First Secretary of State

Name 	From 	Until 	Party 	Notes
Richard Austen Butler	13 July 1962 	18 October 1963	Conservative	also Deputy Prime Minister
George Brown 	16 October 1964	11 August 1966 	Labour 	also Secretary of State for Economic Affairs
Michael Stewart 	11 August 1966 	6 April 1968 	Labour 	also Secretary of State for Economic Affairs, 1966-1968; also Foreign Secretary, 1968
Barbara Castle 	6 April 1968 	19 June 1970 	Labour 	also Secretary of State for Employment and Productivity
Michael Heseltine 	20 July 1995 	2 May 1997 	Conservative	also Deputy Prime Minister
John Prescott 	8 June 2001 	27 June 2007 	Labour 	also Deputy Prime Minister
The Lord Mandelson 	5 June 2009 	11 May 2010 	Labour 	also Lord President of the Council and Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills
William Hague 	12 May 2010 	present 	Conservative	also Foreign Secretary