List of Ministers
Members of the Cabinet are in bold face.
| Office | Name | Dates | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Prime Minister, First Lord of the Treasury and Minister for the Civil Service |
Margaret Thatcher | June 1987 – 28 November 1990 | |
| Lord Chancellor | The Lord Havers | 13 June 1987 | |
| The Lord Mackay of Clashfern | 26 October 1987 | ||
| Lord President of the Council | The Viscount Whitelaw | June 1987 | also Deputy Prime Minister and Leader of the House of Lords |
| John Wakeham | 10 January 1988 | also Leader of the House of Commons | |
| Sir Geoffrey Howe | 24 July 1989 | also Deputy Prime Minister and Leader of the House of Commons | |
| John MacGregor | 2 November 1990 | also Leader of the House of Commons | |
| Minister of State for the Privy Council Office | Richard Luce | June 1987 – 24 July 1990 | |
| David Mellor | 24 July 1990 – 28 November 1990 | ||
| Lord Privy Seal | John Wakeham | 13 June 1987 | also Leader of the House of Commons |
| The Lord Belstead | 10 January 1988 | also Leader of the House of Lords | |
| Chancellor of the Exchequer | Nigel Lawson | June 1987 | |
| John Major | 26 October 1989 | ||
| Chief Secretary to the Treasury | John Major | 13 June 1987 | |
| Norman Lamont | 24 July 1989 | ||
| Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury | David Waddington | 13 June 1987 | |
| Timothy Renton | 28 October 1989 | ||
| Financial Secretary to the Treasury | Norman Lamont | June 1987 | |
| Peter Lilley | 24 July 1989 | ||
| Hon. Francis Maude | 14 July 1990 | ||
| Lords of the Treasury | Michael Neubert | June 1987 – 26 July 1988 | |
| Peter Lloyd | June 1987 – 24 July 1988 | ||
| Hon. Mark Lennox-Boyd | June 1987 – 25 July 1988 | ||
| Tony Durant | June 1987 – 19 December 1988 | ||
| David Lightbown | 26 July 1987 – 24 July 1990 | ||
| Alan Howarth | 27 July 1988 – 24 July 1989 | ||
| David Maclean | 27 July 1988 – 24 July 1989 | ||
| Kenneth Carlisle | 27 July 1988 – 22 July 1990 | ||
| Stephen Dorrell | 20 December 1988 – 3 May 1990 | ||
| David Heathcoat-Amory | 26 July 1989 – 28 October 1989 | ||
| John Taylor | 26 July 1989 – 29 November 1990 | ||
| Hon. Tom Sackville | 30 October 1989 – November 1990 | ||
| Michael Fallon | 10 May 1990 – 22 July 1990 | ||
| Sydney Chapman | 25 July 1990 – November 1990 | ||
| Greg Knight | 25 July 1990 – November 1990 | ||
| Irvine Patnick | 25 July 1990 – November 1990 | ||
| Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs | Sir Geoffrey Howe | June 1987 | |
| John Major | 14 June 1989 | ||
| Hon. Douglas Hurd | 26 October 1989 | ||
| Minister of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs | Lynda Chalker | June 1987 – November 1990 | also Minister of Overseas Development from 24 July 1989 |
| Chris Patten | June 1987 – 24 July 1989 | also Minister of Overseas Development | |
| David Mellor | 13 June 1987 – 26 July 1988 | ||
| The Lord Glenarthur | 13 June 1987 – 24 July 1989 | ||
| Hon. William Waldegrave | 26 July 1988 – 2 November 1990 | ||
| Hon. Francis Maude | 24 July 1989 – 14 July 1990 | ||
| The Lord Brabazon of Tara | 24 July 1989 – 24 July 1990 | ||
| The Earl of Caithness | 14 July 1990 – November 1990 | ||
| Tristan Garel-Jones | 14 July 1990 – November 1990 | ||
| Hon. Douglas Hogg | 2 November 1990 – November 1990 | ||
| Under-Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs | Timothy Eggar | June 1987 | |
| Hon. Tim Sainsbury | 24 July 1989 | ||
| Hon. Mark Lennox-Boyd | 24 July 1990 | ||
| Minister for Overseas Development | Chris Patten | June 1987 | also Minister of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs |
| Lynda Chalker | 24 July 1989 | also Minister of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs | |
| Secretary of State for the Home Department | Hon. Douglas Hurd | June 1987 | |
| David Waddington | 26 October 1989 | ||
| Minister of State for Home Affairs | The Earl of Caithness | June 1987 – 10 January 1988 | |
| John Patten | 13 June 1987 – November 1990 | ||
| The Earl Ferrers | 10 January 1988 – November 1990 | ||
| David Mellor | 27 October 1989 – 22 June 1990 | ||
| Angela Rumbold | 23 July 1990 – November 1990 | ||
| Under-Secretary of State for Home Affairs | Hon. Douglas Hogg | June 1987 – 26 July 1989 | |
| Peter Lloyd | 25 July 1989 – November 1990 | ||
| Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food | John MacGregor | 13 June 1987 | |
| John Gummer | 24 July 1989 | ||
| Minister of State for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food | John Gummer | June 1987 – 26 July 1988 | |
| The Baroness Trumpington | 28 September 1989 – November 1990 | ||
| Under-Secretary of State for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food | Donald Thompson | June 1987 – 25 September 1987 | |
| The Baroness Trumpington | 13 June 1987 – 28 September 1989 | ||
| Richard Ryder | 25 July 1988 – 14 July 1989 | ||
| David Curry | 26 July 1989 – November 1990 | ||
| David Maclean | 26 July 1989 – November 1990 | ||
| Minister for the Arts | Richard Luce | June 1987 | |
| David Mellor | 26 July 1990 | ||
| Secretary of State for Defence | Hon. George Younger | June 1987 | |
| Tom King | 24 July 1989 | ||
| Minister of State for the Armed Forces | Ian Stewart | 13 June 1987 | |
| Hon. Archie Hamilton | 25 July 1988 | ||
| Minister of State for Defence Procurement | The Lord Trefgarne | June 1987 | |
| Alan Clark | 24 July 1989 | ||
| Under-Secretary of State for the Armed Forces | Roger Freeman | June 1987 – 15 December 1988 | |
| Michael Neubert | 19 December 1988 – 23 July 1990 | ||
| Under-Secretary of State for Defence Procurement | Hon. Tim Sainsbury | 13 June 1987 – 25 July 1989 | |
| The Earl of Arran | 25 July 1989 – 26 July 1990 | ||
| Kenneth Carlisle | 26 July 1990 – 28 November 1990 | ||
| Secretary of State for Education and Science | Kenneth Baker | June 1987 | |
| John MacGregor | 24 July 1989 | ||
| Kenneth Clarke | 2 November 1990 | ||
| Minister of State, Education and Science | Angela Rumbold | June 1987 – 24 July 1990 | |
| Tim Eggar | 24 July 1990 | ||
| Under-Secretary of State, Education and Science | Bob Dunn | June 1987 – 26 July 1988 | |
| The Baroness Hooper | 13 June 1987 – 26 July 1988 | ||
| Robert Jackson | 13 June 1987 – 24 July 1990 | ||
| John Butcher | 26 July 1988 – 24 July 1989 | ||
| Alan Howarth | 24 July 1989 – November 1990 | ||
| Michael Fallon | 24 July 1990 – November 1990 | ||
| Secretary of State for Employment | Norman Fowler | 13 June 1987 | |
| Michael Howard | 3 January 1990 | ||
| Minister of State, Employment | John Cope | 13 June 1987 – 25 July 1989 | |
| Tim Eggar | 25 July 1989 – 23 July 1990 | ||
| Under-Secretary of State, Employment | John Lee | June 1987 – 26 July 1989 | |
| Patrick Nicholls | 13 June 1987 – 28 July 1989 | ||
| The Lord Strathclyde | 26 July 1989 – 24 July 1990 | ||
| Robert Jackson | 24 July 1990 – November 1990 | ||
| Eric Forth | 24 July 1990 – November 1990 | ||
| The Viscount Ullswater | 24 July 1990 – November 1990 | ||
| Secretary of State for Energy | Cecil Parkinson | 13 June 1987 | |
| John Wakeham | 24 July 1989 | ||
| Minister of State, Energy | Peter Morrison | 13 June 1987 – 26 July 1990 | |
| Under-Secretary of State, Energy | Michael Spicer | 13 June 1987 – 3 January 1990 | |
| The Baroness Hooper | 26 July 1988 – 28 July 1989 | ||
| Tony Baldry | 3 January 1990 – 28 November 1990 | ||
| Hon. Colin Moynihan | 24 July 1990 – November 1990 | ||
| Secretary of State for the Environment | Hon. Nicholas Ridley | June 1987 | |
| Chris Patten | 24 July 1989 | ||
| Minister of State for Local Government | Michael Howard | 13 June 1987 | |
| John Gummer | 25 July 1988 | ||
| David Hunt | 25 July 1989 | ||
| Michael Portillo | 4 May 1990 | ||
| Minister of State for Housing | Hon. William Waldegrave | 13 June 1987 | |
| The Earl of Caithness | 25 July 1988 | ||
| Michael Howard | 25 July 1989 | ||
| Michael Spicer | 3 January 1990 | ||
| Minister of State, Environment | The Lord Belstead | 13 June 1987 – 10 January 1988 | |
| The Earl of Caithness | 10 January 1988 – 25 July 1988 | ||
| Michael Howard | 25 July 1988 – 24 July 1989 | ||
| David Trippier | 24 July 1989 – 28 November 1990 | ||
| Under-Secretary of State for Sport | Hon. Colin Moynihan | 22 June 1987 – 26 July 1990 | |
| Robert Atkins | 26 July 1990 – 28 November 1990 | ||
| Under-Secretary of State, Environment | Christopher Chope | June 1987 – 22 July 1990 | |
| Marion Roe | 13 June 1987 – 26 July 1988 | ||
| David Trippier | 13 June 1987 – 23 July 1989 | ||
| Virginia Bottomley | 25 July 1988 – 28 October 1989 | ||
| The Lord Hesketh | 31 January 1989 – 2 November 1990 | ||
| David Heathcoat-Amory | 28 October 1989 – 28 November 1990 | ||
| Patrick Nicholls | 26 July 1990 – 12 October 1990 | ||
| The Lord Strathclyde | 26 July 1990 – 7 September 1990 | ||
| The Baroness Blatch | 7 September 1990 – November 1990 | ||
| Robert Key | 12 October 1990 – November 1990 | ||
| Secretary of State for Health and Social Security | John Moore | 13 June 1987 | Reorganised into Office of Health and Office of Social Security 25 July 1988 |
| Secretary of State for Health | Kenneth Clarke | 25 July 1988 | |
| Hon. William Waldegrave | 2 November 1990 | ||
| Minister of State, Health | Tony Newton | June 1987 | |
| David Mellor | 25 July 1988 | under separate Office of Health | |
| The Lord Trafford | 29 July 1989 | ||
| Virginia Bottomley | 28 October 1989 | ||
| Under-Secretary of State, Health and Social Security | Edwina Currie | June 1987 – 25 July 1988 | |
| Michael Portillo | 13 June 1987 – 25 July 1988 | ||
| The Lord Skelmersdale | 13 June 1987 – 25 July 1988 | ||
| Under-Secretary of State, Health | Edwina Currie | 25 July 1988 – 16 December 1988 | |
| Roger Freeman | 16 December 1988 – 4 May 1990 | ||
| The Baroness Hooper | 29 September 1989 – November 1990 | ||
| Stephen Dorrell | 4 May 1990 – November 1990 | ||
| Secretary of State for Social Security | John Moore | 25 July 1988 | |
| Tony Newton | 23 July 1989 | ||
| Minister of State, Social Security | Nicholas Scott | 13 June 1987 | under separate Office of Social Security 25 July 1988 |
| Under-Secretary of State, Social Security | The Lord Skelmersdale | 25 July 1988 – 26 July 1989 | |
| Peter Lloyd | 25 July 1988 – 28 July 1989 | ||
| The Lord Henley | 25 July 1989 – November 1990 | ||
| Gillian Shephard | 25 July 1989 – 28 November 1990 | ||
| Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster | Kenneth Clarke | 13 June 1987 | |
| Tony Newton | 25 July 1988 | ||
| Kenneth Baker | 24 July 1989 | ||
| Secretary of State for Northern Ireland | Tom King | June 1987 | |
| Hon. Peter Brooke | 24 July 1989 | ||
| Minister of State, Northern Ireland | John Stanley | 13 June 1987 – 25 July 1988 | |
| Ian Stewart | 25 July 1988 – 25 July 1989 | ||
| John Cope | 25 July 1989 – 28 November 1990 | ||
| Under-Secretary of State, Northern Ireland | The Lord Lyell | June 1987 – 25 July 1989 | |
| Richard Needham | June 1987 – May 1997 | ||
| Peter Viggers | June 1987 – 26 July 1989 | ||
| Brian Mawhinney | June 1987 – 28 November 1990 | ||
| Peter Bottomley | 4 July 1989 – 28 July 1990 | ||
| The Lord Skelmersdale | 24 July 1989 – 28 November 1990 | ||
| Paymaster-General | Hon. Peter Brooke | 13 June 1987 | |
| The Earl of Caithness | 24 July 1989 | ||
| Richard Ryder | 14 July 1990 | ||
| Secretary of State for Scotland | Malcolm Rifkind | June 1987 | |
| Minister of State for Scotland | Ian Lang | 13 June 1987 – 28 November 1990 | |
| The Lord Sanderson of Bowden | 13 June 1987 – 7 September 1990 | ||
| Michael Forsyth | 7 September 1990 – November 1990 | ||
| Under-Secretary of State for Scotland | Lord James Douglas-Hamilton | 13 June 1987 – 6 July 1995 | |
| Michael Forsyth | 13 June 1987 – 7 September 1990 | ||
| The Lord Strathclyde | 7 September 1990 – November 1990 | ||
| Minister for Trade | Alan Clark | June 1987 | |
| The Lord Trefgarne | 25 July 1989 | ||
| Hon. Tim Sainsbury | 23 July 1990 | ||
| Secretary of State for Trade and Industry | The Lord Young of Graffham | 13 June 1987 | |
| Hon. Nicholas Ridley | 24 July 1989 | ||
| Peter Lilley | 14 July 1990 | ||
| Minister for Industry | Hon. Douglas Hogg | 24 July 1989 | |
| The Lord Hesketh | 2 November 1990 | ||
| Minister for Corporate Affairs | John Redwood | 2 November 1990 | |
| Under-Secretary of State for Trade and Industry | John Butcher | June 1987 – 26 July 1988 | |
| Robert Atkins | 13 June 1987 – 26 July 1989 | ||
| Hon. Francis Maude | 13 June 1987 – 26 July 1989 | ||
| Eric Forth | 26 July 1988 – 24 July 1990 | ||
| John Redwood | 26 July 1989 – 2 November 1990 | ||
| Edward Leigh | 2 November 1990 – November 1990 | ||
| Secretary of State for Transport | Paul Channon | 13 June 1987 | |
| Cecil Parkinson | 24 July 1989 | ||
| Minister of State, Transport | David Mitchell | June 1987 – 25 July 1988 | |
| Michael Portillo | 25 July 1988 – 4 May 1990 | ||
| Roger Freeman | 4 May 1990 – 28 November 1990 | ||
| The Lord Brabazon of Tara | 23 July 1990 – November 1990 | ||
| Under-Secretary of State for Transport | Peter Bottomley | June 1987 – 24 July 1989 | |
| The Lord Brabazon of Tara | June 1987 – 23 July 1989 | ||
| Robert Atkins | 25 July 1989 – 22 July 1990 | ||
| Patrick McLoughlin | 25 July 1989 – November 1990 | ||
| Christopher Chope | 23 July 1990 – November 1990 | ||
| Secretary of State for Wales | Peter Walker | 13 June 1987 | |
| David Hunt | 4 May 1990 | ||
| Minister of State for Wales | Wyn Roberts | 15 June 1987 | |
| Under-Secretary of State for Wales | Ian Grist | 15 June 1987 – 28 November 1990 | |
| Attorney General | Sir Patrick Mayhew | 11 June 1987 | |
| Solicitor General | Sir Nicholas Lyell | 13 June 1987 | |
| Lord Advocate | The Lord Cameron of Lochbroom | June 1987 | |
| The Lord Fraser of Carmyllie | 4 January 1989 | ||
| Solicitor General for Scotland | Peter Fraser | June 1987 | |
| Alan Rodger | 14 January 1989 | Not an MP | |
| Treasurer of the Household | David Hunt | 15 June 1987 | |
| Tristan Garel-Jones | 25 July 1989 | ||
| Alastair Goodlad | 22 July 1990 | ||
| Comptroller of the Household | Hon. Robert Boscawen | June 1987 | |
| Tristan Garel-Jones | 26 July 1988 | ||
| Alastair Goodlad | 25 July 1989 | ||
| Sir George Young, Bt | 23 July 1990 | ||
| Vice-Chamberlain of the Household | Tristan Garel-Jones | June 1987 | |
| Michael Neubert | 26 July 1988 | ||
| Tony Durant | 20 December 1988 | ||
| David Lightbown | 25 July 1990 | ||
| Captain of the Gentlemen-at-Arms | The Lord Denham | June 1987 | |
| Captain of the Yeomen of the Guard | The Viscount Davidson | June 1987 | |
| Lords-in-Waiting | The Viscount Long | June 1987 – November 1990 | |
| The Lord Beaverbrook | June 1987 – 28 July 1988 | ||
| The Earl of Dundee | June 1987 – 26 July 1989 | ||
| The Earl of Arran | 18 June 1987 – 24 July 1989 | ||
| The Lord Strathclyde | 12 August 1988 – 24 July 1989 | ||
| The Lord Henley | 13 February 1989 – 24 July 1989 | ||
| The Viscount Ullswater | 26 July 1989 – 22 July 1990 | ||
| The Lord Reay | 2 August 1989 – November 1990 | ||
| The Earl of Strathmore | 2 August 1989 – November 1990 | ||
| The Baroness Blatch | 15 January 1990 – 7 September 1990 | ||
| The Lord Cavendish of Furness | 14 September 1990 – November 1990 | ||
| The Viscount Astor | 11 October 1990 – November 1990 |
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