Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Labour

Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Labour was a junior position within the British government, subordinate to the Minister of Labour. It was established in December 1916, at the same time as the Ministry of Labour. When the Ministry of Labour was renamed the Ministry of Labour and National Service in 1939, the position was consequently renamed Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Labour and National Service. When the Ministry resumed its former name in 1959, the office once again became named Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Labour. The post was abolished in 1964.

Parliamentary secretary to the Minister of Labour of the United Kingdom
Ministry of Labour
StatusDefunct
Formation1916
First holderWilliam Bridgeman
Final holderWilliam Whitelaw
Abolished1964

List of Parliamentary Secretaries

Parliamentary Secretaries to the Ministry of Labour, 1916-1939

Name Took office Left office Political party
William Bridgeman19161919Conservative
George Wardle19191920Labour
Sir Anderson Montague-Barlow19201922Conservative
Archibald Boyd-Carpenter19221923Conservative
Henry Betterton19231924Conservative
Margaret Bondfield19241924Labour
Henry Betterton19241929Conservative
Jack Lawson19291931Labour
Milner Gray19311931Liberal
Robert Hudson19311935Conservative
Anthony Muirhead19351937Conservative
R. A. Butler19371938Conservative
Alan Lennox-Boyd19371939Conservative

Parliamentary Secretaries to the Ministry of Labour and National Service, 1939-1959

Name Took office Left office Political party
Ralph Assheton19391942Conservative
George Tomlinson19411945Labour
Malcolm McCorquodale19421945Conservative
Ness Edwards19451950Labour
Fred Lee19501951Labour
Sir Peter Bennett19511952Conservative
Harold Watkinson19521955Conservative
Robert Carr19551958Conservative
Hon. Richard Wood19581959Conservative

Parliamentary Secretaries to the Ministry of Labour, 1959-1964

Name Took office Left office Political party
Peter Thomas19591961Conservative
Alan Green19611962Conservative
William Whitelaw19621964Conservative
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