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{{Short description|Former position in the Cabinet of the United Kingdom}}
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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 hived off and transferred to the '''secretary of state for social security''' to form the '''[[secretary of state for work and pensions]]'''.
 
The '''secretary of state for employment''' was a position in the [[Cabinet of the United Kingdom]]. In {{Date|1995}}, it was merged with '''[[secretary of state for education]]''' to make the '''secretary of state for education and employment'''. In {{Date|2001}}, 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]]'''.


== Minister of Labour (1916–1940) ==
== Minister of Labour (1916–1940) ==
{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable"
! colspan=2|Name
! colspan=2 | Name
! Portrait
! colspan=2 | Term of office
! colspan=2|Term of office
! colspan=2 | Political Party
! Political Party
! colspan=2 | Prime Minister
! colspan=2|Prime Minister
 
|-
|-
! style="background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}"|
| width=130|[[John Hodge (politician)|John Hodge]]
| [[File:John Hodge.JPG|60px]]
| [[File:John Hodge.JPG|60px]]
| width=120|10 December 1916
| [[John Hodge (politician)|John Hodge]]
| width=120|17 August 1917
| {{Date|10 December 1916}}
| {{Date|17 August 1917}}
! style="background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
| [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]]
| [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]]
| rowspan=4 style="background-color: {{party color|Liberal Party (UK)}}"|
| rowspan=4 style="background-color: {{party color|Liberal Party (UK)}}" |  
| width=150 rowspan=4|[[David Lloyd George]]<br /><small>([[Lloyd George ministry|Coalition]])</small>
| rowspan=4 | [[David Lloyd George]]<br/>{{Small|([[Lloyd George ministry|Coalition]])}}
 
|-
|-
! style="background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}"|
| [[File:G H Roberts.JPG|60px]]
| [[George Henry Roberts]]
| [[George Henry Roberts]]
| [[File:G H Roberts.JPG|60px]]
| {{Date|17 August 1917}}
| 17 August 1917
| {{Date|10 January 1919}}
| 10 January 1919
! style="background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
| [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]]
| [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]]
|-
|-
! style="background-color: {{party color|Scottish Unionist Party}}"|
| [[Sir Robert Horne]]
| [[File:Robert Horne cropped.jpg|60px]]
| [[File:Robert Horne cropped.jpg|60px]]
| 10 January 1919
| [[Robert Horne, 1st Viscount Horne of Slamannan|Robert Horne]]
| 19 March 1920
| {{Date|10 January 1919}}
| {{Date|19 March 1920}}
! style="background-color: {{party color|Scottish Unionist Party}}" |
| [[Unionist Party (Scotland)|Unionist]]
| [[Unionist Party (Scotland)|Unionist]]
|-
|-
! style="background-color: {{party color|Liberal Party (UK)}}"|
| [[File:TJ Macnamara 1901.jpg|60px]]
| [[Thomas James Macnamara]]
| [[Thomas James Macnamara]]
| [[File:TJ Macnamara 1901.jpg|60px]]
| {{Date|19 March 1920}}
| 19 March 1920
| {{Date|19 October 1922}}
| 19 October 1922
! style="background-color: {{party color|Liberal Party (UK)}}" |
| [[Liberal Party (UK)|Liberal]]
| [[Liberal Party (UK)|Liberal]]
|-
|-
! rowspan=2 style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}"|
| rowspan=2 | [[File:Anderson Montague-Barlow.jpg|60px]]
| rowspan=2|[[Sir Anderson Montague-Barlow, 1st Baronet|Sir Anderson Montague-Barlow]]
| rowspan=2 | [[Anderson Montague-Barlow]]
| rowspan=2| [[File:Anderson Montague-Barlow.jpg|60px]]
| rowspan=2 | {{Date|31 October 1922}}
| rowspan=2|31 October 1922
| rowspan=2 | {{Date|22 January 1924}}
| rowspan=2|22 January 1924
! rowspan=2 style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| rowspan=2|[[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]
| rowspan=2 | [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]
| style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}"|
| style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |  
| [[Bonar Law]]
| [[Bonar Law]]
|-
|-
| style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}"|
| style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |  
| [[Stanley Baldwin]]
| [[Stanley Baldwin]]
|-
|-
! style="background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}"|
| [[File:Tom_Shaw_-_politician.jpg|60px]]
| [[Tom Shaw (politician)|Tom Shaw]]
| [[Tom Shaw (politician)|Tom Shaw]]
| [[File:Tom_Shaw_-_politician.jpg|60px]]
| {{Date|22 January 1924}}
| 22 January 1924
| {{Date|3 November 1924}}
| 3 November 1924
! style="background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
| [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]]
| [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]]
| style="background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}"|
| style="background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |  
| [[Ramsay MacDonald]]
| [[Ramsay MacDonald]]
|-
|-
! style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}"|
| [[Sir Arthur Steel-Maitland, 1st Baronet|Sir Arthur Steel-Maitland, Bt]]
| [[File:Arthur Steel-Maitland.jpg|60px]]
| [[File:Arthur Steel-Maitland.jpg|60px]]
| 6 November 1924
| [[Arthur Steel-Maitland]]
| 4 June 1929
| {{Date|6 November 1924}}
| {{Date|4 June 1929}}
! style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]
| [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]
| style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}"|
| style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |  
| [[Stanley Baldwin]]
| [[Stanley Baldwin]]
|-
|-
! style="background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}"|
| [[File:Margaret Bondfield 1919.jpg|60px]]
| [[Margaret Bondfield]]
| [[Margaret Bondfield]]
| [[File:Margaret Bondfield 1919.jpg|60px]]
| {{Date|7 June 1929}}
| 7 June 1929
| {{Date|24 August 1931}}<br/>(lost seat [[1931 United Kingdom general election|1931]])
| 24 August 1931<br />(lost seat [[1931 United Kingdom general election|1931]])
! style="background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
| [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]]
| [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]]
| style="background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}"|
| style="background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |  
| [[Ramsay MacDonald]]
| [[Ramsay MacDonald]]
|-
|-
! style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}"|
| [[Henry Betterton, 1st Baron Rushcliffe|Sir Henry Betterton, Bt]]
|
|
| 25 August 1931
| [[Henry Betterton, 1st Baron Rushcliffe|Henry Betterton]]
| 29 June 1934
| {{Date|25 August 1931}}
| {{Date|29 June 1934}}
! style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]
| [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]
| rowspan=2 style="background-color: {{party color|National Labour Organisation}}"|
| rowspan=2 style="background-color: {{party color|National Labour Organisation}}" |  
| rowspan=2|[[Ramsay MacDonald]]<br /><small>([[First National ministry|1st]] & [[Second National ministry|2nd National Min.]])</small>
| rowspan=2 | [[Ramsay MacDonald]]<br/>{{Small|([[First National ministry|1st]] & [[Second National ministry|2nd National Min.]])}}
 
|-
|-
| style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}"|
| [[File:Oliver Stanley MP.jpg|60px]]
| [[Oliver Stanley]]
| [[Oliver Stanley]]
| [[File:Oliver Stanley MP.jpg|60px]]
| {{Date|29 June 1934}}
| 29 June 1934
| {{Date|7 June 1935}}
| 7 June 1935
| style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| Conservative
| [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]
 
|-
|-
| rowspan=2 | [[File:BrownErnest.jpg|60px]]
| rowspan=2 | [[Ernest Brown (MP)|Ernest Brown]]
| rowspan=2 | {{Date|7 June 1935}}
| rowspan=2 | {{Date|13 May 1940}}
! rowspan=2 style="background-color: {{party color|National Liberal Party (UK, 1931)}}" |
! rowspan=2 style="background-color: {{party color|National Liberal Party (UK, 1931)}}" |
| rowspan=2|[[Ernest Brown (MP)|Ernest Brown]]
| rowspan=2 | [[National Liberal Party (UK, 1931)|Liberal National]]
| rowspan=2|[[File:BrownErnest.jpg|60px]]
| rowspan=2|7 June 1935
| rowspan=2|13 May 1940
| rowspan=2|[[National Liberal Party (UK, 1931)|Liberal National]]
| style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| [[Stanley Baldwin]]<br /><small>([[Third National ministry|3rd National Min.]])</small>
| [[Stanley Baldwin]]<br/>{{Small|([[Third National ministry|3rd National Min.]])}}
 
|-
|-
| style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| [[Neville Chamberlain]]<br /><small>([[Fourth National ministry|4th Nat.Min.]]; [[Chamberlain war ministry|War Coalition]])</small>
| [[Neville Chamberlain]]<br/>{{Small|([[Fourth National ministry|4th Nat.Min.]]; [[Chamberlain war ministry|War Coalition]])}}
 
|}
|}


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== Minister of Labour and National Service (1940–1959) ==
== Minister of Labour and National Service (1940–1959) ==
{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable"
! colspan=2|Name
! colspan=2 | Name
! Portrait
! colspan=2 | Term of office
! colspan=2|Term of office
! colspan=2 | Political Party
! Political Party
! colspan=2 | Prime Minister
! colspan=2|Prime Minister
 
|-
|-
! style="background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}"|
| width=130|[[Ernest Bevin]]
| [[File:Ernest Bevin cph.3b17494.jpg|60px]]
| [[File:Ernest Bevin cph.3b17494.jpg|60px]]
| width=120|13 May 1940
| [[Ernest Bevin]]
| width=120|23 May 1945
| {{Date|13 May 1940}}
| {{Date|23 May 1945}}
! style="background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
| [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]]
| [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]]
| rowspan=2 style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}"|
| rowspan=2 style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |  
| width=150|[[Winston Churchill]]<br /><small>([[Churchill war ministry|War Coalition]])</small>
| [[Winston Churchill]]<br/>{{Small|([[Churchill war ministry|War Coalition]])}}
 
|-
|-
! style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}"|
| [[File:Rab Butler.png|60px]]
| [[R. A. Butler]]
| [[R. A. Butler]]
| [[File:Rab Butler.png|60px]]
| {{Date|25 May 1945}}
| 25 May 1945
| {{Date|26 July 1945}}
| 26 July 1945
! style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]
| [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]
| [[Winston Churchill]]<br /><small>([[Churchill caretaker ministry|Caretaker Min.]])</small>
| [[Winston Churchill]]<br/>{{Small|([[Churchill caretaker ministry|Caretaker Min.]])}}
 
|-
|-
! style="background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}"|
| [[File:George Isaacs in 1943 (3x4 crop).jpg|77x77px]]
| [[George Isaacs]]
| [[George Isaacs]]
| [[File:No image.svg|60px]]
| {{Date|3 August 1945}}
| 3 August 1945
| {{Date|17 January 1951}}
| 17 January 1951
! style="background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
| [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]]
| [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]]
| rowspan=3 style="background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}"|
| rowspan=3 style="background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |  
| rowspan=3|[[Clement Attlee]]
| rowspan=3 | [[Clement Attlee]]
 
|-
|-
! style="background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}"|
| [[File:Aneurin Bevan (crop).jpg|60px]]
| [[Aneurin Bevan]]
| [[Aneurin Bevan]]
| [[File:Aneurin Bevan (crop).jpg|60px]]
| {{Date|17 January 1951}}
| 17 January 1951
| {{Date|23 April 1951}}<br/>(resigned)
| 23 April 1951<br />(resigned)
! style="background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
| Labour
| [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]]
 
|-
|-
! style="background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}"|
| [[File:Alfred Robens, Baron Robens of Woldingham.jpg|60px]]
| [[Alfred Robens]]
| [[Alfred Robens]]
| [[File:Alfred Robens, Baron Robens of Woldingham.jpg|60px]]
| {{Date|24 April 1951}}
| 24 April 1951
| {{Date|26 October 1951}}
| 26 October 1951
! style="background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
| Labour
| [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]]
 
|-
|-
! style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}"|
| rowspan=2 | [[File:Walter Monckton cropped.png|75x75px]]
| rowspan=2|[[Walter Monckton]]
| rowspan=2 | [[Walter Monckton]]
| rowspan=2|
| rowspan=2 | {{Date|28 October 1951}}
| rowspan=2|28 October 1951
| rowspan=2 | {{Date|20 December 1955}}
| rowspan=2|20 December 1955
! rowspan=2 style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| rowspan=2|[[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]
| rowspan=2 | [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]
| style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}"|
| style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |  
| [[Sir Winston Churchill]]
| [[Winston Churchill]]
 
|-
|-
! style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}"|
| rowspan=2 style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |  
| rowspan=2 style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}"|
| rowspan=2 | [[Anthony Eden]]
| rowspan=2|[[Sir Anthony Eden]]
 
|-
|-
! style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}"|
| rowspan=2 | [[File:The National Archives UK - CO 1069-166-17 Macleod crop.jpg|60px]]
| rowspan=2|[[Iain Macleod]]
| rowspan=2 | [[Iain Macleod]]
| rowspan=2|[[File:The National Archives UK - CO 1069-166-17 Macleod crop.jpg|60px]]
| rowspan=2 | {{Date|20 December 1955}}
| rowspan=2|20 December 1955
| rowspan=2 | {{Date|14 October 1959}}
| rowspan=2|14 October 1959
! rowspan=2 style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| rowspan=2|Conservative
| rowspan=2 | [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]
|-
|-
! style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}"|
| rowspan=2 style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |  
| rowspan=2 style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}"|
| rowspan=2 | [[Harold Macmillan]]
| rowspan=2|[[Harold Macmillan]]
 
|-
|-
! style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}"|
| [[File:Heathdod.JPG|60px]]
| [[Edward Heath]]
| [[Edward Heath]]
| [[File:Heathdod.JPG|60px]]
| {{Date|14 October 1959}}
| 14 October 1959
| {{Date|12 November 1959}}
| 12 November 1959
! style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| Conservative
| [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]
 
|}
|}


== Minister of Labour (1959–1968) ==
== Minister of Labour (1959–1968) ==
{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable"
! colspan=2|Name
! colspan=2 | Name
! colspan=2|Term of office
! colspan=2 | Term of office
! Political Party
! colspan=2 | Political Party
! colspan=2|Prime Minister
! colspan=2 | Prime Minister
 
|-
|-
! style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}"|
| [[File:Sir Edward Heath (cropped).jpg|80x80px]]
| width=200|[[Edward Heath]]
| [[Edward Heath]]
| width=120|12 November 1959
| {{Date|12 November 1959}}
| width=120|27 July 1960
| {{Date|7 July 1960}}
! style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]
| [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]
| rowspan=2 style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}"|
| rowspan=2 style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |  
| width=150 rowspan=2|[[Harold Macmillan]]
| rowspan=2 | [[Harold Macmillan]]
 
|-
|-
! style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}"|
| [[File:John Hare, 1st Viscount Blakenham, in 1949.jpg|81x81px]]
| [[John Hare, 1st Viscount Blakenham|John Hare]]
| [[John Hare, 1st Viscount Blakenham|John Hare]]
| 27 July 1960
| {{Date|27 July 1960}}
| 20 October 1963
| {{Date|20 October 1963}}
| Conservative
! style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]
 
|-
|-
! style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}"|
| [[File:Blank.jpg|60px]]
| [[Joseph Godber]]
| [[Joseph Godber]]
| 20 October 1963
| {{Date|20 October 1963}}
| 16 October 1964
| {{Date|16 October 1964}}
| Conservative
! style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}"|
| [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]
| style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |  
| [[Alec Douglas-Home]]
| [[Alec Douglas-Home]]
|-
|-
! style="background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}"|
| [[File:Blank.jpg|60px]]
| [[Ray Gunter]]
| [[Ray Gunter]]
| 18 October 1964
| {{Date|18 October 1964}}
| 6 April 1968
| {{Date|6 April 1968}}
! style="background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
| [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]]
| [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]]
| style="background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}"|
| style="background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |  
| [[Harold Wilson]]
| [[Harold Wilson]]
|}
|}


== Secretary of State for Employment and Productivity (1968–1970) ==
== Secretary of State for Employment and Productivity (1968–1970) ==
{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable"
! colspan=2|Name
! colspan=2 | Name
! Portrait
! colspan=2 | Term of office
! colspan=2|Term of office
! colspan=2 | Political Party
! Political Party
! colspan=2 | Prime Minister
! colspan=2|Prime Minister
 
|-
|-
! style="background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}"|
| width=130|[[Barbara Castle]]
| [[File:Barbara Castle, 1965 (cropped).jpg|60px]]
| [[File:Barbara Castle, 1965 (cropped).jpg|60px]]
| width=120|6 April 1968
| [[Barbara Castle]]
| width=120|19 June 1970
| {{Date|6 April 1968}}
| {{Date|19 June 1970}}
! style="background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
| [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]]
| [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]]
| style="background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}"|
| style="background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |  
| width=150|[[Harold Wilson]]
| [[Harold Wilson]]
 
|}
|}


== Secretary of State for Employment (1970–1995) ==
== Secretary of State for Employment (1970–1995) ==
{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable"
! colspan=2|Name
! colspan=2 | Name
! colspan=2|Term of office
! colspan=2 | Term of office
! Political Party
! colspan=2 | Political Party
! colspan=2|Prime Minister
! colspan=2 | Prime Minister
 
|-
|-
! style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}"|
| [[File:Robert Carr2.jpg|83x83px]]
| width=200|[[Robert Carr]]
| [[Robert Carr]]
| width=120|20 June 1970
| {{Date|20 June 1970}}
| width=120|7 April 1972
| {{Date|7 April 1972}}
! style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |  
| [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]
| [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]
| rowspan=3 style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}"|
| rowspan=3 style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |  
| width=150 rowspan=3|[[Edward Heath]]
| rowspan=3 | [[Edward Heath]]
 
|-
|-
! style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}"|
| [[File:Blank.jpg|60px]]
| [[Maurice Macmillan]]
| [[Maurice Macmillan]]
| 7 April 1972
| {{Date|7 April 1972}}
| 2 December 1973
| {{Date|2 December 1973}}
| Conservative
! style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]
 
|-
|-
! style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}"|
| [[File:Blank.jpg|60px]]
| [[William Whitelaw]]
| [[William Whitelaw]]
| 2 December 1973
| {{Date|2 December 1973}}
| 4 March 1974
| {{Date|4 March 1974}}
| Conservative
! style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]
 
|-
|-
! style="background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}"|
| [[File:Michael Foot (1981).jpg|80x80px]]
| [[Michael Foot]]
| [[Michael Foot]]
| 5 March 1974
| {{Date|5 March 1974}}
| 8 April 1976
| {{Date|8 April 1976}}
! style="background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
| [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]]
| [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]]
| style="background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}"|
| style="background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |  
| [[Harold Wilson]]
| [[Harold Wilson]]
|-
|-
! style="background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}"|
| [[File:Blank.jpg|60px]]
| [[Albert Booth]]
| [[Albert Booth]]
| 8 April 1976
| {{Date|8 April 1976}}
| 4 May 1979
| {{Date|4 May 1979}}
| Labour
! style="background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
| style="background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}"|
| [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]]
| style="background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |  
| [[James Callaghan]]
| [[James Callaghan]]
|-
|-
! style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}"|
| [[File:Blank.jpg|60px]]
| [[James Prior]]
| [[James Prior]]
| 5 May 1979
| {{Date|5 May 1979}}
| 14 September 1981
| {{Date|14 September 1981}}
! style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]
| [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]
| rowspan=6 style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}"|
| rowspan=6 style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |  
| rowspan=6|[[Margaret Thatcher]]
| rowspan=6 | [[Margaret Thatcher]]
 
|-
|-
! style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}"|
| [[File:Norman Tebbit Edinburgh University Politics Society 2008.JPG|90x90px]]
| [[Norman Tebbit]]
| [[Norman Tebbit]]
| 14 September 1981
| {{Date|14 September 1981}}
| 16 October 1983
| {{Date|16 October 1983}}
| Conservative
! style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]
 
|-
|-
! style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}"|
| [[File:Official portrait of Lord King of Bridgwater crop 2.jpg|80x80px]]
| [[Tom King, Baron King of Bridgwater|Tom King]]
| [[Tom King, Baron King of Bridgwater|Tom King]]
| 16 October 1983
| {{Date|16 October 1983}}
| 2 September 1985
| {{Date|2 September 1985}}
| Conservative
! style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]
 
|-
|-
! style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}"|
| [[File:Lord young of Graffham.jpg|80x80px]]
| [[David Young, Baron Young of Graffham|The Lord Young of Graffham]]
| [[David Young, Baron Young of Graffham|The Lord Young of Graffham]]
| 2 September 1985
| {{Date|2 September 1985}}
| 13 June 1987
| {{Date|13 June 1987}}
| Conservative
! style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]
 
|-
|-
! style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}"|
| [[File:Official portrait of Lord Fowler crop 2.jpg|80x80px]]
| [[Norman Fowler]]
| [[Norman Fowler]]
| 13 June 1987
| {{Date|13 June 1987}}
| 3 January 1990
| {{Date|3 January 1990}}
| Conservative
! style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]
 
|-
|-
! rowspan=2 style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}"|
| rowspan=2 | [[File:Michael Howard as Home Secretary.jpg|80x80px]]
| rowspan=2|[[Michael Howard]]
| rowspan=2 | [[Michael Howard]]
| rowspan=2|3 January 1990
| rowspan=2 | {{Date|3 January 1990}}
| rowspan=2|11 April 1992
| rowspan=2 | {{Date|11 April 1992}}
| rowspan=2|Conservative
! rowspan=2 style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| rowspan=2 | [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]
 
|-
|-
| rowspan=4 style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}"|
| rowspan=4 style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| rowspan=4|[[John Major]]
| rowspan=4 | [[John Major]]
 
|-
|-
! style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}"|
| [[File:Gillian_Shephard_official_portrait_(cropped).jpg|80x80px]]
| [[Gillian Shephard]]
| [[Gillian Shephard]]
| 11 April 1992
| {{Date|11 April 1992}}
| 27 May 1993
| {{Date|27 May 1993}}
| Conservative
! style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]
 
|-
|-
! style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}"|
| [[File:Official portrait of Lord Hunt of Wirral crop 2.jpg|80x80px]]
| [[David Hunt, Baron Hunt of Wirral|David Hunt]]
| [[David Hunt, Baron Hunt of Wirral|David Hunt]]
| 27 May 1993
| {{Date|27 May 1993}}
| 20 July 1994
| {{Date|20 July 1994}}
| Conservative
! style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]
 
|-
|-
! style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}"|
| [[File:Michael Portillo.jpg|78x78px]]
| [[Michael Portillo]]
| [[Michael Portillo]]
| 20 July 1994
| {{Date|20 July 1994}}
| 5 July 1995
| {{Date|5 July 1995}}
| Conservative
! style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]
 
|}
|}


== Secretary of State for Education and Employment (1995–2001) ==
== Secretary of State for Education and Employment (1995–2001) ==
{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable"
! colspan=2|Name
! colspan=2 | Name
! colspan=2|Term of office
! colspan=2 | Term of office
! Political Party
! colspan=2 | Political Party
! colspan=2|Prime Minister
! colspan=2 | Prime Minister
 
|-
|-
! style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}"|
| [[File:Gillian_Shephard_official_portrait_(cropped).jpg|80x80px]]
| width=200|[[Gillian Shephard]]
| [[Gillian Shephard]]
| width=120|5 July 1995
| {{Date|5 July 1995}}
| width=120|2 May 1997
| {{Date|2 May 1997}}
! style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]
| [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]
| style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}"|
| style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |  
| width=150|[[John Major]]
| [[John Major]]
 
|-
|-
! style="background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}"|
| [[File:David_Blunkett_DfEE_(upscaled)_(cropped).jpg|80x80px]]
| [[David Blunkett]]
| [[David Blunkett]]
| 2 May 1997
| {{Date|2 May 1997}}
| 8 June 2001
| {{Date|8 June 2001}}
! style="background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
| [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]]
| [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]]
| style="background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}"|
| style="background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |  
| [[Tony Blair]]
| [[Tony Blair]]
|}
|}


The office was merged with the [[Department of Social Security (United Kingdom)|Department of Social Security]] to form the [[Department for Work and Pensions]] in 2001.
The office was merged with the [[Department of Social Security (United Kingdom)|Department of Social Security]] to form the [[Department for Work and Pensions]] in {{Date|2001}}.


==See also==
==See also==
*[[Department for Work and Pensions]]
* [[Department for Work and Pensions]]


[[Category:British Secretaries of State for Employment|*]]
[[Category:British Secretaries of State for Employment|*]]

Latest revision as of 01:10, 9 June 2025

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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 hived off and transferred to the secretary of state for social security to form the secretary of state for work and pensions.

Minister of Labour (1916–1940)

Name Term of office Political Party Prime Minister
File:John Hodge.JPG John Hodge 10 December 1916 17 August 1917 style="background-color: Template:Party color" | Labour rowspan=4 style="background-color: Template:Party color" | David Lloyd George
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File:G H Roberts.JPG George Henry Roberts 17 August 1917 10 January 1919 style="background-color: Template:Party color" | Labour
File:Robert Horne cropped.jpg Robert Horne 10 January 1919 19 March 1920 style="background-color: Template:Party color" | Unionist
File:TJ Macnamara 1901.jpg Thomas James Macnamara 19 March 1920 19 October 1922 style="background-color: Template:Party color" | Liberal
File:Anderson Montague-Barlow.jpg Anderson Montague-Barlow 31 October 1922 22 January 1924 rowspan=2 style="background-color: Template:Party color" | Conservative style="background-color: Template:Party color" | Bonar Law
style="background-color: Template:Party color" | Stanley Baldwin
File:Tom Shaw - politician.jpg Tom Shaw 22 January 1924 3 November 1924 style="background-color: Template:Party color" | Labour style="background-color: Template:Party color" | Ramsay MacDonald
File:Arthur Steel-Maitland.jpg Arthur Steel-Maitland 6 November 1924 4 June 1929 style="background-color: Template:Party color" | Conservative style="background-color: Template:Party color" | Stanley Baldwin
File:Margaret Bondfield 1919.jpg Margaret Bondfield 7 June 1929 24 August 1931
(lost seat 1931) 		style="background-color: Template:Party color" | Labour style="background-color: Template:Party color" | Ramsay MacDonald
Henry Betterton 25 August 1931 29 June 1934 style="background-color: Template:Party color" | Conservative rowspan=2 style="background-color: Template:Party color" | Ramsay MacDonald
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File:Oliver Stanley MP.jpg Oliver Stanley 29 June 1934 7 June 1935 style="background-color: Template:Party color" | Conservative
File:BrownErnest.jpg Ernest Brown 7 June 1935 13 May 1940 rowspan=2 style="background-color: Template:Party color" | Liberal National style="background-color: Template:Party color" | Stanley Baldwin
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style="background-color: Template:Party color" | Neville Chamberlain
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Minister of Labour and National Service (1940–1959)

Name Term of office Political Party Prime Minister
File:Ernest Bevin cph.3b17494.jpg Ernest Bevin 13 May 1940 23 May 1945 style="background-color: Template:Party color" | Labour rowspan=2 style="background-color: Template:Party color" | Winston Churchill
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File:Rab Butler.png R. A. Butler 25 May 1945 26 July 1945 style="background-color: Template:Party color" | Conservative Winston Churchill
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File:George Isaacs in 1943 (3x4 crop).jpg George Isaacs 3 August 1945 17 January 1951 style="background-color: Template:Party color" | Labour rowspan=3 style="background-color: Template:Party color" | Clement Attlee
File:Aneurin Bevan (crop).jpg Aneurin Bevan 17 January 1951 23 April 1951
(resigned) 		style="background-color: Template:Party color" | Labour
File:Alfred Robens, Baron Robens of Woldingham.jpg Alfred Robens 24 April 1951 26 October 1951 style="background-color: Template:Party color" | Labour
File:Walter Monckton cropped.png Walter Monckton 28 October 1951 20 December 1955 rowspan=2 style="background-color: Template:Party color" | Conservative style="background-color: Template:Party color" | Winston Churchill
rowspan=2 style="background-color: Template:Party color" | Anthony Eden
File:The National Archives UK - CO 1069-166-17 Macleod crop.jpg Iain Macleod 20 December 1955 14 October 1959 rowspan=2 style="background-color: Template:Party color" | Conservative
rowspan=2 style="background-color: Template:Party color" | Harold Macmillan
File:Heathdod.JPG Edward Heath 14 October 1959 12 November 1959 style="background-color: Template:Party color" | Conservative

Minister of Labour (1959–1968)

Name Term of office Political Party Prime Minister
File:Sir Edward Heath (cropped).jpg Edward Heath 12 November 1959 7 July 1960 style="background-color: Template:Party color" | Conservative rowspan=2 style="background-color: Template:Party color" | Harold Macmillan
File:John Hare, 1st Viscount Blakenham, in 1949.jpg John Hare 27 July 1960 20 October 1963 style="background-color: Template:Party color" | Conservative
File:Blank.jpg Joseph Godber 20 October 1963 16 October 1964 style="background-color: Template:Party color" | Conservative style="background-color: Template:Party color" | Alec Douglas-Home
File:Blank.jpg Ray Gunter 18 October 1964 6 April 1968 style="background-color: Template:Party color" | Labour style="background-color: Template:Party color" | Harold Wilson

Secretary of State for Employment and Productivity (1968–1970)

Name Term of office Political Party Prime Minister
File:Barbara Castle, 1965 (cropped).jpg Barbara Castle 6 April 1968 19 June 1970 style="background-color: Template:Party color" | Labour style="background-color: Template:Party color" | Harold Wilson

Secretary of State for Employment (1970–1995)

Name Term of office Political Party Prime Minister
File:Robert Carr2.jpg Robert Carr 20 June 1970 7 April 1972 style="background-color: Template:Party color" | Conservative rowspan=3 style="background-color: Template:Party color" | Edward Heath
File:Blank.jpg Maurice Macmillan 7 April 1972 2 December 1973 style="background-color: Template:Party color" | Conservative
File:Blank.jpg William Whitelaw 2 December 1973 4 March 1974 style="background-color: Template:Party color" | Conservative
File:Michael Foot (1981).jpg Michael Foot 5 March 1974 8 April 1976 style="background-color: Template:Party color" | Labour style="background-color: Template:Party color" | Harold Wilson
File:Blank.jpg Albert Booth 8 April 1976 4 May 1979 style="background-color: Template:Party color" | Labour style="background-color: Template:Party color" | James Callaghan
File:Blank.jpg James Prior 5 May 1979 14 September 1981 style="background-color: Template:Party color" | Conservative rowspan=6 style="background-color: Template:Party color" | Margaret Thatcher
File:Norman Tebbit Edinburgh University Politics Society 2008.JPG Norman Tebbit 14 September 1981 16 October 1983 style="background-color: Template:Party color" | Conservative
File:Official portrait of Lord King of Bridgwater crop 2.jpg Tom King 16 October 1983 2 September 1985 style="background-color: Template:Party color" | Conservative
File:Lord young of Graffham.jpg The Lord Young of Graffham 2 September 1985 13 June 1987 style="background-color: Template:Party color" | Conservative
File:Official portrait of Lord Fowler crop 2.jpg Norman Fowler 13 June 1987 3 January 1990 style="background-color: Template:Party color" | Conservative
File:Michael Howard as Home Secretary.jpg Michael Howard 3 January 1990 11 April 1992 rowspan=2 style="background-color: Template:Party color" | Conservative
rowspan=4 style="background-color: Template:Party color" | John Major
File:Gillian Shephard official portrait (cropped).jpg Gillian Shephard 11 April 1992 27 May 1993 style="background-color: Template:Party color" | Conservative
File:Official portrait of Lord Hunt of Wirral crop 2.jpg David Hunt 27 May 1993 20 July 1994 style="background-color: Template:Party color" | Conservative
File:Michael Portillo.jpg Michael Portillo 20 July 1994 5 July 1995 style="background-color: Template:Party color" | Conservative

Secretary of State for Education and Employment (1995–2001)

Name Term of office Political Party Prime Minister
File:Gillian Shephard official portrait (cropped).jpg Gillian Shephard 5 July 1995 2 May 1997 style="background-color: Template:Party color" | Conservative style="background-color: Template:Party color" | John Major
File:David Blunkett DfEE (upscaled) (cropped).jpg David Blunkett 2 May 1997 8 June 2001 style="background-color: Template:Party color" | Labour style="background-color: Template:Party color" | Tony Blair

The office was merged with the Department of Social Security to form the Department for Work and Pensions in 2001.

See also

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