Secretary of State for Employment

The Secretary of State for Employment was a UK cabinet position. 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 split off this and transferred to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions.

Table of contents

1 Minister of Labour 2 Minister of Labour and National Service 3 Minister of Labour 4 Secretary of State for Employment and Productivity 5 Secretary of State for Employment 6 Secretary of State for Education and Employment

Minister of Labour

• John Hodge (1916-1919)
• Robert Stevenson Home (1919-1922)
• A. Montague-Barlow (1922-1924)
• Thomas Shaw (1924)
• A. Steel-Maitland (1924-1929)
• Margaret Bondfield (1929-1931)
• H. Betterton (1931-1934
• Oliver Stanley (1934-1935)
• Ernest Brown (1935-1937)

Minister of Labour and National Service

• Nye Bevan (1940-1945)
• G. Isaacs (1945-1951)
• Nye Bevan (1951)
• A. Roberts (1951)
• Walter Monckton (1951-1955)
• Ian MacLeod (1955-1959)
• Edward Heath (1959)

Minister of Labour

• Edward Heath (1959-1960)
• J. Hare (1960-1963)
• J. Godber (1963-1964)
• R. Gunter (1964-1968)

Secretary of State for Employment and Productivity

• Barbara Castle (1968-1970)

Secretary of State for Employment

• Robert Carr (1970-1972)
• Mo MacMillan (1972-1973)
• William Whitelaw(1973-1974)
• Michael Foot (1974-1976)
• Albert Booth (1976-1979)
• James Prior (1979-1981)
• Norman Tebbit (1981-1983)
• Tom King (1983-1985)
• Lord Young (1985-1987)
• Norman Fowler (1987-1990)
• Michael Howard (1990-1992)
• Gillian Shepherd (1992-1993)
• David Hunt (1993-1994)
• Michael Portillo (1994-1995)

Secretary of State for Education and Employment

• Gillian Shepherd (1995-1997)
• David Blunkett (1997-2001)

See: Secretary of State for Work and Pensions.