List of Office Holders
| Name | Portrait | Term of office | Political party | Prime Minister | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| William Whitelaw | 24 March 1972 | 2 December 1973 | Conservative | Edward Heath | |||
| Francis Pym | 2 December 1973 | 4 March 1974 | Conservative | ||||
| Merlyn Rees | 5 March 1974 | 10 September 1976 | Labour | Harold Wilson | |||
| Roy Mason | 10 September 1976 | 4 May 1979 | Labour | James Callaghan | |||
| Humphrey Atkins | 5 May 1979 | 14 September 1981 | Conservative | Margaret Thatcher | |||
| James Prior | 14 September 1981 | 11 September 1984 | Conservative | ||||
| Douglas Hurd | 11 September 1984 | 3 September 1985 | Conservative | ||||
| Tom King | 3 September 1985 | 24 July 1989 | Conservative | ||||
| Peter Brooke | 24 July 1989 | 10 April 1992 | Conservative | ||||
| John Major | |||||||
| Sir Patrick Mayhew | 10 April 1992 | 2 May 1997 | Conservative | ||||
| Mo Mowlam | 3 May 1997 | 11 October 1999 | Labour | Tony Blair | |||
| Peter Mandelson | 11 October 1999 | 24 January 2001 (resigned) |
Labour | ||||
| John Reid | 25 January 2001 | 24 October 2002 | Labour | ||||
| Paul Murphy | 24 October 2002 | 6 May 2005 | Labour | ||||
| Peter Hain | 6 May 2005 | 27 June 2007 | Labour | ||||
| Shaun Woodward | 28 June 2007 | 11 May 2010 | Labour | Gordon Brown | |||
| Owen Paterson | 12 May 2010 | 4 September 2012 | Conservative | David Cameron |
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| Theresa Villiers | 4 September 2012 | Incumbent | Conservative | ||||
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