First Secretary of State - List of First Secretaries of State

List of First Secretaries of State

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Labour Conservative
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
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
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
William Hague 12 May 2010 Incumbent Conservative Foreign Secretary David Cameron

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