)}}; border-top:none"		Victoria
[[File:Coat of Arms of the United Kingdom (1837-1952).svg	50px]]
(1837–1901)	Whigs (British political party)}}"		Conservative Party (UK)}}"		Whigs (British political party)}}"		Conservative Party (UK)}}"		Whigs (British political party)}}"		Whigs (British political party)}}"		Conservative Party (UK)}}"		Conservative Party (UK)}}"		Liberal Party (UK)}}"		Liberal Party (UK)}}; border:none"		Liberal Party (UK)}}; border:none"		Conservative Party (UK)}}"		Conservative Party (UK)}}"		Liberal Party (UK)}}"	Liberal Party (UK)}}"	Conservative Party (UK)}}"	Liberal Party (UK)}}"	Conservative Party (UK)}}"	Conservative Party (UK)}}"	Liberal Party (UK)}}"	Conservative Party (UK)}}"	Conservative Party (UK)}}; border-bottom:none"	Conservative Party (UK)}}; border:none"	Edward VII
[[File:Coat of Arms of the United Kingdom (1837-1952).svg	50px]]
(1901–1910)	Conservative Party (UK)}}; border-top:none"		Conservative Party (UK)}}"		Liberal Party (UK)}}; border:none"		Liberal Party (UK)}}; border:none"		Liberal Party (UK)}}; border-bottom:none"		Liberal Party (UK)}}; border-top:none"		George V
[[File:Coat of Arms of the United Kingdom (1837-1952).svg	50px]]
(1910–1936)	Liberal Party (UK)}}"		Liberal Party (UK)}}"		Liberal Party (UK)}}"		Conservative Party (UK)}}"		Liberal Party (UK)}}"		Conservative Party (UK)}}"		Labour Party (UK)}}"		Conservative Party (UK)}}"		Labour Party (UK)}}"		Liberal Party (UK)}}; border:none"		Liberal Party (UK)}}; border:none"		Unionist Party (Scotland)}}"		National Liberal Party (UK, 1931)}}; border:none"		National Liberal Party (UK, 1931)}}; border:none"	Edward VIII
[[File:Coat of Arms of the United Kingdom (1837-1952).svg	50px]]
(1936)	National Liberal Party (UK, 1931)}}; border:none"		George VI
[[File:Coat of Arms of the United Kingdom (1837-1952).svg	50px]]
(1936–1952)	Conservative Party (UK)}}"		National Government (United Kingdom)}}; border:none"		National Government (United Kingdom)}}; border:none"		Labour Party (UK)}}"		Conservative Party (UK)}}"		Labour Party (UK)}}"		Conservative Party (UK)}}; border-bottom:none"		Conservative Party (UK)}}; border-top:none"		Elizabeth II
[[File:Royal Coat of Arms of the United Kingdom.svg	50px]]
(1952–2022)	National Liberal Party (UK, 1931)}}; border:none"		National Liberal Party (UK, 1931)}}; border:none"		Conservative Party (UK)}}"		Conservative Party (UK)}}; border:none"		Conservative Party (UK)}}; border:none"		Labour Party (UK)}}"		Labour Party (UK)}}"		Conservative Party (UK)}}"		Conservative Party (UK)}}"		Labour Party (UK)}}; border:none"		Labour Party (UK)}}; border:none"		Labour Party (UK)}}"		Conservative Party (UK)}}"		Conservative Party (UK)}}"	Conservative Party (UK)}}"	Conservative Party (UK)}}"	Conservative Party (UK)}}"	Conservative Party (UK)}}"	Conservative Party (UK)}}"	Labour Party (UK)}}"	Labour Party (UK)}}"	Labour Party (UK)}}"	Labour Party (UK)}}"	Labour Party (UK)}}"	Labour Party (UK)}}"	Conservative Party (UK)}}"	Conservative Party (UK)}}; border:none"	Conservative Party (UK)}}; border:none"	Conservative Party (UK)}}"	Conservative Party (UK)}}"	Conservative Party (UK)}}"	Charles III
[[File:Royal Coat of Arms of the United Kingdom (2022).svg	60px]]
(2022–present)	Conservative Party (UK)}}"		Conservative Party (UK)}}"		Conservative Party (UK)	}}"		Labour Party (UK)	}}"		Labour Party (UK)	}}"
Whigs (British political party)}}"		[[File:William Petty, 2nd Earl of Shelburne by JL Mosnier crop.jpg	frameless	upright=0.5]]	William Petty
2nd Earl of Shelburne	27 March 1782	10 July 1782		Whig		Rockingham II
[[File:Viscount Sydney by Gilbert Stuart.jpg	frameless	upright=0.5]]	Thomas Townsend
MP for Whitchurch	10 July 1782	2 April 1783		Whig		Shelburne
(Whig–Tory)
Tories (British political party)}}"		[[File:Nathaniel Dance Lord North cropped cropped.jpg	frameless	upright=0.5]]	Frederick North
Lord North
MP for Banbury	2 April 1783	19 December 1783		Tory		Fox–North
[[File:1stMarquessOfBuckingham.jpg	frameless	upright=0.5]]	George Nugent-Temple-Grenville
3rd Earl Temple	19 December 1783	23 December 1783		Tory	Pitt I
[[File:Viscount Sydney by Gilbert Stuart.jpg	frameless	upright=0.5]]	Thomas Townsend
1st Baron Sydney	23 December 1783	5 June 1789		Whig
[[File:1st Baron Grenville-cropped.jpg	frameless	upright=0.5]]	William Grenville
1st Baron Grenville
MP for Buckinghamshire
(1759–1834)	5 June 1789	8 June 1791		Tory
[[File:1stViscountMelville2.jpg	frameless	upright=0.5]]	Henry Dundas
MP for Edinburgh	8 June 1791	11 July 1794		Tory
Tories (British political party)}}"		[[File:3rd Duke of Portland 1804 cropped.jpg	frameless	upright=0.5]]	William Cavendish-Bentinck
3rd Duke of Portland	11 July 1794	30 July 1801	Tory
Addington
[[File:2ndEarlOfChichester.jpg	frameless	upright=0.5]]	Thomas Pelham
4th Baron Pelham of Stanmer	30 July 1801	17 August 1803		Whig
[[File:George Romney (1734-1802) - The Right Honourable Charles Philip Yorke (1764–1834) - 207768 - National Trust.jpg	frameless	upright=0.5]]	Charles Philip Yorke
MP for Cambridgeshire	17 August 1803	12 May 1804		Tory
[[File:Earl jenkinson.jpg	frameless	upright=0.5]]	Robert Jenkinson
2nd Baron Hawkesbury	12 May 1804	5 February 1806		Tory		Pitt II
[[File:George Spencer, 2nd Earl Spencer.jpg	frameless	upright=0.5]]	George Spencer
2nd Earl Spencer	5 February 1806	25 March 1807		Whig		All the Talents
(Whig–Tory)
[[File:Earl jenkinson.jpg	frameless	upright=0.5]]	Robert Jenkinson
2nd Earl of Liverpool	25 March 1807	1 November 1809		Tory		Portland II
[[File:No image.svg	frameless	upright=0.5]]	Richard Ryder
MP for Tiverton	1 November 1809	8 June 1812		Tory		Perceval
[[File:Henry Addington by Beechey.jpg	frameless	upright=0.5]]	Henry Addington
1st Viscount Sidmouth	11 June 1812	17 January 1822	Tory	Liverpool
[[File:Robert Peel by RR Scanlan detail.jpg	frameless	upright=0.5]]	Robert Peel
MP for Oxford University	17 January 1822	10 April 1827		Tory
[[File:No image.svg	frameless	upright=0.5]]	William Sturges Bourne
MP for Ashburton	30 April 1827	16 July 1827		Tory	Canning
(Canningite–Whig)
[[File:Lord Henry Petty.jpg	frameless	upright=0.5]]	Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice
3rd Marquess of Lansdowne	16 July 1827	22 January 1828	Whig
	Goderich
[[File:Robert Peel by RR Scanlan detail.jpg	frameless	upright=0.5]]	Robert Peel
MP for 3 constituencies respectively
(1788–1850)	26 January 1828	22 November 1830	Tory	Wellington–Peel
[[File:William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne, painted by John Partridge.jpg	frameless	upright=0.5]]	William Lamb
2nd Viscount Melbourne	22 November 1830	16 July 1834		Whig		Grey
[[File:Bessborough4.JPG	frameless	upright=0.5]]	John Ponsonby
1st Baron Duncannon	19 July 1834	15 November 1834		Whig		Melbourne I
[[File:Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington by John Jackson cropped.jpg	frameless	upright=0.5]]	Arthur Wellesley
1st Duke of Wellington	15 November 1834	15 December 1834		Tory		Wellington Caretaker
[[File:HenryGoulburn.jpg	frameless	upright=0.5]]	Henry Goulburn
MP for Cambridge University	15 December 1834	18 April 1835		Conservative		Peel I
[[File:lord john russell.jpg	frameless	upright=0.5]]	Lord John Russell
MP for Stroud	18 April 1835	30 August 1839	Whig	Melbourne II
[[File:Constantine Henry Phipps, 1st Marquess of Normanby by John Jackson.jpg	frameless	upright=0.5]]	Constantine Phipps
1st Marquess of Normanby	30 August 1839	30 August 1841		Whig
[[File:Jamesgrantham.png	frameless	upright=0.5]]	Sir James Graham
2nd Baronet
MP for Dorchester	6 September 1841	30 June 1846		Conservative		Peel II
[[File:Sir George Grey, 2nd Bt.jpg	frameless	upright=0.5]]	Sir George Grey
2nd Baronet
8 July 1846	23 February 1852		Whig		Russell I
[[File:Spencer Horatio Walpole.JPG	frameless	upright=0.5]]	Spencer Horatio Walpole
MP for Midhurst	27 February 1852	19 December 1852		Conservative		Who? Who?
[[File:Lord Palmerston 1855.jpg	frameless	upright=0.5]]	Henry John Temple
3rd Viscount Palmerston
MP for Tiverton	28 December 1852	6 February 1855		Whig		Aberdeen
(Peelite–Whig)
[[File:Sir George Grey, 2nd Bt.jpg	frameless	upright=0.5]]	Sir George Grey
2nd Baronet
MP for Morpeth	8 February 1855	26 February 1858		Whig		Palmerston I
[[File:Spencer Horatio Walpole.JPG	frameless	upright=0.5]]	Spencer Horatio Walpole
MP for Cambridge University	26 February 1858	3 March 1859		Conservative	Derby–Disraeli II
[[File:Thomas Henry Sutton Sotheron Estcourt Grant.jpg	frameless	upright=0.5]]	Thomas Henry Sutton Sotheron-Estcourt
MP for North Wiltshire	3 March 1859	18 June 1859		Conservative
[[File:Sir George Cornewall Lewis, 2nd Bt.jpg	frameless	upright=0.5]]	George Cornewall Lewis
MP for Radnor	18 June 1859	25 July 1861		Liberal	Palmerston II
[[File:Sir George Grey, 2nd Bt.jpg	frameless	upright=0.5]]	Sir George Grey
2nd Baronet
MP for Morpeth	25 July 1861	28 June 1866	Liberal
	Russell II
[[File:Spencer Horatio Walpole.JPG	frameless	upright=0.5]]	Spencer Horatio Walpole
MP for Cambridge University	6 July 1866	17 May 1867		Conservative	Derby–Disraeli III
[[File:1st Earl of Cranbrook.jpg	frameless	upright=0.5]]	Gathorne Gathorne-Hardy
MP for Oxford University	17 May 1867	3 December 1868		Conservative
[[File:Henry Bruce, 1st Baron Aberdare NPG.jpg	frameless	upright=0.5]]	Henry Bruce
(1815–1895)	9 December 1868	9 August 1873		Liberal	Gladstone I
[[File:Robert Lowe, 1st Viscount Sherbrooke by George Frederic Watts.jpg	frameless	upright=0.5]]	Robert Lowe
MP for London University	9 August 1873	20 February 1874		Liberal
[[File:Portrait of Richard Assheton Cross, 1st Viscount Cross.jpg	frameless	upright=0.5]]	R. A. Cross
MP for South West Lancashire	21 February 1874	23 April 1880		Conservative		Disraeli II
[[File:Sir William Harcourt.jpg	frameless	upright=0.5]]	William Harcourt
MP for Derby	28 April 1880	23 June 1885		Liberal		Gladstone II
[[File:Portrait of Richard Assheton Cross, 1st Viscount Cross.jpg	frameless	upright=0.5]]	R. A. Cross
MP for Newton	24 June 1885	1 February 1886		Conservative		Salisbury I
Liberal Party (UK)}}"		[[File:Hugh Childers, Lock & Whitfield woodburytype, 1876-83 crop.jpg	frameless	upright=0.5]]	Hugh Childers
MP for Edinburgh South	6 February 1886	25 July 1886		Liberal		Gladstone III
[[File:henrymatthews.jpg	frameless	upright=0.5]]	Henry Matthews
MP for Birmingham East	3 August 1886	15 August 1892		Conservative		Salisbury II
[[File:Portrait of Herbert Henry Asquith, 1st Earl of Oxford and Asquith.jpg	frameless	upright=0.5]]	H. H. Asquith
MP for East Fife	18 August 1892	25 June 1895	Liberal		Gladstone IV
	Rosebery
[[File:Matthew White Ridley sketch.jpg	frameless	upright=0.5]]	Matthew White Ridley
MP for Blackpool	29 June 1895	12 November 1900		Conservative	Salisbury
(III & IV)
(Con.–Lib.U.)
[[File:Charles Thomson Ritchie headshot.jpg	frameless	upright=0.5]]	Charles Ritchie
MP for Croydon	12 November 1900	11 August 1902	Conservative
Balfour
[[File:Aretas Akers-Douglas, 1st Viscount Chilston.png	frameless	upright=0.5]]	Aretas Akers-Douglas
MP for St Augustine's	11 August 1902	5 December 1905		Conservative
[[File:Viscount Gladstone.jpg	frameless	upright=0.5]]	Herbert Gladstone
MP for Leeds West	11 December 1905	19 February 1910	Liberal		Campbell-Bannerman
Asquith
(I–III)
[[File:Winston Churchill 1874 - 1965 Q42037.jpg	frameless	upright=0.5]]	Winston Churchill
MP for Dundee	19 February 1910	24 October 1911	Liberal
[[File:Reginald McKenna photo.jpg	frameless	upright=0.5]]	Reginald McKenna
MP for North Monmouthshire	24 October 1911	27 May 1915		Liberal
[[File:Viscount Simon.jpg	frameless	upright=0.5]]	John Simon
MP for Walthamstow	27 May 1915	12 January 1916		Liberal	Asquith Coalition
(Lib.–Con.–et al.)
[[File:Herbert Samuel.jpg	frameless	upright=0.5]]	Herbert Samuel
MP for Cleveland	12 January 1916	7 December 1916		Liberal
[[File:George Cave, 1st Viscount Cave in 1915.jpg	frameless	upright=0.5]]	George Cave
1st Viscount Cave
MP for Kingston
(1856–1928)	11 December 1916	14 January 1919		Conservative	Lloyd George
(I & II)
[[File:Edward Shortt.jpg	frameless	upright=0.5]]	Edward Shortt
MP for Newcastle upon Tyne West	14 January 1919	23 October 1922		Liberal
[[File:William Bridgeman, 1st Viscount Bridgeman.png	frameless	upright=0.5]]	William Bridgeman
MP for Oswestry	25 October 1922	22 January 1924	Conservative		Law
	Baldwin I
[[File:1910 Arthur Henderson.jpg	frameless	upright=0.5]]	Arthur Henderson
MP for Burnley
(1863–1935)	23 January 1924	4 November 1924		Labour		MacDonald I
[[File:1st Viscount Brentford 1923.jpg	frameless	upright=0.5]]	William Joynson-Hicks
MP for Twickenham	7 November 1924	5 June 1929		Conservative		Baldwin II
[[File:J.R. Clynes LCCN2014717260 (cropped).jpg	frameless	upright=0.5]]	John Robert Clynes
MP for Manchester Platting	8 June 1929	26 August 1931		Labour		MacDonald II
[[File:Herbert Samuel.jpg	frameless	upright=0.5]]	Herbert Samuel
MP for Darwen	26 August 1931	1 October 1932	Liberal		National I
(N.Lab.–Con.–et al.)
National II
[[File:Sir John Gilmour.jpg	frameless	upright=0.5]]	Sir John Gilmour
2nd Baronet
MP for Glasgow Pollok	1 October 1932	7 June 1935		Unionist
[[File:Viscount Simon.jpg	frameless	upright=0.5]]	John Simon
MP for Spen Valley	7 June 1935	28 May 1937	Liberal National	National III
(Con.–N.Lab.–et al.)
[[File:Sir Samuel Hoare GGBain.jpg	frameless	upright=0.5]]	Samuel Hoare
MP for Chelsea	28 May 1937	3 September 1939		Conservative		National IV
[[File:John Anderson, 1st Viscount Waverley 1943.jpg	frameless	upright=0.5]]	John Anderson
MP for Combined Scottish Universities	4 September 1939	4 October 1940	Independent
(National)		Chamberlain War
Churchill War
(All parties)
[[File:Herbert Morrison 1947 (cropped).jpg	frameless	upright=0.5]]	Herbert Morrison
MP for Hackney South	4 October 1940	23 May 1945		Labour
	Donald Somervell
MP for Crewe	25 May 1945	26 July 1945		Conservative		Churchill Caretaker
(Con.–Lib.N.)
[[File:James Chuter Ede (minister van Binnenlandse Zaken (Home Secretary)), Bestanddeelnr 900-7223.jpg	frameless	upright=0.5]]	James Chuter Ede
MP for South Shields	3 August 1945	26 October 1951		Labour		Attlee
(I & II)
[[File: David Maxwell Fyfe, Nuremberg, 1946 (Art. IWM ART LD 5863).jpg	frameless	upright=0.5]]	David Maxwell Fyfe
MP for Liverpool West Derby	27 October 1951	19 October 1954	Conservative	Churchill III
[[File:Gwilym Lloyd George 1922.jpg	frameless	upright=0.5]]	Gwilym Lloyd George
MP for Newcastle upon Tyne North	19 October 1954	14 January 1957	National Liberal
&
Conservative
	Eden
[[File:Richard-Austen-Rab-Butler-1st-Baron-Butler-of-Saffron-Walden.jpg	frameless	upright=0.5]]	Rab Butler
MP for Saffron Walden	14 January 1957	13 July 1962		Conservative	Macmillan
(I & II)
[[File:Henry Brooke 1950.jpg	frameless	upright=0.5]]	Henry Brooke
MP for Hampstead	14 July 1962	16 October 1964	Conservative
	Douglas-Home
[[File:Frank Soskice 1961.jpg	frameless	upright=0.5]]	Frank Soskice
MP for Newport	18 October 1964	23 December 1965		Labour	Wilson
(I & II)
[[File:Roy Jenkins 1977b.jpg	frameless	upright=0.5]]	Roy Jenkins
MP for Birmingham Stechford	23 December 1965	30 November 1967		Labour
Labour Party (UK)}}"		[[File:James Callaghan 1970 (cropped).jpg	frameless	173x173px]]	James Callaghan
MP for Cardiff South East	30 November 1967	19 June 1970		Labour
[[File:Reginald Maudling, 1969 (Brightned) (cropped).jpg	frameless	173x173px]]	Reginald Maudling
MP for Barnet	20 June 1970	18 July 1972		Conservative	Heath
[[File:Robert Carr2.jpg	frameless	upright=0.5]]	Robert Carr
MP for Carshalton	18 July 1972	4 March 1974		Conservative
[[File:Roy Jenkins 1977b.jpg	frameless	upright=0.5]]	Roy Jenkins
MP for Birmingham Stechford	5 March 1974	10 September 1976	Labour		Wilson
(III & IV)
Callaghan
[[File:Merlyn Rees appearing on After Dark , 16 July 1988 (3x4 crop).jpg	frameless	175x175px]]	Merlyn Rees
MP for Leeds South	10 September 1976	4 May 1979		Labour
	William Whitelaw
MP for Penrith and The Border	4 May 1979	11 June 1983		Conservative		Thatcher I
[[File:Leon Brittan (1996) 02.jpg	frameless	upright=0.5]]	Leon Brittan
MP for Richmond (Yorks)	11 June 1983	2 September 1985		Conservative	Thatcher II
[[File:Douglas HURD, British State Secretary for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, during a plenary session in Strasbourg in july 1992 (cropped).jpg	frameless	173x173px]]	Douglas Hurd
MP for Witney	2 September 1985	26 October 1989	Conservative
Thatcher III
	David Waddington
MP for Ribble Valley	26 October 1989	28 November 1990		Conservative
[[File:Official portrait of Lord Baker of Dorking 2020 crop 2.jpg	frameless	upright=0.5]]	Kenneth Baker
MP for Mole Valley	28 November 1990	10 April 1992		Conservative		Major I
[[File:Kenneth Clarke (cropped).gif	frameless	176x176px]]	Kenneth Clarke
MP for Rushcliffe	10 April 1992	27 May 1993		Conservative	Major II
[[File:Michael Howard as Home Secretary.jpg	frameless	173x173px]]	Michael Howard
MP for Folkestone and Hythe	27 May 1993	2 May 1997		Conservative
[[File:Jack Straw small.jpg	frameless	159x159px]]	Jack Straw
MP for Blackburn	2 May 1997	8 June 2001		Labour		Blair I
[[File:David Blunkett 2001–2002.jpg	frameless	159x159px]]	David Blunkett
MP for Sheffield Brightside	8 June 2001	15 December 2004		Labour	Blair II
[[File:Charles Clarke - 140861407 (cropped).jpg	frameless	159x159px]]	Charles Clarke
MP for Norwich South	15 December 2004	5 May 2006	Labour
Blair III
[[File:ReidTaormina crop.jpg	frameless	175x175px]]	John Reid
MP for Airdrie and Shotts	5 May 2006	27 June 2007		Labour
[[File:Jacqui Smith, September 2009 cropped.jpg	frameless	172x172px]]	Jacqui Smith
MP for Redditch	28 June 2007	5 June 2009		Labour	Brown
[[File:Alan Johnson -9Oct2007-2.jpg	frameless	167x167px]]	Alan Johnson
MP for Hull West and Hessle	5 June 2009	11 May 2010		Labour
[[File:Theresa May - Home Secretary and minister for women and equality.jpg	frameless	upright=0.5]]	Theresa May
MP for Maidenhead	12 May 2010	13 July 2016	Conservative		Cameron–Clegg
(Con.–L.D.)
	Cameron II
[[File:official portrait of Amber Rudd crop 2.jpg	frameless	upright=0.5]]	Amber Rudd
MP for Hastings and Rye	13 July 2016	29 April 2018	Conservative		May I
May II
[[File:Official portrait of Rt Hon Sajid Javid MP crop 2.jpg	frameless	upright=0.5]]	Sajid Javid
MP for Bromsgrove	30 April 2018	24 July 2019		Conservative
[[File:Official portrait of Rt Hon Priti Patel MP crop 2.jpg	frameless	upright=0.5]]	Priti Patel
MP for Witham	24 July 2019	6 September 2022	Conservative		Johnson I
	Johnson II
[[File:Suella Braverman Official Cabinet Portrait, September 2022 (cropped).jpg	frameless	upright=0.5]]	Suella Braverman
MP for Fareham	6 September 2022	19 October 2022	Conservative	Truss
[[File:Grant Shapps Official Cabinet Portrait, October 2022 (cropped).jpg	frameless	173x173px]]	Grant Shapps
MP for Welwyn Hatfield	19 October 2022	25 October 2022		Conservative
[[File:Suella Braverman Official Cabinet Portrait, October 2022 (cropped).jpg	frameless	upright=0.5]]	date=25 October 2022	title=Braverman returns to home secretary role	work=BBC News	url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/uk-politics-63375473?ns_mchannel=social&ns_source=twitter&ns_campaign=bbc_live&ns_linkname=635807ec34a915418162e578%26Braverman%20returns%20to%20home%20secretary%20role%262022-10-25T16%3A00%3A52.374Z&ns_fee=0&pinned_post_locator=urn:asset:bebca0a5-27ce-4562-bb2b-0f35c9411c16&pinned_post_asset_id=635807ec34a915418162e578&pinned_post_type=share	access-date=25 October 2022}}
MP for Fareham	25 October 2022	13 November 2023		Conservative	Sunak
[[File:James Cleverly Official Cabinet Portrait, November 2023 (cropped).jpg	frameless	upright=0.5]]	MP for Braintree}}	13 November 2023	5 July 2024		Conservative
[[File:Yvette Cooper Official Cabinet Portrait, July 2024 (cropped) 2.jpg	frameless	upright=0.5]]	Yvette Cooper
MP for Pontefract, Castleford and Knottingley	5 July 2024	5 September 2025		Labour	Starmer
[[File:Shabana Mahmood Official Cabinet Portrait, September 2025 (cropped).jpg	frameless	174x174px]]	Shabana Mahmood	5 September 2025	Incumbent		Labour

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