Secretary of State for Trade

Name 	Entered office 	Left office 	Party 	Notes
Peter Shore 	5 March 1974 	8 April 1976 	Labour 	also President of the Board of Trade
Edmund Dell 	8 April 1976 	11 November 1978	Labour 	also President of the Board of Trade
John Smith 	11 November 1978	4 May 1979 	Labour 	also President of the Board of Trade
John Nott 	5 May 1979 	5 January 1981 	Conservative	also President of the Board of Trade
John Biffen 	5 January 1981 	6 April 1982 	Conservative	also President of the Board of Trade
The Lord Cockfield	6 April 1982 	12 June 1983 	Conservative	also President of the Board of Trade
Merged with the Secretary of State for Industry to form the new job of Secretary of State for Trade and Industry (which had previously existed 1970-1974). See also Secretary of State for Industry, Trade, and Regional Development.