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href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Britisk_minister_for_Skotland" title="Britisk minister for Skotland – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Britisk minister for Skotland" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liste_der_Minister_f%C3%BCr_Schottland" title="Liste der Minister für Schottland – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Liste der Minister für Schottland" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D8%B2%DB%8C%D8%B1_%D8%A7%D8%B3%DA%A9%D8%A7%D8%AA%D9%84%D9%86%D8%AF" title="وزیر اسکاتلند – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="وزیر اسکاتلند" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secr%C3%A9taire_d%27%C3%89tat_pour_l%27%C3%89cosse" title="Secrétaire d'État pour l'Écosse – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Secrétaire d'État pour l'Écosse" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ga mw-list-item"><a href="https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/R%C3%BAna%C3%AD_St%C3%A1it_na_hAlban" title="Rúnaí Stáit na hAlban – Irish" lang="ga" hreflang="ga" data-title="Rúnaí Stáit na hAlban" data-language-autonym="Gaeilge" data-language-local-name="Irish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gaeilge</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gd mw-list-item"><a href="https://gd.wikipedia.org/wiki/R%C3%B9naire_na_St%C3%A0ite_airson_Alba" 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title="Royal prerogative in the United Kingdom">Prerogative</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/British_royal_family" title="British royal family">Royal family</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Succession_to_the_British_throne" title="Succession to the British throne">Succession</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Privy_Council_of_the_United_Kingdom" class="mw-redirect" title="Privy Council of the United Kingdom">Privy Council</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Union_of_the_Crowns" title="Union of the Crowns">Union of the Crowns</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Balmoral_Castle" title="Balmoral Castle">Balmoral Castle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Holyrood_Palace" title="Holyrood Palace">Holyrood Palace</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scottish_republicanism" title="Scottish republicanism">Scottish republicanism</a></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="text-align:left; background:lavender;;color: var(--color-base)"><a href="/wiki/Scottish_Government" title="Scottish Government">Executive</a></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content"> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Scottish_Government" title="Scottish Government">Scottish Government</a></b><br /></li></ul> <p><a href="/wiki/Swinney_government" title="Swinney government">Swinney government</a> </p> <hr /> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/First_Minister_of_Scotland" title="First Minister of Scotland">First Minister</a></b><br /></li></ul> <p><small><a href="/wiki/The_Rt_Hon" class="mw-redirect" title="The Rt Hon">The Rt Hon</a></small> <a href="/wiki/John_Swinney" title="John Swinney">John Swinney</a> <span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/Member_of_the_Scottish_Parliament" title="Member of the Scottish Parliament">MSP</a></span> </p> <hr /> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Keeper_of_the_Great_Seal_of_Scotland" title="Keeper of the Great Seal of Scotland">Keeper of the Great Seal</a></b><br /></li></ul> <p><small><a href="/wiki/The_Rt_Hon" class="mw-redirect" title="The Rt Hon">The Rt Hon</a></small> <a href="/wiki/John_Swinney" title="John Swinney">John Swinney</a> <span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/Member_of_the_Scottish_Parliament" title="Member of the Scottish Parliament">MSP</a></span> </p> <hr /> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Deputy_First_Minister_of_Scotland" title="Deputy First Minister of Scotland">Deputy First Minister</a></b><br /></li></ul> <p><a href="/wiki/Kate_Forbes" title="Kate Forbes">Kate Forbes</a> <small><a href="/wiki/Member_of_the_Scottish_Parliament" title="Member of the Scottish Parliament">MSP</a></small> </p> <hr /> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Scottish_Government#Cabinet" title="Scottish Government">Cabinet Secretaries</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scottish_Government#Junior_Scottish_Ministers" title="Scottish Government">Junior Ministers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scottish_budget" title="Scottish budget">Scottish budget</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Taxation_in_Scotland" title="Taxation in Scotland">Taxation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Directorates_of_the_Scottish_Government" title="Directorates of the Scottish Government">Directorates</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Executive_agencies_of_the_Scottish_Government" title="Executive agencies of the Scottish Government">Executive agencies</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Public_bodies_of_the_Scottish_Government" title="Public bodies of the Scottish Government">Public bodies</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/State-owned_enterprises_of_the_United_Kingdom#Scottish_Government" title="State-owned enterprises of the United Kingdom">State-owned enterprises</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bute_House" title="Bute House">Bute House</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/St_Andrew%27s_House" title="St Andrew's House">St Andrew's House</a></li></ul> <hr /> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/International_relations_of_Scotland" title="International relations of Scotland">International relations</a></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="text-align:left; background:lavender;;color: var(--color-base)"><a href="/wiki/Scottish_Parliament" title="Scottish Parliament">Legislature</a></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content"> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Scottish_Parliament" title="Scottish Parliament">Scottish Parliament</a></b></li></ul> <p><a href="/wiki/6th_Scottish_Parliament" title="6th Scottish Parliament">Sixth session</a> </p> <hr /> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Presiding_Officer_of_the_Scottish_Parliament" title="Presiding Officer of the Scottish Parliament">Presiding Officer</a> </b></li></ul> <p><a href="/wiki/Alison_Johnstone" title="Alison Johnstone">Alison Johnstone</a> <small><a href="/wiki/Member_of_the_Scottish_Parliament" title="Member of the Scottish Parliament">MSP</a></small> </p> <hr /> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Act_of_the_Scottish_Parliament" title="Act of the Scottish Parliament">Primary legislation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scottish_statutory_instrument" title="Scottish statutory instrument">Statutory instrument</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Committees_of_the_Scottish_Parliament" title="Committees of the Scottish Parliament">Committees</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/First_Minister%27s_Questions_(Scottish_Parliament)" title="First Minister's Questions (Scottish Parliament)">First Minister's Questions</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Standards_Commission_for_Scotland" title="Standards Commission for Scotland">Standards Commission for Scotland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scotland_Act_1998" title="Scotland Act 1998">Scotland Act 1998</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Scotland_Act_2012" title="Scotland Act 2012">2012 Act</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scotland_Act_2016" title="Scotland Act 2016">2016 Act</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scottish_Adjacent_Waters_Boundaries_Order_1999" title="Scottish Adjacent Waters Boundaries Order 1999">Scottish Adjacent Waters Boundaries Order 1999</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/UK_Withdrawal_from_the_European_Union_(Continuity)_(Scotland)_Act_2020" class="mw-redirect" title="UK Withdrawal from the European Union (Continuity) (Scotland) Act 2020">EU Continuity Act 2020</a></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="text-align:left; background:lavender;;color: var(--color-base)"><a href="/wiki/Scots_law" title="Scots law">Law and justice</a></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content"> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Cabinet_Secretary_for_Justice_and_Home_Affairs" title="Cabinet Secretary for Justice and Home Affairs">Cabinet Secretary for Justice</a></b><br /></li></ul> <p><a href="/wiki/Angela_Constance" title="Angela Constance">Angela Constance</a> <small><a href="/wiki/Member_of_the_Scottish_Parliament" title="Member of the Scottish Parliament">MSP</a></small> </p> <hr /> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Lord_Advocate" title="Lord Advocate">Lord Advocate</a></b><br /></li></ul> <p><a href="/wiki/Dorothy_Bain" title="Dorothy Bain">Dorothy Bain</a> <small><a href="/wiki/King%27s_Counsel" title="King's Counsel">KC</a></small> </p> <hr /> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Lord_President_of_the_Court_of_Session" title="Lord President of the Court of Session">Lord President</a></b><br /></li></ul> <p><small><a href="/wiki/The_Rt_Hon" class="mw-redirect" title="The Rt Hon">The Rt Hon</a></small> <a href="/wiki/Colin_Sutherland,_Lord_Carloway" title="Colin Sutherland, Lord Carloway">Lord Carloway</a> <small><a href="/wiki/King%27s_Counsel" title="King's Counsel">KC</a> <a href="/wiki/Privy_Council_of_the_United_Kingdom" class="mw-redirect" title="Privy Council of the United Kingdom">PC</a></small> </p> <hr /> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Scots_law" title="Scots law">Scots law</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Udal_law" title="Udal law">Udal law</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Courts_of_Scotland" title="Courts of Scotland">Courts</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Judiciary_of_Scotland" title="Judiciary of Scotland">Judiciary</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scottish_Courts_and_Tribunals_Service" title="Scottish Courts and Tribunals Service">Scottish Courts and Tribunals Service</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Crown_Office_and_Procurator_Fiscal_Service" title="Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service">Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Police_Scotland" title="Police Scotland">Police Scotland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scottish_Prison_Service" title="Scottish Prison Service">Scottish Prison Service</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Advocate_General_for_Scotland" title="Advocate General for Scotland">Advocate General</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Solicitor_General_for_Scotland" title="Solicitor General for Scotland">Solicitor General</a></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="text-align:left; background:lavender;;color: var(--color-base)"><a href="/wiki/Elections_in_Scotland" title="Elections in Scotland">Elections and referendums</a></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content"><b><a href="/wiki/Elections_in_Scotland#Scottish_Parliament" title="Elections in Scotland">Scottish Parliament elections</a></b><br /> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1999_Scottish_Parliament_election" title="1999 Scottish Parliament election">1999</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2003_Scottish_Parliament_election" title="2003 Scottish Parliament election">2003</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2007_Scottish_Parliament_election" title="2007 Scottish Parliament election">2007</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_Scottish_Parliament_election" title="2011 Scottish Parliament election">2011</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2016_Scottish_Parliament_election" title="2016 Scottish Parliament election">2016</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2021_Scottish_Parliament_election" title="2021 Scottish Parliament election">2021</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Next_Scottish_Parliament_election" title="Next Scottish Parliament election"><i>Next</i></a></li></ul> <hr /> <p><b><a href="/wiki/Elections_in_Scotland#UK_Parliament" title="Elections in Scotland">United Kingdom Parliament elections</a></b><br /> </p> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=First_Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom_(Scotland)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="First Parliament of the United Kingdom (Scotland) (page does not exist)">1801 co-option</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1802_United_Kingdom_general_election_in_Scotland&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1802 United Kingdom general election in Scotland (page does not exist)">1802</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1806_United_Kingdom_general_election_in_Scotland&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1806 United Kingdom general election in Scotland (page does not exist)">1806</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1807_United_Kingdom_general_election_in_Scotland&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1807 United Kingdom general election in Scotland (page does not exist)">1807</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1812_United_Kingdom_general_election_in_Scotland&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1812 United Kingdom general election in Scotland (page does not exist)">1812</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1818_United_Kingdom_general_election_in_Scotland&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1818 United Kingdom general election in Scotland (page does not exist)">1818</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1820_United_Kingdom_general_election_in_Scotland&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1820 United Kingdom general election in Scotland (page does not exist)">1820</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1826_United_Kingdom_general_election_in_Scotland&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1826 United Kingdom general election in Scotland (page does not exist)">1826</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1830_United_Kingdom_general_election_in_Scotland&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1830 United Kingdom general election in Scotland (page does not exist)">1830</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1831_United_Kingdom_general_election_in_Scotland&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1831 United Kingdom general election in Scotland (page does not exist)">1831</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1832_United_Kingdom_general_election_in_Scotland&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1832 United Kingdom general election in Scotland (page does not exist)">1832</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1835_United_Kingdom_general_election_in_Scotland&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1835 United Kingdom general election in Scotland (page does not exist)">1835</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1837_United_Kingdom_general_election_in_Scotland&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1837 United Kingdom general election in Scotland (page does not exist)">1837</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1841_United_Kingdom_general_election_in_Scotland&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1841 United Kingdom general election in Scotland (page does not exist)">1841</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1847_United_Kingdom_general_election_in_Scotland&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1847 United Kingdom general election in Scotland (page does not exist)">1847</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1852_United_Kingdom_general_election_in_Scotland&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1852 United Kingdom general election in Scotland (page does not exist)">1852</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1857_United_Kingdom_general_election_in_Scotland&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1857 United Kingdom general election in Scotland (page does not exist)">1857</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1859_United_Kingdom_general_election_in_Scotland&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1859 United Kingdom general election in Scotland (page does not exist)">1859</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1865_United_Kingdom_general_election_in_Scotland&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1865 United Kingdom general election in Scotland (page does not exist)">1865</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1868_United_Kingdom_general_election_in_Scotland&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1868 United Kingdom general election in Scotland (page does not exist)">1868</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1874_United_Kingdom_general_election_in_Scotland&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1874 United Kingdom general election in Scotland (page does not exist)">1874</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1880_United_Kingdom_general_election_in_Scotland" title="1880 United Kingdom general election in Scotland">1880</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1885_United_Kingdom_general_election_in_Scotland" title="1885 United Kingdom general election in Scotland">1885</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1886_United_Kingdom_general_election_in_Scotland&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1886 United Kingdom general election in Scotland (page does not exist)">1886</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1892_United_Kingdom_general_election_in_Scotland&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1892 United Kingdom general election in Scotland (page does not exist)">1892</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1895_United_Kingdom_general_election_in_Scotland&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1895 United Kingdom general election in Scotland (page does not exist)">1895</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1900_United_Kingdom_general_election_in_Scotland&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1900 United Kingdom general election in Scotland (page does not exist)">1900</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1906_United_Kingdom_general_election_in_Scotland&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1906 United Kingdom general election in Scotland (page does not exist)">1906</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=January_1910_United_Kingdom_general_election_in_Scotland&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="January 1910 United Kingdom general election in Scotland (page does not exist)">1910 (Jan)</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=December_1910_United_Kingdom_general_election_in_Scotland&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="December 1910 United Kingdom general election in Scotland (page does not exist)">1910 (Dec)</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1918_United_Kingdom_general_election_in_Scotland&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1918 United Kingdom general election in Scotland (page does not exist)">1918</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1922_United_Kingdom_general_election_in_Scotland" title="1922 United Kingdom general election in Scotland">1922</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1923_United_Kingdom_general_election_in_Scotland&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1923 United Kingdom general election in Scotland (page does not exist)">1923</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1924_United_Kingdom_general_election_in_Scotland&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1924 United Kingdom general election in Scotland (page does not exist)">1924</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1929_United_Kingdom_general_election_in_Scotland" title="1929 United Kingdom general election in Scotland">1929</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1931_United_Kingdom_general_election_in_Scotland" title="1931 United Kingdom general election in Scotland">1931</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1935_United_Kingdom_general_election_in_Scotland&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1935 United Kingdom general election in Scotland (page does not exist)">1935</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1945_United_Kingdom_general_election_in_Scotland&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1945 United Kingdom general election in Scotland (page does not exist)">1945</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1950_United_Kingdom_general_election_in_Scotland" title="1950 United Kingdom general election in Scotland">1950</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1951_United_Kingdom_general_election_in_Scotland" title="1951 United Kingdom general election in Scotland">1951</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1955_United_Kingdom_general_election_in_Scotland" title="1955 United Kingdom general election in Scotland">1955</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1959_United_Kingdom_general_election_in_Scotland" title="1959 United Kingdom general election in Scotland">1959</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1964_United_Kingdom_general_election_in_Scotland" title="1964 United Kingdom general election in Scotland">1964</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1966_United_Kingdom_general_election_in_Scotland" title="1966 United Kingdom general election in Scotland">1966</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1970_United_Kingdom_general_election_in_Scotland" title="1970 United Kingdom general election in Scotland">1970</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/February_1974_United_Kingdom_general_election_in_Scotland" title="February 1974 United Kingdom general election in Scotland">1974 (Feb)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/October_1974_United_Kingdom_general_election_in_Scotland" title="October 1974 United Kingdom general election in Scotland">1974 (Oct)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1979_United_Kingdom_general_election_in_Scotland" title="1979 United Kingdom general election in Scotland">1979</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1983_United_Kingdom_general_election_in_Scotland" title="1983 United Kingdom general election in Scotland">1983</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1987_United_Kingdom_general_election_in_Scotland" title="1987 United Kingdom general election in Scotland">1987</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1992_United_Kingdom_general_election_in_Scotland" title="1992 United Kingdom general election in Scotland">1992</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1997_United_Kingdom_general_election_in_Scotland" title="1997 United Kingdom general election in Scotland">1997</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2001_United_Kingdom_general_election_in_Scotland" title="2001 United Kingdom general election in Scotland">2001</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2005_United_Kingdom_general_election_in_Scotland" title="2005 United Kingdom general election in Scotland">2005</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2010_United_Kingdom_general_election_in_Scotland" title="2010 United Kingdom general election in Scotland">2010</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2015_United_Kingdom_general_election_in_Scotland" title="2015 United Kingdom general election in Scotland">2015</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2017_United_Kingdom_general_election_in_Scotland" title="2017 United Kingdom general election in Scotland">2017</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2019_United_Kingdom_general_election_in_Scotland" title="2019 United Kingdom general election in Scotland">2019</a></li></ul> <hr /> <p><b><a href="/wiki/Elections_in_Scotland#European_Parliament" title="Elections in Scotland">European Parliament elections</a></b><br /> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1979_European_Parliament_election_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1979 European Parliament election in the United Kingdom">1979</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1984_European_Parliament_election_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1984 European Parliament election in the United Kingdom">1984</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1989_European_Parliament_election_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1989 European Parliament election in the United Kingdom">1989</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1994_European_Parliament_election_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1994 European Parliament election in the United Kingdom">1994</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1999_European_Parliament_election_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1999 European Parliament election in the United Kingdom">1999</a></li> <li><a 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exist)">1968</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1969_Scottish_local_elections" title="1969 Scottish local elections">1969</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1970_Scottish_local_elections" title="1970 Scottish local elections">1970</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1971_Scottish_local_elections" title="1971 Scottish local elections">1971</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1972_Scottish_local_elections" title="1972 Scottish local elections">1972</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1973_Scottish_local_elections" title="1973 Scottish local elections">1973</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1974_Scottish_local_elections" title="1974 Scottish local elections">1974</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1977_Scottish_local_elections" title="1977 Scottish local elections">1977</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1980_Scottish_local_elections" title="1980 Scottish local elections">1980</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1982_Scottish_regional_elections" title="1982 Scottish regional elections">1982</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1984_Scottish_local_elections" title="1984 Scottish local elections">1984</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1986_Scottish_regional_elections" title="1986 Scottish regional elections">1986</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1988_Scottish_local_elections" title="1988 Scottish local elections">1988</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1990_Scottish_regional_elections" title="1990 Scottish regional elections">1990</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1992_Scottish_local_elections" title="1992 Scottish local elections">1992</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1994_Scottish_regional_elections" title="1994 Scottish regional elections">1994</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1995_Scottish_local_elections" title="1995 Scottish local elections">1995</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1999_Scottish_local_elections" title="1999 Scottish local elections">1999</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2003_Scottish_local_elections" title="2003 Scottish local elections">2003</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2007_Scottish_local_elections" title="2007 Scottish local elections">2007</a></li> <li><a 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title="Special:EditPage/Template:Politics of Scotland"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>secretary of state for Scotland</b> (<a href="/wiki/Scottish_Gaelic_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Scottish Gaelic language">Scottish Gaelic</a>: <i lang="gd">Rùnaire Stàite na h-Alba</i>; <a href="/wiki/Scots_language" title="Scots language">Scots</a>: <i lang="sco">Secretar o State fir Scotland</i>), also referred to as the <b>Scottish secretary</b>, is a <a href="/wiki/Secretary_of_State_(United_Kingdom)" title="Secretary of State (United Kingdom)">secretary of state</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Government_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Government of the United Kingdom">Government of the United Kingdom</a>, with responsibility for the <a href="/wiki/Scotland_Office" title="Scotland Office">Scotland Office</a>. The incumbent is a member of the <a href="/wiki/Cabinet_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Cabinet of the United Kingdom">Cabinet of the United Kingdom</a>. The Secretary of State for Scotland serves as the custodian of the <a href="/wiki/Scottish_devolution" title="Scottish devolution">Scottish devolution</a> settlement as outlined in the <a href="/wiki/Scotland_Act_1998" title="Scotland Act 1998">Scotland Act 1998</a>, and represent Scottish interests within the UK Government as well as advocate for UK Government policies in Scotland. The secretary of state for Scotland is additionally responsible for partnership between the UK Government and the <a href="/wiki/Scottish_Government" title="Scottish Government">Scottish Government</a>, as well as relations between the <a href="/wiki/Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Parliament of the United Kingdom">Parliament of the United Kingdom</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Scottish_Parliament" title="Scottish Parliament">Scottish Parliament</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Much of the secretary of state for Scotland's responsibility transferred to the office of the <a href="/wiki/First_Minister_of_Scotland" title="First Minister of Scotland">first minister of Scotland</a> upon the establishment of a new <a href="/wiki/Scottish_Executive" class="mw-redirect" title="Scottish Executive">Scottish Executive</a>, since renamed the Scottish Government, and a new devolved <a href="/wiki/Scottish_Parliament" title="Scottish Parliament">Scottish Parliament</a> in 1999 following the <a href="/wiki/Scotland_Act_1998" title="Scotland Act 1998">Scotland Act 1998</a>. <sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The office holder works alongside the other <a href="/wiki/Scotland_Office#Ministers" title="Scotland Office">Scotland Office ministers</a>. The secretary of state for Scotland is supported by their deputy, the <a href="/wiki/Parliamentary_Under-Secretary_of_State_for_Scotland" title="Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Scotland">parliamentary under-secretary of state for Scotland</a>. The incumbent is <a href="/wiki/Ian_Murray_(Scottish_politician)" title="Ian Murray (Scottish politician)">Ian Murray</a>, following his appointment by <a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Prime Minister of the United Kingdom">Prime Minister</a> <a href="/wiki/Keir_Starmer" title="Keir Starmer">Keir Starmer</a> in July 2024. The corresponding <a href="/wiki/Shadow_minister" class="mw-redirect" title="Shadow minister">shadow minister</a> is the <a href="/wiki/Shadow_Secretary_of_State_for_Scotland" title="Shadow Secretary of State for Scotland">shadow secretary of state for Scotland</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Overview">Overview</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Secretary_of_State_for_Scotland&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Overview"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="History_of_office">History of office</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Secretary_of_State_for_Scotland&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: History of office"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Acts_of_Union,_1707"><span id="Acts_of_Union.2C_1707"></span>Acts of Union, 1707</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Secretary_of_State_for_Scotland&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Acts of Union, 1707"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The post was first created after the <a href="/wiki/Acts_of_Union_1707" title="Acts of Union 1707">Acts of Union 1707</a> created the <a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Great_Britain" title="Kingdom of Great Britain">Kingdom of Great Britain</a> from the <a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_England" title="Kingdom of England">Kingdom of England</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Scotland" title="Kingdom of Scotland">Kingdom of Scotland</a>. It was abolished in 1746, following the <a href="/wiki/Jacobite_rising_of_1745" title="Jacobite rising of 1745">Jacobite rising of 1745</a>. Scottish affairs thereafter were managed by the <a href="/wiki/Lord_Advocate" title="Lord Advocate">lord advocate</a> until 1827, when responsibility passed to the <a href="/wiki/Home_Office" title="Home Office">Home Office</a>. In 1885 the post of secretary for Scotland was re-created, with the incumbent usually a member of the <a href="/wiki/Cabinet_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Cabinet of the United Kingdom">Cabinet</a>. In 1926 this post was upgraded to a full <a href="/wiki/Secretary_of_State_(United_Kingdom)" title="Secretary of State (United Kingdom)">secretary of state</a> appointment. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Devolution,_1999"><span id="Devolution.2C_1999"></span>Devolution, 1999</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Secretary_of_State_for_Scotland&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Devolution, 1999"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>After the <a href="/wiki/History_of_Scottish_devolution" class="mw-redirect" title="History of Scottish devolution">1999 Scottish</a> <a href="/wiki/Devolution" title="Devolution">devolution</a>, the powers of the <a href="/wiki/Scottish_Office" title="Scottish Office">Scottish Office</a> were divided, with most transferred to the <a href="/wiki/Scottish_Government" title="Scottish Government">Scottish Government</a> or to other <a href="/wiki/British_government_departments" class="mw-redirect" title="British government departments">British government departments</a>, leaving only a limited role for the <a href="/wiki/Scotland_Office" title="Scotland Office">Scotland Office</a>. From June 2003 to October 2008, the holder of the office of secretary of state for Scotland also held another Cabinet post concurrently, leading to claims that the Scottish role was seen as a part-time ministry. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Functions">Functions</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Secretary_of_State_for_Scotland&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Functions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Reduced_responsibility">Reduced responsibility</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Secretary_of_State_for_Scotland&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Reduced responsibility"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>With the advent of legislative devolution for Scotland in 1999, the role of secretary of state for Scotland was diminished. Most of the functions vested in the office since administrative devolution in the 19th century were transferred to the newly established Scottish Ministers upon the opening of the <a href="/wiki/Scottish_Parliament" title="Scottish Parliament">Scottish Parliament</a>, or to other UK government ministers. Most of the functions and powers of the secretary of state for Scotland transferred to the <a href="/wiki/First_Minister_of_Scotland" title="First Minister of Scotland">first minister of Scotland</a> as the head of the <a href="/wiki/Scottish_Government" title="Scottish Government">Scottish Government</a>. <a href="/wiki/Donald_Dewar" title="Donald Dewar">Donald Dewar</a> served as the first first minister of Scotland between 1999–2000,<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> having previously served as the secretary of state for Scotland between 1997–1999.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>However, the secretary of state does represent Scotland in the Cabinet of the United Kingdom on matters that are not devolved to the Scottish Parliament, and also holds Scotland Questions on the first Wednesday of every month between 11:30 am and 12 noon, when any member of Parliament can ask a question on any matter relating to Scotland. However, devolved issues are not usually raised by MPs, as these are decided solely by Scottish Government policy, and influenced, discussed and voted on by <a href="/wiki/Members_of_the_Scottish_Parliament" class="mw-redirect" title="Members of the Scottish Parliament">members of the Scottish Parliament</a> in <a href="/wiki/Edinburgh" title="Edinburgh">Edinburgh</a>. Moreover, the secretary of state for Scotland cannot introduce any bill or legislation in the UK Parliament relating to a devolved matter under the convention that the UK Government will not introduce legislation on devolved areas without the agreement of the Scottish Parliament.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The secretary of state is also the group leader of the Scottish MPs from the government party. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Scottish_Government_collaboration">Scottish Government collaboration</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Secretary_of_State_for_Scotland&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Scottish Government collaboration"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:British_Irish_Council_meeting_in_Glasgow_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/British_Irish_Council_meeting_in_Glasgow_%28cropped%29.jpg/220px-British_Irish_Council_meeting_in_Glasgow_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="227" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/British_Irish_Council_meeting_in_Glasgow_%28cropped%29.jpg/330px-British_Irish_Council_meeting_in_Glasgow_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/British_Irish_Council_meeting_in_Glasgow_%28cropped%29.jpg/440px-British_Irish_Council_meeting_in_Glasgow_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="857" data-file-height="886" /></a><figcaption>First Minister of Scotland <a href="/wiki/Nicola_Sturgeon" title="Nicola Sturgeon">Nicola Sturgeon</a> and Scottish Secretary <a href="/wiki/David_Mundell" title="David Mundell">David Mundell</a> at the 2016 <a href="/wiki/British%E2%80%93Irish_Council" title="British–Irish Council">British–Irish Council</a> summit in Glasgow (Scotland)</figcaption></figure> <p>The office mainly acts as a go-between for the UK and Scottish Governments and Parliaments.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, due to the secretary's position as a minister in the British government, the convention of <a href="/wiki/Cabinet_collective_responsibility" title="Cabinet collective responsibility">Cabinet collective responsibility</a> applies, and as such the post is usually viewed as being a partisan one to promote the UK government's decision-making in Scotland, as adherence to the convention precludes doing anything else. </p><p>With the rise of the <a href="/wiki/Scottish_National_Party" title="Scottish National Party">Scottish National Party</a> (SNP) in both the Scottish Parliament and the <a href="/wiki/British_Parliament" class="mw-redirect" title="British Parliament">British Parliament</a> and the resultant interest in Scottish Independence, the secretary of state's role has also subsequently increased in prominence. The <a href="/wiki/Scotland_Office" title="Scotland Office">Scotland Office</a> itself has received a cumulative increase in budget of 20% from 2013 to 2017, with a 14.4% increase in 2015/16 alone.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Responsibilities">Responsibilities</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Secretary_of_State_for_Scotland&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Responsibilities"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The UK government's website lists the secretary of state for Scotland's responsibilities as being: </p> <ul><li>The secretary of state for Scotland is the UK Government Cabinet Minister representing Scotland.</li> <li>They act as the custodian of the Scottish devolution settlement.</li> <li>They represent Scottish interests within the UK Government</li> <li>They advocate for the UK Government’s policies in Scotland.</li> <li>They also promote partnership between the UK Government and the Scottish Government, as well as relations between the UK and Scottish Parliaments.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Dover_House,_Whitehall_(geograph_5347439).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a4/Dover_House%2C_Whitehall_%28geograph_5347439%29.jpg/220px-Dover_House%2C_Whitehall_%28geograph_5347439%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="166" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a4/Dover_House%2C_Whitehall_%28geograph_5347439%29.jpg/330px-Dover_House%2C_Whitehall_%28geograph_5347439%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a4/Dover_House%2C_Whitehall_%28geograph_5347439%29.jpg/440px-Dover_House%2C_Whitehall_%28geograph_5347439%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="640" data-file-height="482" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Dover_House" title="Dover House">Dover House</a>, the London headquarters of the <a href="/wiki/Office_of_the_Secretary_of_State_for_Scotland" class="mw-redirect" title="Office of the Secretary of State for Scotland">Office of the Secretary of State for Scotland</a></figcaption></figure> <p>This seeming lack of responsibility has in recent years seen calls from opposition MPs for the scrapping of the role and the Scotland Office.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:1_9-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Robert Hazell has suggested merging the offices of <a href="/wiki/Secretary_of_State_for_Northern_Ireland" title="Secretary of State for Northern Ireland">secretary of state for Northern Ireland</a>, Scotland and <a href="/wiki/Secretary_of_State_for_Wales" title="Secretary of State for Wales">Wales</a> into one secretary of state for the Union,<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> in a department into which <a href="/wiki/Rodney_Brazier" title="Rodney Brazier">Rodney Brazier</a> has suggested adding a minister of state for England with responsibility for <a href="/wiki/Local_government_in_England" title="Local government in England">English local government</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>More broadly, the UK Government advocates that all UK Government cabinet ministers with responsibility for a territorial secretary of state position are responsible for:<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li>the smooth running of the devolution settlements and act as the lynchpin of the relationship between the devolved government and HM Government</li> <li>handling legislation as it affects the territory</li> <li>representing the territory’s interests in cabinet and cabinet committees</li> <li>responding to parliamentary interests in territorial affairs</li> <li>transmitting the block grant to the devolved administration</li> <li>supporting collaboration between HM Government and the devolved administration</li> <li>promoting the interests of the territory</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="List_of_Scottish_secretaries">List of Scottish secretaries</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Secretary_of_State_for_Scotland&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: List of Scottish secretaries"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Secretaries_of_state_for_Scotland_(1707–1746)"><span id="Secretaries_of_state_for_Scotland_.281707.E2.80.931746.29"></span>Secretaries of state for Scotland (1707–1746)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Secretary_of_State_for_Scotland&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Secretaries of state for Scotland (1707–1746)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <dl><dd><i><a href="/wiki/John_Erskine,_Earl_of_Mar_(1675%E2%80%931732)" title="John Erskine, Earl of Mar (1675–1732)">John Erskine, Earl of Mar</a> had served as <a href="/wiki/Secretary_of_State_(Kingdom_of_Scotland)" title="Secretary of State (Kingdom of Scotland)">Secretary of State</a> of the independent Scotland from 1705. Following the <a href="/wiki/Acts_of_Union_1707" title="Acts of Union 1707">Acts of Union 1707</a>, he remained in office.</i></dd></dl> <p>The post of secretary of state for Scotland existed after the <a href="/wiki/Acts_of_Union_1707" title="Acts of Union 1707">Union</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Parliament_of_Scotland" title="Parliament of Scotland">Parliament of Scotland</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Parliament_of_England" title="Parliament of England">Parliament of England</a> in 1707 till the <a href="/wiki/Jacobite_rising_of_1745" title="Jacobite rising of 1745">Jacobite rising of 1745</a>. After the rising, responsibility for Scotland lay primarily with the office of the <a href="/wiki/Home_Secretary" title="Home Secretary">home secretary</a>, usually exercised by the <a href="/wiki/Lord_Advocate" title="Lord Advocate">lord advocate</a>. </p> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="2">Secretary of State </th> <th colspan="2">Term of office </th></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:John_Erskine_-_Earl_of_Mar_-_Project_Gutenberg_etext_20946.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/36/John_Erskine_-_Earl_of_Mar_-_Project_Gutenberg_etext_20946.jpg/75px-John_Erskine_-_Earl_of_Mar_-_Project_Gutenberg_etext_20946.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="92" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/36/John_Erskine_-_Earl_of_Mar_-_Project_Gutenberg_etext_20946.jpg/113px-John_Erskine_-_Earl_of_Mar_-_Project_Gutenberg_etext_20946.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/36/John_Erskine_-_Earl_of_Mar_-_Project_Gutenberg_etext_20946.jpg/150px-John_Erskine_-_Earl_of_Mar_-_Project_Gutenberg_etext_20946.jpg 2x" data-file-width="488" data-file-height="600" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/John_Erskine,_Earl_of_Mar_(1675%E2%80%931732)" title="John Erskine, Earl of Mar (1675–1732)">John Erskine<br /><b>Earl of Mar</b></a> </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">(since 1705)</span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">1 May</span><br />1707 </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">3 February</span><br />1709 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:James_2nd_dukeofqueensberry.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fb/James_2nd_dukeofqueensberry.jpg/75px-James_2nd_dukeofqueensberry.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="104" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fb/James_2nd_dukeofqueensberry.jpg/113px-James_2nd_dukeofqueensberry.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fb/James_2nd_dukeofqueensberry.jpg/150px-James_2nd_dukeofqueensberry.jpg 2x" data-file-width="555" data-file-height="768" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/James_Douglas,_2nd_Duke_of_Queensberry" title="James Douglas, 2nd Duke of Queensberry">James Douglas<br />2nd <b> Duke of Queensberry</b></a> </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">3 February</span><br />1709 </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">6 July</span><br />1711 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:John_Erskine_-_Earl_of_Mar_-_Project_Gutenberg_etext_20946.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/36/John_Erskine_-_Earl_of_Mar_-_Project_Gutenberg_etext_20946.jpg/75px-John_Erskine_-_Earl_of_Mar_-_Project_Gutenberg_etext_20946.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="92" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/36/John_Erskine_-_Earl_of_Mar_-_Project_Gutenberg_etext_20946.jpg/113px-John_Erskine_-_Earl_of_Mar_-_Project_Gutenberg_etext_20946.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/36/John_Erskine_-_Earl_of_Mar_-_Project_Gutenberg_etext_20946.jpg/150px-John_Erskine_-_Earl_of_Mar_-_Project_Gutenberg_etext_20946.jpg 2x" data-file-width="488" data-file-height="600" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/John_Erskine,_Earl_of_Mar_(1675%E2%80%931732)" title="John Erskine, Earl of Mar (1675–1732)">John Erskine<br /><b>Earl of Mar</b></a> </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">9 September</span><br />1713 </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">24 September</span><br />1714 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:James_Graham_1682-1742.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e3/James_Graham_1682-1742.jpg/75px-James_Graham_1682-1742.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="88" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e3/James_Graham_1682-1742.jpg/113px-James_Graham_1682-1742.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e3/James_Graham_1682-1742.jpg/150px-James_Graham_1682-1742.jpg 2x" data-file-width="801" data-file-height="944" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/James_Graham,_1st_Duke_of_Montrose" title="James Graham, 1st Duke of Montrose">James Graham<br />1st <b>Duke of Montrose</b></a> </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">24 September</span><br />1714 </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">August</span><br />1715 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:John_Ker,_1st_Duke_of_Roxburghe.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a4/John_Ker%2C_1st_Duke_of_Roxburghe.jpg/75px-John_Ker%2C_1st_Duke_of_Roxburghe.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="95" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a4/John_Ker%2C_1st_Duke_of_Roxburghe.jpg/113px-John_Ker%2C_1st_Duke_of_Roxburghe.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a4/John_Ker%2C_1st_Duke_of_Roxburghe.jpg/150px-John_Ker%2C_1st_Duke_of_Roxburghe.jpg 2x" data-file-width="608" data-file-height="768" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/John_Ker,_1st_Duke_of_Roxburghe" title="John Ker, 1st Duke of Roxburghe">John Ker<br />1st <b>Duke of Roxburghe</b></a> </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">13 December</span><br />1716 </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">August</span><br />1725 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:John_Hay,_4th_Marquess_of_Tweeddale.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/John_Hay%2C_4th_Marquess_of_Tweeddale.jpg/75px-John_Hay%2C_4th_Marquess_of_Tweeddale.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="94" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/John_Hay%2C_4th_Marquess_of_Tweeddale.jpg/113px-John_Hay%2C_4th_Marquess_of_Tweeddale.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/John_Hay%2C_4th_Marquess_of_Tweeddale.jpg/150px-John_Hay%2C_4th_Marquess_of_Tweeddale.jpg 2x" data-file-width="7187" data-file-height="9001" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/John_Hay,_4th_Marquess_of_Tweeddale" title="John Hay, 4th Marquess of Tweeddale">John Hay<br />4th <b>Marquess of Tweeddale</b></a> </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">25 February</span><br />1742 </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">3 January</span><br />1746 </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>Office thereafter vacant. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Secretaries_for_Scotland_(1885–1926)"><span id="Secretaries_for_Scotland_.281885.E2.80.931926.29"></span>Secretaries for Scotland (1885–1926)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Secretary_of_State_for_Scotland&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Secretaries for Scotland (1885–1926)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <b>secretary for Scotland</b> was chief <a href="/wiki/Political_minister" class="mw-redirect" title="Political minister">minister</a> in charge of the <a href="/wiki/Scottish_Office" title="Scottish Office">Scottish Office</a> in the <a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom_government" class="mw-redirect" title="United Kingdom government">United Kingdom government</a>. The Scotland Office was created in 1885 with the post of secretary for Scotland.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> From 1892 the secretary for Scotland sat in <a href="/wiki/Cabinet_(government)" title="Cabinet (government)">cabinet</a>. The post was upgraded to full secretary of state rank as the secretary of state for Scotland in 1926.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>From 1885 to 1999, secretaries for Scotland and secretaries of state for Scotland also <i><a href="/wiki/Ex_officio" class="mw-redirect" title="Ex officio">ex officio</a></i> held the post of Keeper of the <a href="/wiki/Great_Seal_of_Scotland" title="Great Seal of Scotland">Great Seal of Scotland</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> From 1999, the position of <a href="/wiki/Keeper_of_the_Great_Seal_of_Scotland" title="Keeper of the Great Seal of Scotland">keeper of the Great Seal of Scotland</a> has been held by the <a href="/wiki/First_Minister_of_Scotland" title="First Minister of Scotland">first minister of Scotland</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="3">Secretary of State </th> <th colspan="2">Term of office </th> <th>Party </th> <th colspan="2">Ministry </th></tr> <tr style="height:1em"> <td style="background-color:#0087DC"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Charles_Henry_Gordon-Lennox,_6th_Duke_of_Richmond,_6th_Duke_of_Lennox,_and_1st_Duke_of_Gordon.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/Charles_Henry_Gordon-Lennox%2C_6th_Duke_of_Richmond%2C_6th_Duke_of_Lennox%2C_and_1st_Duke_of_Gordon.jpg/75px-Charles_Henry_Gordon-Lennox%2C_6th_Duke_of_Richmond%2C_6th_Duke_of_Lennox%2C_and_1st_Duke_of_Gordon.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="87" class="mw-file-element" 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style="font-size:85%;">17 August</span><br />1885 </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">28 January</span><br />1886 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#0087DC"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/First_Salisbury_ministry" title="First Salisbury ministry">Salisbury I</a> </td></tr> <tr style="height:1em"> <td style="background-color:#FFD700"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Sir_G_O_Trevelyan,_2nd_Bt_NPG.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/Sir_G_O_Trevelyan%2C_2nd_Bt_NPG.jpg/75px-Sir_G_O_Trevelyan%2C_2nd_Bt_NPG.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="105" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/Sir_G_O_Trevelyan%2C_2nd_Bt_NPG.jpg/113px-Sir_G_O_Trevelyan%2C_2nd_Bt_NPG.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/Sir_G_O_Trevelyan%2C_2nd_Bt_NPG.jpg/150px-Sir_G_O_Trevelyan%2C_2nd_Bt_NPG.jpg 2x" data-file-width="374" data-file-height="524" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Sir_George_Trevelyan,_2nd_Baronet" title="Sir George Trevelyan, 2nd Baronet"><b>George Trevelyan</b></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">MP for <a href="/wiki/Hawick_Burghs_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Hawick Burghs (UK Parliament constituency)">Hawick Burghs</a></span> </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">8 February</span><br />1886 </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">March</span><br />1886 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_(UK)" title="Liberal Party (UK)">Liberal</a> </td> <td rowspan="2" style="background-color:#FFD700"> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Third_Gladstone_ministry" title="Third Gladstone ministry">Gladstone III</a> </td></tr> <tr style="height:1em"> <td style="background-color:#FFD700"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:John_Ramsay,_13th_Earl_of_Dalhousie.jpeg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2d/John_Ramsay%2C_13th_Earl_of_Dalhousie.jpeg/75px-John_Ramsay%2C_13th_Earl_of_Dalhousie.jpeg" decoding="async" width="75" height="103" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2d/John_Ramsay%2C_13th_Earl_of_Dalhousie.jpeg/113px-John_Ramsay%2C_13th_Earl_of_Dalhousie.jpeg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2d/John_Ramsay%2C_13th_Earl_of_Dalhousie.jpeg/150px-John_Ramsay%2C_13th_Earl_of_Dalhousie.jpeg 2x" data-file-width="435" data-file-height="600" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/John_Ramsay,_13th_Earl_of_Dalhousie" title="John Ramsay, 13th Earl of Dalhousie"><b>John Ramsay</b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">13th Earl of Dalhousie</span></a> </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">5 April</span><br />1886 </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">20 July</span><br />1886 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_(UK)" title="Liberal Party (UK)">Liberal</a> </td></tr> <tr style="height:1em"> <td style="background-color:#0087DC"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Arthur-James-Balfour-1st-Earl-of-Balfour.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/94/Arthur-James-Balfour-1st-Earl-of-Balfour.jpg/75px-Arthur-James-Balfour-1st-Earl-of-Balfour.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="105" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/94/Arthur-James-Balfour-1st-Earl-of-Balfour.jpg/113px-Arthur-James-Balfour-1st-Earl-of-Balfour.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/94/Arthur-James-Balfour-1st-Earl-of-Balfour.jpg/150px-Arthur-James-Balfour-1st-Earl-of-Balfour.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2400" data-file-height="3350" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Arthur_Balfour" title="Arthur Balfour">Arthur Balfour</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">MP for <a href="/wiki/Manchester_East_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Manchester East (UK Parliament constituency)">Manchester East</a></span> </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">5 August</span><br />1886 </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">11 March</span><br />1887 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> </td> <td rowspan="2" style="background-color:#0087DC"> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Second_Salisbury_ministry" title="Second Salisbury ministry">Salisbury II</a> </td></tr> <tr style="height:1em"> <td style="background-color:#0087DC"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Lord_Lotian.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6d/Lord_Lotian.jpg/75px-Lord_Lotian.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="113" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6d/Lord_Lotian.jpg/113px-Lord_Lotian.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6d/Lord_Lotian.jpg/150px-Lord_Lotian.jpg 2x" data-file-width="533" data-file-height="800" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Schomberg_Kerr,_9th_Marquess_of_Lothian" title="Schomberg Kerr, 9th Marquess of Lothian"><b>Schomberg Kerr</b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">9th Marquess of Lothian</span></a> </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">11 March</span><br />1887 </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">11 August</span><br />1892 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> </td></tr> <tr style="height:1em"> <td rowspan="2" style="background-color:#FFD700"> </td> <td rowspan="2"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Sir_G_O_Trevelyan,_2nd_Bt_NPG.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/Sir_G_O_Trevelyan%2C_2nd_Bt_NPG.jpg/75px-Sir_G_O_Trevelyan%2C_2nd_Bt_NPG.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="105" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/Sir_G_O_Trevelyan%2C_2nd_Bt_NPG.jpg/113px-Sir_G_O_Trevelyan%2C_2nd_Bt_NPG.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/Sir_G_O_Trevelyan%2C_2nd_Bt_NPG.jpg/150px-Sir_G_O_Trevelyan%2C_2nd_Bt_NPG.jpg 2x" data-file-width="374" data-file-height="524" /></a></span> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Sir_George_Trevelyan,_2nd_Baronet" title="Sir George Trevelyan, 2nd Baronet"><b>George Trevelyan</b></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">MP for <a href="/wiki/Glasgow_Bridgeton_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Glasgow Bridgeton (UK Parliament constituency)">Glasgow Bridgeton</a></span> </td> <td rowspan="2"><span style="font-size:85%;">18 August</span><br />1892 </td> <td rowspan="2"><span style="font-size:85%;">21 June</span><br />1895 </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_(UK)" title="Liberal Party (UK)">Liberal</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFD700"> </td> <td style="background:#ffd;"><a href="/wiki/Liberal_government,_1892%E2%80%931895" title="Liberal government, 1892–1895">Gladstone IV</a> </td></tr> <tr style="height:1em"> <td style="background-color:#FFD700"> </td> <td style="background:#ffd;"><a href="/wiki/Liberal_government,_1892%E2%80%931895" title="Liberal government, 1892–1895">Rosebery</a> </td></tr> <tr style="height:1em"> <td rowspan="2" style="background-color:#0087DC"> </td> <td rowspan="2"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Lord_Balfour_.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a5/Lord_Balfour_.jpg/75px-Lord_Balfour_.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="100" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a5/Lord_Balfour_.jpg/113px-Lord_Balfour_.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a5/Lord_Balfour_.jpg/150px-Lord_Balfour_.jpg 2x" data-file-width="598" data-file-height="800" /></a></span> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Alexander_Bruce,_6th_Lord_Balfour_of_Burleigh" title="Alexander Bruce, 6th Lord Balfour of Burleigh"><b>Alexander Bruce</b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">6th Lord Balfour of Burleigh</span></a> </td> <td rowspan="2"><span style="font-size:85%;">29 June</span><br />1895 </td> <td rowspan="2"><span style="font-size:85%;">9 October</span><br />1903<br /> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#ddd"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Unionist_government,_1895%E2%80%931905" title="Unionist government, 1895–1905">Salisbury<br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(III & IV)</span></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(<i><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Con.</a>–<a href="/wiki/Liberal_Unionist_Party" title="Liberal Unionist Party">Lib.U.</a></i>)</span> </td></tr> <tr style="height:1em"> <td rowspan="3" style="background-color:#ddd"> </td> <td rowspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Unionist_government,_1895%E2%80%931905" title="Unionist government, 1895–1905">Balfour</a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(<i><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Con.</a>–<a href="/wiki/Liberal_Unionist_Party" title="Liberal Unionist Party">Lib.U.</a></i>)</span> </td></tr> <tr style="height:1em"> <td style="background-color:#0087DC"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Lord_Dunedin.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/Lord_Dunedin.jpg/75px-Lord_Dunedin.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="97" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/Lord_Dunedin.jpg/113px-Lord_Dunedin.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/Lord_Dunedin.jpg/150px-Lord_Dunedin.jpg 2x" data-file-width="620" data-file-height="800" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Andrew_Murray,_1st_Viscount_Dunedin" title="Andrew Murray, 1st Viscount Dunedin"><b>Andrew Murray</b></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">MP for <a href="/wiki/Buteshire_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Buteshire (UK Parliament constituency)">Buteshire</a></span> </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">9 October</span><br />1903 </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">2 February</span><br />1905 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> </td></tr> <tr style="height:1em"> <td style="background-color:#0087DC"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Hopetoun.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Hopetoun.jpg/75px-Hopetoun.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="117" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Hopetoun.jpg/113px-Hopetoun.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Hopetoun.jpg/150px-Hopetoun.jpg 2x" data-file-width="209" data-file-height="325" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/John_Hope,_1st_Marquess_of_Linlithgow" class="mw-redirect" title="John Hope, 1st Marquess of Linlithgow"><b>John Hope</b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">1st Marquess of Linlithgow</span></a> </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">2 February</span><br />1905 </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">4 December</span><br />1905 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> </td></tr> <tr style="height:1em"> <td rowspan="2" style="background-color:#FFD700"> </td> <td rowspan="2"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:C1900_John_Sinclair.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/b7/C1900_John_Sinclair.jpg/75px-C1900_John_Sinclair.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="69" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/b7/C1900_John_Sinclair.jpg/113px-C1900_John_Sinclair.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/b7/C1900_John_Sinclair.jpg/150px-C1900_John_Sinclair.jpg 2x" data-file-width="434" data-file-height="401" /></a></span> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/John_Sinclair,_1st_Baron_Pentland" title="John Sinclair, 1st Baron Pentland"><b>John Sinclair</b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">1st Baron Pentland</span></a><sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>nb 2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td rowspan="2"><span style="font-size:85%;">10 December</span><br />1905 </td> <td rowspan="2"><span style="font-size:85%;">13 February</span><br />1912 </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_(UK)" title="Liberal Party (UK)">Liberal</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFD700"> </td> <td style="background:#ffd;"><a href="/wiki/Liberal_government,_1905%E2%80%931915" title="Liberal government, 1905–1915">Campbell-Bannerman</a> </td></tr> <tr style="height:1em"> <td rowspan="2" style="background-color:#FFD700"> </td> <td rowspan="2" style="background:#ffd;"><a href="/wiki/Liberal_government,_1905%E2%80%931915" title="Liberal government, 1905–1915">Asquith<br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(I–III)</span></a> </td></tr> <tr style="height:1em"> <td rowspan="2" style="background-color:#FFD700"> </td> <td rowspan="2"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Thomas_Mackinnon_Wood.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7f/Thomas_Mackinnon_Wood.jpg/75px-Thomas_Mackinnon_Wood.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="97" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7f/Thomas_Mackinnon_Wood.jpg/113px-Thomas_Mackinnon_Wood.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7f/Thomas_Mackinnon_Wood.jpg/150px-Thomas_Mackinnon_Wood.jpg 2x" data-file-width="780" data-file-height="1012" /></a></span> </td> <td rowspan="2"><b><a href="/wiki/Thomas_McKinnon_Wood" title="Thomas McKinnon Wood">Thomas McKinnon Wood</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">MP for <a href="/wiki/Glasgow_St_Rollox_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Glasgow St Rollox (UK Parliament constituency)">Glasgow St Rollox</a></span> </td> <td rowspan="2"><span style="font-size:85%;">13 February</span><br />1912 </td> <td rowspan="2"><span style="font-size:85%;">9 July</span><br />1916 </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_(UK)" title="Liberal Party (UK)">Liberal</a> </td></tr> <tr style="height:1em"> <td rowspan="2" style="background-color:#ddd"> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Asquith_coalition_ministry" title="Asquith coalition ministry">Asquith Coalition</a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(<i><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_(UK)" title="Liberal Party (UK)">Lib.</a>–<a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Con.</a>–<a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Lab.</a></i>)</span> </td></tr> <tr style="height:1em"> <td style="background-color:#FFD700"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Harold_J._Tennant_o.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/42/Harold_J._Tennant_o.jpg/75px-Harold_J._Tennant_o.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="88" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/42/Harold_J._Tennant_o.jpg/113px-Harold_J._Tennant_o.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/42/Harold_J._Tennant_o.jpg/150px-Harold_J._Tennant_o.jpg 2x" data-file-width="790" data-file-height="928" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Harold_Tennant" title="Harold Tennant">Harold Tennant</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">MP for <a href="/wiki/Berwickshire_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Berwickshire (UK Parliament constituency)">Berwickshire</a></span> </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">9 July</span><br />1916 </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">5 December</span><br />1916 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_(UK)" title="Liberal Party (UK)">Liberal</a> </td></tr> <tr style="height:1em"> <td style="background-color:#FFD700"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:1922_Robert_Munro.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c7/1922_Robert_Munro.jpg/75px-1922_Robert_Munro.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="97" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c7/1922_Robert_Munro.jpg/113px-1922_Robert_Munro.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c7/1922_Robert_Munro.jpg/150px-1922_Robert_Munro.jpg 2x" data-file-width="620" data-file-height="800" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Robert_Munro,_1st_Baron_Alness" title="Robert Munro, 1st Baron Alness"><b>Robert Munro</b></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">MP for <a href="/wiki/Roxburgh_and_Selkirk_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Roxburgh and Selkirk (UK Parliament constituency)">Roxburgh and Selkirk</a></span> <sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>nb 3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">10 December</span><br />1916 </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">19 October</span><br />1922 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_(UK)" title="Liberal Party (UK)">Liberal</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#ddd"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Lloyd_George_ministry" title="Lloyd George ministry">Lloyd George<br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(I & II)</span></a><br />(<i><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_(UK)" title="Liberal Party (UK)">Lib.</a>–<a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Con.</a>–<a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Lab.</a></i>) </td></tr> <tr style="height:1em"> <td rowspan="2" style="background-color:#DCDCDC"> </td> <td rowspan="2"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Ronald_Munro_Ferguson_(Barnett-02).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/Ronald_Munro_Ferguson_%28Barnett-02%29.jpg/75px-Ronald_Munro_Ferguson_%28Barnett-02%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="105" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/Ronald_Munro_Ferguson_%28Barnett-02%29.jpg/113px-Ronald_Munro_Ferguson_%28Barnett-02%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/Ronald_Munro_Ferguson_%28Barnett-02%29.jpg/150px-Ronald_Munro_Ferguson_%28Barnett-02%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="700" /></a></span> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Ronald_Munro_Ferguson,_1st_Viscount_Novar" title="Ronald Munro Ferguson, 1st Viscount Novar"><b>Ronald Munro Ferguson</b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">1st Viscount Novar</span></a> </td> <td rowspan="2"><span style="font-size:85%;">24 October</span><br />1922 </td> <td rowspan="2"><span style="font-size:85%;">22 January</span><br />1924 </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Independent_(politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent (politician)">Independent</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#0087DC"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Conservative_government,_1922%E2%80%931924" title="Conservative government, 1922–1924">Law</a> </td></tr> <tr style="height:1em"> <td style="background-color:#0087DC"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Conservative_government,_1922%E2%80%931924" title="Conservative government, 1922–1924">Baldwin I</a> </td></tr> <tr style="height:1em"> <td style="background-color:#E4003B"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Cropped_photograph_of_William_Adamson.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/Cropped_photograph_of_William_Adamson.jpg/75px-Cropped_photograph_of_William_Adamson.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="98" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/Cropped_photograph_of_William_Adamson.jpg/113px-Cropped_photograph_of_William_Adamson.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/Cropped_photograph_of_William_Adamson.jpg/150px-Cropped_photograph_of_William_Adamson.jpg 2x" data-file-width="615" data-file-height="800" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/William_Adamson" title="William Adamson">William Adamson</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">MP for <a href="/wiki/West_Fife_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="West Fife (UK Parliament constituency)">West Fife</a></span> </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">22 January</span><br />1924 </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">3 November</span><br />1924 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#E4003B"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/First_MacDonald_ministry" title="First MacDonald ministry">MacDonald I</a> </td></tr> <tr style="height:1em"> <td style="background-color:#5555FF"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Sir_John_Gilmour.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/38/Sir_John_Gilmour.jpg/75px-Sir_John_Gilmour.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="98" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/38/Sir_John_Gilmour.jpg/113px-Sir_John_Gilmour.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/38/Sir_John_Gilmour.jpg/150px-Sir_John_Gilmour.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1593" data-file-height="2078" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Sir_John_Gilmour,_2nd_Baronet" title="Sir John Gilmour, 2nd Baronet"><b>John Gilmour</b></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">MP for <a href="/wiki/Glasgow_Pollok_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Glasgow Pollok (UK Parliament constituency)">Glasgow Pollok</a></span> </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">6 November</span><br />1924 </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">26 July</span><br />1926<sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Cleanup" title="Wikipedia:Cleanup"><span title="Table below states he was Secretary of State for Scotland from 15 July. (6 September 2020)">inconsistent</span></a></i>]</sup> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Unionist_Party_(Scotland)" title="Unionist Party (Scotland)">Unionist</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#0087DC"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Second_Baldwin_ministry" title="Second Baldwin ministry">Baldwin II</a> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Secretaries_of_state_for_Scotland_(1926–)"><span id="Secretaries_of_state_for_Scotland_.281926.E2.80.93.29"></span>Secretaries of state for Scotland (1926–)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Secretary_of_State_for_Scotland&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Secretaries of state for Scotland (1926–)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="3">Secretary of State </th> <th colspan="2">Term of office </th> <th>Party </th> <th colspan="2">Ministry </th></tr> <tr style="height:1em"> <td style="background-color:#5555FF"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Sir_John_Gilmour.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/38/Sir_John_Gilmour.jpg/75px-Sir_John_Gilmour.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="98" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/38/Sir_John_Gilmour.jpg/113px-Sir_John_Gilmour.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/38/Sir_John_Gilmour.jpg/150px-Sir_John_Gilmour.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1593" data-file-height="2078" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Sir_John_Gilmour,_2nd_Baronet" title="Sir John Gilmour, 2nd Baronet">John Gilmour</a></b><sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">MP for <a href="/wiki/Glasgow_Pollok_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Glasgow Pollok (UK Parliament constituency)">Glasgow Pollok</a></span> </td> <td>26 July<br />1926<br /><sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Cleanup" title="Wikipedia:Cleanup"><span title="Table above states he was Secretary for Scotland until 26 July. (6 September 2020)">inconsistent</span></a></i>]</sup> </td> <td>4 June<br />1929 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Unionist_Party_(Scotland)" title="Unionist Party (Scotland)">Unionist</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#0087DC"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Second_Baldwin_ministry" title="Second Baldwin ministry">Baldwin II</a> </td></tr> <tr style="height:1em"> <td style="background-color:#E4003B"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Cropped_photograph_of_William_Adamson.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/Cropped_photograph_of_William_Adamson.jpg/75px-Cropped_photograph_of_William_Adamson.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="98" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/Cropped_photograph_of_William_Adamson.jpg/113px-Cropped_photograph_of_William_Adamson.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/Cropped_photograph_of_William_Adamson.jpg/150px-Cropped_photograph_of_William_Adamson.jpg 2x" data-file-width="615" data-file-height="800" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/William_Adamson" title="William Adamson">William Adamson</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">MP for <a href="/wiki/West_Fife_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="West Fife (UK Parliament constituency)">West Fife</a></span> </td> <td>7 June<br />1929 </td> <td>24 August<br />1931 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#E4003B"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Second_MacDonald_ministry" title="Second MacDonald ministry">MacDonald II</a> </td></tr> <tr style="height:1em"> <td rowspan="2" style="background-color:#FFD700"> </td> <td rowspan="2"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:The_Air_Ministry,_1939-1945._CH10270_%E2%80%93_Edit_1.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b1/The_Air_Ministry%2C_1939-1945._CH10270_%E2%80%93_Edit_1.jpg/75px-The_Air_Ministry%2C_1939-1945._CH10270_%E2%80%93_Edit_1.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="107" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b1/The_Air_Ministry%2C_1939-1945._CH10270_%E2%80%93_Edit_1.jpg/113px-The_Air_Ministry%2C_1939-1945._CH10270_%E2%80%93_Edit_1.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b1/The_Air_Ministry%2C_1939-1945._CH10270_%E2%80%93_Edit_1.jpg/150px-The_Air_Ministry%2C_1939-1945._CH10270_%E2%80%93_Edit_1.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1764" data-file-height="2511" /></a></span> </td> <td rowspan="2"><b><a href="/wiki/Archibald_Sinclair,_1st_Viscount_Thurso" title="Archibald Sinclair, 1st Viscount Thurso">Archibald Sinclair</a></b><sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">MP for <a href="/wiki/Caithness_and_Sutherland_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Caithness and Sutherland (UK Parliament constituency)">Caithness and Sutherland</a></span> </td> <td rowspan="2">25 August<br />1931 </td> <td rowspan="2">28 September<br />1932 </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_(UK)" title="Liberal Party (UK)">Liberal</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#ddd"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/National_Government_(1931)" title="National Government (1931)">National I</a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(<i><a href="/wiki/National_Labour_Organisation" title="National Labour Organisation">N.Lab.</a>–<a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Con.</a>–<a href="/wiki/National_Liberal_Party_(UK,_1931)" title="National Liberal Party (UK, 1931)">Lib.N.</a>–<a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_(UK)" title="Liberal Party (UK)">Lib.</a></i>)</span> </td></tr> <tr style="height:1em"> <td rowspan="2" style="background-color:#ddd"> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/National_Government_(1931%E2%80%931935)" title="National Government (1931–1935)">National II</a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(<i><a href="/wiki/National_Labour_Organisation" title="National Labour Organisation">N.Lab.</a>–<a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Con.</a>–<a href="/wiki/National_Liberal_Party_(UK,_1931)" title="National Liberal Party (UK, 1931)">Lib.N.</a>–<a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_(UK)" title="Liberal Party (UK)">Lib.</a></i>)</span> </td></tr> <tr style="height:1em"> <td rowspan="2" style="background-color:#AFEEEE"> </td> <td rowspan="2"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Godfrey_Collins.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/d/d9/Godfrey_Collins.jpg/75px-Godfrey_Collins.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="98" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/d/d9/Godfrey_Collins.jpg/113px-Godfrey_Collins.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/d/d9/Godfrey_Collins.jpg/150px-Godfrey_Collins.jpg 2x" data-file-width="613" data-file-height="800" /></a></span> </td> <td rowspan="2"><b><a href="/wiki/Godfrey_Collins" title="Godfrey Collins">Godfrey Collins</a></b><sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">MP for <a href="/wiki/Greenock_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Greenock (UK Parliament constituency)">Greenock</a></span> </td> <td rowspan="2">28 September<br />1932 </td> <td rowspan="2">29 October<br />1936 </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/National_Liberal_Party_(UK,_1931)" title="National Liberal Party (UK, 1931)">Liberal National</a> </td></tr> <tr style="height:1em"> <td rowspan="2" style="background-color:#ddd"> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/National_Government_(1935%E2%80%931937)" title="National Government (1935–1937)">National III</a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(<i><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Con.</a>–<a href="/wiki/National_Labour_Organisation" title="National Labour Organisation">N.Lab.</a>–<a href="/wiki/National_Liberal_Party_(UK,_1931)" title="National Liberal Party (UK, 1931)">Lib.N.</a></i></span>) </td></tr> <tr style="height:1em"> <td rowspan="2" style="background-color:#5555FF"> </td> <td rowspan="2"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Walter_Elliott_MP.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/58/Walter_Elliott_MP.jpg/75px-Walter_Elliott_MP.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="98" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/58/Walter_Elliott_MP.jpg/113px-Walter_Elliott_MP.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/58/Walter_Elliott_MP.jpg/150px-Walter_Elliott_MP.jpg 2x" data-file-width="612" data-file-height="800" /></a></span> </td> <td rowspan="2"><b><a href="/wiki/Walter_Elliot_(Scottish_politician)" title="Walter Elliot (Scottish politician)">Walter Elliot</a></b><sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">MP for <a href="/wiki/Glasgow_Kelvingrove_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Glasgow Kelvingrove (UK Parliament constituency)">Glasgow Kelvingrove</a></span> </td> <td rowspan="2">29 October<br />1936 </td> <td rowspan="2">6 May<br />1938 </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Unionist_Party_(Scotland)" title="Unionist Party (Scotland)">Unionist</a> </td></tr> <tr style="height:1em"> <td rowspan="2" style="background-color:#ddd"> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/National_Government_(1937%E2%80%931939)" title="National Government (1937–1939)">National IV</a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(<i><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Con.</a>–<a href="/wiki/National_Labour_Organisation" title="National Labour Organisation">N.Lab.</a>–<a href="/wiki/National_Liberal_Party_(UK,_1931)" title="National Liberal Party (UK, 1931)">Lib.N.</a></i></span>) </td></tr> <tr style="height:1em"> <td rowspan="2" style="background-color:#5555FF"> </td> <td rowspan="2"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:David_John_Colville_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ae/David_John_Colville_%28cropped%29.jpg/75px-David_John_Colville_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="100" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ae/David_John_Colville_%28cropped%29.jpg/113px-David_John_Colville_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/ae/David_John_Colville_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="143" data-file-height="190" /></a></span> </td> <td rowspan="2"><b><a href="/wiki/John_Colville,_1st_Baron_Clydesmuir" title="John Colville, 1st Baron Clydesmuir">John Colville</a></b><sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">MP for <a href="/wiki/Midlothian_and_Peebles_Northern_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Midlothian and Peebles Northern (UK Parliament constituency)">Midlothian and Peebles Northern</a></span> </td> <td rowspan="2">6 May<br />1938 </td> <td rowspan="2">10 May<br />1940 </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Unionist_Party_(Scotland)" title="Unionist Party (Scotland)">Unionist</a> </td></tr> <tr style="height:1em"> <td style="background-color:#ddd"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Chamberlain_war_ministry" title="Chamberlain war ministry">Chamberlain War</a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(<i><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Con.</a>–<a href="/wiki/National_Labour_Organisation" title="National Labour Organisation">N.Lab.</a>–<a href="/wiki/National_Liberal_Party_(UK,_1931)" title="National Liberal Party (UK, 1931)">Lib.N.</a></i></span>) </td></tr> <tr style="height:1em"> <td style="background-color:#AFEEEE"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:BrownErnest.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/BrownErnest.jpg/75px-BrownErnest.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="107" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/BrownErnest.jpg/113px-BrownErnest.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/BrownErnest.jpg/150px-BrownErnest.jpg 2x" data-file-width="563" data-file-height="800" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Ernest_Brown_(British_politician)" title="Ernest Brown (British politician)">Ernest Brown</a></b><sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">MP for <a href="/wiki/Leith_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Leith (UK Parliament constituency)">Leith</a></span> </td> <td>14 May<br />1940 </td> <td>8 February<br />1941 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/National_Liberal_Party_(UK,_1931)" title="National Liberal Party (UK, 1931)">Liberal National</a> </td> <td rowspan="2" style="background-color:#ddd"> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Churchill_war_ministry" title="Churchill war ministry">Churchill War</a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(<i>All parties</i>)</span> </td></tr> <tr style="height:1em"> <td style="background-color:#E4003B"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Thomas_Johnston.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5f/Thomas_Johnston.png/75px-Thomas_Johnston.png" decoding="async" width="75" height="99" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5f/Thomas_Johnston.png/113px-Thomas_Johnston.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5f/Thomas_Johnston.png/150px-Thomas_Johnston.png 2x" data-file-width="557" data-file-height="733" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Tom_Johnston_(Scottish_politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Tom Johnston (Scottish politician)">Thomas Johnston</a></b><sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">MP for <a href="/wiki/West_Stirlingshire_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="West Stirlingshire (UK Parliament constituency)">West Stirlingshire</a></span> </td> <td>8 February<br />1941 </td> <td>23 May<br />1945 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> </td></tr> <tr style="height:1em"> <td style="background-color:#AFEEEE"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Lord_Dalmeny.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/d/db/Lord_Dalmeny.jpg/75px-Lord_Dalmeny.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="100" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/d/db/Lord_Dalmeny.jpg/113px-Lord_Dalmeny.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/d/db/Lord_Dalmeny.jpg/150px-Lord_Dalmeny.jpg 2x" data-file-width="468" data-file-height="622" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Harry_Primrose,_6th_Earl_of_Rosebery" title="Harry Primrose, 6th Earl of Rosebery"><b>Harry Primrose</b><br />6th Earl of Rosebery</a> </td> <td>25 May<br />1945 </td> <td>26 July<br />1945 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/National_Liberal_Party_(UK,_1931)" title="National Liberal Party (UK, 1931)">Liberal National</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#ddd"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Churchill_caretaker_ministry" title="Churchill caretaker ministry">Churchill Caretaker</a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(<i><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Con.</a>–<a href="/wiki/National_Liberal_Party_(UK,_1931)" title="National Liberal Party (UK, 1931)">N.Lib.</a></i>)</span> </td></tr> <tr style="height:1em"> <td style="background-color:#E4003B"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:No_image.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1d/No_image.svg/75px-No_image.svg.png" decoding="async" width="75" height="75" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1d/No_image.svg/113px-No_image.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1d/No_image.svg/150px-No_image.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1" data-file-height="1" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Joseph_Westwood" title="Joseph Westwood">Joseph Westwood</a></b><sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">MP for <a href="/wiki/Stirling_and_Falkirk_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Stirling and Falkirk (UK Parliament constituency)">Stirling and Falkirk</a></span> </td> <td>3 August<br />1945 </td> <td>7 October<br />1947 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> </td> <td rowspan="3" style="background-color:#E4003B"> </td> <td rowspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Attlee_ministry" title="Attlee ministry">Attlee<br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(I & II)</span></a> </td></tr> <tr style="height:1em"> <td style="background-color:#E4003B"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:No_image.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1d/No_image.svg/75px-No_image.svg.png" decoding="async" width="75" height="75" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1d/No_image.svg/113px-No_image.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1d/No_image.svg/150px-No_image.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1" data-file-height="1" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Arthur_Woodburn" title="Arthur Woodburn">Arthur Woodburn</a></b><sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">MP for <a href="/wiki/Clackmannan_and_Eastern_Stirlingshire_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Clackmannan and Eastern Stirlingshire (UK Parliament constituency)">Clackmannan and Eastern Stirlingshire</a></span> </td> <td>7 October<br />1947 </td> <td>28 February<br />1950 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> </td></tr> <tr style="height:1em"> <td style="background-color:#E4003B"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Blank.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/d/d2/Blank.png" decoding="async" width="75" height="50" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="3" data-file-height="2" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Hector_McNeil" title="Hector McNeil">Hector McNeil</a></b><sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">MP for <a href="/wiki/Greenock_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Greenock (UK Parliament constituency)">Greenock</a></span> </td> <td>28 February<br />1950 </td> <td>26 October<br />1951 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> </td></tr> <tr style="height:1em"> <td rowspan="2" style="background-color:#5555FF"> </td> <td rowspan="2"> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/James_Stuart,_1st_Viscount_Stuart_of_Findhorn" title="James Stuart, 1st Viscount Stuart of Findhorn"><b>James Stuart</b></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">MP for <a href="/wiki/Moray_and_Nairn_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Moray and Nairn (UK Parliament constituency)">Moray and Nairn</a></span> </td> <td rowspan="2">30 October<br />1951 </td> <td rowspan="2">13 January<br />1957 </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Unionist_Party_(Scotland)" title="Unionist Party (Scotland)">Unionist</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#0087DC"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Third_Churchill_ministry" title="Third Churchill ministry">Churchill III</a> </td></tr> <tr style="height:1em"> <td style="background-color:#0087DC"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Eden_ministry" title="Eden ministry">Eden</a> </td></tr> <tr style="height:1em"> <td style="background-color:#5555FF"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Blank.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/d/d2/Blank.png" decoding="async" width="75" height="50" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="3" data-file-height="2" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/John_Maclay,_1st_Viscount_Muirshiel" title="John Maclay, 1st Viscount Muirshiel">John Maclay</a></b><sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">MP for <a href="/wiki/West_Renfrewshire_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="West Renfrewshire (UK Parliament constituency)">West Renfrewshire</a></span> </td> <td>13 January<br />1957 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Night_of_the_Long_Knives_(1962)" title="Night of the Long Knives (1962)">13 July<br />1962</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Unionist_Party_(Scotland)" title="Unionist Party (Scotland)">Unionist</a> </td> <td rowspan="2" style="background-color:#0087DC"> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Conservative_government,_1957%E2%80%931964" title="Conservative government, 1957–1964">Macmillan<br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(I & II)</span></a> </td></tr> <tr style="height:1em"> <td rowspan="2" style="background-color:#5555FF"> </td> <td rowspan="2"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Blank.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/d/d2/Blank.png" decoding="async" width="75" height="50" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="3" data-file-height="2" /></a></span> </td> <td rowspan="2"><b><a href="/wiki/Michael_Noble,_Baron_Glenkinglas" title="Michael Noble, Baron Glenkinglas">Michael Noble</a></b><sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">MP for <a href="/wiki/Argyllshire_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Argyllshire (UK Parliament constituency)">Argyllshire</a></span> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Night_of_the_Long_Knives_(1962)" title="Night of the Long Knives (1962)">13 July<br />1962</a> </td> <td rowspan="2">16 October<br />1964 </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Unionist_Party_(Scotland)" title="Unionist Party (Scotland)">Unionist</a> </td></tr> <tr style="height:1em"> <td style="background-color:#0087DC"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Conservative_government,_1957%E2%80%931964" title="Conservative government, 1957–1964">Douglas-Home</a> </td></tr> <tr style="height:1em"> <td style="background-color:#E4003B"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Blank.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/d/d2/Blank.png" decoding="async" width="75" height="50" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="3" data-file-height="2" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Willie_Ross,_Baron_Ross_of_Marnock" title="Willie Ross, Baron Ross of Marnock">Willie Ross</a></b><sup id="cite_ref-Ross_34-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ross-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">MP for <a href="/wiki/Kilmarnock_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Kilmarnock (UK Parliament constituency)">Kilmarnock</a></span> </td> <td>18 October<br />1964 </td> <td>19 June<br />1970 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#E4003B"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Labour_government,_1964%E2%80%931970" title="Labour government, 1964–1970">Wilson<br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(I & II)</span></a> </td></tr> <tr style="height:1em"> <td style="background-color:#0087DC"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Blank.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/d/d2/Blank.png" decoding="async" width="75" height="50" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="3" data-file-height="2" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Gordon_Campbell,_Baron_Campbell_of_Croy" title="Gordon Campbell, Baron Campbell of Croy">Gordon Campbell</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">MP for <a href="/wiki/Moray_and_Nairn_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Moray and Nairn (UK Parliament constituency)">Moray and Nairn</a></span> </td> <td>20 June<br />1970 </td> <td>4 March<br />1974 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#0087DC"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Heath_ministry" title="Heath ministry">Heath</a> </td></tr> <tr style="height:1em"> <td style="background-color:#E4003B"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Blank.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/d/d2/Blank.png" decoding="async" width="75" height="50" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="3" data-file-height="2" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Willie_Ross,_Baron_Ross_of_Marnock" title="Willie Ross, Baron Ross of Marnock">Willie Ross</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">MP for <a href="/wiki/Kilmarnock_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Kilmarnock (UK Parliament constituency)">Kilmarnock</a></span> </td> <td>5 March<br />1974 </td> <td>8 April<br />1976 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#E4003B"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Labour_government,_1974%E2%80%931979" title="Labour government, 1974–1979">Wilson<br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(III & IV)</span></a> </td></tr> <tr style="height:1em"> <td style="background-color:#E4003B"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Bruce_Millan.tif" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Bruce_Millan.tif/lossy-page1-75px-Bruce_Millan.tif.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="93" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Bruce_Millan.tif/lossy-page1-113px-Bruce_Millan.tif.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Bruce_Millan.tif/lossy-page1-150px-Bruce_Millan.tif.jpg 2x" data-file-width="315" data-file-height="389" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Bruce_Millan" title="Bruce Millan">Bruce Millan</a></b><sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">MP for <a href="/wiki/Glasgow_Craigton_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Glasgow Craigton (UK Parliament constituency)">Glasgow Craigton</a></span> </td> <td>8 April<br />1976 </td> <td>4 May<br />1979 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#E4003B"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Labour_government,_1974%E2%80%931979" title="Labour government, 1974–1979">Callaghan</a> </td></tr> <tr style="height:1em"> <td rowspan="2" style="background-color:#0087DC"> </td> <td rowspan="2"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:George_Younger.JPEG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4f/George_Younger.JPEG/75px-George_Younger.JPEG" decoding="async" width="75" height="110" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4f/George_Younger.JPEG/113px-George_Younger.JPEG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4f/George_Younger.JPEG/150px-George_Younger.JPEG 2x" data-file-width="2040" data-file-height="3000" /></a></span> </td> <td rowspan="2"><b><a href="/wiki/George_Younger,_4th_Viscount_Younger_of_Leckie" title="George Younger, 4th Viscount Younger of Leckie">George Younger</a></b><sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">MP for <a href="/wiki/Ayr_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Ayr (UK Parliament constituency)">Ayr</a></span> </td> <td rowspan="2">5 May<br />1979 </td> <td rowspan="2">11 January<br />1986 </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#0087DC"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/First_Thatcher_ministry" title="First Thatcher ministry">Thatcher I</a> </td></tr> <tr style="height:1em"> <td rowspan="2" style="background-color:#0087DC"> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Second_Thatcher_ministry" title="Second Thatcher ministry">Thatcher II</a> </td></tr> <tr style="height:1em"> <td rowspan="2" style="background-color:#0087DC"> </td> <td rowspan="2"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Malcolm_Rifkind.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/Malcolm_Rifkind.jpg/75px-Malcolm_Rifkind.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="99" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/Malcolm_Rifkind.jpg/113px-Malcolm_Rifkind.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/Malcolm_Rifkind.jpg/150px-Malcolm_Rifkind.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1097" data-file-height="1452" /></a></span> </td> <td rowspan="2"><b><a href="/wiki/Malcolm_Rifkind" title="Malcolm Rifkind">Malcolm Rifkind</a></b><sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">MP for <a href="/wiki/Edinburgh_Pentlands_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Edinburgh Pentlands (UK Parliament constituency)">Edinburgh Pentlands</a></span> </td> <td rowspan="2">11 January<br />1986 </td> <td rowspan="2">28 November<br />1990 </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> </td></tr> <tr style="height:1em"> <td style="background-color:#0087DC"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Third_Thatcher_ministry" title="Third Thatcher ministry">Thatcher III</a> </td></tr> <tr style="height:1em"> <td rowspan="2" style="background-color:#0087DC"> </td> <td rowspan="2"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Official_portrait_of_Lord_Lang_of_Monkton_2020_crop_2.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/Official_portrait_of_Lord_Lang_of_Monkton_2020_crop_2.jpg/75px-Official_portrait_of_Lord_Lang_of_Monkton_2020_crop_2.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="100" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/Official_portrait_of_Lord_Lang_of_Monkton_2020_crop_2.jpg/113px-Official_portrait_of_Lord_Lang_of_Monkton_2020_crop_2.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/Official_portrait_of_Lord_Lang_of_Monkton_2020_crop_2.jpg/150px-Official_portrait_of_Lord_Lang_of_Monkton_2020_crop_2.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1500" data-file-height="2000" /></a></span> </td> <td rowspan="2"><b><a href="/wiki/Ian_Lang,_Baron_Lang_of_Monkton" title="Ian Lang, Baron Lang of Monkton">Ian Lang</a></b><sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">MP for <a href="/wiki/Galloway_and_Upper_Nithsdale_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Galloway and Upper Nithsdale (UK Parliament constituency)">Galloway and Upper Nithsdale</a></span> </td> <td rowspan="2">28 November<br />1990 </td> <td rowspan="2">5 July<br />1995 </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#0087DC"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/First_Major_ministry" title="First Major ministry">Major I</a> </td></tr> <tr style="height:1em"> <td rowspan="2" style="background-color:#0087DC"> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Second_Major_ministry" title="Second Major ministry">Major II</a> </td></tr> <tr style="height:1em"> <td style="background-color:#0087DC"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Official_Portrait_of_Lord_Forsyth_of_Drumlean,_2024.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/Official_Portrait_of_Lord_Forsyth_of_Drumlean%2C_2024.jpg/75px-Official_Portrait_of_Lord_Forsyth_of_Drumlean%2C_2024.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="100" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/Official_Portrait_of_Lord_Forsyth_of_Drumlean%2C_2024.jpg/113px-Official_Portrait_of_Lord_Forsyth_of_Drumlean%2C_2024.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/Official_Portrait_of_Lord_Forsyth_of_Drumlean%2C_2024.jpg/150px-Official_Portrait_of_Lord_Forsyth_of_Drumlean%2C_2024.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1500" data-file-height="2000" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Michael_Forsyth,_Baron_Forsyth_of_Drumlean" title="Michael Forsyth, Baron Forsyth of Drumlean">Michael Forsyth</a></b><sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">MP for <a href="/wiki/Stirling_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Stirling (UK Parliament constituency)">Stirling</a></span> </td> <td>5 July<br />1995 </td> <td>2 May<br />1997 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> </td></tr> <tr style="height:1em"> <td style="background-color:#E4003B"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Donald_Dewar_First_Minister.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ee/Donald_Dewar_First_Minister.jpg/75px-Donald_Dewar_First_Minister.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="102" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ee/Donald_Dewar_First_Minister.jpg/113px-Donald_Dewar_First_Minister.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/ee/Donald_Dewar_First_Minister.jpg 2x" data-file-width="146" data-file-height="199" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Donald_Dewar" title="Donald Dewar">Donald Dewar</a></b><sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">MP for <a href="/wiki/Glasgow_Anniesland_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Glasgow Anniesland (UK Parliament constituency)">Glasgow Anniesland</a></span> </td> <td>2 May<br />1997 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Dewar_government" title="Dewar government">17 May<br />1999</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> </td> <td rowspan="2" style="background-color:#E4003B"> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/First_Blair_ministry" title="First Blair ministry">Blair I</a> </td></tr> <tr style="height:1em"> <td style="background-color:#E4003B"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Official_portrait_of_Lord_Reid_of_Cardowan,_2020.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cc/Official_portrait_of_Lord_Reid_of_Cardowan%2C_2020.jpg/75px-Official_portrait_of_Lord_Reid_of_Cardowan%2C_2020.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="100" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cc/Official_portrait_of_Lord_Reid_of_Cardowan%2C_2020.jpg/113px-Official_portrait_of_Lord_Reid_of_Cardowan%2C_2020.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cc/Official_portrait_of_Lord_Reid_of_Cardowan%2C_2020.jpg/150px-Official_portrait_of_Lord_Reid_of_Cardowan%2C_2020.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1500" data-file-height="2000" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/John_Reid,_Baron_Reid_of_Cardowan" title="John Reid, Baron Reid of Cardowan">John Reid</a></b><sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">MP for <a href="/wiki/Hamilton_North_and_Bellshill_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Hamilton North and Bellshill (UK Parliament constituency)">Hamilton North and Bellshill</a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Dewar_government" title="Dewar government">17 May<br />1999</a> </td> <td>25 January<br />2001 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> </td></tr> <tr style="height:1em"> <td style="background-color:#E4003B"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Official_portrait_of_Baroness_Liddell_of_Coatdyke_crop_2.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/Official_portrait_of_Baroness_Liddell_of_Coatdyke_crop_2.jpg/75px-Official_portrait_of_Baroness_Liddell_of_Coatdyke_crop_2.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="100" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/Official_portrait_of_Baroness_Liddell_of_Coatdyke_crop_2.jpg/113px-Official_portrait_of_Baroness_Liddell_of_Coatdyke_crop_2.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/Official_portrait_of_Baroness_Liddell_of_Coatdyke_crop_2.jpg/150px-Official_portrait_of_Baroness_Liddell_of_Coatdyke_crop_2.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1554" data-file-height="2072" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Helen_Liddell" title="Helen Liddell">Helen Liddell</a></b><sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">MP for <a href="/wiki/Airdrie_and_Shotts_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Airdrie and Shotts (UK Parliament constituency)">Airdrie and Shotts</a></span> </td> <td>25 January<br />2001 </td> <td>13 June<br />2003 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> </td> <td rowspan="2" style="background-color:#E4003B"> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Second_Blair_ministry" title="Second Blair ministry">Blair II</a> </td></tr> <tr style="height:1em"> <td rowspan="2" style="background-color:#E4003B"> </td> <td rowspan="2"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:AlistairDarlingABr_cropped.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fb/AlistairDarlingABr_cropped.jpg/75px-AlistairDarlingABr_cropped.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="106" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fb/AlistairDarlingABr_cropped.jpg/113px-AlistairDarlingABr_cropped.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fb/AlistairDarlingABr_cropped.jpg/150px-AlistairDarlingABr_cropped.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1345" data-file-height="1892" /></a></span> </td> <td rowspan="2"><b><a href="/wiki/Alistair_Darling" title="Alistair Darling">Alistair Darling</a></b><sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-auto_44-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">MP for <a href="/wiki/Edinburgh_South_West_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Edinburgh South West (UK Parliament constituency)">Edinburgh South West</a></span><sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>b<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br /> </td> <td rowspan="2">13 June<br />2003 </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/2006_British_cabinet_reshuffle" title="2006 British cabinet reshuffle">5 May<br />2006</a> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> </td></tr> <tr style="height:1em"> <td rowspan="2" style="background-color:#E4003B"> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Third_Blair_ministry" title="Third Blair ministry">Blair III</a> </td></tr> <tr style="height:1em"> <td style="background-color:#E4003B"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Official_portrait_of_Douglas_Alexander_MP_crop_2,_2024.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/18/Official_portrait_of_Douglas_Alexander_MP_crop_2%2C_2024.jpg/75px-Official_portrait_of_Douglas_Alexander_MP_crop_2%2C_2024.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="100" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/18/Official_portrait_of_Douglas_Alexander_MP_crop_2%2C_2024.jpg/113px-Official_portrait_of_Douglas_Alexander_MP_crop_2%2C_2024.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/18/Official_portrait_of_Douglas_Alexander_MP_crop_2%2C_2024.jpg/150px-Official_portrait_of_Douglas_Alexander_MP_crop_2%2C_2024.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1500" data-file-height="2000" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Douglas_Alexander" title="Douglas Alexander">Douglas Alexander</a></b><sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-auto_44-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">MP for <a href="/wiki/Paisley_and_Renfrewshire_South_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Paisley and Renfrewshire South (UK Parliament constituency)">Paisley and Renfrewshire South</a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2006_British_cabinet_reshuffle" title="2006 British cabinet reshuffle">5 May<br />2006</a> </td> <td>28 June<br />2007 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> </td></tr> <tr style="height:1em"> <td style="background-color:#E4003B"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Official_portrait_of_Lord_Browne_of_Ladyton_crop_2,_2019.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/97/Official_portrait_of_Lord_Browne_of_Ladyton_crop_2%2C_2019.jpg/75px-Official_portrait_of_Lord_Browne_of_Ladyton_crop_2%2C_2019.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="100" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/97/Official_portrait_of_Lord_Browne_of_Ladyton_crop_2%2C_2019.jpg/113px-Official_portrait_of_Lord_Browne_of_Ladyton_crop_2%2C_2019.jpg 1.5x, 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style="background-color:#E4003B"> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Brown_ministry" title="Brown ministry">Brown</a> </td></tr> <tr style="height:1em"> <td style="background-color:#E4003B"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Jim_Murphy,_April_2009_cropped.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7b/Jim_Murphy%2C_April_2009_cropped.jpg/75px-Jim_Murphy%2C_April_2009_cropped.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="100" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7b/Jim_Murphy%2C_April_2009_cropped.jpg/113px-Jim_Murphy%2C_April_2009_cropped.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7b/Jim_Murphy%2C_April_2009_cropped.jpg/150px-Jim_Murphy%2C_April_2009_cropped.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2005" data-file-height="2673" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Jim_Murphy" title="Jim Murphy">Jim Murphy</a></b><sup id="cite_ref-49" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">MP for <a href="/wiki/East_Renfrewshire_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="East Renfrewshire (UK Parliament constituency)">East Renfrewshire</a></span> </td> <td>3 October<br />2008 </td> <td>11 May<br />2010 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> </td></tr> <tr style="height:1em"> <td style="background-color:#FAA61A"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Danny_alexander_hi.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3f/Danny_alexander_hi.jpg/75px-Danny_alexander_hi.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="112" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3f/Danny_alexander_hi.jpg/113px-Danny_alexander_hi.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3f/Danny_alexander_hi.jpg/150px-Danny_alexander_hi.jpg 2x" data-file-width="683" data-file-height="1024" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Danny_Alexander" title="Danny Alexander">Danny Alexander</a></b><sup id="cite_ref-50" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">MP for <a href="/wiki/Inverness,_Nairn,_Badenoch_and_Strathspey_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey (UK Parliament constituency)">Inverness, Nairn, <br />Badenoch and Strathspey</a></span> </td> <td>12 May<br />2010 </td> <td>29 May<br />2010 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Democrats_(UK)" title="Liberal Democrats (UK)">Liberal Democrat</a> </td> <td rowspan="3" style="background-color:#ddd"> </td> <td rowspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Cameron%E2%80%93Clegg_coalition" title="Cameron–Clegg coalition">Cameron–Clegg</a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(<i><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Con.</a>–<a href="/wiki/Liberal_Democrats_(UK)" title="Liberal Democrats (UK)">L.D.</a></i>)</span> </td></tr> <tr style="height:1em"> <td style="background-color:#FAA61A"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Michael_Moore,_Secretary_of_State_for_Scotland.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/ba/Michael_Moore%2C_Secretary_of_State_for_Scotland.jpg/75px-Michael_Moore%2C_Secretary_of_State_for_Scotland.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="75" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/ba/Michael_Moore%2C_Secretary_of_State_for_Scotland.jpg/113px-Michael_Moore%2C_Secretary_of_State_for_Scotland.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/ba/Michael_Moore%2C_Secretary_of_State_for_Scotland.jpg/150px-Michael_Moore%2C_Secretary_of_State_for_Scotland.jpg 2x" data-file-width="640" data-file-height="640" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Michael_Moore_(Scottish_politician)" title="Michael Moore (Scottish politician)">Michael Moore</a></b><sup id="cite_ref-51" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">MP for <a href="/wiki/Berwickshire,_Roxburgh_and_Selkirk_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk (UK Parliament constituency)">Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk</a></span> </td> <td>29 May<br />2010 </td> <td>7 October<br />2013 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Democrats_(UK)" title="Liberal Democrats (UK)">Liberal Democrat</a> </td></tr> <tr style="height:1em"> <td style="background-color:#FAA61A"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Official_portrait_of_Alistair_Carmichael_MP_crop_2,_2024.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e8/Official_portrait_of_Alistair_Carmichael_MP_crop_2%2C_2024.jpg/75px-Official_portrait_of_Alistair_Carmichael_MP_crop_2%2C_2024.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="100" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e8/Official_portrait_of_Alistair_Carmichael_MP_crop_2%2C_2024.jpg/113px-Official_portrait_of_Alistair_Carmichael_MP_crop_2%2C_2024.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e8/Official_portrait_of_Alistair_Carmichael_MP_crop_2%2C_2024.jpg/150px-Official_portrait_of_Alistair_Carmichael_MP_crop_2%2C_2024.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1500" data-file-height="2000" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Alistair_Carmichael" title="Alistair Carmichael">Alistair Carmichael</a></b><sup id="cite_ref-52" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">MP for <a href="/wiki/Orkney_and_Shetland_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Orkney and Shetland (UK Parliament constituency)">Orkney and Shetland</a></span> </td> <td>7 October<br />2013 </td> <td>8 May<br />2015 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Democrats_(UK)" title="Liberal Democrats (UK)">Liberal Democrat</a> </td></tr> <tr style="height:1em"> <td rowspan="3" style="background-color:#0087DC"> </td> <td rowspan="3"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Official_portrait_of_David_Mundell_MP_crop_2,_2024.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/97/Official_portrait_of_David_Mundell_MP_crop_2%2C_2024.jpg/75px-Official_portrait_of_David_Mundell_MP_crop_2%2C_2024.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="100" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/97/Official_portrait_of_David_Mundell_MP_crop_2%2C_2024.jpg/113px-Official_portrait_of_David_Mundell_MP_crop_2%2C_2024.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/97/Official_portrait_of_David_Mundell_MP_crop_2%2C_2024.jpg/150px-Official_portrait_of_David_Mundell_MP_crop_2%2C_2024.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1500" data-file-height="2000" /></a></span> </td> <td rowspan="3"><b><a href="/wiki/David_Mundell" title="David Mundell">David Mundell</a></b><sup id="cite_ref-53" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">MP for <a href="/wiki/Dumfriesshire,_Clydesdale_and_Tweeddale_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale (UK Parliament constituency)">Dumfriesshire, <br />Clydesdale and Tweeddale</a></span> </td> <td rowspan="3">11 May<br />2015 </td> <td rowspan="3">24 July<br />2019 </td> <td rowspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#0087DC"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Second_Cameron_ministry" title="Second Cameron ministry">Cameron II</a> </td></tr> <tr style="height:1em"> <td style="background-color:#0087DC"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/First_May_ministry" title="First May ministry">May I</a> </td></tr> <tr style="height:1em"> <td style="background-color:#0087DC"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Second_May_ministry" title="Second May ministry">May II</a> </td></tr> <tr style="height:1em"> <td rowspan="4" style="background-color:#0087DC"> </td> <td rowspan="4"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Alister_Jack_Official_Cabinet_Portrait,_September_2021_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6a/Alister_Jack_Official_Cabinet_Portrait%2C_September_2021_%28cropped%29.jpg/74px-Alister_Jack_Official_Cabinet_Portrait%2C_September_2021_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="74" height="99" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6a/Alister_Jack_Official_Cabinet_Portrait%2C_September_2021_%28cropped%29.jpg/112px-Alister_Jack_Official_Cabinet_Portrait%2C_September_2021_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6a/Alister_Jack_Official_Cabinet_Portrait%2C_September_2021_%28cropped%29.jpg/149px-Alister_Jack_Official_Cabinet_Portrait%2C_September_2021_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2503" data-file-height="3334" /></a></span> </td> <td rowspan="4"><b><a href="/wiki/Alister_Jack" title="Alister Jack">Alister Jack</a></b><sup id="cite_ref-54" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">MP for <a href="/wiki/Dumfries_and_Galloway_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Dumfries and Galloway (UK Parliament constituency)">Dumfries and Galloway</a></span> </td> <td rowspan="4">24 July <br />2019 </td> <td rowspan="4">5 July <br />2024 </td> <td rowspan="4"><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#0087DC"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/First_Johnson_ministry" title="First Johnson ministry">Johnson I</a> </td></tr> <tr style="height:1em"> <td style="background-color:#0087DC"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Second_Johnson_ministry" title="Second Johnson ministry">Johnson II</a> </td></tr> <tr style="height:1em"> <td style="background-color:#0087DC"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Truss_ministry" title="Truss ministry">Truss</a> </td></tr> <tr style="height:1em"> <td style="background-color:#0087DC"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Sunak_ministry" title="Sunak ministry">Sunak</a> <p><br /> </p> </td></tr> <tr style="height:1em"> <td style="background-color:#E4003B"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Ian_Murray_Official_Cabinet_Portrait,_July_2024_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/Ian_Murray_Official_Cabinet_Portrait%2C_July_2024_%28cropped%29.jpg/75px-Ian_Murray_Official_Cabinet_Portrait%2C_July_2024_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="100" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/Ian_Murray_Official_Cabinet_Portrait%2C_July_2024_%28cropped%29.jpg/113px-Ian_Murray_Official_Cabinet_Portrait%2C_July_2024_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/Ian_Murray_Official_Cabinet_Portrait%2C_July_2024_%28cropped%29.jpg/150px-Ian_Murray_Official_Cabinet_Portrait%2C_July_2024_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2483" data-file-height="3305" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Ian_Murray_(Scottish_politician)" title="Ian Murray (Scottish politician)">Ian Murray</a></b> <br /><span style="font-size:85%;">MP for <a href="/wiki/Edinburgh_South_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Edinburgh South (UK Parliament constituency)">Edinburgh South</a></span> </td> <td>5 July<br />2024<br /> </td> <td><i>Incumbent</i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#E4003B"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Starmer_ministry" title="Starmer ministry">Starmer</a> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Timeline">Timeline</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Secretary_of_State_for_Scotland&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Timeline"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="timeline-wrapper"><map 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class="reference-text">MP for <a href="/wiki/Edinburgh_Central_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Edinburgh Central (UK Parliament constituency)">Edinburgh Central</a> until 2005; MP for <a href="/wiki/Edinburgh_South_West_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Edinburgh South West (UK Parliament constituency)">Edinburgh South West</a> thereafter</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-48"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-48">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Concurrently served as <a href="/wiki/Secretary_of_State_for_Defence" title="Secretary of State for Defence">Secretary of State for Defence</a></span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Secretary_of_State_for_Scotland&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/First_Minister_of_Scotland" title="First Minister of Scotland">First Minister of Scotland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Secretary_of_State_(Kingdom_of_Scotland)" title="Secretary of State (Kingdom of Scotland)">Secretary of State</a>, a senior post in the pre-Union government of the <a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Scotland" title="Kingdom of Scotland">Kingdom of Scotland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Under-Secretary_of_State_for_Scotland" class="mw-redirect" title="Under-Secretary of State for Scotland">Under-Secretary of State for Scotland</a>, junior minister supporting the Secretary of State for Scotland</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shadow_Secretary_of_State_for_Scotland" title="Shadow Secretary of State for Scotland">Shadow Secretary of State for Scotland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Secretary_of_State_(Jacobite)" title="Secretary of State (Jacobite)">Secretary of State (Jacobite)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Secretary_of_State_for_Northern_Ireland" title="Secretary of State 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href="#cite_ref-20">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">MP for <a href="/wiki/Forfar_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" class="mw-redirect" title="Forfar (UK Parliament constituency)">Forfar</a> until 1909; created <a href="/wiki/Baron_Pentland" title="Baron Pentland">Baron Pentland</a> 1909</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-21"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-21">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">MP for <a href="/wiki/Wick_Burghs_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Wick Burghs (UK Parliament constituency)">Wick Burghs</a> until 1918; MP for <a href="/wiki/Roxburgh_and_Selkirk_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Roxburgh and Selkirk (UK Parliament constituency)">Roxburgh and Selkirk</a> thereafter</span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a 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style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Advocate_General_for_Scotland" title="Advocate General for Scotland">Advocate General</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Catherine_Smith,_Baroness_Smith_of_Cluny" title="Catherine Smith, Baroness Smith of Cluny">The Baroness Smith of Cluny</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="3"><div>Predecessor: <a href="/wiki/Scottish_Office" title="Scottish Office">Scottish Office</a></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r886047488">.mw-parser-output .nobold{font-weight:normal}</style></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Scotland_articles" 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the Early Middle Ages">Early Middle Ages</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Scotland" title="Kingdom of Scotland">Kingdom</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scotland_in_the_High_Middle_Ages" title="Scotland in the High Middle Ages">High Middle Ages</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Davidian_Revolution" title="Davidian Revolution">Davidian Revolution</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wars_of_Scottish_Independence" title="Wars of Scottish Independence">Wars of Independence</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scotland_in_the_Late_Middle_Ages" title="Scotland in the Late Middle Ages">Late Middle Ages</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Renaissance_in_Scotland" title="Renaissance in Scotland">Renaissance</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scotland_in_the_early_modern_period" title="Scotland in the early modern period">Early modern</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scottish_Reformation" title="Scottish Reformation">Reformation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scottish_colonization_of_the_Americas" title="Scottish colonization of the 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title="Scotland in the modern era">Modern</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Geography_of_Scotland" title="Geography of Scotland">Geography</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Anglo-Scottish_border" title="Anglo-Scottish border">Anglo-Scottish border</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Central_Belt" title="Central Belt">Central Belt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Climate_of_Scotland" title="Climate of Scotland">Climate</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Conservation_in_Scotland" title="Conservation in Scotland">Conservation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fauna_of_Scotland" title="Fauna of Scotland">Fauna</a></li> <li><a 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href="/wiki/List_of_valleys_of_Scotland" title="List of valleys of Scotland">Glens</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_ecoregions_in_Scotland" title="List of ecoregions in Scotland">Ecoregions</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_biosphere_reserves_in_Scotland" title="List of biosphere reserves in Scotland">Biosphere reserves</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Environment_of_Scotland" title="Environment of Scotland">Environment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Municipalities_of_Scotland" title="Municipalities of Scotland">Municipalities</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Munro_mountains" title="List of Munro mountains">Munro</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Politics_of_Scotland" title="Politics of Scotland">Politics</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" 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