Secretary of State for Employment
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The Secretary of State for Employment was a UK cabinet position. In 1995 it was merged with Secretary of State for Education to make the Secretary of State for Education and Employment. In 2001 the employment functions were split off this and transferred to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions.
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Minister of Labour
- John Hodge (December 10, 1916 - August 17, 1917)
- George Roberts (August 17, 1917 - January 10, 1919)
- Robert Stevenson Horne (January 10, 1919 - March 19, 1920)
- Thomas McNamara (March 19, 1920 - October 19, 1922)
- Anderson Montague Barlow (October 31, 1922 - January 22, 1924)
- Thomas Shaw (January 22, 1924 - November 3, 1924)
- Arthur Steel-Maitland (November 6, 1924 - June 4, 1929)
- Margaret Bondfield (June 7, 1929 - August 24, 1931)
- Henry Betterton (August 25, 1931 - June 29, 1934)
- Oliver Stanley (June 29, 1934 - June 7, 1935)
- Ernest Brown (June 7, 1935 - May 13, 1940)
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Minister of Labour and National Service
- Ernest Bevin (May 13, 1940 - May 23, 1945)
- Rab Butler (May 25, 1945 - July 26, 1945)
- George Isaacs (August 3, 1945 - January 17, 1951)
- Aneurin Bevan (January 17, 1951 - April 23, 1951) (resigned)
- Alfred Robens (April 24, 1951 - October 26, 1951)
- Walter Monckton (October 28, 1951 - December 20, 1955)
- Iain MacLeod (December 20, 1955 - October 14, 1959)
- Edward Heath (October 14, 1959 - November 12, 1959)
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Minister of Labour
- Edward Heath (November 12, 1959 - July 27, 1960)
- John Hare (July 27, 1960 - October 20, 1963)
- Joseph Godber (October 20, 1963 - October 16, 1964)
- Ray Gunter (October 18, 1964 - April 6, 1968)
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Secretary of State for Employment and Productivity
- Barbara Castle (April 6, 1968 - June 19, 1970)
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Secretary of State for Employment
- Robert Carr (June 20, 1970 - April 7, 1972)
- Maurice Macmillan (April 7, 1972 - December 2, 1973)
- William Whitelaw (December 2, 1973 - March 4, 1974)
- Michael Foot (March 5, 1974 - April 8, 1976)
- Albert Booth (April 8, 1976 - May 4, 1979)
- James Prior (May 5, 1979 - September 14, 1981)
- Norman Tebbit (September 14, 1981 - October 16, 1983)
- Tom King (October 16, 1983 - September 2, 1985)
- Lord Young (September 2, 1985 - June 13, 1987)
- Norman Fowler (June 13, 1987 - January 3, 1990)
- Michael Howard (January 3, 1990 - April 11, 1992)
- Gillian Shepherd (April 11, 1992 - May 27, 1993)
- David Hunt (May 27, 1993 - July 20, 1994)
- Michael Portillo (July 20, 1994 - July 5, 1995)
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Secretary of State for Education and Employment
- Gillian Shepherd (July 5, 1995 - May 2, 1997)
- David Blunkett (May 2, 1997 - June 8, 2001)