Secretary of State for Employment

Name 	Entered office 	Left office 	Party 	Notes
Robert Carr 	20 June 1970 	7 April 1972 	Conservative	
Maurice Macmillan 	7 April 1972 	2 December 1973 	Conservative	
William Whitelaw 	2 December 1973 	4 March 1974 	Conservative	
Michael Foot 	5 March 1974 	8 April 1976 	Labour 	
Albert Booth 	8 April 1976 	4 May 1979 	Labour 	
James Prior 	5 May 1979 	14 September 1981	Conservative	
Norman Tebbit 	14 September 1981	16 October 1983 	Conservative	
Tom King 	16 October 1983 	2 September 1985 	Conservative	
The Lord Young of Graffham	2 September 1985 	13 June 1987 	Conservative	
Norman Fowler 	13 June 1987 	3 January 1990 	Conservative	
Michael Howard 	3 January 1990 	11 April 1992 	Conservative	
Gillian Shepherd 	11 April 1992 	27 May 1993 	Conservative	
David Hunt 	27 May 1993 	20 July 1994 	Conservative	
Michael Portillo 	20 July 1994 	5 July 1995 	Conservative	
Merged into Secretary of State for Education and Employment.