Cabinet Members and other high officials are members of the Privy Council of the Queen for life and thereafter styled (The) Rt. Hon. For the rest of the government see United Kingdoms Ministers

1929-31 Minister of Employment Rt. Hon. Margaret Bondsfield
She was Chairperson of the Trade Union Conference 1923, MP 1923-31. 1924 Junior Minister of Labour. She lived (1873-1953)

1945-47(†) Minister of Education Rt. Hon. Ellen Cicely Wilkinson
Junior Minister of Pensions 1940 and 1940-45 Junior Minister of Home Security, Chairperson of Labour 1945. She lived (1891-1947)

1953-54 Minister of Education Rt. Hon. Florence Horsburgh
Junior Minister of Food 1939 and 1945, 1940-45 Junior Minister of Health and 1951-54 Minister of Education outside the cabinet. 

1964-65 Minister of Overseas Development Rt. Hon. Barbara Castle
1965-68 Minister of Transport
1968-70 First Secretary of State, Secretary of State for Employment and Productivity
1974-76 Secretary of State of Social Security and Health
The third ranking Minister in the Cabinet 1968-70. Vice-Chairperson 1957-58 and Chairperson of Labour 1958-59 and 1961 Leadership Candidate, Vice-President of the Socialist Group of the European Parliament 1985-89, Created Baroness Castle of Blackburn in 1989 and remained a very active member of the House of Lords until her death. She lived (1910-2002).

1969-70  and 1977-79 Minister of Overseas Development Rt. Hon. Judith Hart
She was Junior Minister of the Scottish Office 1964-66, 1966-67 Foreign Office Minister, 1967-67 Minister of Social Affairs, 1968-69 Paymaster General, 1974-75 Minister of Overseas Development (Outside the Cabinet). She was Chairperson of Labour 1981-82 (Dame), Sometime Vice-President of the General Assembly of The UN, 1987 created Baroness Hart of South Lanark. She lived (1924-91)

1970-74 Secretary of State of Education Margaret Thatcher
1975-79 Leader of Her Majesty's Opposition (The Rt. Hon.)
1979-90 Prime Minister, First Lord of the Treasury and Minister of the Civil Service (5.5.79-28.11.90)
MP 1959-90, 1961-64 Junior Minister of Pensions and National Insurance  1974 Shadow Minister of Environment and Housing, 1974-75, Shadow Special Minister of Finance and Public Expenditure, 1975-90 Leader of The Conservative Party,1990 Created Baroness Thatcher of Kestaven. (b. 1925-)

1974-76 Secretary of State of Prize and Consumer’s Affairs Rt. Hon. Shirley Williams
1976-79 Paymaster General and Secretary of State of Education (In Cabinet)
She was Junior Minister of Labour 1966-67, Junior Minister of Technology 1967-68 and 1969-70 Home Office Minister, Shadow Home Secretary 1971-73, Labour Leadership-Candidate 1976, 1982-87 President of Social Democratic Party and afterwards a leading member of the Liberal Democrats after the merger of SDP with the Liberal Party, 1993 created Baroness Williams of Crosby. (b. 1930- )

1981-83 Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal and  Leader of The House of Lords Rt. Hon The Baroness Young of Farnworth
Baroness-in-Waiting (Whip) 1972-73, Vice-Chairperson of the Conservative Party 1973-83 and 1973-74 Junior Minister of Environment, 1978-79 Baroness-in-Waiting, 1979-81 Education and Science Minister, 1981 Minister in Charge of the Civil Service, 1981-83 Minister in Management and Personnel Office, 1981-82 Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and 1983-87 Foreign Office Minister. From 1987 Director in WestMinister’s National Bank, 1992 Deputy Lord Lieutenant of Oxfordshire. Janet Young was created a Baroness in 1971. She lived (1926-2002)

1992-95 Secretary of State of Health Rt. Hon. Virgina Bottomley
1995-97 Secretary of State of National Heritage (Cultural Affairs)  
She was Conservative MP 1984-2005, Junior Minister of Environment 1985-86,  Minister of Overseas Development 1986-87, Foreign Office Minister 1987-88 and 1988 Junior Minister of Foreign and Commonwealth Office, 1988-89 Environment Minister, 1989-92 Health Minister. She had posts in the Conservative Shadow Cabinets 1997-99. Created Baroness Bottomley of Surrey South in 2005. (b.1948-).

1992-93 Secretary of State of Employment Rt. Hon. Gillian Shepard
1993-94 Secretary of Agriculture, Fisheries and Foods
1994-97 Secretary of State of Education
1995-97 Secretary of State of Employment
Economic Secretary to the Treasury 1988-89, Junior Minister of Social Security 1989-90, Treasury Minister 1990-92 and member of the Conservative Shadow Cabinet 1997-99. Created Baroness Shephard of South West Norfolk in 2005. (b. 1940-).

1994 Acting Leader of Her Majesty's Opposition The Rt. Hon Margaret Beckett
1997-98 President of the Board of Trade and Secretary of State for Trade and Industry
1998-2001 President of the Council and Leader of The House of Commons, Deputy Government Spokesperson and Minister in charge of the Millennium Bug
2001-06 Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 
2006-07 Secretary of State of Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
2008-09 Minister of State for Housing in Department for Communities and Local Government (Attending Cabinet)
She was Assistant Government Whip 1975-76 and 1976-79 Junior Minister of Education, Deputy Leader of Labour 1992-94, Acting leader after the death of John Smith, and she was a candidate for both the Leadership and the Deputy Leadership of Labour. She had various Posts in the Labour Shadow Cabinets 1989-97. Candidate for the post of Speaker of the House of Commons in 2009 and considered the favourite but withdrew from the contest after finishing third in the two first rounds of voting. (b. 1943-)

1997-99 Secretary of State for Northern Ireland Rt. Hon. Dr. Mo Mowlan
1999-2001 Minister in the Cabinet Office and Chancellor of the Duchy of Lanchester
As Minister in the Cabinet Office she is "Cabinet Enforcer" and Coordinator of the government policies. She lived (1949-2005 )

1997-98 President of the Council and Leader of The House of Commons Rt. Hon. Ann Taylor
1998-2001 The Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury (Chief Whip)  
Labour MP 1974-2005, Assistant Government Whip 1977-79 and had a number of Shadow Cabinet posts, As Leader of the House of Commons her full title was Lord President of Her Majesty The Queen’s Privy Council. Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State of Defence (Minister for Defence Equipment and Support) from 2007. She was created Baroness Taylor of Bolton in 2005. (b. 1947-)

1997-2003 Secretary of State for of International Development Rt. Hon. Claire Short
Vice-Chairperson of Labour 1996-97. (b. 193?-)

1997-98 Secretary of State for Social Security and Minister for Women Rt. Hon. Harriet Harman
2007-10 Leader of the House of Commons and Lord Privy Seal, ecretary of State for Equalities, Minister for Women and Labour Party Chairperson
2010- Leader of the Opposition and the Acting Leader of the Labour Party
Held a number of Shadow Ministry posts before 1997, Solicitor General 2001-05, Constitutional Affairs Minister 2005-07 and Minister of State of Justice in 2007. Deputy Leader of Labour from 2007 (b. 1950- )

1998-2001 Lord Privy Seal and Leader of the House of Lords and Minister of Women The Rt. Hon. Baroness Jay of Paddington
National Health Service Minister 1997-98. Margaret Jay was created a Baroness in 1992. She is daughter of former Prime Minister James Callaghan now Baron Callaghan of Cardiff (1912- ) Married secondly to Professor M.W. Adler. (b. 1939-)

1999 Transport Minister Rt. Hon. Helen Liddell
2001-03 Secretary of State of Scotland
Scottish Labour Party Secretary General 1977-88 and 1997-98 Economic Secretary to the Treasury, 1998-99 Deputy Scottish Secretary and Minister of Education and Industry in Scotland and 1999-2001 Minister for Energy and Competitiveness in Europe (b. 1950-)

2001-02 Secretary of State of Education and Skills Rt. Hon. Estelle Morris
Labour MP 1992-2005, Opposition Whip 1994-95, Schools Minister 1997-98 and Minister of School Standards 1998-2001 and Arts Minister 2003-05. Created Baroness Morris of Birmingham Yardley in 2005. (b. 1960-).(b. 1960-)

2001-07 Secretary of State of Culture, Media and Sport Rt. Hon. Tessa Jowell
2007-10 Minister for the Olympics (Attending cabinet when her Ministerial responsibilities are on the agenda)
2009-10 Minister for the Cabinet Office (in the Cabinet)
Labour Whip 1994-95, Public Health Minister 1997-99, Minister of State of Women’s Affairs 1998-2001 and  Minister for the New Deal 1999-2001. Minister for the Olympics since 2005 and Minister for Women 2005-06 and and Minister of State of London and South East 2007-09 (b. 1947-)

2001-05 Secretary of State of Trade and Industry and Minister for Women Rt. Hon. Patricia Hewitt
2005-07 Secretary of State of Health
Economic Secretary to the Treasury 1998-99, and 1999-2001 Trade Minister (b. 1949-)

2001-06 The Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury (Chief Whip) The Rt. Hon. Hilary Armstrong
2006-07 Minister for the Cabinet Office and Social Exclusion and Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
Housing and Local Government Minister 1997-2001. (b. 1946-)

2003 Secretary of State of International Development The Rt Hon Baroness Amos of Brondesbury
2003-07 Leader of the House of Lords and Lord President of the Council
Baroness-in-Waiting (Whip) and Spokesperson on International Development  and Social Security, and Spokesperson on Women's Issues in the Lords 1998-2001, Junior Foreign Minister. 2001-03. Valerie Amos was created a Baroness Amos of Brondesbury, in the London Borough of Brent in 1997 as the first black woman. She was the first female and second black person in the Cabinet. (b. 1954-).
 
2004-06 Secretary of State of Education and Skills Rt. Hon. Ruth Kelly
2006-07 Secretary of State of Communities and Local Government and Minister for Women
2007-08 Secretary of State for Transport
She was previously the Parliamentary Private Secretary to Nick Brown at the Ministry for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (since 1998). She was a member of the Treasury Select Committee between 1997 and 1998. 2001-02 Economic Secretary, 2002-04 Financial Secretary and in 2004 Minister for the Cabinet Office.

2006-07 Chief Whip and Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury Rt. Hon Jacqui Smith
2007-09 Secretary of State for the Home Department
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Education and Employment for Lifelong Learning 1999-2001, Minister of State of Health 2001-03, Minister of state for Trade and Industry and Deputy Minister for Women 2003-05 and Minister of State of Education and Skills (Schools) (Deputy to the Secretary of State) 2005-06. (b. 1962-).

2006-07 Minister without Portfolio and Chairperson of the Labour Party Rt. Hon. Hazel Blears
2007-09 Secretary of State of Communities and Local Government
Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Minister of State of Health 1997-98 and to the Chief Secretary to Her Majesty's Treasury 1998-99. Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State of Health 2001-03, Minister of State of the Home Office 2003-06 and Deputy Home Secretary 2005-06. Candidate for the post of Deputy Leader of Labour in 2007. (b. 1956-).

2007-08 Leader of the House of Lords and Lord President of the Council Rt. Hon the Baroness Ashton of Upholland
2009- EU Commissioner
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State of  Education and Skills 2001-04, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of Constitutional Affairs 2004-06 and Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 2006-07. Catherine Ashton was appointed Baroness Ashton of Upholland, of St Albans in Hertfordshire in 1999. (b. 1956-).

2007-10 Attorney General (Attending Cabinet) Rt. Hon. the Baroness Scotland of Asthal
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State of Foreign and Commonwealth Office 1999-2001, Parliamentary Secretary in the Lord Chancellor's Department 2001-03, Minister of State of the Home Office 2003-07.

2007-10 Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Prime Minister (Attending Cabinet) Angela Smith
Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Minister of State of the Home Office 1999-2001 and to the Secretary of State of the same department 2000-01, Assistant Government Whip 2001-02, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of the Northern Ireland Office 2002-06, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State of Communities and Local Government 2006-07. (b. 1959-).

2007-09 Minister for Children and Youth Justice and Minister for the North West The Rt. Hon Beverley Hughes (Attending cabinet when her Ministerial responsibilities are on the agenda)
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Environment, Transport and The Regions 2001-02, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State of the Home Office, Minister of State of the Home Office 2002-04 and Minister of State of Education and Skills 2005-07.

2007-08 Minister for Housing (Attending the Cabinet) Rt. Hon. Yvette Cooper
2008-09 Chief Secretary to the Treasury
2009-10 Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State of Health 1999-2002, Parliamentary Secretary in the Lord Chancellor's Office 2002-03, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State of the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister 2003-05, Minister of State of Housing 2005-06, Minister of State of Communities and Local Government 2006-07

2008-08 Minister for Housing (Attending Cabinet) Rt. Hon. Caroline Flint
2008-09 Minister of State for Europe in the Foreign And Commonwealth Office (Attending cabinet when her Ministerial responsibilities are on the agenda)
MP from 1997, Parliamentary Private Secretary to John Reid 2002-03 and prior to that to the the Minister for Europe (Peter Haine), Parliamentary Under-Secretary of the Home Office for Reducing Organised and International Crime, Anti Drugs Co-ordination and International and European Issues 2003-05, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State of Health 2005-07 and Minister of State for Works and Pensions and Minister for Yorkshire and the Humber 2007-08. (b. 1961-).

2008-10 Leader of the House of Lords The Baroness Royall of Blaisdon
2008-09 Lord President of the Council
2009-10 Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
2010- Leader of Her Majesty's Official Opposition in the House of Lords
Baroness-in-Waiting 2005-08, Government Spokesperson in the Lords for Health, for International Development and for Foreign and Commonwealth Office 2007-08, Captain of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen at Arms (Chief Whip in the House of Lords) in 2008. Janet Royall was created Baroness Royall of Blaisdon, of Blaisdon in the County of Gloucestershire  in 2004. (b. 1955-).

2009-10 Minister of State for Children in Department for Children, Schools and Families (Attending Cabinet when her Ministerial responsibilities are on the agenda) Dawn Primarolo
Financial Secretary to the Treasury 1997-99, Paymaster General 1999-07 and Minister of State of Health (Deputy to the Secretary of State) 2007-09. (b. 1954-).

2009-10 Minister of State for Regional Economic Development and Co-ordination in the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (Attending Cabinet when her Ministerial responsibilities are on the agenda) Rosie Winterton
Labour MP from 1997, Parliamentary Secretary in the Lord Chancellor's Department 2001-03, Minister of State of Health 2003-07, Minister of State of Transport 2007-08, Minister for Yorkshire and the Humber 2008-09 and Minister of State for Works and Pensions 2008-09. (b. 1958-).

2010- Secretary of State for the Home Department and Minister for Women and Equality Theresa May
Conservative MP from 1997 and Chairperson of the Conservative Party 2002-03 and held a number of other Shadow Cabinet posts since 1999. (b. 1956-).

2010- Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Caroline Spelman
Conservative MP from 1997, Chairperson of the Conservative Party 2007-09 and held a number of other shadow ministry posts. (b. 1958-).

2010- Secretary of State of Wales Cheryl Gillian
Conservative MP from 1992, Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Leader of the House of Lords and Lord Privy Seal 1994-95, Minister of State of Education and Employment 1995-97, Shadow Junior Minister 1997-2001, Opposition Whip in the House of Commons 2001-03, Shadow Home Minister 2003-05 and Shadow Secretary of State for Wales from 2005. (b. 1952-).

Last update 10.06.10