List of First Secretaries of State
Colour key
(for political parties)
| Name | Picture | Term of Office | Political party and position | Other Ministerial Offices | Prime Minister | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R. A. Butler | 13 July 1962 | 18 October 1963 | Conservative | Deputy Prime Minister | Harold Macmillan | |||
| Office not in use | 1963–1964 | Alec Douglas-Home | ||||||
| George Brown | 16 October 1964 | 11 August 1966 | Labour (Deputy Leader) | Economic Secretary | Harold Wilson | |||
| Michael Stewart | 11 August 1966 | 6 April 1968 | Labour | Economic Secretary Foreign Secretary |
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| Barbara Castle | 6 April 1968 | 19 June 1970 | Labour | Employment and Productivity Secretary | ||||
| Office not in use | 1970–1995 | Edward Heath | ||||||
| Harold Wilson | ||||||||
| James Callaghan | ||||||||
| Margaret Thatcher | ||||||||
| John Major | ||||||||
| Michael Heseltine | 20 July 1995 | 2 May 1997 | Conservative | Deputy Prime Minister | ||||
| Office not in use | 1997–2001 | Tony Blair | ||||||
| John Prescott | 8 June 2001 | 27 June 2007 | Labour (Deputy Leader) | Deputy Prime Minister |
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| Office not in use | 2007–2009 | Gordon Brown | ||||||
| The Lord Mandelson | 5 June 2009 | 11 May 2010 | Labour | Business Secretary Lord President of the Council |
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| William Hague | 12 May 2010 | Incumbent | Conservative | Foreign Secretary | David Cameron |
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