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</p> <div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Former position in the Cabinet of the United Kingdom</div> <p>The <b>secretary of state for employment</b> was a position in the <a href="/wiki/Cabinet_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Cabinet of the United Kingdom">Cabinet of the United Kingdom</a>. In 1995, it was merged with <b><a href="/wiki/Secretary_of_state_for_education" class="mw-redirect" title="Secretary of state for education">secretary of state for education</a></b> to make the <b>secretary of state for education and employment</b>. In 2001, the employment functions were hived off and transferred to the <b>secretary of state for social security</b> to form the <b><a href="/wiki/Secretary_of_state_for_work_and_pensions" class="mw-redirect" title="Secretary of state for work and pensions">secretary of state for work and pensions</a></b>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Minister_of_Labour_(1916–1940)"><span id="Minister_of_Labour_.281916.E2.80.931940.29"></span>Minister of Labour (1916–1940)</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Secretary_of_State_for_Employment&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Minister of Labour (1916–1940)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="2">Name </th> <th>Portrait </th> <th colspan="2">Term of office </th> <th>Political Party </th> <th colspan="2">Prime Minister </th></tr> <tr> <th style="background-color: #E4003B"> </th> <td width="130"><a href="/wiki/John_Hodge_(politician)" title="John Hodge (politician)">John Hodge</a> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:John_Hodge.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/John_Hodge.JPG/60px-John_Hodge.JPG" decoding="async" width="60" height="75" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/John_Hodge.JPG/90px-John_Hodge.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/John_Hodge.JPG/120px-John_Hodge.JPG 2x" data-file-width="312" data-file-height="388" /></a></span> </td> <td width="120">10 December 1916 </td> <td width="120">17 August 1917 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> </td> <td rowspan="4" style="background-color: #FFD700"> </td> <td width="150" rowspan="4"><a href="/wiki/David_Lloyd_George" title="David Lloyd George">David Lloyd George</a><br /><small>(<a href="/wiki/Lloyd_George_ministry" title="Lloyd George ministry">Coalition</a>)</small> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="background-color: #E4003B"> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/George_Henry_Roberts" class="mw-redirect" title="George Henry Roberts">George Henry Roberts</a> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:G_H_Roberts.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7e/G_H_Roberts.JPG/60px-G_H_Roberts.JPG" decoding="async" width="60" height="75" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7e/G_H_Roberts.JPG/90px-G_H_Roberts.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7e/G_H_Roberts.JPG/120px-G_H_Roberts.JPG 2x" data-file-width="319" data-file-height="400" /></a></span> </td> <td>17 August 1917 </td> <td>10 January 1919 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="background-color: #5555FF"> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Sir_Robert_Horne" class="mw-redirect" title="Sir Robert Horne">Sir Robert Horne</a> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Robert_Horne_cropped.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f4/Robert_Horne_cropped.jpg/60px-Robert_Horne_cropped.jpg" decoding="async" width="60" height="81" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f4/Robert_Horne_cropped.jpg/90px-Robert_Horne_cropped.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f4/Robert_Horne_cropped.jpg/120px-Robert_Horne_cropped.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1450" data-file-height="1950" /></a></span> </td> <td>10 January 1919 </td> <td>19 March 1920 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Unionist_Party_(Scotland)" title="Unionist Party (Scotland)">Unionist</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="background-color: #FFD700"> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Thomas_James_Macnamara" class="mw-redirect" title="Thomas James 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href="/wiki/Stanley_Baldwin" title="Stanley Baldwin">Stanley Baldwin</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="background-color: #E4003B"> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Tom_Shaw_(politician)" title="Tom Shaw (politician)">Tom Shaw</a> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Tom_Shaw_-_politician.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/e/ed/Tom_Shaw_-_politician.jpg/60px-Tom_Shaw_-_politician.jpg" decoding="async" width="60" height="71" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/e/ed/Tom_Shaw_-_politician.jpg/90px-Tom_Shaw_-_politician.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/e/ed/Tom_Shaw_-_politician.jpg/120px-Tom_Shaw_-_politician.jpg 2x" data-file-width="522" data-file-height="616" /></a></span> </td> <td>22 January 1924 </td> <td>3 November 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/Ramsay_MacDonald" title="Ramsay MacDonald">Ramsay MacDonald</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="background-color: #0087DC"> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Sir_Arthur_Steel-Maitland,_1st_Baronet" class="mw-redirect" title="Sir Arthur Steel-Maitland, 1st Baronet">Sir Arthur Steel-Maitland, Bt</a> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Arthur_Steel-Maitland.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/Arthur_Steel-Maitland.jpg/60px-Arthur_Steel-Maitland.jpg" decoding="async" width="60" height="81" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/Arthur_Steel-Maitland.jpg/90px-Arthur_Steel-Maitland.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/Arthur_Steel-Maitland.jpg/120px-Arthur_Steel-Maitland.jpg 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="811" /></a></span> </td> <td>6 November 1924 </td> <td>4 June 1929 </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/Stanley_Baldwin" title="Stanley Baldwin">Stanley Baldwin</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="background-color: #E4003B"> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Margaret_Bondfield" title="Margaret Bondfield">Margaret Bondfield</a> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Margaret_Bondfield_1919.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/18/Margaret_Bondfield_1919.jpg/60px-Margaret_Bondfield_1919.jpg" decoding="async" width="60" height="88" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/18/Margaret_Bondfield_1919.jpg/90px-Margaret_Bondfield_1919.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/18/Margaret_Bondfield_1919.jpg/120px-Margaret_Bondfield_1919.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1011" data-file-height="1489" /></a></span> </td> <td>7 June 1929 </td> <td>24 August 1931<br />(lost seat <a href="/wiki/1931_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1931 United Kingdom general election">1931</a>) </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/Ramsay_MacDonald" title="Ramsay MacDonald">Ramsay MacDonald</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="background-color: #0087DC"> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Henry_Betterton,_1st_Baron_Rushcliffe" title="Henry Betterton, 1st Baron Rushcliffe">Sir Henry Betterton, Bt</a> </td> <td> </td> <td>25 August 1931 </td> <td>29 June 1934 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> </td> <td rowspan="2" style="background-color: green"> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Ramsay_MacDonald" title="Ramsay MacDonald">Ramsay MacDonald</a><br /><small>(<a href="/wiki/First_National_ministry" class="mw-redirect" title="First National ministry">1st</a> & <a href="/wiki/Second_National_ministry" class="mw-redirect" title="Second National ministry">2nd National Min.</a>)</small> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color: #0087DC"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Oliver_Stanley" title="Oliver Stanley">Oliver Stanley</a> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Oliver_Stanley_MP.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c2/Oliver_Stanley_MP.jpg/60px-Oliver_Stanley_MP.jpg" decoding="async" width="60" height="90" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c2/Oliver_Stanley_MP.jpg/90px-Oliver_Stanley_MP.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c2/Oliver_Stanley_MP.jpg/120px-Oliver_Stanley_MP.jpg 2x" data-file-width="384" data-file-height="576" /></a></span> </td> <td>29 June 1934 </td> <td>7 June 1935 </td> <td>Conservative </td></tr> <tr> <th rowspan="2" style="background-color: #AFEEEE"> </th> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Ernest_Brown_(MP)" class="mw-redirect" title="Ernest Brown (MP)">Ernest Brown</a> </td> <td rowspan="2"><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/60px-BrownErnest.jpg" decoding="async" width="60" height="85" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/BrownErnest.jpg/90px-BrownErnest.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/BrownErnest.jpg/120px-BrownErnest.jpg 2x" data-file-width="563" data-file-height="800" /></a></span> </td> <td rowspan="2">7 June 1935 </td> <td rowspan="2">13 May 1940 </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/National_Liberal_Party_(UK,_1931)" title="National Liberal Party (UK, 1931)">Liberal National</a> </td> <td style="background-color: #0087DC"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Stanley_Baldwin" title="Stanley Baldwin">Stanley Baldwin</a><br /><small>(<a href="/wiki/Third_National_ministry" class="mw-redirect" title="Third National ministry">3rd National Min.</a>)</small> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color: #0087DC"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Neville_Chamberlain" title="Neville Chamberlain">Neville Chamberlain</a><br /><small>(<a href="/wiki/Fourth_National_ministry" class="mw-redirect" title="Fourth National ministry">4th Nat.Min.</a>; <a href="/wiki/Chamberlain_war_ministry" title="Chamberlain war ministry">War Coalition</a>)</small> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p><span class="anchor" id="Minister_of_Labour_and_National_Service"></span> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Minister_of_Labour_and_National_Service_(1940–1959)"><span id="Minister_of_Labour_and_National_Service_.281940.E2.80.931959.29"></span>Minister of Labour and National Service (1940–1959)</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Secretary_of_State_for_Employment&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Minister of Labour and National Service (1940–1959)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="2">Name </th> <th>Portrait </th> <th colspan="2">Term of office </th> <th>Political Party </th> <th colspan="2">Prime Minister </th></tr> <tr> <th style="background-color: #E4003B"> </th> <td width="130"><a href="/wiki/Ernest_Bevin" title="Ernest Bevin">Ernest Bevin</a> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Ernest_Bevin_cph.3b17494.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fd/Ernest_Bevin_cph.3b17494.jpg/60px-Ernest_Bevin_cph.3b17494.jpg" decoding="async" width="60" height="80" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fd/Ernest_Bevin_cph.3b17494.jpg/90px-Ernest_Bevin_cph.3b17494.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fd/Ernest_Bevin_cph.3b17494.jpg/120px-Ernest_Bevin_cph.3b17494.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1116" data-file-height="1488" /></a></span> </td> <td width="120">13 May 1940 </td> <td width="120">23 May 1945 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> </td> <td rowspan="2" style="background-color: #0087DC"> </td> <td width="150"><a href="/wiki/Winston_Churchill" title="Winston Churchill">Winston Churchill</a><br /><small>(<a href="/wiki/Churchill_war_ministry" title="Churchill war ministry">War Coalition</a>)</small> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="background-color: #0087DC"> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/R._A._Butler" class="mw-redirect" title="R. A. Butler">R. A. Butler</a> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Rab_Butler.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/42/Rab_Butler.png/60px-Rab_Butler.png" decoding="async" width="60" height="67" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/42/Rab_Butler.png/90px-Rab_Butler.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/42/Rab_Butler.png/120px-Rab_Butler.png 2x" data-file-width="364" data-file-height="405" /></a></span> </td> <td>25 May 1945 </td> <td>26 July 1945 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Winston_Churchill" title="Winston Churchill">Winston Churchill</a><br /><small>(<a href="/wiki/Churchill_caretaker_ministry" title="Churchill caretaker ministry">Caretaker Min.</a>)</small> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="background-color: #E4003B"> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/George_Isaacs" title="George Isaacs">George Isaacs</a> </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/60px-No_image.svg.png" decoding="async" width="60" height="60" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1d/No_image.svg/90px-No_image.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1d/No_image.svg/120px-No_image.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1" data-file-height="1" /></a></span> </td> <td>3 August 1945 </td> <td>17 January 1951 </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/Clement_Attlee" title="Clement Attlee">Clement Attlee</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="background-color: #E4003B"> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Aneurin_Bevan" title="Aneurin Bevan">Aneurin Bevan</a> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Aneurin_Bevan_(crop).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Aneurin_Bevan_%28crop%29.jpg/60px-Aneurin_Bevan_%28crop%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="60" height="79" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Aneurin_Bevan_%28crop%29.jpg/90px-Aneurin_Bevan_%28crop%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Aneurin_Bevan_%28crop%29.jpg/120px-Aneurin_Bevan_%28crop%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="226" data-file-height="297" /></a></span> </td> <td>17 January 1951 </td> <td>23 April 1951<br />(resigned) </td> <td>Labour </td></tr> <tr> <th style="background-color: #E4003B"> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Alfred_Robens" class="mw-redirect" title="Alfred Robens">Alfred Robens</a> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Alfred_Robens,_Baron_Robens_of_Woldingham.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Alfred_Robens%2C_Baron_Robens_of_Woldingham.jpg/60px-Alfred_Robens%2C_Baron_Robens_of_Woldingham.jpg" decoding="async" width="60" height="79" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Alfred_Robens%2C_Baron_Robens_of_Woldingham.jpg/90px-Alfred_Robens%2C_Baron_Robens_of_Woldingham.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Alfred_Robens%2C_Baron_Robens_of_Woldingham.jpg/120px-Alfred_Robens%2C_Baron_Robens_of_Woldingham.jpg 2x" data-file-width="607" data-file-height="800" /></a></span> </td> <td>24 April 1951 </td> <td>26 October 1951 </td> <td>Labour </td></tr> <tr> <th style="background-color: #0087DC"> </th> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Walter_Monckton" title="Walter Monckton">Walter Monckton</a> </td> <td rowspan="2"> </td> <td rowspan="2">28 October 1951 </td> <td rowspan="2">20 December 1955 </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/Sir_Winston_Churchill" class="mw-redirect" title="Sir Winston Churchill">Sir Winston Churchill</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="background-color: #0087DC"> </th> <td rowspan="2" style="background-color: #0087DC"> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Sir_Anthony_Eden" class="mw-redirect" title="Sir Anthony Eden">Sir Anthony Eden</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="background-color: #0087DC"> </th> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Iain_Macleod" title="Iain Macleod">Iain Macleod</a> </td> <td rowspan="2"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:The_National_Archives_UK_-_CO_1069-166-17_Macleod_crop.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a3/The_National_Archives_UK_-_CO_1069-166-17_Macleod_crop.jpg/60px-The_National_Archives_UK_-_CO_1069-166-17_Macleod_crop.jpg" decoding="async" width="60" height="75" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a3/The_National_Archives_UK_-_CO_1069-166-17_Macleod_crop.jpg/90px-The_National_Archives_UK_-_CO_1069-166-17_Macleod_crop.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a3/The_National_Archives_UK_-_CO_1069-166-17_Macleod_crop.jpg/120px-The_National_Archives_UK_-_CO_1069-166-17_Macleod_crop.jpg 2x" data-file-width="311" data-file-height="389" /></a></span> </td> <td rowspan="2">20 December 1955 </td> <td rowspan="2">14 October 1959 </td> <td rowspan="2">Conservative </td></tr> <tr> <th style="background-color: #0087DC"> </th> <td rowspan="2" style="background-color: #0087DC"> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Harold_Macmillan" title="Harold Macmillan">Harold Macmillan</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="background-color: #0087DC"> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Edward_Heath" title="Edward Heath">Edward Heath</a> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Heathdod.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/Heathdod.JPG/60px-Heathdod.JPG" decoding="async" width="60" height="73" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/Heathdod.JPG/90px-Heathdod.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/Heathdod.JPG/120px-Heathdod.JPG 2x" data-file-width="581" data-file-height="708" /></a></span> </td> <td>14 October 1959 </td> <td>12 November 1959 </td> <td>Conservative </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Minister_of_Labour_(1959–1968)"><span id="Minister_of_Labour_.281959.E2.80.931968.29"></span>Minister of Labour (1959–1968)</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Secretary_of_State_for_Employment&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Minister of Labour (1959–1968)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="2">Name </th> <th colspan="2">Term of office </th> <th>Political Party </th> <th colspan="2">Prime Minister </th></tr> <tr> <th style="background-color: #0087DC"> </th> <td width="200"><a href="/wiki/Edward_Heath" title="Edward Heath">Edward Heath</a> </td> <td width="120">12 November 1959 </td> <td width="120">27 July 1960 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> </td> <td rowspan="2" style="background-color: #0087DC"> </td> <td width="150" rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Harold_Macmillan" title="Harold Macmillan">Harold Macmillan</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="background-color: #0087DC"> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/John_Hare,_1st_Viscount_Blakenham" title="John Hare, 1st Viscount Blakenham">John Hare</a> </td> <td>27 July 1960 </td> <td>20 October 1963 </td> <td>Conservative </td></tr> <tr> <th style="background-color: #0087DC"> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Joseph_Godber" title="Joseph Godber">Joseph Godber</a> </td> <td>20 October 1963 </td> <td>16 October 1964 </td> <td>Conservative </td> <td style="background-color: #0087DC"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Alec_Douglas-Home" title="Alec Douglas-Home">Alec Douglas-Home</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="background-color: #E4003B"> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Ray_Gunter" title="Ray Gunter">Ray Gunter</a> </td> <td>18 October 1964 </td> <td>6 April 1968 </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/Harold_Wilson" title="Harold Wilson">Harold Wilson</a> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Secretary_of_State_for_Employment_and_Productivity_(1968–1970)"><span id="Secretary_of_State_for_Employment_and_Productivity_.281968.E2.80.931970.29"></span>Secretary of State for Employment and Productivity (1968–1970)</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Secretary_of_State_for_Employment&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Secretary of State for Employment and Productivity (1968–1970)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="2">Name </th> <th>Portrait </th> <th colspan="2">Term of office </th> <th>Political Party </th> <th colspan="2">Prime Minister </th></tr> <tr> <th style="background-color: #E4003B"> </th> <td width="130"><a href="/wiki/Barbara_Castle" title="Barbara Castle">Barbara Castle</a> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Mme_Barbara_Castle,_Ministre_britannique_du_d%C3%A9veloppement_outre-mer.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c4/Mme_Barbara_Castle%2C_Ministre_britannique_du_d%C3%A9veloppement_outre-mer.jpg/60px-Mme_Barbara_Castle%2C_Ministre_britannique_du_d%C3%A9veloppement_outre-mer.jpg" decoding="async" width="60" height="82" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c4/Mme_Barbara_Castle%2C_Ministre_britannique_du_d%C3%A9veloppement_outre-mer.jpg/90px-Mme_Barbara_Castle%2C_Ministre_britannique_du_d%C3%A9veloppement_outre-mer.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c4/Mme_Barbara_Castle%2C_Ministre_britannique_du_d%C3%A9veloppement_outre-mer.jpg/120px-Mme_Barbara_Castle%2C_Ministre_britannique_du_d%C3%A9veloppement_outre-mer.jpg 2x" data-file-width="370" data-file-height="505" /></a></span> </td> <td width="120">6 April 1968 </td> <td width="120">19 June 1970 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> </td> <td style="background-color: #E4003B"> </td> <td width="150"><a href="/wiki/Harold_Wilson" title="Harold Wilson">Harold Wilson</a> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Secretary_of_State_for_Employment_(1970–1995)"><span id="Secretary_of_State_for_Employment_.281970.E2.80.931995.29"></span>Secretary of State for Employment (1970–1995)</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Secretary_of_State_for_Employment&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Secretary of State for Employment (1970–1995)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="2">Name </th> <th colspan="2">Term of office </th> <th>Political Party </th> <th colspan="2">Prime Minister </th></tr> <tr> <th style="background-color: #0087DC"> </th> <td width="200"><a href="/wiki/Robert_Carr" title="Robert Carr">Robert Carr</a> </td> <td width="120">20 June 1970 </td> <td width="120">7 April 1972 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> </td> <td rowspan="3" style="background-color: #0087DC"> </td> <td width="150" rowspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Edward_Heath" title="Edward Heath">Edward Heath</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="background-color: #0087DC"> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Maurice_Macmillan" title="Maurice Macmillan">Maurice Macmillan</a> </td> <td>7 April 1972 </td> <td>2 December 1973 </td> <td>Conservative </td></tr> <tr> <th style="background-color: #0087DC"> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/William_Whitelaw" title="William Whitelaw">William Whitelaw</a> </td> <td>2 December 1973 </td> <td>4 March 1974 </td> <td>Conservative </td></tr> <tr> <th style="background-color: #E4003B"> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Michael_Foot" title="Michael Foot">Michael Foot</a> </td> <td>5 March 1974 </td> <td>8 April 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/Harold_Wilson" title="Harold Wilson">Harold Wilson</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="background-color: #E4003B"> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Albert_Booth" title="Albert Booth">Albert Booth</a> </td> <td>8 April 1976 </td> <td>4 May 1979 </td> <td>Labour </td> <td style="background-color: #E4003B"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/James_Callaghan" title="James Callaghan">James Callaghan</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="background-color: #0087DC"> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/James_Prior" class="mw-redirect" title="James Prior">James Prior</a> </td> <td>5 May 1979 </td> <td>14 September 1981 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> </td> <td rowspan="6" style="background-color: #0087DC"> </td> <td rowspan="6"><a href="/wiki/Margaret_Thatcher" title="Margaret Thatcher">Margaret Thatcher</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="background-color: #0087DC"> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Norman_Tebbit" title="Norman Tebbit">Norman Tebbit</a> </td> <td>14 September 1981 </td> <td>16 October 1983 </td> <td>Conservative </td></tr> <tr> <th style="background-color: #0087DC"> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Tom_King,_Baron_King_of_Bridgwater" title="Tom King, Baron King of Bridgwater">Tom King</a> </td> <td>16 October 1983 </td> <td>2 September 1985 </td> <td>Conservative </td></tr> <tr> <th style="background-color: #0087DC"> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/David_Young,_Baron_Young_of_Graffham" title="David Young, Baron Young of Graffham">The Lord Young of Graffham</a> </td> <td>2 September 1985 </td> <td>13 June 1987 </td> <td>Conservative </td></tr> <tr> <th style="background-color: #0087DC"> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Norman_Fowler" class="mw-redirect" title="Norman Fowler">Norman Fowler</a> </td> <td>13 June 1987 </td> <td>3 January 1990 </td> <td>Conservative </td></tr> <tr> <th rowspan="2" style="background-color: #0087DC"> </th> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Michael_Howard" title="Michael Howard">Michael Howard</a> </td> <td rowspan="2">3 January 1990 </td> <td rowspan="2">11 April 1992 </td> <td rowspan="2">Conservative </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="4" style="background-color: #0087DC"> </td> <td rowspan="4"><a href="/wiki/John_Major" title="John Major">John Major</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="background-color: #0087DC"> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Gillian_Shephard" title="Gillian Shephard">Gillian Shephard</a> </td> <td>11 April 1992 </td> <td>27 May 1993 </td> <td>Conservative </td></tr> <tr> <th style="background-color: #0087DC"> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/David_Hunt,_Baron_Hunt_of_Wirral" title="David Hunt, Baron Hunt of Wirral">David Hunt</a> </td> <td>27 May 1993 </td> <td>20 July 1994 </td> <td>Conservative </td></tr> <tr> <th style="background-color: #0087DC"> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Michael_Portillo" title="Michael Portillo">Michael Portillo</a> </td> <td>20 July 1994 </td> <td>5 July 1995 </td> <td>Conservative </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Secretary_of_State_for_Education_and_Employment_(1995–2001)"><span id="Secretary_of_State_for_Education_and_Employment_.281995.E2.80.932001.29"></span>Secretary of State for Education and Employment (1995–2001)</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Secretary_of_State_for_Employment&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Secretary of State for Education and Employment (1995–2001)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="2">Name </th> <th colspan="2">Term of office </th> <th>Political Party </th> <th colspan="2">Prime Minister </th></tr> <tr> <th style="background-color: #0087DC"> </th> <td width="200"><a href="/wiki/Gillian_Shephard" title="Gillian Shephard">Gillian Shephard</a> </td> <td width="120">5 July 1995 </td> <td width="120">2 May 1997 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> </td> <td style="background-color: #0087DC"> </td> <td width="150"><a href="/wiki/John_Major" title="John Major">John Major</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="background-color: #E4003B"> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/David_Blunkett" title="David Blunkett">David Blunkett</a> </td> <td>2 May 1997 </td> <td>8 June 2001 </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/Tony_Blair" title="Tony Blair">Tony Blair</a> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The office was merged with the <a href="/wiki/Department_of_Social_Security_(United_Kingdom)" title="Department of Social Security (United Kingdom)">Department of Social Security</a> to form the <a href="/wiki/Department_for_Work_and_Pensions" title="Department for Work and Pensions">Department for Work and Pensions</a> in 2001. </p> <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_Employment&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: See 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