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( May 2010 ) Secretary of State for Transport Royal Arms of Her Majesty 's Government Incumbent Chris Grayling since 14 July 2016 Department for Transport Style Transport Secretary ( informal ) The Right Honourable ( within the UK and the Commonwealth ) Appointer The Monarch on advice of the Prime Minister Formation 19 May 1919 First holder Eric Campbell Geddes Website www.dft.gov.uk United Kingdom This article is part of a series on the politics and government of the United Kingdom Constitution Constitution Cabinet Manual Erskine May Taxation The Crown British Monarchy Monarch Queen Elizabeth II Heir apparent The Prince of Wales Royal family Succession to the British throne Royal prerogative Executive HM Government Prime Minister Theresa May Cabinet Current ministry Her Majesty 's Civil Service Departments Executive agencies Public bodies Privy Council Crown - in - Council Queen Elizabeth II Legislature Parliament ( 56th Parliament ) Crown - in - Parliament Queen Elizabeth II House of Lords Lord Speaker The Lord Fowler House of Commons Speaker John Bercow Leader of the Opposition Jeremy Corbyn Her Majesty 's Loyal Opposition Shadow Cabinet Member of Parliament ( MP ) State Opening of Parliament Prime Minister 's Questions Act of Parliament Acts of Parliament relating to the EU Statutory Instruments English law Reserved matters Judiciary Supreme Court President The Baroness Hale of Richmond Deputy President The Lord Mance Judges of the Supreme Court Courts of the United Kingdom Courts of England and Wales Courts of Scotland Courts of Northern Ireland Devolution Joint Ministerial Committee Legislative Consent Motion Scotland Government Parliament Act of the Scottish Parliament Scottish statutory instrument Scottish law Wales Government National Assembly Act of the National Assembly for Wales Welsh law Northern Ireland Executive Assembly Act of the Northern Ireland Assembly Northern Ireland law England Greater London Authority Executive Mayor Mayoral cabinet Assembly London Plan Combined Authorities Metro Mayors Cornwall Council Administrative geography England Subdivisions of England Local government in England Scotland Subdivisions of Scotland Local government in Scotland Wales Local government in Wales Northern Ireland Local government in Northern Ireland Elections Parliament constituencies Political parties Last election Next election Referendums Foreign relations History Foreign policy UK and the United Nations Politics of the European Union Commonwealth of Nations United Kingdom portal Other countries Atlas Her Majesty 's Principal Secretary of State for Transport is the member of the cabinet responsible for the British Department for Transport. The office used to be called the Minister of Transport and has been merged with the Department for the Environment at various times. The current Secretary of State for Transport is Chris Grayling. The Secretary of State is supported by a small team of junior Ministers. Each Minister is a Member of Parliament from either the House of Commons or the House of Lords. The number of Ministers supporting the Secretary of State for Transport vary from time to time, but is usually about 3. The titles given to these Ministers also vary. Currently the positions are held by one Minister of State for Transport and two Parliamentary Under - Secretaries of State for Transport. During the tenure of different governments the title of Minister of / for Transport has been used to refer to the Secretary of State for Transport, one or more of the junior Ministers or even both the Secretary of State and the junior Ministers at the same time. From 2003 until June 2007 the role of Secretary of State for Transport was combined with the role of Secretary of State for Scotland. This arrangement changed on 28 June 2007, when in the appointment of his first Cabinet, Prime Minister Gordon Brown assigned the responsibilities of Secretary of State for Scotland to Des Browne, his Secretary of State for Defence. The names provided in the sections below are those who have served in a position equivalent to the Secretary of State for Transport. Contents 1 Minister of Transport ( 1919 -- 1941 ) 2 Minister of ( War ) Transport and Minister of Civil Aviation ( 1941 -- 1953 ) 3 Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation ( 1953 -- 1959 ) 4 Minister of Transport ( 1959 -- 1970 ) 5 Minister within the Department of the Environment ( 1970 -- 1976 ) 5.1 Minister for Transport Industries ( 1970 -- 1974 ) 5.2 Minister for Transport ( 1974 -- 1976 ) 6 Secretary of State for Transport ( 1976 -- 1979 ) 7 Minister of Transport ( 1979 -- 1981 ) 8 Secretary of State for Transport ( 1981 -- 1997 ) 9 Secretary of State for Environment, Transport and the Regions ( 1997 -- 2001 ) 10 Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions ( 2001 -- 2002 ) 11 Secretary of State for Transport ( 2002 -- ) 12 See also 13 References 14 External links Minister of Transport ( 1919 -- 1941 ) Colour key ( for political parties ) : Conservative Labour National Labour Liberal National Liberal Name Term of office Political party Prime Minister Eric Campbell Geddes 19 May 1919 7 November 1921 Conservative David Lloyd George ( Coalition ) The Viscount Peel 7 November 1921 12 April 1922 Conservative The Earl of Crawford 12 April 1922 31 October 1922 Conservative Sir John Baird, Bt 31 October 1922 22 January 1924 Conservative Bonar Law Stanley Baldwin Harry Gosling 24 January 1924 3 November 1924 Labour Ramsay MacDonald Wilfrid Ashley 11 November 1924 4 June 1929 Conservative Stanley Baldwin Herbert Morrison 7 June 1929 24 August 1931 Labour Ramsay MacDonald John Pybus 3 September 1931 22 February 1933 Liberal Ramsay MacDonald ( 1st & 2nd National min. ) Hon. Oliver Stanley 22 February 1933 29 June 1934 Conservative Leslie Hore - Belisha 29 June 1934 28 May 1937 National Liberal Stanley Baldwin ( 3rd National min. ) Leslie Burgin 28 May 1937 21 April 1939 National Liberal Neville Chamberlain ( 4th National min. ) Euan Wallace 21 April 1939 14 May 1940 Conservative Neville Chamberlain ( War Coalition ) John Reith 14 May 1940 3 October 1940 National Independent Winston Churchill ( War Coalition ) John Moore - Brabazon 3 October 1940 1 May 1941 Conservative Minister of ( war ) Transport and Minister of Civil Aviation ( 1941 -- 1953 ) The Ministry of Transport absorbed the Ministry of Shipping and was renamed the Ministry of War Transport in 1941, but resumed its previous name at the end of the war. The Ministry of Civil Aviation was created by Winston Churchill in 1944 to look at peaceful ways of using aircraft and to find something for the aircraft factories to do after the war. The new Conservative Government in 1951 appointed the same Minister to Transport and Civil Aviation, finally amalgamating the Ministries on 1 October 1953. Colour key ( for political parties ) : Conservative Labour National Liberal Minister of Transport Minister of Civil Aviation Term of office Political party Prime Minister The Lord Leathers ( Min. of War Transport ) -- 1 May 1941 8 October 1944 Conservative Winston Churchill ( War Coalition ) The Viscount Swinton 8 October 1944 26 July 1945 Conservative Alfred Barnes The Lord Winster 3 - 4 August 1945 4 October 1946 Labour Clement Attlee The Lord Nathan 4 October 1946 31 May 1948 Labour The Lord Pakenham 31 May 1948 1 June 1951 Labour The Lord Ogmore 1 June 1951 26 October 1951 Labour Hon. John Maclay 31 October 1951 7 May 1952 National Liberal Sir Winston Churchill Alan Lennox - Boyd 7 May 1952 1 October 1953 Conservative Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation ( 1953 -- 1959 ) Colour key ( for political parties ) : Conservative Name Term of office Political party Prime Minister Alan Lennox - Boyd 1 October 1953 28 July 1954 Conservative Sir Winston Churchill John Boyd - Carpenter 28 July 1954 20 December 1955 Conservative Harold Watkinson 20 December 1955 14 October 1959 Conservative Sir Anthony Eden Harold Macmillan Minister of Transport ( 1959 -- 1970 ) The Ministry was renamed back to the Ministry of Transport on 14 October 1959, when a separate Ministry of Aviation was formed. Colour key ( for political parties ) : Conservative Labour Name Term of office Political party Prime Minister Ernest Marples 14 October 1959 16 October 1964 Conservative Harold Macmillan Sir Alec Douglas - Home Thomas Fraser 16 October 1964 23 December 1965 Labour Harold Wilson Barbara Castle 23 December 1965 6 April 1968 Labour Richard Marsh 6 April 1968 6 October 1969 Labour Fred Mulley 6 October 1969 19 June 1970 Labour John Peyton 23 June 1970 15 October 1970 Conservative Edward Heath Minister within the Department of the Environment ( 1970 -- 1976 ) Transport responsibilities were subsumed by the Department for the Environment, headed by the Secretary of State for the Environment from 15 October 1970 to 10 September 1976. Colour key ( for political parties ) : Conservative Labour Name Term of office Political party Prime Minister Peter Walker 15 October 1970 5 November 1972 Conservative Edward Heath Geoffrey Rippon 5 November 1972 4 March 1974 Conservative Anthony Crosland 5 March 1974 8 April 1976 Labour Harold Wilson The junior ministers responsible for transport within the Department for the Environment : Minister for Transport Industries ( 1970 -- 1974 ) John Peyton ( Conservative, 15 October 1970 -- 4 March 1974 ) Minister for Transport ( 1974 -- 1976 ) Fred Mulley ( Labour, 7 March 1974 -- 12 June 1975 ) John Gilbert ( Labour, 12 June 1975 -- 10 September 1976 ) The Department for Transport was recreated as a separate department by James Callaghan in 1976. Secretary of State for Transport ( 1976 -- 1979 ) Colour key ( for political parties ) : Labour Name Term of office Political party Prime Minister Bill Rodgers 10 September 1976 4 May 1979 Labour James Callaghan Minister of Transport ( 1979 -- 1981 ) Not an official member of the cabinet. Colour key ( for political parties ) : Conservative Name Term of office Political party Prime Minister Norman Fowler 11 May 1979 5 January 1981 Conservative Margaret Thatcher Secretary of State for Transport ( 1981 -- 1997 ) Colour key ( for political parties ) : Conservative Name Term of office Political party Prime Minister Norman Fowler 5 January 1981 14 September 1981 Conservative Margaret Thatcher David Howell 14 September 1981 11 June 1983 Conservative Tom King 11 June 1983 16 October 1983 Conservative Hon. Nicholas Ridley 16 October 1983 21 May 1986 Conservative John Moore 21 May 1986 13 June 1987 Conservative Paul Channon 13 June 1987 24 July 1989 Conservative Cecil Parkinson 24 July 1989 28 November 1990 Conservative Malcolm Rifkind 28 November 1990 10 April 1992 Conservative John Major John MacGregor 10 April 1992 20 July 1994 Conservative Brian Mawhinney 20 July 1994 5 July 1995 Conservative Sir George Young, Bt 5 July 1995 2 May 1997 Conservative Secretary of State for Environment, Transport and the Regions ( 1997 -- 2001 ) The super-department Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions was created in 1997 for Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott. Colour key ( for political parties ) : Labour Name Portrait Term of office Political party Prime Minister John Prescott 2 May 1997 8 June 2001 Labour Tony Blair From 1997 to 2001, the Ministers of State with responsibility for Transport were : Gavin Strang ( 3 May 1997 -- 27 July 1998 ) John Reid ( 27 July 1998 -- 17 May 1999 ) Helen Liddell ( 17 May 1999 -- 29 July 1999 ) Lord Macdonald of Tradeston ( 29 July 1999 -- 8 June 2001 ) John Reid attended cabinet meetings, but was not formally a member of the cabinet whereas Gavin Strang was given a seat in the cabinet when he held the position. Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions ( 2001 -- 2002 ) The Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions was widely considered unwieldy and so was broken up, with the Transport functions now combined with Local Government and the Regions in the DTLR ( Department for Transport, Local Government and the Regions ). Critics argued from the outset that this was a mistake and that a post of Secretary of State for Transport was needed in its own right. Colour key ( for political parties ) : Labour Name Term of office Political party Prime Minister Stephen Byers 8 June 2001 29 May 2002 Labour Tony Blair After Byers ' resignation, such a division was made, with the portfolios of Local Government and the Regions transferred to the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister. During the lifetime of DTLGR, John Spellar served as Minister of State for Transport with a right to attend Cabinet. John Spellar ( 8 June 2001 -- 29 May 2002 ) Secretary of State for Transport ( 2002 -- ) Colour key ( for political parties ) : Conservative Labour Name Portrait Term of office Political party Prime Minister Alistair Darling 29 May 2002 5 May 2006 Labour Tony Blair Douglas Alexander 5 May 2006 27 June 2007 Labour Ruth Kelly 28 June 2007 3 October 2008 Labour Gordon Brown Geoff Hoon 3 October 2008 5 June 2009 Labour The Lord Adonis 5 June 2009 11 May 2010 Labour Philip Hammond 12 May 2010 14 October 2011 Conservative David Cameron ( Coalition ) Justine Greening 14 October 2011 4 September 2012 Conservative Patrick McLoughlin 4 September 2012 14 July 2016 Conservative David Cameron ( II ) Chris Grayling 14 July 2016 Incumbent Conservative Theresa May See also Ministry of Civil Aviation Aerodrome Fire Service References Jump up ^ `` Out with the old cabinet, in with the new ''. Public Service. Archived from the original on 22 July 2011. Retrieved 12 May 2010. 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Question: who is the secretary of state for transport
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