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MINISTER OF LABOUR

John Hodge ( December 10 , 1916 - August 17 , 1917 )

George Roberts ( August 17 , 1917 - January 10 , 1919 )

Robert Stevenson Horne ( January 10 , 1919 - March 19 , 1920 )

Thomas McNamara ( March 19 , 1920 - October 19 , 1922 )

Anderson Montague Barlow ( October 31 , 1922 - January 22 , 1924 )

Thomas Shaw ( January 22 , 1924 - November 3 , 1924 )

Arthur Steel-Maitland ( November 6 , 1924 - June 4 , 1929 )

Margaret Bondfield ( June 7 , 1929 - August 24 , 1931 )

Henry Betterton ( August 25 , 1931 - June 29 , 1934 )

Oliver Stanley ( June 29 , 1934 - June 7 , 1935 )

Ernest Brown ( June 7 , 1935 - May 13 , 1940 )

MINISTER OF LABOUR AND NATIONAL SERVICE

Ernest Bevin ( May 13 , 1940 - May 23 , 1945 )

Rab Butler ( May 25 , 1945 - July 26 , 1945 )

George Isaacs ( August 3 , 1945 - January 17 , 1951 )

Aneurin Bevan ( January 17 , 1951 - April 23 , 1951 ) (resigned)

Alfred Robens ( April 24 , 1951 - October 26 , 1951 )

Walter Monckton ( October 28 , 1951 - December 20 , 1955 )

Iain MacLeod ( December 20 , 1955 - October 14 , 1959 )

Edward Heath ( October 14 , 1959 - November 12 , 1959 )

MINISTER OF LABOUR

Edward Heath ( November 12 , 1959 - July 27 , 1960 )

John Hare ( July 27 , 1960 - October 20 , 1963 )

Joseph Godber ( October 20 , 1963 - October 16 , 1964 )

Ray Gunter ( October 18 , 1964 - April 6 , 1968 )

SECRETARY OF STATE FOR EMPLOYMENT AND PRODUCTIVITY

Barbara Castle ( April 6 , 1968 - June 19 , 1970 )

SECRETARY OF STATE FOR EMPLOYMENT

Robert Carr ( June 20 , 1970 - April 7 , 1972 )

Maurice Macmillan ( April 7 , 1972 - December 2 , 1973 )

William Whitelaw ( December 2 , 1973 - March 4 , 1974 )

Michael Foot ( March 5 , 1974 - April 8 , 1976 )

Albert Booth ( April 8 , 1976 - May 4 , 1979 )

James Prior ( May 5 , 1979 - September 14 , 1981 )

Norman Tebbit ( September 14 , 1981 - October 16 , 1983 )

Tom King ( October 16 , 1983 - September 2 , 1985 )

Lord Young ( September 2 , 1985 - June 13 , 1987 )

Norman Fowler ( June 13 , 1987 - January 3 , 1990 )

Michael Howard ( January 3 , 1990 - April 11 , 1992 )

Gillian Shepherd ( April 11 , 1992 - May 27 , 1993 )

David Hunt ( May 27 , 1993 - July 20 , 1994 )

Michael Portillo ( July 20 , 1994 - July 5 , 1995 )

SECRETARY OF STATE FOR EDUCATION AND EMPLOYMENT

Gillian Shepherd ( July 5 , 1995 - May 2 , 1997 )

David Blunkett ( May 2 , 1997 - June 8 , 2001 )

See: Secretary Of State For Work And Pensions .