Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport

The Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport (previously Culture, Media and Sport) is a United Kingdom cabinet position

Cabinet of the United Kingdom

The Cabinet of the United Kingdom is the collective decision-making body of Her Majesty's Government in the United Kingdom, composed of the Prime Minister and some 22 Cabinet Ministers, the most senior of the government ministers....

with responsibility for the Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Department for Culture, Media and Sport

The Department for Culture, Media and Sport is a department of the United Kingdom government, with responsibility for culture and sport in England, and some aspects of the media throughout the whole UK, such as broadcasting and internet....

. The role was created in 1992 by John Major

John Major

Sir John Major, is a British Conservative politician, who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and Leader of the Conservative Party from 1990–1997...

as Secretary of State for National Heritage. The first to fill the role, 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...

, dubbed it "Minister of Fun".

Secretaries of State for National Heritage (1992–1997)

David Mellor

| 11 April 1992
| 22 September 1992
| Conservative

Conservative Party (UK)

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| rowspan="4"|John Major

John Major

Sir John Major, is a British Conservative politician, who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and Leader of the Conservative Party from 1990–1997...

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| colspan=2|Peter Brooke

Peter Brooke

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Stephen Dorrell

Stephen James Dorrell is a British politician. A member of the Conservative Party, he served in the Cabinet of Prime Minister John Major as Secretary of State for National Heritage and Secretary of State for Health...

Virginia Bottomley

Virginia Bottomley, Baroness Bottomley of Nettlestone, PC, DL is a British Conservative Party politician. She was a Member of Parliament in the House of Commons from 1984 to 2005. She was raised to the peerage in 2005...

Secretaries of State for Culture, Media and Sport (1997–2010)

Chris Smith, Baron Smith of Finsbury

Christopher "Chris" Robert Smith, Baron Smith of Finsbury PC is a British Labour Party politician, and a former Member of Parliament and Cabinet Minister...

| 3 May 1997
| 8 June 2001
| Labour

Labour Party (UK)

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| rowspan="2"|Tony Blair

Tony Blair

Anthony Charles Lynton Blair is a former British Labour Party politician who served as the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 2 May 1997 to 27 June 2007. He was the Member of Parliament for Sedgefield from 1983 to 2007 and Leader of the Labour Party from 1994 to 2007...

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| Tessa Jowell

Tessa Jowell

Tessa Jowell is a British Labour Party politician, who has been the Member of Parliament for Dulwich and West Norwood since 1992. Formerly a member of both the Blair and Brown Cabinets, she is currently the Shadow Minister for the Olympics and Shadow Minister for London.-Early life:Tessa Jane...

James Purnell

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Gordon Brown

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Ben Bradshaw

Benjamin Peter James Bradshaw is a British Labour politician who has been the Member of Parliament for Exeter since 1997, and served in the Cabinet as Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport....

Secretaries of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport (2010– )

Conservative Party (UK)

| David Cameron

David Cameron

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Shadow Secretaries of State for National Heritage (1992–1997)

Bryan Gould

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MP
| 18 July 1992
| 29 September 1992
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Shadow Cabinet of John Smith

John Smith was Leader of the Labour Party and Leader of the Official Opposition from 18 July 1992 until his death on 12 May 1994. Smith became leader upon succeeding Neil Kinnock, who had resigned following the 1992 general election—for the fourth successive time, the Conservatives had won and...

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| Ann Clwyd

Ann Clwyd

Ann Clwyd Roberts is a Welsh Labour Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament for Cynon Valley since 1984.-Early life:Ann Clwyd is the daughter of Gwilym Henri Lewis and Elizabeth Ann Lewis...

Mo Mowlam

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Virginia Bottomley

Shadow Secretaries of State for Culture, Media and Sport (1997–2010)

Francis Maude

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Peter Ainsworth

Peter Michael Ainsworth is a former Conservative politician in the United Kingdom. He was the Member of Parliament for East Surrey from 1992 to 2010....

Tim Yeo

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John Whittingdale

John Flasby Lawrance Whittingdale OBE, , is a Conservative politician in the United Kingdom. He has been a Member of Parliament since 1992.-Education:...

Julie Kirkbride

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MP
| 6 November 2003
| 19 June 2004
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Shadow Cabinet of Michael Howard

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Theresa May

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Hugo Swire

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MP
| 8 December 2005
| 2 July 2007
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Shadow Cabinet of David Cameron

The list that follows is the Shadow Cabinet led by David Cameron from 2005 to 2010, before he became Prime Minister of the United Kingdom....

Shadow Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport (2010)

Ben Bradshaw

MP
| 11 May 2010
| 8 October 2010
| Harman (LAB)

Shadow Cabinet of Harriet Harman

Harriet Harman led the Shadow Cabinet during her time as pro tempore Leader of the Labour Party in 2010—from the time Gordon Brown resigned as Leader until Ed Miliband was elected to the leadership....

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Shadow Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport (2010– )

Ivan Lewis

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MP
| 8 October 2010
| 7 October 2011
| Miliband (LAB)

Shadow Cabinet of Ed Miliband

Ed Miliband became Leader of the Labour Party and Leader of the Opposition upon being elected to the former post on 25 September 2010. The election was triggered by Gordon Brown's resignation following the party's fall from power at the 2010 general election, which yielded a Conservative – Liberal...

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| The Rt. Hon. Harriet Harman

Harriet Harman

Harriet Ruth Harman QC is a British Labour Party politician, who is the Member of Parliament for Camberwell and Peckham, and was MP for the predecessorPeckham constituency from 1982 to 1997...

QC MP
| 7 October 2011
| Incumbent
| Miliband (LAB)

Shadow Cabinet of Ed Miliband

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Swire was also appointed Shadow Minister for the Olympics in 2005; Hunt held this additional title throughout his tenure.

Frontbench Spokesperson for Culture, Media and Sport (1997–1999)

Robert Maclennan, Baron Maclennan of Rogart

Robert Adam Ross "Bob" Maclennan, Baron Maclennan of Rogart PC is a British Liberal Democrat life peer. He was the last leader of the Social Democratic Party , serving during the negotiations that led to its merger with the Liberal Party in 1988...

MP
| May 1997 || August 1999
| Ashdown (LD)

Frontbench Team of Paddy Ashdown

The list that follows is the Lib Dem Frontbench Team/Shadow Cabinet led by Paddy Ashdown, who was Party leader from 1988 to 1999. The Party formed a Shadow Cabinet following the 1997 general election having doubled its number of MPs at that electin...

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Shadow Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport (1999–2010)

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| rowspan="4" | Don Foster MP
| rowspan="4" | August 1999 || rowspan="4" | May 2010
| Kennedy (LD)

Shadow Cabinet of Charles Kennedy

The list that follows is the Lib Dem Frontbench Team/Shadow Cabinet led by Charles Kennedy, who was Party leader from 1999 to 2006. The Party began to refer to its Frontbench Team as a Shadow Cabinet during Kennedy's tenure as leader, although some controversy exists over whether or not it should...

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| Campbell (LD)

Shadow Cabinet of Menzies Campbell

The list that follows is the Lib Dem Frontbench Team/Shadow Cabinet led by Menzies Campbell from 2006 to 2007.-Liberal Democrat Shadow Cabinet:*Leader of the Liberal Democrats - Sir Menzies Campbell...

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| Cable (LD)

Shadow Cabinet of Vince Cable

The list that follows is the Lib Dem Frontbench Team/Shadow Cabinet led by Vince Cable, who was acting leader between 15 October and 18 December 2007, following the resignation of Menzies Campbell and the election of Nick Clegg....

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| Clegg (LD)

Shadow Cabinet of Nick Clegg

The list that follows is the Shadow Cabinet led by Nick Clegg from 2007 to 2010, before the Liberal Democrats and Conservatives formed a coalition government following the 2010 general eletion, and Clegg became Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom....

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| colspan="4" | Since May 2010, the third party has not shadowed the government,
the Liberal Democrats
Liberal Democrats
The Liberal Democrats are a social liberal political party in the United Kingdom which supports constitutional and electoral reform, progressive taxation, wealth taxation, human rights laws, cultural liberalism, banking reform and civil liberties .The party was formed in 1988 by a merger of the...

being the junior party in a coalition government.
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