# Minister of State for Transport

The Minister of State for Rail is a mid-level ministerial position in the Department for Transport of the Government of the United Kingdom. The minister is deputy to the Secretary of State for Transport.

## Ministers of State for Transport

| Name (Cabinet status) | Name (Cabinet status) | Portrait | Term of office | Term of office | Political party | P.M. | Transp.Sec. |
| | Lynda Chalker | | 18 October 1983 | 10 January 1986 | Conservative | Thatcher | Ridley Moore Channon Parkinson |
| | David Mitchell | | 23 January 1986 | 25 July 1988 | Conservative | Thatcher | Ridley Moore Channon Parkinson |
| | Michael Portillo | | 25 July 1988 | 4 May 1990 | Conservative | Thatcher | Ridley Moore Channon Parkinson |
| | Roger Freeman | | 4 May 1990 | 20 July 1994 | Conservative | Thatcher | Ridley Moore Channon Parkinson |
| | Ivon Moore-Brabazon, 3rd Baron Brabazon of Tara | | 23 July 1990 | 14 April 1992 | Conservative | Thatcher | Ridley Moore Channon Parkinson |
| | The Earl of Caithness | | 14 April 1992 | 11 January 1994 | Conservative | Major | Rifkind MacGregor Mawhinney Young |
| | John Watts | | 20 July 1994 | 2 May 1997 | Conservative | Major | Rifkind MacGregor Mawhinney Young |
| | Gavin Strang (in Cabinet) | | 2 May 1997 | 18 June 1998 | Labour | Blair | Prescott (DPM, SSETR) |
| | John Reid (attended Cabinet) | | 27 July 1998 | 17 May 1999 | Labour | Blair | Prescott (DPM, SSETR) |
| | Helen Liddell | | 17 May 1999 | 29 July 1999 | Labour | Blair | Prescott (DPM, SSETR) |
| | Gus Macdonald, Baron Macdonald of Tradeston (attended Cabinet) | | 29 July 1999 | 8 June 2001 | Labour | Blair | Prescott (DPM, SSETR) |
| | John Spellar (attended Cabinet) | | 8 June 2001 | 12 June 2003 | Labour | Blair | Byers (SSTLR) |
| | John Spellar (attended Cabinet) | | 8 June 2001 | 12 June 2003 | Labour | Blair | Darling |
| | Kim Howells | | 12 June 2003 | 10 September 2004 | Labour | Blair | Darling |
| | Tony McNulty | | 10 September 2004 | 9 May 2005 | Labour | Blair | Darling |
| | Stephen Ladyman | | 9 May 2005 | 28 June 2007 | Labour | Blair | Darling |
| | Stephen Ladyman | | 9 May 2005 | 28 June 2007 | Labour | Blair | Alexander |
| | Rosie Winterton | | 28 June 2007 | 3 October 2008 | Labour | Brown | Kelly |
| | Andrew Adonis, Baron Adonis | | 3 October 2008 | 5 June 2009 | Labour | Brown | Hoon |
| | Sadiq Khan (attended Cabinet when his responsibilities were on the agenda) | | 9 June 2009 | 11 May 2010 | Labour | Brown | Adonis |
| | Theresa Villiers | | 12 May 2010 | 4 September 2012 | Conservative | Cameron | Hammond Greening |
| | Simon Burns | | 5 September 2012 | 5 October 2013 | Conservative | Cameron | McLoughlin |
| | The Baroness Kramer | | 5 October 2013 | 8 May 2015 | Liberal Democrats | Cameron | McLoughlin |
| | John Hayes | | 15 July 2014 | 11 May 2015 | Conservative | Cameron | McLoughlin |
| | Robert Goodwill | | 11 May 2015 | 16 July 2016 | Conservative | Cameron | McLoughlin |
| | John Hayes | | 16 July 2016 | 9 January 2018 | Conservative | May | Grayling |
| | Jo Johnson | | 9 January 2018 | 9 November 2018 | Conservative | May | Grayling |
| | Jesse Norman | | 12 November 2018 | 23 May 2019 | Conservative | May | Grayling |
| | Michael Ellis | | 23 May 2019 | 24 July 2019 | Conservative | May | Grayling |
| | George Freeman | | 26 July 2019 | 13 February 2020 | Conservative | Johnson | Shapps |
| | Chris Heaton-Harris | | 25 July 2019 | 19 December 2021 | Conservative | Johnson | Shapps |
| | Andrew Stephenson | | 13 February 2020 | 7 July 2022 | Conservative | Johnson | Shapps |
| | Wendy Morton | | 19 December 2021 | 6 September 2022 | Conservative | Johnson | Shapps |
| | Trudy Harrison | | 7 July 2022 | 7 September 2022 | Conservative | Johnson | Shapps |
| | Kevin Foster | | 7 September 2022 | 26 October 2022 | Conservative | Truss | Trevelyan |
| | Lucy Frazer | | 8 September 2022 | 26 October 2022 | Conservative | Truss | Trevelyan |
| | Minister of State for Decarbonisation and Technology | Minister of State for Decarbonisation and Technology | Minister of State for Decarbonisation and Technology | Minister of State for Decarbonisation and Technology | Conservative | | |
| | Jesse Norman | | 26 October 2022 | 13 November 2023 | Conservative | Sunak | Harper |
| Minister of State for Rail and HS2 | Minister of State for Rail and HS2 | Minister of State for Rail and HS2 | Minister of State for Rail and HS2 | Minister of State for Rail and HS2 | Conservative | Sunak | Harper |
| | Huw Merriman | | 27 October 2022 | 5 July 2024 | Conservative | Sunak | Harper |
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| | Peter Hendy, Baron Hendy of Richmond Hill | | 8 July 2024 | Incumbent | Labour | Starmer | Haigh |