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{{Short description|Member of the Cabinet of the United Kingdom}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2024}}
{{Infobox official post
| post = {{small|[[United Kingdom]]}}<br> Secretary of State<br/>for Transport
| insignia = Coat of arms of the United Kingdom (2022, lesser arms).svg
| insigniacaption = [[Royal Arms]] of [[His Majesty's Government]]
| image = Official portrait of Heidi Alexander MP 2024.jpg
| incumbent = [[Heidi Alexander]]
| incumbentsince = 29 November 2024
| department = [[Department for Transport]]
| style = '''Transport Secretary'''<br />{{small|(informal)}}<br />[[The Right Honourable]]<br />{{small|(within the UK and Commonwealth)}}
| type = [[Minister of the Crown]]
| status = [[Secretary of State (United Kingdom)|Secretary of State]]
| member_of = {{ubl|[[Cabinet of the United Kingdom|Cabinet]]|[[Privy Council (United Kingdom)|Privy Council]]}}
| reports_to = [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom|The Prime Minister]]
| seat = [[Westminster]]
| nominator = The Prime Minister
| appointer = [[Monarchy of the United Kingdom|The Monarch]]
| appointer_qualified = {{small|(on the advice of the [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom|Prime Minister]])}}
| termlength = [[At His Majesty's Pleasure]]
| formation = * 19 May 1919:<br />{{small|(as Minister of Transport)}}
* 29 May 2002:<br />{{small|(as Secretary of State for Transport)}}
| salary = £159,038 per annum {{small|(2022)}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Salaries of Members of His Majesty's Government – Financial Year 2022–23 |url=https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1124173/2022-12-07-Ministerial-Salaries-22-23-table.pdf |date=15 December 2022}}</ref><br />(including £86,584 [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)|MP]] salary)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Pay and expenses for MPs |url=https://www.parliament.uk/about/mps-and-lords/members/pay-mps/ |access-date=15 December 2022 |website=parliament.uk}}</ref>
| first = [[Eric Campbell Geddes]]<br/>{{small|(as Minister of Transport)}}
| website = {{URL|www.dft.gov.uk}}
| imagecaption = Official cabinet portrait, 2024
}}
{{PoliticsUK}}

The '''secretary of state for transport''', also referred to as the '''transport secretary''', is a [[Secretary of State (United Kingdom)|secretary of state]] in the [[Government of the United Kingdom]], with overall responsibility for the policies of the [[Department for Transport]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Secretary of State for Transport|url=https://www.gov.uk/government/ministers/secretary-of-state-for-transport|access-date=30 June 2021|website=[[gov.uk]]|language=}}</ref> The incumbent is a member of the [[Cabinet of the United Kingdom]].

The office holder works alongside the other [[Department for Transport#Ministers|transport ministers]]. The corresponding [[shadow minister]] is the [[Shadow Secretary of State for Transport|shadow secretary of state for transport]], and the secretary of state is also scrutinised by the [[Transport Select Committee]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://committees.parliament.uk/committee/153/transport-committee/news/157642/work-of-the-secretary-of-state-for-transport-scrutinised/ |title=Work of the secretary of state for transport scrutinised |work=UK PARLIAMENT |date=20 September 2021 |access-date=5 March 2022 |quote=This oral evidence session will examine the work and responsibilities of the Secretary of State for Transport and the Department for Transport.}}</ref>

The position of secretary of state for transport is held by [[Heidi Alexander]], who was appointed by [[Keir Starmer]] following the resignation of [[Louise Haigh]].

==History==
The Ministry of Transport absorbed the [[Minister of Shipping|Ministry of Shipping]] and was renamed the Ministry of War Transport in 1941, but resumed its previous name at the end of the war.<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C874 |title=Records inherited and created by the Ministry of Transport, Shipping Divisions |date=1795–1985 |others=Admiralty, Transport Department, Board of Trade, Mercantile Marine Department, Ministry of Shipping, Ministry of Shipping |language=English}}</ref>

The Ministry of Civil Aviation was created by [[Winston Churchill]] in 1944 to look at peaceful ways of using [[aircraft]] and to find something for the aircraft factories to do after the war.<ref>{{Cite web |last= |date=2013-08-15 |title=Churchill and Air Travel |url=https://winstonchurchill.org/publications/finest-hour/finest-hour-118/churchill-and-air-travel/ |access-date=2023-11-14 |website=International Churchill Society |language=en-US}}</ref> The new Conservative government in 1951 appointed the same minister to both Transport and Civil Aviation, finally amalgamating the ministries on 1 October 1953.<ref>{{Cite web |title=British Police History |url=https://british-police-history.uk/f/mca/ |access-date=2023-11-14 |website=british-police-history.uk}}</ref>

The Ministry was renamed back to the Ministry of Transport on 14 October 1959, when a separate [[Ministry of Aviation]] was formed.

Transport responsibilities were subsumed by the Department for the Environment, headed by the [[secretary of state for the environment]] from 15 October 1970 to 10 September 1976.

The [[Department for Transport]] was recreated as a separate department by [[James Callaghan]] in 1976.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Times |first=Robert B. Semple Jr Special to The New York |date=1976-09-11 |title=Callaghan, in a Surprise Move, Reshuffles His Cabinet |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1976/09/11/archives/callaghan-in-a-surprise-move-reshuffles-his-cabinet.html |access-date=2023-11-14 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref>

The super-department [[Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions]] was created in 1997 for [[Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom|Deputy Prime Minister]] [[John Prescott]].

In 2001, the [[Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions]] was widely considered unwieldy and so was broken up,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Department of the Environment Transport and the Regions: annual report 2001 |url=https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/department-of-the-environment-transport-and-the-regions-annual-report-2001 |access-date=2023-11-14 |website=GOV.UK |language=en}}</ref> with the Transport functions now combined with Local Government and the Regions in the '''DTLR''' ('''Department for Transport, Local Government and the Regions''').

==List of ministers and secretaries of state==
===Minister of Transport (1919–1941)===
'''Colour key''' (for political parties):<br/>
{{Legend2|{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}|[[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}
{{Legend2|{{Party color|Labour Party (UK)}}|[[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]]|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}
{{Legend2|{{Party color|National Labour Organisation}}|[[National Labour Organisation|National Labour]]|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}
{{Legend2|{{Party color|Liberal Party (UK)}}|[[Liberal Party (UK)|Liberal]]|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}
{{Legend2|{{Party color|National Liberal Party (UK, 1931)}}|[[National Liberal Party (UK, 1931)|National Liberal]]|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
! colspan=3 | Minister
! colspan=2 | Term of office
! Political party
! colspan=2 | Prime Minister

|- style="height:1em"
! style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| [[File:Sir Eric Campbell-Geddes in 1917.jpg|60px]]
| [[Eric Campbell Geddes]]
| 19 May 1919
| 7 November 1921
| [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]
| rowspan=3 style="background-color:{{Party color|Liberal Party (UK)}}" |
| rowspan=3 | [[David Lloyd George]]<br/>{{Small|([[Lloyd George ministry|Coalition]])}}

|- style="height:1em"
! style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| [[File:William Peel.jpg|60px]]
| [[William Peel, Viscount Peel]]
| 7 November 1921
| 12 April 1922
| [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]

|- style="height:1em"
! style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| [[File:Crawford27.JPG|60px]]
| [[David Lindsay, 27th Earl of Crawford]]
| 12 April 1922
| 31 October 1922
| [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]

|- style="height:1em"
! rowspan=2 style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| rowspan=2 | [[File:Viscount Stonehave.jpg|60px]]
| rowspan=2 | [[John Baird, 1st Viscount Stonehaven]]
| rowspan=2 | 31 October 1922
| rowspan=2 | 22 January 1924
| rowspan=2 | [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]
| style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| [[Bonar Law]]

|- style="height:1em"
| style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| [[Stanley Baldwin]]

|- style="height:1em"
! style="background-color:{{Party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
| [[File:1918 Harry Gosling.jpg|60px]]
| [[Harry Gosling]]
| 24 January 1924
| 3 November 1924
| [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]]
| style="background-color:{{Party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
| [[Ramsay MacDonald]]

|- style="height:1em"
! style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| [[File:Wilfrid Ashley - Bain Collection.jpg|60px]]
| [[Wilfrid Ashley]]
| 11 November 1924
| 4 June 1929
| [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]
| style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| [[Stanley Baldwin]]

|- style="height:1em"
! style="background-color:{{Party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
| 
| [[Herbert Morrison]]
| 7 June 1929
| 24 August 1931
| [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]]
| style="background-color:{{Party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
| [[Ramsay MacDonald]]

|- style="height:1em"
! style="background-color:{{Party color|Liberal Party (UK)}}" |
|
| [[John Pybus]]
| 3 September 1931
| 22 February 1933
| [[Liberal Party (UK)|Liberal]]
| rowspan=3 style="background-color:{{Party color|National Labour Organisation}}" |
| rowspan=3 | [[Ramsay MacDonald]]<br/>{{Small|([[First National ministry|1st]] & [[Second National ministry|2nd National min.]])}}

|- style="height:1em"
! style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| [[File:Oliver Stanley MP.jpg|60px]]
| [[Oliver Stanley|Hon. Oliver Stanley]]
| 22 February 1933
| 29 June 1934
| [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]

|- style="height:1em"
! rowspan=2 style="background-color:{{Party color|National Liberal Party (UK, 1931)}}" |
|rowspan=2|[[File:Leslie Hore.jpg|60px]]
| rowspan=2 | [[Leslie Hore-Belisha]]
| rowspan=2 | 29 June 1934
| rowspan=2 | 28 May 1937
| rowspan=2 | [[National Liberal Party (UK, 1931)|National Liberal]]

|- style="height:1em"
| style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| [[Stanley Baldwin]]<br/>{{Small|([[Third National ministry|3rd National min.]])}}

|- style="height:1em"
! style="background-color:{{Party color|National Liberal Party (UK, 1931)}}" |
| [[File:Leslie burgin.jpg|60px]]
| [[Leslie Burgin]]
| 28 May 1937
| 21 April 1939
| [[National Liberal Party (UK, 1931)|National Liberal]]
| rowspan=2 style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| [[Neville Chamberlain]]<br/>{{Small|([[Fourth National ministry|4th National min.]])}}

|- style="height:1em"
! style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| [[File:Euan Wallace.jpg|60px]]
| [[Euan Wallace]]
| 21 April 1939
| 14 May 1940
| [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]
| [[Neville Chamberlain]]<br/>{{Small|([[Chamberlain war ministry|War Coalition]])}}

|- style="height:1em"
! style="background-color:{{Party color|National Independent}}" |
| [[File:Lord reith.jpg|60px]]
| [[John Reith, 1st Baron Reith|John Reith]]
| 14 May 1940
| 3 October 1940
| [[National Independent]]
| rowspan=2 style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| rowspan=2 | [[Winston Churchill]]<br/>{{Small|([[Churchill war ministry|War Coalition]])}}

|- style="height:1em"
! style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| [[File:Lord Brabazon.jpg|60px]]
| [[John Moore-Brabazon]]
| 3 October 1940
| 1 May 1941
| [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]

|}

===Minister of (War) Transport and Minister of Civil Aviation (1941–1953)===
'''Colour key''' (for political parties):<br/>
{{Legend2|{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}|[[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}
{{Legend2|{{Party color|Labour Party (UK)}}|[[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]]|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}
{{Legend2|{{Party color|National Liberal Party (UK, 1931)}}|[[National Liberal Party (UK, 1931)|National Liberal]]|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
! colspan=3 | {{Small|Minister of}}<br/>Transport
! {{Small|Minister of}}<br/>Civil Aviation
! colspan=2 width=240 | Term of office
! Political party
! colspan=2 | Prime Minister

|- style="height:1em"
! rowspan=2 style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| rowspan=2 | [[File:Lot 11568-23 (24632592182) (Frederick Leathers).jpg|60px]]
| rowspan=2 width=130 | [[Frederick Leathers, 1st Viscount Leathers]]<br/>{{Small|(''Min. of War Transport'')}}
| —
| 1 May 1941
| 26 July 1945
| width=100 | [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]
| rowspan=2 style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| rowspan=2 | [[Winston Churchill]]<br/>{{Small|([[Churchill war ministry|War Coalition]])}}
|-
| width=130 | [[Philip Cunliffe-Lister, 1st Earl of Swinton|Philip Cunliffe-Lister, Viscount Swinton]]
| 8 October 1944
| 26 July 1945
| [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]

|- style="height:1em"
! rowspan=4 style="background-color:{{Party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
| rowspan=4 | [[File:Alfred Barnes MP.jpg|60px]]
| rowspan=4 | [[Alfred Barnes (Labour politician)|Alfred Barnes]]
| [[Reginald Fletcher, 1st Baron Winster]]
| 3–4 August 1945
| 4 October 1946
| [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]]
| rowspan=4 style="background-color:{{Party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
| rowspan=4 | [[Clement Attlee]]
|-
| [[Harry Nathan, 1st Baron Nathan]]
| 4 October 1946
| 31 May 1948
| [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]]
|-
| [[Francis Pakenham, 7th Earl of Longford|Francis Pakenham, Lord Pakenham]]
| 31 May 1948
| 1 June 1951
| [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]]
|-
| [[David Rees-Williams, 1st Baron Ogmore]]
| 1 June 1951
| 26 October 1951
| [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]]

|- style="height:1em"
! style="background-color:{{Party color|National Liberal Party (UK, 1931)}}" |
|
| colspan=2 | [[John Maclay, 1st Viscount Muirshiel|Hon. John Maclay]]
| 31 October 1951
| 7 May 1952
| [[National Liberal Party (UK, 1931)|National Liberal]]
| rowspan=2 style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| rowspan=2 | [[Winston Churchill]]

|- style="height:1em"
! style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| [[File:Lennox-Boyd.jpg|60px]]
| colspan=2 | [[Alan Lennox-Boyd]]
| 7 May 1952
| 1 October 1953
| [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]

|}

===Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation (1953–1959)===
'''Colour key''' (for political parties):<br/>
{{Legend2|{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}|[[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
! colspan=3 | Minister
! colspan=2 width=240 | Term of office
! Political party
! colspan=2 | Prime Minister

|- style="height:1em"
! style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| [[File:Lennox-Boyd.jpg|60px]]
| width=260 | [[Alan Lennox-Boyd]]
| 1 October 1953
| 28 July 1954
| width=100 | [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]
| rowspan=2 style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| rowspan=2 | [[Winston Churchill]]

|- style="height:1em"
! style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
|
| [[John Boyd-Carpenter]]
| 28 July 1954
| 20 December 1955
| [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]

|- style="height:1em"
! rowspan=2 style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| rowspan=2 |
| rowspan=2 | [[Harold Watkinson]]
| rowspan=2 | 20 December 1955
| rowspan=2 | 14 October 1959
| rowspan=2 | [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]
| style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| [[Anthony Eden]]

|- style="height:1em"
| style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| [[Harold Macmillan]]

|}

===Minister of Transport (1959–1970)===
'''Colour key''' (for political parties):<br/>
{{Legend2|{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}|[[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}
{{Legend2|{{Party color|Labour Party (UK)}}|[[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]]|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
! colspan=2 | Minister
! colspan=2 width=240 | Term of office
! Political party
! colspan=2 | Prime Minister

|- style="height:1em"
! rowspan=2 style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| rowspan=2 width=260 | [[Ernest Marples]]
| rowspan=2 | 14 October 1959
| rowspan=2 | 16 October 1964
| rowspan=2 width=100 | [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]
| style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| [[Harold Macmillan]]

|- style="height:1em"
| style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| [[Alec Douglas-Home]]

|- style="height:1em"
! style="background-color:{{Party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
| [[Tom Fraser|Thomas Fraser]]
| 16 October 1964
| 23 December 1965
| [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]]
| rowspan=4 style="background-color:{{Party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
| rowspan=4 | [[Harold Wilson]]

|- style="height:1em"
! style="background-color:{{Party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
| [[Barbara Castle]]
| 23 December 1965
| 6 April 1968
| [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]]

|- style="height:1em"
! style="background-color:{{Party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
| [[Richard Marsh, Baron Marsh|Richard Marsh]]
| 6 April 1968
| 6 October 1969
| [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]]

|- style="height:1em"
! style="background-color:{{Party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
| [[Fred Mulley]]<ref name="Mulley"/>
| 6 October 1969
| 22 June 1970
| [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]]

|- style="height:1em"
! style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| [[John Peyton, Baron Peyton of Yeovil|John Peyton]]<ref name="Peyton"/>
| 23 June 1970
| 14 October 1970
| [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]
| style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| [[Edward Heath]]

|}

===Minister within the Department of the Environment (1970–1976)===
'''Colour key''' (for political parties):<br/>
{{Legend2|{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}|[[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}
{{Legend2|{{Party color|Labour Party (UK)}}|[[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]]|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
! colspan=2 | Minister
! colspan=2 width=240 | Term of office
!Length of Term
! Political party
! colspan=2 | Prime Minister

|- style="height:1em"
! style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| width=260 | [[Peter Walker, Baron Walker of Worcester|Peter Walker]]
| 15 October 1970
| 5 November 1972
|{{age in years and months|15 October 1970|5 November 1972}}
| width=100 | [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]
| rowspan=2 style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| rowspan=2 | [[Edward Heath]]

|- style="height:1em"
! style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| [[Geoffrey Rippon]]
| 5 November 1972
| 4 March 1974
|{{age in years and months|5 November 1972|4 March 1974}}
| [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]

|- style="height:1em"
! style="background-color:{{Party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
| [[Anthony Crosland]]
| 5 March 1974
| 8 April 1976
|{{age in years and months|5 March 1974|8 April 1976}}
| [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]]
| style="background-color:{{Party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
| [[Harold Wilson]]

|}

The junior ministers responsible for transport within the Department for the Environment:

====Minister for Transport Industries (1970–1974)====
* [[John Peyton, Baron Peyton of Yeovil|John Peyton]]<ref name="Peyton">{{Cite web|url=https://members.parliament.uk/member/3162/career |title=Lord Peyton of Yeovil |publisher=UK Parliament |access-date=30 December 2021}}</ref> (''Conservative, 15 October 1970&nbsp;– 7 March 1974'')

====Minister for Transport (1974–1976)====
* [[Fred Mulley]]<ref name="Mulley">{{Cite web|url=https://members.parliament.uk/member/2977/career |title=Lord Mulley |publisher=UK Parliament |access-date=30 December 2021}}</ref> (''Labour, 7 March 1974&nbsp;– 12 June 1975'')
* [[John Gilbert, Baron Gilbert|John Gilbert]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://members.parliament.uk/member/843/career |title=Lord Gilbert |publisher=UK Parliament |access-date=30 December 2021}}</ref> (''Labour, 12 June 1975&nbsp;– 10 September 1976'')

===Secretary of State for Transport (1976–1979)===
'''Colour key''' (for political parties):<br/>
{{Legend2|{{Party color|Labour Party (UK)}}|[[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]]|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
! colspan=3 | Secretary of State
! colspan=2 | Term of office
!Length of Term
! Political party
! colspan=2 | Prime Minister

|- style="height:1em"
! style="background-color:{{Party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
| [[File:Official portrait of Lord Rodgers of Quarry Bank crop 2.jpg|60px]]
| [[Bill Rodgers, Baron Rodgers of Quarry Bank|Bill Rodgers]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://members.parliament.uk/member/940/career |title=Lord Rodgers of Quarry Bank |publisher=UK Parliament |access-date=30 December 2021}}</ref>
| 10 September 1976
| 4 May 1979
|{{age in years and months|10 September 1976|4 May 1979}}
| width=100 | [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]]
| style="background-color:{{Party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
| [[James Callaghan]]

|}

===Minister of Transport (1979–1981)===
Not an official member of the [[Cabinet of the United Kingdom|cabinet]].

'''Colour key''' (for political parties):<br/>
{{Legend2|{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}|[[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
! colspan=3 | Minister
! colspan=2 width=240 | Term of office
!Length of Term
! Political party
! colspan=2 | Prime Minister

|- style="height:1em"
! style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| [[File:Official portrait of Lord Fowler crop 2.jpg|60px]]
| width=195 | [[Norman Fowler]]<ref name="Fowler"/>
| 11 May 1979
| 5 January 1981
|{{age in years and months|11 May 1979|5 January 1981}}
| width=100 | [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]
| style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| [[Margaret Thatcher]]

|}

===Secretary of State for Transport (1981–1997)===
'''Colour key''' (for political parties):<br/>
{{Legend2|{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}|[[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
! colspan=3 | Secretary of State
! colspan=2 width=240 | Term of office
!Length of Term
! Political party
! colspan=2 | Prime Minister

|- style="height:1em"
! style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| [[File:Official portrait of Lord Fowler crop 2.jpg|60px]]
| width=195 | [[Norman Fowler]]<ref name="Fowler">{{Cite web|url=https://members.parliament.uk/member/315/career |title=Lord Fowler |publisher=UK Parliament |access-date=30 December 2021}}</ref>
| 5 January 1981
| 14 September 1981
|{{age in years and months|5 January 1981|14 September 1981}}
| width=100 | [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]
| rowspan=7 style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| rowspan=7 | [[Margaret Thatcher]]

|- style="height:1em"
! style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| [[File:Official portrait of Lord Howell of Guildford 2020 crop 2.jpg|60px]]
| [[David Howell, Baron Howell of Guildford|David Howell]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://members.parliament.uk/member/993/career |title=Lord Howell of Guildford |publisher=UK Parliament |access-date=30 December 2021}}</ref>
| 14 September 1981
| 11 June 1983
|{{age in years and months|14 September 1981|11 June 1983}}
| [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]

|- style="height:1em"
! style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| [[File:Official portrait of Lord King of Bridgwater crop 2.jpg|60px]]
| [[Tom King, Baron King of Bridgwater|Tom King]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://members.parliament.uk/member/254/career |title=Lord King of Bridgwater |publisher=UK Parliament |access-date=30 December 2021}}</ref>
| 11 June 1983
| 16 October 1983
|{{age in years and months|11 June 1983|16 October 1983}}
| [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]

|- style="height:1em"
! style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| [[File:Blank.png|60px]]
| [[Nicholas Ridley (politician)|Hon. Nicholas Ridley]]
| 16 October 1983
| 21 May 1986
|{{age in years and months|16 October 1983|21 May 1986}}
| [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]

|- style="height:1em"
! style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| [[File:Mr John Moore M.P. addressing the Annual LSE Society Dinner, 5th June, 1985.jpg|60px]]
| [[John Moore (British MP)|John Moore]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://members.parliament.uk/member/1022/career |title=Lord Moore of Lower Marsh |publisher=UK Parliament |access-date=30 December 2021}}</ref>
| 21 May 1986
| 13 June 1987
|{{age in years and months|21 May 1986|13 June 1987}}
| [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]

|- style="height:1em"
! style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| [[File:Blank.png|60px]]
| [[Paul Channon]]
| 13 June 1987
| 24 July 1989
|{{age in years and months|13 June 1987|24 July 1989}}
| [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]

|- style="height:1em"
! style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| [[File:Blank.png|60px]]
| [[Cecil Parkinson]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://members.parliament.uk/member/931/career |title=Lord Parkinson |publisher=UK Parliament |access-date=30 December 2021}}</ref>
| 24 July 1989
| 28 November 1990
|{{age in years and months|24 July 1989|28 November 1990}}
| [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]

|- style="height:1em"
! style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| [[File:Malcolm Rifkind 2011 (cropped).jpg|60px]]
| [[Malcolm Rifkind]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://members.parliament.uk/member/1191/career |title=Sir Malcolm Rifkind |publisher=UK Parliament |access-date=30 December 2021}}</ref>
| 28 November 1990
| 10 April 1992
|{{age in years and months|24 July 1989|10 April 1992}}
| [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]
| rowspan=4 style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| rowspan=4 | [[John Major]]

|- style="height:1em"
! style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| [[File:official portrait of Lord MacGregor of Pulham Market crop 2.jpg|60px]]
| [[John MacGregor, Baron MacGregor of Pulham Market|John MacGregor]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://members.parliament.uk/member/131/career |title=Lord MacGregor of Pulham Market |publisher=UK Parliament |access-date=30 December 2021}}</ref>
| 11 April 1992
| 20 July 1994
|{{age in years and months|11 April 1992|20 July 1994}}
| [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]

|- style="height:1em"
! style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| [[File:Blank.png|60px]]
| [[Brian Mawhinney]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://members.parliament.uk/member/121/career |title=Lord Mawhinney |publisher=UK Parliament |access-date=30 December 2021}}</ref>
| 20 July 1994
| 5 July 1995
|{{age in years and months|20 July 1994|5 July 1995}}
| [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]

|- style="height:1em"
! style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| [[File:Official portrait of Lord Young of Cookham, 2020.jpg|60px]]
| [[Sir George Young, 6th Baronet]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://members.parliament.uk/member/57/career |title=Lord Young of Cookham |publisher=UK Parliament |access-date=30 December 2021}}</ref>
| 5 July 1995
| 2 May 1997
|{{age in years and months|5 July 1995|2 May 1997}}
| [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]

|}

===Secretary of State for Environment, Transport and the Regions (1997–2001)===
{{Main|Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions}}

'''Colour key''' (for political parties):<br/>
{{Legend2|{{Party color|Labour Party (UK)}}|[[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]]|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
! colspan=3 | Secretary of State
! colspan=2 width=240 | Term of office
!Length of Term
! Political party
! colspan=2 | Prime Minister

|- style="height:1em"
! style="background-color:{{Party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
| width=195 | [[John Prescott]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://members.parliament.uk/member/374/career |title=Lord Prescott |publisher=UK Parliament |access-date=30 December 2021}}</ref><br/>{{Small|MP for [[Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle]]}}
| [[File:John Prescott on his last day as Deputy Prime Minister, June 2007.jpg|60px]]
{{Small|MP for [[Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle]]}}
| 2 May 1997
| 7 June 2001
|{{age in years and months|2 May 1997|7 June 2001}}
| width=100 | [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]]
| style="background-color:{{Party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
| width=100 | [[Tony Blair]]

|}

===Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions (2001–2002)===
'''Colour key''' (for political parties):<br/>
{{Legend2|{{Party color|Labour Party (UK)}}|[[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]]|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
! colspan=2 | Secretary of State
! colspan=2 width=240 | Term of office
!Length of Term
! Political party
! colspan=2 | Prime Minister

|- style="height:1em"
! style="background-color:{{Party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
| width=260 | [[Stephen Byers]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://members.parliament.uk/member/524/career |title=Mr Stephen Byers |publisher=UK Parliament |access-date=30 December 2021}}</ref>
{{Small|MP for [[North Tyneside (UK Parliament constituency)|North Tyneside]]}}
| 8 June 2001
| 28 May 2002
|{{age in years and months|8 June 2001|28 May 2002}}
| width=100 | [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]]
| style="background-color:{{Party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
| width=100 | [[Tony Blair]]

|}

After Byers' resignation, such a division was made, with the portfolios of Local Government and the Regions transferred to the [[Office of the Deputy Prime Minister]].

During the lifetime of DTLGR, [[John Spellar]] served as Minister of State for Transport with a right to attend Cabinet.

* [[John Spellar]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://members.parliament.uk/member/318/career |title=John Spellar |publisher=UK Parliament |access-date=20 December 2022}}</ref> (''8 June 2001&nbsp;– 29 May 2002'')

===Secretary of State for Transport (2002–present)===
'''Colour key''' (for political parties):<br/>
{{Legend2|{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}|[[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}
{{Legend2|{{Party color|Labour Party (UK)}}|[[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]]|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
! colspan=3 | Secretary of State
! colspan=2 width=240 | Term of office
!Length of Term
! Political party
! colspan=2 | Prime Minister

|- style="height:1em"
! style="background-color:{{Party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
| [[File:Alistair Darling official portrait (cropped).jpg|80x80px]]
| [[Alistair Darling]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://members.parliament.uk/member/596/career |title=Lord Darling of Roulanish |publisher=UK Parliament |access-date=30 December 2021}}</ref><br/>{{Small|MP for [[Edinburgh South West]]}}
| 29 May 2002
| [[2006 British cabinet reshuffle|5 May 2006]]
|{{age in years and months|29 May 2002|5 May 2006}}
| width=100 | [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]]
| rowspan=2 style="background-color:{{Party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
| rowspan=2 | [[Tony Blair]]

|- style="height:1em"
! style="background-color:{{Party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
| [[File:Douglas Alexander at the India Economic Summit 2008.jpg|60px]]
| [[Douglas Alexander]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://members.parliament.uk/member/632/career |title=Mr Douglas Alexander |publisher=UK Parliament |access-date=30 December 2021}}</ref><br/>{{Small|MP for [[Paisley and Renfrewshire South (UK Parliament constituency)|Paisley and South Renfrewshire]]}}
| [[2006 British cabinet reshuffle|5 May 2006]]
| 28 June 2007
|{{age in years and months|5 May 2006|28 June 2007}}
| [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]]

|- style="height:1em"
! style="background-color:{{Party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
| [[File:Ruth Kelly official portrait.jpg|78x78px]]
| [[Ruth Kelly]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://members.parliament.uk/member/439/career |title=Ruth Kelly |publisher=UK Parliament |access-date=30 December 2021}}</ref><br/>{{Small|MP for [[Bolton West]]}}
| 28 June 2007
| 5 October 2008
|{{age in years and months|28 June 2007|5 October 2008}}
| [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]]
| rowspan=3 style="background-color:{{Party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
| rowspan=3 | [[Gordon Brown]]

|- style="height:1em"
! style="background-color:{{Party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
| [[File:Geoff Hoon Headshot.jpg|60px]]
| [[Geoff Hoon]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://members.parliament.uk/member/357/career |title=Mr Geoffrey Hoon |publisher=UK Parliament |access-date=30 December 2021}}</ref><br/>{{Small|MP for [[Ashfield (UK Parliament constituency)|Ashfield]]}}
| 5 October 2008
| 5 June 2009
|{{age in years and months|5 October 2008|5 June 2009}}
| [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]]

|- style="height:1em"
! style="background-color:{{Party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
| [[File:Lord Adonis.jpg|60px]]
| [[Andrew Adonis, Baron Adonis]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Lord Adonis |url=https://members.parliament.uk/member/3743/career |access-date=30 December 2021 |publisher=UK Parliament}}</ref>
| 6 June 2009
| 6 May 2010
|{{age in years and months|6 June 2009|6 May 2010}}
| [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]]

|- style="height:1em"
! style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| [[File:Official portrait of Mr Philip Hammond crop 2.jpg|60px]]
| [[Philip Hammond]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://members.parliament.uk/member/105/career |title=Lord Hammond of Runnymede |publisher=UK Parliament |access-date=30 December 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.publicservice.co.uk/news_story.asp?id=12922 | title=Out with the old cabinet, in with the new|work=Public Service|access-date=12 May 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110722055031/http://www.publicservice.co.uk/news_story.asp?id=12922 | archive-date=22 July 2011}}</ref><br/>{{Small|MP for [[Runnymede and Weybridge]]}}
| 12 May 2010
| 14 October 2011
|{{age in years and months|12 May 2010|14 October 2011}}
| [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]
| rowspan=4 style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| rowspan=3 | [[David Cameron]]<br/>{{Small|([[Cameron–Clegg coalition|Coalition]])}}

|- style="height:1em"
! style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| [[File:Official portrait of Justine Greening crop 2.jpg|60px]]
| [[Justine Greening]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://members.parliament.uk/member/1555/career |title=Justine Greening |publisher=UK Parliament |access-date=30 December 2021}}</ref><br/>{{Small|MP for [[Putney (UK Parliament constituency)|Putney]]}}
| 14 October 2011
| [[2012 British cabinet reshuffle|6 September 2012]]
|{{age in years and months|14 October 2011|6 September 2012}}
| [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]

|- style= "height:45px"
! rowspan=2 style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| rowspan=2 | [[File:Official portrait of Lord McLoughlin, 2022.jpg|60px]]
| rowspan=2 | [[Patrick McLoughlin]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://members.parliament.uk/member/333/career |title=Lord McLoughlin |publisher=UK Parliament |access-date=30 December 2021}}</ref><br/>{{Small|MP for [[Derbyshire Dales (UK Parliament constituency)|Derbyshire Dales]]}}
| rowspan=2 | [[2012 British cabinet reshuffle|6 September 2012]]
| rowspan=2 | 14 July 2016
| rowspan="2" |{{age in years and months|6 September 2012|14 July 2016}}
| rowspan=2 | [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]
|-
| [[David Cameron]]<br/>{{Small|([[Second Cameron ministry|II]])}}

|- style="height:1em"
! style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| [[File:Official portrait of Rt Hon Chris Grayling MP crop 2.jpg|60px]]
| [[Chris Grayling]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://members.parliament.uk/member/1413/career |title=Chris Grayling |publisher=UK Parliament |access-date=30 December 2021}}</ref><br/>{{Small|MP for [[Epsom and Ewell (UK Parliament constituency)|Epsom and Ewell]]}}
| 14 July 2016
| 24 July 2019
|{{age in years and days|14 July 2016|24 July 2019}}
| [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]
| style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| [[Theresa May]]

|- style="height:1em"
! style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| [[File:Grant Shapps Official Cabinet Portrait, October 2022 (cropped).jpg|60px]]
| [[Grant Shapps]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://members.parliament.uk/member/1582/career |title=Grant Shapps |publisher=UK Parliament |access-date=30 December 2021}}</ref><br/>{{Small|MP for [[Welwyn Hatfield (UK Parliament constituency)|Welwyn Hatfield]]}}
| 24 July 2019
| 6 September 2022
|{{age in years and months|24 July 2019|6 September 2022}}
| [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]
| style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| [[Boris Johnson]]

|- style="height:1em"
! style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| [[File:Anne-Marie Trevelyan Official Cabinet Portrait, September 2021 (cropped).jpg|60px]]
| [[Anne-Marie Trevelyan]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Rt Hon Anne-Marie Trevelyan MP |url=https://www.gov.uk/government/people/anne-marie-trevelyan |access-date=2022-10-04 |website=GOV.UK |language=en}}</ref><br/>{{Small|MP for [[Berwick-upon-Tweed (UK Parliament constituency)|Berwick-upon-Tweed]]}}
| 6 September 2022
| 25 October 2022
|{{age in weeks|6 September 2022|25 October 2022}} weeks
| [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]
| style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| [[Liz Truss]]

|- style="height:1em"
! style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| [[File:Mark Harper Official Cabinet Portrait, October 2022 (cropped).jpg|60px]]
| [[Mark Harper]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://members.parliament.uk/member/1520/career |title=Mark Harper|publisher=UK Parliament |access-date=16 December 2022}}</ref><br/>{{Small|MP for [[Forest of Dean (UK Parliament constituency)|Forest of Dean]]}}
| 25 October 2022
| 5 July 2024
|{{age in years and months|25 October 2022|5 July 2024}}
| [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]
| style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| [[Rishi Sunak]]

|- style="height:1em"
! style="background-color:{{Party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
| [[File:Louise Haigh Official Cabinet Portrait, July 2024 Crop 1.png|60px]]
| [[Louise Haigh]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://members.parliament.uk/member/4473/career |title=Louise Haigh|publisher=UK Parliament |access-date=5 July 2024}}</ref><br/>{{Small|MP for [[Sheffield Heeley]]}}
| 5 July 2024
| 29 November 2024
|{{Age in months|5th July 2024|29 November 2024}} months
| [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]]
| rowspan="2"  style="background-color:{{Party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
| rowspan="2" | [[Keir Starmer]]
|- style="height:1em"
! style="background-color:{{Party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
|[[File:Heidi alexander portrait 2024.jpg|frameless|80x80px]]
|[[Heidi Alexander]]<ref>{{Cite web |last=Belger |first=Tom |date=2024-11-29 |title=New Transport Secretary Heidi Alexander unveiled after Louise Haigh resigns |url=https://labourlist.org/2024/11/heidi-alexander-transport-secretary-louise-haigh/ |access-date=2024-11-29 |website=LabourList |language=en-GB}}</ref><br />{{Small|MP for [[Swindon South]]}}
|29 November 2024
|Incumbent
|{{Age in years, months and days|2024|11|29}}
|[[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]]
|}

==Timeline==
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  from: 19/05/1919 till: 07/11/1921 color:Conservative text:"[[Eric Campbell Geddes]]"
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  from: 07/11/1921 till: 12/04/1922 color:Conservative text:"[[William Peel, 1st Earl Peel|William Peel]]
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  from: 12/04/1922 till: 31/10/1922 color:Conservative text:"[[David Lindsay, 27th Earl of Crawford|David Lindsay]]"
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  from: 31/10/1922 till: 22/01/1924 color:Conservative text:"[[John Baird, 1st Viscount Stonehaven|John Baird]]
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  from: 24/01/1924 till: 03/11/1924 color:Labour       text:"[[Harry Gosling]]"
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  from: 11/11/1924 till: 04/06/1929 color:Conservative text:"[[Wilfrid Ashley]]"
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  from: 07/06/1929 till: 24/10/1931 color:Labour       text:"[[Herbert Morrison]]"
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  from: 03/09/1931 till: 22/02/1933 color:Liberal      text:"[[John Pybus]]"
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  from: 22/02/1933 till: 29/06/1934 color:Conservative text:"[[Oliver Stanley]]"
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  from: 29/06/1934 till: 28/05/1937 color:NatLiberal   text:"[[Leslie Hore-Belisha]]"
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  from: 28/05/1937 till: 21/04/1939 color:NatLiberal   text:"[[Leslie Burgin]]"
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  from: 21/04/1939 till: 14/05/1940 color:Conservative text:"[[Euan Wallace]]"
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  from: 14/05/1940 till: 03/10/1940 color:Independent  text:"[[John Reith, 1st Baron Reith|John Reith]]"
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  from: 03/10/1940 till: 01/05/1941 color:Conservative text:"[[John Moore-Brabazon]]"
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  from: 01/05/1941 till: 26/07/1945 color:Conservative text:"[[Frederick Leathers]]
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  from: 03/08/1945 till: 26/10/1951 color:Labour       text:"[[Alfred Barnes, 1st Baron Ogmore|Alfred Barnes]]"
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  from: 31/10/1951 till: 07/04/1952 color:NatLiberal   text:"[[John Maclay]]"
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  from: 07/05/1952 till: 28/07/1954 color:Conservative text:"[[Alan Lennox-Boyd]]"
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  from: 28/07/1954 till: 20/12/1955 color:Conservative text:"[[John Boyd-Carpenter]]"
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  from: 20/12/1955 till: 14/10/1959 color:Conservative text:"[[Harold Watkinson]]"
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  from: 14/10/1959 till: 16/10/1964 color:Conservative text:"[[Ernest Marples]]"
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  from: 16/10/1964 till: 23/12/1965 color:Labour       text:"[[Tom Fraser|Thomas Fraser]]"
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  from: 23/12/1965 till: 06/04/1968 color:Labour       text:"[[Barbara Castle]]"
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  from: 06/04/1968 till: 06/10/1969 color:Labour       text:"[[Richard Marsh, Baron Marsh|Richard Marsh]]"
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  from: 06/10/1969 till: 22/06/1970 color:Labour       text:"[[Fred Mulley]]"
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  from: 23/06/1970 till: 14/10/1970 color:Conservative text:"[[John Peyton, Baron Peyton of Yeovil|John Peyton]]"
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  from: 15/10/1970 till: 05/11/1972 color:Conservative text:"[[Peter Walker, Baron Walker of Worcester|Peter Walker]]"
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  from: 05/11/1972 till: 04/03/1974 color:Conservative text:"[[Geoffrey Rippon]]"
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  from: 05/03/1974 till: 08/04/1976 color:Labour       text:"[[Anthony Crosland]]"
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  from: 10/09/1976 till: 04/05/1979 color:Labour       text:"[[Bill Rodgers]]"
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  from: 11/05/1979 till: 14/09/1981 color:Conservative text:"[[Norman Fowler]]"
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  from: 14/09/1981 till: 11/06/1983 color:Conservative text:"[[David Howell, Baron Howell of Guildford|David Howell]]"
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  from: 11/06/1983 till: 16/10/1983 color:Conservative text:"[[Tom King]]
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  from: 16/10/1983 till: 21/05/1986 color:Conservative text:"[[Nicholas Ridley, Baron Ridley of Liddesdale|Nicholas Ridley]]"
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  from: 21/05/1986 till: 13/06/1987 color:Conservative text:"[[John Moore, Baron Moore of Lower Marsh|John Moore]]"
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  from: 24/07/1989 till: 28/11/1990 color:Conservative text:"[[Cecil Parkinson]]"
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  from: 28/11/1990 till: 10/04/1992 color:Conservative text:"[[Malcom Rifkind]]"
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  from: 11/04/1992 till: 20/07/1994 color:Conservative text:"[[John MacGregor, Baron MacGregor of Pulham Market|John MacGregor]]"
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  from: 20/07/1994 till: 05/07/1995 color:Conservative text:"[[Brian Mawhinney]]"
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  from: 12/10/2010 till: 14/10/2011 color:Conservative text:"[[Philip Hammond]]"
 bar:Greening
  from: 14/10/2011 till: 06/09/2012 color:Conservative text:"[[Justine Greening]]"
 bar:McLoughlin
  from: 06/09/2012 till: 14/07/2016 color:Conservative text:"[[Patrick McLoughlin]]"
 bar:Grayling
  from: 14/07/2016 till: 24/07/2019 color:Conservative text:"[[Chris Grayling]]"
 bar:Shapps
  from: 24/07/2019 till: 06/07/2022 color:Conservative text:"[[Grant Shapps]]"
 bar:Trevelyan
  from: 06/09/2022 till: 25/10/2022 color:Conservative text:"[[Anne-Marie Trevelyan]]"
 bar:Harper
  from: 25/10/2022 till: 05/07/2024     color:Conservative text:"[[Mark Harper]]"
 bar:Haigh
  from: 05/07/2024 till: 29/11/2024    color:Labour text:"[[Louise Haigh]]"
 bar:H.Alexander
  from: 29/11/2024  till: $today     color:Labour text:"[[Heidi Alexander]]"
}}

==See also==
* [[Ministry of Civil Aviation Aerodrome Fire Service]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/7635058.stm Track record: Transport secretaries]

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