Editing Home Secretary

{{Short description|Member of the Cabinet of the United Kingdom}}
{{about|the ministerial office in the United Kingdom|other uses}}
{{Use British English|date=November 2023}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2023}}
{{Infobox official post
| post = {{small|[[United Kingdom]]}}<br> Secretary of State<br />for the Home Department
| body = 
| insignia = Royal Arms of the United Kingdom (Crown & Garter) (2022).svg
| insigniasize = 75px
| insigniacaption = [[Royal Arms]] as used by the [[Home Office]]
| image = File:Yvette Cooper Official Cabinet Portrait, July 2024 (cropped).jpg
| incumbent = [[Yvette Cooper]]
| incumbentsince = 5 July 2024
| department = [[Home Office]]
| style = '''Home Secretary'''<br />{{small|(informal)}}<br />[[The Right Honourable]]<br />{{small|(within the UK and Commonwealth)}}
| type = [[Minister of the Crown]]
| status = [[Secretary of State (United Kingdom)|Secretary of State]]<br/>[[Great Office of State]]
| member_of = {{ubl|[[Cabinet of the United Kingdom|Cabinet]]|[[Privy Council (United Kingdom)|Privy Council]]|[[National Security Council (UK)|National Security Council]]}}
| reports_to = [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom|The Prime Minister]]
| seat = [[Westminster]]
| nominator = The Prime Minister
| appointer = [[Monarchy of the United Kingdom|The Monarch]]
| appointer_qualified = {{small|(on the advice of the [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom|Prime Minister]])}}
| termlength = [[At His Majesty's pleasure]]
| formation = 27 March 1782
| salary = £159,038 per annum {{small|(2022)}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Salaries of Members of His Majesty's Government – Financial Year 2022–23 |url=https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1124173/2022-12-07-Ministerial-Salaries-22-23-table.pdf |date=15 December 2022}}</ref><br />(including £86,584 [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)|MP]] salary)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Pay and expenses for MPs |url=https://www.parliament.uk/about/mps-and-lords/members/pay-mps/ |access-date=15 December 2022 |website=parliament.uk}}</ref>
| first = [[William Petty, 2nd Earl of Shelburne|Earl of Shelburne]]
| website = [https://www.gov.uk/government/ministers/secretary-of-state-for-the-home-department Home Secretary]
}}{{Politics of the United Kingdom}}

The '''secretary of state for the Home Department''', more commonly known as the '''home secretary''', is a senior [[minister of the Crown]] in the [[Government of the United Kingdom]] and the head of the [[Home Office]].<ref name="gov.uk">{{cite web|title=Secretary of State for the Home Department|url=https://www.gov.uk/government/ministers/secretary-of-state-for-the-home-department|access-date=30 June 2021|website=[[gov.uk]]|publisher=Government of the United Kingdom}}</ref> The position is a [[Great Office of State]], making the home secretary one of the most senior and influential ministers in the government. The incumbent is a statutory member of the [[British Cabinet]] and [[National Security Council (United Kingdom)|National Security Council]].

The position, which may be known as [[interior minister]] in other nations, was created in 1782,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/cabinetpapers/cabinet-gov/senior-cabinet-posts.htm |title=The Cabinet Papers: Senior Cabinet posts |work=The National Archives |access-date=3 July 2021 |quote=The post of Home Secretary was created in 1782 with the formation of the Home Office}}</ref> though its responsibilities have [[Home Office#History|changed many times]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C150 |title=Records created or inherited by the Home Office, Ministry of Home Security, and related bodies |work=The National Archives |access-date=3 July 2021}}</ref> Past office holders have included the prime ministers [[Lord North]], [[Robert Peel]], the [[Duke of Wellington]], [[Lord Palmerston]], [[Winston Churchill]], [[James Callaghan]] and [[Theresa May]]. The longest-serving home secretary is [[Henry Addington, 1st Viscount Sidmouth]], who held the post continuously for 9 years, 221 days.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.inyourarea.co.uk/news/the-henry-addington-was-an-east-indiaman/ |title=Henry Addington was a Prime Minister and an 'East Indiaman' |author=Reginald Beer |accessdate=8 March 2024 |date=15 January 2019}}</ref> The shortest-serving home secretary is [[Grant Shapps]], who served in the position for the final six days of the [[premiership of Liz Truss]]. In 2007, [[Jacqui Smith]] became the first female home secretary.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/6249316.stm |title=First female boss for Home Office |work=BBC News |date=28 June 2007 |access-date=25 June 2021 |quote=Jacqui Smith has become Britain's first female home secretary}}</ref> The incumbent home secretary is [[Yvette Cooper]].

The office holder works alongside the other [[Home Office#Home Office ministers|Home Office ministers]] and the [[permanent under-secretary of state of the Home Office]]. The corresponding [[shadow minister]] is the [[shadow home secretary]], and the performance of the home secretary is also scrutinized by the [[Home Affairs Select Committee]] in the House of Commons<ref>{{cite web |url=https://committees.parliament.uk/work/408/the-work-of-the-home-secretary/ |title=The work of the Home Secretary |work=Parliament.UK |access-date=21 February 2022 |quote=The Committee holds regular evidence sessions with the Home Secretary, the Permanent Secretary and other officials to ask questions about the policies and priorities of the department. |archive-date=24 September 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200924024937/https://committees.parliament.uk/work/408/the-work-of-the-home-secretary/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> and the Justice and Home Affairs Committee in the House of Lords.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://committees.parliament.uk/committee/519/justice-and-home-affairs-committee/news/158244/home-secretary-priti-patel-to-appear-before-lords-committee/ |title=Home Secretary Priti Patel to appear before Lords Committee |work=Parliament.UK |date=26 October 2021 |access-date=21 February 2022 |quote=The Justice and Home Affairs Committee will be questioning the Home Secretary, the Rt Hon Priti Patel MP. |archive-date=27 October 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211027074626/https://committees.parliament.uk/committee/519/justice-and-home-affairs-committee/news/158244/home-secretary-priti-patel-to-appear-before-lords-committee/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>

Historically, the role has a reputation for being a graveyard for aspiring politicians, owing to the large number of potential issues and controversies that can arise.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2018-05-10 |title=Five reasons the Home Office is so tough for ministers to run |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-44055986 |access-date=2024-11-15 |work=BBC News |language=en-GB |quote=The Home Office is the arm of government where at any given moment the political equivalent of a grenade can go off without notice, potentially destroying the careers of ambitious ministers - and occasionally their officials too.}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2018-11-02 |title=Home Truths |url=https://www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/article/home-truths-6x6kv3lxg |access-date=2024-11-15 |website=The Times |language=en |quote=The Home Office used to be regarded as a political graveyard, such was its propensity for abruptly ending ministerial careers. Those days were thought to be over when the department was stripped of some of its most troublesome responsibilities, including prisons.}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Mindell |first=Jeremy |date=8 June 2022 |title=Why chancellors rarely become prime ministers |url=https://www.taxjournal.com/articles/why-chancellors-rarely-become-prime-ministers- |access-date=2024-11-15 |website=Tax Journal |language=en |quote=The home secretary’s job is generally seen as a political graveyard given the number of potential issues that can occur to damage any home secretary’s reputation.}}</ref>

==Responsibilities==
{{main|Powers of the home secretary}}
Corresponding to what is generally known as an [[interior minister]] in many other countries, the home secretary's remit includes:
* [[Law enforcement in the United Kingdom|Law enforcement]] in [[England and Wales]]
* Matters of [[national security]]
* Issues concerning [[Modern immigration to the United Kingdom|immigration]]
* Oversight of the [[Security Service (MI5)]].<ref name="gov.uk" />

Formerly, the home secretary was the minister responsible for prisons and probation in England and Wales; however in 2007 those responsibilities were transferred to the [[Ministry of Justice (United Kingdom)|Ministry of Justice]] under the [[lord chancellor]].

==History==
The title [[Secretary of State (England)|Secretary of State in the government of England]] dates back to the early 17th century.<ref name=":4" /> The position of Secretary of State for the Home Department was created in the [[Constitution of 1782|British governmental reorganisation of 1782]], in which the responsibilities of the [[Secretary of State for the Northern Department|Northern]] and [[Secretary of State for the Southern Department|Southern Department]]s were reformed into the [[Foreign Office]] and [[Home Office]].<ref name=":4">{{Cite book|last=Sainty|first=J. C.|url=https://www.british-history.ac.uk/office-holders/vol2/pp1-21#h3-0008|title=Office-Holders in Modern Britain: Volume 2 – Officials of the Secretaries of State 1660–1782|via=British History Online|publisher=University of London|year=1973|pages=1–21|language=en|chapter=Introduction |quote= At the Restoration [in 1660] the practice of appointing two Secretaries of State, which was well established before the Civil War, was resumed. Apart from the modifications which were made necessary by the occasional existence of a third secretaryship, the organisation of the secretariat underwent no fundamental change from that time until the reforms of 1782 which resulted in the emergence of the Home and Foreign departments. ... English domestic affairs remained the responsibility of both Secretaries throughout the period. In the field of foreign affairs there was a division into a Northern and a Southern Department, each of which was the responsibility of one Secretary. The distinction between the two departments emerged only gradually. It was not until after 1689 that their names passed into general currency. Nevertheless the division of foreign business itself can, in its broad outlines, be detected in the early years of the reign of Charles II.}}</ref>

In 2007, the new Ministry of Justice took on the criminal justice functions of the Home Office and its agencies.<ref>{{Cite web|last=House of Commons Constitutional Affairs Committee|date=17 July 2007|title=The creation of the Ministry of Justice|url=https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200607/cmselect/cmconst/466/466.pdf|access-date=30 June 2021|website=[[parliament.uk]]|page=3}}</ref>

== List of home secretaries ==
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
|+

! colspan=3 | Secretary of State for the Home Department{{R|gov.uk}}<br/>{{Small|Including constituencies for [[House of Commons of the United Kingdom|elected MPs]].}}
! colspan=2 | Term of office
! Party
! Ministry
! Monarch<br/>{{Small|(Reign)}}

|- style="height:1em"
| style="background-color: {{Party color|Whigs (British political party)}}" |
| [[File:William Petty, 2nd Earl of Shelburne by JL Mosnier crop.jpg|frameless|upright=0.5]]
| [[William Petty, 2nd Earl of Shelburne|William Petty<br/>2nd '''Earl of Shelburne''']]{{Sfn|Gibson|2008}}
| 27 March 1782
| 10 July 1782
| {{Party shading/Whigs}} | [[Whigs (British political party)|Whig]]
| {{Party shading/Whigs}} | [[Second Rockingham ministry|Rockingham II]]
! scope=row style="text-align:center;" rowspan=16 | '''[[George III]]'''<br>[[File:Coat of Arms of the United Kingdom (1801-1816).svg|50px]]<br>{{Small|(1760–[[Regency era|1820]])}}<br>{{NoteTag|The [[George IV of the United Kingdom|Prince of Wales]] served as [[prince regent]] from 5 February 1811.}}

|- style="height:1em"
! style="background-color: {{Party color|Whigs (British political party)}}" |
| [[File:Viscount Sydney by Gilbert Stuart.jpg|frameless|upright=0.5]]
| '''[[Thomas Townshend, 1st Viscount Sydney|Thomas Townsend]]'''{{Sfn|Gibson|2008}}<br/>{{Small|MP for [[Whitchurch (UK Parliament constituency)|Whitchurch]]}}
| 10 July 1782
| 2 April 1783
| {{Party shading/Whigs}} | [[Whigs (British political party)|Whig]]
| {{Party shading/Coalition (UK)}} | [[Shelburne ministry|Shelburne]]<br/>{{Small|(''[[Whigs (British political party)|Whig]]–[[Tories (British political party)|Tory]]'')}}

|- style="height:1em"
| style="background-color:{{Party color|Tories (British political party)}}" |
| [[File:Nathaniel Dance Lord North cropped cropped.jpg|frameless|upright=0.5]]
| [[Frederick North, Lord North|Frederick North<br/>'''Lord North''']]{{Sfn|Gibson|2008}}<br/>{{Small|MP for [[Banbury (UK Parliament constituency)|Banbury]]}}
| 2 April 1783
| 19 December 1783
| {{Party shading/Tories}} | [[Tories (British political party)|Tory]]
| {{Party shading/Coalition (UK)}} | [[Fox–North coalition|Fox–North]]

|- style="height:1em"
! style="background-color: {{Party color|Tories (British political party)}}" |
| [[File:1stMarquessOfBuckingham.jpg|frameless|upright=0.5]]
| [[George Nugent-Temple-Grenville, 1st Marquess of Buckingham|George Nugent-Temple-Grenville<br/>3rd '''Earl Temple''']]{{R|Hansard}}
| 19 December 1783
| 23 December 1783
| {{Party shading/Tories}} | [[Tories (British political party)|Tory]]
| {{Party shading/Tories}} rowspan=5 | [[First Pitt ministry|Pitt I]]

|- style="height:1em"
! style="background-color: {{Party color|Whigs (British political party)}}" |
| [[File:Viscount Sydney by Gilbert Stuart.jpg|frameless|upright=0.5]]
| [[Thomas Townshend, 1st Viscount Sydney|Thomas Townsend<br/>1st '''Baron Sydney''']]{{Sfn|Gibson|2008}}
| 23 December 1783
| 5 June 1789
| {{Party shading/Whigs}} | [[Whigs (British political party)|Whig]]

|- style="height:1em"
! style="background-color: {{Party color|Tories (British political party)}}" |
| [[File:1st Baron Grenville-cropped.jpg|frameless|upright=0.5]]
| [[William Grenville, 1st Baron Grenville|William Grenville<br/>1st '''Baron Grenville''']]{{Sfn|Gibson|2008}}<br/>{{Small|MP for [[Buckinghamshire (UK Parliament constituency)|Buckinghamshire]]{{NoteTag|Elevated to the [[Peerage of Great Britain]] in 1790.}}<br/>(1759–1834)}}
| 5 June 1789
| 8 June 1791
| {{Party shading/Tories}} | [[Tories (British political party)|Tory]]

|- style="height:1em"
! style="background-color: {{Party color|Tories (British political party)}}" |
| [[File:1stViscountMelville2.jpg|frameless|upright=0.5]]
| '''[[Henry Dundas]]'''{{Sfn|Gibson|2008}}<br/>{{Small|MP for [[Edinburgh (UK Parliament constituency)|Edinburgh]]}}
| 8 June 1791
| 11 July 1794
| {{Party shading/Tories}} | [[Tories (British political party)|Tory]]

|- style="height:1em"
| rowspan=2 style="background-color: {{Party color|Tories (British political party)}}" |
| rowspan=2 | [[File:3rd Duke of Portland 1804 cropped.jpg|frameless|upright=0.5]]
| rowspan=2 | [[William Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland|William Cavendish-Bentinck<br/>3rd '''Duke of Portland''']]{{Sfn|Gibson|2008}}
| rowspan=2 | 11 July 1794
| rowspan=2 | 30 July 1801
| rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Tories}} | [[Tories (British political party)|Tory]]
|- style="height:1em"
| {{Party shading/Tories}} rowspan=3 | [[Addington ministry|Addington]]

|- style="height:1em"
! style="background-color: {{Party color|Whigs (British political party)}}" |
| [[File:2ndEarlOfChichester.jpg|frameless|upright=0.5]]
| [[Thomas Pelham, 2nd Earl of Chichester|Thomas Pelham<br/>4th '''Baron Pelham of Stanmer''']]{{Sfn|Gibson|2008}}
| 30 July 1801
| 17 August 1803
| {{Party shading/Whigs}} | [[Whigs (British political party)|Whig]]

|- style="height:1em"
! style="background-color: {{Party color|Tories (British political party)}}" |
| [[File:George Romney (1734-1802) - The Right Honourable Charles Philip Yorke (1764–1834) - 207768 - National Trust.jpg|frameless|upright=0.5]]
| '''[[Charles Philip Yorke]]'''{{Sfn|Gibson|2008}}<br/>{{Small|MP for [[Cambridgeshire (UK Parliament constituency)|Cambridgeshire]]}}
| 17 August 1803
| 12 May 1804
| {{Party shading/Tories}} | [[Tories (British political party)|Tory]]

|- style="height:1em"
! style="background-color: {{Party color|Tories (British political party)}}" |
| [[File:Earl jenkinson.jpg|frameless|upright=0.5]]
| [[Robert Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool|Robert Jenkinson<br/>2nd '''Baron Hawkesbury''']]{{Sfn|Gibson|2008}}
| 12 May 1804
| 5 February 1806
| {{Party shading/Tories}} | [[Tories (British political party)|Tory]]
| {{Party shading/Tories}} | [[Second Pitt ministry|Pitt II]]

|- style="height:1em"
! style="background-color: {{Party color|Whigs (British political party)}}" |
| [[File:George Spencer, 2nd Earl Spencer.jpg|frameless|upright=0.5]]
| [[George Spencer, 2nd Earl Spencer|George Spencer<br/>2nd '''Earl Spencer''']]{{Sfn|Gibson|2008}}
| 5 February 1806
| 25 March 1807
| {{Party shading/Whigs}} | [[Whigs (British political party)|Whig]]
| {{Party shading/Coalition (UK)}} | [[Ministry of All the Talents|All the Talents]]<br/>{{Small|(''[[Whigs (British political party)|Whig]]–[[Tories (British political party)|Tory]]'')}}

|- style="height:1em"
! style="background-color: {{Party color|Tories (British political party)}}" |
| [[File:Earl jenkinson.jpg|frameless|upright=0.5]]
| [[Robert Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool|Robert Jenkinson<br/>2nd '''Earl of Liverpool''']]{{Sfn|Gibson|2008}}
| 25 March 1807
| 1 November 1809
| {{Party shading/Tories}} | [[Tories (British political party)|Tory]]
| {{Party shading/Tories}} | [[Second Portland ministry|Portland II]]

|- style="height:1em"
! style="background-color: {{Party color|Tories (British political party)}}" |
| [[File:No image.svg|frameless|upright=0.5]]
| '''[[Richard Ryder (politician, born 1766)|Richard Ryder]]'''{{Sfn|Gibson|2008}}<br/>{{Small|MP for [[Tiverton (UK Parliament constituency)|Tiverton]]}}
| 1 November 1809
| 8 June 1812
| {{Party shading/Tories}} | [[Tories (British political party)|Tory]]
| {{Party shading/Tories}} | [[Perceval ministry|Perceval]]

|- style="height:1em"
! height=50 style="background-color: {{Party color|Tories (British political party)}}; border-bottom:none" |
| rowspan=2 | [[File:Henry Addington by Beechey.jpg|frameless|upright=0.5]]
| rowspan=2 | [[Henry Addington, 1st Viscount Sidmouth|Henry Addington<br/>1st '''Viscount Sidmouth''']]{{Sfn|Gibson|2008}}
| rowspan=2 | 11 June 1812
| rowspan=2 | 17 January 1822
| rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Tories}} | [[Tories (British political party)|Tory]]
| rowspan=3 {{Party shading/Tories}} | [[Liverpool ministry|Liverpool]]
|- style="height:1em"
! height=50 style="background-color: {{Party color|Tories (British political party)}}; border-top:none" |
! scope=row style="text-align:center" rowspan=6 | '''[[George IV]]'''<br/>[[File:Coat of Arms of the United Kingdom (1816-1837).svg|50px]]<br/>{{Small|(1820–1830)}}

|- style="height:1em"
! style="background-color: {{Party color|Tories (British political party)}}" |
| [[File:Robert Peel by RR Scanlan detail.jpg|frameless|upright=0.5]]
| '''[[Robert Peel]]'''{{Sfn|Gibson|2008}}<br/>{{Small|MP for [[Oxford University (UK Parliament constituency)|Oxford University]]}}
| 17 January 1822
| 10 April 1827
| {{Party shading/Tories}} | [[Tories (British political party)|Tory]]

|- style="height:1em"
! style="background-color: {{Party color|Tories (British political party)}}" |
| [[File:No image.svg|frameless|upright=0.5]]
| '''[[William Sturges Bourne]]'''{{Sfn|Gibson|2008}}<br/>{{Small|MP for [[Ashburton (UK Parliament constituency)|Ashburton]]}}
| 30 April 1827
| 16 July 1827
| {{Party shading/Tories}} | [[Tories (British political party)|Tory]]
| rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Coalition (UK)}} | [[Canningite government, 1827–1828|Canning]]<br/>{{Small|(''[[Canningite]]–[[Whigs (British political party)|Whig]]'')}}

|- style="height:1em"
! style="background-color: {{Party color|Whigs (British political party)}}; border:none" |{{Zwsp}}
| rowspan=2 | [[File:Lord Henry Petty.jpg|frameless|upright=0.5]]
| rowspan=2 | [[Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice, 3rd Marquess of Lansdowne|Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice<br/>3rd '''Marquess of Lansdowne''']]{{Sfn|Gibson|2008}}
| rowspan=2 | 16 July 1827
| rowspan=2 | 22 January 1828
| rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Whigs}} | [[Whigs (British political party)|Whig]]
|- style="height:1em"
! style="background-color: {{Party color|Whigs (British political party)}}; border:none" |
| {{Party shading/Coalition (UK)}} | [[Canningite government, 1827–1828|Goderich]]

|- style="height:1em"
! height=50 style="background-color: {{Party color|Tories (British political party)}}; border-bottom:none" |
| rowspan=2 | [[File:Robert Peel by RR Scanlan detail.jpg|frameless|upright=0.5]]
| rowspan=2 | '''[[Robert Peel]]'''{{Sfn|Gibson|2008}}<br/>{{Small|MP for 3 constituencies respectively<br/>(1788–1850)}}
| rowspan=2 | 26 January 1828
| rowspan=2 | 22 November 1830
| rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Tories}} | [[Tories (British political party)|Tory]]
| rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Tories}} | [[Wellington–Peel ministry|Wellington–Peel]]
|- style="height:1em"
! height=50 style="background-color: {{Party color|Tories (British political party)}}; border-top:none" |
! scope=row style="text-align:center" rowspan=6 | '''[[William IV]]'''<br/>[[File:Coat of Arms of the United Kingdom (1816-1837).svg|50px]]<br/>{{Small|(1830–1837)}}

|- style="height:1em"
! style="background-color: {{Party color|Whigs (British political party)}}" |
| [[File:William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne, painted by John Partridge.jpg|frameless|upright=0.5]]
| [[William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne|William Lamb<br/>2nd '''Viscount Melbourne''']]{{Sfn|Gibson|2008}}
| 22 November 1830
| 16 July 1834
| {{Party shading/Whigs}} | [[Whigs (British political party)|Whig]]
| {{Party shading/Whigs}} | [[Whig government, 1830–1834|Grey]]

|- style="height:1em"
! style="background-color: {{Party color|Whigs (British political party)}}" |
| [[File:Bessborough4.JPG|frameless|upright=0.5]]
| [[John Ponsonby, 4th Earl of Bessborough|John Ponsonby<br/>1st '''Baron Duncannon''']]{{Sfn|Gibson|2008}}
| 19 July 1834
| 15 November 1834
| {{Party shading/Whigs}} | [[Whigs (British political party)|Whig]]
| {{Party shading/Whigs}} | [[Whig government, 1830–1834|Melbourne I]]

|- style="height:1em"
! style="background-color: {{Party color|Tories (British political party)}}" |
| [[File:Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington by John Jackson cropped.jpg|frameless|upright=0.5]]
| [[Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington|Arthur Wellesley<br/>1st '''Duke of Wellington''']]{{Sfn|Gibson|2008}}
| 15 November 1834
| 15 December 1834
| {{Party shading/Tories}} | [[Tories (British political party)|Tory]]
| {{Party shading/Tories}} | [[Wellington caretaker ministry|Wellington Caretaker]]

|- style="height:1em"
! style="background-color: {{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| [[File:HenryGoulburn.jpg|frameless|upright=0.5]]
| '''[[Henry Goulburn]]'''{{Sfn|Gibson|2008}}<br/>{{Small|MP for [[Cambridge University (UK Parliament constituency)|Cambridge University]]}}
| 15 December 1834
| 18 April 1835
| {{Party shading/Conservative (UK)}} | [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]
| {{Party shading/Conservative (UK)}} | [[First Peel ministry|Peel I]]

|- style="height:1em"
! height=50 style="background-color: {{Party color|Whigs (British political party)}}; border-bottom:none" |
| rowspan=2 | [[File:lord john russell.jpg|frameless|upright=0.5]]
| rowspan=2 | [[John Russell, 1st Earl Russell|Lord '''John Russell''']]<ref name="Hansard">{{Cite web |url=https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/offices/home-secretary |title=Home Secretary |work=[[Hansard|Parliamentary Debates (Hansard)]] |access-date=12 September 2017}}</ref><br/>{{Small|MP for [[Stroud (UK Parliament constituency)|Stroud]]}}
| rowspan=2 | 18 April 1835
| rowspan=2 | 30 August 1839
| {{Party shading/Whigs}} rowspan=2 | [[Whigs (British political party)|Whig]]
| {{Party shading/Whigs}} rowspan=3 | [[Second Melbourne ministry|Melbourne II]]
|- style="height:1em"
! height=50 style="background-color: {{Party color|Whigs (British political party)}}; border-top:none" |
! scope=row style="text-align:center" rowspan=25 | '''[[Queen Victoria|Victoria]]'''<br/>[[File:Coat of Arms of the United Kingdom (1837-1952).svg|50px]]<br>{{Small|([[Victorian era|1837–1901]])}}

|- style="height:1em"
! style="background-color: {{Party color|Whigs (British political party)}}" |
| [[File:Constantine Henry Phipps, 1st Marquess of Normanby by John Jackson.jpg|frameless|upright=0.5]]
| [[Constantine Phipps, 1st Marquess of Normanby|Constantine Phipps<br/>1st '''Marquess of Normanby''']]{{R|Hansard}}
| 30 August 1839
| 30 August 1841
| {{Party shading/Whigs}} | [[Whigs (British political party)|Whig]]

|- style="height:1em"
! style="background-color: {{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| [[File:Sir James Graham 2nd Bart First Lord Admiralty.jpg|frameless|upright=0.5]]
| '''[[Sir James Graham, 2nd Baronet|James Graham]]'''{{R|Hansard}}<br/>{{Small|MP for [[Dorchester (UK Parliament constituency)|Dorchester]]}}
| 6 September 1841
| 30 June 1846
| {{Party shading/Conservative (UK)}} | [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]
| {{Party shading/Conservative (UK)}} | [[Second Peel ministry|Peel II]]

|- style="height:1em"
! style="background-color: {{Party color|Whigs (British political party)}}" |
| [[File:Sir George Grey, 2nd Bt.jpg|frameless|upright=0.5]]
| '''[[Sir George Grey, 2nd Baronet|George Grey]]'''{{R|Hansard}}<br/>{{Smalldiv|{{Longitem|MP for [[Plymouth Devonport (UK Parliament constituency)|Devonport]] →<br/>[[North Northumberland]]{{NoteTag|Elected to a new constituency in the [[1847 United Kingdom general election|1847 general election]].}}}}(1799–1882)}}
| 8 July 1846
| 23 February 1852
| {{Party shading/Whigs}} | [[Whigs (British political party)|Whig]]
| {{Party shading/Whigs}}| [[First Russell ministry|Russell I]]

|- style="height:1em"
! style="background-color: {{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| [[File:Spencer Horatio Walpole.JPG|frameless|upright=0.5]]
| '''[[Spencer Horatio Walpole]]'''{{R|Hansard}}<br/>{{Small|MP for [[Midhurst (UK Parliament constituency)|Midhurst]]}}
| 27 February 1852
| 19 December 1852
| {{Party shading/Conservative (UK)}} | [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]
| {{Party shading/Conservative (UK)}} | [[Who? Who?]]

|- style="height:1em"
! style="background-color: {{Party color|Whigs (British political party)}}" |
| [[File:Lord Palmerston 1855.jpg|frameless|upright=0.5]]
| [[Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston|Henry John Temple<br/>3rd '''Viscount Palmerston''']]{{R|Hansard}}<br/>{{Small|MP for [[Tiverton (UK Parliament constituency)|Tiverton]]}}
| 28 December 1852
| 6 February 1855
| {{Party shading/Whigs}} | [[Whigs (British political party)|Whig]]
| {{Party shading/Coalition (UK)}} | [[Aberdeen ministry|Aberdeen]]<br/>{{Small|(''[[Peelite]]–[[Whigs (British political party)|Whig]]'')}}

|- style="height:1em"
! style="background-color: {{Party color|Whigs (British political party)}}" |
| [[File:Sir George Grey, 2nd Bt.jpg|frameless|upright=0.5]]
| '''[[Sir George Grey, 2nd Baronet|George Grey]]'''{{R|Hansard}}<br/>{{Small|MP for [[Morpeth (UK Parliament constituency)|Morpeth]]}}
| 8 February 1855
| 26 February 1858
| {{Party shading/Whigs}} | [[Whigs (British political party)|Whig]]
| {{Party shading/Whigs}} | [[First Palmerston ministry|Palmerston I]]

|- style="height:1em"
! style="background-color: {{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| [[File:Spencer Horatio Walpole.JPG|frameless|upright=0.5]]
| '''[[Spencer Horatio Walpole]]'''{{R|Hansard}}<br/>{{Small|MP for [[Cambridge University (UK Parliament constituency)|Cambridge University]]}}
| 26 February 1858
| 3 March 1859
| {{Party shading/Conservative (UK)}} | [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]
| rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Conservative (UK)}} | [[Second Derby–Disraeli ministry|Derby–Disraeli II]]

|- style="height:1em"
! style="background-color: {{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| [[File:Thomas Henry Sutton Sotheron Estcourt Grant.jpg|frameless|upright=0.5]]
| [[T. H. S. Sotheron-Estcourt|'''Thomas Henry Sutton Sotheron-Estcourt''']]{{R|Hansard}}<br/>{{Small|MP for [[North Wiltshire (UK Parliament constituency)|North Wiltshire]]}}
| 3 March 1859
| 18 June 1859
| {{Party shading/Conservative (UK)}} | [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]

|- style="height:1em"
! style="background-color: {{Party color|Liberal Party (UK)}}" |
| [[File:Sir George Cornewall Lewis, 2nd Bt.jpg|frameless|upright=0.5]]
| '''[[George Cornewall Lewis]]'''{{R|Hansard}}<br/>{{Small|MP for [[Radnor (UK Parliament constituency)|Radnor]]}}
| 18 June 1859
| 25 July 1861
| {{Party shading/Liberal (UK)}} | [[Liberal Party (UK)|Liberal]]
| {{Party shading/Liberal (UK)}} rowspan=2 | [[Liberal government, 1859–1866|Palmerston II]]

|- style="height:1em"
! style="background-color: {{Party color|Liberal Party (UK)}}; border:none" |{{Zwsp}}
| rowspan=2 | [[File:Sir George Grey, 2nd Bt.jpg|frameless|upright=0.5]]
| rowspan=2 | '''[[Sir George Grey, 2nd Baronet|George Grey]]'''{{R|Hansard}}<br/>{{Small|MP for [[Morpeth (UK Parliament constituency)|Morpeth]]}}
| rowspan=2 | 25 July 1861
| rowspan=2 | 28 June 1866
| rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Liberal (UK)}} | [[Liberal Party (UK)|Liberal]]
|- style="height:1em"
! style="background-color: {{Party color|Liberal Party (UK)}}; border:none" |
| {{Party shading/Liberal (UK)}} | [[Liberal government, 1859–1866|Russell II]]

|- style="height:1em"
! style="background-color: {{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| [[File:Spencer Horatio Walpole.JPG|frameless|upright=0.5]]
| '''[[Spencer Horatio Walpole]]'''{{R|Hansard}}<br/>{{Small|MP for [[Cambridge University (UK Parliament constituency)|Cambridge University]]}}
| 6 July 1866
| 17 May 1867
| {{Party shading/Conservative (UK)}} | [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]
| rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Conservative (UK)}} | [[Third Derby–Disraeli ministry|Derby–Disraeli III]]

|- style="height:1em"
! style="background-color: {{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| [[File:1st Earl of Cranbrook.jpg|frameless|upright=0.5]]
| [[Gathorne Gathorne-Hardy, 1st Earl of Cranbrook|'''Gathorne Gathorne-Hardy''']]{{R|Hansard}}<br/>{{Small|MP for [[Oxford University (UK Parliament constituency)|Oxford University]]}}
| 17 May 1867
| 3 December 1868
| {{Party shading/Conservative (UK)}} | [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]

|- style="height:1em"
! style="background-color: {{Party color|Liberal Party (UK)}}" |
| [[File:Henry Bruce, 1st Baron Aberdare NPG.jpg|frameless|upright=0.5]]
| '''[[Henry Bruce, 1st Baron Aberdare|Henry Bruce]]'''{{R|Hansard}}<br/>{{Longitem|{{Small|MP for [[Merthyr Tydfil (UK Parliament constituency)|Merthyr Tydfil]] →<br/>[[Renfrewshire (UK Parliament constituency)|Renfrewshire]]{{NoteTag|Lost seat in the [[1868 United Kingdom general election|1868 general election]] and elected to a new constituency in the [[1869 Renfrewshire by-election|Renfrewshire by-election]].}}}}}}(1815–1895)
| 9 December 1868
| 9 August 1873
| {{Party shading/Liberal (UK)}} | [[Liberal Party (UK)|Liberal]]
| rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Liberal (UK)}} | [[First Gladstone ministry|Gladstone I]]

|- style="height:1em"
! style="background-color: {{Party color|Liberal Party (UK)}}" |
| [[File:Robert Lowe, 1st Viscount Sherbrooke by George Frederic Watts.jpg|frameless|upright=0.5]]
| '''[[Robert Lowe]]'''{{R|Hansard}}<br/>{{Small|MP for [[London University (UK Parliament constituency)|London University]]}}
| 9 August 1873
| 20 February 1874
| {{Party shading/Liberal (UK)}} | [[Liberal Party (UK)|Liberal]]

|- style="height:1em"
! style="background-color: {{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| [[File:Portrait of Richard Assheton Cross, 1st Viscount Cross.jpg|frameless|upright=0.5]]
| [[R. A. Cross, 1st Viscount Cross|'''R. A. Cross''']]{{R|Hansard}}<br/>{{Small|MP for [[South West Lancashire (UK Parliament constituency)|South West Lancashire]]}}
| 21 February 1874
| 23 April 1880
| {{Party shading/Conservative (UK)}} | [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]
| {{Party shading/Conservative (UK)}} | [[Second Disraeli ministry|Disraeli II]]

|- style="height:1em"
! style="background-color: {{Party color|Liberal Party (UK)}}" |
| [[File:Sir William Harcourt.jpg|frameless|upright=0.5]]
| '''[[William Harcourt (politician)|William Harcourt]]'''{{R|Hansard}}<br/>{{Small|MP for [[Derby (UK Parliament constituency)|Derby]]}}
| 28 April 1880
| 23 June 1885
| {{Party shading/Liberal (UK)}} | [[Liberal Party (UK)|Liberal]]
| {{Party shading/Liberal (UK)}} | [[Second Gladstone ministry|Gladstone II]]

|- style="height:1em"
! style="background-color: {{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| [[File:Portrait of Richard Assheton Cross, 1st Viscount Cross.jpg|frameless|upright=0.5]]
| [[R. A. Cross, 1st Viscount Cross|'''R. A. Cross''']]{{R|Hansard}}<br/>{{Small|MP for [[Newton (UK Parliament constituency)|Newton]]}}
| 24 June 1885
| 1 February 1886
| {{Party shading/Conservative (UK)}} | [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]
| {{Party shading/Conservative (UK)}} | [[First Salisbury ministry|Salisbury I]]

|- style="height:1em"
| style="background-color:{{Party color|Liberal Party (UK)}}" |
| [[File:Hugh Childers, Lock & Whitfield woodburytype, 1876-83 crop.jpg|frameless|upright=0.5]]
| '''[[Hugh Childers]]'''{{R|Hansard}}<br/>{{Small|MP for [[Edinburgh South (UK Parliament constituency)|Edinburgh South]]}}
| 6 February 1886
| 25 July 1886
| {{Party shading/Liberal (UK)}} | [[Liberal Party (UK)|Liberal]]
| {{Party shading/Liberal (UK)}} | [[Third Gladstone ministry|Gladstone III]]

|- style="height:1em"
! style="background-color: {{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| [[File:henrymatthews.jpg|frameless|upright=0.5]]
| '''[[Henry Matthews, 1st Viscount Llandaff|Henry Matthews]]'''{{R|Hansard}}<br/>{{Small|MP for [[Birmingham East (UK Parliament constituency)|Birmingham East]]}}
| 3 August 1886
| 15 August 1892
| {{Party shading/Conservative (UK)}} | [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]
| {{Party shading/Conservative (UK)}} | [[Second Salisbury ministry|Salisbury II]]

|- style="height:1em"
! rowspan=2 style="background-color: {{Party color|Liberal Party (UK)}}" |
| rowspan=2 | [[File:Portrait of Herbert Henry Asquith, 1st Earl of Oxford and Asquith.jpg|frameless|upright=0.5]]
| rowspan=2 | '''[[H. H. Asquith]]'''{{R|Hansard}}<br/>{{Small|MP for [[East Fife (UK Parliament constituency)|East Fife]]}}
| rowspan=2 | 18 August 1892
| rowspan=2 | 25 June 1895
| {{Party shading/Liberal (UK)}} rowspan=2 | [[Liberal Party (UK)|Liberal]]
| {{Party shading/Liberal (UK)}} | [[Liberal government, 1892–1895|Gladstone IV]]
|- style="height:1em"
| {{Party shading/Liberal (UK)}} | [[Liberal government, 1892–1895|Rosebery]]

|- style="height:1em"
! style="background-color: {{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| [[File:Matthew White Ridley sketch.jpg|frameless|upright=0.5]]
| '''[[Matthew White Ridley, 1st Viscount Ridley|Matthew White Ridley]]'''{{R|Hansard}}<br/>{{Small|MP for [[Blackpool (UK Parliament constituency)|Blackpool]]}}
| 29 June 1895
| 12 November 1900
| {{Party shading/Conservative (UK)}} | [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]
| rowspan=3 {{Party shading/Coalition (UK)}} | [[Unionist government, 1895–1905|Salisbury<br/>{{Small|(III & IV)}}]]<br/>{{Small|(''[[Conservative Party (UK)|Con.]]–[[Liberal Unionist Party|Lib.U.]]'')}}

|- style="height:1em"
! height=20 style="background-color: {{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}; border-bottom:none" |
| rowspan=3 | [[File:Charles Thomson Ritchie headshot.jpg|frameless|upright=0.5]]
| rowspan=3 | '''[[Charles Ritchie, 1st Baron Ritchie of Dundee|Charles Ritchie]]'''{{R|Hansard}}<br/>{{Small|MP for [[Croydon (UK Parliament constituency)|Croydon]]}}
| rowspan=3 | 12 November 1900
| rowspan=3 | 11 August 1902
| rowspan=3 {{Party shading/Conservative (UK)}} | [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]
|- style="height:1em"
! height=20 style="background-color: {{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}; border:none" |
! scope=row style="text-align:center" rowspan=6 | '''[[Edward VII]]'''<br/>[[File:Coat of Arms of the United Kingdom (1837-1952).svg|50px]]<br/>{{Small|([[Edwardian era|1901–1910]])}}
|- style="height:1em"
! height=20 style="background-color: {{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}; border-top:none" |
| rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Coalition (UK)}} | [[Unionist government, 1895–1905|Balfour]]

|- style="height:1em"
! style="background-color: {{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| [[File:Aretas Akers-Douglas, 1st Viscount Chilston.png|frameless|upright=0.5]]
| [[Aretas Akers-Douglas, 1st Viscount Chilston|'''Aretas Akers-Douglas''']]{{R|Hansard}}<br/>{{Small|MP for [[St Augustine's (UK Parliament constituency)|St Augustine's]]}}
| 11 August 1902
| 5 December 1905
| {{Party shading/Conservative (UK)}} | [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]

|- style="height:1em"
! style="background-color: {{Party color|Liberal Party (UK)}}; border:none" |
| rowspan=2 | [[File:Viscount Gladstone.jpg|frameless|upright=0.5]]
| rowspan=2 | '''[[Herbert Gladstone]]'''{{R|Hansard}}<br/>{{Small|MP for [[Leeds West]]}}
| rowspan=2 | 11 December 1905
| rowspan=2 | 19 February 1910
| {{Party shading/Liberal (UK)}} rowspan=2 | [[Liberal Party (UK)|Liberal]]
| {{Party shading/Liberal (UK)}} | [[Liberal government, 1905–1915|Campbell-Bannerman]]
|- style="height:1em"
! style="background-color: {{Party color|Liberal Party (UK)}}; border:none" |{{Zwsp}}
| {{Party shading/Liberal (UK)}} rowspan=4 | [[Liberal government, 1905–1915|Asquith<br/>{{Small|(I–III)}}]]

|- style="height:1em"
! height=50 style="background-color: {{Party color|Liberal Party (UK)}}; border-bottom:none" |
| rowspan=2 | [[File:Winston Churchill 1874 - 1965 Q42037.jpg|frameless|upright=0.5]]
| rowspan=2 | '''[[Winston Churchill]]'''{{R|Hansard}}<br/>{{Small|MP for [[Dundee (UK Parliament constituency)|Dundee]]}}
| rowspan=2 | 19 February 1910
| rowspan=2 | 24 October 1911
| rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Liberal (UK)}} | [[Liberal Party (UK)|Liberal]]
|- style="height:1em"
! height=50 style="background-color: {{Party color|Liberal Party (UK)}}; border-top:none" |
! scope=row style="text-align:center" rowspan=15 | '''[[George V]]'''<br/>[[File:Coat of Arms of the United Kingdom (1837-1952).svg|50px]]<br/>{{Small|(1910–1936)}}

|- style="height:1em"
! style="background-color: {{Party color|Liberal Party (UK)}}" |
| [[File:Reginald McKenna photo.jpg|frameless|upright=0.5]]
| '''[[Reginald McKenna]]'''{{R|Hansard}}<br/>{{Small|MP for [[North Monmouthshire]]}}
| 24 October 1911
| 27 May 1915
| {{Party shading/Liberal (UK)}} | [[Liberal Party (UK)|Liberal]]

|- style="height:1em"
! style="background-color: {{Party color|Liberal Party (UK)}}" |
| [[File:Viscount Simon.jpg|frameless|upright=0.5]]
| '''[[John Simon, 1st Viscount Simon|John Simon]]'''{{R|Hansard}}<br/>{{Small|MP for [[Walthamstow (UK Parliament constituency)|Walthamstow]]}}
| 27 May 1915
| 12 January 1916
| {{Party shading/Liberal (UK)}} | [[Liberal Party (UK)|Liberal]]
| rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Coalition (UK)}} | [[Asquith coalition ministry|Asquith Coalition]]<br/>{{Small|(''[[Liberal Party (UK)|Lib.]]–[[Conservative Party (UK)|Con.]]–et al.'')}}

|- style="height:1em"
! style="background-color: {{Party color|Liberal Party (UK)}}" |
| [[File:Herbert Samuel.jpg|frameless|upright=0.5]]
| '''[[Herbert Samuel]]'''{{R|Hansard}}<br/>{{Small|MP for [[Cleveland (UK Parliament constituency)|Cleveland]]}}
| 12 January 1916
| 7 December 1916
| {{Party shading/Liberal (UK)}} | [[Liberal Party (UK)|Liberal]]

|- style="height:1em"
! style="background-color: {{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| [[File:George Cave, 1st Viscount Cave in 1915.jpg|frameless|upright=0.5]]
| [[George Cave, 1st Viscount Cave|George Cave<br/>1st '''Viscount Cave''']]{{R|Hansard}}<br/>{{Small|MP for [[Kingston-upon-Thames (UK Parliament constituency)|Kingston]]{{NoteTag|Ennobled on the day of the 1918 election, which he did not contest.}}<br/>(1856–1928)}}
| 11 December 1916
| 14 January 1919
| {{Party shading/Conservative (UK)}} | [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]
| rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Coalition (UK)}} | [[Lloyd George ministry|Lloyd George<br/>{{Small|(I & II)}}]]

|- style="height:1em"
! style="background-color: {{Party color|Liberal Party (UK)}}" |
| [[File:Edward Shortt.jpg|frameless|upright=0.5]]
| '''[[Edward Shortt]]'''{{R|Hansard}}<br/>{{Small|MP for [[Newcastle upon Tyne West]]}}
| 14 January 1919
| 23 October 1922
| {{Party shading/Liberal (UK)}} | [[Liberal Party (UK)|Liberal]]

|- style="height:1em"
! rowspan=2 style="background-color: {{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| rowspan=2 | [[File:William Bridgeman, 1st Viscount Bridgeman.png|frameless|upright=0.5]]
| rowspan=2 | '''[[William Bridgeman, 1st Viscount Bridgeman|William Bridgeman]]'''{{R|Hansard}}<br/>{{Small|MP for [[Oswestry (UK Parliament constituency)|Oswestry]]}}
| rowspan=2 | 25 October 1922
| rowspan=2 | 22 January 1924
| rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Conservative (UK)}} | [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]
| {{Party shading/Conservative (UK)}} | [[Conservative government, 1922–1924|Law]]
|- style="height:1em"
| {{Party shading/Conservative (UK)}} | [[Conservative government, 1922–1924|Baldwin I]]

|- style="height:1em"
! style="background-color: {{Party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
| [[File:1910 Arthur Henderson.jpg|frameless|upright=0.5]]
| '''[[Arthur Henderson]]'''{{R|Hansard}}<br/>{{Small|MP for [[Burnley (UK Parliament constituency)|Burnley]]{{NoteTag|Elected on 28 February 1924 in the [[1924 Burnley by-election|Burnley by-election]].}}<br/>(1863–1935)}}
| 23 January 1924
| 4 November 1924
| {{Party shading/Labour}} | [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]]
| {{Party shading/Labour}} | [[First MacDonald ministry|MacDonald I]]

|- style="height:1em"
! style="background-color: {{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| [[File:1st Viscount Brentford 1923.jpg|frameless|upright=0.5]]
| [[William Joynson-Hicks, 1st Viscount Brentford|'''William Joynson-Hicks''']]{{R|Hansard}}<br/>{{Small|MP for [[Twickenham (UK Parliament constituency)|Twickenham]]}}
| 7 November 1924
| 5 June 1929
| {{Party shading/Conservative (UK)}} | [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]
| {{Party shading/Conservative (UK)}} | [[Second Baldwin ministry|Baldwin II]]

|- style="height:1em"
! style="background-color: {{Party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
| [[File:J.R. Clynes LCCN2014717260 (cropped).jpg|frameless|upright=0.5]]
| '''[[John Robert Clynes]]'''{{R|Hansard}}<br/>{{Small|MP for [[Manchester Platting]]}}
| 8 June 1929
| 26 August 1931
| {{Party shading/Labour}} | [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]]
| {{Party shading/Labour}} | [[Second MacDonald ministry|MacDonald II]]

|- style="height:1em"
! style="background-color: {{Party color|Liberal Party (UK)}}; border:none" |
| rowspan=2 | [[File:Herbert Samuel.jpg|frameless|upright=0.5]]
| rowspan=2 | '''[[Herbert Samuel]]'''{{R|Hansard}}<br/>{{Small|MP for [[Darwen (UK Parliament constituency)|Darwen]]}}
| rowspan=2 | 26 August 1931
| rowspan=2 | 1 October 1932
| rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Liberal (UK)}} | [[Liberal Party (UK)|Liberal]]
| {{Party shading/Coalition (UK)}} | [[National Government (1931)|National I]]<br/>{{Small|(''[[National Labour Organisation|N.Lab.]]–[[Conservative Party (UK)|Con.]]–et al.'')}}
|- style="height:1em"
! style="background-color: {{Party color|Liberal Party (UK)}}; border:none" |{{Zwsp}}
| rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Coalition (UK)}} | [[National Government (1931–1935)|National II]]

|- style="height:1em"
! style="background-color: {{Party color|Unionist Party (Scotland)}}" |
| [[File:Sir John Gilmour.jpg|frameless|upright=0.5]]
| '''[[Sir John Gilmour, 2nd Baronet|John Gilmour]]'''{{R|Hansard}}<br/>{{Small|MP for [[Glasgow Pollok (UK Parliament constituency)|Glasgow Pollok]]}}
| 1 October 1932
| 7 June 1935
| {{Party shading/Unionist (Scotland)}} | [[Unionist Party (Scotland)|Unionist]]

|- style="height:1em"
! style="background-color: {{Party color|National Liberal Party (UK, 1931)}}; border:none" |{{Zwsp}}
| rowspan=3 | [[File:Viscount Simon.jpg|frameless|upright=0.5]]
| rowspan=3 | '''[[John Simon, 1st Viscount Simon|John Simon]]'''{{R|Hansard}}<br/>{{Small|MP for [[Spen Valley (UK Parliament constituency)|Spen Valley]]}}
| rowspan=3 | 7 June 1935
| rowspan=3 | 28 May 1937
| rowspan=3 {{Party shading/Liberal National}} | [[National Liberal Party (UK, 1931)|Liberal National]]
| rowspan=3 {{Party shading/Coalition (UK)}} | [[National Government (1935–1937)|National III]]<br/>{{Small|(''[[Conservative Party (UK)|Con.]]–[[National Labour Organisation|N.Lab.]]–et al.'')}}
|- style="height:1em"
! style="background-color: {{Party color|National Liberal Party (UK, 1931)}}; border:none" |
! scope=row style="text-align:center" | '''[[Edward VIII]]'''<br/>[[File:Coat of Arms of the United Kingdom (1837-1952).svg|50px]]<br/>{{Small|([[Edward VIII abdication crisis|1936]])}}
|- style="height:1em"
! style="background-color: {{Party color|National Liberal Party (UK, 1931)}}; border:none" |{{Zwsp}}
! scope=row style="text-align:center" rowspan=8 | '''[[George VI]]'''<br/>[[File:Coat of Arms of the United Kingdom (1837-1952).svg|50px]]<br/>{{Small|(1936–1952)}}

|- style="height:1em"
! style="background-color: {{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| [[File:Sir Samuel Hoare GGBain.jpg|frameless|upright=0.5]]
| '''[[Samuel Hoare, 1st Viscount Templewood|Samuel Hoare]]'''{{R|Hansard}}<br/>{{Small|MP for [[Chelsea (UK Parliament constituency)|Chelsea]]}}
| 28 May 1937
| 3 September 1939
| {{Party shading/Conservative (UK)}} | [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]
| {{Party shading/Coalition (UK)}} | [[National Government (1937–1939)|National IV]]

|- style="height:1em"
! style="background-color: {{Party color|National Government (United Kingdom)}}; border:none" |{{Zwsp}}
| rowspan=2 | [[File:John Anderson, 1st Viscount Waverley 1943.jpg|frameless|upright=0.5]]
| rowspan=2 | '''[[John Anderson, 1st Viscount Waverley|John Anderson]]'''{{R|Hansard}}<br/>{{Small|MP for [[Combined Scottish Universities]]}}
| rowspan=2 | 4 September 1939
| rowspan=2 | 4 October 1940
| rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Coalition (UK)}} | [[Independent (politician)|Independent]]<br/>{{Small|([[National Government (United Kingdom)|National]])}}
| {{Party shading/Coalition (UK)}} | [[Chamberlain war ministry|Chamberlain War]]
|- style="height:1em"
! style="background-color: {{Party color|National Government (United Kingdom)}}; border:none" |{{Zwsp}}
| rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Coalition (UK)}} | [[Churchill war ministry|Churchill War]]<br/>{{Small|(''All parties'')}}

|- style="height:1em"
! style="background-color: {{Party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
| 
| '''[[Herbert Morrison]]'''{{R|Hansard}}<br/>{{Small|MP for [[Hackney South]]}}
| 4 October 1940
| 23 May 1945
| {{Party shading/Labour}} | [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]]

|- style="height:1em"
! style="background-color: {{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
|
| '''[[Donald Somervell]]'''{{R|Hansard}}<br/>{{Small|MP for [[Crewe (UK Parliament constituency)|Crewe]]}}
| 25 May 1945
| 26 July 1945
| {{Party shading/Conservative (UK)}} | [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]
| {{Party shading/Coalition (UK)}} | [[Churchill caretaker ministry|Churchill Caretaker]]<br/>{{Small|(''[[Conservative Party (UK)|Con.]]–[[National Liberal Party (UK, 1931)|Lib.N.]]'')}}

|- style="height:1em"
! style="background-color: {{Party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
| [[File:James Chuter Ede (minister van Binnenlandse Zaken (Home Secretary)), Bestanddeelnr 900-7223.jpg|frameless|upright=0.5]]
| '''[[James Chuter Ede]]'''{{R|Hansard}}<br/>{{Small|MP for [[South Shields (UK Parliament constituency)|South Shields]]}}
| 3 August 1945
| 26 October 1951
| {{Party shading/Labour}} | [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]]
| {{Party shading/Labour}} | [[Attlee ministry|Attlee<br/>{{Small|(I & II)}}]]

|- style="height:1em"
! height=50 style="background-color: {{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}; border-bottom:none" |
| rowspan=2 |[[File: David Maxwell Fyfe, Nuremberg, 1946 (Art. IWM ART LD 5863).jpg|frameless|upright=0.5]]
| rowspan=2 | '''[[David Maxwell Fyfe]]'''{{R|Hansard}}<br/>{{Small|MP for [[Liverpool West Derby]]}}
| rowspan=2 | 27 October 1951
| rowspan=2 | 19 October 1954
| rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Conservative (UK)}} | [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]
| rowspan=3 {{Party shading/Conservative (UK)}} | [[Third Churchill ministry|Churchill III]]
|- style="height:1em"
! height=50 style="background-color: {{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}; border-top:none" |
! rowspan=37 scope="row" style="text-align:center; border-style: solid solid none solid;" | '''[[Elizabeth II]]'''<br/>[[File:Royal Coat of Arms of the United Kingdom.svg|50px]]<br/>{{Small|(1952–2022)}}

|- style="height:1em"
! style="background-color: {{Party color|National Liberal Party (UK, 1931)}}; border:none" |{{Zwsp}}
| rowspan=2 | [[File:Gwilym Lloyd George 1922.jpg|frameless|upright=0.5]]
| rowspan=2 | '''[[Gwilym Lloyd George]]'''{{R|Hansard}}<br/>{{Small|MP for [[Newcastle upon Tyne North]]}}
| rowspan=2 | 19 October 1954
| rowspan=2 | 14 January 1957
| {{Party shading/Liberal National}} rowspan=2 | [[National Liberal and Conservative|National Liberal<br/>&<br/>Conservative]]
|- style="height:1em"
! style="background-color: {{Party color|National Liberal Party (UK, 1931)}}; border:none" |
| {{Party shading/Conservative (UK)}} | [[Eden ministry|Eden]]

|- style="height:1em"
! style="background-color: {{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| [[File:Richard-Austen-Rab-Butler-1st-Baron-Butler-of-Saffron-Walden.jpg|frameless|upright=0.5]]
| '''[[Rab Butler]]'''{{R|Hansard}}<br/>{{Small|MP for [[Saffron Walden (UK Parliament constituency)|Saffron Walden]]}}
| 14 January 1957
| 13 July 1962
| {{Party shading/Conservative (UK)}} | [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]
| rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Conservative (UK)}} | [[Conservative government, 1957–1964|Macmillan<br/>{{Small|(I & II)}}]]

|- style="height:1em"
! style="background-color: {{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}; border:none" |{{Zwsp}}
| rowspan=2 | [[File:Henry Brooke 1950.jpg|frameless|upright=0.5]]
| rowspan=2 | '''[[Henry Brooke, Baron Brooke of Cumnor|Henry Brooke]]'''{{R|Hansard}}<br/>{{Small|MP for [[Hampstead (UK Parliament constituency)|Hampstead]]}}
| rowspan=2 | 14 July 1962
| rowspan=2 | 16 October 1964
| rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Conservative (UK)}} | [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]
|- style="height:1em"
! style="background-color: {{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}; border:none" |
| {{Party shading/Conservative (UK)}} | [[Conservative government, 1957–1964|Douglas-Home]]

|- style="height:1em"
! style="background-color: {{Party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
| [[File:Frank Soskice 1961.jpg|frameless|upright=0.5]]
| '''[[Frank Soskice]]'''{{R|Hansard}}<br/>{{Small|MP for [[Newport (Monmouthshire) (UK Parliament constituency)|Newport]]}}
| 18 October 1964
| 23 December 1965
| {{Party shading/Labour}} | [[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:Roy Jenkins 1977b.jpg|frameless|upright=0.5]]
| '''[[Roy Jenkins]]'''{{R|Hansard}}<br/>{{Small|MP for [[Birmingham Stechford (UK Parliament constituency)|Birmingham Stechford]]}}
| 23 December 1965
| 30 November 1967
| {{Party shading/Labour}} | [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]]

|- style="height:1em"
| style="background-color:{{Party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
| [[File:Persconferentie na afloop Overleg van de 9 , Den Haag Callaghan (oa met Enge, Bestanddeelnr 928-9157 (crop).jpg|frameless|upright=0.5]]
| '''[[James Callaghan]]'''{{R|Hansard}}<br/>{{Small|MP for [[Cardiff South East]]}}
| 30 November 1967
| 19 June 1970
| {{Party shading/Labour}} | [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]]

|- style="height:1em"
! style="background-color: {{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
|
| '''[[Reginald Maudling]]'''{{R|Hansard}}<br/>{{Small|MP for [[Barnet (UK Parliament constituency)|Barnet]]}}
| 20 June 1970
| 18 July 1972
| {{Party shading/Conservative (UK)}} | [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]
| rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Conservative (UK)}} | [[Heath ministry|Heath]]

|- style="height:1em"
! style="background-color: {{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| [[File:Robert Carr2.jpg|frameless|upright=0.5]]
| '''[[Robert Carr]]'''{{R|Hansard}}<br/>{{Small|MP for [[Carshalton (UK Parliament constituency)|Carshalton]]}}
| 18 July 1972
| 4 March 1974
| {{Party shading/Conservative (UK)}} | [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]

|- style="height:1em"
! style="background-color: {{Party color|Labour Party (UK)}}; border:none" |
| rowspan=2 | [[File:Roy Jenkins 1977b.jpg|frameless|upright=0.5]]
| rowspan=2 | '''[[Roy Jenkins]]'''{{R|Hansard}}<br/>{{Small|MP for [[Birmingham Stechford (UK Parliament constituency)|Birmingham Stechford]]}}
| rowspan=2 | 5 March 1974
| rowspan=2 | 10 September 1976
| rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Labour}} | [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]]
| {{Party shading/Labour}} | [[Labour government, 1974–1979|Wilson<br/>{{Small|(III & IV)}}]]
|- style="height:1em"
! style="background-color: {{Party color|Labour Party (UK)}}; border:none" |{{Zwsp}}
| rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Labour}} | [[Labour government, 1974–1979|Callaghan]]

|- style="height:1em"
! style="background-color: {{Party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
| [[File:Merlyn_Rees_appearing_on_"After_Dark",_16_July_1988.jpg|frameless|upright=0.5]]
| '''[[Merlyn Rees]]'''{{R|Hansard}}<br/>{{Small|MP for [[Leeds South (UK Parliament constituency)|Leeds South]]}}
| 10 September 1976
| 4 May 1979
| {{Party shading/Labour}} | [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]]

|- style="height:1em"
! style="background-color: {{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
|
| '''[[William Whitelaw]]'''{{R|Hansard}}<br/>{{Small|MP for [[Penrith and The Border]]}}
| 4 May 1979
| 11 June 1983
| {{Party shading/Conservative (UK)}} | [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]
| {{Party shading/Conservative (UK)}} | [[First Thatcher ministry|Thatcher I]]

|- style="height:1em"
! style="background-color: {{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| [[File:Leon Brittan (1996) 02.jpg|frameless|upright=0.5]]
| '''[[Leon Brittan]]'''{{R|Hansard}}<br/>{{Small|MP for [[Richmond (Yorks)]]}}
| 11 June 1983
| 2 September 1985
| {{Party shading/Conservative (UK)}} | [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]
| rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Conservative (UK)}} | [[Second Thatcher ministry|Thatcher II]]

|- style="height:1em"
! rowspan=2 style="background-color: {{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| rowspan=2 | [[File:Lord Hurd (cropped).jpg|frameless|upright=0.5]]
| rowspan=2 | '''[[Douglas Hurd]]'''{{R|Hansard}}<br/>{{Small|MP for [[Witney (UK Parliament constituency)|Witney]]}}
| rowspan=2 | 2 September 1985
| rowspan=2 | 26 October 1989
| rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Conservative (UK)}} | [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]
|- style="height:1em"
| rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Conservative (UK)}} | [[Third Thatcher ministry|Thatcher III]]

|- style="height:1em"
! style="background-color: {{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
|
| '''[[David Waddington]]'''{{R|Hansard}}<br/>{{Small|MP for [[Ribble Valley (UK Parliament constituency)|Ribble Valley]]}}
| 26 October 1989
| 28 November 1990
| {{Party shading/Conservative (UK)}} | [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]

|- style="height:1em"
! style="background-color: {{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| [[File:Official portrait of Lord Baker of Dorking 2020 crop 2.jpg|frameless|upright=0.5]]
| '''[[Kenneth Baker, Baron Baker of Dorking|Kenneth Baker]]'''{{R|Hansard}}<br/>{{Small|MP for [[Mole Valley (UK Parliament constituency)|Mole Valley]]}}
| 28 November 1990
| 10 April 1992
| {{Party shading/Conservative (UK)}} | [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]
| {{Party shading/Conservative (UK)}} | [[First Major ministry|Major I]]

|- style="height:1em"
! style="background-color: {{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| [[File:Ken clarke.webp|frameless|upright=0.5]]
| '''[[Kenneth Clarke]]'''{{R|Hansard}}<br/>{{Small|MP for [[Rushcliffe (UK Parliament constituency)|Rushcliffe]]}}
| 10 April 1992
| 27 May 1993
| {{Party shading/Conservative (UK)}} | [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]
| {{Party shading/Conservative (UK)}} rowspan=2 | [[Second Major ministry|Major II]]

|- style="height:1em"
! style="background-color: {{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| [[File:Michael Howard as Home Secretary.jpg|frameless|upright=0.5]]
| '''[[Michael Howard]]'''{{R|Hansard}}<br/>{{Small|MP for [[Folkestone and Hythe (UK Parliament constituency)|Folkestone and Hythe]]}}
| 27 May 1993
| 2 May 1997
| {{Party shading/Conservative (UK)}} | [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]

|- style="height:1em"
! style="background-color: {{Party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
| [[File:Jack Straw 2.jpg|frameless|upright=0.5]]
| '''[[Jack Straw]]'''{{R|Hansard}}<br/>{{Small|MP for [[Blackburn (UK Parliament constituency)|Blackburn]]}}
| 2 May 1997
| 8 June 2001
| {{Party shading/Labour}} | [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]]
| {{Party shading/Labour}} | [[First Blair ministry|Blair I]]

|- style="height:1em"
! style="background-color: {{Party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
| [[File:David Blunkett DfEE.jpg|frameless|upright=0.5]]
| '''[[David Blunkett]]'''{{R|Hansard}}<br/>{{Small|MP for [[Sheffield Brightside]]}}
| 8 June 2001
| 15 December 2004
| {{Party shading/Labour}} | [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]]
| rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Labour}} |[[Second Blair ministry|Blair II]]

|- style="height:1em"
! rowspan=2 style="background-color: {{Party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
| rowspan=2 | [[File:Charles Clarke (cropped).jpg|frameless|upright=0.5]]
| rowspan=2 | '''[[Charles Clarke]]'''{{R|Hansard}}<br/>{{Small|MP for [[Norwich South]]}}
| rowspan=2 | 15 December 2004
| rowspan=2 | [[2006 British cabinet reshuffle|5 May 2006]]
| rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Labour}} | [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]]
|- style="height:1em"
| rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Labour}} |[[Third Blair ministry|Blair III]]

|- style="height:1em"
! style="background-color: {{Party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
| [[File:Official portrait of Lord Reid of Cardowan, 2020.jpg|frameless|upright=0.5]]
| '''[[John Reid, Baron Reid of Cardowan|John Reid]]'''<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/4975938.stm |title=Clarke is fired in Cabinet purge |date=5 May 2006 |work=BBC News |access-date=13 September 2017}}</ref><br/>{{Small|MP for [[Airdrie and Shotts (UK Parliament constituency)|Airdrie and Shotts]]}}
| [[2006 British cabinet reshuffle|5 May 2006]]
| 27 June 2007
| {{Party shading/Labour}} | [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]]

|- style="height:1em"
! style="background-color: {{Party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
| [[File:Official portrait of Baroness Smith of Malvern crop 2, 2025.jpg|frameless|upright=0.5]]
| '''[[Jacqui Smith]]'''<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/6249316.stm |title=First female boss for Home Office |date=28 June 2007 |work=BBC News |access-date=13 September 2017}}</ref><br/>{{Small|MP for [[Redditch (UK Parliament constituency)|Redditch]]}}
| 28 June 2007
| 5 June 2009
| {{Party shading/Labour}} | [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]]
| rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Labour}} | [[Brown ministry|Brown]]

|- style="height:1em"
! style="background-color: {{Party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
| [[File:Alan Johnson MP.jpg|frameless|upright=0.5]]
| '''[[Alan Johnson]]'''<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/8084501.stm |title=Hutton quits in cabinet reshuffle |date=5 June 2009 |work=BBC News |access-date=13 September 2017}}</ref><br/>{{Small|MP for [[Hull West and Hessle]]}}
| 5 June 2009
| 11 May 2010
| {{Party shading/Labour}} | [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]]

|- style="height:1em"
! rowspan=2 style="background-color: {{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| rowspan=2 | [[File:Theresa May (2015) (cropped).jpg|frameless|upright=0.5]]
| rowspan=2 | '''[[Theresa May]]'''<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/election_2010/8678271.stm |title=Cameron coalition: Theresa May made home secretary |date=12 May 2010 |work=BBC News |access-date=13 September 2017}}</ref><br/>{{Small|MP for [[Maidenhead (UK Parliament constituency)|Maidenhead]]}}
{{small|''[[Theresa May as Home Secretary|Tenure]]''}}
| rowspan=2 | 12 May 2010
| rowspan=2 | 13 July 2016
| rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Conservative (UK)}} | [[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"
| {{Party shading/Conservative (UK)}} | [[Second Cameron ministry|Cameron II]]

|- style="height:1em"
! style="background-color: {{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}; border:none" |
| rowspan=2 | [[File:official portrait of Amber Rudd crop 2.jpg|frameless|upright=0.5]]
| rowspan=2 | '''[[Amber Rudd]]'''<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-36790710 |title=Theresa May shakes up government with new-look cabinet |date=14 July 2016 |work=BBC News |access-date=13 September 2017}}</ref><br/>{{Small|MP for [[Hastings and Rye]]}}
| rowspan=2 | 13 July 2016
| rowspan=2 | [[Second May ministry#Changes 2|29 April 2018]]
| rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Conservative (UK)}} | [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]
| {{Party shading/Conservative (UK)}} | [[First May ministry|May I]]
|- style="height:1em"
! style="background-color: {{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}; border:none" |{{Zwsp}}
| rowspan=2 {{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 Sajid Javid MP crop 2.jpg|frameless|upright=0.5]]
| '''[[Sajid Javid]]'''<ref>{{Cite web|title=Sajid Javid announced as new Home Secretary after Amber Rudd's resignation|url=https://news.sky.com/story/sajid-javid-announced-as-new-home-secretary-after-amber-rudds-resignation-11353529|publisher=Sky News|access-date=30 April 2018}}</ref><br/>{{Small|MP for [[Bromsgrove (UK Parliament constituency)|Bromsgrove]]}}
| [[Second May ministry#Changes 2|30 April 2018]]
| 24 July 2019
| {{Party shading/Conservative (UK)}} | [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]

|- style="height:1em"
! rowspan=2 style="background-color: {{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| rowspan=2 | [[File:Official portrait of Rt Hon Priti Patel MP crop 2.jpg|frameless|upright=0.5]]
| rowspan=2 | '''[[Priti Patel]]'''<ref name="auto">{{Cite web|date=24 July 2019|title=Priti Patel appointed UK interior minister: statement|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-britain-eu-leader-patel-idUSKCN1UJ2HW|access-date=30 June 2021|work=[[Reuters]]}}</ref><br/>{{Small|MP for [[Witham (UK Parliament constituency)|Witham]]}}
| rowspan=2 | 24 July 2019
| rowspan=2 | 6 September 2022
| rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Conservative (UK)}} | [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]
| {{Party shading/Conservative (UK)}} | [[First Johnson ministry|Johnson I]]
|- style="height:1em"
| {{Party shading/Conservative (UK)}} | [[Second Johnson ministry|Johnson II]]

|- style="height:1em"
! rowspan=2 style="background-color: {{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| rowspan=2 | [[File:Official portrait of Suella Braverman MP crop 2, 2024.jpg|frameless|upright=0.5]]
| rowspan=2 | '''[[Suella Braverman]]'''<ref>{{Cite web |title=Suella Braverman MP on Twitter: My letter to the Prime Minister. |url=https://twitter.com/suellabraverman/status/1582762282626736128 |access-date=2022-10-19 |website=Twitter |language=en}}</ref><br/>{{Small|MP for [[Fareham (UK Parliament constituency)|Fareham]]}}
| rowspan=2 | 6 September 2022
| rowspan=2 | 19 October 2022
| rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Conservative (UK)}} | [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]
| rowspan=3 {{Party shading/Conservative (UK)}} | [[Truss ministry|Truss]]
|- style="height:1em"
! rowspan=5 scope="row" style="text-align:center"| '''[[Charles III]]'''<br/>[[File:Royal Coat of Arms of the United Kingdom (2022).svg|60px]]<br/>{{Small|(2022–present)}}

|- style="height:1em"
! style="background-color: {{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| [[File:Official portrait of Rt Hon Grant Shapps MP crop 2.jpg|frameless|upright=0.5]]
| '''[[Grant Shapps]]'''<ref>{{Cite news |date=2022-10-19 |title=Grants Shapps replaces Suella Braverman as home secretary |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-63318157 |access-date=2022-10-19}}</ref><br/>{{Small|MP for [[Welwyn Hatfield (UK Parliament constituency)|Welwyn Hatfield]]}}
| 19 October 2022
| 25 October 2022
| {{Party shading/Conservative (UK)}} | [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]

|- style="height:1em"
! style="background-color: {{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| [[File:Official portrait of Suella Braverman MP crop 2, 2024.jpg|frameless|upright=0.5]]
| '''[[Suella Braverman]]'''<ref name="auto1">{{Cite news|date=25 October 2022|title=Braverman returns to home secretary role|work=BBC News|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/uk-politics-63375473?ns_mchannel=social&ns_source=twitter&ns_campaign=bbc_live&ns_linkname=635807ec34a915418162e578%26Braverman%20returns%20to%20home%20secretary%20role%262022-10-25T16%3A00%3A52.374Z&ns_fee=0&pinned_post_locator=urn:asset:bebca0a5-27ce-4562-bb2b-0f35c9411c16&pinned_post_asset_id=635807ec34a915418162e578&pinned_post_type=share|access-date=25 October 2022}}</ref><br/>{{Small|MP for [[Fareham (UK Parliament constituency)|Fareham]]}}
| 25 October 2022
| [[November 2023 British cabinet reshuffle|13 November 2023]]
| {{Party shading/Conservative (UK)}} | [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]
| rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Conservative (UK)}} | [[Sunak ministry|Sunak]]

|- style="height:1em"
! style="background-color: {{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)|}}" |
| [[File:Official portrait of James Cleverly MP crop 2, 2024.jpg|frameless|upright=0.5]]
| '''[[James Cleverly]]'''<ref name="auto1"/><br/>{{Small|MP for [[Braintree (UK Parliament constituency)|Braintree]]}}
| [[November 2023 British cabinet reshuffle|13 November 2023]]
| 5 July 2024
| {{Party shading/Conservative (UK)}} | [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]

|- style="height:1em"
! style="background-color: {{Party color|Labour Party (UK)|}}" |
| [[File:Yvette Cooper Official Cabinet Portrait, July 2024 (cropped) 2.jpg|frameless|upright=0.5]]
| '''[[Yvette Cooper]]'''<ref>{{Cite news|date=5 July 2024|title=Rachel Reeves becomes UK's first female chancellor with Angela Rayner deputy PM as Keir Starmer names cabinet – election live|work=The Guardian|url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/live/2024/jul/04/general-election-2024-uk-live-labour-tories-starmer-sunak-results-exit-poll?page=with:block-66880a888f08a83a9aeccfc3#block-66880a888f08a83a9aeccfc3|access-date=5 July 2024}}</ref><br/>{{Small|MP for [[Pontefract, Castleford and Knottingley]]}}
| 5 July 2024
| ''Incumbent''
| {{Party shading/Labour}} | [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]]
| {{Party shading/Labour}} | [[Starmer ministry|Starmer]]

|}

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  from: 1940 till: 1945 color:Labour       text:"[[Herbert Morrison]]"
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  from: 2001 till: 2004 color:Labour       text:"[[David Blunkett]]"
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  from: 2023 till: 2024 color:Conservative text:"[[James Cleverly]]" 
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  from: 2024 till: $now color:Labour       text:"[[Yvette Cooper]]"
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== See also ==
* [[British government departments]]
* [[Cabinet (government)]]
* [[Great Offices of State]]
* [[Interior minister]]
* [[List of British governments]]
* [[List of current interior ministers]]
* [[List of permanent under secretaries of state of the Home Office]]
* [[Ministry of Justice (United Kingdom)|Ministry of Justice]]
* [[Shadow Home Secretary]]
* [[Home Office under Theresa May]]
* [[Under Secretary of State for the Home Department]]

== Notes ==
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== References ==
=== Citations ===
{{Reflist}}

=== Sources ===
{{refbegin}}
* {{cite book |last = Gibson |first = Bryan |title = The New Home Office: An Introduction |edition = 2nd |url = https://books.google.com/books?id=DgTbCgAAQBAJ |year = 2008 |publisher = Waterside Press |pages = 148–149 |isbn = 978-1-904380-49-8 }}
{{refend}}

== External links ==
{{Commons category|Home Secretaries of the United Kingdom}}
* [http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/ Home Office website]

{{Home Office (United Kingdom)}}
{{Home Secretaries}}
{{Great Offices of State}}
{{Cabinet positions in the United Kingdom}}

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[[Category:Secretaries of State for the Home Department| ]]
[[Category:Ministerial offices in the United Kingdom]]
[[Category:1782 establishments in Great Britain]]
[[Category:Internal affairs ministers by country|United Kingdom]]