Formation

Following the vote of no confidence against the Labour government and prime minister James Callaghan

James Callaghan

Leonard James Callaghan, Baron Callaghan of Cardiff, KG, PC , was a British Labour politician, who was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1976 to 1979 and Leader of the Labour Party from 1976 to 1980...

 on 28 March 1979, a general election was called for 3 May 1979. The Tories won the election with a majority of 43 seats and their leader Margaret Thatcher

Margaret Thatcher

Margaret Hilda Thatcher, Baroness Thatcher, was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1979 to 1990...

 became Britain's first female prime minister.

Thatcher inherited some of the worst economic statistics of postwar Britain. The nation was still feeling the effects of the endless strikes during the recent Winter of Discontent

Winter of Discontent

The "Winter of Discontent" is an expression, popularised by the British media, referring to the winter of 1978–79 in the United Kingdom, during which there were widespread strikes by local authority trade unions demanding larger pay rises for their members, because the Labour government of...

. Inflation stood at 27%. 1,500,000 were unemployed - a rise of more than 50% in five years.

Thatcher's monetarist

Monetarism

Monetarism is a tendency in economic thought that emphasizes the role of governments in controlling the amount of money in circulation. It is the view within monetary economics that variation in the money supply has major influences on national output in the short run and the price level over...

 economic policies saw inflation cut to just over 16% by January 1981, less than 10% a year later, and by June 1983 it had fallen to a 15-year low of 4%. She also oversaw union reforms which saw strikes at their lowest for 30 years by 1983.

However, her economic policies also resulted in the loss of much of Britain's heavy industry which had been deemed inefficient. Coal pits, steel plants and shipyards were particularly hard hit, most of all in Scotland

Scotland

Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...

 and the north of England. Unemployment rose from 1,500,000 at the time of the 1979 general election to a record 3,200,000 four years later.

The Labour opposition, who changed leader from James Callaghan

James Callaghan

Leonard James Callaghan, Baron Callaghan of Cardiff, KG, PC , was a British Labour politician, who was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1976 to 1979 and Leader of the Labour Party from 1976 to 1980...

 to Michael Foot

Michael Foot

Michael Mackintosh Foot, FRSL, PC was a British Labour Party politician, journalist and author, who was a Member of Parliament from 1945 to 1955 and from 1960 until 1992...

, was in no position to exploit the situation. The change of leader saw the party shift dramatically to the left, and in 1981 a host of disenchanted Labour MP's formed the breakaway Social Democratic Party

Social Democratic Party (UK)

The Social Democratic Party was a political party in the United Kingdom that was created on 26 March 1981 and existed until 1988. It was founded by four senior Labour Party 'moderates', dubbed the 'Gang of Four': Roy Jenkins, David Owen, Bill Rodgers and Shirley Williams...

. The new party swiftly formed an alliance

SDP-Liberal Alliance

The SDP–Liberal Alliance was an electoral pact formed by the Social Democratic Party and the Liberal Party in the United Kingdom which was in existence from 1981 to 1988, when the bulk of the two parties merged to form the Social and Liberal Democrats, later referred to as simply the Liberal...

 with the Liberals

Liberal Party (UK)

The Liberal Party was one of the two major political parties of the United Kingdom during the 19th and early 20th centuries. It was a third party of negligible importance throughout the latter half of the 20th Century, before merging with the Social Democratic Party in 1988 to form the present day...

 with a view to forming a coalition

Coalition

A coalition is a pact or treaty among individuals or groups, during which they cooperate in joint action, each in their own self-interest, joining forces together for a common cause. This alliance may be temporary or a matter of convenience. A coalition thus differs from a more formal covenant...

 government at the next election. For a while, opinion polls suggested that this could happen, with support for the Alliance peaking at 50% in late 1981.

However, when the Falkland Islands

Falkland Islands

The Falkland Islands are an archipelago in the South Atlantic Ocean, located about from the coast of mainland South America. The archipelago consists of East Falkland, West Falkland and 776 lesser islands. The capital, Stanley, is on East Falkland...

 (a British colony in the South Atlantic) were seized by Argentine

Argentina

Argentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires...

 forces in March 1982, Thatcher was swift to declare war on Argentina

Falklands War

The Falklands War , also called the Falklands Conflict or Falklands Crisis, was fought in 1982 between Argentina and the United Kingdom over the disputed Falkland Islands and South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands...

 which was won on 14 June when the Argentines surrendered. The success of this campaign saw a swift turnaround in support for the Tory government, who by the summer of 1982 were firmly in the lead in all of the major opinion polls.

Fate

Thatcher had the option of waiting until May 1984 before calling a general election, but the opinion polls remained in her favour as 1983 dawned and so she called a general election

United Kingdom general election, 1983

The 1983 United Kingdom general election was held on 9 June 1983. It gave the Conservative Party under Margaret Thatcher the most decisive election victory since that of Labour in 1945...

 for 9 June. With all the pollsters pointing towards a Tory majority, the most interesting outcome of the election was the guessing game as to whether it would be Labour or the Alliance who formed the next opposition.

In the event, the Tories were re-elected with a 144-seat majority. The election was an unmitigated disaster for Labour, who polled a mere 27.6% of the vote and were left with just 209 MP's in the new parliament. The Alliance came close to Labour in terms of votes with 25.4% of the electorate voting for them, but won a mere 23 seats.

Members of the Cabinet

Members of the Cabinet are in bold face.

Office	Name	Dates	Notes
Prime Minister Prime Minister of the United Kingdom The Prime Minister of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is the Head of Her Majesty's Government in the United Kingdom. The Prime Minister and Cabinet are collectively accountable for their policies and actions to the Sovereign, to Parliament, to their political party and... , First Lord of the Treasury First Lord of the Treasury The First Lord of the Treasury is the head of the commission exercising the ancient office of Lord High Treasurer in the United Kingdom, and is now always also the Prime Minister... and Minister for the Civil Service Minister for the Civil Service In British government, the Minister for the Civil Service is responsible for making regulations regarding Her Majesty's Civil Service, the role of which is to assist the governments of the United Kingdom in formulating and implementing policies...	Margaret Thatcher Margaret Thatcher Margaret Hilda Thatcher, Baroness Thatcher, was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1979 to 1990...	4 May 1979
Minister of State, Civil Service Department	Paul Channon Paul Channon Henry Paul Guinness Channon, Baron Kelvedon, PC , was Conservative MP for Southend West for 38 years, from 1959 until 1997...	7 May 1979 – 5 January 1981
	Barney Hayhoe Barney Hayhoe Bernard "Barney" John Hayhoe, Baron Hayhoe PC is a British Conservative politician.He was the Member of Parliament for Heston and Isleworth from 1970 until February 1974, then for Brentford and Isleworth from February 1974 until he retired at the 1992 general election...	5 January 1981 – 12 November 1981
Lord Chancellor Lord Chancellor The Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain, or Lord Chancellor, is a senior and important functionary in the government of the United Kingdom. He is the second highest ranking of the Great Officers of State, ranking only after the Lord High Steward. The Lord Chancellor is appointed by the Sovereign...	The Lord Hailsham of St Marylebone Quintin Hogg, Baron Hailsham of St Marylebone For the businessman and philanthropist, see Quintin Hogg Quintin McGarel Hogg, Baron Hailsham of St Marylebone, KG, CH, PC, QC, FRS , formerly 2nd Viscount Hailsham , was a British politician who was known for the longevity of his career, the vigour with which he campaigned for the Conservative...	5 May 1979
Lord President of the Council Lord President of the Council The Lord President of the Council is the fourth of the Great Officers of State of the United Kingdom, ranking beneath the Lord High Treasurer and above the Lord Privy Seal. The Lord President usually attends each meeting of the Privy Council, presenting business for the monarch's approval...	The Lord Soames Christopher Soames, Baron Soames Arthur Christopher John Soames, Baron Soames, GCMG, GCVO, CH, CBE, PC was a British politician belonging to the Conservative Party and the son-in-law of Winston Churchill. A European Commissioner and the last Governor of Southern Rhodesia, he had previously been the longtime Member of Parliament...	5 May 1979	also Leader of the House of Lords Leader of the House of Lords The Leader of the House of Lords is a member of the Cabinet of the United Kingdom who is responsible for arranging government business in the House of Lords. The role is always held in combination with a formal Cabinet position, usually one of the sinecure offices of Lord President of the Council,...
	Francis Pym Francis Pym -Bibliography:****- External links :...	14 September 1981	also Leader of the House of Commons Leader of the House of Commons The Leader of the House of Commons is a member of the Cabinet of the United Kingdom who is responsible for arranging government business in the House of Commons...
	John Biffen John Biffen William John Biffen, Baron Biffen, PC, DL , was a Conservative member of the House of Lords, who previously spent 36 years in the House of Commons.-Early life:...	5 April 1982	also Leader of the House of Commons Leader of the House of Commons The Leader of the House of Commons is a member of the Cabinet of the United Kingdom who is responsible for arranging government business in the House of Commons...
Lord Privy Seal Lord Privy Seal The Lord Privy Seal is the fifth of the Great Officers of State in the United Kingdom, ranking beneath the Lord President of the Council and above the Lord Great Chamberlain. The office is one of the traditional sinecure offices of state...	Sir Ian Gilmour, Bt Ian Gilmour, Baron Gilmour of Craigmillar Ian Hedworth John Little Gilmour, Baron Gilmour of Craigmillar, PC, was a Conservative politician in the United Kingdom. He was styled Sir Ian Gilmour, 3rd Baronet from 1977, having succeeded to his father's baronetcy, until he became a life peer in 1992. He served as Secretary of State for...	5 May 1979
	Humphrey Atkins Humphrey Atkins Humphrey Edward Gregory Atkins, Baron Colnbrook KCMG PC was a British politician. A member of the Conservative Party, he served in the Cabinet of Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher from 1979-82....	14 September 1981
	The Baroness Young Janet Young, Baroness Young Janet Mary Baker Young, Baroness Young PC , was a British Conservative politician. She served as the first ever female Leader of the House of Lords from 1981 to 1983, first as Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and from 1982 as Lord Privy Seal...	6 April 1982	also Leader of the House of Lords Leader of the House of Lords The Leader of the House of Lords is a member of the Cabinet of the United Kingdom who is responsible for arranging government business in the House of Lords. The role is always held in combination with a formal Cabinet position, usually one of the sinecure offices of Lord President of the Council,...
Chancellor of the Exchequer Chancellor of the Exchequer The Chancellor of the Exchequer is the title held by the British Cabinet minister who is responsible for all economic and financial matters. Often simply called the Chancellor, the office-holder controls HM Treasury and plays a role akin to the posts of Minister of Finance or Secretary of the...	Sir Geoffrey Howe Geoffrey Howe Richard Edward Geoffrey Howe, Baron Howe of Aberavon, CH, QC, PC is a former British Conservative politician. He was Margaret Thatcher's longest-serving Cabinet minister, successively holding the posts of Chancellor of the Exchequer, Foreign Secretary, and finally Leader of the House of Commons...	5 May 1979
Chief Secretary to the Treasury Chief Secretary to the Treasury The Chief Secretary to the Treasury is the third most senior ministerial position in HM Treasury, after the Prime Minister and the Chancellor of the Exchequer . In recent years, the office holder has usually been given a junior position in the British Cabinet...	John Biffen John Biffen William John Biffen, Baron Biffen, PC, DL , was a Conservative member of the House of Lords, who previously spent 36 years in the House of Commons.-Early life:...	5 May 1979
	Leon Brittan Leon Brittan, Baron Brittan of Spennithorne Sir Leon Brittan, Baron Brittan of Spennithorne, QC, PC, DL is a British barrister, politician and former Conservative Member of Parliament, as well as former member of the European Commission and former Home Secretary of the United Kingdom...	5 January 1981
Minister of State, Treasury	Peter Rees	6 May 1979 – 14 September 1981
	Francis Cockfield	6 May 1979 – 6 April 1982
	Jock Bruce-Gardyne Jock Bruce-Gardyne John Bruce-Gardyne, Baron Bruce-Gardyne was a British Conservative Party politician.Son of Captain Evan Bruce-Gardyne, DSO, RN 13th Laird of Middleton, and a member of a Scottish landholding family who have been based in the county of Angus since at least 1008 AD. He was born in Chertsey, Surrey...	15 September 1981 – 11 November 1981
	Barney Hayhoe Barney Hayhoe Bernard "Barney" John Hayhoe, Baron Hayhoe PC is a British Conservative politician.He was the Member of Parliament for Heston and Isleworth from 1970 until February 1974, then for Brentford and Isleworth from February 1974 until he retired at the 1992 general election...	11 November 1981
	John Wakeham John Wakeham John Wakeham, Baron Wakeham, PC, DL is a businessman and British Conservative Party politician and the current Chancellor of Brunel University.He was a director of Enron from 1994 until its bankruptcy in 2001....	6 April 1982
Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury The Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury is a junior ministerial position in the British Government. The holder is usually the Government Chief Whip in the House of Commons. However, the office is no longer attached to the Treasury...	Michael Jopling Michael Jopling, Baron Jopling Thomas Michael Jopling, Baron Jopling, PC is a politician in the United Kingdom, and sits in the House of Lords as a member of the Conservative Party....	5 May 1979
Financial Secretary to the Treasury Financial Secretary to the Treasury Financial Secretary to the Treasury is a junior Ministerial post in the British Treasury. It is the 4th most significant Ministerial role within the Treasury after the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Chief Secretary to the Treasury, and the Paymaster General...	Nigel Lawson Nigel Lawson Nigel Lawson, Baron Lawson of Blaby, PC , is a British Conservative politician and journalist. He was a Member of Parliament representing the constituency of Blaby from 1974–92, and served as the Chancellor of the Exchequer in the government of Margaret Thatcher from June 1983 to October 1989...	6 May 1979
	Hon. Nicholas Ridley Nicholas Ridley, Baron Ridley of Liddesdale Nicholas Ridley, Baron Ridley of Liddesdale, PC was a British Conservative Party politician and government minister.-Personal life:...	30 September 1981
Lords of the Treasury Lord of the Treasury In the United Kingdom, there are at least six Lords of the Treasury who serve concurrently. Traditionally, this board consists of the First Lord of the Treasury, the Second Lord of the Treasury, and four or more junior lords .Strictly they are commissioners for exercising the office of Lord...	John MacGregor	7 May 1979 – 5 January 1981
	Hon. Peter Morrison Peter Morrison Sir Peter Hugh Morrison PC was a British Conservative politician, MP for Chester from 1974 to 1992, and Parliamentary Private Secretary to former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher.-Education:...	7 May 1979 – 5 January 1981
	Lord James Douglas-Hamilton James Douglas-Hamilton, Baron Selkirk of Douglas James Alexander Douglas-Hamilton, Baron Selkirk of Douglas, PC, QC , briefly The 11th Earl of Selkirk and styled Lord James Douglas-Hamilton until 1997, is a Scottish Conservative politician who served as Member of Parliament for Edinburgh West then Member of the Scottish Parliament for the...	7 May 1979 – 1 October 1981
	Carol Mather Carol Mather Sir David Carol MacDonnell Mather MC , known as Carol Mather, was a British Army officer and Conservative MP, and senior government whip....	7 May 1979 – 1 October 1981
	David Waddington David Waddington, Baron Waddington David Charles Waddington, Baron Waddington, GCVO, DL, QC, PC , is a British politician. A member of the Conservative Party, he served as a Member of Parliament in the House of Commons from 1968 to 1990, and was then made a life peer...	16 May 1979 – 5 January 1981
	John Wakeham John Wakeham John Wakeham, Baron Wakeham, PC, DL is a businessman and British Conservative Party politician and the current Chancellor of Brunel University.He was a director of Enron from 1994 until its bankruptcy in 2001....	9 January 1981 – 15 September 1981
	Hon. Robert Boscawen Robert Boscawen Robert Thomas Boscawen is a retired British Conservative politician.-Background and education:The son of Evelyn Hugh John Boscawen, eighth Viscount Falmouth, of Tregothnan, near Truro, and a member of a very old Cornish family, Boscawen was educated at West Downs School and Eton College...	9 January 1981 – 17 February 1983
	John Cope John Cope, Baron Cope of Berkeley John Ambrose Cope, Baron Cope of Berkeley, PC is a Conservative Party politician in the United Kingdom.He was educated at Oakham School before qualifying as a Chartered Accountant. He served as Member of Parliament for South Gloucestershire from 1974 to 1983...	9 January 1981 – 13 June 1983
	Tony Newton Tony Newton Antony Harold "Tony" Newton, Baron Newton of Braintree, PC, OBE , is a British Conservative politician and former Cabinet member...	1 October 1981 – 5 March 1982
	John Gummer John Gummer John Selwyn Gummer, Baron Deben, PC is a British Conservative Party politician, formerly Member of Parliament for Suffolk Coastal, now a member of the House of Lords. He is Chairman of the environmental consultancy company Sancroft International and Chairman of Veolia Water...	1 October 1981 – 6 January 1983
	Hon. Peter Brooke Peter Brooke Peter Leonard Brooke, Baron Brooke of Sutton Mandeville, CH, PC , is a British politician. A member of the Conservative Party, he served in the Cabinet under Prime Ministers Margaret Thatcher and John Major, and was a Member of Parliament representing the Cities of London and Westminster from...	1 October 1981 – 13 June 1983
	Alastair Goodlad Alastair Goodlad, Baron Goodlad Alastair Robertson Goodlad, Baron Goodlad, KCMG, PC, is a British Conservative politician who served as the British High Commissioner to Australia from 2000 until 2005....	16 February 1982
	Donald Thompson Donald Thompson Sir Donald Thompson was a British Conservative Party politician. He was a Member of Parliament from 1979 until 1997.Thompson attended Holy Trinity School, Halifax, and Hipperholme Grammar School...	14 January 1983
	David Hunt	23 February 1983
Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs The Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, commonly referred to as the Foreign Secretary, is a senior member of Her Majesty's Government heading the Foreign and Commonwealth Office and regarded as one of the Great Offices of State...	The Lord Carrington Peter Carington, 6th Baron Carrington Peter Alexander Rupert Carington, 6th Baron Carrington, is a British Conservative politician. He served as British Foreign Secretary between 1979 and 1982 and as the sixth Secretary General of NATO from 1984 to 1988. He is the last surviving member of the Cabinets of both Harold Macmillan and Sir...	5 May 1979
	Francis Pym Francis Pym -Bibliography:****- External links :...	5 April 1982
Minister of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Minister of State for Foreign Affairs is a junior ministerial position in the British government.-Ministers of State for Foreign Affairs 1945-1968:*1945: William Mabane*1945-1946: Philip Noel-Baker*1946-1950: Hector McNeil*1950-1951: Kenneth Younger...	Peter Blaker Peter Blaker, Baron Blaker Sir Peter Allan Renshaw Blaker, Baron Blaker KCMG PC was an English Conservative politician.Blaker was born in Hong Kong, son of Cedric Blaker. He was educated at Shrewsbury School before being evacuated to Canada in 1939. There he took a degree in classics, before being commissioned in the...	5 May 1979 – 29 May 1981
	Hon. Nicholas Ridley Nicholas Ridley, Baron Ridley of Liddesdale Nicholas Ridley, Baron Ridley of Liddesdale, PC was a British Conservative Party politician and government minister.-Personal life:...	6 May 1979 – 29 September 1981
	Hon. Douglas Hurd Douglas Hurd Douglas Richard Hurd, Baron Hurd of Westwell, CH, CBE, PC , is a British Conservative politician and novelist, who served in the governments of Margaret Thatcher and John Major between 1979 and his retirement in 1995....	6 May 1979 – 11 June 1983
	Richard Luce Richard Luce, Baron Luce Richard Napier Luce, Baron Luce, was Lord Chamberlain to HM The Queen from 2000 to 2006, and was previously Governor of Gibraltar and a Conservative Member of Parliament and Government Minister.-Early career:...	30 September 1981 – 5 April 1982
	Cranley Onslow Cranley Onslow Cranley Gordon Douglas Onslow, Baron Onslow of Woking KCMG PC was a British politician and served as the Conservative MP for Woking from 1964 to 1997....	5 April 1982 – 13 June 1983
	The Lord Belstead John Ganzoni, 2nd Baron Belstead John Julian Ganzoni, 2nd Baron Belstead PC was a British Conservative politician and peer who served as Leader of the House of Lords under Margaret Thatcher from 1988 to 1990.-Background and education:...	5 April 1982 – 13 June 1983
	Timothy Raison Timothy Raison Sir Timothy Hugh Francis Raison , was a British Conservative politician who began his career as a journalist, first working on Picture Post , then New Scientist...	6 January 1983	also Minister of Overseas Development
Under-Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs	Richard Luce Richard Luce, Baron Luce Richard Napier Luce, Baron Luce, was Lord Chamberlain to HM The Queen from 2000 to 2006, and was previously Governor of Gibraltar and a Conservative Member of Parliament and Government Minister.-Early career:...	6 May 1979
	The Lord Trefgarne David Trefgarne, 2nd Baron Trefgarne David Garro Trefgarne, 2nd Baron Trefgarne, PC , is a British Conservative politician.The son of George Morgan Trefgarne, 1st Baron Trefgarne, Trefgarne succeeded his father as 2nd Baron Trefgarne in 1960 at the age of 19, having attended Haileybury and Imperial Service College. He took his seat...	14 September 1981
	Malcolm Rifkind Malcolm Rifkind Sir Malcolm Leslie Rifkind KCMG QC MP is a British Conservative Party politician and Member of Parliament for Kensington. He served in various roles as a cabinet minister under Prime Ministers Margaret Thatcher and John Major, including Secretary of State for Scotland , Defence Secretary and...	6 April 1982
Minister for Overseas Development	Timothy Raison Timothy Raison Sir Timothy Hugh Francis Raison , was a British Conservative politician who began his career as a journalist, first working on Picture Post , then New Scientist...	6 January 1983
Secretary of State for the Home Department	William Whitelaw William Whitelaw, 1st Viscount Whitelaw William Stephen Ian Whitelaw, 1st Viscount Whitelaw, KT, CH, MC, PC, DL , often known as Willie Whitelaw, was a British Conservative Party politician who served in a wide number of Cabinet positions, most notably as Home Secretary and Deputy Prime Minister.-Early life:Whitelaw was born in Nairn, in...	5 May 1979
Minister of State for Home Affairs	Leon Brittan Leon Brittan, Baron Brittan of Spennithorne Sir Leon Brittan, Baron Brittan of Spennithorne, QC, PC, DL is a British barrister, politician and former Conservative Member of Parliament, as well as former member of the European Commission and former Home Secretary of the United Kingdom...	6 May 1979 – 5 January 1981
	Timothy Raison Timothy Raison Sir Timothy Hugh Francis Raison , was a British Conservative politician who began his career as a journalist, first working on Picture Post , then New Scientist...	6 May 1979 – 6 January 1983
	Patrick Mayhew Patrick Mayhew Patrick Barnabas Burke Mayhew, Baron Mayhew of Twysden, PC is a British barrister, and Conservative Party politician.He was educated at Tonbridge School and Balliol College, Oxford...	5 January 1981 – 13 June 1983
	David Waddington David Waddington, Baron Waddington David Charles Waddington, Baron Waddington, GCVO, DL, QC, PC , is a British politician. A member of the Conservative Party, he served as a Member of Parliament in the House of Commons from 1968 to 1990, and was then made a life peer...	6 January 1983
Under-Secretary of State for Home Affairs	The Lord Belstead John Ganzoni, 2nd Baron Belstead John Julian Ganzoni, 2nd Baron Belstead PC was a British Conservative politician and peer who served as Leader of the House of Lords under Margaret Thatcher from 1988 to 1990.-Background and education:...	7 May 1979 – 6 April 1982
	The Lord Elton Rodney Elton, 2nd Baron Elton Rodney Elton, 2nd Baron Elton is a British politician and Conservative member of the House of Lords.Lord Elton was educated at Eton College and New College, Oxford. The son of Godfrey Elton, 1st Baron Elton, Lord Elton succeeded to the peerage on his father's death in 1973...	6 April 1982-13 June 1983
	David Mellor David Mellor David John Mellor, QC is a British politician, non-practising barrister, broadcaster, journalist and football pundit. A member of the Conservative Party, he served in the Cabinet of Prime Minister John Major as Chief Secretary to the Treasury and Secretary of State for National Heritage , before...	6 January 1983
Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food The Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food was a UK cabinet position, responsible for the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food. The post was originally named President of the Board of Agriculture and was created in 1889...	Peter Walker Peter Walker, Baron Walker of Worcester Peter Edward Walker, Baron Walker of Worcester, MBE, PC , was British politician. A member of the Conservative Party, he served in the Cabinet as the Environment Secretary , Trade and Industry Secretary , Agriculture Minister , Energy Secretary and Welsh Secretary...	5 May 1979
Minister of State for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food	The Earl Ferrers Robert Shirley, 13th Earl Ferrers Robert Washington Shirley, 13th Earl Ferrers PC , styled Viscount Tamworth between 1937 and 1954, is British Conservative politician and member of the House of Lords as one of the remaining hereditary peers...	7 May 1979 – 13 June 1983
	Alick Buchanan-Smith Alick Buchanan-Smith Alick Laidlaw Buchanan-Smith was a Scottish Conservative and Unionist politician.The second son of Alick Drummond Buchanan-Smith, Baron Balerno and Mary Kathleen Smith, he was educated at Edinburgh Academy, Glenalmond College, Pembroke College, Cambridge and University of Edinburgh...	7 May 1979 – 13 June 1983
Under-Secretary of State for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food	Jerry Wiggin Jerry Wiggin Sir Alfred William Wiggin, known as Jerry Wiggin, is a British Conservative Party politician.-Education:Born in Worcestershire, in the West of England, Jerry Wiggin was educated at Eton College, an independent school for boys in the town of Eton in Berkshire, in Southern England, followed by...	7 May 1979 – 29 September 1981
	Peggy Fenner Peggy Fenner Dame Peggy Edith Fenner, DBE is a British Conservative Party politician.Fenner was elected MP for Rochester and Chatham at the 1970 general election...	14 September 1981 – 13 June 1983
Minister for the Arts Minister for the Arts In the United Kingdom government, the Minister for the Arts is a ministerial post, usually a low to middle-ranking minister to the much senior Secretary of State, who runs the entire department and is ultimately responsibility for the department's brief....	Norman St John-Stevas Norman St John-Stevas, Baron St John of Fawsley Norman Anthony Francis St John-Stevas, Baron St John of Fawsley, PC, FRSL , is a British politician, author, constitutional expert and barrister. A member of the Conservative Party, he served as the Leader of the House of Commons in the government of Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher from 1979 to 1981...	5 May 1979	also Leader of the House of Commons Leader of the House of Commons The Leader of the House of Commons is a member of the Cabinet of the United Kingdom who is responsible for arranging government business in the House of Commons...
	Paul Channon Paul Channon Henry Paul Guinness Channon, Baron Kelvedon, PC , was Conservative MP for Southend West for 38 years, from 1959 until 1997...	5 January 1981
Secretary of State for Defence Secretary of State for Defence The Secretary of State for Defence, popularly known as the Defence Secretary, is the senior Government of the United Kingdom minister in charge of the Ministry of Defence, chairing the Defence Council. It is a Cabinet position...	Francis Pym Francis Pym -Bibliography:****- External links :...	5 May 1979
	John Nott John Nott Sir John William Frederic Nott KCB is a former British Conservative Party politician prominent in the late 1970s and early 1980s...	5 January 1981
	Michael Heseltine Michael Heseltine Michael Ray Dibdin Heseltine, Baron Heseltine, CH, PC is a British businessman, Conservative politician and patron of the Tory Reform Group. He was a Member of Parliament from 1966 to 2001 and was a prominent figure in the governments of Margaret Thatcher and John Major...	8 January 1983
Minister of State for Defence	The Lord Strathcona and Mount Royal Euan Howard, 4th Baron Strathcona and Mount Royal Donald Euan Palmer Howard, 4th Baron Strathcona and Mount Royal , is a British Conservative politician.Howard is the eldest son of Donald Howard, 3rd Baron Strathcona and Mount Royal, and his wife the Hon. Diana Evelyn, daughter of Gerald Loder, 1st Baron Wakehurst...	6 May 1979 – 5 January 1981
	The Viscount Trenchard Thomas Trenchard, 2nd Viscount Trenchard Thomas Trenchard, 2nd Viscount Trenchard was the second Viscount Trenchard and a junior minister from 1979 to 1983 in Margaret Thatcher's Conservative government....	5 January 1981 – 29 May 1981	Office abolished 29 May 1981; Trenchard appointed Minister of State for Defence Procurement
Minister of State for the Armed Forces Minister of State for the Armed Forces The Minister of State for the Armed Forces is a middle-ranking ministerial position, subordinate only to the Secretary of State for Defence, at the Ministry of Defence in Her Majesty's Government....	Peter Blaker Peter Blaker, Baron Blaker Sir Peter Allan Renshaw Blaker, Baron Blaker KCMG PC was an English Conservative politician.Blaker was born in Hong Kong, son of Cedric Blaker. He was educated at Shrewsbury School before being evacuated to Canada in 1939. There he took a degree in classics, before being commissioned in the...	29 May 1981
Minister of State for Defence Procurement	The Viscount Trenchard Thomas Trenchard, 2nd Viscount Trenchard Thomas Trenchard, 2nd Viscount Trenchard was the second Viscount Trenchard and a junior minister from 1979 to 1983 in Margaret Thatcher's Conservative government....	29 May 1981
	Geoffrey Pattie Geoffrey Pattie Sir Geoffrey Edwin Pattie is a former British Conservative politician and Member of Parliament. He was educated at Durham School, and St Catharine’s College, Cambridge where he obtained an MA Honours Degree in Law...	6 January 1983
Under-Secretary of State for the Army	Barney Hayhoe Barney Hayhoe Bernard "Barney" John Hayhoe, Baron Hayhoe PC is a British Conservative politician.He was the Member of Parliament for Heston and Isleworth from 1970 until February 1974, then for Brentford and Isleworth from February 1974 until he retired at the 1992 general election...	6 May 1979 – 5 January 1981
	Philip Goodhart Philip Goodhart Sir Philip Carter Goodhart is a British Conservative politician, the son of Arthur Lehman Goodhart.Goodhart contested Consett in 1950 whilst still a student at Trinity College, Cambridge....	5 January 1981 – 19 May 1981	Office abolished 29 May 1981; Goodhart appointed Under-Secretary of State for the Armed Forces
Under-Secretary of State for the Navy	Keith Speed Keith Speed Sir Herbert "Keith" Speed, RD, DL is a Conservative Party politician in the United Kingdom and former Member of Parliament. He is a descendant of cartographer and historian John Speed....	6 May 1979 – 18 May 1981	Office abolished 29 May 1981
Under-Secretary of State for the Air Force	Geoffrey Pattie Geoffrey Pattie Sir Geoffrey Edwin Pattie is a former British Conservative politician and Member of Parliament. He was educated at Durham School, and St Catharine’s College, Cambridge where he obtained an MA Honours Degree in Law...	6 May 1979 – 29 May 1981	Office abolished 29 May 1981; Pattie appointed Under-Secretary of State for Defence Procurement
Under-Secretary of State for the Armed Forces	Philip Goodhart Philip Goodhart Sir Philip Carter Goodhart is a British Conservative politician, the son of Arthur Lehman Goodhart.Goodhart contested Consett in 1950 whilst still a student at Trinity College, Cambridge....	29 May 1981 – 30 September 1981
	Jerry Wiggin Jerry Wiggin Sir Alfred William Wiggin, known as Jerry Wiggin, is a British Conservative Party politician.-Education:Born in Worcestershire, in the West of England, Jerry Wiggin was educated at Eton College, an independent school for boys in the town of Eton in Berkshire, in Southern England, followed by...	15 September 1981 – 11 June 1983
Under-Secretary of State for Defence Procurement	Geoffrey Pattie Geoffrey Pattie Sir Geoffrey Edwin Pattie is a former British Conservative politician and Member of Parliament. He was educated at Durham School, and St Catharine’s College, Cambridge where he obtained an MA Honours Degree in Law...	29 May 1981 – 6 January 1983
	Ian Stewart	6 January 1983
Secretary of State for Education and Science	Mark Carlisle Mark Carlisle Mark Carlisle, Baron Carlisle of Bucklow QC DL PC was a Conservative British politician and was Member of Parliament for Runcorn 1964-1983 and Warrington South 1983-1987...	5 May 1979
	Sir Keith Joseph Keith Joseph Keith St John Joseph, Baron Joseph, Bt, CH, PC , was a British barrister and politician. A member of the Conservative Party, he served in the Cabinet under three Prime Ministers , and is widely regarded to have been the "power behind the throne" in the creation of what came to be known as...	14 September 1981
Minister of State, Education and Science	The Baroness Young Janet Young, Baroness Young Janet Mary Baker Young, Baroness Young PC , was a British Conservative politician. She served as the first ever female Leader of the House of Lords from 1981 to 1983, first as Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and from 1982 as Lord Privy Seal...	7 May 1979 – 14 September 1981
	Paul Channon	5 January 1981 – 13 June 1983
Under-Secretary of State, Education and Science	Rhodes Boyson Rhodes Boyson Sir Rhodes Boyson is a British educator, author and politician and a former Conservative Member of Parliament for Brent North...	7 May 1979 – 13 June 1983
	Neil Macfarlane Neil Macfarlane (politician) David Neil Macfarlane, known as Neil Macfarlane, is a British Conservative Party politician.Macfarlane was elected Member of Parliament for Sutton and Cheam in February 1974, regaining the seat from the Liberal Graham Tope who had won the seat in a by-election two years earlier...	7 May 1979 – 15 September 1981
	William Shelton William Shelton Sir William Jeremy Masefield Shelton commonly known as Bill Shelton was a Conservative Party politician in the United Kingdom...	15 September 1981 – 13 June 1983
	Hon. William Waldegrave William Waldegrave, Baron Waldegrave of North Hill William Arthur Waldegrave, Baron Waldegrave of North Hill, PC , is an English Conservative politician who served in the Cabinet from 1990 until 1997 and is a Life Member of the Tory Reform Group. He is now a life peer. Lord Waldegrave is also the Chairman of the Rhodes Trust and the Chairman of...	15 September 1981 – 13 June 1983
Secretary of State for Employment Secretary of State for Employment The Secretary of State for Employment was a position in the Cabinet of the United Kingdom. In 1995 it was merged with Secretary of State for Education to make the Secretary of State for Education and Employment...	James Prior James Prior, Baron Prior James Michael Leathes Prior, Baron Prior, PC, known as "Jim Prior" , is a British politician. A member of the Conservative Party, he was a Member of Parliament from 1959 to 1987, representing the constituency of Lowestoft from 1959 to 1983 and the renamed constituency of Waveney from 1983 to 1987...	5 May 1979
	Norman Tebbit Norman Tebbit Norman Beresford Tebbit, Baron Tebbit, CH, PC , is a British politician. A member of the Conservative Party, he served in the Cabinet from 1981 to 1987 as Secretary of State for Employment...	14 September 1981
Minister of State, Employment	The Earl of Gowrie Alexander Ruthven, 2nd Earl of Gowrie Alexander Patrick Greysteil Ruthven, 2nd Earl of Gowrie PC, FRSL , usually known as Grey Gowrie, was a Conservative Party politician for some years, including a period in the British Cabinet, and was later Chairman of Sotheby's and of the Arts Council of England. He has also published poetry...	7 May 1979 – 15 September 1981
	Michael Alison Michael Alison Michael James Hugh Alison was a Conservative Party politician in the United Kingdom.Born in Margate, Kent, Alison was educated at Eton College, Wadham College, Oxford and Ridley Hall, Cambridge...	15 September 1981 – 13 June 1983
Under-Secretary of State, Employment	Jim Lester Jim Lester Sir James Theodore Lester, , known as Jim Lester, is a former British Conservative Party politician.Born in Nottingham, Lester was Member of Parliament for Beeston between February 1974 and 1983, then for Broxtowe until the 1997 election, when he lost his seat to Labour...	7 May 1979 – 5 January 1981
	Patrick Mayhew Patrick Mayhew Patrick Barnabas Burke Mayhew, Baron Mayhew of Twysden, PC is a British barrister, and Conservative Party politician.He was educated at Tonbridge School and Balliol College, Oxford...	7 May 1979 – 5 January 1981
	David Waddington David Waddington, Baron Waddington David Charles Waddington, Baron Waddington, GCVO, DL, QC, PC , is a British politician. A member of the Conservative Party, he served as a Member of Parliament in the House of Commons from 1968 to 1990, and was then made a life peer...	5 January 1981 – 6 January 1983
	Hon. Peter Morrison Peter Morrison Sir Peter Hugh Morrison PC was a British Conservative politician, MP for Chester from 1974 to 1992, and Parliamentary Private Secretary to former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher.-Education:...	5 January 1981 – 13 June 1983
	John Gummer John Gummer John Selwyn Gummer, Baron Deben, PC is a British Conservative Party politician, formerly Member of Parliament for Suffolk Coastal, now a member of the House of Lords. He is Chairman of the environmental consultancy company Sancroft International and Chairman of Veolia Water...	6 January 1983
Secretary of State for Energy	David Howell David Howell, Baron Howell of Guildford David Arthur Russell Howell, Baron Howell of Guildford, PC , is a British Conservative politician, journalist, and economic consultant. Having been successively Secretary of State for Energy and then for Transport under Margaret Thatcher, Howell is now a Minister of State in the Foreign Office...	5 May 1979
	Nigel Lawson Nigel Lawson Nigel Lawson, Baron Lawson of Blaby, PC , is a British Conservative politician and journalist. He was a Member of Parliament representing the constituency of Blaby from 1974–92, and served as the Chancellor of the Exchequer in the government of Margaret Thatcher from June 1983 to October 1989...	14 September 1981
Minister of State, Energy	Hamish Gray Hamish Gray, Baron Gray of Contin James Hector Northey Gray, Baron Gray of Contin, PC, DL, , known as Hamish Gray, was a Scottish politician and life peer....	7 May 1979 – 13 June 1983
Under-Secretary of State, Energy	Norman Lamont	7 May 1979 – 5 September 1981
	John Moore John Moore, Baron Moore of Lower Marsh John Edward Michael Moore, Baron Moore of Lower Marsh PC is a British politician who was Member of Parliament for Croydon Central from February 1974 until 1992. During the Premiership of Margaret Thatcher he enjoyed a meteoric rise through the ranks of government which culminated in him serving as...	7 May 1979 – 13 June 1983
	David Mellor David Mellor David John Mellor, QC is a British politician, non-practising barrister, broadcaster, journalist and football pundit. A member of the Conservative Party, he served in the Cabinet of Prime Minister John Major as Chief Secretary to the Treasury and Secretary of State for National Heritage , before...	15 September 1981 – 6 January 1983
	The Earl of Avon Nicholas Eden, 2nd Earl of Avon Nicholas Eden, 2nd Earl of Avon , styled Viscount Eden between 1961 and 1977, was a British Conservative politician and younger son of Prime Minister Anthony Eden and his first wife, Beatrice...	6 January 1983
Secretary of State for the Environment Secretary of State for the Environment The Secretary of State for the Environment was a UK cabinet position, responsible for the Department of the Environment . This was created by Edward Heath as a combination of the Ministry of Housing and Local Government, the Ministry of Transport and the Ministry of Public Building and Works on 15...	Michael Heseltine Michael Heseltine Michael Ray Dibdin Heseltine, Baron Heseltine, CH, PC is a British businessman, Conservative politician and patron of the Tory Reform Group. He was a Member of Parliament from 1966 to 2001 and was a prominent figure in the governments of Margaret Thatcher and John Major...	5 May 1979
	Tom King Tom King, Baron King of Bridgwater Thomas Jeremy King, Baron King of Bridgwater, CH, PC , is a British politician. A member of the Conservative Party, he served in the Cabinet from 1983–92, and was the Member of Parliament for the constituency of Bridgwater in Somerset from 1970-2001...	6 January 1983
Minister of State for Local Government	Tom King Tom King, Baron King of Bridgwater Thomas Jeremy King, Baron King of Bridgwater, CH, PC , is a British politician. A member of the Conservative Party, he served in the Cabinet from 1983–92, and was the Member of Parliament for the constituency of Bridgwater in Somerset from 1970-2001...	6 May 1979
	The Lord Bellwin	6 January 1983
Minister of State for Housing	John Stanley John Stanley (politician) Sir John Paul Stanley PC is a British Conservative Party politician, and the Member of Parliament for Tonbridge and Malling.-Education:...	7 May 1979
Under-Secretary of State for Sport	Hector Monro Hector Monro, Baron Monro of Langholm Hector Seymour Peter Monro, Baron Monro of Langholm, AE, PC , was a Conservative & Unionist Party politician. He was Member of Parliament for Dumfries for 33 years, from 1964 to 1997, and then a life peer in the House of Lords....	7 May 1979 – 30 September 1981
	Neil Macfarlane Neil Macfarlane (politician) David Neil Macfarlane, known as Neil Macfarlane, is a British Conservative Party politician.Macfarlane was elected Member of Parliament for Sutton and Cheam in February 1974, regaining the seat from the Liberal Graham Tope who had won the seat in a by-election two years earlier...	15 September 1981
Under-Secretary of State, Environment	Marcus Fox Marcus Fox Sir John Marcus Fox MBE was a British Conservative Party politician. He served as the Member of Parliament for Shipley from 1970 to 1997. He was chairman of the 1922 Committee and he directly oversaw candidate selection for the Conservative Party in the 1979 General Election.-Early life:Fox had...	7 May 1979 – 5 January 1981
	Geoffrey Finsberg Geoffrey Finsberg Geoffrey Finsberg, Baron Finsberg, MBE, JP was a British Conservative politician.Finsberg was educated at the City of London School and was a 'Bevin Boy' 1945-47. From a young age he was active in the Conservative Party and was founder chairman of Mansfield Young Conservatives 1946-47...	7 May 1979 – 15 September 1981
	The Lord Bellwin	7 May 1979 – 6 January 1983
	Giles Shaw Giles Shaw Sir John Giles Dunkerley Shaw, known as Giles Shaw, was a British Conservative Party politician.Shaw was born in York, the son of an engineer. He was educated at Sedbergh School and St...	5 January 1981 – 13 June 1983
	Sir George Young, Bt Sir George Young, 6th Baronet Sir George Samuel Knatchbull Young, 6th Baronet is a British politician. He is currently the Leader of the House of Commons and Lord Privy Seal, and has served as a Conservative Party Member of Parliament since 1974, having represented North West Hampshire since 1997, and Ealing Acton before...	15 September 1981
Secretary of State for Health and Social Security	Patrick Jenkin Patrick Jenkin, Baron Jenkin of Roding Charles Patrick Fleeming Jenkin, Baron Jenkin of Roding, PC is a British Conservative politician and the great-grandson of the scientist Fleeming Jenkin....	5 May 1979
	Norman Fowler Norman Fowler Norman Fowler, Baron Fowler, PC is a British Conservative politician who was from 1981 to 1990 a member of Margaret Thatcher's Cabinet.-Early life:...	14 September 1981
Minister of State, Health	Gerard Vaughan Gerard Folliott Vaughan Sir Gerard Folliot Vaughan was a psychiatrist and UK politician, who reached ministerial rank during the Thatcher administration...	7 May 1979
	Kenneth Clarke Kenneth Clarke Kenneth Harry "Ken" Clarke, QC, MP is a British Conservative politician, currently Member of Parliament for Rushcliffe, Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice. He was first elected to Parliament in 1970; and appointed a minister in Edward Heath's government, in 1972, and is one of...	5 March 1982
Under-Secretary of State, Health and Social Security	Sir George Young, Bt Sir George Young, 6th Baronet Sir George Samuel Knatchbull Young, 6th Baronet is a British politician. He is currently the Leader of the House of Commons and Lord Privy Seal, and has served as a Conservative Party Member of Parliament since 1974, having represented North West Hampshire since 1997, and Ealing Acton before...	7 May 1979 – 15 September 1981
	Lynda Chalker Lynda Chalker Lynda Chalker, Baroness Chalker of Wallasey PC is a British Conservative politician who was Member of Parliament for Wallasey from 1974 to 1992...	7 May 1979 – 5 March 1982
	Geoffrey Finsberg Geoffrey Finsberg Geoffrey Finsberg, Baron Finsberg, MBE, JP was a British Conservative politician.Finsberg was educated at the City of London School and was a 'Bevin Boy' 1945-47. From a young age he was active in the Conservative Party and was founder chairman of Mansfield Young Conservatives 1946-47...	15 September 1981 – 14 June 1983
	The Lord Elton Rodney Elton, 2nd Baron Elton Rodney Elton, 2nd Baron Elton is a British politician and Conservative member of the House of Lords.Lord Elton was educated at Eton College and New College, Oxford. The son of Godfrey Elton, 1st Baron Elton, Lord Elton succeeded to the peerage on his father's death in 1973...	15 September 1981 – 6 April 1982
	Tony Newton Tony Newton Antony Harold "Tony" Newton, Baron Newton of Braintree, PC, OBE , is a British Conservative politician and former Cabinet member...	5 March 1982
	The Lord Trefgarne David Trefgarne, 2nd Baron Trefgarne David Garro Trefgarne, 2nd Baron Trefgarne, PC , is a British Conservative politician.The son of George Morgan Trefgarne, 1st Baron Trefgarne, Trefgarne succeeded his father as 2nd Baron Trefgarne in 1960 at the age of 19, having attended Haileybury and Imperial Service College. He took his seat...	6 April 1982 – 14 June 1983
Minister of State, Social Security	Reginald Prentice Reginald Prentice Reginald Ernest Prentice, Baron Prentice, PC was a British politician who held ministerial office in both Labour and Conservative Party governments...	7 May 1979 – 5 January 1981
	Hugh Rossi Hugh Rossi Sir Hugh Alexis Louis Rossi, KCSG, KHS, FKC is a former British Conservative politician.Rossi was educated at Finchley Catholic Grammar School - since 1971 Finchley Catholic High School - and King's College London and set up his own solicitor's practice in the West End, London...	5 January 1981 – 12 June 1983
Secretary of State for Industry	Sir Keith Joseph, Bt Keith Joseph Keith St John Joseph, Baron Joseph, Bt, CH, PC , was a British barrister and politician. A member of the Conservative Party, he served in the Cabinet under three Prime Ministers , and is widely regarded to have been the "power behind the throne" in the creation of what came to be known as...	7 May 1979
	Patrick Jenkin Patrick Jenkin, Baron Jenkin of Roding Charles Patrick Fleeming Jenkin, Baron Jenkin of Roding, PC is a British Conservative politician and the great-grandson of the scientist Fleeming Jenkin....	14 September 1981	Merged with the Office of Trade 12 June 1983
Minister of State, Industry	Hon. Adam Butler Adam Butler (British politician) Sir Adam Courtauld Butler, DL was a British Conservative Party politician, serving as an MP for 17 years and holding several junior ministerial offices....	6 May 1979 – 5 January 1981
	The Viscount Trenchard Thomas Trenchard, 2nd Viscount Trenchard Thomas Trenchard, 2nd Viscount Trenchard was the second Viscount Trenchard and a junior minister from 1979 to 1983 in Margaret Thatcher's Conservative government....	6 May 1979 – 5 January 1981
	Norman Tebbit Norman Tebbit Norman Beresford Tebbit, Baron Tebbit, CH, PC , is a British politician. A member of the Conservative Party, he served in the Cabinet from 1981 to 1987 as Secretary of State for Employment...	5 January 1981 – 14 September 1981
	Norman Lamont	14 September 1981 – 12 June 1983
Minister of State, Industry and Information Technology	Kenneth Baker	5 January 1981
Under-Secretary of State, Industry	David Mitchell David Mitchell (politician) Sir David Bower Mitchell is a British Conservative politician who served as a Member of Parliament for over 30 years.-Education:...	6 May 1979 – 5 January 1981
	Michael Marshall Michael Marshall (politician) Sir Robert Michael Marshall, DL , usually known as Michael Marshall, was a businessman, politician, cricketer and author....	6 May 1979 – 15 September 1981
	John MacGregor	5 January 1981 – 12 June 1983
	John Wakeham John Wakeham John Wakeham, Baron Wakeham, PC, DL is a businessman and British Conservative Party politician and the current Chancellor of Brunel University.He was a director of Enron from 1994 until its bankruptcy in 2001....	15 September 1981 – 6 April 1982
	John Butcher John Butcher (British politician) John Patrick Butcher was a British Conservative Party politician.Butcher was born in Doncaster but grew up in Huntingdonshire where he was educated at Huntingdon Grammar School and the University of Birmingham...	6 April 1982 – 12 June 1983
Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster The Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster is, in modern times, a ministerial office in the government of the United Kingdom that includes as part of its duties, the administration of the estates and rents of the Duchy of Lancaster...	Norman St John-Stevas Norman St John-Stevas, Baron St John of Fawsley Norman Anthony Francis St John-Stevas, Baron St John of Fawsley, PC, FRSL , is a British politician, author, constitutional expert and barrister. A member of the Conservative Party, he served as the Leader of the House of Commons in the government of Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher from 1979 to 1981...	5 May 1979	also Leader of the House of Commons Leader of the House of Commons The Leader of the House of Commons is a member of the Cabinet of the United Kingdom who is responsible for arranging government business in the House of Commons...
	Francis Pym Francis Pym -Bibliography:****- External links :...	5 January 1981	also Leader of the House of Commons Leader of the House of Commons The Leader of the House of Commons is a member of the Cabinet of the United Kingdom who is responsible for arranging government business in the House of Commons...
	The Baroness Young Janet Young, Baroness Young Janet Mary Baker Young, Baroness Young PC , was a British Conservative politician. She served as the first ever female Leader of the House of Lords from 1981 to 1983, first as Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and from 1982 as Lord Privy Seal...	14 September 1981	also Leader of the House of Lords Leader of the House of Lords The Leader of the House of Lords is a member of the Cabinet of the United Kingdom who is responsible for arranging government business in the House of Lords. The role is always held in combination with a formal Cabinet position, usually one of the sinecure offices of Lord President of the Council,...
	Cecil Parkinson Cecil Parkinson Cecil Parkinson, Baron Parkinson, PC , is a British Conservative politician and former Cabinet Minister.-Early life:...	6 April 1982
Secretary of State for Northern Ireland Secretary of State for Northern Ireland The Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, informally the Northern Ireland Secretary, is the principal secretary of state in the government of the United Kingdom with responsibilities for Northern Ireland. The Secretary of State is a Minister of the Crown who is accountable to the Parliament of...	Humphrey Atkins Humphrey Atkins Humphrey Edward Gregory Atkins, Baron Colnbrook KCMG PC was a British politician. A member of the Conservative Party, he served in the Cabinet of Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher from 1979-82....	5 May 1979
	James Prior James Prior, Baron Prior James Michael Leathes Prior, Baron Prior, PC, known as "Jim Prior" , is a British politician. A member of the Conservative Party, he was a Member of Parliament from 1959 to 1987, representing the constituency of Lowestoft from 1959 to 1983 and the renamed constituency of Waveney from 1983 to 1987...	14 September 1981
Minister of State, Northern Ireland	Michael Alison Michael Alison Michael James Hugh Alison was a Conservative Party politician in the United Kingdom.Born in Margate, Kent, Alison was educated at Eton College, Wadham College, Oxford and Ridley Hall, Cambridge...	7 May 1979 – 15 September 1981
	Hugh Rossi Hugh Rossi Sir Hugh Alexis Louis Rossi, KCSG, KHS, FKC is a former British Conservative politician.Rossi was educated at Finchley Catholic Grammar School - since 1971 Finchley Catholic High School - and King's College London and set up his own solicitor's practice in the West End, London...	7 May 1979 – 5 January 1981
	Hon. Adam Butler Adam Butler (British politician) Sir Adam Courtauld Butler, DL was a British Conservative Party politician, serving as an MP for 17 years and holding several junior ministerial offices....	5 January 1981 – 10 June 1983
	The Earl of Gowrie	15 September 1981 – 10 June 1983
Under-Secretary of State, Northern Ireland	The Lord Elton Rodney Elton, 2nd Baron Elton Rodney Elton, 2nd Baron Elton is a British politician and Conservative member of the House of Lords.Lord Elton was educated at Eton College and New College, Oxford. The son of Godfrey Elton, 1st Baron Elton, Lord Elton succeeded to the peerage on his father's death in 1973...	7 May 1979 – 15 September 1981
	Philip Goodhart Philip Goodhart Sir Philip Carter Goodhart is a British Conservative politician, the son of Arthur Lehman Goodhart.Goodhart contested Consett in 1950 whilst still a student at Trinity College, Cambridge....	7 May 1979 – 5 January 1981
	Giles Shaw Giles Shaw Sir John Giles Dunkerley Shaw, known as Giles Shaw, was a British Conservative Party politician.Shaw was born in York, the son of an engineer. He was educated at Sedbergh School and St...	7 May 1979 – 5 January 1981
	David Mitchell David Mitchell (politician) Sir David Bower Mitchell is a British Conservative politician who served as a Member of Parliament for over 30 years.-Education:...	5 January 1981 – 13 June 1983
	John Patten John Patten, Baron Patten John Haggitt Charles Patten, Baron Patten, PC is a former Conservative Party Member of Parliament in the British House of Commons...	5 January 1981 – 13 June 1983
	Nicholas Scott Nicholas Scott The Rt. Hon. Sir Nicholas Paul Scott, PC, JP , was a British Conservative Party politician.Scott was educated at Clapham College and was national chairman of the Young Conservatives in 1963...	15 September 1981 – June 1983
Paymaster-General Paymaster-General HM Paymaster General is a ministerial position in the United Kingdom. The Paymaster General is in charge of the Office of HM Paymaster General , which held accounts at the Bank of England on behalf of Government departments and selected other public bodies...	Angus Maude Angus Maude Angus Edmund Upton Maude, Baron Maude of Stratford-upon-Avon PC , was a Conservative Party politician and British cabinet member from 1979 until 1981. He was the father of Conservative MP Francis Maude....	5 May 1979
	Francis Pym Francis Pym -Bibliography:****- External links :...	5 January 1981
	Cecil Parkinson Cecil Parkinson Cecil Parkinson, Baron Parkinson, PC , is a British Conservative politician and former Cabinet Minister.-Early life:...	14 September 1981
Secretary of State for Scotland Secretary of State for Scotland The Secretary of State for Scotland is the principal minister of Her Majesty's Government in the United Kingdom with responsibilities for Scotland. He heads the Scotland Office , a government department based in London and Edinburgh. The post was created soon after the Union of the Crowns, but was...	Hon. George Younger George Younger, 4th Viscount Younger of Leckie George Kenneth Hotson Younger, 4th Viscount Younger of Leckie KT KCVO TD PC was a British politician and banker....	5 May 1979
Minister of State for Scotland	The Earl of Mansfield William Murray, 8th Earl of Mansfield and Mansfield William David Mungo James Murray, 8th Earl of Mansfield and Mansfield, DL, JP , styled Lord Scone until 1970, is a Scottish nobleman and Conservative politician....	7 May 1979 – 13 June 1983
Under-Secretary of State for Scotland Under-Secretary of State for Scotland The Under-Secretary of State for Scotland is a junior ministerial post in the United Kingdom government, supporting the Secretary of State for Scotland...	Alexander Fletcher Alexander MacPherson Fletcher Sir Alexander MacPherson Fletcher was a British Conservative Party politician.Fletcher was elected as the Member of Parliament for Edinburgh North at a by-election in 1973, serving there until 1983, when after boundary changes he became MP for Edinburgh Central...	7 May 1979 – 14 June 1983
	Russell Fairgrieve	7 May 1979 – 15 September 1981
	Malcolm Rifkind Malcolm Rifkind Sir Malcolm Leslie Rifkind KCMG QC MP is a British Conservative Party politician and Member of Parliament for Kensington. He served in various roles as a cabinet minister under Prime Ministers Margaret Thatcher and John Major, including Secretary of State for Scotland , Defence Secretary and...	7 May 1979 – 6 April 1982
	Allan Stewart Allan Stewart (politician) Allan Stewart , is a former Scottish Conservative politician.Educated at Bell Baxter High School, St. Andrews University and Harvard University, where he obtained a first class degree, he was a lecturer in Political Economy at St. Andrews before unsuccessfully standing for the Dundee East...	15 September 1981 – June 1983
	John MacKay	6 April 1982 – June 1983
Secretary of State for Trade	John Nott John Nott Sir John William Frederic Nott KCB is a former British Conservative Party politician prominent in the late 1970s and early 1980s...	5 May 1979
	John Biffen John Biffen William John Biffen, Baron Biffen, PC, DL , was a Conservative member of the House of Lords, who previously spent 36 years in the House of Commons.-Early life:...	5 January 1981
	The Lord Cockfield	6 April 1982
Minister for Consumer Affairs	Sally Oppenheim-Barnes Sally Oppenheim-Barnes Sally Oppenheim-Barnes, Baroness Oppenheim-Barnes PC , née Viner, is a British Conservative politician.Born in Dublin and educated in Sheffield, where her father was a diamond cutter, Sally Viner worked as a social worker in London before entering politics.In the 1970 general election, she defeated...	5 May 1979
	Gerald Vaughan	5 March 1982
Minister for Trade	Cecil Parkinson Cecil Parkinson Cecil Parkinson, Baron Parkinson, PC , is a British Conservative politician and former Cabinet Minister.-Early life:...	7 May 1979
	Peter Rees	14 September 1981
Under-Secretary of State for Trade	Norman Tebbit Norman Tebbit Norman Beresford Tebbit, Baron Tebbit, CH, PC , is a British politician. A member of the Conservative Party, he served in the Cabinet from 1981 to 1987 as Secretary of State for Employment...	5 May 1979 – 5 January 1981
	Reginald Eyre Reginald Eyre Sir Reginald Edwin Eyre is a British Conservative Party politician.Eyre was educated at King Edward's Camp Hill School, Birmingham and Emmanuel College, Cambridge. He contested Birmingham Northfield in 1959....	7 May 1979 – 5 March 1982
	The Lord Trefgarne David Trefgarne, 2nd Baron Trefgarne David Garro Trefgarne, 2nd Baron Trefgarne, PC , is a British Conservative politician.The son of George Morgan Trefgarne, 1st Baron Trefgarne, Trefgarne succeeded his father as 2nd Baron Trefgarne in 1960 at the age of 19, having attended Haileybury and Imperial Service College. He took his seat...	5 January 1981 – 15 September 1981
	Iain Sproat Iain Sproat Iain MacDonald Sproat was a British Conservative Member of Parliament . He was educated at Winchester College and Magdalen College, Oxford. He worked as a publisher and journalist....	15 September 1981 – 12 June 1983
Minister of Transport Secretary of State for Transport The Secretary of State for Transport is the member of the cabinet responsible for the British Department for Transport. The role has had a high turnover as new appointments are blamed for the failures of decades of their predecessors...	Norman Fowler Norman Fowler Norman Fowler, Baron Fowler, PC is a British Conservative politician who was from 1981 to 1990 a member of Margaret Thatcher's Cabinet.-Early life:...	11 May 1979 – 5 January 1981	became Secretary of State for Transport Secretary of State for Transport The Secretary of State for Transport is the member of the cabinet responsible for the British Department for Transport. The role has had a high turnover as new appointments are blamed for the failures of decades of their predecessors...
Secretary of State for Transport Secretary of State for Transport The Secretary of State for Transport is the member of the cabinet responsible for the British Department for Transport. The role has had a high turnover as new appointments are blamed for the failures of decades of their predecessors...	Norman Fowler Norman Fowler Norman Fowler, Baron Fowler, PC is a British Conservative politician who was from 1981 to 1990 a member of Margaret Thatcher's Cabinet.-Early life:...	5 January 1981
	David Howell David Howell, Baron Howell of Guildford David Arthur Russell Howell, Baron Howell of Guildford, PC , is a British Conservative politician, journalist, and economic consultant. Having been successively Secretary of State for Energy and then for Transport under Margaret Thatcher, Howell is now a Minister of State in the Foreign Office...	14 September 1981
Parliamentary Secretary for Transport	Kenneth Clarke Kenneth Clarke Kenneth Harry "Ken" Clarke, QC, MP is a British Conservative politician, currently Member of Parliament for Rushcliffe, Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice. He was first elected to Parliament in 1970; and appointed a minister in Edward Heath's government, in 1972, and is one of...	7 May 1979 – 5 January 1981	became Under-Secretary of State for Transport
Under-Secretary of State for Transport	Kenneth Clarke Kenneth Clarke Kenneth Harry "Ken" Clarke, QC, MP is a British Conservative politician, currently Member of Parliament for Rushcliffe, Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice. He was first elected to Parliament in 1970; and appointed a minister in Edward Heath's government, in 1972, and is one of...	5 January 1981 – 5 March 1982
	Lynda Chalker Lynda Chalker Lynda Chalker, Baroness Chalker of Wallasey PC is a British Conservative politician who was Member of Parliament for Wallasey from 1974 to 1992...	5 March 1982 – June 1983
	Reginald Eyre Reginald Eyre Sir Reginald Edwin Eyre is a British Conservative Party politician.Eyre was educated at King Edward's Camp Hill School, Birmingham and Emmanuel College, Cambridge. He contested Birmingham Northfield in 1959....	5 March 1982 – 11 June 1983
Secretary of State for Wales Secretary of State for Wales The Secretary of State for Wales is the head of the Wales Office within the British cabinet. He or she is responsible for ensuring Welsh interests are taken into account by the government, representing the government within Wales and overseeing the passing of legislation which is only for Wales...	Nicholas Edwards Nicholas Edwards, Baron Crickhowell Roger Nicholas Edwards, Baron Crickhowell, PC is a British Conservative Party politician and a former Secretary of State for Wales.-Background:...	5 May 1979
Minister of State for Wales	John Stradling Thomas John Stradling Thomas Sir John Stradling Thomas was a Welsh Conservative Party politician.Thomas was educated at Rugby School and the University of London. He served as a councillor on Carmarthen Borough Council 1961-64. He was a farmer, company director and broadcaster.Thomas contested Aberavon in 1964 and...	17 February 1983 – June 1983
Under-Secretary of State for Wales	Michael Roberts Michael Roberts (politician) Michael Hilary Arthur Roberts was a British Conservative Party politician.Roberts was Member of Parliament for Cardiff North from 1970 to 1974, and thereafter for Cardiff North West...	7 May 1979 – 6 January 1983
	Wyn Roberts	7 May 1979 – June 1983
Attorney General Attorney General for England and Wales Her Majesty's Attorney General for England and Wales, usually known simply as the Attorney General, is one of the Law Officers of the Crown. Along with the subordinate Solicitor General for England and Wales, the Attorney General serves as the chief legal adviser of the Crown and its government in...	Michael Havers Michael Havers, Baron Havers Robert Michael Oldfield Havers, Baron Havers PC, QC was a British barrister and Conservative politician. From his knighthood in 1972 until becoming a peer in 1987 he was known as Sir Michael Havers.- Early life :...	5 May 1979
Solicitor General Solicitor General for England and Wales Her Majesty's Solicitor General for England and Wales, often known as the Solicitor General, is one of the Law Officers of the Crown, and the deputy of the Attorney General, whose duty is to advise the Crown and Cabinet on the law...	Sir Ian Percival Ian Percival Sir Walter Ian Percival QC , known as Ian Percival, was a British Conservative Party politician.Percival was educated at Latymer Upper School and St. Catharine's College, Cambridge. He was commissioned from Sandhurst into The Buffs in 1941 and served in World War II in North Africa and Burma,...	5 May 1979
Lord Advocate Lord Advocate Her Majesty's Advocate , known as the Lord Advocate , is the chief legal officer of the Scottish Government and the Crown in Scotland for both civil and criminal matters that fall within the devolved powers of the Scottish Parliament...	The Lord Mackay of Clashfern	5 May 1979
Solicitor General for Scotland Solicitor General for Scotland Her Majesty's Solicitor General for Scotland is one of the Law Officers of the Crown, and the deputy of the Lord Advocate, whose duty is to advise the Crown and the Scottish Government on Scots Law...	Nicholas Fairbairn Nicholas Fairbairn Sir Nicholas Hardwick Fairbairn, QC was a British politician.He was the Conservative Member of Parliament for Kinross and Western Perthshire, elected in 1974 and 1979, and Perth and Kinross, elected 1983, 1987, and 1992. He was Solicitor General for Scotland from 1979 to 1982...	7 May 1979
	Peter Fraser Peter Fraser, Baron Fraser of Carmyllie Peter Lovat Fraser, Baron Fraser of Carmyllie, PC, QC is a Scottish politician and advocate.He was educated at Loretto School, Musselburgh, East Lothian, and graduated BA and LLM , Gonville & Caius College, Cambridge, before going to the University of Edinburgh...	28 January 1982
Treasurer of the Household Treasurer of the Household The position of Treasurer of the Household is theoretically held by a household official of the British monarch, under control of the Lord Steward's Department, but is, in fact, a political office held by one of the government's Deputy Chief Whips in the House of Commons...	John Stradling Thomas John Stradling Thomas Sir John Stradling Thomas was a Welsh Conservative Party politician.Thomas was educated at Rugby School and the University of London. He served as a councillor on Carmarthen Borough Council 1961-64. He was a farmer, company director and broadcaster.Thomas contested Aberavon in 1964 and...	6 May 1979
	Hon. Anthony Berry Anthony Berry Sir Anthony George Berry was a British politician, the Conservative Member of Parliament for Enfield Southgate, and a Whip in Margaret Thatcher's government...	17 February 1983
Comptroller of the Household Comptroller of the Household The Comptroller of the Household is an ancient position in the English royal household, currently the second-ranking member of the Lord Steward's department, and often a cabinet member. He was an ex officio member of the Board of Green Cloth, until that body was abolished in the reform of the local...	Spencer Le Marchant Spencer Le Marchant Sir Spencer Le Marchant was a British Conservative Party politician.Born in Edmonton, London, Le Marchant was educated at Eton College and was a member of the London Stock Exchange. He served as a councillor on Westminster City Council from 1956.Le Marchant contested Vauxhall at the 1966 general...	7 May 1979
	Hon. Anthony Berry Anthony Berry Sir Anthony George Berry was a British politician, the Conservative Member of Parliament for Enfield Southgate, and a Whip in Margaret Thatcher's government...	30 September 1981
	Carol Mather Carol Mather Sir David Carol MacDonnell Mather MC , known as Carol Mather, was a British Army officer and Conservative MP, and senior government whip....	17 February 1983
Vice-Chamberlain of the Household Vice-Chamberlain of the Household The Vice-Chamberlain of the Household is usually a junior government whip in the British House of Commons and is an officer of the Royal Household of the Sovereign of the United Kingdom. He or she is the Deputy to the Lord Chamberlain of the Household. The Vice-Chamberlain's main role is to compile...	Hon. Anthony Berry Anthony Berry Sir Anthony George Berry was a British politician, the Conservative Member of Parliament for Enfield Southgate, and a Whip in Margaret Thatcher's government...	7 May 1979
	Carol Mather Carol Mather Sir David Carol MacDonnell Mather MC , known as Carol Mather, was a British Army officer and Conservative MP, and senior government whip....	30 September 1981
	Hon. Robert Boscawen Robert Boscawen Robert Thomas Boscawen is a retired British Conservative politician.-Background and education:The son of Evelyn Hugh John Boscawen, eighth Viscount Falmouth, of Tregothnan, near Truro, and a member of a very old Cornish family, Boscawen was educated at West Downs School and Eton College...	17 February 1983
Captain of the Gentlemen-at-Arms Captain of the Gentlemen-at-Arms The Captain of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms is a UK government post since 1945 held by the Government Chief Whip in the House of Lords. Prior to 17 March 1834, the Gentlemen-at-Arms were known as the Honourable Band of Gentlemen Pensioners....	The Lord Denham Bertram Bowyer, 2nd Baron Denham Bertram Stanley Mitford Bowyer, 2nd Baron Denham KBE PC is a British Conservative politician and member of the House of Lords as one of the remaining hereditary peers...	6 May 1979
Captain of the Yeomen of the Guard Captain of the Yeomen of the Guard The Captain of the Queen's Bodyguard of the Yeomen of the Guard is a UK government post usually held by the Government Deputy Chief Whip in the House of Lords...	The Lord Sandys Richard Hill, 7th Baron Sandys Richard Michael Oliver Hill, 7th Baron Sandys DL , is a British landowner and Conservative politician.Sandys is the only son of Arthur Fitzgerald Sandys Hill, 6th Baron Sandys, and his wife Cynthia Mary , and was educated at the Royal Naval College, Dartmouth. He served with the Royal Scots Greys...	6 May 1979
	The Earl of Swinton David Cunliffe-Lister, 2nd Earl of Swinton David Yarburgh Cunliffe-Lister, 2nd Earl of Swinton, JP, DL was a British peer and politician.David Cunliffe-Lister was born to the Hon. John Yarburgh Cunliffe-Lister and his wife Anne Irvine Medlicott. His father died in 1943 of wounds received in action in during the Second World War...	20 October 1982
Lords-in-Waiting Lord-in-Waiting Most Lords in Waiting are Government whips in the House of Lords who are members of the Royal Household of the Sovereign of the United Kingdom. As members of the Royal Household their duties are nominal, though they are occasionally required to meet visiting political and state leaders on visits...	The Viscount Long Richard Long, 4th Viscount Long Richard Gerard Long, 4th Viscount Long CBE is a British peer and former Conservative politician.The second son of the 3rd Viscount Long, he was educated at Harrow School and served with the 1st and 2nd Battalions of the Wiltshire Regiment from 1947–49...	9 May 1979 – June 1983
	The Lord Mowbray and Stourton Charles Stourton, 26th Baron Mowbray Charles Edward Stourton, 23rd Baron Stourton, 27th Baron Segrave, 26th Baron Mowbray CBE was a baron in the peerage of England. From 1965 to 1983, he was premier baron in the English peerage. He sat on the Conservative benches in the House of Lords, and was a Conservative whip in government and...	9 May 1979 – 22 September 1980
	The Lord Lyell Charles Lyell, 3rd Baron Lyell Charles Lyell, 3rd Baron Lyell is a British politician and Conservative member of the House of Lords.Lord Lyell is the son of Charles Anthony Lyell, 2nd Baron Lyell and Sophie Mary Trafford. He succeeded to the peerage in 1943 at the age of 4 when his father was killed in action during the Second...	9 May 1979 – June 1983
	The Lord Cullen of Ashbourne	9 May 1979 – 27 May 1982
	The Lord Trefgarne David Trefgarne, 2nd Baron Trefgarne David Garro Trefgarne, 2nd Baron Trefgarne, PC , is a British Conservative politician.The son of George Morgan Trefgarne, 1st Baron Trefgarne, Trefgarne succeeded his father as 2nd Baron Trefgarne in 1960 at the age of 19, having attended Haileybury and Imperial Service College. He took his seat...	9 May 1979 – 5 January 1981
	The Earl of Avon Nicholas Eden, 2nd Earl of Avon Nicholas Eden, 2nd Earl of Avon , styled Viscount Eden between 1961 and 1977, was a British Conservative politician and younger son of Prime Minister Anthony Eden and his first wife, Beatrice...	22 September 1980 – 6 January 1983
	The Lord Skelmersdale Roger Bootle-Wilbraham, 7th Baron Skelmersdale Roger Bootle-Wilbraham, 7th Baron Skelmersdale is a British politician and Conservative member of the House of Lords.Lord Skelmersdale succeeded to the peerage in 1973 on the death of Lionel Bootle-Wilbraham, 6th Baron Skelsmerdale. He was made a House of Lords whip in Margaret Thatcher's...	9 January 1981 – June 1983
	The Lord Glenarthur Simon Arthur, 4th Baron Glenarthur Major Simon Mark Arthur, 4th Baron Glenarthur DL, FCILT, FRAeS is a British peer, pilot and businessman. Having succeeded to his father's titles in 1976, he is one of the ninety hereditary peers elected to remain in the House of Lords after the House of Lords Act 1999, and sits as a...	27 May 1982 – 10 June 1983
	The Lord Lucas of Chilworth Michael Lucas, 2nd Baron Lucas of Chilworth Michael William George Lucas, 2nd Baron Lucas of Chilworth , was a British peer and Conservative politician.-Background and education:...	6 January 1983 – June 1983