Secretary of State for Employment
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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 Work and Pensions.
Minister of Labour (1916–1940)
Minister of Labour and National Service (1940–1959)
Minister of Labour (1959–1968)
Name | Term of office | Political Party | Prime Minister | |||
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style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color"| | Edward Heath | 12 November 1959 | 27 July 1960 | Conservative | rowspan=2 style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color"| | Harold Macmillan |
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color"| | John Hare | 27 July 1960 | 20 October 1963 | Conservative | ||
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color"| | Joseph Godber | 20 October 1963 | 16 October 1964 | Conservative | style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color"| | Sir Alec Douglas-Home |
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color"| | Ray Gunter | 18 October 1964 | 6 April 1968 | Labour | style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color"| | Harold Wilson |
Secretary of State for Employment and Productivity (1968–1970)
Name | Portrait | Term of office | Political Party | Prime Minister | |||
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style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color"| | Barbara Castle | 6 April 1968 | 19 June 1970 | Labour | style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color"| | Harold Wilson |
Secretary of State for Employment (1970–1995)
Name | Term of office | Political Party | Prime Minister | |||
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style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color"| | Robert Carr | 20 June 1970 | 7 April 1972 | Conservative | rowspan=3 style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color"| | Edward Heath |
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color"| | Maurice Macmillan | 7 April 1972 | 2 December 1973 | Conservative | ||
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color"| | William Whitelaw | 2 December 1973 | 4 March 1974 | Conservative | ||
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color"| | Michael Foot | 5 March 1974 | 8 April 1976 | Labour | style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color"| | Harold Wilson |
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color"| | Albert Booth | 8 April 1976 | 4 May 1979 | Labour | style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color"| | James Callaghan |
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color"| | James Prior | 5 May 1979 | 14 September 1981 | Conservative | rowspan=6 style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color"| | Margaret Thatcher |
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color"| | Norman Tebbit | 14 September 1981 | 16 October 1983 | Conservative | ||
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color"| | Tom King | 16 October 1983 | 2 September 1985 | Conservative | ||
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color"| | Lord Young of Graffham | 2 September 1985 | 13 June 1987 | Conservative | ||
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color"| | Norman Fowler | 13 June 1987 | 3 January 1990 | Conservative | ||
rowspan=2 style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color"| | Michael Howard | 3 January 1990 | 11 April 1992 | Conservative | ||
rowspan=4 style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color"| | John Major | |||||
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color"| | Gillian Shephard | 11 April 1992 | 27 May 1993 | Conservative | ||
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color"| | David Hunt | 27 May 1993 | 20 July 1994 | Conservative | ||
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color"| | Michael Portillo | 20 July 1994 | 5 July 1995 | Conservative |
Secretary of State for Education and Employment (1995–2001)
Name | Term of office | Political Party | Prime Minister | |||
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style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color"| | Gillian Shephard | 5 July 1995 | 2 May 1997 | Conservative | style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color"| | John Major |
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color"| | David Blunkett | 2 May 1997 | 8 June 2001 | Labour | style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color"| | Tony Blair |
The office was merged with the Department of Social Security to form the Department of Work and Pensions in 2001.