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href="/wiki/Monarchy_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Monarchy of the United Kingdom">The Monarch</a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(on the advice of the <a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Prime Minister of the United Kingdom">Prime Minister</a>)</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Term_of_office" title="Term of office">Term length</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/At_His_Majesty%27s_pleasure" title="At His Majesty's pleasure">At His Majesty's pleasure</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Precursor</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Lord_Lieutenant_of_Ireland" title="Lord Lieutenant of Ireland">Lord Lieutenant of Ireland</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Northern_Ireland" title="Governor of Northern Ireland">Governor of Northern Ireland</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Formation</th><td class="infobox-data">24 March 1972</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">First holder</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/William_Whitelaw" title="William Whitelaw">William Whitelaw</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Deputy</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Minister_of_State_for_Northern_Ireland" class="mw-redirect" title="Minister of State for Northern Ireland">Minister of State for Northern Ireland</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Salary</th><td class="infobox-data">£159,038 per annum <span style="font-size:85%;">(2022)</span><sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br />(including £86,584 <a href="/wiki/Member_of_Parliament_(United_Kingdom)" title="Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)">MP</a> salary)<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" 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title="Separation of powers in the United Kingdom">Separation of powers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Constitution_of_the_United_Kingdom#Principles" title="Constitution of the United Kingdom">Other constitutional principles</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/Monarchy_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Monarchy of the United Kingdom">The Crown</a></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content" style="text-align:centre"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Coat_of_arms_of_the_United_Kingdom_(2022,_variant_2).svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Royal coat of arms of the United Kingdom" 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width="100" height="46" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6a/House_of_Commons_UK.svg/150px-House_of_Commons_UK.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6a/House_of_Commons_UK.svg/200px-House_of_Commons_UK.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="360" data-file-height="164" /></a></span> </p> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Speaker_of_the_House_of_Commons_(United_Kingdom)" title="Speaker of the House of Commons (United Kingdom)">Speaker</a></b><br /><a href="/wiki/Lindsay_Hoyle" title="Lindsay Hoyle">Sir Lindsay Hoyle</a></li></ul> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Leader_of_the_Opposition_(United_Kingdom)" title="Leader of the Opposition (United Kingdom)">Leader of the Opposition</a></b><br /><a href="/wiki/Kemi_Badenoch" title="Kemi Badenoch">Kemi Badenoch</a> (<a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">C</a>)<br /></li></ul> <hr /> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_MPs_elected_in_the_2024_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="List of MPs elected in the 2024 United Kingdom general election">59th Parliament</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/His_Majesty%27s_Most_Loyal_Opposition" title="His Majesty's Most Loyal Opposition">Opposition</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Member_of_Parliament_(United_Kingdom)" title="Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)">MPs</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_MPs_elected_in_the_2024_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="List of MPs elected in the 2024 United Kingdom general election">List of MPs</a></li></ul></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/Judiciaries_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Judiciaries of the United Kingdom">Judiciary</a></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content" style="text-align:centre"><a href="/wiki/Charles_III" title="Charles III">Charles III</a><br /><b>(<a href="/wiki/Court_of_King%27s_Bench_(England)" title="Court of King's Bench (England)">King-on-the-Bench</a>)</b> <hr /> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Supreme_Court_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Supreme Court of the United Kingdom">Supreme Court</a></b></li></ul> <p><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Badge_of_the_Supreme_Court_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Badge of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/Badge_of_the_Supreme_Court_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/30px-Badge_of_the_Supreme_Court_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png" decoding="async" width="30" height="40" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/Badge_of_the_Supreme_Court_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/45px-Badge_of_the_Supreme_Court_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/Badge_of_the_Supreme_Court_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/60px-Badge_of_the_Supreme_Court_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="691" /></a></span> </p> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/President_of_the_Supreme_Court_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="President of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom">President</a></b></li></ul> <p><a href="/wiki/Robert_Reed,_Baron_Reed_of_Allermuir" title="Robert Reed, Baron Reed of Allermuir">The Lord Reed</a> </p> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Deputy_President_of_the_Supreme_Court_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Deputy President of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom">Deputy President</a></b></li></ul> <p><a href="/wiki/Patrick_Hodge,_Lord_Hodge" title="Patrick Hodge, Lord Hodge">The Lord Hodge</a> </p> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Justice_of_the_Supreme_Court_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Justice of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom">Justices of the Supreme Court</a></b></li></ul> <hr /> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Judiciaries_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Judiciaries of the United Kingdom">United Kingdom</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Courts_of_England_and_Wales" title="Courts of England and Wales">England and Wales</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Courts_of_Scotland" title="Courts of Scotland">Scotland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Courts_of_Northern_Ireland" title="Courts of Northern Ireland">Northern Ireland</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/Bank_of_England" title="Bank of England">Bank of England</a></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content" style="text-align:centre"> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Governor_of_the_Bank_of_England" title="Governor of the Bank of England">Governor</a></b></li></ul> <p><a href="/wiki/Andrew_Bailey_(banker)" title="Andrew Bailey (banker)">Andrew Bailey</a> </p> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Deputy_Governor_of_the_Bank_of_England" title="Deputy Governor of the Bank of England">Deputy governors</a></b></li></ul> <p><a href="/wiki/Monetary_Policy_Committee_(United_Kingdom)" title="Monetary Policy Committee (United Kingdom)">Monetary Policy Committee</a> </p> <hr /> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_British_currencies" title="List of British currencies">Currencies</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Banknotes_of_the_pound_sterling" title="Banknotes of the pound sterling">Banknotes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Coins_of_the_pound_sterling" title="Coins of the pound sterling">Coins</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_the_United_Kingdom" title="Elections in the United Kingdom">Elections</a> and <a href="/wiki/Referendums_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Referendums in the United Kingdom">referendums</a></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content" style="text-align:centre"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Constituencies_of_the_Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom">UK Parliament constituencies</a> (<a href="/wiki/2023_Periodic_Review_of_Westminster_constituencies" class="mw-redirect" title="2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies">2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_political_parties_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="List of political parties in the United Kingdom">Political parties</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Political_Parties,_Elections_and_Referendums_Act_2000" title="Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000">Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dissolution_and_Calling_of_Parliament_Act_2022" title="Dissolution and Calling of Parliament Act 2022">Dissolution and Calling of Parliament Act 2022</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scottish_Parliament_constituencies_and_electoral_regions" title="Scottish Parliament constituencies and electoral regions">Scottish Parliament constituencies and electoral regions</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Senedd_constituencies_and_electoral_regions" title="Senedd constituencies and electoral regions">Senedd constituencies and electoral regions</a></li></ul> <p><br /> </p> <div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_Kingdom_general_elections" title="List of United Kingdom general elections">UK general elections</a></b></div> <hr /> <div class="hlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/First_Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="First Parliament of the United Kingdom">1801 co-option</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/1802_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1802 United Kingdom general election">1802</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/1806_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1806 United Kingdom general election">1806</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/1807_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1807 United Kingdom general election">1807</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/1812_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1812 United Kingdom general election">1812</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/1818_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1818 United Kingdom general election">1818</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/1820_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1820 United Kingdom general election">1820</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/1826_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1826 United Kingdom general election">1826</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/1830_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1830 United Kingdom general election">1830</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/1831_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1831 United Kingdom general election">1831</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/1832_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1832 United Kingdom general election">1832–33</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/1835_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1835 United Kingdom general election">1835</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/1837_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1837 United Kingdom general election">1837</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/1841_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1841 United Kingdom general election">1841</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/1847_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1847 United Kingdom general election">1847</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/1852_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1852 United Kingdom general election">1852</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/1857_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1857 United Kingdom general election">1857</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/1859_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1859 United Kingdom general election">1859</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/1865_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1865 United Kingdom general election">1865</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/1868_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1868 United Kingdom general election">1868</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/1874_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1874 United Kingdom general election">1874</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/1880_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1880 United Kingdom general election">1880</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/1885_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1885 United Kingdom general election">1885</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/1886_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1886 United Kingdom general election">1886</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/1892_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1892 United Kingdom general election">1892</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/1895_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1895 United Kingdom general election">1895</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/1900_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1900 United Kingdom general election">1900</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/1906_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1906 United Kingdom general election">1906</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/January_1910_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="January 1910 United Kingdom general election">1910 (Jan–Feb)</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/December_1910_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="December 1910 United Kingdom general election">1910 (Dec)</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/1918_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1918 United Kingdom general election">1918</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/1922_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1922 United Kingdom general election">1922</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/1923_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1923 United Kingdom general election">1923</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/1924_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1924 United Kingdom general election">1924</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/1929_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1929 United Kingdom general election">1929</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/1931_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1931 United Kingdom general election">1931</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/1935_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1935 United Kingdom general election">1935</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/1945_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1945 United Kingdom general election">1945</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/1950_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1950 United Kingdom general election">1950</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/1951_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1951 United Kingdom general election">1951</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/1955_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1955 United Kingdom general election">1955</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/1959_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1959 United Kingdom general election">1959</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/1964_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1964 United Kingdom general election">1964</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/1966_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1966 United Kingdom general election">1966</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/1970_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1970 United Kingdom general election">1970</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/February_1974_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="February 1974 United Kingdom general election">1974 (Feb)</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/October_1974_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="October 1974 United Kingdom general election">1974 (Oct)</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/1979_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1979 United Kingdom general election">1979</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/1983_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1983 United Kingdom general election">1983</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/1987_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1987 United Kingdom general election">1987</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/1992_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1992 United Kingdom general election">1992</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/1997_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1997 United Kingdom general election">1997</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/2001_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="2001 United Kingdom general election">2001</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/2005_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="2005 United Kingdom general election">2005</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/2010_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="2010 United Kingdom general election">2010</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/2015_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="2015 United Kingdom general election">2015</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/2017_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="2017 United Kingdom general election">2017</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/2019_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="2019 United Kingdom general election">2019</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/2024_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="2024 United Kingdom general election">2024</a></li></ul></div> <p><br /> </p> <div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;"><b>Endorsements</b></div> <div class="hlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Endorsements_in_the_2010_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="Endorsements in the 2010 United Kingdom general election">2010</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Endorsements_in_the_2015_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="Endorsements in the 2015 United Kingdom general election">2015</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Endorsements_in_the_2017_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="Endorsements in the 2017 United Kingdom general election">2017</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Endorsements_in_the_2019_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="Endorsements in the 2019 United Kingdom general election">2019</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Endorsements_in_the_2024_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="Endorsements in the 2024 United Kingdom general election">2024</a></li></ul></div> <p><br /> </p> <div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;"><b>European Parliament elections (1979–2019)</b></div> <hr /> <div class="hlist"><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 href="/wiki/2004_European_Parliament_election_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="2004 European Parliament election in the United Kingdom">2004</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/2009_European_Parliament_election_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="2009 European Parliament election in the United Kingdom">2009</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/2014_European_Parliament_election_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="2014 European Parliament election in the United Kingdom">2014</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/2019_European_Parliament_election_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="2019 European Parliament election in the United Kingdom">2019</a></li></ul></div> <p><br /> </p> <div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;"><b>Scottish Parliament elections</b></div> <hr /> <div class="hlist"><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">Next</a></li></ul></div> <p><br /> </p> <div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;"><b>Northern Ireland Assembly elections</b></div> <hr /> <div class="hlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/1998_Northern_Ireland_Assembly_election" title="1998 Northern Ireland Assembly election">1998</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/2003_Northern_Ireland_Assembly_election" title="2003 Northern Ireland Assembly election">2003</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/2007_Northern_Ireland_Assembly_election" title="2007 Northern Ireland Assembly election">2007</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/2011_Northern_Ireland_Assembly_election" title="2011 Northern Ireland Assembly election">2011</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/2016_Northern_Ireland_Assembly_election" title="2016 Northern Ireland Assembly election">2016</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/2017_Northern_Ireland_Assembly_election" title="2017 Northern Ireland Assembly election">2017</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/2022_Northern_Ireland_Assembly_election" title="2022 Northern Ireland Assembly election">2022</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Next_Northern_Ireland_Assembly_election" title="Next Northern Ireland Assembly election">Next</a></li></ul></div> <p><br /> </p> <div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;"><b>Senedd elections</b></div> <hr /> <div class="hlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/1999_National_Assembly_for_Wales_election" title="1999 National Assembly for Wales election">1999</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/2003_National_Assembly_for_Wales_election" title="2003 National Assembly for Wales election">2003</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/2007_National_Assembly_for_Wales_election" title="2007 National Assembly for Wales election">2007</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/2011_National_Assembly_for_Wales_election" title="2011 National Assembly for Wales election">2011</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/2016_National_Assembly_for_Wales_election" title="2016 National Assembly for Wales election">2016</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/2021_Senedd_election" title="2021 Senedd election">2021</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Next_Senedd_election" title="Next Senedd election">Next</a></li></ul></div> <p><br /> </p> <div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;"><b>UK referendums</b></div> <hr /> <div class="hlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/1975_United_Kingdom_European_Communities_membership_referendum" title="1975 United Kingdom European Communities membership referendum">1975</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/2011_United_Kingdom_Alternative_Vote_referendum" title="2011 United Kingdom Alternative Vote referendum">2011</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/2016_United_Kingdom_European_Union_membership_referendum" title="2016 United Kingdom European Union membership referendum">2016</a></li></ul></div></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/Devolution_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Devolution in the United Kingdom">Devolution</a></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content" style="text-align:centre"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Intergovernmental_relations_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Intergovernmental relations in the United Kingdom">Intergovernmental relations in the United Kingdom</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Legislative_consent_motion" title="Legislative consent motion">Legislative consent motions</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister_and_Heads_of_Devolved_Governments_Council" title="Prime Minister and Heads of Devolved Governments Council">Prime Minister and Heads of Devolved Governments Council</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Council_of_the_Nations_and_Regions" title="Council of the Nations and Regions">Council of the Nations and Regions</a></li></ul> <hr /> <div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;"><b><a href="/wiki/England" title="England">England</a></b></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Governance_of_England" title="Governance of England">Governance of England</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/English_votes_for_English_laws" title="English votes for English laws">English votes for English laws</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greater_London_Authority" title="Greater London Authority">Greater London Authority</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1998_Greater_London_Authority_referendum" title="1998 Greater London Authority referendum">1998 referendum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greater_London_Authority_Act_1999" title="Greater London Authority Act 1999">Greater London Authority Act 1999</a><br />(<a href="/wiki/Greater_London_Authority_Act_2007" title="Greater London Authority Act 2007">2007 Act</a>)</li></ul></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Mayor_of_London" title="Mayor of London">Mayor of London</a></b> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Sadiq_Khan" title="Sadiq Khan">Sadiq Khan</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Deputy_Mayor_of_London" title="Deputy Mayor of London">Mayoral cabinet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/London_Assembly" title="London Assembly">London Assembly</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/London_Plan" title="London Plan">London Plan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Combined_authority" class="mw-redirect" title="Combined authority">Combined authorities</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Directly_elected_mayors_in_England#Combined_Authority_("Metro")_Mayors" title="Directly elected mayors in England">Metro mayors</a></li></ul></li></ul> <hr /> <div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;"><b><a href="/wiki/Northern_Ireland" title="Northern Ireland">Northern Ireland</a></b></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Northern_Ireland_Act_1998" title="Northern Ireland Act 1998">Northern Ireland Act 1998</a><br />(<a href="/wiki/Northern_Ireland_(St_Andrews_Agreement)_Act_2006" title="Northern Ireland (St Andrews Agreement) Act 2006">2006 Act</a>)</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/First_Minister_and_deputy_First_Minister_of_Northern_Ireland" class="mw-redirect" title="First Minister and deputy First Minister of Northern Ireland">First Minister</a> </b> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Michelle_O%27Neill" title="Michelle O'Neill">Michelle O'Neill</a></li></ul></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/First_Minister_and_deputy_First_Minister_of_Northern_Ireland" class="mw-redirect" title="First Minister and deputy First Minister of Northern Ireland">deputy First Minister</a> </b> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Emma_Little-Pengelly" title="Emma Little-Pengelly">Emma Little-Pengelly</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northern_Ireland_Executive" title="Northern Ireland Executive">Executive</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northern_Ireland_Assembly" title="Northern Ireland Assembly">Assembly</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Northern_Ireland_Assembly" title="List of acts of the Northern Ireland Assembly">Act of the Northern Ireland Assembly</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Law_of_Northern_Ireland" title="Law of Northern Ireland">Law of Northern Ireland</a></li></ul> <hr /> <div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;"><b><a href="/wiki/Scotland" title="Scotland">Scotland</a></b></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Scottish_devolution" title="Scottish devolution">Scottish devolution</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1997_Scottish_devolution_referendum" title="1997 Scottish devolution referendum">1997 referendum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scotland_Act_1998" title="Scotland Act 1998">Scotland Act 1998</a><br />(<a href="/wiki/Scotland_Act_2012" title="Scotland Act 2012">2012 Act</a>, <a href="/wiki/Scotland_Act_2016" title="Scotland Act 2016">2016 Act</a>)</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/First_Minister_of_Scotland" title="First Minister of Scotland">First Minister</a></b> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/John_Swinney" title="John Swinney">John Swinney</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scottish_Government" title="Scottish Government">Government</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scottish_Parliament" title="Scottish Parliament">Scottish Parliament</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Act_of_the_Scottish_Parliament" title="Act of the Scottish Parliament">Act of the Scottish Parliament</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scottish_statutory_instrument" title="Scottish statutory instrument">Scottish statutory instrument</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scots_law" title="Scots law">Scots law</a></li></ul> <hr /> <div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;"><b><a href="/wiki/Wales" title="Wales">Wales</a></b></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Welsh_devolution" title="Welsh devolution">Welsh devolution</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1997_Welsh_devolution_referendum" title="1997 Welsh devolution referendum">1997 referendum</a><br />(<a href="/wiki/2011_Welsh_devolution_referendum" title="2011 Welsh devolution referendum">2011 referendum on law-making powers</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Government_of_Wales_Act_1998" title="Government of Wales Act 1998">Government of Wales Act 1998</a><br />(<a href="/wiki/Government_of_Wales_Act_2006" title="Government of Wales Act 2006">2006 Act</a>, <a href="/wiki/Wales_Act_2014" title="Wales Act 2014">Wales Act 2014</a>, <a href="/wiki/Wales_Act_2017" title="Wales Act 2017">Wales Act 2017</a>)</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/First_Minister_of_Wales" title="First Minister of Wales">First Minister</a></b> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Eluned_Morgan,_Baroness_Morgan_of_Ely" class="mw-redirect" title="Eluned Morgan, Baroness Morgan of Ely">Eluned Morgan</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Welsh_Government" title="Welsh Government">Government</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Senedd" title="Senedd">Senedd</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Measure_of_the_National_Assembly_for_Wales" title="Measure of the National Assembly for Wales">Measure of the National Assembly for Wales</a> (1999–2011)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Act_of_Senedd_Cymru" title="Act of Senedd Cymru">Act of Senedd Cymru</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Welsh_law" title="Welsh law">Welsh law</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/Administrative_geography_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Administrative geography of the United Kingdom">Administration</a></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content" style="text-align:centre"><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;"><b><a href="/wiki/Local_government_in_England" title="Local government in England">England</a></b></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/History_of_local_government_in_England" title="History of local government in England">History</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Subdivisions_of_England" title="Subdivisions of England">Subdivisions</a>: <a href="/wiki/Regions_of_England" title="Regions of England">Regions</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ceremonial_counties_of_England" title="Ceremonial counties of England">Ceremonial counties</a> (<a href="/wiki/List_of_ceremonial_counties_of_England" class="mw-redirect" title="List of ceremonial counties of England">list</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Metropolitan_and_non-metropolitan_counties_of_England" class="mw-redirect" title="Metropolitan and non-metropolitan counties of England">Metropolitan and non-metropolitan counties</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Metropolitan_county" title="Metropolitan county">Metropolitan county</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Non-metropolitan_county" title="Non-metropolitan county">Non-metropolitan county</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greater_London" title="Greater London">Greater London</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Unitary_authorities_of_England" title="Unitary authorities of England">Unitary authorities</a> (<a href="/wiki/Template:Unitary_authorities_of_England" title="Template:Unitary authorities of England">list</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Districts_of_England" title="Districts of England">Districts</a> (<a href="/wiki/List_of_English_districts" title="List of English districts">list</a>) <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Metropolitan_borough" title="Metropolitan borough">Metropolitan Borough</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Non-metropolitan_district" title="Non-metropolitan district">Non-metropolitan District</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/London_boroughs" title="London boroughs">London Borough</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Civil_parish" title="Civil parish">Civil parishes</a> (<a href="/wiki/List_of_civil_parishes_in_England" title="List of civil parishes in England">list</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Historic_counties_of_England" title="Historic counties of England">Historic counties</a></li></ul> <hr /> <div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;"><b><a href="/wiki/Local_government_in_Northern_Ireland" title="Local government in Northern Ireland">Northern Ireland</a></b></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Local_government_in_Northern_Ireland#History" title="Local government in Northern Ireland">History</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Subdivisions_of_Northern_Ireland" class="mw-redirect" title="Subdivisions of Northern Ireland">Subdivisions</a>: <a href="/wiki/Counties_of_Northern_Ireland" title="Counties of Northern Ireland">Counties</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Districts_of_Northern_Ireland" class="mw-redirect" title="Districts of Northern Ireland">Districts</a></li></ul> <hr /> <div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;"><b><a href="/wiki/Local_government_in_Scotland" title="Local government in Scotland">Scotland</a></b></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/History_of_local_government_in_Scotland" title="History of local government in Scotland">History</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Subdivisions_of_Scotland" title="Subdivisions of Scotland">Subdivisions</a>: <a href="/wiki/Sheriffdom" title="Sheriffdom">Sheriffdoms</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Council_areas_of_Scotland" class="mw-redirect" title="Council areas of Scotland">Council areas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_community_council_areas_in_Scotland" title="List of community council areas in Scotland">Community council areas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_civil_parishes_in_Scotland" title="List of civil parishes in Scotland">Civil parishes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shires_of_Scotland" title="Shires of Scotland">Shires of Scotland</a></li></ul> <hr /> <div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;"><b><a href="/wiki/Local_government_in_Wales" title="Local government in Wales">Wales</a></b></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/History_of_local_government_in_Wales" title="History of local government in Wales">History</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Preserved_counties_of_Wales" title="Preserved counties of Wales">Preserved counties</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Local_government_in_Wales" title="Local government in Wales">Principal areas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Community_(Wales)" title="Community (Wales)">Communities</a> (<a href="/wiki/List_of_communities_in_Wales" title="List of communities in Wales">list</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Historic_counties_of_Wales" title="Historic counties of Wales">Historic counties</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/Crown_Dependencies" title="Crown Dependencies">Crown Dependencies</a></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content" style="text-align:centre"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bailiwick_of_Guernsey" title="Bailiwick of Guernsey">Bailiwick of Guernsey</a> <br /></li></ul> <div class="hlist"><ul><li>(<a href="/wiki/Guernsey" title="Guernsey">Guernsey</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Alderney" title="Alderney">Alderney</a></li><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Sark" title="Sark">Sark</a></span>)</li></ul></div> <hr /> <div class="hlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bailiwick_of_Jersey" class="mw-redirect" title="Bailiwick of Jersey">Bailiwick of Jersey</a></li></ul></div> <hr /> <div class="hlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Isle_of_Man" title="Isle of Man">Isle of Man</a></li></ul></div> <hr /> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/British_Islands" title="British Islands">British Islands</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Common_Travel_Area" title="Common Travel Area">Common Travel Area</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom%E2%80%93Crown_Dependencies_Customs_Union" title="United Kingdom–Crown Dependencies Customs Union">UK-CD Customs Union</a></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div 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Islands</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Cayman_Islands" title="Cayman Islands">Cayman Islands</a></li><li><br /><a href="/wiki/Falkland_Islands" title="Falkland Islands">Falkland Islands</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Gibraltar" title="Gibraltar">Gibraltar</a></li><li><br /><a href="/wiki/Montserrat" title="Montserrat">Montserrat</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Pitcairn_Islands" title="Pitcairn Islands">Pitcairn Islands</a></li><li><br /><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Saint_Helena,_Ascension_and_Tristan_da_Cunha" title="Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha">Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha</a></span><br /> <small>(<a href="/wiki/Saint_Helena" title="Saint Helena">Saint Helena</a></small></li><li><small><a href="/wiki/Ascension_Island" title="Ascension Island">Ascension Island</a></small></li><li><br /><small><a href="/wiki/Tristan_da_Cunha" title="Tristan da Cunha">Tristan da Cunha</a>)</small></li><li><br /><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/South_Georgia_and_the_South_Sandwich_Islands" title="South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands">South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands</a></span></li><li><a href="/wiki/Turks_and_Caicos_Islands" title="Turks and Caicos Islands">Turks and Caicos Islands</a></li></ul></div> <hr /> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/British_Overseas_Territories_citizen" title="British Overseas Territories citizen">British Overseas Territories citizen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Visa_requirements_for_British_Overseas_Territories_citizens" title="Visa requirements for British Overseas Territories citizens">Visa requirements</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Visa_policies_of_British_Overseas_Territories" title="Visa policies of British Overseas Territories">Visa policies</a></li></ul> <hr /> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/British_Overseas_Territories_Act_2002" title="British Overseas Territories Act 2002">British Overseas Territories Act 2002</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/UK%E2%80%93Overseas_Territories_Joint_Ministerial_Council" title="UK–Overseas Territories Joint Ministerial Council">UK-OT JMC</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chagos_Archipelago_sovereignty_dispute" title="Chagos Archipelago sovereignty dispute">Chagos Archipelago sovereignty dispute</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Status_of_Gibraltar" title="Status of Gibraltar">Gibraltar sovereignty dispute</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Falkland_Islands_sovereignty_dispute" title="Falkland Islands sovereignty dispute">Falkland Islands sovereignty dispute</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/Foreign_relations_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Foreign relations of the United Kingdom">Foreign relations</a></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content" style="text-align:centre"> <ul><li><a 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rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:Politics_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Template:Politics of the United Kingdom"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:Politics_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Template talk:Politics of the United Kingdom"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:Politics_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Special:EditPage/Template:Politics of the United Kingdom"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>secretary of state for Northern Ireland</b> (<a href="/wiki/Irish_language" title="Irish language">Irish</a>: <i lang="ga">Rúnaí Stáit Thuaisceart Éireann</i>; <a href="/wiki/Scots_language" title="Scots language">Scots</a>: <i lang="sco">Secretar o State for Norlin Airlan</i>),<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><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> also referred to as <b>Northern Ireland Secretary</b> or <b>SoSNI</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 overall responsibility for the <a href="/wiki/Northern_Ireland_Office" title="Northern Ireland Office">Northern Ireland Office</a>.<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> The officeholder 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 incumbent secretary of state for Northern Ireland is <a href="/wiki/Hilary_Benn" title="Hilary Benn">Hilary Benn</a>. </p><p>The officeholder works alongside the other <a href="/wiki/Northern_Ireland_Office#Current_ministers" title="Northern Ireland Office">Northern Ireland Office ministers</a>. 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_Northern_Ireland" class="mw-redirect" title="Shadow secretary of state for Northern Ireland">shadow secretary of state for Northern Ireland</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Secretary_of_State_for_Northern_Ireland&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Historically, the principal ministers for Irish (and subsequently <a href="/wiki/Northern_Ireland" title="Northern Ireland">Northern Ireland</a>) affairs in the <a href="/wiki/UK_Government" class="mw-redirect" title="UK Government">UK Government</a> and its predecessors were: </p> <ul><li>the <a href="/wiki/Lord_Lieutenant_of_Ireland" title="Lord Lieutenant of Ireland">Lord Lieutenant of Ireland</a> (<abbr title="circa">c.</abbr> 1171–1922);</li> <li>the <a href="/wiki/Chief_Secretary_for_Ireland" title="Chief Secretary for Ireland">Chief Secretary for Ireland</a> (1560–1922); and</li> <li>the <a href="/wiki/Home_Secretary" title="Home Secretary">Home Secretary</a> (1922–1972).<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></li></ul> <p>In August 1969, for example, <a href="/wiki/Home_Secretary" title="Home Secretary">Home Secretary</a> <a href="/wiki/James_Callaghan" title="James Callaghan">James Callaghan</a> approved the sending of <a href="/wiki/British_Army" title="British Army">British Army</a> soldiers to Northern Ireland.<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> Scotland and Wales were represented by the roles of <a href="/wiki/Secretary_of_State_for_Scotland" title="Secretary of State for Scotland">Secretary of State for Scotland</a> and <a href="/wiki/Secretary_of_State_for_Wales" title="Secretary of State for Wales">Secretary of State for Wales</a> from 1885 and 1964 respectively, but Northern Ireland remained separate, owing to the devolved <a href="/wiki/Government_of_Northern_Ireland_(1921%E2%80%931972)" title="Government of Northern Ireland (1921–1972)">Government of Northern Ireland</a> and <a href="/wiki/Parliament_of_Northern_Ireland" title="Parliament of Northern Ireland">Parliament of Northern Ireland</a>. </p><p>The office of Secretary of State for Northern Ireland was created after the Northern Ireland government (at <a href="/wiki/Stormont,_Belfast" class="mw-redirect" title="Stormont, Belfast">Stormont</a>) was first suspended and then abolished following widespread civil strife. The British government was increasingly concerned that Stormont was losing control of the situation. On 30 March 1972, direct rule from <a href="/wiki/Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Parliament of the United Kingdom">Westminster</a> was introduced.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The secretary of state filled three roles which existed under the previous Stormont regime:<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li>the <a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Northern_Ireland" title="Governor of Northern Ireland">governor of Northern Ireland</a> (the nominal head of the executive and representative of the <a href="/wiki/British_monarch" class="mw-redirect" title="British monarch">British monarch</a>)</li> <li>the <a href="/wiki/Prime_minister_of_Northern_Ireland" class="mw-redirect" title="Prime minister of Northern Ireland">prime minister of Northern Ireland</a> (in the present day, a role filled by the <a href="/wiki/First_minister_of_Northern_Ireland" class="mw-redirect" title="First minister of Northern Ireland">first minister of Northern Ireland</a> and <a href="/wiki/Deputy_First_Minister_of_Northern_Ireland" class="mw-redirect" title="Deputy First Minister of Northern Ireland">deputy first minister of Northern Ireland</a> acting jointly)</li> <li>the <a href="/wiki/Minister_of_Home_Affairs_(Northern_Ireland)" title="Minister of Home Affairs (Northern Ireland)">minister of home affairs</a> (in the present day, a role filled by the <a href="/wiki/Minister_of_Justice_(Northern_Ireland)" class="mw-redirect" title="Minister of Justice (Northern Ireland)">minister of justice</a>).</li></ul> <p>Direct rule was seen as a temporary measure, with a power-sharing devolution preferred as the solution, and was annually renewed by a vote in Parliament. </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Sunningdale_Agreement" title="Sunningdale Agreement">Sunningdale Agreement</a> in 1973 resulted in the brief existence of a power-sharing <a href="/wiki/Northern_Ireland_Executive_(1974)" class="mw-redirect" title="Northern Ireland Executive (1974)">Northern Ireland Executive</a> from 1 January 1974, which was ended by the <a href="/wiki/Ulster_loyalism" title="Ulster loyalism">loyalist</a> <a href="/wiki/Ulster_Workers%27_Council_strike" title="Ulster Workers' Council strike">Ulster Workers' Council strike</a> on 28 May 1974. The strikers opposed the power-sharing and <a href="/wiki/All-Ireland#In_politics" title="All-Ireland">all-Ireland</a> aspects of the new administration. </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Northern_Ireland_Constitutional_Convention" title="Northern Ireland Constitutional Convention">Northern Ireland Constitutional Convention</a> (1975–1976) and <a href="/wiki/Northern_Ireland_Assembly_(1982)" title="Northern Ireland Assembly (1982)">Northern Ireland Assembly</a> (1982–1986) were unsuccessful in restoring devolved government. After the <a href="/wiki/Anglo-Irish_Agreement" title="Anglo-Irish Agreement">Anglo-Irish Agreement</a> on 15 November 1985, the UK Government and Irish Government co-operated more closely on security and political matters. </p><p>Following the <a href="/wiki/Belfast_Agreement" class="mw-redirect" title="Belfast Agreement">Belfast Agreement</a> (also known as the Good Friday Agreement) on 10 April 1998, devolution returned to Northern Ireland on 2 December 1999. This removed many of the duties of the secretary of state and his Northern Ireland Office colleagues and devolved them to those locally elected politicians who constitute the <a href="/wiki/Northern_Ireland_Executive" title="Northern Ireland Executive">Northern Ireland Executive</a>. </p><p>Formerly holding a large portfolio over <a href="/wiki/Home_affairs" class="mw-redirect" title="Home affairs">home affairs</a> in Northern Ireland, the current <a href="/wiki/Devolution_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Devolution in the United Kingdom">devolution settlement</a> has lessened the secretary of state's role, granting many of the former powers to the <a href="/wiki/Northern_Ireland_Assembly" title="Northern Ireland Assembly">Northern Ireland Assembly</a> and Northern Ireland Executive. The secretary of state is now generally limited to representing Northern Ireland in the <a href="/wiki/UK_cabinet" class="mw-redirect" title="UK cabinet">UK cabinet</a>, overseeing the operation of the devolved administration and a number of <a href="/wiki/Reserved_and_excepted_matters" class="mw-redirect" title="Reserved and excepted matters">reserved and excepted matters</a> which remain the sole competence of the UK Government e.g. <a href="/wiki/National_security" title="National security">security</a>, <a href="/wiki/Human_rights" title="Human rights">human rights</a>, certain public inquiries and the administration of elections.<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> </p><p>Created in 1972, the position has switched between members of Parliament from the <a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative Party</a> and <a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour Party</a>. As Labour has not fielded candidates in Northern Ireland, and the Conservatives have not had candidates elected to the Northern Ireland Assembly or for <a href="/wiki/British_House_of_Commons" class="mw-redirect" title="British House of Commons">House of Commons</a> seats in the region, those appointed as Secretary of State for Northern Ireland have not represented a constituency in Northern Ireland. This contrasts with the secretaries of state for Scotland and Wales. </p><p>The secretary of state officially resides in <a href="/wiki/Hillsborough_Castle" title="Hillsborough Castle">Hillsborough Castle</a>, which was previously the official residence of the <a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Northern_Ireland" title="Governor of Northern Ireland">governor of Northern Ireland</a>, and remains the <a href="/wiki/List_of_British_royal_residences" title="List of British royal residences">royal residence</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Monarchy_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Monarchy of the United Kingdom">monarch</a> in Northern Ireland. The secretary of state exercises their duties through, and is administratively supported by, the <a href="/wiki/Northern_Ireland_Office" title="Northern Ireland Office">Northern Ireland Office</a> (NIO). </p><p>The devolved administration was suspended several times (especially between 15 October 2002 and 8 May 2007) because the <a href="/wiki/Ulster_Unionist_Party" title="Ulster Unionist Party">Ulster Unionist Party</a> and <a href="/wiki/Democratic_Unionist_Party" title="Democratic Unionist Party">Democratic Unionist Party</a> were uncomfortable being in government with <a href="/wiki/Sinn_F%C3%A9in" title="Sinn Féin">Sinn Féin</a> when the <a href="/wiki/Provisional_Irish_Republican_Army" title="Provisional Irish Republican Army">Provisional Irish Republican Army</a> had failed to decommission its arms fully and continued its criminal activities. On each of these occasions, the responsibilities of the ministers in the Executive then returned to the secretary of state and his ministers. During these periods, in addition to administration of the region, the secretary of state was also heavily involved in the negotiations with all parties to restore devolved government. </p><p>Power was again devolved to the Northern Ireland Assembly on 8 May 2007. The secretary of state retained responsibility for policing and justice until most of those powers were devolved on 12 April 2010.<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> Robert Hazell has suggested merging the offices of Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, for Scotland and for Wales 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> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="List_of_secretaries_of_state_for_Northern_Ireland">List of secretaries of state for Northern Ireland</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Secretary_of_State_for_Northern_Ireland&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: List of secretaries of state for Northern Ireland"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><b>Colour key</b><br /> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r981673959">.mw-parser-output .legend{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .legend-color{display:inline-block;min-width:1.25em;height:1.25em;line-height:1.25;margin:1px 0;text-align:center;border:1px solid black;background-color:transparent;color:black}.mw-parser-output .legend-text{}</style><span class="legend nowrap"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="border: 1px solid #AAAAAA;background-color:#0087DC; color:black;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a></span> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend nowrap"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="border: 1px solid #AAAAAA;background-color:#E4003B; color:white;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a></span> </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">Prime Minister </th></tr> <tr style="height:1em"> <th style="background-color:#0087DC"> </th> <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/William_Whitelaw" title="William Whitelaw">William Whitelaw</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">MP for <a href="/wiki/Penrith_and_The_Border" class="mw-redirect" title="Penrith and The Border">Penrith and The Border</a></span> </td> <td>24 March 1972 </td> <td>2 December 1973 </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/Edward_Heath" title="Edward Heath">Edward Heath</a> </td></tr> <tr style="height:1em"> <th style="background-color:#0087DC"> </th> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Francis_Pym_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/95/Francis_Pym_%28cropped%29.jpg/75px-Francis_Pym_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="106" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/95/Francis_Pym_%28cropped%29.jpg/113px-Francis_Pym_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/95/Francis_Pym_%28cropped%29.jpg/150px-Francis_Pym_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="705" data-file-height="999" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Francis_Pym" title="Francis Pym">Francis Pym</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">MP for <a href="/wiki/Cambridgeshire_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Cambridgeshire (UK Parliament constituency)">Cambridgeshire</a></span> </td> <td>2 December 1973 </td> <td>4 March 1974 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> </td></tr> <tr style="height:1em"> <th style="background-color:#E4003B"> </th> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Merlyn_Rees_appearing_on_After_Dark_,_16_July_1988_-_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Merlyn_Rees_appearing_on_After_Dark_%2C_16_July_1988_-_%28cropped%29.jpg/75px-Merlyn_Rees_appearing_on_After_Dark_%2C_16_July_1988_-_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="92" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Merlyn_Rees_appearing_on_After_Dark_%2C_16_July_1988_-_%28cropped%29.jpg/113px-Merlyn_Rees_appearing_on_After_Dark_%2C_16_July_1988_-_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Merlyn_Rees_appearing_on_After_Dark_%2C_16_July_1988_-_%28cropped%29.jpg/150px-Merlyn_Rees_appearing_on_After_Dark_%2C_16_July_1988_-_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="630" data-file-height="772" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Merlyn_Rees" title="Merlyn Rees">Merlyn Rees</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">MP for <a href="/wiki/Leeds_South_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Leeds South (UK Parliament constituency)">Leeds South</a></span> </td> <td>5 March 1974 </td> <td>10 September 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 style="height:1em"> <th style="background-color:#E4003B"> </th> <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/Roy_Mason" title="Roy Mason">Roy Mason</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">MP for <a href="/wiki/Barnsley_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Barnsley (UK Parliament constituency)">Barnsley</a></span> </td> <td>10 September 1976 </td> <td>4 May 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/James_Callaghan" title="James Callaghan">James Callaghan</a> </td></tr> <tr style="height:1em"> <th style="background-color:#0087DC"> </th> <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/Humphrey_Atkins" title="Humphrey Atkins">Humphrey Atkins</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">MP for <a href="/wiki/Spelthorne_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Spelthorne (UK Parliament constituency)">Spelthorne</a></span> </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="5" style="background-color:#0087DC"> </td> <td rowspan="5"><a href="/wiki/Margaret_Thatcher" title="Margaret Thatcher">Margaret Thatcher</a> </td></tr> <tr style="height:1em"> <th style="background-color:#0087DC"> </th> <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/Jim_Prior" title="Jim Prior">Jim Prior</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">MP for <a href="/wiki/Lowestoft_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Lowestoft (UK Parliament constituency)">Lowestoft</a> (until 1983)<br />MP for <a href="/wiki/Waveney_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Waveney (UK Parliament constituency)">Waveney</a> (from 1983)</span> </td> <td>14 September 1981 </td> <td>11 September 1984 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> </td></tr> <tr style="height:1em"> <th style="background-color:#0087DC"> </th> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Douglas_Hurd,_November_2007_cropped.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/Douglas_Hurd%2C_November_2007_cropped.jpg/75px-Douglas_Hurd%2C_November_2007_cropped.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="100" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/Douglas_Hurd%2C_November_2007_cropped.jpg/113px-Douglas_Hurd%2C_November_2007_cropped.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/Douglas_Hurd%2C_November_2007_cropped.jpg/150px-Douglas_Hurd%2C_November_2007_cropped.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="1333" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Douglas_Hurd" title="Douglas Hurd">Douglas Hurd</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">MP for <a href="/wiki/Witney_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Witney (UK Parliament constituency)">Witney</a></span> </td> <td>11 September 1984 </td> <td>3 September 1985 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> </td></tr> <tr style="height:1em"> <th style="background-color:#0087DC"> </th> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Official_portrait_of_Lord_King_of_Bridgwater_crop_2.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b9/Official_portrait_of_Lord_King_of_Bridgwater_crop_2.jpg/75px-Official_portrait_of_Lord_King_of_Bridgwater_crop_2.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="100" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b9/Official_portrait_of_Lord_King_of_Bridgwater_crop_2.jpg/113px-Official_portrait_of_Lord_King_of_Bridgwater_crop_2.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b9/Official_portrait_of_Lord_King_of_Bridgwater_crop_2.jpg/150px-Official_portrait_of_Lord_King_of_Bridgwater_crop_2.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1554" data-file-height="2072" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Tom_King,_Baron_King_of_Bridgwater" title="Tom King, Baron King of Bridgwater">Tom King</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">MP for <a href="/wiki/Bridgwater_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Bridgwater (UK Parliament constituency)">Bridgwater</a></span> </td> <td>3 September 1985 </td> <td>24 July 1989 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th rowspan="2" style="background-color:#0087DC"> </th> <td rowspan="2"><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 rowspan="2"><b><a href="/wiki/Peter_Brooke,_Baron_Brooke_of_Sutton_Mandeville" title="Peter Brooke, Baron Brooke of Sutton Mandeville">Peter Brooke</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">MP for <a href="/wiki/Cities_of_London_and_Westminster_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Cities of London and Westminster (UK Parliament constituency)">Cities of London <br />and Westminster South</a></span> </td> <td rowspan="2">24 July 1989 </td> <td rowspan="2">10 April 1992 </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2" style="background-color:#0087DC"> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/John_Major" title="John Major">John Major</a> </td></tr> <tr style="height:1em"> <th style="background-color:#0087DC"> </th> <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/Patrick_Mayhew" title="Patrick Mayhew">Patrick Mayhew</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">MP for <a href="/wiki/Tunbridge_Wells_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Tunbridge Wells (UK Parliament constituency)">Tunbridge Wells</a></span> </td> <td>10 April 1992 </td> <td>2 May 1997 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> </td></tr> <tr style="height:1em"> <th style="background-color:#E4003B"> </th> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Mo_Mowlam_official_portrait_2_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/Mo_Mowlam_official_portrait_2_%28cropped%29.jpg/74px-Mo_Mowlam_official_portrait_2_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="74" height="99" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/Mo_Mowlam_official_portrait_2_%28cropped%29.jpg/112px-Mo_Mowlam_official_portrait_2_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/Mo_Mowlam_official_portrait_2_%28cropped%29.jpg/149px-Mo_Mowlam_official_portrait_2_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="476" data-file-height="634" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Mo_Mowlam" title="Mo Mowlam">Mo Mowlam</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">MP for <a href="/wiki/Redcar_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Redcar (UK Parliament constituency)">Redcar</a></span> </td> <td>3 May 1997 </td> <td>11 October 1999 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> </td> <td rowspan="5" style="background-color:#E4003B"> </td> <td rowspan="5"><a href="/wiki/Tony_Blair" title="Tony Blair">Tony Blair</a> </td></tr> <tr style="height:1em"> <th style="background-color:#E4003B"> </th> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Peter_Mandelson,_December_2004.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Peter_Mandelson%2C_December_2004.jpg/74px-Peter_Mandelson%2C_December_2004.jpg" decoding="async" width="74" height="99" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Peter_Mandelson%2C_December_2004.jpg/112px-Peter_Mandelson%2C_December_2004.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Peter_Mandelson%2C_December_2004.jpg/148px-Peter_Mandelson%2C_December_2004.jpg 2x" data-file-width="713" data-file-height="950" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Peter_Mandelson" title="Peter Mandelson">Peter Mandelson</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">MP for <a href="/wiki/Hartlepool_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Hartlepool (UK Parliament constituency)">Hartlepool</a></span> </td> <td>11 October 1999 </td> <td>24 January 2001 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> </td></tr> <tr style="height:1em"> <th style="background-color:#E4003B"> </th> <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><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>25 January 2001 </td> <td>24 October 2002 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> </td></tr> <tr style="height:1em"> <th style="background-color:#E4003B"> </th> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Official_portrait_of_Lord_Murphy_of_Torfaen_2020_crop_2.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Official_portrait_of_Lord_Murphy_of_Torfaen_2020_crop_2.jpg/75px-Official_portrait_of_Lord_Murphy_of_Torfaen_2020_crop_2.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="100" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Official_portrait_of_Lord_Murphy_of_Torfaen_2020_crop_2.jpg/113px-Official_portrait_of_Lord_Murphy_of_Torfaen_2020_crop_2.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Official_portrait_of_Lord_Murphy_of_Torfaen_2020_crop_2.jpg/150px-Official_portrait_of_Lord_Murphy_of_Torfaen_2020_crop_2.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1500" data-file-height="2000" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Paul_Murphy,_Baron_Murphy_of_Torfaen" title="Paul Murphy, Baron Murphy of Torfaen">Paul Murphy</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">MP for <a href="/wiki/Torfaen_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Torfaen (UK Parliament constituency)">Torfaen</a></span> </td> <td>24 October 2002 </td> <td>6 May 2005 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> </td></tr> <tr style="height:1em"> <th style="background-color:#E4003B"> </th> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Peter_Hain_Ministerial_portrait_(3x4_crop).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/Peter_Hain_Ministerial_portrait_%283x4_crop%29.jpg/75px-Peter_Hain_Ministerial_portrait_%283x4_crop%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="100" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/Peter_Hain_Ministerial_portrait_%283x4_crop%29.jpg/112px-Peter_Hain_Ministerial_portrait_%283x4_crop%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/Peter_Hain_Ministerial_portrait_%283x4_crop%29.jpg/150px-Peter_Hain_Ministerial_portrait_%283x4_crop%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="219" data-file-height="292" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Peter_Hain" title="Peter Hain">Peter Hain</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">MP for <a href="/wiki/Neath_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Neath (UK Parliament constituency)">Neath</a></span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><i>(also <a href="/wiki/Welsh_Secretary" class="mw-redirect" title="Welsh Secretary">Welsh Secretary</a>)</i></span> </td> <td>6 May 2005 </td> <td>28 June 2007 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> </td></tr> <tr style="height:1em"> <th style="background-color:#E4003B"> </th> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Shaun_Woodward,_June_2009_cropped.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/69/Shaun_Woodward%2C_June_2009_cropped.jpg/75px-Shaun_Woodward%2C_June_2009_cropped.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="100" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/69/Shaun_Woodward%2C_June_2009_cropped.jpg/113px-Shaun_Woodward%2C_June_2009_cropped.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/69/Shaun_Woodward%2C_June_2009_cropped.jpg/150px-Shaun_Woodward%2C_June_2009_cropped.jpg 2x" data-file-width="401" data-file-height="536" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Shaun_Woodward" title="Shaun Woodward">Shaun Woodward</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">MP for <a href="/wiki/St_Helens_South_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="St Helens South (UK Parliament constituency)">St Helens South</a></span> </td> <td>28 June 2007 </td> <td>11 May 2010 </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/Gordon_Brown" title="Gordon Brown">Gordon Brown</a> </td></tr> <tr style="height:1em"> <th style="background-color:#0087DC"> </th> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Official_portrait_of_Rt_Hon_Owen_Paterson_MP_crop_2.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/66/Official_portrait_of_Rt_Hon_Owen_Paterson_MP_crop_2.jpg/75px-Official_portrait_of_Rt_Hon_Owen_Paterson_MP_crop_2.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="100" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/66/Official_portrait_of_Rt_Hon_Owen_Paterson_MP_crop_2.jpg/113px-Official_portrait_of_Rt_Hon_Owen_Paterson_MP_crop_2.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/66/Official_portrait_of_Rt_Hon_Owen_Paterson_MP_crop_2.jpg/150px-Official_portrait_of_Rt_Hon_Owen_Paterson_MP_crop_2.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1500" data-file-height="2000" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Owen_Paterson" title="Owen Paterson">Owen Paterson</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">MP for <a href="/wiki/North_Shropshire_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="North Shropshire (UK Parliament constituency)">North Shropshire</a></span> </td> <td>12 May 2010 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2012_British_cabinet_reshuffle" title="2012 British cabinet reshuffle">4 September 2012</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> </td> <td rowspan="3" style="background-color:#0087DC"> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/David_Cameron" title="David Cameron">David Cameron</a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(<a href="/wiki/Cameron%E2%80%93Clegg_coalition" title="Cameron–Clegg coalition">Coalition</a>)</span> </td></tr> <tr style="height:1em"> <th rowspan="2" style="background-color:#0087DC"> </th> <td rowspan="2"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Theresa_Villiers_Official_Portrait.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Theresa_Villiers_Official_Portrait.jpg/75px-Theresa_Villiers_Official_Portrait.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="100" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Theresa_Villiers_Official_Portrait.jpg/113px-Theresa_Villiers_Official_Portrait.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Theresa_Villiers_Official_Portrait.jpg/150px-Theresa_Villiers_Official_Portrait.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1500" data-file-height="2000" /></a></span> </td> <td rowspan="2"><b><a href="/wiki/Theresa_Villiers" title="Theresa Villiers">Theresa Villiers</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">MP for <a href="/wiki/Chipping_Barnet_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Chipping Barnet (UK Parliament constituency)">Chipping Barnet</a></span> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/2012_British_cabinet_reshuffle" title="2012 British cabinet reshuffle">4 September 2012</a> </td> <td rowspan="2">14 July 2016 </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/David_Cameron" title="David Cameron">David Cameron</a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(<a href="/wiki/Second_Cameron_ministry" title="Second Cameron ministry">II</a>)</span> </td></tr> <tr style="height:1em"> <th rowspan="2" style="background-color:#0087DC"> </th> <td rowspan="2"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Official_portrait_of_Rt_Hon_James_Brokenshire_MP_crop_2.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/35/Official_portrait_of_Rt_Hon_James_Brokenshire_MP_crop_2.jpg/75px-Official_portrait_of_Rt_Hon_James_Brokenshire_MP_crop_2.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="100" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/35/Official_portrait_of_Rt_Hon_James_Brokenshire_MP_crop_2.jpg/113px-Official_portrait_of_Rt_Hon_James_Brokenshire_MP_crop_2.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/35/Official_portrait_of_Rt_Hon_James_Brokenshire_MP_crop_2.jpg/150px-Official_portrait_of_Rt_Hon_James_Brokenshire_MP_crop_2.jpg 2x" 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href="/wiki/Second_May_ministry" title="Second May ministry">II</a>)</span> </td></tr> <tr style="height:1em"> <th style="background-color:#0087DC"> </th> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Official_portrait_of_Karen_Bradley_crop_2.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3a/Official_portrait_of_Karen_Bradley_crop_2.jpg/75px-Official_portrait_of_Karen_Bradley_crop_2.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="100" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3a/Official_portrait_of_Karen_Bradley_crop_2.jpg/113px-Official_portrait_of_Karen_Bradley_crop_2.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3a/Official_portrait_of_Karen_Bradley_crop_2.jpg/150px-Official_portrait_of_Karen_Bradley_crop_2.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1554" data-file-height="2072" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Karen_Bradley" title="Karen Bradley">Karen Bradley</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">MP for <a href="/wiki/Staffordshire_Moorlands_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Staffordshire Moorlands (UK Parliament constituency)">Staffordshire Moorlands</a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2018_British_cabinet_reshuffle" title="2018 British cabinet reshuffle">8 January 2018</a> </td> <td>24 July 2019 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> </td></tr> <tr style="height:1em"> <th rowspan="2" style="background-color:#0087DC"> </th> <td rowspan="2"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Official_portrait_of_Julian_Smith_crop_2.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7c/Official_portrait_of_Julian_Smith_crop_2.jpg/75px-Official_portrait_of_Julian_Smith_crop_2.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="100" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7c/Official_portrait_of_Julian_Smith_crop_2.jpg/113px-Official_portrait_of_Julian_Smith_crop_2.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7c/Official_portrait_of_Julian_Smith_crop_2.jpg/150px-Official_portrait_of_Julian_Smith_crop_2.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1554" data-file-height="2072" /></a></span> </td> <td rowspan="2"><b><a href="/wiki/Julian_Smith_(politician)" title="Julian Smith (politician)">Julian Smith</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"> MP for <a href="/wiki/Skipton_and_Ripon" class="mw-redirect" title="Skipton and Ripon">Skipton and Ripon</a></span> </td> <td rowspan="2">24 July 2019 </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/2020_British_cabinet_reshuffle" title="2020 British cabinet reshuffle">13 February 2020</a> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> </td> <td rowspan="4" style="background-color:#0087DC"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Boris_Johnson" title="Boris Johnson">Boris Johnson</a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(<a href="/wiki/First_Johnson_ministry" title="First Johnson ministry">I</a>)</span> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Boris_Johnson" title="Boris Johnson">Boris Johnson</a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(<a href="/wiki/Second_Johnson_ministry" title="Second Johnson ministry">II</a>)</span> </td></tr> <tr style="height:1em"> <th style="background-color:#0087DC"> </th> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Official_portrait_of_Rt_Hon_Brandon_Lewis_MP_crop_2.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ea/Official_portrait_of_Rt_Hon_Brandon_Lewis_MP_crop_2.jpg/75px-Official_portrait_of_Rt_Hon_Brandon_Lewis_MP_crop_2.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="100" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ea/Official_portrait_of_Rt_Hon_Brandon_Lewis_MP_crop_2.jpg/113px-Official_portrait_of_Rt_Hon_Brandon_Lewis_MP_crop_2.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ea/Official_portrait_of_Rt_Hon_Brandon_Lewis_MP_crop_2.jpg/150px-Official_portrait_of_Rt_Hon_Brandon_Lewis_MP_crop_2.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1500" data-file-height="2000" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Brandon_Lewis" title="Brandon Lewis">Brandon Lewis</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"> MP for <a href="/wiki/Great_Yarmouth_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Great Yarmouth (UK Parliament constituency)">Great Yarmouth</a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2020_British_cabinet_reshuffle" title="2020 British cabinet reshuffle">13 February 2020</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/July_2022_United_Kingdom_government_crisis#7_July" title="July 2022 United Kingdom government crisis">7 July 2022</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> </td></tr> <tr style="height:1em"> <th style="background-color:#0087DC"> </th> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Official_portrait_of_Mr_Shailesh_Vara_MP_crop_2.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/64/Official_portrait_of_Mr_Shailesh_Vara_MP_crop_2.jpg/75px-Official_portrait_of_Mr_Shailesh_Vara_MP_crop_2.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="100" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/64/Official_portrait_of_Mr_Shailesh_Vara_MP_crop_2.jpg/113px-Official_portrait_of_Mr_Shailesh_Vara_MP_crop_2.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/64/Official_portrait_of_Mr_Shailesh_Vara_MP_crop_2.jpg/150px-Official_portrait_of_Mr_Shailesh_Vara_MP_crop_2.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1500" data-file-height="2000" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Shailesh_Vara" title="Shailesh Vara">Shailesh Vara</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"> MP for <a href="/wiki/North_West_Cambridgeshire" class="mw-redirect" title="North West Cambridgeshire">North West Cambridgeshire</a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/July_2022_British_cabinet_reshuffle" title="July 2022 British cabinet reshuffle">7 July 2022</a> </td> <td>6 September 2022 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th rowspan="2" style="background-color:#0087DC"> </th> <td rowspan="2"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Official_portrait_of_Chris_Heaton-Harris_MP_crop_2.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/30/Official_portrait_of_Chris_Heaton-Harris_MP_crop_2.jpg/74px-Official_portrait_of_Chris_Heaton-Harris_MP_crop_2.jpg" decoding="async" width="74" height="99" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/30/Official_portrait_of_Chris_Heaton-Harris_MP_crop_2.jpg/112px-Official_portrait_of_Chris_Heaton-Harris_MP_crop_2.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/30/Official_portrait_of_Chris_Heaton-Harris_MP_crop_2.jpg/148px-Official_portrait_of_Chris_Heaton-Harris_MP_crop_2.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1500" data-file-height="2000" /></a></span> </td> <td rowspan="2"><b><a href="/wiki/Chris_Heaton-Harris" title="Chris Heaton-Harris">Chris Heaton-Harris</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">MP for <a href="/wiki/Daventry_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Daventry (UK Parliament constituency)">Daventry</a></span> </td> <td rowspan="2">6 September 2022 </td> <td rowspan="2">5 July 2024 </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/Liz_Truss" title="Liz Truss">Liz Truss</a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(<a href="/wiki/Truss_ministry" title="Truss ministry">I</a>)</span> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#0087DC"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Rishi_Sunak" title="Rishi Sunak">Rishi Sunak</a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(<a href="/wiki/Sunak_ministry" title="Sunak ministry">I</a>)</span> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="background-color:#E4003B"> </th> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Official_portrait_of_Rt_Hon_Hilary_Benn_MP_crop_2.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f8/Official_portrait_of_Rt_Hon_Hilary_Benn_MP_crop_2.jpg/74px-Official_portrait_of_Rt_Hon_Hilary_Benn_MP_crop_2.jpg" decoding="async" width="74" height="99" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f8/Official_portrait_of_Rt_Hon_Hilary_Benn_MP_crop_2.jpg/112px-Official_portrait_of_Rt_Hon_Hilary_Benn_MP_crop_2.jpg 1.5x, 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href="/wiki/First_Minister_of_Northern_Ireland" class="mw-redirect" title="First Minister of Northern Ireland">First Minister of Northern Ireland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Great_Seal_of_Northern_Ireland" title="Great Seal of Northern Ireland">Great Seal of Northern Ireland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shadow_Secretary_of_State_for_Northern_Ireland" title="Shadow Secretary of State for Northern Ireland">Shadow Secretary of State for Northern Ireland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Secretary_of_State_(United_Kingdom)" title="Secretary of State (United Kingdom)">Secretary of State (United Kingdom)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Secretary_of_State_for_Scotland" title="Secretary of State for Scotland">Secretary of State for Scotland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Secretary_of_State_for_Wales" title="Secretary of State for Wales">Secretary of State for Wales</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chief_Secretary_for_Ireland" title="Chief Secretary for Ireland">Chief Secretary for Ireland</a>, office that 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Bridgwater">King</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peter_Brooke,_Baron_Brooke_of_Sutton_Mandeville" title="Peter Brooke, Baron Brooke of Sutton Mandeville">Brooke</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Patrick_Mayhew" title="Patrick Mayhew">Mayhew</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mo_Mowlam" title="Mo Mowlam">Mowlam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peter_Mandelson" title="Peter Mandelson">Mandelson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Reid,_Baron_Reid_of_Cardowan" title="John Reid, Baron Reid of Cardowan">Reid</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paul_Murphy,_Baron_Murphy_of_Torfaen" title="Paul Murphy, Baron Murphy of Torfaen">Murphy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peter_Hain" title="Peter Hain">Hain</a><sup>*</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shaun_Woodward" title="Shaun Woodward">Woodward</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Owen_Paterson" title="Owen Paterson">Paterson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Theresa_Villiers" title="Theresa Villiers">Villiers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Brokenshire" title="James 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