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=== Ministers of Works (1943β1962) === {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" |+Minister of Works ! colspan=2 | Portrait ! Name<br><small>(BirthβDeath)</small> ! colspan=2 | Term of office ! Party ! Ministry |- | style="background-color:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | | [[File:Wyndham Portal, 1st Viscount Portal.jpg|75px]] | [[Wyndham Portal, 1st Viscount Portal|Wyndham Portal<br>1st '''Baron Portal''']]<br><small>(1885β1949)</small> | <small>February</small><br>1943 | <small>21 November</small><br>1944 | {{Party shading/Conservative (UK)}} | [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]] | rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Coalition (UK)}} | [[Churchill war ministry|Churchill War]]<br><small>(''All parties'')</small> |- | rowspan=2 style="background-color:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | | rowspan=2 | [[File:Sandys 1944 cropped.jpg|75px]] | rowspan=2 | '''[[Duncan Sandys]]'''<br><small>MP for [[Norwood (UK Parliament constituency)|Norwood]]<br>(1908β1987)</small> | rowspan=2 | <small>21 November</small><br>1944 | rowspan=2 | <small>26 July</small><br>1945 | rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Conservative (UK)}} | [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]] |- | {{Party shading/Coalition (UK)}} | [[Churchill caretaker ministry|Churchill Caretaker]]<br><small>(''[[Conservative Party (UK)|Con.]]β[[National Liberal Party (UK, 1931)|N.Lib.]]'')</small> |- | style="background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" | | [[File:No image.svg|75px]] | '''[[George Tomlinson (British politician)|George Tomlinson]]'''<br><small>MP for [[Farnworth (UK Parliament constituency)|Farnworth]]<br>(1890β1952)</small> | <small>4 August</small><br>1945 | <small>10 February</small><br>1947 | {{Party shading/Labour}} | [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]] | rowspan=4 {{Party shading/Labour}} | [[Attlee ministry|Attlee<br><small>(I & II)</small>]] |- | style="background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" | | [[File:No image.svg|75px]] | '''[[Charles Key]]'''<br><small>MP for [[Bow and Bromley (UK Parliament constituency)|Bow and Bromley]]<br>(1883β1964)</small> | <small>10 February</small><br>1947 | <small>28 February</small><br>1950 | {{Party shading/Labour}} | [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]] |- | style="background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" | | [[File:Richard Stokes.jpg|75px]] | '''[[Richard Stokes (politician)|Richard Stokes]]'''<br><small>MP for [[Ipswich (UK Parliament constituency)|Ipswich]]<br>(1897β1957)</small> | <small>28 February</small><br>1950 | <small>26 April</small><br>1951 | {{Party shading/Labour}} | [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]] |- | style="background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" | | [[File:GeorgeBrown1967.jpg|75px]] | [[George Brown, Baron George-Brown|'''George Brown''']]<br><small>MP for [[Belper (UK Parliament constituency)|Belper]]<br>(1914β1985)</small> | <small>26 April</small><br>1951 | <small>26 October</small><br>1951 | {{Party shading/Labour}} | [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]] |- | style="background-color:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | | [[File:No image.svg|75px]] | [[David Eccles, 1st Viscount Eccles|Sir '''David Eccles''']]<br><small>MP for [[Chippenham (UK Parliament constituency)|Chippenham]]<br>(1904β1999)</small> | <small>1 November</small><br>1951 | <small>18 October</small><br>1954 | {{Party shading/Conservative (UK)}} | [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]] | rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Conservative (UK)}} | [[Third Churchill ministry|Churchill III]] |- | style="background-color:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | | [[File:No image.svg|75px]] | [[Nigel Birch, Baron Rhyl|'''Nigel Birch''']]<br><small>MP for [[West Flintshire (UK Parliament constituency)|West Flintshire]]<br>(1906β1981)</small> | <small>18 October</small><br>1954 | <small>20 December</small><br>1955 | {{Party shading/Conservative (UK)}} | [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]] |- | style="background-color:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | | [[File:Patrick Buchan-Hepburn, Lord Hailes, by Glyn Warren Philpot.jpg|75px]] | [[Patrick Buchan-Hepburn, 1st Baron Hailes|'''Patrick Buchan-Hepburn''']]<br><small>MP for [[Beckenham (UK Parliament constituency)|Beckenham]]<br>(1901β1974)</small> | <small>20 December</small><br>1955 | <small>16 January</small><br>1957 | {{Party shading/Conservative (UK)}} | [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]] | {{Party shading/Conservative (UK)}} | [[Eden ministry|Eden]] |- | style="background-color:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | | [[File:No image.svg|75px]] | [[Hugh Molson, Baron Molson|'''Hugh Molson''']]<br><small>MP for [[High Peak (UK Parliament constituency)|High Peak]]<br>(1903β1991)</small> | <small>16 January</small><br>1957 | <small>22 October</small><br>1959 | {{Party shading/Conservative (UK)}} | [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]] | rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Conservative (UK)}} | [[Conservative government, 1957β1964|Macmillan<br><small>(I & II)</small>]] |- | style="background-color:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | | [[File:No image.svg|75px]] | [[John Hope, 1st Baron Glendevon|Lord '''John Hope''']]<br><small>MP for [[Edinburgh Pentlands (UK Parliament constituency)|Edinburgh Pentlands]]<br>(1912β1996)</small> | <small>22 October</small><br>1959 | <small>16 July</small><br>1962 | {{Party shading/Conservative (UK)}} | [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]] |}
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