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Secretary of State for Employment
Former position in the Cabinet of the United Kingdom
Summary
Former position in the Cabinet of the United Kingdom
The secretary of state for employment was a position in the Cabinet of the United Kingdom. In , it was merged with secretary of state for education to make the secretary of state for education and employment. In , the employment functions were hived off and transferred to the secretary of state for social security to form the secretary of state for work and pensions.
List of ministers
Labour (1916–1940)
| Name | Term of office | Political party | Prime Minister | Labour Party (UK)}}" | Labour Party (UK)}}" | Scottish Unionist Party}}" | Liberal Party (UK)}}" | Conservative Party (UK)}}" | Labour Party (UK)}}" | Conservative Party (UK)}}" | Labour Party (UK)}}" | Conservative Party (UK)}}" | National Liberal Party (UK, 1931)}}" | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| [[File:John Hodge.JPG | 60px]] | John Hodge | Labour | Liberal Party (UK)}}" | David Lloyd George | ||||||||||||||||||
| (Coalition) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| [[File:G H Roberts.JPG | 60px]] | George Henry Roberts | Labour | ||||||||||||||||||||
| [[File:Robert Horne cropped.jpg | 60px]] | Robert Horne | Unionist | ||||||||||||||||||||
| [[File:TJ Macnamara 1901.jpg | 60px]] | Thomas James Macnamara | Liberal | ||||||||||||||||||||
| [[File:Anderson Montague-Barlow.jpg | 60px]] | Anderson Montague-Barlow | Conservative | Conservative Party (UK)}}" | Bonar Law | ||||||||||||||||||
| Conservative Party (UK)}}" | Stanley Baldwin | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| [[File:Tom_Shaw_-_politician.jpg | 60px]] | Tom Shaw | Labour | Labour Party (UK)}}" | Ramsay MacDonald | ||||||||||||||||||
| [[File:Arthur Steel-Maitland.jpg | 60px]] | Arthur Steel-Maitland | Conservative | Conservative Party (UK)}}" | Stanley Baldwin | ||||||||||||||||||
| [[File:Margaret Bondfield 1919.jpg | 60px]] | Margaret Bondfield | |||||||||||||||||||||
| (lost seat 1931) | Labour | Labour Party (UK)}}" | Ramsay MacDonald | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Henry Betterton | Conservative | National Labour Organisation}}" | Ramsay MacDonald | ||||||||||||||||||||
| (1st & 2nd National Min.) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| [[File:Oliver Stanley MP.jpg | 60px]] | Oliver Stanley | Conservative Party (UK)}}" | Conservative | |||||||||||||||||||
| [[File:BrownErnest.jpg | 60px]] | Ernest Brown | Liberal National | Conservative Party (UK)}}" | Stanley Baldwin | ||||||||||||||||||
| (3rd National Min.) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Conservative Party (UK)}}" | Neville Chamberlain | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| (4th Nat.Min.; War Coalition) |
Minister of Labour and National Service
Labour and national service (1940–1959)
| Name | Term of office | Political party | Prime Minister | Labour Party (UK)}}" | Conservative Party (UK)}}" | Labour Party (UK)}}" | Labour Party (UK)}}" | Labour Party (UK)}}" | Conservative Party (UK)}}" | Conservative Party (UK)}}" | Conservative Party (UK)}}" | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| [[File:Ernest Bevin cph.3b17494.jpg | 60px]] | Ernest Bevin | Labour | Conservative Party (UK)}}" | Winston Churchill | ||||||||||||||
| (War Coalition) | |||||||||||||||||||
| [[File:Rab Butler.png | 60px]] | R. A. Butler | Conservative | Winston Churchill | |||||||||||||||
| (Caretaker Min.) | |||||||||||||||||||
| [[File:George Isaacs in 1943 (3x4 crop).jpg | 77x77px]] | George Isaacs | Labour | Labour Party (UK)}}" | Clement Attlee | ||||||||||||||
| [[File:Aneurin Bevan (crop).jpg | 60px]] | Aneurin Bevan | |||||||||||||||||
| (resigned) | Labour | ||||||||||||||||||
| [[File:Alfred Robens, Baron Robens of Woldingham.jpg | 60px]] | Alfred Robens | Labour | ||||||||||||||||
| [[File:Walter Monckton cropped.png | 75x75px]] | Walter Monckton | Conservative | Conservative Party (UK)}}" | Winston Churchill | ||||||||||||||
| Conservative Party (UK)}}" | Anthony Eden | ||||||||||||||||||
| [[File:The National Archives UK - CO 1069-166-17 Macleod crop.jpg | 60px]] | Iain Macleod | Conservative | ||||||||||||||||
| Conservative Party (UK)}}" | Harold Macmillan | ||||||||||||||||||
| [[File:Heathdod.JPG | 60px]] | Edward Heath | Conservative |
Labour (1959–1968)
| Name | Term of office | Political party | Prime Minister | Conservative Party (UK)}}" | Conservative Party (UK)}}" | Conservative Party (UK)}}" | Labour Party (UK)}}" | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| [[File:Sir Edward Heath (cropped).jpg | 80x80px]] | Edward Heath | Conservative | Conservative Party (UK)}}" | Harold Macmillan | ||||||
| [[File:John Hare, 1st Viscount Blakenham, in 1949.jpg | 81x81px]] | John Hare | Conservative | ||||||||
| [[File:Blank.jpg | 60px]] | Joseph Godber | Conservative | Conservative Party (UK)}}" | Alec Douglas-Home | ||||||
| [[File:Blank.jpg | 60px]] | Ray Gunter | Labour | Labour Party (UK)}}" | Harold Wilson |
List of secretaries of state
Employment and productivity (1968–1970)
| Name | Term of office | Political party | Prime Minister | Labour Party (UK)}}" | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| [[File:Barbara Castle, 1965 (cropped).jpg | 60px]] | Barbara Castle | Labour |
Employment (1970–1995)
| Name | Term of office | Political party | Prime Minister | Conservative Party (UK)}}" | Conservative Party (UK)}}" | Conservative Party (UK)}}" | Labour Party (UK)}}" | Labour Party (UK)}}" | Conservative Party (UK)}}" | Conservative Party (UK)}}" | Conservative Party (UK)}}" | Conservative Party (UK)}}" | Conservative Party (UK)}}" | Conservative Party (UK)}}" | Conservative Party (UK)}}" | Conservative Party (UK)}}" | Conservative Party (UK)}}" | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| [[File:Robert Carr2.jpg | 83x83px]] | Robert Carr | Conservative | Conservative Party (UK)}}" | Edward Heath | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| [[File:Blank.jpg | 60px]] | Maurice Macmillan | Conservative | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| [[File:Blank.jpg | 60px]] | William Whitelaw | Conservative | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| [[File:Michael Foot (1981).jpg | 80x80px]] | Michael Foot | Labour | Labour Party (UK)}}" | Harold Wilson | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| [[File:Blank.jpg | 60px]] | Albert Booth | Labour | Labour Party (UK)}}" | James Callaghan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| [[File:Blank.jpg | 60px]] | James Prior | Conservative | Conservative Party (UK)}}" | Margaret Thatcher | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| [[File:Informele conferentie industrieministers van EEG in Groningen, Minister Van Aardenne (r) met Britse minister van Industrie Tebbit op Schiphol, Bestanddeelnr 931-4198 (cropped1) (cropped).jpg | 80x80px]] | Norman Tebbit | Conservative | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| [[File:Official portrait of Lord King of Bridgwater crop 2.jpg | 80x80px]] | Tom King | Conservative | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| [[File:Lord young of Graffham.jpg | 80x80px]] | David Young, Baron Young of Graffham | Conservative | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| [[File:Meeting with the Chairman of the UK Conservative Party at the EP in Strasbourg (cropped).jpg | 80x80px]] | Norman Fowler | Conservative | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| [[File:Michael Howard as Home Secretary.jpg | 80x80px]] | Michael Howard | Conservative | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Conservative Party (UK)}}" | John Major | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| [[File:Gillian_Shephard_official_portrait_(cropped).jpg | 80x80px]] | Gillian Shephard | Conservative | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| [[File:Official portrait of Lord Hunt of Wirral crop 2.jpg | 80x80px]] | David Hunt | Conservative | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| [[File:Michael Portillo.jpg | 78x78px]] | Michael Portillo | Conservative |
Education and employment (1995–2001)
| Name | Term of office | Political party | Prime Minister | Conservative Party (UK)}}" | Labour Party (UK)}}" | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| [[File:Gillian_Shephard_official_portrait_(cropped).jpg | 80x80px]] | Gillian Shephard | Conservative | Conservative Party (UK)}}" | |||
| [[File:David_Blunkett_DfEE_(upscaled)_(cropped).jpg | 80x80px]] | David Blunkett | Labour | Labour Party (UK)}}" |
The office was merged with the Department of Social Security to form the Department for Work and Pensions in .
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