Editing First Commissioner of Works (section)

=== Ministers of Works & Buildings and First Commissioner of Works (1940–1942) ===

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+Minister of Works & Buildings and First Commissioner of Works
! colspan=2 | Portrait
! Name<br><small>(Birth–Death)</small>
! colspan=2 | Term of office
! Party
! Ministry
|-
| style="background-color:{{party color|National Government (United Kingdom)}}" |
| [[File:Lord reith.jpg|75px]]
| [[John Reith, 1st Baron Reith|John Reith<br>1st '''Baron Reith''']]<br><small>(1889–1971)</small> {{efn|MP for [[Southampton (UK Parliament constituency)|Southampton]] until 21 October 1940; elevated to the House of Lords as Baron Reith thereafter}}
| <small>3 October</small><br>1940
| <small>11 February</small><br>1942
| {{Party shading/Coalition (UK)}} | [[Independent politician|Independent]]<br>([[National Government (United Kingdom)|<small>National</small>]])
| {{Party shading/Coalition (UK)}} | [[Churchill war ministry|Churchill War]]<br><small>(''All parties'')</small>
|-
|}