Members of The Ministry
The First National Government was composed of members of the following parties:
- National Labour
- Conservative Party
- Liberal Party
Members of the Cabinet are in bold face.
| Office | Name | Party | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Prime Minister | Ramsay Macdonald | National Labour | 24 August 1931-5 November 1931 | |
| Lord Chancellor | Lord Sankey | National Labour | 25 August 1931 | |
| Lord President of the Council | Stanley Baldwin | Conservative | 25 August 1931 | |
| Lord Privy Seal | Earl Peel | Conservative | 3 September 1931 | |
| Chancellor of the Exchequer | Philip Snowden | National Labour | 25 August 1931 | |
| Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury | Sir Bolton Eyres-Monsell | Conservative | 3 September 1931 | |
| Financial Secretary to the Treasury | Walter Elliot | Conservative | 3 September 1931 | |
| Lords of the Treasury | David Margesson | Conservative | 26 August 1931-10 November 1931 | |
| Sir Frederick Penny | Conservative | 3 September 1931-12 November 1931 | ||
| Alec Glassey | Liberal | 14 September 1931-12 November 1931 | ||
| Marquess of Titchfield | Conservative | 3 September 1931-12 November 1931 | ||
| Euan Wallace | Conservative | 3 September 1931-12 November 1931 | ||
| Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs | Marquess of Reading | Liberal | 25 August 1931 | |
| Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs | Anthony Eden | Conservative | 3 September 1931 | |
| Secretary of State for the Home Department | Sir Herbert Samuel | Liberal | 25 August 1931 | |
| Under-Secretary of State for the Home Department | Oliver Stanley | Conservative | 3 September 1931 | |
| First Lord of the Admiralty | Sir Austen Chamberlain | Conservative | 25 August 1931 | |
| Parliamentary and Financial Secretary to the Admiralty | Earl Stanhope | Conservative | 3 September 1931 | |
| Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries | Sir John Gilmour | Conservative | 25 August 1931 | |
| Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries | vacant | |||
| Secretary of State for Air | Lord Amulree | National Labour | 25 August 1931 | |
| Under-Secretary of State for Air | Sir Philip Sassoon | Conservative | 3 September 1931 | |
| Secretary of State for the Colonies | James Henry Thomas | National Labour | 25 August 1931 | |
| Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies | Sir Robert William Hamilton | Liberal | 3 September 1931 | |
| Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs | James Henry Thomas | National Labour | 25 August 1931 | |
| Under-Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs | Malcolm MacDonald | National Labour | 3 September 1931 | |
| President of the Board of Education | Sir Donald Maclean | Liberal | 25 August 1931 | |
| Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Education | Sir Kingsley Wood | Conservative | 3 September 1931 | |
| Minister of Health | Neville Chamberlain | Conservative | 25 August 1931 | |
| Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Health | Ernest Simon | Liberal | 22 September 1931 | |
| Secretary of State for India | Sir Samuel Hoare | Conservative | 25 August 1931 | |
| Under-Secretary of State for India | vacant | |||
| Minister of Labour | Sir Henry Betterton | Conservative | 25 August 1931 | |
| Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Labour | Milner Gray | Liberal | 3 September 1931 | |
| Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster | Marquess of Lothian | Liberal | 25 August 1931 | |
| Paymaster General | Sir Tudor Walters | Liberal | 4 September 1931 | |
| Minister for Pensions | George Tryon | Conservative | 3 September 1931 | |
| Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Pensions | vacant | |||
| Postmaster-General | William Ormsby-Gore | Conservative | 3 September 1931 | |
| Assistant Postmaster-General | Graham White | Liberal | 3 September 1931 | |
| Secretary of State for Scotland | Sir Archibald Sinclair | Liberal | 25 August 1931 | |
| Under-Secretary of State for Scotland | Noel Skelton | Conservative | 3 September 1931 | |
| President of the Board of Trade | Sir Philip Cunliffe-Lister | Conservative | 25 August 1931 | |
| Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Trade | Gwilym Lloyd George | Liberal | 3 September 1931 | |
| Secretary for Overseas Trade | Sir Edward Young | Conservative | 3 September 1931 | |
| Secretary for Mines | Isaac Foot | Liberal | 3 September 1931 | |
| Minister of Transport | James Pybus | Liberal National | 3 September 1931 | |
| Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Transport | George Gillett | National Labour | 4 September 1931 | |
| Secretary of State for War | Marquess of Crewe | Liberal | 26 August 1931 | |
| Under-Secretary of State for War | office vacant | |||
| Financial Secretary to the War Office | Alfred Duff Cooper | Conservative | 3 September 1931 | |
| First Commissioner of Works | Marquess of Londonderry | Conservative | 25 August 1931 | |
| Attorney General | Sir William Jowitt | National Labour | 3 September 1931 | |
| Solicitor General | Sir Thomas Inskip | Conservative | 3 September 1931 | |
| Lord Advocate | Craigie Mason Aitchison | National Labour | 3 September 1931 | |
| Solicitor General for Scotland | John Charles Watson | National Labour | 4 September 1931 | |
| Treasurer of the Household | Sir George Hennessy, Bt | Conservative | 3 September 1931 | |
| Comptroller of the Household | Goronwy Owen | Liberal | 14 September 1931 | |
| Vice-Chamberlain of the Household | Sir Frederick Charles Thomson | Conservative | 3 September 1931 |
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