De minister van Economische Zaken (Engels: Secretary of State for Business and Enterprise) leidt het Britse ministerie van Economische Zaken en is lid van het kabinet. De huidige minister is Alok Sharma van de Conservative Party bekleed de functie sinds 2019 in het kabinet van premier Boris Johnson. De minister van Economische Zaken wordt bijgestaan door de minister voor Internationale Handel (Engels: Secretary of State for International Trade) die belast is met Buitenlandse Handel, daarnaast is wordt die functie gecombineerd met de historische functie van President of the Board of Trade. De huidige minister is Liz Truss van de Conservative Party bekleed de functie sinds 2019.[1]
In het verleden werd de functie van minister van Economische Zaken opgedeeld onder meerdere portfolios zoals Handel, Industrie, Energie en Begroting. Enkele prominenten die hebben gediend als minister van Economische Zaken of een soortgelijke portfolio waren onder andere: Harold Wilson (1947–1951), Edward Heath (1963–1964), Peter Carington (1974), Tony Benn (1974–1975), Shirley Williams (1974–1976), John Smith (1978–1979), Nigel Lawson (1981–1983), Leon Brittan (1984–1985), Michael Heseltine (1992–1995), Margaret Beckett (1997–1998), Peter Mandelson (1998, 2008–2010), Alistair Darling (2006–2007), Ed Miliband (2008–2010), Vince Cable (2010–2015) en Ed Davey (2012–2015).
Ministers van Handel van het Verenigd Koninkrijk (1846–1970)
Minister van Handel President of the Board of Trade |
Ambtstermijn | Partij | Premier | Kabinet | Overige functie(s) | |||
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Graaf van Clarendon George Villiers (1800–1870) |
30 juni 1846 | 22 juli 1847 [2] |
Whig Party | John Russell (1846–1852) |
Russell I | |||
Henry Labouchere (1798–1869) |
22 juli 1847 | 22 februari 1852 | Whig Party | |||||
Joseph Warner Henley (1893–1884) |
22 februari 1852 | 28 december 1852 | Conservative Party | Edward Smith-Stanley (1852) |
Smith-Stanley I | |||
Edward Cardwell (1813–1886) |
28 december 1852 | 30 december 1855 | Peelite (1852–1855) |
George Hamilton- Gordon (1752–1855) |
Hamilton- Gordon |
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Whig Party (1855–1858) |
Henry John Temple (1855–1858) |
Temple II | ||||||
Joseph Warner Henley (1893–1884) |
20 februari 1858 | 12 juni 1859 | Conservative Party | Edward Smith-Stanley (1858–1859) |
Smith-Stanley II | |||
Thomas Milner Gibson (1806–1884) |
12 juni 1859 | 28 juni 1866 | Liberal Party | Henry John Temple (1859–1865) |
Temple II | |||
John Russell (1865–1866) |
Russell II | |||||||
Sir Stafford Northcote (1818–1887) |
28 juni 1866 | 8 maart 1867 [3] |
Conservative Party | Edward Smith-Stanley (1866–1868) |
Smith-Stanley III | |||
Hertog van Richmond Charles Gordon-Lennox (1818–1903) |
8 maart 1867 | 3 december 1868 | Conservative Party | |||||
Benjamin Disraeli (1868) |
Disraeli I | |||||||
John Bright (1811–1889) |
3 december 1868 | 10 januari 1871 [2] |
Liberal Party | William Ewart Gladstone (1868–1874) |
Gladstone I | |||
Chichester Parkinson- Fortescue (1823–1898) |
10 januari 1871 | 20 februari 1874 | Liberal Party | |||||
Sir Charles Adderley (1814–1905) |
20 februari 1874 | 2 april 1878 [2] |
Conservative Party | Benjamin Disraeli (1874–1880) |
Disraeli II | |||
Burggraaf Sandon Dudley Ryder (1831–1900) |
2 april 1878 | 23 april 1880 | Conservative Party | |||||
Joseph Chamberlain (1836–1914) |
23 april 1880 | 23 juni 1885 | Liberal Party | William Ewart Gladstone (1880–1885) |
Gladstone II | |||
Hertog van Richmond Charles Gordon-Lennox (1818–1903) |
23 juni 1885 | 20 augustus 1885 [2] |
Conservative Party | Robert Gascoyne-Cecil (1885–1886) |
Gascoyne-Cecil I | |||
Edward Stanhope (1840–1893) |
20 augustus 1885 | 28 januari 1886 | Conservative Party | |||||
Anthony Mundella (1825–1897) |
28 januari 1886 | 20 juli 1886 | Liberal Party | William Ewart Gladstone (1886) |
Gladstone III | |||
Baron Stanley van Preston Frederick Arthur Stanley (1841–1908) |
20 juli 1886 | 22 februari 1888 [2] |
Conservative Party | Robert Gascoyne-Cecil (1886–1892) |
Gascoyne-Cecil II | |||
Sir Michael Hicks Beach (1837–1916) |
22 februari 1888 | 15 augustus 1892 | Conservative Party | |||||
Anthony Mundella (1825–1897) |
15 augustus 1892 | 28 mei 1894 [2] |
Liberal Party | William Ewart Gladstone (1892–1894) |
Gladstone IV | |||
Archibald Primrose (1894–1895) |
Primrose | |||||||
James Bryce (1830–1911) |
28 mei 1894 | 25 juni 1895 | Liberal Party | |||||
Charles Ritchie (1838–1906) |
25 juni 1895 | 10 november 1900 | Conservative Party | Robert Gascoyne-Cecil (1895–1902) |
Gascoyne- Cecil III |
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Gerald Balfour (1853–1945) |
10 november 1900 | 15 maart 1905 [2] |
Conservative Party | Gascoyne- Cecil IV |
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Arthur Balfour (1902–1905) |
Balfour | |||||||
Markies van Salisbury James Gascoyne-Cecil (1861–1947) |
15 maart 1905 | 5 december 1905 | Conservative Party | Lord Privy Seal | ||||
David Lloyd George (1863–1945) |
5 december 1905 | 8 april 1908 | Liberal Party | Henry Campbell- Bannerman (1905–1908) |
Campbell- Bannerman |
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Winston Churchill (1874–1965) |
8 april 1908 | 10 februari 1910 | Liberal Party | Herbert Henry Asquith (1908–1916) |
Asquith I | |||
Sir Sydney Buxton (1853–1934) |
10 februari 1910 | 14 februari 1914 | Liberal Party | Asquith II | ||||
Asquith III | ||||||||
John Burns (1858–1943) |
14 februari 1914 | 4 augustus 1914 | Liberal Party | |||||
Walter Runciman (1870–1949) |
4 augustus 1914 | 6 augustus 1916 | Liberal Party | |||||
Asquith IV | ||||||||
Markies van Crewe Robert Crewe-Milnes (1858–1945) |
6 augustus 1916 | 7 december 1916 | Liberal Party | Lord President of the Council | ||||
Leader of the House of Lords | ||||||||
Minister van Onderwijs | ||||||||
Sir Albert Stanley (1874–1948) |
7 december 1916 | 26 mei 1919 | Conservative Party | David Lloyd George (1916–1922) |
Lloyd George I | |||
Lloyd George II | ||||||||
Sir Auckland Geddes (1879–1954) |
26 mei 1919 | 20 maart 1920 | Conservative Party | |||||
Sir Robert Horne (1871–1940) |
20 maart 1920 | 1 april 1921 | Unionist Party | |||||
Stanley Baldwin (1867–1947) |
1 april 1921 | 23 oktober 1922 | Conservative Party | |||||
Sir Philip Cunliffe- Lister (1884–1972) |
23 oktober 1922 | 22 januari 1924 | Conservative Party | Bonar Law (1922–1923) |
Law | |||
Stanley Baldwin (1923–1924) |
Baldwin I | |||||||
Sidney Webb (1859–1947) |
22 januari 1924 | 3 november 1924 | Labour Party | Ramsay MacDonald (1924) |
MacDonald I | |||
Sir Philip Cunliffe- Lister (1884–1972) |
4 november 1924 | 5 juni 1929 | Conservative Party | Stanley Baldwin (1924–1929) |
Baldwin II | |||
William Graham (1887–1932) |
5 juni 1929 | 26 augustus 1931 | Labour Party | Ramsay MacDonald (1929–1935) |
MacDonald II | |||
Sir Philip Cunliffe- Lister (1884–1972) |
26 augustus 1931 | 5 november 1931 | Conservative Party | MacDonald III (Nationaal Kabinet I) |
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Walter Runciman (1870–1949) |
5 november 1931 | 28 mei 1937 | National Liberal Party |
MacDonald IV (Nationaal Kabinet II) |
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Stanley Baldwin (1935–1937) |
Baldwin III (Nationaal Kabinet III) | |||||||
Oliver Stanley (1896–1950) |
28 mei 1937 | 5 januari 1940 | Conservative Party | Neville Chamberlain (1937–1940) |
Chamberlain I (Nationaal Kabinet IV) |
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Chamberlain II | ||||||||
Sir Andrew Duncan (1884–1952) |
5 januari 1940 | 3 oktober 1940 | Onafhankelijk [4] |
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Winston Churchill (1940–1945) |
Churchill I | |||||||
Oliver Lyttelton (1893–1952) |
3 oktober 1940 | 29 juni 1941 | Conservative Party | |||||
Sir Andrew Duncan (1884–1952) |
29 juni 1941 | 4 februari 1942 | Onafhankelijk [4] |
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John Llewellin (1893–1957) |
4 februari 1942 | 22 februari 1942 | Conservative Party | |||||
Hugh Dalton (1887–1962) |
22 februari 1942 | 23 mei 1945 | Labour Party | |||||
Oliver Lyttelton (1893–1952) |
23 mei 1945 | 26 juli 1945 | Conservative Party | Churchill II | ||||
Sir Stafford Cripps (1889–1952) |
26 juli 1945 | 29 september 1947 | Labour Party | Clement Attlee (1945–1951) |
Attlee I | |||
Harold Wilson (1916–1995) |
29 september 1947 | 24 april 1951 | Labour Party | |||||
Attlee II | ||||||||
Sir Hartley Shawcross (1902–2003) |
24 april 1951 | 26 oktober 1951 | Labour Party | |||||
Peter Thorneycroft (1909–1994) |
26 oktober 1951 | 10 januari 1957 | Conservative Party | Winston Churchill (1951–1955) |
Churchill III | |||
Anthony Eden (1955–1957) |
Eden | |||||||
Sir David Eccles (1904–1999) |
10 januari 1957 | 14 oktober 1959 | Conservative Party | Harold Macmillan (1957–1963) |
Macmillan I | |||
Reginald Maudling (1917–1979) |
14 oktober 1959 | 9 oktober 1961 | Conservative Party | Macmillan II | ||||
Frederick Erroll (1914–2000) |
9 oktober 1961 | 19 oktober 1963 | Conservative Party | |||||
Edward Heath (1916–2005) |
19 oktober 1963 | 16 oktober 1964 | Conservative Party | Alec Douglas-Home (1963–1964) |
Douglas-Home | Minister van Economische Zaken | ||
Douglas Jay (1907–1996) |
16 oktober 1964 | 29 augustus 1967 | Labour Party | Harold Wilson (1964–1970) |
Wilson I | |||
Wilson II | ||||||||
Tony Crosland (1918–1977) |
29 augustus 1967 | 6 oktober 1969 | Labour Party | |||||
Roy Mason (1924–2015) |
6 oktober 1969 | 19 juni 1970 | Labour Party | Minister van Economische Zaken |
Ministers van Economische Zaken van het Verenigd Koninkrijk (1964-1970)
Minister van Economische Zaken Secretary of State for Economic Affairs |
Ambtstermijn | Partij | Premier | Kabinet | Overige functie(s) | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
George Brown (1914–1985) |
16 oktober 1964 | 11 augustus 1966 | Labour Party | Harold Wilson (1964–1970) |
Wilson I | First Secretary of State | ||
Wilson II | ||||||||
Michael Stewart (1906–1990) |
11 augustus 1966 | 16 maart 1968 | Labour Party | First Secretary of State | ||||
Peter Shore (1924–2001) |
16 maart 1968 | 6 oktober 1969 | Labour Party | |||||
Roy Mason (1924–2015) |
6 oktober 1969 | 19 juni 1970 | Labour Party | President of the Board of Trade |
Ministers van Handel en Industrie van het Verenigd Koninkrijk (1970-1974)
Minister van Handel en Industrie Secretary of State for Trade and Industry |
Ambtstermijn | Partij | Premier | Kabinet | Overige functie(s) | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Michael Noble (1913–1984) |
19 juni 1970 | 15 oktober 1970 | Conservative Party | Edward Heath (1970–1974) |
Heath | President of the Board of Trade | ||
John Davies (1916–1979) |
15 oktober 1970 | 5 november 1972 | Conservative Party | President of the Board of Trade | ||||
Peter Walker (1932–2010) |
5 november 1972 | 4 maart 1974 | Conservative Party | President of the Board of Trade |
Ministers van Handel van het Verenigd Koninkrijk (1974-1983)
Minister van Handel Secretary of State for Trade |
Ambtstermijn | Partij | Premier | Kabinet | Overige functie(s) | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Peter Shore (1924–2001) |
4 maart 1974 | 5 april 1976 | Labour Party | Harold Wilson (1974–1976) |
Wilson III | President of the Board of Trade | ||
Edmund Dell (1921–1999) |
5 april 1976 | 11 november 1978 | Labour Party | James Callaghan (1976–1979) |
Callaghan | President of the Board of Trade | ||
John Smith (1938–1994) |
11 november 1978 | 4 mei 1979 | Labour Party | President of the Board of Trade | ||||
John Nott (1932) |
4 mei 1979 | 5 januari 1981 | Conservative Party | Margaret Thatcher (1979–1990) |
Thatcher I | President of the Board of Trade | ||
John Biffen (1930–2007) |
5 januari 1981 | 6 april 1982 | Conservative Party | President of the Board of Trade | ||||
Baron Cockfield Arthur Cockfield (1916–2007) |
6 april 1982 | 11 juni 1983 | Conservative Party | President of the Board of Trade |
Ministers van Industrie van het Verenigd Koninkrijk (1974-1983)
Minister van Industrie Secretary of State for Industry |
Ambtstermijn | Partij | Premier | Kabinet | Overige functie(s) | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tony Benn (1925–2014) |
4 maart 1974 | 10 juni 1975 | Labour Party | Harold Wilson (1974–1976) |
Wilson III | |||
Eric Varley (1932–2008) |
10 juni 1975 | 4 mei 1979 | Labour Party | |||||
James Callaghan (1976–1979) |
Callaghan | |||||||
Sir Keith Joseph (1918–1994) |
4 mei 1979 | 14 september 1981 | Conservative Party | Margaret Thatcher (1979–1990) |
Thatcher I | |||
Patrick Jenkin (1926–2018) |
14 september 1981 | 11 juni 1983 | Conservative Party |
Ministers van Energie van het Verenigd Koninkrijk (1974-1992)
Minister van Energie Secretary of State for Energy |
Ambtstermijn | Partij | Premier | Kabinet | Overige functie(s) | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Baron Carrington Peter Carington (1919–2018) |
8 januari 1974 | 4 maart 1974 | Conservative Party | Edward Heath (1970–1974) |
Heath | |||
Eric Varley (1932–2008) |
4 maart 1974 | 10 juni 1975 | Labour Party | Harold Wilson (1974–1976) |
Wilson III | |||
Tony Benn (1925–2014) |
10 juni 1975 | 4 mei 1979 | Labour Party | |||||
James Callaghan (1976–1979) |
Callaghan | |||||||
David Howell (1936) |
4 mei 1979 | 14 september 1981 | Conservative Party | Margaret Thatcher (1979–1990) |
Thatcher I | |||
Nigel Lawson (1932) |
14 september 1981 | 11 juni 1983 | Conservative Party | |||||
Peter Walker (1932–2010) |
11 juni 1983 | 13 juni 1987 | Conservative Party | Thatcher II | ||||
Cecil Parkinson (1931–2016) |
13 juni 1987 | 24 juli 1989 | Conservative Party | Thatcher III | ||||
John Wakeham (1932) |
24 juli 1989 | 10 april 1992 | Conservative Party | |||||
John Major (1990–1997) |
Major I |
Ministers van Begroting en Consumentenbeleid van het Verenigd Koninkrijk (1974-1979)
Minister van Begroting en Consumentenbeleid Secretary of State for Prices and Consumer Protection |
Ambtstermijn | Partij | Premier | Kabinet | Overige functie(s) | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Shirley Williams (1930–2021) |
4 maart 1974 | 10 september 1976 | Labour Party | Harold Wilson (1974–1976) |
Wilson III | |||
James Callaghan (1976–1979) |
Callaghan | |||||||
Roy Hattersley (1932) |
10 september 1976 | 4 mei 1979 | Labour Party |
Ministers van Economische Zaken van het Verenigd Koninkrijk (1983-heden)
Minister van Economische Zaken Secretary of State for Trade and Industry |
Ambtstermijn | Partij | Premier | Kabinet | Overige functie(s) | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Cecil Parkinson (1931–2016) |
11 juni 1983 | 16 oktober 1983 [2] |
Conservative Party | Margaret Thatcher (1979–1990) |
Thatcher II | President of the Board of Trade | ||
Norman Tebbit (1931) |
16 oktober 1983 | 2 september 1985 [5] |
Conservative Party | President of the Board of Trade | ||||
Leon Brittan (1939–2015) |
2 september 1985 | 24 januari 1986 [2] |
Conservative Party | President of the Board of Trade | ||||
Paul Channon (1935–2007) |
24 januari 1986 | 13 juni 1987 [6] |
Conservative Party | President of the Board of Trade | ||||
Baron Young van Graffham David Young (1932–2022) |
13 juni 1987 | 24 juli 1989 [7] |
Conservative Party | Thatcher III | President of the Board of Trade | |||
Nicholas Ridley (1929–1993) |
24 juli 1989 | 13 juli 1990 [2] |
Conservative Party | President of the Board of Trade | ||||
Peter Lilley (1943) |
13 juli 1990 | 10 april 1992 [8] |
Conservative Party | President of the Board of Trade | ||||
John Major (1990–1997) |
Major I | |||||||
Michael Heseltine (1933) |
10 april 1992 | 5 juli 1995 [9] |
Conservative Party | Major II | President of the Board of Trade | |||
Ian Lang (1940) |
5 juli 1995 | 2 mei 1997 | Conservative Party | President of the Board of Trade | ||||
Margaret Beckett (1943) |
2 mei 1997 | 27 juli 1998 [10] |
Labour Party | Tony Blair (1997–2007) |
Blair I | President of the Board of Trade | ||
Peter Mandelson (1953) |
27 juli 1998 | 23 december 1998 [2] |
Labour Party | President of the Board of Trade | ||||
Stephen Byers (1953) |
23 december 1998 | 8 juni 2001 [11] |
Labour Party | President of the Board of Trade | ||||
Patricia Hewitt (1948) |
8 juni 2001 | 5 mei 2005 [12] |
Labour Party | Blair II | President of the Board of Trade | |||
Alan Johnson (1950) |
5 mei 2005 | 6 mei 2006 [13] |
Labour Party | Blair III | President of the Board of Trade | |||
Alistair Darling (1953) |
6 mei 2006 | 27 juni 2007 | Labour Party | President of the Board of Trade | ||||
Minister van Economische Zaken Secretary of State for Business and Enterprise |
Ambtstermijn | Partij | Premier | Kabinet | Overige functie(s) | |||
John Hutton (1955) |
27 juni 2007 | 3 oktober 2008 [14] |
Labour Party | Gordon Brown (2007–2010) |
Brown | President of the Board of Trade | ||
Baron Mandelson Peter Mandelson (1953) |
3 oktober 2008 | 11 mei 2010 | Labour Party | First Secretary of State | ||||
Lord President of the Council (2009–2010) | ||||||||
President of the Board of Trade | ||||||||
dr. Vince Cable (1943) |
11 mei 2010 | 9 mei 2015 | Liberal Democrats | David Cameron (2010–2016) |
Cameron I | President of the Board of Trade | ||
Sajid Javid (1969) |
9 mei 2015 | 13 juli 2016 | Conservative Party | Cameron II | President of the Board of Trade | |||
dr. Greg Clark (1967) |
13 juli 2016 | 24 juli 2019 | Conservative Party | Theresa May (2016–2019) |
May I | |||
May II | ||||||||
Andrea Leadsom (1963) |
24 juli 2019 | 13 februari 2020 [7] |
Conservative Party | Boris Johnson (2019–2022) |
Johnson I | |||
Johnson II | ||||||||
Alok Sharma (1967) |
13 februari 2020 | 8 januari 2021 [15] |
Conservative Party | |||||
Kwasi Kwarteng (1975) |
8 januari 2021 | 6 september 2022 | Conservative Party | |||||
Jacob Rees-Mogg (1969) |
6 september 2022 | 25 oktober 2022 | Conservative Party | Liz Truss (2022) |
Truss | |||
Grant Shapps (1968) |
25 oktober 2022 | heden | Conservative Party | Rishi Sunak (2022–heden) |
Sunak |
Ministers van Energie en Klimaat van het Verenigd Koninkrijk (2008-2016)
Minister van Energie en Klimaat Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change |
Ambtstermijn | Partij | Premier | Kabinet | Overige functie(s) | |||
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Ed Miliband (1969) |
3 oktober 2008 | 11 mei 2010 | Labour Party | Gordon Brown (2007–2010) |
Brown | |||
Chris Huhne (1954) |
11 mei 2010 | 3 februari 2012 [2] |
Liberal Democrats | David Cameron (2010–2016) |
Cameron I | |||
Ed Davey (1968) |
3 februari 2012 | 9 mei 2015 | Liberal Democrats | |||||
Amber Rudd (1963) |
9 mei 2015 | 13 juli 2016 | Conservative Party | Cameron II |
Ministers voor Internationale Handel van het Verenigd Koninkrijk (2016-heden)
Minister voor Internationale Handel Secretary of State for International Trade |
Ambtstermijn | Partij | Premier | Kabinet | Overige functie(s) | |||
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dr. Liam Fox (1961) |
13 juli 2016 | 23 juli 2019 | Conservative Party | Theresa May (2016–2019) |
May I | President of the Board of Trade | ||
May II | ||||||||
Liz Truss (1975) |
24 juli 2019 | 15 september 2021 [16] |
Conservative Party | Boris Johnson (2019–2022) |
Johnson I | President of the Board of Trade | ||
Johnson II | ||||||||
Anne-Marie Trevelyan (1969) |
15 september 2021 | 6 september 2022 | Conservative Party | President of the Board of Trade | ||||
Kemi Badenoch (1980) |
6 september 2022 | heden | Conservative Party | Liz Truss (2022–heden) |
Truss | President of the Board of Trade |
- ↑ Secretary of State for International Trade and President of the Board of Trade - GOV.UK. Gearchiveerd op 15 maart 2023.
- ↑ a b c d e f g h i j k l Afgetreden
- ↑ Afgetreden na benoeming tot minister voor Brits-Indië
- ↑ a b Onafhankelijk Conservatief
- ↑ Afgetreden na benoeming tot kanselier van het Hertogdom Lancaster
- ↑ Afgetreden na benoeming tot minister van Transport
- ↑ a b Uit functie ontheven na een kabinetsherschikking
- ↑ Afgetreden na benoeming tot minister van Sociale Zaken
- ↑ Afgetreden na benoeming tot vicepremier en First Secretary of State
- ↑ Afgetreden na benoeming tot Lord President of the Council en Leader of the House of Commons
- ↑ Afgetreden na benoeming tot minister van Transport en minister van Regionale Zaken
- ↑ Afgetreden na benoeming tot minister van Volksgezondheid
- ↑ Afgetreden na benoeming tot minister van Onderwijs
- ↑ Afgetreden na benoeming tot minister van Defensie
- ↑ Afgetreden na benoeming tot voorzitter van de Klimaatconferentie van 2021
- ↑ Afgetreden na benoeming tot minister van Buitenlandse Zaken