The Labour Party

Labour Party (UK)

The Labour Party is a centre-left democratic socialist party in the United Kingdom. It surpassed the Liberal Party in general elections during the early 1920s, forming minority governments under Ramsay MacDonald in 1924 and 1929-1931. The party was in a wartime coalition from 1940 to 1945, after...

 came to power in the United Kingdom

United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...

 after their unexpected victory in the July 1945 general elections

United Kingdom general election, 1945

The United Kingdom general election of 1945 was a general election held on 5 July 1945, with polls in some constituencies delayed until 12 July and in Nelson and Colne until 19 July, due to local wakes weeks. The results were counted and declared on 26 July, due in part to the time it took to...

. Party leader Clement Attlee

Clement Attlee

Clement Richard Attlee, 1st Earl Attlee, KG, OM, CH, PC, FRS was a British Labour politician who served as the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1945 to 1951, and as the Leader of the Labour Party from 1935 to 1955...

 became Prime Minister and hastily replaced his predecessor Winston Churchill

Winston Churchill

Sir Winston Leonard Spencer-Churchill, was a predominantly Conservative British politician and statesman known for his leadership of the United Kingdom during the Second World War. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest wartime leaders of the century and served as Prime Minister twice...

 at the Potsdam Conference

Potsdam Conference

The Potsdam Conference was held at Cecilienhof, the home of Crown Prince Wilhelm Hohenzollern, in Potsdam, occupied Germany, from 16 July to 2 August 1945. Participants were the Soviet Union, the United Kingdom, and the United States...

 in late July. Ernest Bevin

Ernest Bevin

Ernest Bevin was a British trade union leader and Labour politician. He served as general secretary of the powerful Transport and General Workers' Union from 1922 to 1945, as Minister of Labour in the war-time coalition government, and as Foreign Secretary in the post-war Labour Government.-Early...

 was Foreign Secretary until shortly before his death in April 1951. Hugh Dalton

Hugh Dalton

Edward Hugh John Neale Dalton, Baron Dalton PC was a British Labour Party politician who served as Chancellor of the Exchequer from 1945 to 1947, when he was implicated in a political scandal involving budget leaks....

 became 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...

, but had to resign in 1947, while James Chuter Ede

James Chuter Ede

James Chuter Ede, Baron Chuter-Ede CH, PC, DL was a British teacher, trade unionist and Labour politician. He notably served as Home Secretary under Clement Attlee from 1945 to 1951.-Early life:...

 was Home Secretary

Home Secretary

The Secretary of State for the Home Department, commonly known as the Home Secretary, is the minister in charge of the Home Office of the United Kingdom, and one of the country's four Great Offices of State...

 for the whole length of the party's stay in power.

Other notable figures in the government included: Herbert Morrison

Herbert Morrison

Herbert Stanley Morrison, Baron Morrison of Lambeth, CH, PC was a British Labour politician; he held a various number of senior positions in the Cabinet, including Home Secretary, Foreign Secretary and Deputy Prime Minister.-Early life:Morrison was the son of a police constable and was born in...

, Deputy Prime Minister

Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom

The Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is a senior member of the Cabinet of the United Kingdom. The office of the Deputy Prime Minister is not a permanent position, existing only at the discretion of the Prime Minister, who may appoint to other offices...

 and 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...

, who replaced Bevin as Foreign Secretary in March 1951; Sir Stafford Cripps

Stafford Cripps

Sir Richard Stafford Cripps was a British Labour politician of the first half of the 20th century. During World War II he served in a number of positions in the wartime coalition, including Ambassador to the Soviet Union and Minister of Aircraft Production...

 was initially President of the Board of Trade but replaced Dalton as Chancellor of the Exchequer in 1947; Hugh Gaitskell

Hugh Gaitskell

Hugh Todd Naylor Gaitskell CBE was a British Labour politician, who held Cabinet office in Clement Attlee's governments, and was the Leader of the Labour Party and Leader of the Opposition from 1955, until his death in 1963.-Early life:He was born in Kensington, London, the third and youngest...

 held several minor posts before replacing Cripps as Chancellor in 1950; Nye Bevan

Aneurin Bevan

Aneurin "Nye" Bevan was a British Labour Party politician who was the Deputy Leader of the Labour Party from 1959 until his death in 1960. The son of a coal miner, Bevan was a lifelong champion of social justice and the rights of working people...

 was Minister for Health

Secretary of State for Health

Secretary of State for Health is a UK cabinet position responsible for the Department of Health.The first Boards of Health were created by Orders in Council dated 21 June, 14 November, and 21 November 1831. In 1848 a General Board of Health was created with the First Commissioner of Woods and...

; Arthur Greenwood

Arthur Greenwood

Arthur Greenwood CH was a prominent member of the Labour Party from the 1920s until the late 1940s. He rose to prominence within the party as secretary of its research department from 1920 and served as Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Health in the short-lived Labour government of 1924...

 was 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...

 and 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...

 while future Prime Minister Harold Wilson

Harold Wilson

James Harold Wilson, Baron Wilson of Rievaulx, KG, OBE, FRS, FSS, PC was a British Labour Member of Parliament, Leader of the Labour Party. He was twice Prime Minister of the United Kingdom during the 1960s and 1970s, winning four general elections, including a minority government after the...

 became the youngest member of the cabinet in the 20th century (at the age of 31) when he was made President of the Board of Trade in 1947. The most notable of the few female members of the government was Ellen Wilkinson

Ellen Wilkinson

Ellen Cicely Wilkinson was the Labour Member of Parliament for Middlesbrough and later for Jarrow on Tyneside. She was one of the first women in Britain to be elected as a Member of Parliament .- History :...

, who was Secretary of State for Education

Secretary of State for Education and Skills

The Secretary of State for Education is the chief minister of the Department for Education in the United Kingdom government. The position was re-established on 12 May 2010, held by Michael Gove....

 until her early death in 1947.

Attlee's administration oversaw the nationalisation of basic industries such as coal mining and the steel industry, and for the creation of the state-owned British Railways while Health Secretary Nye Bevan was responsible for the establishment of the National Health Service

National Health Service

The National Health Service is the shared name of three of the four publicly funded healthcare systems in the United Kingdom. They provide a comprehensive range of health services, the vast majority of which are free at the point of use to residents of the United Kingdom...

 in 1948. In foreign politics the government was concerned with the onset of the Cold War

Cold War

The Cold War was the continuing state from roughly 1946 to 1991 of political conflict, military tension, proxy wars, and economic competition between the Communist World—primarily the Soviet Union and its satellite states and allies—and the powers of the Western world, primarily the United States...

 and decolonisation.

The Labour Party narrowly defeated the Conservative Party

Conservative Party (UK)

The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House...

 at the February 1950 general election

United Kingdom general election, 1950

The 1950 United Kingdom general election was the first general election ever after a full term of a Labour government. Despite polling over one and a half million votes more than the Conservatives, the election, held on 23 February 1950 resulted in Labour receiving a slim majority of just five...

. However, in the October 1951 general elections

United Kingdom general election, 1951

The 1951 United Kingdom general election was held eighteen months after the 1950 general election, which the Labour Party had won with a slim majority of just five seats...

 the Conservatives returned to power under Winston Churchill. Labour was to remain out of office for the next thirteen years, until 1964, when Harold Wilson became Prime Minister.

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...   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...	Clement Attlee Clement Attlee Clement Richard Attlee, 1st Earl Attlee, KG, OM, CH, PC, FRS was a British Labour politician who served as the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1945 to 1951, and as the Leader of the Labour Party from 1935 to 1955...	26 July 1945-26 October 1951
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 Jowitt	27 July 1945
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...	Herbert Morrison	27 July 1945	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 Viscount Addison Christopher Addison, 1st Viscount Addison Sir Christopher Addison, 1st Viscount Addison KG, PC was a British medical doctor and politician. By turns a liberal and a socialist, he served as Minister of Munitions during the first World War, and was later Minister of Health under David Lloyd George and Leader of the House of Lords under...	9 March 1951	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,...
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...	Arthur Greenwood Arthur Greenwood Arthur Greenwood CH was a prominent member of the Labour Party from the 1920s until the late 1940s. He rose to prominence within the party as secretary of its research department from 1920 and served as Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Health in the short-lived Labour government of 1924...	27 July 1945
	The Lord Inman Philip Inman, 1st Baron Inman Philip Inman, 1st Baron Inman PC was a British Labour politician.-Background and education:Inman was the son of Philip Inman , of Knaresborough, Yorkshire, by his wife Hannah Bickerdyke, of Great Ouseburn, Yorkshire. He was educated at Headingley College, Leeds, and Leeds University...	17 April 1947
	The Viscount Addison Christopher Addison, 1st Viscount Addison Sir Christopher Addison, 1st Viscount Addison KG, PC was a British medical doctor and politician. By turns a liberal and a socialist, he served as Minister of Munitions during the first World War, and was later Minister of Health under David Lloyd George and Leader of the House of Lords under...	7 October 1947	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,...
	Ernest Bevin Ernest Bevin Ernest Bevin was a British trade union leader and Labour politician. He served as general secretary of the powerful Transport and General Workers' Union from 1922 to 1945, as Minister of Labour in the war-time coalition government, and as Foreign Secretary in the post-war Labour Government.-Early...	9 March 1951
	Richard Stokes Richard Stokes Major Sir Richard Rapier Stokes MC was a British Labour politician who served briefly as Lord Privy Seal in 1951....	26 April 1951	Also Minister of Materials Minister of Materials The Minister of Materials was a short-lived ministerial office in the Government of the United Kingdom, in charge of the Ministry of Materials. Created on 6 July 1951, the office was wound up on 16 August 1954. Most of its holders also held another ministerial office.The establishment of the...  from 6 July 1951
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...	Hugh Dalton Hugh Dalton Edward Hugh John Neale Dalton, Baron Dalton PC was a British Labour Party politician who served as Chancellor of the Exchequer from 1945 to 1947, when he was implicated in a political scandal involving budget leaks....	27 July 1945
	Sir Stafford Cripps Stafford Cripps Sir Richard Stafford Cripps was a British Labour politician of the first half of the 20th century. During World War II he served in a number of positions in the wartime coalition, including Ambassador to the Soviet Union and Minister of Aircraft Production...	13 November 1947
	Hugh Gaitskell Hugh Gaitskell Hugh Todd Naylor Gaitskell CBE was a British Labour politician, who held Cabinet office in Clement Attlee's governments, and was the Leader of the Labour Party and Leader of the Opposition from 1955, until his death in 1963.-Early life:He was born in Kensington, London, the third and youngest...	19 October 1950
Minister of Economic Affairs	Sir Stafford Cripps Stafford Cripps Sir Richard Stafford Cripps was a British Labour politician of the first half of the 20th century. During World War II he served in a number of positions in the wartime coalition, including Ambassador to the Soviet Union and Minister of Aircraft Production...	29 September 1947	New office. Combined with Chancellor of the Exchequer November 1947
	Hugh Gaitskell Hugh Gaitskell Hugh Todd Naylor Gaitskell CBE was a British Labour politician, who held Cabinet office in Clement Attlee's governments, and was the Leader of the Labour Party and Leader of the Opposition from 1955, until his death in 1963.-Early life:He was born in Kensington, London, the third and youngest...	28 February 1950 - 19 October 1950
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...	William Whiteley William Whiteley (politician) William Whiteley, CH, PC, DL was the Labour Member of Parliament for Blaydon in County Durham.William Whiteley, not to be confused with the founder of the Department Store of the same name, was a Durham miner by background and lodge official also...	3 August 1945
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...	Glenvil Hall Glenvil Hall William George Glenvil Hall PC , known as Glenvil Hall, was a British barrister and Labour politician....	4 August 1945
	Douglas Jay Douglas Jay, Baron Jay Douglas Patrick Thomas Jay, Baron Jay, PC was a British Labour Party politician.Educated at Winchester College and New College, Oxford, Jay became a Fellow of All Souls between 1930 and 1937...	2 March 1950
Economic Secretary to the Treasury Economic Secretary to the Treasury The Economic Secretary to the Treasury is the fifth most senior ministerial post in the UK Treasury, after the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Chief Secretary to the Treasury, the Paymaster-General and the Financial Secretary...	Douglas Jay Douglas Jay, Baron Jay Douglas Patrick Thomas Jay, Baron Jay, PC was a British Labour Party politician.Educated at Winchester College and New College, Oxford, Jay became a Fellow of All Souls between 1930 and 1937...	5 December 1947	Office vacant 2 March 1950
	John Edwards	19 October 1950
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...	Robert John Taylor	4 August 1945-26 October 1951
	Joseph Henderson Joseph Henderson, 1st Baron Henderson of Ardwick Joseph Henderson, 1st Baron Henderson of Ardwick was a Labour Party politician in the United Kingdom.He was elected as Member of Parliament for Manchester Ardwick at a by-election in June 1931, following the death of the Labour MP Thomas Lowth...	4 August 1945-1 January 1950
	Michael Stewart Michael Stewart, Baron Stewart of Fulham Robert Michael Maitland Stewart, Baron Stewart of Fulham, CH, PC was a British Labour politician and Fabian Socialist who served twice as Foreign Secretary in the first cabinet of Harold Wilson.- Early life :...	10 August 1945-30 March 1946
	Arthur Blenkinsop Arthur Blenkinsop Arthur Blenkinsop was a British Labour Party politician.Blenkinsop was educated at the Royal Grammar School, Newcastle and the College of Commerce, Newcastle-upon-Tyne and became a chartered secretary....	10 August 1945-10 May 1946
	Frank Collindridge Frank Collindridge Frank Collindridge was a Labour Party politician in the United Kingdom.Born in Barnsley, Collindridge was elected as Member of Parliament for Barnsley at a by-election in 1938, and represented the constituency until he died during the campaign for the 1951 general election in Barnsley aged 60.In...	10 August 1945-9 December 1946
	Charles Simmons Charles Simmons (politician) Charles James "Jim" Simmons was a British lecturer, journalist and politician.Simmons was born in Moseley, Birmingham. Following elementary education, he became a Primitive Methodist lay preacher at the age of 16. In World War I he served in the Worcestershire Regiment, seeing action in France,...	30 March 1946-1 February 1949
	William Hannan William Hannan William Hannan was a Labour Member of Parliament in the United Kingdom. He represented Glasgow Maryhill from 1945 until his retirement at the February 1974 general election. He was a Lord of the Treasury from 1946 to 1951....	10 May 1946-26 October 1951
	Julian Snow Julian Snow, Baron Burntwood Julian Ward Snow, Baron Burntwood was a British Labour Party politician. He was a Member of Parliament for Lichfield and Tamworth from 1950 until stepping down at the 1970 general election, when his seat was won for the Conservatives by James d'Avigdor-Goldsmid...	9 December 1946-3 March 1950
	Richard Adams	1 February 1949-23 April 1950
	William Wilkins	1 January 1950-26 October 1951
	Herbert Bowden Herbert Bowden Herbert William Bowden, Baron Aylestone, CH CBE PC was a British Labour politician.Born in Cardiff, Wales, Bowden was a councillor on Leicester City Council 1938–45 and president of Leicester Labour Party in 1938. He served in the Royal Air Force during World War II...	3 March 1950-26 October 1951
	Charles Royle Charles Royle, Baron Royle Charles Royle, Baron Royle JP was a British businessman and Labour politician.-Background:He was the son of Charles Royle, who had been also a Member of Parliament, and his wife Maria, daughter of Oliver Wolfe. Royle was educated at Stockport Grammar School and joined the Royal Engineers in the...	23 April 1950-26 October 1951
Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs	Ernest Bevin Ernest Bevin Ernest Bevin was a British trade union leader and Labour politician. He served as general secretary of the powerful Transport and General Workers' Union from 1922 to 1945, as Minister of Labour in the war-time coalition government, and as Foreign Secretary in the post-war Labour Government.-Early...	27 July 1945
	Herbert Morrison Herbert Morrison Herbert Stanley Morrison, Baron Morrison of Lambeth, CH, PC was a British Labour politician; he held a various number of senior positions in the Cabinet, including Home Secretary, Foreign Secretary and Deputy Prime Minister.-Early life:Morrison was the son of a police constable and was born in...	9 March 1951
Minister of State for Foreign 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...	Philip Noel-Baker	3 August 1945
	Hector McNeil Hector McNeil Hector McNeil PC was a Scottish Labour politician.McNeil was educated at Woodside School and the University of Glasgow, trained as an engineer and worked as a journalist on a Scottish national newspaper. He was a member of Glasgow Town Council 1932-8...	4 October 1946
	Kenneth Younger Kenneth Younger Sir Kenneth Gilmour Younger KBE was a British Labour politician and barrister who served in junior government posts during the Attlee government and was an opposition spokesman under Hugh Gaitskell but retired from Parliament early, disillusioned by party politics.-Family:Younger was the son of...	28 February 1950
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs	Hector McNeil Hector McNeil Hector McNeil PC was a Scottish Labour politician.McNeil was educated at Woodside School and the University of Glasgow, trained as an engineer and worked as a journalist on a Scottish national newspaper. He was a member of Glasgow Town Council 1932-8...	4 August 1945 - 4 October 1946
	Christopher Mayhew Christopher Mayhew Christopher Paget Mayhew, Baron Mayhew was a British politician who was a Labour Member of Parliament from 1945 to 1950 and from 1951 to 1974, when he left the Labour Party to become a Liberal...	4 October 1946 - 2 March 1950
	The Lord Henderson William Henderson, 1st Baron Henderson William Watson Henderson, 1st Baron Henderson PC , was a British Labour politician.-Background:Henderson was the second son of Arthur Henderson and the elder brother of Arthur Henderson, Baron Rowley.-Political career:...	7 June 1948 - 26 October 1951
	Ernest Davies Ernest Davies (Labour MP for Enfield) Ernest Albert John Davies was a British journalist, author and Labour Party politician. -Early life:...	2 March 1950 - 26 October 1951
Secretary of State for the Home Department	James Chuter Ede James Chuter Ede James Chuter Ede, Baron Chuter-Ede CH, PC, DL was a British teacher, trade unionist and Labour politician. He notably served as Home Secretary under Clement Attlee from 1945 to 1951.-Early life:...	3 August 1945	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...  1951
Under-Secretary of State for the Home Department Under-Secretary of State for the Home Department -Non-permanent and parliamentary under-secretaries, 1782-present:*April 1782: Evan Nepean*April 1782: Thomas Orde*July 1782: Henry Strachey*April 1783: George North*February 1784: Hon. John Townshend*June 1789: Scrope Bernard*July 1794: The Hon...	George Oliver George Oliver (politician) George Harold Oliver QC was a British engineer, barrister and politician who was for a long time Member of Parliament for Ilkeston and served briefly as a junior government minister.-Early career:...	4 August 1945
	Kenneth Younger Kenneth Younger Sir Kenneth Gilmour Younger KBE was a British Labour politician and barrister who served in junior government posts during the Attlee government and was an opposition spokesman under Hugh Gaitskell but retired from Parliament early, disillusioned by party politics.-Family:Younger was the son of...	7 October 1947
	Geoffrey de Freitas Geoffrey de Freitas Sir Geoffrey Stanley de Freitas was a British politician and diplomat. For many years a Labour Member of Parliament, he also served as British High Commissioner in Accra and Nairobi, and later as President of the Council of Europe....	2 March 1950
First Lord of the Admiralty	A. V. Alexander A. V. Alexander, 1st Earl Alexander of Hillsborough Albert Victor Alexander, 1st Earl Alexander of Hillsborough KG, CH, PC was a British Labour Co-operative politician. He was three times First Lord of the Admiralty, including during the Second World War, and then Minister of Defence under Clement Attlee.-Background:Born in Weston-super-Mare and...	3 August 1945
	George Henry Hall George Henry Hall George Henry Hall, 1st Viscount Hall PC was a British Labour politician. He served Secretary of State for the Colonies between 1945 and 1946 and as First Lord of the Admiralty between 1946 and 1951.-Background:...	4 October 1946	Not in cabinet
	The Lord Pakenham Frank Pakenham, 7th Earl of Longford Francis Aungier Pakenham, 7th Earl of Longford KG, PC , known as the Lord Pakenham from 1945 to 1961, was a British politician, author, and social reformer...	24 May 1951
Parliamentary and Financial Secretary to the Admiralty	John Dugdale John Dugdale (Labour politician) John Dugdale was a British newspaper journalist and politician. Well-connected with the Labour Party establishment, he worked as Private Secretary to Clement Attlee and was appointed a Minister in his post-war government....	4 August 1945
	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...	2 March 1950
Civil Lord of the Admiralty	Walter James Edwards	4 August 1945
Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries	Tom Williams Tom Williams, Baron Williams of Barnburgh "Tom" Williams, Baron Williams of Barnburgh, PC was a British coal miner who became a Labour Party politician.-Career:...	3 August 1945
Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries	The Earl of Huntingdon Francis Hastings, 16th Earl of Huntingdon Francis John Clarence Westenra Plantagenet Hastings, 16th Earl of Huntingdon , known as Viscount Hastings until 1939, was a British artist, academic and Labour politician.-Life:...	4 August 1945 - 22 November 1950
	Percy Collick Percy Collick Percy Henry Collick was a British Labour Party politician.He was an unsuccessful candidate at the 1929 general election in the safe Conservative constituency of Reigate in Surrey, coming third with 20.9% of the votes...	5 September 1945 - 7 October 1947
	George Brown George Brown, Baron George-Brown George Alfred Brown, Baron George-Brown, PC was a British Labour politician, who served as the Deputy Leader of the Labour Party from 1960 to 1970, and served in a number of positions in the Cabinet, most notably as Foreign Secretary, in the Labour Government of the 1960s...	7 October 1947 - 26 April 1951
	The Earl of Listowel	22 November 1950 - 26 October 1951
	Arthur Champion Arthur Champion, Baron Champion Arthur Joseph Champion, Baron Champion PC was a British Labour Party politician.He was born in Glastonbury as the youngest of six children and went on to work on the railways after serving in the First World War...	26 April 1951 - 26 October 1951
Secretary of State for Air Secretary of State for Air The Secretary of State for Air was a cabinet level British position. The person holding this position was in charge of the Air Ministry. It was created on 10 January 1919 to manage the Royal Air Force...	The Viscount Stansgate William Wedgwood Benn, 1st Viscount Stansgate Air Commodore William Wedgwood Benn, 1st Viscount Stansgate PC, DSO, DFC was a British Liberal politician who later joined the Labour Party. He was Secretary of State for India between 1929 and 1931 and Secretary of State for Air between 1945 and 1946...	3 August 1945
	Philip Noel-Baker	4 October 1946	Not in Cabinet
	Arthur Henderson Arthur Henderson, Baron Rowley Arthur Henderson, Baron Rowley, PC was a British Labour Party politician.Arthur Henderson was the son of Arthur Henderson, who was Leader of the Labour Party between 1908-1910, 1914-17 and 1931-1932.-Parliament:...	7 October 1947
Under-Secretary of State for Air Under-Secretary of State for Air The Under-Secretary of State for Air was a junior ministerial post in the United Kingdom Government, supporting the Secretary of State for Air in his role of managing the Royal Air Force....	John Strachey	4 August 1945
	Geoffrey de Freitas Geoffrey de Freitas Sir Geoffrey Stanley de Freitas was a British politician and diplomat. For many years a Labour Member of Parliament, he also served as British High Commissioner in Accra and Nairobi, and later as President of the Council of Europe....	27 May 1946
	Aidan Crawley Aidan Crawley Aidan Merivale Crawley, MBE was a British journalist, television executive and editor, and politician...	2 March 1950
Minister of Aircraft Production Minister of Aircraft Production The Minister of Aircraft Production was the British government position in charge of the Ministry of Aircraft Production, one of the specialised supply ministries set up by the British Government during World War II...	John Wilmot John Wilmot, 1st Baron Wilmot of Selmeston John Charles Wilmot, 1st Baron Wilmot of Selmeston PC was a British Labour Party politician. He served under Clement Attlee as Minister of Aircraft Production from 1945 to 1946 and as Minister of Supply from 1945 to 1947....	4 August 1945	Office abolished 1 April 1946
Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Aircraft Production	Arthur Woodburn Arthur Woodburn Arthur Woodburn was a Scottish Labour politician.Born in Edinburgh, he was educated at Heriot Watt College. Imprisoned as a conscientious objector during World War I, Woodburn worked in engineering and ironfounding administration, and was a lecturer and national secretary of the Scottish Labour...	4 August 1945
Minister of Civil Aviation	The Lord Winster Reginald Fletcher, 1st Baron Winster Reginald Thomas Herbert Fletcher, 1st Baron Winster PC was a British Liberal then Labour politician. He was Minister of Supply under Clement Attlee between 1945 and 1946 and Governor of Cyprus between 1946 and 1949....	4 August 1945
	The Lord Nathan	4 October 1946
	The Lord Pakenham	31 May 1948	Office in Cabinet until 28 February 1950
	The Lord Ogmore David Rees-Williams, 1st Baron Ogmore David Rees Rees-Williams, 1st Baron Ogmore, PC, TD was a Welsh politician.Rees-Williams was born in Bridgend, Wales. He qualified as a solicitor in 1929 and married and had three children...	1 June 1951
Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Civil Aviation	I. Thomas	10 August 1945
	George Lindgren George Lindgren, Baron Lindgren George Samuel Lindgren, JP, DL was a British Labour Party politician.Born in Islington, London, at the 1935 general election, he was an unsuccessful candidate in the safe Conservative seat of Hitchin in Hertfordshire, coming a distant second with 36.7% of the votes.At the 1945 general election,...	4 October 1946
	Frank Beswick Frank Beswick, Baron Beswick Frank Beswick, Baron Beswick was a British Labour Co-operative politician.Born in 1911 in Nottingham, Beswick's father was a coal miner. He was educated in Nottingham and then at the Working Men's College in London. He became a journalist and was elected to the London County Council...	2 March 1950
Secretary of State for the Colonies Secretary of State for the Colonies The Secretary of State for the Colonies or Colonial Secretary was the British Cabinet minister in charge of managing the United Kingdom's various colonial dependencies....	George Hall	3 August 1945
	Arthur Creech Jones Arthur Creech Jones Arthur Creech Jones was a British trade union official and politician. Originally a civil servant, his imprisonment as a conscientious objector during the First World War forced him to change careers. A protégé of Ernest Bevin, he was elected to Parliament in 1935 and served in the Colonial Office...	4 October 1946
	James Griffiths Jim Griffiths James "Jim" Griffiths CH , was a Welsh Labour politician, trade union leader and the first ever Secretary of State for Wales.-Background and education:...	28 February 1950
Minister of State for the Colonies	The Earl of Listowel	4 January 1948
	John Dugdale John Dugdale (Labour politician) John Dugdale was a British newspaper journalist and politician. Well-connected with the Labour Party establishment, he worked as Private Secretary to Clement Attlee and was appointed a Minister in his post-war government....	28 February 1950
Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies The Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies was a junior Ministerial post in the United Kingdom government, subordinate to the Secretary of State for the Colonies and, from 1948, also to a Minister of State....	Arthur Creech Jones Arthur Creech Jones Arthur Creech Jones was a British trade union official and politician. Originally a civil servant, his imprisonment as a conscientious objector during the First World War forced him to change careers. A protégé of Ernest Bevin, he was elected to Parliament in 1935 and served in the Colonial Office...	4 August 1945
	I. Thomas	4 October 1946
	David Rees-Williams David Rees-Williams, 1st Baron Ogmore David Rees Rees-Williams, 1st Baron Ogmore, PC, TD was a Welsh politician.Rees-Williams was born in Bridgend, Wales. He qualified as a solicitor in 1929 and married and had three children...	7 October 1947
	Thomas Fotheringham Cook	2 March 1950
Secretary of State for Commonwealth Relations Secretary of State for Commonwealth Relations The Secretary of State for Commonwealth Relations was a British Cabinet office existing between 1947 and 1966, responsible for dealing with British relationship with members of the Commonwealth of Nations . The position was created out of the old position of Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs...	The Viscount Addison Christopher Addison, 1st Viscount Addison Sir Christopher Addison, 1st Viscount Addison KG, PC was a British medical doctor and politician. By turns a liberal and a socialist, he served as Minister of Munitions during the first World War, and was later Minister of Health under David Lloyd George and Leader of the House of Lords under...	7 July 1947	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,...
	Philip Noel-Baker	7 October 1947
	Patrick Gordon Walker Patrick Gordon Walker Patrick Chrestien Gordon Walker, Baron Gordon-Walker CH, PC was a British Labour Party politician. He was a Member of Parliament for nearly thirty years, and served twice as a Cabinet minister...	28 February 1950
Minister of State for Commonwealth Relations Minister of State for Commonwealth Relations The Minister of State for Commonwealth Relations was a ministerial post in the United Kingdom Government from 1947 until 1966. The holder was responsible for assisting the Secretary of State for Commonwealth Relations in dealing with British relationships with members of the Commonwealth of Nations...	Arthur Henderson Arthur Henderson, Baron Rowley Arthur Henderson, Baron Rowley, PC was a British Labour Party politician.Arthur Henderson was the son of Arthur Henderson, who was Leader of the Labour Party between 1908-1910, 1914-17 and 1931-1932.-Parliament:...	14 August 1947 - 7 October 1947
Under-Secretary of State for Commonwealth Relations Under-Secretary of State for Commonwealth Relations The Under-Secretary of State for Commonwealth Relations was a junior ministerial post in the United Kingdom Government from 1947 until 1966. The holder was responsible for assisting the Secretary of State for Commonwealth Relations in dealing with British relationship with members of the...	Arthur Bottomley Arthur Bottomley Arthur George Bottomley, Baron Bottomley, OBE, PC was a British Labour politician, Member of Parliament and minister....	7 July 1947
	Patrick Gordon Walker Patrick Gordon Walker Patrick Chrestien Gordon Walker, Baron Gordon-Walker CH, PC was a British Labour Party politician. He was a Member of Parliament for nearly thirty years, and served twice as a Cabinet minister...	7 October 1947
	The Lord Holden Angus Holden, 3rd Baron Holden Angus William Eden Holden, 3rd Baron Holden , was a British Liberal then Labour politician.Holden was the son of Ernest Illingworth Holden, 2nd Baron Holden, and his first wife Ethel , and succeeded in the barony on the death of his father in 1937.He stood as the Liberal candidate for Tottenham...	2 March 1950
	David Rees-Williams David Rees-Williams, 1st Baron Ogmore David Rees Rees-Williams, 1st Baron Ogmore, PC, TD was a Welsh politician.Rees-Williams was born in Bridgend, Wales. He qualified as a solicitor in 1929 and married and had three children...	4 July 1950	Lord Ogmore from 5 July
	The Earl of Lucan George Bingham, 6th Earl of Lucan George Charles Patrick Bingham, 6th Earl of Lucan MC , known as Lord Bingham from 1914 to 1949, was a British peer, British soldier and Labour politician....	1 July 1951
Minister of Defence	Clement Attlee Clement Attlee Clement Richard Attlee, 1st Earl Attlee, KG, OM, CH, PC, FRS was a British Labour politician who served as the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1945 to 1951, and as the Leader of the Labour Party from 1935 to 1955...	27 July 1945	Also Prime Minister
	A. V. Alexander A. V. Alexander, 1st Earl Alexander of Hillsborough Albert Victor Alexander, 1st Earl Alexander of Hillsborough KG, CH, PC was a British Labour Co-operative politician. He was three times First Lord of the Admiralty, including during the Second World War, and then Minister of Defence under Clement Attlee.-Background:Born in Weston-super-Mare and...	20 December 1946
	Emanuel Shinwell	28 February 1950
Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs The position of Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs was a British cabinet level position created in 1925 responsible for British relations with the Dominions — Canada, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Newfoundland, and the Irish Free State, as well as the self-governing colony of...	The Viscount Addison Christopher Addison, 1st Viscount Addison Sir Christopher Addison, 1st Viscount Addison KG, PC was a British medical doctor and politician. By turns a liberal and a socialist, he served as Minister of Munitions during the first World War, and was later Minister of Health under David Lloyd George and Leader of the House of Lords under...	3 August 1945	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,... ; became Secretary of State for Commonwealth Relations Secretary of State for Commonwealth Relations The Secretary of State for Commonwealth Relations was a British Cabinet office existing between 1947 and 1966, responsible for dealing with British relationship with members of the Commonwealth of Nations . The position was created out of the old position of Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs...  7 July 1947
Under-Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs Under-Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs The position of Under-Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs was a British ministerial position, subordinate to that of Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs, created in 1925 to deal with British relations with the Dominions — Canada, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Newfoundland, and the...	John Parker John Parker (UK politician) Herbert John Harvey Parker , normally known as John Parker, was a long-serving British Labour politician....	4 August 1945
	Arthur Bottomley Arthur Bottomley Arthur George Bottomley, Baron Bottomley, OBE, PC was a British Labour politician, Member of Parliament and minister....	10 May 1946
Minister of Education	Ellen Wilkinson Ellen Wilkinson Ellen Cicely Wilkinson was the Labour Member of Parliament for Middlesbrough and later for Jarrow on Tyneside. She was one of the first women in Britain to be elected as a Member of Parliament .- History :...	3 August 1945
	George Tomlinson George Tomlinson George Tomlinson was a British Labour Party politician.Born in Rishton, Lancashire, he was a conscientious objector in the First World War, and worked on the land....	10 February 1947
Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Education	Arthur Jenkins Arthur Jenkins (politician) Arthur Jenkins was a Welsh trade unionist and Labour Party politician.Jenkins was a coal miner's agent who studied at the Sorbonne in Paris and at Ruskin College, Oxford, before becoming Vice-President of the South Wales Miners Federation...	4 August 1945
	David Hardman David Hardman David Rennie Hardman was a British Labour Party politician.He unsuccessfully contested Cambridge at the 1929 general election....	30 October 1945
Minister of Food Minister of Food The Minister of Food Control and the Minister of Food were British government ministerial posts separated from that of the Minister of Agriculture. A major task of the latter office was to oversee rationing in the United Kingdom arising out of World War II...	Sir Ben Smith Ben Smith (British Labour politician) Sir Benjamin Smith, PC was a Labour Party politician in England. A driver of one of London's first taxicabs, he was Member of Parliament for Rotherhithe from 1923 until 1931 and from 1935 until 1946...	3 August 1945
	John Strachey	27 May 1946
	Maurice Webb Maurice Webb (politician) Maurice Webb PC was a British Labour politician.Webb joined the Labour Party in 1922 as a teenager and was a well-known political journalist, including for the Daily Herald. From 1929 to 1935 he worked as the Party's propaganda officer...	28 February 1950
Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Food	Edith Summerskill Edith Summerskill Edith Clara Summerskill, Baroness Summerskill CH PC was a British physician, feminist, misandrist, Labour politician and writer. She was appointed to the Privy Council in 1949.-Early life:...	4 August 1945
	Stanley Evans Stanley Evans Stanley Norman Evans was a British industrialist and Labour Party politician. He served very briefly as an Agriculture Minister in the post-war Attlee government but was forced to resign when he claimed that farmers were being "featherbedded"...	2 March 1950
	Fred Willey	18 April 1950
Minister of Fuel and Power	Emanuel Shinwell	3 August 1945
	Hugh Gaitskell Hugh Gaitskell Hugh Todd Naylor Gaitskell CBE was a British Labour politician, who held Cabinet office in Clement Attlee's governments, and was the Leader of the Labour Party and Leader of the Opposition from 1955, until his death in 1963.-Early life:He was born in Kensington, London, the third and youngest...	7 October 1947	Office no longer in Cabinet
	Philip Noel-Baker	28 February 1950
Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Fuel and Power	William Foster	4 August 1945
	Hugh Gaitskell Hugh Gaitskell Hugh Todd Naylor Gaitskell CBE was a British Labour politician, who held Cabinet office in Clement Attlee's governments, and was the Leader of the Labour Party and Leader of the Opposition from 1955, until his death in 1963.-Early life:He was born in Kensington, London, the third and youngest...	10 May 1946
	Alfred Robens	7 October 1947	|
	Harold Neal Harold Neal Harold Neal was a British Labour politician. He was Member of Parliament for Clay Cross from a 1944 by-election to 1950, and after boundary changes, for Bolsover from 1950 until his retirement 1970, preceding Dennis Skinner...	26 April 1951
Minister of Health Secretary of State for Health Secretary of State for Health is a UK cabinet position responsible for the Department of Health.The first Boards of Health were created by Orders in Council dated 21 June, 14 November, and 21 November 1831. In 1848 a General Board of Health was created with the First Commissioner of Woods and...	Aneurin Bevan Aneurin Bevan Aneurin "Nye" Bevan was a British Labour Party politician who was the Deputy Leader of the Labour Party from 1959 until his death in 1960. The son of a coal miner, Bevan was a lifelong champion of social justice and the rights of working people...	3 August 1945
	Hilary Marquand Hilary Marquand Hilary Adair Marquand was a British Labour Party politician.He was educated at Cardiff High School and at University College, Cardiff where he studied history and economics...	17 January 1951	Office not in Cabinet
Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Health Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Health The Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Health was a junior ministerial office in the United Kingdom Government.The Ministry of Health was created in 1919 as a reconstruction of the Local Government Board...	Charles Key Charles Key Charles William Key, PC was a British schoolmaster and politician. Coming from a very working-class background, the generosity of a family friend made it possible for him to get a start in life and train as a teacher; he entered politics through Poplar Borough Council, and was elected to...	4 August 1945
	John Edwards	12 February 1947
	Arthur Blenkinsop Arthur Blenkinsop Arthur Blenkinsop was a British Labour Party politician.Blenkinsop was educated at the Royal Grammar School, Newcastle and the College of Commerce, Newcastle-upon-Tyne and became a chartered secretary....	1 February 1949
Secretary of State for India and Burma	The Lord Pethick-Lawrence	3 August 1945
	The Earl of Listowel	17 April 1947	Offices abolished 14 August 1947 (India) and 4 January 1948 (Burma)
Under-Secretary of State for India and Burma	Arthur Henderson Arthur Henderson, Baron Rowley Arthur Henderson, Baron Rowley, PC was a British Labour Party politician.Arthur Henderson was the son of Arthur Henderson, who was Leader of the Labour Party between 1908-1910, 1914-17 and 1931-1932.-Parliament:...	4 August 1945 - 14 August 1947
Minister of Information Minister of Information The Ministry of Information , headed by the Minister of Information, was a United Kingdom government department created briefly at the end of World War I and again during World War II...	Edward Williams	4 August 1945
	The Earl of Listowel	26 February 1946	Office abolished 31 March 1946
Minister of Labour and National Service 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...	George Isaacs George Isaacs George Alfred Isaacs JP DL was a British politician and trades unionist who served in the government of Clement Attlee....	3 August 1945
	Aneurin Bevan Aneurin Bevan Aneurin "Nye" Bevan was a British Labour Party politician who was the Deputy Leader of the Labour Party from 1959 until his death in 1960. The son of a coal miner, Bevan was a lifelong champion of social justice and the rights of working people...	18 January 1951
	Alfred Robens	24 April 1951
Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Labour	Ness Edwards Ness Edwards Onesimus Edwards was a Welsh Labour Party politician.A trade unionist, Ness Edwards was imprisoned in 1917 as a conscientious objector to the conscription of the First World War. He was elected Member of Parliament for Caerphilly at a by-election in 1939 following the death of Labour MP and...	4 August 1945
	Fred Lee	2 March 1950
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...	John Hynd	4 August 1945
	The Lord Pakenham	17 April 1947
	Hugh Dalton Hugh Dalton Edward Hugh John Neale Dalton, Baron Dalton PC was a British Labour Party politician who served as Chancellor of the Exchequer from 1945 to 1947, when he was implicated in a political scandal involving budget leaks....	31 May 1948	Office in Cabinet
	The Viscount Alexander of Hillsborough A. V. Alexander, 1st Earl Alexander of Hillsborough Albert Victor Alexander, 1st Earl Alexander of Hillsborough KG, CH, PC was a British Labour Co-operative politician. He was three times First Lord of the Admiralty, including during the Second World War, and then Minister of Defence under Clement Attlee.-Background:Born in Weston-super-Mare and...	28 February 1950
Minister of National Insurance	James Griffiths Jim Griffiths James "Jim" Griffiths CH , was a Welsh Labour politician, trade union leader and the first ever Secretary of State for Wales.-Background and education:...	4 August 1945
	Edith Summerskill Edith Summerskill Edith Clara Summerskill, Baroness Summerskill CH PC was a British physician, feminist, misandrist, Labour politician and writer. She was appointed to the Privy Council in 1949.-Early life:...	28 February 1950
Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of National Insurance	George Lindgren George Lindgren, Baron Lindgren George Samuel Lindgren, JP, DL was a British Labour Party politician.Born in Islington, London, at the 1935 general election, he was an unsuccessful candidate in the safe Conservative seat of Hitchin in Hertfordshire, coming a distant second with 36.7% of the votes.At the 1945 general election,...	4 August 1945
	Tom Steele Tom Steele Tom Steele was a Scottish Labour politician.Steele worked as a station master and served on the board of the Lanark Co-operative Society....	4 October 1946
	Bernard Taylor Bernard Taylor, Baron Taylor of Mansfield Bernard Taylor, Baron Taylor of Mansfield, CBE, JP was a British coalminer and politician who was a Labour Party Member of Parliament for 25 years.-Mining:...	|2 March 1950
Paymaster General	office vacant
	Arthur Greenwood Arthur Greenwood Arthur Greenwood CH was a prominent member of the Labour Party from the 1920s until the late 1940s. He rose to prominence within the party as secretary of its research department from 1920 and served as Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Health in the short-lived Labour government of 1924...	9 July 1946
	Hilary Marquand Hilary Marquand Hilary Adair Marquand was a British Labour Party politician.He was educated at Cardiff High School and at University College, Cardiff where he studied history and economics...	5 March 1947
	The Viscount Addison Christopher Addison, 1st Viscount Addison Sir Christopher Addison, 1st Viscount Addison KG, PC was a British medical doctor and politician. By turns a liberal and a socialist, he served as Minister of Munitions during the first World War, and was later Minister of Health under David Lloyd George and Leader of the House of Lords under...	2 July 1948	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,...
	The Lord Macdonald of Gwaenysgor Gordon Macdonald, 1st Baron Macdonald of Gwaenysgor Gordon Macdonald, PC, 1st Baron Macdonald of Gwaenysgor, was a British Labour Party politician and Newfoundland's final British governor as well as the last chairman of the Commission of Government serving from 1946 until the colony joined Confederation in 1949 and became a province of Canada...	1 April 1949
Minister without Portfolio Minister without Portfolio A minister without portfolio is either a government minister with no specific responsibilities or a minister that does not head a particular ministry...	A. V. Alexander A. V. Alexander, 1st Earl Alexander of Hillsborough Albert Victor Alexander, 1st Earl Alexander of Hillsborough KG, CH, PC was a British Labour Co-operative politician. He was three times First Lord of the Admiralty, including during the Second World War, and then Minister of Defence under Clement Attlee.-Background:Born in Weston-super-Mare and...	4 October 1946 - 20 December 1946
	Arthur Greenwood Arthur Greenwood Arthur Greenwood CH was a prominent member of the Labour Party from the 1920s until the late 1940s. He rose to prominence within the party as secretary of its research department from 1920 and served as Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Health in the short-lived Labour government of 1924...	17 April 1947 - 29 September 1947
Minister for Pensions Secretary of State for Work and Pensions The Secretary of State for Work and Pensions is a post in the British Cabinet, responsible for the Department for Work and Pensions. It was created on 8 June 2001 by the merger of the Employment part of the Department for Education and Employment and the Department of Social Security.The Ministry...	Wilfred Paling Wilfred Paling Wilfred Paling was a British Labour politician. He was born at Marehay, near Ripley, Derbyshire, one of eight children of a coalminer. Paling left Ripley Elementary School at the age of 13, and entered casual employment with local plumbing and building companies...	3 August 1945
	John Hynd	17 April 1947
	George Buchanan George Buchanan (politician) George Buchanan was born in Glasgow, Scotland. A committed socialist, he joined the Independent Labour Party .Buchanan was vice-chairman of Glasgow Trades Council and sat on the city council from 1919 to 1923...	7 October 1947	|
	Hilary Marquand Hilary Marquand Hilary Adair Marquand was a British Labour Party politician.He was educated at Cardiff High School and at University College, Cardiff where he studied history and economics...	2 July 1948
	George Isaacs George Isaacs George Alfred Isaacs JP DL was a British politician and trades unionist who served in the government of Clement Attlee....	17 January 1951
Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Pensions Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Pensions The Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Pensions was a junior Ministerial office at Parliamentary Secretary rank in the United Kingdom Government, supporting the Minister for Pensions. It was established in 1916 and filled intermittently until 1932...	Jennie Adamson	4 August 1945
	Arthur Blenkinsop Arthur Blenkinsop Arthur Blenkinsop was a British Labour Party politician.Blenkinsop was educated at the Royal Grammar School, Newcastle and the College of Commerce, Newcastle-upon-Tyne and became a chartered secretary....	10 May 1946
	Charles Simmons Charles Simmons (politician) Charles James "Jim" Simmons was a British lecturer, journalist and politician.Simmons was born in Moseley, Birmingham. Following elementary education, he became a Primitive Methodist lay preacher at the age of 16. In World War I he served in the Worcestershire Regiment, seeing action in France,...	1 February 1949
Postmaster-General United Kingdom Postmaster General The Postmaster General of the United Kingdom is a defunct Cabinet-level ministerial position in HM Government. Aside from maintaining the postal system, the Telegraph Act of 1868 established the Postmaster General's right to exclusively maintain electric telegraphs...	The Earl of Listowel William Hare, 5th Earl of Listowel William Francis Hare, 5th Earl of Listowel GCMG, PC , styled Viscount Ennismore between 1924 and 1931, was a British peer and Labour politician...	4 August 1945
	Wilfrid Paling	17 April 1947
	Ness Edwards Ness Edwards Onesimus Edwards was a Welsh Labour Party politician.A trade unionist, Ness Edwards was imprisoned in 1917 as a conscientious objector to the conscription of the First World War. He was elected Member of Parliament for Caerphilly at a by-election in 1939 following the death of Labour MP and...	28 February 1950
Assistant Postmaster-General Assistant Postmaster-General The Assistant Postmaster General is a defunct junior ministerial position in the United Kingdom Government.The title of Postmaster General was abolished under the Post Office Act 1969...	Wilfrid Burke Wilfrid Burke Wilfrid Andrew Burke was a British Trade union organiser and politician who achieved high office in the Labour Party and served as Member of Parliament for Burnley for 24 years. He was briefly in the Attlee government as Assistant Postmaster-General...	10 August 1945
	Charles Rider Hobson	7 October 1947
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...	Joseph Westwood Joseph Westwood Joseph Westwood was a Scottish Labour politician.Educated at Buckhaven Higher Grade School, he worked as a draper's apprentice, messenger boy and miner...	3 August 1945
	Arthur Woodburn Arthur Woodburn Arthur Woodburn was a Scottish Labour politician.Born in Edinburgh, he was educated at Heriot Watt College. Imprisoned as a conscientious objector during World War I, Woodburn worked in engineering and ironfounding administration, and was a lecturer and national secretary of the Scottish Labour...	7 October 1947
	Hector McNeil Hector McNeil Hector McNeil PC was a Scottish Labour politician.McNeil was educated at Woodside School and the University of Glasgow, trained as an engineer and worked as a journalist on a Scottish national newspaper. He was a member of Glasgow Town Council 1932-8...	28 February 1950
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...	George Buchanan George Buchanan (politician) George Buchanan was born in Glasgow, Scotland. A committed socialist, he joined the Independent Labour Party .Buchanan was vice-chairman of Glasgow Trades Council and sat on the city council from 1919 to 1923...	4 August 1945 - 7 October 1947
	Tom Fraser Tom Fraser Tom Fraser PC was a Labour Member of Parliament for the Hamilton constituency between 1943 and 1967.He was Minister of Transport from October 16, 1964 until December 23, 1965...	4 August 1945 - 26 October 1951
	John James Robertson	7 October 1947 - 26 October 1951
	Margaret Herbison Margaret Herbison Margaret McCrorie Herbison was a Scottish Labour politician.Educated at Bellshill Academy and the University of Glasgow, her early career was spent as a teacher of English and history and as an economics lecturer for the National Council of Labour Colleges. The daughter of a miner, she would later...	2 March 1950 - 26 October 1951
Minister of Supply Minister of Supply The Minister of Supply was the minister in the British Government responsible for the Ministry of Supply, which existed to co-ordinate the supply of equipment to the national armed forces...	John Wilmot John Wilmot, 1st Baron Wilmot of Selmeston John Charles Wilmot, 1st Baron Wilmot of Selmeston PC was a British Labour Party politician. He served under Clement Attlee as Minister of Aircraft Production from 1945 to 1946 and as Minister of Supply from 1945 to 1947....	3 August 1945
	George Strauss George Strauss George Russell Strauss, Baron Strauss PC was a long-serving British Labour Party politician, who was a Member of Parliament for 46 years and was Father of the House of Commons from 1974 to 1979....	7 October 1947
Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Supply	William Leonard William Leonard (MP) William Leonard was a Labour Co-operative politician in Scotland. He was Member of Parliament for Glasgow St. Rollox from 1931 to 1950....	4 August 1945 - 7 October 1947
	Arthur Woodburn Arthur Woodburn Arthur Woodburn was a Scottish Labour politician.Born in Edinburgh, he was educated at Heriot Watt College. Imprisoned as a conscientious objector during World War I, Woodburn worked in engineering and ironfounding administration, and was a lecturer and national secretary of the Scottish Labour...	1 April 1946 - 7 October 1947
	John Freeman	7 October 1947 - 23 April 1951
	John Henry Jones	7 October 1947 - 2 March 1950
	Michael Stewart Michael Stewart, Baron Stewart of Fulham Robert Michael Maitland Stewart, Baron Stewart of Fulham, CH, PC was a British Labour politician and Fabian Socialist who served twice as Foreign Secretary in the first cabinet of Harold Wilson.- Early life :...	2 May 1951 - 26 October 1951
Minister of Town and Country Planning	Lewis Silkin	4 August 1945
	Hugh Dalton Hugh Dalton Edward Hugh John Neale Dalton, Baron Dalton PC was a British Labour Party politician who served as Chancellor of the Exchequer from 1945 to 1947, when he was implicated in a political scandal involving budget leaks....	28 February 1950	Became Minister of Local Government and Planning 31 January 1951
Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Town and Country Planning	Fred Marshall	10 August 1945
	Evelyn King Evelyn King (UK politician) Evelyn Mansfield King was a British member of parliament for both the Labour Party and then the Conservative Party....	7 October 1947
	George Lindgren George Lindgren, Baron Lindgren George Samuel Lindgren, JP, DL was a British Labour Party politician.Born in Islington, London, at the 1935 general election, he was an unsuccessful candidate in the safe Conservative seat of Hitchin in Hertfordshire, coming a distant second with 36.7% of the votes.At the 1945 general election,...	2 March 1950
President of the Board of Trade	Sir Stafford Cripps Stafford Cripps Sir Richard Stafford Cripps was a British Labour politician of the first half of the 20th century. During World War II he served in a number of positions in the wartime coalition, including Ambassador to the Soviet Union and Minister of Aircraft Production...	27 July 1945
	Harold Wilson Harold Wilson James Harold Wilson, Baron Wilson of Rievaulx, KG, OBE, FRS, FSS, PC was a British Labour Member of Parliament, Leader of the Labour Party. He was twice Prime Minister of the United Kingdom during the 1960s and 1970s, winning four general elections, including a minority government after the...	29 September 1947
	Sir Hartley Shawcross Hartley Shawcross, Baron Shawcross Hartley William Shawcross, Baron Shawcross, GBE, PC, KC was a British barrister and politician and the lead British prosecutor at the Nuremberg War Crimes tribunal.- Early life :...	24 April 1951
Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Trade Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Trade The Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Trade in the United Kingdom was a member of Parliament assigned to assist the Board of Trade and its President with administration and liaison with Parliament. It replaced the Vice-President of the Board of Trade....	Ellis Smith Ellis Smith Ellis Smith was a British Labour Party politician. He was elected at the 1935 general election as Member of Parliament for Stoke and served as Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Trade from 1945 to 1946...	4 August 1945
	John Belcher John Belcher (politician) John William Belcher was a British Labour Party politician, the first to resign in disgrace over a political scandal.-Political career:...	12 January 1946
	John Edwards	1 February 1949
	Hervey Rhodes Hervey Rhodes Hervey Rhodes, Baron Rhodes, KG, DFC, PC was a British Labour Party politician.Born in Saddleworth in the West Riding of Yorkshire, Rhodes was educated at St Mary's School, Greenfield, then at Huddersfield Technical College...	2 March 1950
Secretary for Overseas Trade Secretary for Overseas Trade The Secretary for Overseas Trade was a junior Ministerial position in the United Kingdom government from 1917 until 1953, subordinate to the President of the Board of Trade. The office was replaced by the Minister of State for Trade on 3 September 1953....	Hilary Marquand Hilary Marquand Hilary Adair Marquand was a British Labour Party politician.He was educated at Cardiff High School and at University College, Cardiff where he studied history and economics...	4 August 1945
	Harold Wilson Harold Wilson James Harold Wilson, Baron Wilson of Rievaulx, KG, OBE, FRS, FSS, PC was a British Labour Member of Parliament, Leader of the Labour Party. He was twice Prime Minister of the United Kingdom during the 1960s and 1970s, winning four general elections, including a minority government after the...	5 March 1947
	Arthur Bottomley Arthur Bottomley Arthur George Bottomley, Baron Bottomley, OBE, PC was a British Labour politician, Member of Parliament and minister....	7 October 1947
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...	Alfred Barnes	3 August 1945
Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Transport	George Strauss George Strauss George Russell Strauss, Baron Strauss PC was a long-serving British Labour Party politician, who was a Member of Parliament for 46 years and was Father of the House of Commons from 1974 to 1979....	4 August 1945
	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...
	The Lord Lucas of Chilworth	2 March 1950
Secretary of State for War Secretary of State for War The position of Secretary of State for War, commonly called War Secretary, was a British cabinet-level position, first held by Henry Dundas . In 1801 the post became that of Secretary of State for War and the Colonies. The position was re-instated in 1854...	Jack Lawson Jack Lawson John James "Jack" Lawson, 1st Baron Lawson PC , was a British trade unionist and a Labour politician. A miner and later Member of Parliament in County Durham, he served in the governments of Ramsay MacDonald and Clement Attlee.-Background:Lawson was born in the port town of Whitehaven, Cumberland,...	3 August 1945
	Frederick Bellenger Frederick Bellenger Captain Frederick John Bellenger was a British surveyor, journalist, soldier and Labour Party politician.-Soldier:...	4 October 1946
	Emanuel Shinwell	7 October 1947
	John Strachey	28 February 1950
Under-Secretary of State for War Under-Secretary of State for War The position of Under-Secretary of State for War was a British government position, first applied to Evan Nepean . In 1801 the offices for War and the Colonies were merged and the post became that of Under-Secretary of State for War and the Colonies...	The Lord Nathan Harry Nathan, 1st Baron Nathan Harry Louis Nathan, 1st Baron Nathan, PC was a Liberal politician, who later joined the Labour Party....	4 August 1945
	The Lord Pakenham	4 October 1946 - 17 April 1947	Office combined with Financial Secretary
Financial Secretary to the War Office Financial Secretary to the War Office Financial Secretary to the War Office was an office of the British government, the financial secretary of the War Office department.The post was combined with that of Under-Secretary of State for War from 17 April 1947....	Frederick Bellenger Frederick Bellenger Captain Frederick John Bellenger was a British surveyor, journalist, soldier and Labour Party politician.-Soldier:...	4 August 1945
	John Freeman	4 October 1946	Under-Secretary role incorporated 17 April 1947
	Michael Stewart Michael Stewart, Baron Stewart of Fulham Robert Michael Maitland Stewart, Baron Stewart of Fulham, CH, PC was a British Labour politician and Fabian Socialist who served twice as Foreign Secretary in the first cabinet of Harold Wilson.- Early life :...
	Woodrow Wyatt Woodrow Wyatt Woodrow Lyle Wyatt, Baron Wyatt of Weeford , was a British politician, published author, journalist and broadcaster, close to the Queen Mother, Margaret Thatcher and Rupert Murdoch...	2 May 1951
Minister of Works First Commissioner of Works The First Commissioner of Works and Public Buildings was a position within the government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. It took over some of the functions of the First Commissioner of Woods and Forests in 1851 when the portfolio of Crown holdings was divided into the public...	George Tomlinson George Tomlinson George Tomlinson was a British Labour Party politician.Born in Rishton, Lancashire, he was a conscientious objector in the First World War, and worked on the land....	4 August 1945
	Charles Key Charles Key Charles William Key, PC was a British schoolmaster and politician. Coming from a very working-class background, the generosity of a family friend made it possible for him to get a start in life and train as a teacher; he entered politics through Poplar Borough Council, and was elected to...	10 February 1947
	Richard Stokes Richard Stokes Major Sir Richard Rapier Stokes MC was a British Labour politician who served briefly as Lord Privy Seal in 1951....	28 February 1950
	George Brown George Brown, Baron George-Brown George Alfred Brown, Baron George-Brown, PC was a British Labour politician, who served as the Deputy Leader of the Labour Party from 1960 to 1970, and served in a number of positions in the Cabinet, most notably as Foreign Secretary, in the Labour Government of the 1960s...	26 April 1951
Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Works	Harold Wilson Harold Wilson James Harold Wilson, Baron Wilson of Rievaulx, KG, OBE, FRS, FSS, PC was a British Labour Member of Parliament, Leader of the Labour Party. He was twice Prime Minister of the United Kingdom during the 1960s and 1970s, winning four general elections, including a minority government after the...	4 August 1945
	Evan Durbin Evan Durbin Evan Frank Mottram Durbin was a British economist and left-wing politician, whose writings combined a belief in central economic planning with a conviction that the price mechanism of markets was indispensable....	5 March 1947
	The Lord Morrison Robert Morrison, 1st Baron Morrison Robert Craigmyle Morrison, 1st Baron Morrison was a British Labour Co-operative politician.Born in Aberdeen, he was the son of James Morrison. He originally worked as a schoolmaster in the Middlesex suburbs of North London...	26 September 1948
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...	Sir Hartley Shawcross Hartley Shawcross, Baron Shawcross Hartley William Shawcross, Baron Shawcross, GBE, PC, KC was a British barrister and politician and the lead British prosecutor at the Nuremberg War Crimes tribunal.- Early life :...	4 August 1945
	Sir Frank Soskice	24 April 1951
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 Frank Soskice	4 August 1945
	Sir Lynn Ungoed-Thomas Lynn Ungoed-Thomas Arwyn Lynn Ungoed-Thomas , known as Lynn Ungoed-Thomas, was a Welsh Labour Party politician and British judge.-Biography:...	24 April 1951
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...	George Reid Thomson George Reid Thomson George Reid Thomson, Lord Thomson was a Scottish politician and judge.Educated at the South African College, Cape Town, and Corpus Christi College, Oxford, he was a Captain in the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders in World War I....	10 August 1945
	John Wheatley	7 October 1947
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...	Daniel Patterson Blades	10 September 1945
	John Wheatley	19 March 1947
	Douglas Johnston Douglas Johnston, Lord Johnston Douglas Harold Johnston TD was a Scottish Advocate, politician and Judge. He served as a Minister in the government of Clement Attlee and ended his career as a Senator of the College of Justice...	24 October 1947
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...	George Mathers George Mathers George Mathers, 1st Baron Mathers KT, PC, DL was a Scottish trade unionist and Labour Party politician...	4 August 1945
	Arthur Pearson	30 March 1946
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...	Arthur Pearson	4 August 1945
	Michael Stewart Michael Stewart, Baron Stewart of Fulham Robert Michael Maitland Stewart, Baron Stewart of Fulham, CH, PC was a British Labour politician and Fabian Socialist who served twice as Foreign Secretary in the first cabinet of Harold Wilson.- Early life :...	30 March 1946
	Frank Collindridge Frank Collindridge Frank Collindridge was a Labour Party politician in the United Kingdom.Born in Barnsley, Collindridge was elected as Member of Parliament for Barnsley at a by-election in 1938, and represented the constituency until he died during the campaign for the 1951 general election in Barnsley aged 60.In...	9 December 1946
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...	Julian Snow Julian Snow, Baron Burntwood Julian Ward Snow, Baron Burntwood was a British Labour Party politician. He was a Member of Parliament for Lichfield and Tamworth from 1950 until stepping down at the 1970 general election, when his seat was won for the Conservatives by James d'Avigdor-Goldsmid...	10 August 1945
	Michael Stewart Michael Stewart, Baron Stewart of Fulham Robert Michael Maitland Stewart, Baron Stewart of Fulham, CH, PC was a British Labour politician and Fabian Socialist who served twice as Foreign Secretary in the first cabinet of Harold Wilson.- Early life :...	9 December 1946
	Ernest Popplewell Ernest Popplewell Ernest Popplewell, Baron Popplewell, CBE was a British Labour Party politician.In the Labour landslide at the 1945 general election, Popplewell was elected as Member of Parliament for Newcastle upon Tyne West...	16 October 1947
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 Ammon	4 August 1945
	The Lord Shepherd George Shepherd, 1st Baron Shepherd George Robert Shepherd, 1st Baron Shepherd PC , was a British Labour politician.-Early life:Shepherd was the son of George Robert Shepherd, a tailor of Spalding, Lincolnshire...	18 October 1949
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 Walkden	4 August 1945
	The Lord Shepherd George Shepherd, 1st Baron Shepherd George Robert Shepherd, 1st Baron Shepherd PC , was a British Labour politician.-Early life:Shepherd was the son of George Robert Shepherd, a tailor of Spalding, Lincolnshire...	6 July 1949
	The Lord Lucas of Chilworth George Lucas, 1st Baron Lucas of Chilworth George William Lucas, 1st Baron Lucas of Chilworth , was a British businessman and Labour politician.Lucas was the son of Percy William Lucas of Oxford. He was involved in the motor trade industry and served during the Second World War as Chairman of the National Joint Industrial Council of the...	18 October 1949
	The Earl of Lucan George Bingham, 6th Earl of Lucan George Charles Patrick Bingham, 6th Earl of Lucan MC , known as Lord Bingham from 1914 to 1949, was a British peer, British soldier and Labour politician....	5 March 1950
	The Lord Archibald George Archibald, 1st Baron Archibald George Archibald, 1st Baron Archibald CBE was a British Labour politician.Archibald was the son of George W. Archibald, of Glasgow, and was educated at St George's Road Elementary School and Alan Glen's High School. During the Second World War he served as Controller of the Ministry of Information...	8 June 1951
Lords in Waiting	The Lord Westwood William Westwood, 1st Baron Westwood William Westwood, 1st Baron Westwood OBE , was a British trade unionist and Labour politician.Westwood was the son of William Westwood of Dundee, Scotland...	10 September 1945 - 17 January 1947
	The Lord Pakenham	14 October 1945 - 4 October 1946
	The Lord Henderson William Henderson, 1st Baron Henderson William Watson Henderson, 1st Baron Henderson PC , was a British Labour politician.-Background:Henderson was the second son of Arthur Henderson and the elder brother of Arthur Henderson, Baron Rowley.-Political career:...	21 October 1945 - 7 June 1948
	The Lord Chorley Robert Chorley, 1st Baron Chorley Robert Samuel Theodore Chorley, 1st Baron Chorley QC , was a British legal scholar, public servant and Labour politician....	11 October 1946 - 31 March 1950
	The Lord Morrison Robert Morrison, 1st Baron Morrison Robert Craigmyle Morrison, 1st Baron Morrison was a British Labour Co-operative politician.Born in Aberdeen, he was the son of James Morrison. He originally worked as a schoolmaster in the Middlesex suburbs of North London...	17 January 1947 - 26 September 1948
	The Lord Lucas of Chilworth George Lucas, 1st Baron Lucas of Chilworth George William Lucas, 1st Baron Lucas of Chilworth , was a British businessman and Labour politician.Lucas was the son of Percy William Lucas of Oxford. He was involved in the motor trade industry and served during the Second World War as Chairman of the National Joint Industrial Council of the...	9 July 1948 - 18 October 1949
	The Lord Shepherd George Shepherd, 1st Baron Shepherd George Robert Shepherd, 1st Baron Shepherd PC , was a British Labour politician.-Early life:Shepherd was the son of George Robert Shepherd, a tailor of Spalding, Lincolnshire...	14 October 1948 - 6 July 1949
	The Lord Kershaw Fred Kershaw, 1st Baron Kershaw Fred Kershaw, 1st Baron Kershaw , was a British Labour politician.Kershaw was the son of John Joseph Kershaw of Prestwich, Lancashire. He was Governor of Westminster Hospital, Chairman of Gordon Hospital, Vice-President of the Workers' Temperance League and a Founder Member of the Manor House...	6 July 1949 - 26 October 1951
	The Lord Darwen John Davies, 1st Baron Darwen John Percival Davies, 1st Baron Darwen , was a British cotton manufacturer and Labour politician.In 1946 Davies was raised to the peerage as Baron Darwen, of Heys-in-Bowland in the West Riding of the County of York...	18 October 1949 - 26 December 1950
	The Lord Burden Thomas Burden, 1st Baron Burden Thomas William Burden, 1st Baron Burden , was a British Labour Party politician and church official.Burden was the son of Thomas Burden, Mayor of East Ham in 1935, and was educated at the London School of Economics. In 1942 he was elected to the House of Commons as the Member of Parliament for...	31 March 1950 - 26 October 1951
	The Lord Haden-Guest Leslie Haden-Guest, 1st Baron Haden-Guest Leslie Haden Haden-Guest, 1st Baron Haden-Guest MC was a British author, journalist, doctor and Labour Party politician.-Life and career:...	13 February 1951 - 26 October 1951