Editing First Secretary of State (section)

== List of First Secretaries of State ==
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:Center;"
! colspan=3 | First Secretary of State
! colspan=2 | Term of office
! Other ministerial offices
! Party
! Ministry

|- style="height:1em"
| style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| [[File:Rab Butler in 1963 (3x4 cropped).jpg|75px]]
| [[Rab Butler|'''R. A. Butler''']]<br/>{{Small|MP for [[Saffron Walden (UK Parliament constituency)|Saffron Walden]]}}<ref>{{Cite book |last=Howard |first=Anthony |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EWhZRJI-yOgC&q=%22first+secretary+of+state%22+r.a.+butler&pg=PT255 |title=RAB: The Life of R.A. Butler |date=February 7, 2013 |publisher=A&C Black |isbn=9781448210824 }}</ref><ref name="Butler&Butler">David Butler and Gareth Butler, British Political Facts 1900–1994 (7th edn, Macmillan 1994) 62.</ref>
| {{Small|13 July}}<br/>1962
| {{Small|18 October}}<br/>1963
| style="background:#EAECF0; font-size:90%" |
| [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]
| {{Party shading/Conservative (UK)}} |[[Conservative government, 1957–1964|Macmillan II]]

|- style="height:1em"
| style="background-color:{{Party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
| [[File:GeorgeBrown1967 (cropped).jpg|75px]]
| [[George Brown, Baron George-Brown|'''George Brown''']]<br/>{{Small|MP for [[Belper (UK Parliament constituency)|Belper]]}}<ref name="Butler&Butler"/>
| {{Small|16 October}}<br/>1964
| {{Small|11 August}}<br/>1966
| style="background:#EAECF0; font-size:90%" |
* [[Secretary of State for Economic Affairs]]
| [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]]
| rowspan=3 {{Party shading/Labour}} |[[Labour government, 1964–1970|Wilson<br/>{{Small|(I & II)}}]]

|- style="height:1em"
| style="background-color:{{Party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
| [[File:Michael Stewart (1966).jpg|75px]]
| [[Michael Stewart, Baron Stewart of Fulham|'''Michael Stewart''']]<br/>{{Small|MP for [[Fulham (UK Parliament constituency)|Fulham]]}}<ref name="Butler&Butler"/>
| {{Small|11 August}}<br/>1966
| {{Small|6 April}}<br/>1968
| style="background:#EAECF0; font-size:90%" |
* [[Secretary of State for Economic Affairs]]{{Efn|Served as Secretary of State for Economic Affairs until August 1967}}
* [[Foreign Secretary (United Kingdom)|Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs]]{{Efn|Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs from March 1968}}
| [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]]

|- style="height:1em"
| style="background-color:{{Party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
| [[File:1657535162180 OP002 CASTLE 001 MOBILE.jpg|75px]]
| '''[[Barbara Castle]]'''<br/>{{Small|MP for [[Blackburn (UK Parliament constituency)|Blackburn]]}}<ref name="Butler&Butler"/>
| {{Small|6 April}}<br/>1968
| {{Small|19 June}}<br/>1970
| style="background:#EAECF0; font-size:90%" |
* [[Secretary of State for Employment|Secretary of State for Employment and Productivity]]
| [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]]

|- style="height:1em"
| style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| [[File:Portrait of Michael Heseltine in 1994 (cropped).jpg|75px]]
| '''[[Michael Heseltine]]'''<br/>{{Small|MP for [[Henley (UK Parliament constituency)|Henley]]}}<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/lords/lord-heseltine/94 |title=Lord Heseltine |publisher=UK Parliament |access-date=21 December 2017}}</ref>
| {{Small|20 July}}<br/>1995
| {{Small|2 May}}<br/>1997
| style="background:#EAECF0; font-size:90%" |
* [[Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom|Deputy Prime Minister]]
| [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]
| {{Party shading/Conservative (UK)}} |[[Second Major ministry|Major II]]

|- style="height:1em"
| rowspan=2 style="background-color:{{Party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
| rowspan=2 | [[File:John Prescott official portrait (cropped).jpg|75px]]
| rowspan=2 | '''[[John Prescott]]'''<br/>{{Small|MP for [[Kingston upon Hull East (UK Parliament constituency)|Kingston upon Hull East]]}}<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.parliament.uk/biographies/lords/lord-prescott/374 |title=Lord Prescott |publisher=UK Parliament |access-date=21 December 2017}}</ref>
| rowspan=2 | {{Small|8 June}}<br/>2001
| rowspan=2 | {{Small|27 June}}<br/>2007
| rowspan=2 style="background:#EAECF0; font-size:90%" |
* [[Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom|Deputy Prime Minister]]{{Efn|Deputy Prime Minister from May 1997}}
| rowspan=2 | [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]]
| {{Party shading/Labour}} |[[Second Blair ministry|Blair II]]
|-
| {{Party shading/Labour}} |[[Third Blair ministry|Blair III]]

|- style="height:1em"
| style="background-color:{{Party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
| [[File:Peter Mandelson, Member of the EC (cropped).jpg|75px]]
| [[Peter Mandelson|'''The Lord Mandelson''']]
| {{Small|5 June}}<br/>2009
| {{Small|11 May}}<br/>2010
| style="background:#EAECF0; font-size:90%" |
* [[Lord President of the Council]]
* [[Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy|Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills]]
* [[President of the Board of Trade]]
| [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]]
| {{Party shading/Labour}} |[[Brown ministry|Brown]]

|- style="height:1em"
| style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| [[File:William Hague (2010).jpg|75px]]
| '''[[William Hague]]'''<br/>{{Small|MP for [[Richmond (Yorks) (UK Parliament constituency)|Richmond (Yorks)]]}}<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.parliament.uk/biographies/lords/lord-hague-of-richmond/379 |title=Lord Hague of Richmond |publisher=UK Parliament |access-date=21 December 2017}}</ref>
| {{Small|12 May}}<br/>2010
| {{Small|8 May}}<br/>2015
| style="background:#EAECF0; font-size:90%" |
* [[Foreign Secretary (United Kingdom)|Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs]]{{Efn|Served as Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs until July 2014|name=|group=}}
* [[Leader of the House of Commons]]{{Efn|Served as Leader of the House of Commons from July 2014}}
| [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]
| {{Party shading/Coalition (UK)}} |[[Cameron–Clegg coalition|Cameron–Clegg]]<br/>{{Small|(''[[Conservative Party (UK)|Con.]]–[[Liberal Democrats (UK)|L.D.]]'')}}

|- style="height:1em"
| style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| [[File:Osborne 2015.jpg|75px]]
| '''[[George Osborne]]'''<br/>{{Small|MP for [[Tatton (UK Parliament constituency)|Tatton]]}}<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.parliament.uk/biographies/commons/george-osborne/1458 |title=Rt Hon George Osborne |publisher=UK Parliament |access-date=21 December 2017}}</ref>
| {{Small|8 May}}<br/>2015
| {{Small|13 July}}<br/>2016
| style="background:#EAECF0; font-size:90%" |
* [[Chancellor of the Exchequer]]
| [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]
| {{Party shading/Conservative (UK)}} |[[Second Cameron ministry|Cameron II]]

|- style="height:1em"
| style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| [[File:Official portrait of Rt Hon Damian Green MP crop 2.jpg|75px]]
| '''[[Damian Green]]'''<br/>{{Small|MP for [[Ashford (UK Parliament constituency)|Ashford]]}}<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.parliament.uk/biographies/commons/damian-green/76 |title=Rt Hon Damian Green MP |publisher=UK Parliament |access-date=21 December 2017}}</ref>
| {{Small|11 June}}<br/>2017
| [[Second May ministry#Changes|{{Small|20 December}}<br/>2017]]
| style="background:#EAECF0; font-size:90%" |
* [[Minister for the Cabinet Office]]
| [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]
| {{Party shading/Conservative (UK)}} |[[Second May ministry|May II]]

|- style="height:1em"
| style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| [[File: Official portrait of Rt Hon Dominic Raab MP crop 2.jpg|75px]]
| '''[[Dominic Raab]]'''<br/>{{Small|MP for [[Esher and Walton (UK Parliament constituency)|Esher and Walton]]}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Dominic Raab |url=https://members.parliament.uk/member/4007/career |access-date=28 April 2022 |website=[[Parliament of the United Kingdom]]}}</ref>
| {{Small|24 July}}<br/>2019
| {{Small|15 September}}<br/>2021
| style="background:#EAECF0; font-size:90%" |
*[[Secretary of state for foreign and commonwealth affairs|Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs]]{{Efn|Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs until September 2020}}
*[[Foreign Secretary (United Kingdom)|Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs]]{{Efn|Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs from September 2020}}
| [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]
| {{Party shading/Conservative (UK)}} |[[Boris Johnson|Johnson]]<br/>{{Small|([[First Johnson ministry|I]] & [[Second Johnson ministry|II]])}}
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