Conservative Government 1979-1997

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Members of the Cabinet are in bold face.

Office Name Dates Notes
Prime Minister
First Lord of the Treasury
Minister for the Civil Service
Margaret Thatcher 4 May 197928 November 1990  
John Major 28 November 19901 May 1997  
Minister of State, Civil Service Department Paul Channon 7 May 19795 January 1981  
Barney Hayhoe 5 January 198112 November 1981  
Lord Chancellor The Lord Hailsham of St Marylebone 5 May 1979  
The Lord Havers 13 June 1987  
The Lord Mackay of Clashfern 26 October 1987  
Lord President of the Council The Lord Soames 5 May 1979  
Francis Pym 14 September 1981  
John Biffen 5 April 1982  
The Viscount Whitelaw 11 June 1983  
John Wakeham 10 January 1988  
Sir Geoffrey Howe 24 July 1989  
John MacGregor 2 November 1990  
Tony Newton 10 April 1992  
Minister of State for the Privy Council Office The Earl of Gowrie 11 June 198311 September 1984  
Richard Luce 2 September 198524 July 1990  
David Mellor 24 July 199028 November 1990  
Lord Privy Seal Sir Ian Gilmour 5 May 1979  
Humphrey Atkins 14 September 1981  
The Baroness Young 6 April 1982  
John Biffen 11 June 1983  
John Wakeham 13 June 1987  
The Lord Belstead 10 January 1988  
The Lord Waddington 28 November 1990  
The Lord Wakeham 11 April 1992  
Viscount Cranborne 1994  
Chancellor of the Exchequer Sir Geoffrey Howe 5 May 1979  
Nigel Lawson 11 June 1983  
John Major 26 October 1989  
Norman Lamont 28 November 1990  
Kenneth Clarke 27 May 1993  
Chief Secretary to the Treasury John Biffen 5 May 1979  
Leon Brittan 5 January 1981  
Peter Rees 11 June 1983  
John MacGregor 2 September 1985  
John Major 13 June 1987  
Norman Lamont 24 July 1989  
David Mellor 28 November 1990  
Michael Portillo 10 April 1992  
Jonathan Aitken 20 July 1994  
The Hon. William Waldegrave 5 July 1995  
Minister of State, Treasury Peter Rees 6 May 197914 September 1981  
Francis Cockfield 6 May 19796 April 1982  
Jock Bruce-Gardyne 15 September 198111 November 1981  
Barney Hayhoe 11 November 19812 September 1985  
John Wakeham 6 April 198213 June 1983  
Ian Gow 2 September 198519 November 1985  
Peter Brooke 19 November 198513 June 1987  
Gillian Shephard 28 November 199011 April 1992  
Sir John Cope 14 April 199220 July 1994 also Paymaster-General
Anthony Nelson 20 July 19946 July 1995  
David Heathcoat-Amory 20 July 199420 July 1996 also Paymaster-General
Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury Michael Jopling 5 May 1979 
John Wakeham 11 June 1983  
David Waddington 13 June 1987  
Timothy Renton 28 October 1989 
Richard Ryder 28 November 1990 
Alastair Goodlad 5 July 1995  
Financial Secretary to the Treasury Nigel Lawson 6 May 1979  
Nicholas Ridley 30 September 1981  
John Moore 18 October 1983  
Norman Lamont 21 May 1986  
Peter Lilley 24 July 1989  
Francis Maude 14 July 1990  
Stephen Dorrell 14 April 1992  
Sir George Young, Bt 20 July 1994  
Michael Jack 5 July 1995  
Lords of the Treasury John MacGregor 7 May 19795 January 1981  
Peter Morrison 7 May 19795 January 1981  
The Lord James Douglas-Hamilton 7 May 19791 October 1981  
Carol Mather 7 May 19791 October 1981  
David Waddington 16 May 19795 January 1981  
John Wakeham 9 January 198115 September 1981  
The Hon. Robert Boscawen 9 January 198117 February 1983  
John Cope 9 January 198113 June 1983  
Tony Newton 1 October 19815 March 1982  
John Gummer 1 October 19816 January 1983  
Peter Brooke 1 October 198113 June 1983  
Alastair Goodlad 16 February 198210 September 1984  
Donald Thompson 14 January 198310 September 1986  
David Hunt 23 February 198310 September 1984  
Ian Lang 11 June 19831 February 1986  
Tristan Garel-Jones 11 June 198316 October 1986  
John Major 3 October 19841 November 1985  
The Hon. Archie Hamilton 3 October 198410 September 1986  
Tim Sainsbury 7 October 198523 June 1987  
Michael Neubert 10 February 198626 July 1988  
Peter Lloyd 16 October 198624 July 1988  
The Hon. Mark Lennox-Boyd 16 October 198625 July 1988  
Tony Durant 16 October 198619 December 1988  
David Lightbown 26 July 198724 July 1990  
Alan Howarth 27 July 198824 July 1989  
David Maclean 27 July 198824 July 1989  
Kenneth Carlisle 27 July 198822 July 1990  
Stephen Dorrell 20 December 19883 May 1990  
David Heathcoat-Amory 26 July 198928 October 1989  
John Taylor 26 July 198929 November 1990  
The Hon. Tom Sackville 30 October 198914 April 1992  
Michael Fallon 10 May 199022 July 1990  
Sydney Chapman 25 July 199014 April 1992  
Greg Knight 25 July 199027 May 1993  
Irvine Patnick 25 July 199020 July 1994  
Nicholas Baker 3 December 199020 July 1994  
Tim Wood 14 April 19925 July 1995  
Tim Boswell 14 April 199211 December 1992  
Timothy Kirkhope 11 December 19925 July 1995  
Andrew MacKay 27 May 199317 October 1995  
Derek Conway 20 July 199423 July 1996  
Andrew Mitchell 20 July 19945 July 1995  
Bowen Wells 5 July 19951 May 1997  
Simon Burns 5 July 199523 July 1996  
David Willetts 5 July 199528 November 1995  
Michael Bates 17 October 199511 December 1996  
Liam Fox 28 November 199523 July 1996  
Patrick McLoughlin 23 July 19961 May 1997  
Roger Knapman 23 July 19961 May 1997  
Richard Ottaway 23 July 19961 May 1997  
Gyles Brandreth 11 December 19961 May 1997  
Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs The Lord Carrington 5 May 1979  
Francis Pym 5 April 1982  
Sir Geoffrey Howe 11 June 1983  
John Major 14 June 1989  
Douglas Hurd 26 October 1989  
Malcolm Rifkind 5 July 1995  
Minister of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs Peter Blaker 5 May 197929 May 1981  
Nicholas Ridley 6 May 197929 September 1981  
Douglas Hurd 6 May 197911 June 1983  
Richard Luce 30 September 19815 April 1982  
Cranley Onslow 5 April 198213 June 1983  
The Lord Belstead 5 April 198213 June 1983  
Timothy Raison 6 January 198310 September 1986 also Minister of Overseas Development
Richard Luce 11 June 19832 September 1985  
Malcolm Rifkind 13 June 198311 January 1986  
The Baroness Young 13 June 198313 June 1987  
Tim Renton 2 September 198513 June 1987  
Lynda Chalker 11 January 19861 May 1997 also Minister of Overseas Development from 24 July 1989; created Baroness Chalker of Wallasey 24 April 1992
Chris Patten 10 September 198624 July 1989 also Minister of Overseas Development
David Mellor 13 June 198726 July 1988  
The Lord Glenarthur 13 June 198724 July 1989  
The Hon. William Waldegrave 26 July 19882 November 1990  
Francis Maude 24 July 198914 July 1990  
The Lord Brabazon of Tara 24 July 198924 July 1990  
The Earl of Caithness 14 July 199015 April 1992  
Tristan Garel-Jones 14 July 199027 May 1993  
The Hon. Douglas Hogg 2 November 19905 July 1995  
Alastair Goodlad 15 April 19925 July 1995  
David Heathcoat-Amory 27 May 199320 July 1994  
David Davis 20 July 19941 May 1997  
Jeremy Hanley 5 July 19951 May 1997  
Sir Nicholas Bonsor, Bt 5 July 19951 May 1997  
Under-Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs Richard Luce 6 May 1979  
The Lord Trefgarne 14 September 1981  
Malcolm Rifkind 6 April 1982  
Ray Whitney 13 June 1983  
Tim Renton 11 September 1984  
Timothy Eggar 2 September 1985  
Tim Sainsbury 24 July 1989  
The Hon. Mark Lennox-Boyd 24 July 1990  
vacant 20 July 1994  
Liam Fox 23 July 1996  
Minister for Overseas Development Timothy Raison 6 January 1983  
Chris Patten 10 September 1986 also Minister of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
Lynda Chalker 24 July 1989 also Minister of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs; created Baroness Chalker of Wallasey 24 April 1992
Secretary of State for the Home Department William Whitelaw 5 May 1979  
Leon Brittan 11 June 1983  
Douglas Hurd 2 September 1985  
David Waddington 26 October 1989  
Kenneth Baker 28 November 1990  
Kenneth Clarke 11 April 1992  
Michael Howard 27 May 1993  
Minister of State for Home Affairs Leon Brittan 6 May 19795 January 1981  
Timothy Raison 6 May 19796 January 1983  
Patrick Mayhew 5 January 198113 June 1983  
David Waddington 6 January 198313 June 1987  
The Lord Elton 11 September 198425 March 1985  
Giles Shaw 11 September 198410 September 1986  
David Mellor 10 September 198613 June 1987  
The Earl of Caithness 10 September 198610 January 1988  
John Patten 13 June 198714 April 1992  
The Earl Ferrers 10 January 198820 July 1994  
David Mellor 27 October 198922 June 1990  
Angela Rumbold 23 July 199014 April 1992  
Michael Jack 14 April 199227 May 1993  
Peter Lloyd 14 April 199220 July 1994  
David Maclean 27 May 19931 May 1997  
Michael Forsyth 20 July 19945 July 1995  
The Baroness Blatch 20 July 19941 May 1997  
Ann Widdecombe 5 July 19951 May 1997  
Under-Secretary of State for Home Affairs The Lord Belstead 7 May 19796 April 1982  
The Lord Elton 6 April 198211 September 1984  
David Mellor 6 January 198310 September 1986  
The Lord Glenarthur 27 March 198410 September 1986  
The Hon. Douglas Hogg 10 September 198626 July 1989  
Peter Lloyd 25 July 198915 April 1992  
Charles Wardle 15 April 199220 July 1994  
Nicholas Baker 20 July 199417 October 1995  
Timothy Kirkhope 17 October 19951 May 1997  
The Hon. Tom Sackville 28 November 19951 May 1997  
Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Peter Walker 5 May 1979  
Michael Jopling 11 June 1983  
John MacGregor 13 June 1987  
John Gummer 24 July 1989  
Gillian Shephard 24 May 1993  
The Hon. William Waldegrave 20 July 1994  
The Hon. Douglas Hogg 5 July 1995  
Minister of State for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food The Earl Ferrers 7 May 197913 June 1983  
Alick Buchanan-Smith 7 May 197913 June 1983  
John MacGregor 13 June 19832 September 1985  
The Lord Belstead 13 June 198313 June 1987  
John Gummer 2 September 198526 July 1988  
The Baroness Trumpington 28 September 198914 April 1992  
David Curry 14 April 199227 May 1993  
Michael Jack 27 May 19935 July 1995  
Tony Baldry 5 July 19951 May 1997  
Under-Secretary of State for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Jerry Wiggin 7 May 197929 September 1981  
Peggy Fenner 14 September 198110 September 1986  
Donald Thompson 10 September 198625 September 1987  
The Baroness Trumpington 13 June 198728 September 1989  
Richard Ryder 25 July 198814 July 1989  
David Curry 26 July 198914 April 1992  
David Maclean 26 July 198914 April 1992  
The Hon. Nicholas Soames 14 April 199220 July 1994  
The Earl Howe 14 April 19925 July 1995  
Angela Browning 20 July 19941 May 1997  
Tim Boswell 5 July 19951 May 1997  
Minister for the Arts Norman St John-Stevas 5 May 1979  
Paul Channon 5 January 1981  
The Earl of Gowrie 13 June 1983  
Richard Luce 2 September 1985  
David Mellor 26 July 1990  
Tim Renton 28 November 1990 Functions transferred on 11 April 1992 to Department of National Heritage
Secretary of State for Defence Francis Pym 5 May 1979  
John Nott 5 January 1981  
Michael Heseltine 8 January 1983  
The Hon. George Younger 9 January 1986  
Tom King 24 July 1989  
Malcolm Rifkind 15 April 1992  
Michael Portillo 5 July 1995  
Minister of State for Defence The Lord Strathcona 6 May 19795 January 1981  
The Viscount Trenchard 5 January 198129 May 1981 Office abolished 29 May 1981; Trenchard appointed Minister of State for Defence Procurement
Minister of State for the Armed Forces Peter Blaker 29 May 1981  
John Stanley 13 June 1983  
Ian Stewart 13 June 1987  
The Hon. Archie Hamilton 25 July 1988  
Jeremy Hanley 27 May 1993  
The Hon. Nicholas Soames 20 July 1994  
Minister of State for Defence Procurement The Viscount Trenchard 29 May 1981  
Geoffrey Pattie 6 January 1983  
Adam Butler 11 September 1984  
Norman Lamont 2 September 1985  
The Lord Trefgarne 21 May 1986  
Alan Clark 24 July 1989  
Jonathan Aitken 14 April 1992  
Roger Freeman 20 July 1994  
James Arbuthnot 6 July 1995  
Minister of State for Defence Support The Lord Trefgarne 2 September 198521 May 1986  
Under-Secretary of State for the Army Barney Hayhoe 6 May 19795 January 1981  
Philip Goodhart 5 January 198119 May 1981 Office abolished 29 May 1981; Goodhart appointed Under-Secretary of State for the Armed Forces
Under-Secretary of State for the Navy Keith Speed 6 May 197918 May 1981 Office abolished 29 May 1981
Under-Secretary of State for the Air Force Geoffrey Pattie 6 May 197929 May 1981 Office abolished 29 May 1981; Pattie appointed Under-Secretary of State for Defence Procurement
Under-Secretary of State for the Armed Forces Philip Goodhart 29 May 198130 September 1981
Jerry Wiggin 15 September 198111 June 1983  
The Lord Trefgarne 13 June 19831 September 1985  
Roger Freeman 21 May 198615 December 1988  
Michael Neubert 19 December 198823 July 1990  
Under-Secretary of State for Defence Procurement Geoffrey Pattie 29 May 19816 January 1983  
Ian Stewart 6 January 198318 October 1983  
John Lee 18 October 198310 September 1986  
The Hon. Archie Hamilton 10 September 198613 June 1987  
Tim Sainsbury 13 June 198725 July 1989  
The Earl of Arran 25 July 198926 July 1990  
Kenneth Carlisle 26 July 199028 November 1990  
Under-Secretary of State for Defence Kenneth Carlisle 28 November 199015 April 1992  
The Earl of Arran 28 November 199015 April 1992  
Viscount Cranborne 22 April 199220 July 1994  
The Lord Henley 20 July 19946 July 1995  
The Earl Howe 6 July 19952 May 1997  
Secretary of State for Education and Science Mark Carlisle 5 May 1979  
Sir Keith Joseph 14 September 1981  
Kenneth Baker 21 May 1986  
John MacGregor 24 July 1989  
Kenneth Clarke 2 November 1990 Reorganised as Office of Education 10 April 1992
Secretary of State for Education John Patten 10 April 1992  
Gillian Shephard 20 July 1994 Secretary of State for Education and Employment after 5 July 1995
Minister of State, Education and Science The Baroness Young 7 May 197914 September 1981  
Paul Channon 5 January 198113 June 1983  
Chris Patten 5 September 198510 September 1986  
Angela Rumbold 10 September 198624 July 1990  
Tim Eggar 24 July 199014 April 1992  
Minister of State, Education The Baroness Blatch 14 April 199220 July 1994  
Eric Forth 20 July 19942 May 1997 Minister of State, Education and Employment after 5 July 1995
Minister of State, Education and Employment The Lord Henley 6 July 19952 May 1997  
Under-Secretary of State, Education and Science Rhodes Boyson 7 May 197913 June 1983  
Neil Macfarlane 7 May 197915 September 1981  
William Shelton 15 September 198113 June 1983  
The Hon. William Waldegrave 15 September 198113 June 1983  
Peter Brooke 13 June 198319 November 1985  
Bob Dunn 13 June 198326 July 1988  
George Walden 19 November 198513 June 1987  
The Baroness Hooper 13 June 198726 July 1988  
Robert Jackson 13 June 198724 July 1990  
John Butcher 26 July 198824 July 1989  
Alan Howarth 24 July 198914 April 1992  
Michael Fallon 24 July 199014 April 1992  
Robert Atkins 28 November 199014 April 1992 Under-Secretary of State, Sport
Under-Secretary of State, Education Eric Forth 14 April 199220 July 1994  
Nigel Forman 14 April 199211 December 1992  
Tim Boswell 19 December 19926 July 1995  
Robin Squire 27 May 19932 May 1997 Under-Secretary of State, Education and Employment after 5 July 1995
Under-Secretary of State, Education and Employment James Paice 7 July 19952 May 1997  
Cheryl Gillan 6 July 19952 May 1997  
Secretary of State for Employment James Prior 5 May 1979  
Norman Tebbit 14 September 1981  
Tom King 16 October 1983  
The Lord Young of Graffham 2 September 1985  
Norman Fowler 13 June 1987  
Michael Howard 3 January 1990  
Gillian Shephard 12 April 1992  
David Hunt 27 May 1993  
Michael Portillo 20 July 1994 Merged with the Office of Education 5 July 1995
Minister of State, Employment The Earl of Gowrie 7 May 197915 September 1981  
Michael Alison 15 September 198113 June 1983  
Peter Morrison 13 June 19832 September 1985  
John Gummer 18 October 198511 September 1984  
Kenneth Clarke 2 September 198513 June 1987 Also Paymaster-General
John Cope 13 June 198725 July 1989  
Tim Eggar 25 July 198923 July 1990  
Michael Forsyth 14 April 199220 July 1994  
Ann Widdecombe 20 July 19955 July 1995  
Under-Secretary of State, Employment Jim Lester 7 May 19795 January 1981  
Patrick Mayhew 7 May 19795 January 1981  
David Waddington 5 January 19816 January 1983  
Peter Morrison 5 January 198113 June 1983  
John Gummer 6 January 198318 October 1983  
Alan Clark 13 June 198324 January 1986  
Peter Bottomley 11 September 198423 January 1986  
David Trippier 2 September 198513 June 1987 
Ian Lang 31 January 198610 September 1986  
John Lee 10 September 198626 July 1989  
Patrick Nicholls 13 June 198728 July 1989  
The Lord Strathclyde 26 July 198924 July 1990  
Robert Jackson 24 July 199014 April 1992  
Eric Forth 24 July 199014 April 1992  
The Viscount Ullswater 24 July 199016 September 1993  
Patrick McLoughlin 14 April 199227 May 1993  
Ann Widdecombe 27 May 199320 July 1994  
The Lord Henley 16 September 199320 July 1994  
James Paice 20 July 19945 July 1995  
Phillip Oppenheim 20 July 19945 July 1995  
Secretary of State for Energy David Howell 5 May 1979  
Nigel Lawson 14 September 1981  
Peter Walker 11 June 1983  
Cecil Parkinson 13 June 1987  
John Wakeham 24 July 1989 Office abolished 11 April 1992
Minister of State, Energy Hamish Gray 7 May 197913 June 1983  
Alick Buchanan-Smith 13 June 198313 June 1987  
Peter Morrison 13 June 198726 July 1990  
Timothy Eggar 15 April 199220 July 1994 under Office of Trade and Industry; became Minister of State, Energy and Industry 20 July 1994
Under-Secretary of State, Energy Norman Lamont 7 May 19795 September 1981  
John Moore 7 May 197913 June 1983  
David Mellor 15 September 19816 January 1983  
The Earl of Avon 6 January 198311 September 1984  
Giles Shaw 13 June 198311 September 1984  
David Hunt 11 September 198413 June 1987  
Alastair Goodlad 11 September 198413 June 1987  
Michael Spicer 13 June 19873 January 1990  
The Baroness Hooper 26 July 198828 July 1989  
Tony Baldry 3 January 199028 November 1990  
The Hon. Colin Moynihan 24 July 199011 April 1992  
David Heathcoat-Amory 28 November 199011 April 1992  
Secretary of State for the Environment Michael Heseltine 5 May 1979  
Tom King 6 January 1983  
Patrick Jenkin 11 June 1983  
Kenneth Baker 23 September 1985  
Nicholas Ridley 21 May 1986  
Chris Patten 24 July 1989  
Michael Heseltine 28 November 1990  
Michael Howard 11 April 1992  
John Gummer 27 May 1993  
Minister of State for Local Government Tom King 6 May 1979  
The Lord Bellwin 6 January 1983  
Kenneth Baker 11 September 1984  
The Hon. William Waldegrave 2 September 1985  
Rhodes Boyson 10 September 1986  
Michael Howard 13 June 1987  
John Gummer 25 July 1988  
David Hunt 25 July 1989  
Michael Portillo 4 May 1990  
John Redwood 15 April 1992  
David Curry 27 May 1993  
Minister of State for Housing John Stanley 7 May 1979  
Ian Gow 13 June 1983  
John Patten 2 September 1985  
The Hon. William Waldegrave 13 June 1987  
The Earl of Caithness 25 July 1988  
Michael Howard 25 July 1989  
Michael Spicer 3 January 1990  
Sir George Young, Bt 28 November 1990  
The Viscount Ullswater 20 July 1994 Post renamed Minister of State for Construction 6 July 1995
Minister of State for Construction Robert Jones 6 July 1995  
Minister of State for Environment and Countryside David Trippier 28 November 1990  
David Maclean 14 April 1992  
Tim Yeo 27 May 1993  
Robert Atkins 7 January 1994  
The Earl Ferrers 6 July 1995  
Minister of State, Environment The Lord Elton 27 March 198510 September 1986  
The Hon. William Waldegrave 10 September 198613 June 1987  
The Lord Belstead 13 June 198710 January 1988  
The Earl of Caithness 10 January 198825 July 1988  
Michael Howard 25 July 198824 July 1989  
David Trippier 24 July 198928 November 1990  
The Baroness Blatch 21 May 199113 April 1992  
Under-Secretary of State for Sport Hector Monro 7 May 197930 September 1981  
Neil Macfarlane 15 September 19812 September 1985  
Richard Tracey 7 September 198513 June 1987  
The Hon. Colin Moynihan 22 June 198726 July 1990  
Robert Atkins 26 July 199028 November 1990 Ministry attached to Office of Education and Science 28 November 1990
Under-Secretary of State, Environment Marcus Fox 7 May 19795 January 1981  
Geoffrey Finsberg 7 May 197915 September 1981  
The Lord Bellwin 7 May 19796 January 1983  
Giles Shaw 5 January 198113 June 1983  
Sir George Young, Bt 15 September 198110 September 1986  
The Hon. William Waldegrave 13 June 19832 September 1985  
The Earl of Avon 11 September 198427 March 1985  
Angela Rumbold 2 September 198510 September 1986  
The Lord Skelmersdale 10 September 198613 June 1987  
Christopher Chope 10 September 198622 July 1990  
Marion Roe 13 June 198726 July 1988  
David Trippier 13 June 198723 July 1989  
Virginia Bottomley 25 July 198828 October 1989  
The Lord Hesketh 31 January 19892 November 1990  
David Heathcoat-Amory 28 October 198928 November 1990  
Patrick Nicholls 26 July 199012 October 1990  
The Lord Strathclyde 26 July 19907 September 1990  
The Baroness Blatch 7 September 199021 May 1991  
Robert Key 12 October 199015 April 1992  
Tim Yeo 28 November 199015 April 1992  
Tony Baldry 28 November 199020 July 1994  
The Lord Strathclyde 15 April 199216 September 1993  
Robin Squire 15 April 199227 May 1993  
The Baroness Denton 16 September 199311 January 1994  
The Earl of Arran 11 January 199420 July 1994  
Sir Paul Beresford 20 July 19942 May 1997  
Robert Jones 20 July 19946 July 1995  
James Clappison 6 July 19952 May 1997  
Secretary of State for Health and Social Security Patrick Jenkin 5 May 1979  
Norman Fowler 14 September 1981  
John Moore 13 June 1987 Reorganised into Office of Health and Office of Social Security 25 July 1988
Secretary of State for Health Kenneth Clarke 25 July 1988  
The Hon. William Waldegrave 2 November 1990  
Virginia Bottomley 10 April 1992  
Stephen Dorrell 5 July 1995  
Minister of State, Health Gerard Vaughan 7 May 1979  
Kenneth Clarke 5 March 1982  
Barney Hayhoe 2 September 1985  
Tony Newton 10 September 1986  
David Mellor 25 July 1988 under separate Office of Health
The Lord Trafford 29 July 1989  
Virginia Bottomley 28 October 1989  
Brian Mawhinney 14 April 1992  
Gerry Malone 20 July 1994  
Under-Secretary of State, Health and Social Security Sir George Young, Bt 7 May 197915 September 1981  
Lynda Chalker 7 May 19795 March 1982  
Geoffrey Finsberg 15 September 198114 June 1983  
The Lord Elton 15 September 19816 April 1982  
Tony Newton 5 March 198211 September 1984  
The Lord Trefgarne 6 April 198214 June 1983  
David Patten 14 June 19832 September 1985  
The Lord Glenarthur 14 June 198326 March 1985  
Ray Whitney 11 September 198410 September 1986  
The Baroness Trumpington 30 March 198513 June 1987  
John Major 2 September 198510 September 1986  
Nicholas Lyell 10 September 198613 June 1987  
Edwina Currie 10 September 198625 July 1988  
Michael Portillo 13 June 198725 July 1988  
The Lord Skelmersdale 13 June 198725 July 1988  
Under-Secretary of State, Health Edwina Currie 25 July 198816 December 1988  
Roger Freeman 16 December 19884 May 1990  
The Baroness Hooper 29 September 198914 April 1992  
Stephen Dorrell 4 May 199014 April 1992  
The Hon. Tom Sackville 14 April 199229 November 1995  
The Baroness Cumberlege 14 April 19922 May 1997
Tim Yeo 15 April 199227 May 1993  
John Bowis 27 May 199323 July 1996  
John Horam 29 November 19952 May 1997  
Simon Burns 23 July 19962 May 1997  
Secretary of State for Social Security John Moore 25 July 1988  
Tony Newton 23 July 1989  
Peter Lilley 10 April 1992  
Minister of State, Social Security Reginald Prentice 7 May 19795 January 1981  
Hugh Rossi 5 January 198112 June 1983  
Rhodes Boyson 12 June 198311 September 1984  
Tony Newton 11 September 198410 September 1986  
John Major 10 September 198613 June 1987  
Nicholas Scott 13 June 198720 July 1994 under separate Office of Social Security 25 July 1988
William Hague 20 July 19945 July 1995  
The Lord MacKay of Ardbrecknish 20 July 19942 May 1997  
Alistair Burt 6 July 19952 May 1997  
Under-Secretary of State, Social Security The Lord Skelmersdale 25 July 198826 July 1989  
Peter Lloyd 25 July 198828 July 1989  
The Lord Henley 25 July 198916 September 1993  
Gillian Shephard 25 July 198928 November 1990  
Michael Jack 28 November 199014 April 1992  
Ann Widdecombe 30 November 199027 May 1993  
Alistair Burt 14 April 19926 July 1995  
William Hague 27 May 199320 July 1994  
The Viscount Astor 16 September 199320 July 1994  
James Arbuthnot 20 July 19946 July 1995  
Roger Evans 20 July 19942 May 1997  
Andrew Mitchell 6 July 19952 May 1997  
Oliver Heald 6 July 19952 May 1997  
Secretary of State for Industry Sir Keith Joseph, Bt 7 May 1979  
Patrick Jenkin 14 September 1981 Merged with the Office of Trade 12 June 1983
Minister of State, Industry Adam Butler 6 May 19795 January 1981  
The Viscount Trenchard 6 May 19795 January 1981  
Norman Tebbit 5 January 198114 September 1981  
Norman Lamont 14 September 198112 June 1983  
Minister of State, Industry and Information Technology Kenneth Baker 5 January 1981 under Office of Trade and Industry from 12 June 1983
Geoffrey Pattie 11 September 1984 Office abolished 13 June 1987
Under-Secretary of State, Industry David Mitchell 6 May 19795 January 1981  
Michael Marshall 6 May 197915 September 1981  
John MacGregor 5 January 198112 June 1983  
John Wakeham 15 September 19816 April 1982  
John Butcher 6 April 198212 June 1983  
Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster Norman St John-Stevas 5 May 1979  
Francis Pym 5 January 1981  
The Baroness Young 14 September 1981  
Cecil Parkinson 6 April 1982  
The Lord Cockfield 11 June 1983  
The Earl of Gowrie 11 September 1984  
Norman Tebbit 3 September 1985  
Kenneth Clarke 13 June 1987  
Tony Newton 25 July 1988  
Kenneth Baker 24 July 1989  
Chris Patten 28 November 1990  
The Hon. William Waldegrave 11 April 1992 also Minister for the Public Service
David Hunt 20 July 1994 also Minister for the Public Service
Roger Freeman 5 July 1995 also Minister for the Public Service
Parliamentary Secretary for the Public Service Robert V. Jackson 15 April 1992  
David Davis 27 May 1993  
Robert Hughes 20 July 1994  
John Horam 6 March 1995  
David Willetts 28 November 1995  
vacant 20 July 1996  
Michael Bates 16 December 1996  
Secretary of State for National Heritage David Mellor 11 April 1992  
Peter Brooke 25 September 1992  
Stephen Dorrell 20 July 1994  
Virginia Bottomley 5 July 1995  
Minister of State, National Heritage Iain Sproat 6 July 1995  
Under-Secretary of State, National Heritage Robert Key 14 April 199227 May 1993  
Iain Sproat 27 May 19936 July 1995  
The Viscount Astor 20 July 19946 July 1995  
The Lord Inglewood 6 July 19952 May 1997
Secretary of State for Northern Ireland Humphrey Atkins 5 May 1979  
James Prior 14 September 1981  
Douglas Hurd 11 September 1984  
Tom King 3 September 1985  
Peter Brooke 24 July 1989  
Sir Patrick Mayhew 10 April 1992  
Minister of State, Northern Ireland Michael Alison 7 May 197915 September 1981  
Hugh Rossi 7 May 19795 January 1981  
Adam Butler 5 January 198111 September 1984  
The Earl of Gowrie 15 September 198110 June 1983  
The Earl of Mansfield 13 June 198312 April 1984  
Rhodes Boyson 11 September 198410 September 1986  
Nicholas Scott 10 September 198613 June 1987  
John Stanley 13 June 198725 July 1988  
Ian Stewart 25 July 198825 July 1989  
John Cope 25 July 198928 November 1990  
Brian Mawhinney 28 November 199014 April 1992  
The Lord Belstead 28 November 199014 April 1992 also Paymaster-General
Robert Atkins 14 April 199211 January 1994  
Michael Mates 15 April 199224 June 1993  
Sir John Wheeler 25 June 19932 May 1997  
Michael Ancram
(The Marquess of Lothian)
11 January 19942 May 1997  
Under-Secretary of State, Northern Ireland The Lord Elton 7 May 197915 September 1981  
Philip Goodhart 7 May 19795 January 1981  
Giles Shaw 7 May 19795 January 1981  
David Mitchell 5 January 198113 June 1983  
John Patten 5 January 198113 June 1983  
Nicholas Scott 15 September 198111 September 1986  
Chris Patten 14 June 19832 September 1985  
The Lord Lyell 12 April 198425 July 1989  
Richard Needham
(The Earl of Kilmorey)
3 September 198515 April 1992  
Peter Viggers 10 September 198626 July 1989  
Brian Mawhinney 10 September 198628 November 1990  
Peter Bottomley 4 July 198928 July 1990  
The Lord Skelmersdale 24 July 198928 November 1990  
Jeremy Hanley 3 December 199027 May 1993  
The Earl of Arran 22 April 199211 January 1994  
Michael Ancram
(The Marquess of Lothian)
27 May 19935 January 1994  
The Baroness Denton 20 July 19942 May 1997  
Tim Smith 6 January 199420 October 1994  
Malcolm Moss 25 October 19942 May 1997  
Paymaster-General Angus Maude 5 May 1979  
Francis Pym 5 January 1981  
Cecil Parkinson 14 September 1981  
vacant 11 June 1983  
John Gummer 11 September 1984  
Kenneth Clarke 2 September 1985 also Minister of State, Employment
Peter Brooke 13 June 1987  
The Earl of Caithness 24 July 1989  
Richard Ryder 14 July 1990  
The Lord Belstead 28 November 1990 also Minister of State, Northern Ireland
Sir John Cope 14 April 1992 also Minister of State, Treasury
David Heathcoat-Amory 20 July 1994 also Minister of State, Treasury
David Willetts 20 July 1996  
Michael Bates 16 December 1996  
Minister without Portfolio The Lord Young of Graffham 11 September 19843 September 1985  
Jeremy Hanley 20 July 19945 July 1995  
Brian Mawhinney 5 July 19952 May 1997  
Secretary of State for Scotland The Hon. George Younger 5 May 1979  
Malcolm Rifkind 11 January 1986  
Ian Lang 28 November 1990  
Michael Forsyth 5 July 1995  
Minister of State for Scotland The Earl of Mansfield 7 May 197913 June 1983  
The Lord Gray of Contin 13 June 198311 September 1986  
The Lord Glenarthur 10 September 198613 June 1987  
Ian Lang 13 June 198728 November 1990  
The Lord Sanderson of Bowden 13 June 19877 September 1990  
Michael Forsyth 7 September 199014 April 1992  
The Lord Fraser of Carmyllie 14 April 19926 July 1995  
The Lord James Douglas-Hamilton 6 July 19952 May 1997  
Under-Secretary of State for Scotland Alexander Fletcher 7 May 197914 June 1983  
Russell Fairgrieve 7 May 197915 September 1981  
Malcolm Rifkind 7 May 19796 April 1982  
Allan Stewart 15 September 198110 September 1986  
John MacKay 6 April 198214 June 1987  
Michael Ancram
(The Marquess of Lothian)
13 June 198314 June 1987  
Ian Lang 10 September 198613 June 1987  
The Lord James Douglas-Hamilton 13 June 19876 July 1995  
Michael Forsyth 13 June 19877 September 1990  
The Lord Strathclyde 7 September 199014 April 1992  
Allan Stewart 28 November 19908 February 1995  
Sir Hector Monro 14 April 19926 July 1995  
George Kynoch 8 February 19952 May 1997  
The Earl of Lindsay 6 July 19952 May 1997  
Raymond Robertson 6 July 19952 May 1997  
Secretary of State for Trade John Nott 5 May 1979  
John Biffen 5 January 1981  
The Lord Cockfield 6 April 1982 merged with Office of Industry 12 June 1983
Minister for Consumer Affairs Sally Oppenheim-Barnes 5 May 1979  
Gerald Vaughan 5 March 1982  
vacant 13 June 1983 under Office of Trade and Industry
The Earl Ferrers 20 July 1994 Office abolished 6 July 1995
Minister for Trade Cecil Parkinson 7 May 1979  
Peter Rees 14 September 1981  
Paul Channon 13 June 1983 under Office of Trade and Industry
Alan Clark 24 January 1986  
The Lord Trefgarne 25 July 1989  
Tim Sainsbury 23 July 1990  
Richard Needham
(The Earl of Kilmorey)
14 April 1992  
Anthony Nelson 6 July 1995  
Under-Secretary of State for Trade Norman Tebbit 5 May 19795 January 1981  
Reginald Eyre 7 May 19795 March 1982
The Lord Trefgarne 5 January 198115 September 1981
Iain Sproat 15 September 198112 June 1983
Secretary of State for Trade and Industry Cecil Parkinson 12 June 1983  
Norman Tebbit 16 October 1983  
Leon Brittan 2 September 1985  
Paul Channon 24 January 1986  
The Lord Young of Graffham 13 June 1987  
Nicholas Ridley 24 July 1989  
Peter Lilley 14 July 1990  
Michael Heseltine 10 April 1992  
Ian Lang 5 July 1995  
Minister for Industry The Hon. Douglas Hogg 24 July 1989  
The Lord Hesketh 2 November 1990  
vacant 21 May 1991  
Tim Sainsbury 15 April 1992  
vacant 20 July 1994  
Minister for Corporate Affairs John Redwood 2 November 199013 April 1992  
Minister of State for Trade and Industry Norman Lamont 13 June 19832 September 1985  
Peter Morrison 2 September 198510 September 1986  
Giles Shaw 10 September 198613 June 1987  
The Lord Strathclyde 11 January 199420 July 1994  
The Lord Fraser of Carmyllie 6 July 19952 May 1997  
Minister of State, Energy and Industry Timothy Eggar 20 July 1994  
Greg Knight 23 July 1996  
Under-Secretary of State for Trade and Industry John Butcher 14 June 198326 July 1988  
Alexander Fletcher 14 June 19832 September 1985  
David Trippier 14 June 19832 September 1985  
The Lord Lucas of Chilworth 11 September 198413 June 1987  
Michael Howard 2 September 198513 June 1987  
Robert Atkins 13 June 198726 July 1989  
Francis Maude 13 June 198726 July 1989  
Eric Forth 26 July 198824 July 1990  
John Redwood 26 July 19892 November 1990  
Edward Leigh 2 November 199027 May 1993  
The Lord Reay 22 May 199114 April 1992  
Neil Hamilton 14 April 199225 October 1994  
The Baroness Denton 14 April 199216 September 1993  
Jonathan Evans 27 October 199429 November 1995  
Patrick McLoughlin 27 May 199320 July 1994  
The Lord Strathclyde 16 September 199311 January 1994  
Charles Wardle 20 July 199411 February 1995  
Ian Taylor 20 July 19942 May 1997  
Richard Page 14 February 19952 May 1997  
Phillip Oppenheim 7 July 19952 May 1997  
John Mark Taylor 29 November 19952 May 1997  
Minister of Transport Norman Fowler 11 May 19795 January 1981 became Secretary of State for Transport
Secretary of State for Transport Norman Fowler 5 January 1981  
David Howell 14 September 1981  
Tom King 11 June 1983  
Nicholas Ridley 16 October 1983  
John Moore 21 May 1986  
Paul Channon 13 June 1987  
Cecil Parkinson 24 July 1989  
Malcolm Rifkind 28 November 1990  
John MacGregor 10 April 1992  
Brian Mawhinney 20 July 1994  
Sir George Young, Bt 5 July 1995  
Minister of State, Transport Lynda Chalker 18 October 198310 January 1986  
David Mitchell 23 January 198625 July 1988  
Michael Portillo 25 July 19884 May 1990  
Roger Freeman 4 May 199028 November 1990  
The Lord Brabazon of Tara 23 July 199014 April 1992  
Minister for Public Transport Roger Freeman 28 November 199020 July 1994  
Minister for Railways and Roads The Earl of Caithness 14 April 199211 January 1994  
John Watts 20 July 19942 May 1997  
Parliamentary Secretary for Transport Kenneth Clarke 7 May 19795 January 1981 became Under-Secretary of State for Transport
Under-Secretary of State for Transport Kenneth Clarke 5 January 19815 March 1982  
Lynda Chalker 5 March 198218 October 1983  
Reginald Eyre 5 March 198211 June 1983  
David Mitchell 11 June 198323 January 1986  
Michael Spicer 11 September 198413 June 1987  
The Earl of Caithness 2 September 198510 September 1986  
Peter Bottomley 23 January 198624 July 1989  
The Lord Brabazon of Tara 10 September 198623 July 1989  
Robert Atkins 25 July 198922 July 1990  
Patrick McLoughlin 25 July 198914 April 1992  
Christopher Chope 23 July 199014 April 1992  
Kenneth Carlisle 14 April 199227 May 1993  
Steven Norris 14 April 199223 July 1996  
Robert Key 27 May 199320 July 1994  
The Lord MacKay of Ardbrecknish 11 January 199420 July 1994  
The Viscount Goschen 20 July 19942 May 1997  
John Bowis 23 July 19962 May 1997  
Secretary of State for Wales Nicholas Edwards 5 May 1979  
Peter Walker 13 June 1987  
David Hunt 4 May 1990  
John Redwood 27 May 1993  
William Hague 5 July 1995  
Minister of State for Wales John Stradling Thomas 17 February 19832 September 1985  
Wyn Roberts 15 June 198720 July 1994  
Under-Secretary of State for Wales Michael Roberts 7 May 19796 January 1983  
Wyn Roberts 7 May 197913 June 1987  
Mark Robinson 3 October 198515 June 1987  
Ian Grist 15 June 198728 November 1990  
Nicholas Bennett 3 December 199014 April 1994  
Gwilym Jones 14 April 19922 May 1997  
Rod Richards 20 July 19942 June 1996  
Jonathan Evans 2 June 19962 May 1997  
Attorney General Michael Havers 5 May 1979  
Sir Patrick Mayhew 11 June 1987  
Sir Nicholas Lyell 9 April 1992  
Solicitor General Sir Ian Percival 5 May 1979  
Sir Patrick Mayhew 13 June 1983  
Sir Nicholas Lyell 13 June 1987  
Sir Derek Spencer 15 April 1992  
Lord Advocate The Lord Mackay of Clashfern 5 May 1979  
The Lord Cameron of Lochbroom 16 May 1984  
The Lord Fraser of Carmyllie 4 January 1989  
The Lord Rodger of Earlsferry 15 April 1992  
The Lord Mackay of Drumadoon 7 November 1995  
Solicitor General for Scotland Nicholas Fairbairn 7 May 1979  
Peter Fraser 28 January 1982  
Alan Rodger 14 January 1989 Not an MP
Thomas Dawson 15 April 1992 Not an MP
Donald Mackay 4 May 1995 Not an MP
Paul Cullen 7 November 1995 Not an MP
Treasurer of the Household John Stradling Thomas 6 May 1979  
Anthony Berry 17 February 1983  
John Cope 11 June 1983  
David Hunt 15 June 1987  
Tristan Garel-Jones 25 July 1989  
Alastair Goodlad 22 July 1990  
David Heathcoat-Amory 15 April 1992  
Greg Knight 7 June 1993  
Andrew MacKay 23 July 1996  
Comptroller of the Household Spencer Le Marchant 7 May 1979  
Anthony Berry 30 September 1981  
Carol Mather 17 February 1983  
The Hon. Robert Boscawen 16 October 1986  
Tristan Garel-Jones 26 July 1988  
Alastair Goodlad 25 July 1989  
Sir George Young, Bt 23 July 1990  
David Lightbown 28 November 1990  
Timothy Wood 7 July 1995  
Vice-Chamberlain of the Household Anthony Berry 7 May 1979  
Carol Mather 30 September 1981  
The Hon. Robert Boscawen 17 February 1983  
Tristan Garel-Jones 16 October 1986  
Michael Neubert 26 July 1988  
Tony Durant 20 December 1988  
David Lightbown 25 July 1990  
John Mark Taylor 28 November 1990  
Sydney Chapman 15 April 1992  
Timothy Kirkhope 7 July 1995  
Andrew MacKay 18 October 1995  
Derek Conway 23 July 1996  
Captain of the Gentlemen-at-Arms The Lord Denham 6 May 1979  
The Lord Hesketh 2 May 1991  
The Viscount Ullswater 16 September 1993  
The Lord Strathclyde 20 July 1994  
Captain of the Yeomen of the Guard The Lord Sandys 6 May 1979  
The Earl of Swinton 20 October 1982  
The Viscount Davidson 10 September 1986  
The Earl of Strathmore 30 December 1991  
The Earl of Arran 20 July 1994  
The Lord Inglewood January 1995  
The Lord Chesham 8 July 1995  
Lords-in-Waiting The Viscount Long 9 May 19792 May 1997  
The Lord Mowbray and Stourton 9 May 197922 September 1980  
The Lord Lyell 9 May 197912 April 1984  
The Lord Cullen of Ashbourne 9 May 197927 May 1982  
The Lord Trefgarne 9 May 19795 January 1981  
The Earl of Avon 22 September 19806 January 1983  
The Lord Skelmersdale 9 January 198110 September 1986  
The Lord Glenarthur 27 May 198210 June 1983  
The Lord Lucas of Chilworth 6 January 19839 September 1984  
The Baroness Trumpington 11 June 198325 March 1985  
The Earl of Caithness 8 May 19842 September 1985  
The Lord Brabazon of Tara 19 September 198410 September 1986  
The Baroness Cox 3 April 19852 August 1985  
The Viscount Davidson 17 September 198510 September 1986  
The Baroness Hooper 17 September 198514 June 1987  
The Lord Hesketh 10 September 198631 January 1987  
The Lord Beaverbrook 10 September 198628 July 1988  
The Earl of Dundee 3 October 198626 July 1989  
The Earl of Arran 18 June 198724 July 1989  
The Lord Strathclyde 12 August 198824 July 1989  
The Lord Henley 13 February 198924 July 1989  
The Viscount Ullswater 26 July 198922 July 1990  
The Lord Reay 2 August 198921 May 1991  
The Earl of Strathmore 2 August 198930 December 1991  
The Baroness Blatch 15 January 19907 September 1990  
The Lord Cavendish of Furness 14 September 199022 April 1993  
The Viscount Astor 11 October 199016 September 1993  
The Earl Howe 30 May 199115 April 1992  
The Baroness Denton January 1992 – 15 April 1992  
The Viscount St Davids 22 April 199220 July 1994  
The Viscount Goschen 22 April 199220 July 1994  
The Baroness Trumpington 22 April 19922 May 1997  
The Lord MacKay of Ardbrecknish 15 October 199311 January 1994  
The Lord Annaly 18 March 199420 July 1994  
The Lord Lucas of Crudwell 21 July 19942 May 1997  
The Baroness Miller of Hendon 21 July 19942 May 1997  
The Lord Inglewood 21 July 1994 – January 1995  
The Earl of Lindsay 12 January 19956 July 1995  
The Earl of Courtown 8 July 19952 May 1997  

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