Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport
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Her Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport | |
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Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport | |
Style | Culture Secretary (informal) The Right Honourable (within the UK and the Commonwealth) |
Appointer | The Monarch on advice of the Prime Minister |
Formation | 11 April 1992 |
First holder | David Mellor |
Website | www |
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The Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, also referred to as the Culture Secretary, is a United Kingdom cabinet position with responsibility for the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS). The role was created in 1992 by John Major as Secretary of State for National Heritage. The first to fill the role, David Mellor, dubbed it "Minister of Fun".[1] On 13 February, Boris Johnson appointed Oliver Dowden to the post.
List of Secretaries of State
Secretaries of State for National Heritage (1992–1997)
Portrait | Name | Term of office | Party | Prime Minister | |||
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style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | | David Mellor MP for Putney |
11 April 1992 |
22 September 1992 |
Conservative | rowspan=4 style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | | John Major | |
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | | Peter Brooke MP for Cities of London and Westminster |
25 September 1992 |
20 July 1994 |
Conservative | |||
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | | Stephen Dorrell MP for Loughborough |
20 July 1994 |
5 July 1995 |
Conservative | |||
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | | Virginia Bottomley MP for South West Surrey |
5 July 1995 |
2 May 1997 |
Conservative |
Secretaries of State for Culture, Media and Sport (1997–2010)
Portrait | Name | Term of office | Party | Prime Minister | |||
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style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | | Chris Smith MP for Islington South and Finsbury |
3 May 1997 |
8 June 2001 |
Labour | rowspan=2 style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | | Tony Blair | |
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | | Tessa Jowell MP for Dulwich and West Norwood |
8 June 2001 |
27 June 2007 |
Labour | |||
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | | James Purnell MP for Stalybridge and Hyde |
28 June 2007 |
24 January 2008 |
Labour | rowspan=3 style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | | Gordon Brown | |
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | | Andy Burnham MP for Leigh |
24 January 2008 |
5 June 2009 |
Labour | |||
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | | Ben Bradshaw MP for Exeter |
5 June 2009 |
11 May 2010 |
Labour |
Secretaries of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport (2010–2012)
Portrait | Name | Term of office | Party | Prime Minister | |||
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style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | | Jeremy Hunt MP for South West Surrey |
12 May 2010 |
4 September 2012 |
Conservative | style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | | David Cameron (I) |
Secretaries of State for Culture, Media and Sport (2012–2017)
Portrait | Name | Term of office | Party | Prime Minister | |||
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style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | | Maria Miller MP for Basingstoke |
4 September 2012 |
9 April 2014 |
Conservative | rowspan=3 style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | | David Cameron (I) | |
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | | Sajid Javid MP for Bromsgrove |
9 April 2014 |
11 May 2015 |
Conservative | |||
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | | John Whittingdale MP for Maldon |
11 May 2015 |
14 July 2016 |
Conservative | David Cameron (II) | ||
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | | Karen Bradley MP for Staffordshire Moorlands |
14 July 2016 |
3 July 2017 |
Conservative | style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | | Theresa May (I) |
Secretaries of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (2017–present)
In 2017 the DCMS was renamed to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport in acknowledgement of the increasing responsibility the department had gained for Digital affairs.[2] Karen Bradley continued as Secretary of State for the department.
Portrait | Name | Term of office | Party | Prime Minister | |||
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style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | | Karen Bradley MP for Staffordshire Moorlands |
3 July 2017 |
8 January 2018 |
Conservative | rowspan=3 style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | | Theresa May (II) | |
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | | Matt Hancock MP for West Suffolk |
8 January 2018 |
8 July 2018 |
Conservative | |||
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | | Jeremy Wright MP for Kenilworth and Southam |
9 July 2018 |
24 July 2019 |
Conservative | |||
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | | The Baroness Morgan of Cotes MP for Loughborough (until 2019) |
24 July 2019 |
13 February 2020 |
Conservative | rowspan=2 style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | | Boris Johnson | |
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | | Oliver Dowden MP for Hertsmere |
13 February 2020 |
Incumbent | Conservative |
See also
References
- ^ Townsend, Nick (17 January 1999). "Interview: David Mellor—A more mellow fellow? Mellor's not for turning". The Independent on Sunday. Retrieved 12 July 2009.
- ^ "Change of name for DCMS". GOV.UK. Retrieved 11 November 2017.