Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government

United Kingdom Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government
Arms of Her Majesty's Government
Flag of the United Kingdom
Incumbent Greg Clark since 11 May 2015
Department for Communities and Local Government
Style	The Right Honourable
Appointer	Elizabeth II
Inaugural holder	Ruth Kelly
Formation	6 May 2006
Website	http://www.communities.gov.uk/

The Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, is a Cabinet position heading the UK's Department for Communities and Local Government.

This department was created in 2006 by then British Prime Minister Tony Blair to replace the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister.

The Secretary of State took over the responsibilities of the Minister of State for Communities and Local Government. This post, within the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister, was created in 2005, on the transfer of several of the functions of the then Deputy Prime Minister, John Prescott.

List of Secretaries and Ministers

Minister of State for Communities and Local Government
Name		Portrait	Term of office		Political party	Prime Minister
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |	David Miliband		5 May 2005	5 May 2006	Labour	style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |	Tony Blair
Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government
Name		Portrait	Term of office		Political party	Prime Minister
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |	Ruth Kelly		6 May 2006	27 June 2007	Labour	style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |	Tony Blair
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |	Hazel Blears		28 June 2007	5 June 2009	Labour	rowspan=2 style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |	Gordon Brown
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |	John Denham		5 June 2009	11 May 2010	Labour
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |	Eric Pickles		12 May 2010	11 May 2015	Conservative	style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |	David Cameron (Coalition)
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |	Greg Clark		11 May 2015	Incumbent	Conservative	style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |	David Cameron (II)