Secretary of State for Justice
List of Secretaries of State

Secretary of State for Justice

Section Title: List of Secretaries of State
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Labour Conservative

Portrait	Name Honorifics & Constituency	Term of office	Political Party	Government

-	The Right Honourable Charlie Falconer The Lord Falconer of Thoroton PC QC (born 1951)	9 May 2007	27 June 2007	Labour	Blair II & III

-	The Right Honourable Jack Straw MP for Blackburn (born 1946)	28 June 2007	11 May 2010	Labour	Brown

-	The Right Honourable Kenneth Clarke QC MP for Rushcliffe (born 1940)	12 May 2010	4 September 2012	Conservative	Cameron–Clegg (Con.-L.D.)

-	The Right Honourable Chris Grayling MP for Epsom and Ewell (born 1962)	4 September 2012	9 May 2015	Conservative

-	The Right Honourable Michael Gove MP for Surrey Heath (born 1967)	9 May 2015	14 July 2016	Conservative	Cameron II

-	The Right Honourable Liz Truss MP for South West Norfolk (born 1975)	14 July 2016	11 June 2017	Conservative	May I

-	The Right Honourable David Lidington CBE MP for Aylesbury (born 1956)	11 June 2017	8 January 2018	Conservative	May II

-	The Right Honourable David Gauke MP for South West Hertfordshire (born 1971)	8 January 2018	Incumbent	Conservative

Sentence(s)

Jack Straw took over this department on 28 June 2007 as leader of the Labour Party and left office on 11 May 2010.

final_sentence: Jack Straw took over this department on 28 June 2007 as leader of the Labour Party and left office on 11 May 2010.