Formation

After the February 1974 general election

United Kingdom general election, February 1974

The United Kingdom's general election of February 1974 was held on the 28th of that month. It was the first of two United Kingdom general elections held that year, and the first election since the Second World War not to produce an overall majority in the House of Commons for the winning party,...

, no party had a majority of seats. The incumbent Conservative party won the popular vote, but Labour took the most seats. Edward Heath

Edward Heath

Sir Edward Richard George "Ted" Heath, KG, MBE, PC was a British Conservative politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and as Leader of the Conservative Party ....

, the Conservative prime minister, attempted to negotiate a coalition with the Liberal party, but resigned as prime minister after failing in this regard. 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...

, led by Harold Wilson, then established a minority government

Minority government

A minority government or a minority cabinet is a cabinet of a parliamentary system formed when a political party or coalition of parties does not have a majority of overall seats in the parliament but is sworn into government to break a Hung Parliament election result. It is also known as a...

.

This was ineffective and the October 1974 general election

United Kingdom general election, October 1974

The United Kingdom general election of October 1974 took place on 10 October 1974 to elect 635 members to the British House of Commons. It was the second general election of that year and resulted in the Labour Party led by Harold Wilson, winning by a tiny majority of 3 seats.The election of...

 was held, the Wilson government gaining a majority of three seats.

The economy was in recession by the time of the first election, but economic growth was re-established by the end of 1975, although inflation which had run into double digits before Labour came to power was now above 20%. It would remain high for the rest of this government.

In March 1976, after his sixtieth birthday, Wilson resigned as prime minister. He was replaced by James Callaghan.

Within a year of Callaghan taking office, the narrow Labour majority was eliminated due to by-election defeats and in order to remain in power, Labour formed coalition with the Liberals

Lib-Lab pact

In British politics, a Lib-Lab pact is a working arrangement between the Liberal Democrats and the Labour Party.There have been four such arrangements, and one alleged proposal, at the national level...

 in March 1977 and this remained in force for 16 months.

By September 1978, economic growth had picked up and inflation was below 10%, and with most of the opinion polls showing a clear Labour lead it was widely expected that prime minister James Callaghan would call a general election that autumn, despite having another year to do so. However, he resisted these calls and Britain began 1979 with Labour still in power and Callaghan still in charge.

Fate

With strikes paralysing Britain during the Winter of Discontent

Winter of Discontent

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

 (late 1978/early 1979) and inflation back in double digits, the loss of a motion of no confidence

Motion of no confidence

A motion of no confidence is a parliamentary motion whose passing would demonstrate to the head of state that the elected parliament no longer has confidence in the appointed government.-Overview:Typically, when a parliament passes a vote of no...

 in 1979 precipitated a General Election

United Kingdom general elections

This is a list of United Kingdom general elections since the first in 1802. The members of the 1801–1802 Parliament had been elected to the former Parliament of Great Britain and Parliament of Ireland, before being co-opted to serve in the first Parliament of the United Kingdom, so that Parliament...

, which the Tories won - with their leader Margaret Thatcher

Margaret Thatcher

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

 becoming Britain's first female prime minister.

James Callaghan would continue to lead Labour in opposition for 18 months before stepping down to make way for Michael Foot

Michael Foot

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

.

Ministers

Members of the Cabinet

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....

 are in bold face.

Office	Name	Dates	Notes
Prime Minister Prime Minister of the United Kingdom The Prime Minister of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is the Head of Her Majesty's Government in the United Kingdom. The Prime Minister and Cabinet are collectively accountable for their policies and actions to the Sovereign, to Parliament, to their political party and... , First Lord of the Treasury First Lord of the Treasury The First Lord of the Treasury is the head of the commission exercising the ancient office of Lord High Treasurer in the United Kingdom, and is now always also the Prime Minister... and Minister for the Civil Service Minister for the Civil Service In British government, the Minister for the Civil Service is responsible for making regulations regarding Her Majesty's Civil Service, the role of which is to assist the governments of the United Kingdom in formulating and implementing policies...	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 March 1974 – 5 April 1976
	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...	5 April 1976 – 4 May 1979
Minister of State, Civil Service Department	Robert Sheldon Robert Sheldon, Baron Sheldon Robert Edward Sheldon, Baron Sheldon, PC is a Labour politician.Sheldon was educated at Burnley Grammar School, technical colleges and the University of London...	7 March 1974
	Charles Morris Charles Morris (politician) Charles Richard Morris is a retired British Labour politician.Morris was educated at Brookdale Park School, Manchester. He was a postal and telegraph officer and a national executive member of the Union of Post Office Workers 1959–63...	18 October 1974
Parliamentary Secretary, Civil Service Department	John Grant John Grant (British politician) John Douglas Grant was a British Member of Parliament from 1970 to 1983. He was as a member of the Labour until he left in 1981 to join the new Social Democratic Party . He represented Islington East from 1970 to 1974 and Islington Central from 1974-1983.Grant was born in Finsbury Park, North London...	7 March 1974 – 18 October 1974
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 Elwyn-Jones Elwyn Jones, Baron Elwyn-Jones Frederick Elwyn Jones, Baron Elwyn-Jones CH, PC was a Welsh barrister and Labour politician.-Background and education:...	5 March 1974
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...   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...	Edward Short Edward Short, Baron Glenamara Edward Watson Short, Baron Glenamara, CH PC is a former Labour Member of Parliament for Newcastle upon Tyne Central, England. He was a minister during the Labour Governments of Harold Wilson...	5 March 1974
	Michael Foot Michael Foot Michael Mackintosh Foot, FRSL, PC was a British Labour Party politician, journalist and author, who was a Member of Parliament from 1945 to 1955 and from 1960 until 1992...	8 April 1976
Minister of State for the Privy Council Office	Gerald Fowler Gerald Fowler Gerald Teasdale Fowler was a British Labour Party politician.Fowler was educated at Northampton Grammar School where he was a friend of Bernard later Lord Donoughue, Lincoln College, Oxford and Frankfurt University...	18 October 1974	|
	The Lord Crowther-Hunt Norman Crowther Hunt, Baron Crowther-Hunt Norman Crowther Hunt, Baron Crowther-Hunt was a British scholar and Labour politician. He served as a Minister of State in Harold Wilson's 1974–1976 government, and became Rector of Exeter College, Oxford in 1982....	23 January 1976
	John Smith	8 April 1976
	The Baroness Birk Alma Birk Alma Lillian Birk, Baroness Birk was a British Labour Party politician and Government minister.Birk was educated at South Hampstead High School and at the London School of Economics...	3 January 1979
Parliamentary Secretary to the Privy Council Office	William Price	18 October 1974
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 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 Shepherd Malcolm Shepherd, 2nd Baron Shepherd Malcolm Newton Shepherd, 2nd Baron Shepherd [Hereditary] and also Baron Shepherd of Spalding [Life Peerage] PC , was a British Labour politician and peer who served as Leader of the House of Lords under Harold Wilson and James Callaghan.Shepherd was the son of the Labour politician George...	7 March 1974
	The Lord Peart Fred Peart, Baron Peart Thomas Frederick "Fred" Peart, Baron Peart, PC was a British Labour politician who served in the Labour governments of the 1960s and 1970s and was a candidate for Deputy Leader of the Party....	10 September 1976
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...	Denis Healey Denis Healey Denis Winston Healey, Baron Healey CH, MBE, PC is a British Labour politician, who served as Secretary of State for Defence from 1964 to 1970 and Chancellor of the Exchequer from 1974 to 1979.-Early life:...	5 March 1974
Chief Secretary to the Treasury Chief Secretary to the Treasury The Chief Secretary to the Treasury is the third most senior ministerial position in HM Treasury, after the Prime Minister and the Chancellor of the Exchequer . In recent years, the office holder has usually been given a junior position in the British Cabinet...	Joel Barnett Joel Barnett, Baron Barnett Joel Barnett, Baron Barnett, PC , is a Labour Party member of the House of Lords.Barnett was educated at Manchester Central High School. He worked as an accountant...	7 March 1974	In Cabinet from Feb 1977
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...	Robert Mellish Bob Mellish, Baron Mellish Robert Joseph Mellish, Baron Mellish, PC was a British politician. He was a long-serving Labour Party MP and served as the Labour Chief Whip from 1969 until 1976 but in his later years he fell out with his local Constituency Labour Party which had become dominated by left-wingers, and eventually...	5 March 1974
	Michael Cocks Michael Cocks Michael Francis Lovell Cocks, Baron Cocks of Hartcliffe was a Labour Party politician in the United Kingdom.Cocks was educated at Silcoates School, Wakefield and Bristol University and became a teacher....	8 April 1976
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...	John Gilbert John Gilbert, Baron Gilbert John William Gilbert, Baron Gilbert PC is a British Labour politician.Gilbert was educated at Merchant Taylors' School, Northwood, St John's College, Oxford and New York University....	7 March 1974
	Robert Sheldon Robert Sheldon, Baron Sheldon Robert Edward Sheldon, Baron Sheldon, PC is a Labour politician.Sheldon was educated at Burnley Grammar School, technical colleges and the University of London...	17 June 1975
Minister of State, Treasury	Robert Sheldon Robert Sheldon, Baron Sheldon Robert Edward Sheldon, Baron Sheldon, PC is a Labour politician.Sheldon was educated at Burnley Grammar School, technical colleges and the University of London...	18 October 1974
	Denzil Davies Denzil Davies David John Denzil Davies is a former British Treasury Minister . He served for 35 years as the Member of Parliament for Llanelli for the Labour Party from 1970 to 2005, and is a member of the Privy Council.-Early life:He attended Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School for Boys in Carmarthen, and then...	17 June 1975
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...	Donald Coleman Donald Coleman Donald Richard Coleman, CBE, JP, DL was the Labour Member of Parliament in the United Kingdom for Neath from 1964 until his death in 1991....	8 March 1974 – 6 July 1978
	James Dunn	8 March 1974 – 14 April 1976
	John Golding John Golding (British politician) John Golding was a Labour Party politician and Trade Union leader in the United Kingdom.He was educated at Chester Grammar School, Keele University and the London School of Economics...	8 March 1974 – 18 October 1974
	Tom Pendry Tom Pendry, Baron Pendry Thomas Pendry, Baron Pendry PC is a Labour politician and member of the House of Lords. He was previously the Labour member of parliament for Stalybridge and Hyde from 1970 to 2001. In 2000, prior to his retirement as an MP he was made a member of the Privy council on the recommendation of Tony...	8 March 1974 – 18 January 1977
	James Hamilton James Hamilton (Scottish politician) James Hamilton, CBE was a British Labour Party politician.Hamilton was a construction engineer and was on the national executive of the Constructional Engineering Union and on the Scottish Board for Industry...	8 March 1974 – 28 June 1974
	Michael Cocks Michael Cocks Michael Francis Lovell Cocks, Baron Cocks of Hartcliffe was a Labour Party politician in the United Kingdom.Cocks was educated at Silcoates School, Wakefield and Bristol University and became a teacher....	28 June 1974 – 8 April 1976
	Jack Dormand	18 October 1974 – 4 May 1979
	David Stoddart David Stoddart, Baron Stoddart of Swindon David Leonard Stoddart, Baron Stoddart of Swindon is a British independent Labour politician .-Political career:...	4 April 1976 – 18 November 1977
	Edward Graham	14 April 1976 – 4 May 1979
	Tom Cox Tom Cox Thomas Michael Cox is a retired Labour party politician in the United Kingdom.Cox was educated at state schools and the London School of Economics after which, according to his entry in Who's Who, he became an "electrical worker"...	19 January 1977 – 4 May 1979
	Peter Snape Peter Snape, Baron Snape Peter Charles Snape, Baron Snape is a Labour Party politician in the United Kingdom. He served as Member of Parliament for West Bromwich East until he stood down in the 2001 election...	23 November 1977 – 4 May 1979
	Albert Stallard Albert Stallard, Baron Stallard Albert William Stallard, Baron Stallard of St. Pancras , better known as Jock Stallard, was a Labour Party politician in the United Kingdom. He served as a councillor in St Pancras and Camden, and then as a Member of Parliament...	5 July 1978 – 17 January 1979
	Alfred Bates Alfred Bates Alfred Bates is a British Labour Party politician.Bates was first elected to the House of Commons in the February 1974 general election, as Member of Parliament for Bebington and Ellesmere Port. He was re-elected at the October 1974 election, but lost his seat at the 1979 general election to the...	17 January 1979 – 4 May 1979
Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs The Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, commonly referred to as the Foreign Secretary, is a senior member of Her Majesty's Government heading the Foreign and Commonwealth Office and regarded as one of the Great Offices of State...	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...	5 March 1974
	Anthony Crosland Anthony Crosland Charles Anthony Raven Crosland , otherwise Tony Crosland or C.A.R. Crosland, was a British Labour Party politician and author. He served as Member of Parliament for South Gloucestershire and later for Great Grimsby...	8 April 1976
	David Owen David Owen David Anthony Llewellyn Owen, Baron Owen CH PC FRCP is a British politician.Owen served as British Foreign Secretary from 1977 to 1979, the youngest person in over forty years to hold the post; he co-authored the failed Vance-Owen and Owen-Stoltenberg peace plans offered during the Bosnian War...	21 February 1977
Minister of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Minister of State for Foreign Affairs is a junior ministerial position in the British government.-Ministers of State for Foreign Affairs 1945-1968:*1945: William Mabane*1945-1946: Philip Noel-Baker*1946-1950: Hector McNeil*1950-1951: Kenneth Younger...	David Ennals	7 March 1974 – 8 April 1976
	Roy Hattersley Roy Hattersley Roy Sydney George Hattersley, Baron Hattersley is a British Labour politician, author and journalist from Sheffield. He served as Deputy Leader of the Labour Party from 1983 to 1992.-Early life:...	7 March 1974 – 10 September 1976
	The Lord Goronwy-Roberts	4 December 1975 – 4 May 1979
	Ted Rowlands Ted Rowlands, Baron Rowlands Edward "Ted" Rowlands, Baron Rowlands, CBE is a Welsh politician, who served as a Labour Party Member of Parliament for over thirty years and as a junior minister in the 1960s and 1970s.-Education:...	14 April 1976 – 4 May 1979
	David Owen David Owen David Anthony Llewellyn Owen, Baron Owen CH PC FRCP is a British politician.Owen served as British Foreign Secretary from 1977 to 1979, the youngest person in over forty years to hold the post; he co-authored the failed Vance-Owen and Owen-Stoltenberg peace plans offered during the Bosnian War...	10 September 1976 – 21 February 1977
	Frank Judd	21 February 1977 – 4 May 1979
Under-Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs	Joan Lestor Joan Lestor Joan Lestor, Baroness Lestor of Eccles was a British Labour politician.Lestor was educated at Blaenavon Secondary School, Monmouth; William Morris High School, Walthamstow and the University of London. She became a nursery school teacher and a member of the Socialist Party of Great Britain, but...	8 March 1974 – 12 June 1975
	The Lord Goronwy-Roberts	8 March 1974 – 4 December 1975	|
	Ted Rowlands Ted Rowlands, Baron Rowlands Edward "Ted" Rowlands, Baron Rowlands, CBE is a Welsh politician, who served as a Labour Party Member of Parliament for over thirty years and as a junior minister in the 1960s and 1970s.-Education:...	12 June 1975 – 14 April 1976
	John Tomlinson John Tomlinson, Baron Tomlinson John Edward Tomlinson, Baron Tomlinson , is a British Labour Co-operative politician. He is currently a life peer in the House of Lords, and was previously a Member of Parliament from 1974 to 1979, and an Member of the European Parliament from 1984 to 1999.Born in London, Tomlinson was educated...	17 March 1976 – 4 May 1979	Also Overseas Development
	Evan Luard Evan Luard Evan Trant Luard , most commonly known as Evan Luard, was a British Labour and SDP politician....	14 April 1976 – 4 May 1979
Minister for Overseas Development	Judith Hart Judith Hart Judith Hart, Baroness Hart of South Lanark DBE PC was a British Labour Party politician...	7 April 1974	Subordinated to Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs 10 June 1975
Minister of Overseas Development	Reginald Prentice Reginald Prentice Reginald Ernest Prentice, Baron Prentice, PC was a British politician who held ministerial office in both Labour and Conservative Party governments...	10 June 1975
	Frank Judd	21 December 1976
	Judith Hart Judith Hart Judith Hart, Baroness Hart of South Lanark DBE PC was a British Labour Party politician...	21 February 1977
Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Overseas Development	William Price	11 March 1974
	John Grant John Grant (British politician) John Douglas Grant was a British Member of Parliament from 1970 to 1983. He was as a member of the Labour until he left in 1981 to join the new Social Democratic Party . He represented Islington East from 1970 to 1974 and Islington Central from 1974-1983.Grant was born in Finsbury Park, North London...	18 October 1974
	Frank Judd	14 April 1976
	John Tomlinson John Tomlinson, Baron Tomlinson John Edward Tomlinson, Baron Tomlinson , is a British Labour Co-operative politician. He is currently a life peer in the House of Lords, and was previously a Member of Parliament from 1974 to 1979, and an Member of the European Parliament from 1984 to 1999.Born in London, Tomlinson was educated...	3 January 1977
Secretary of State for the Home Department	Roy Jenkins Roy Jenkins Roy Harris Jenkins, Baron Jenkins of Hillhead OM, PC was a British politician.The son of a Welsh coal miner who later became a union official and Labour MP, Roy Jenkins served with distinction in World War II. Elected to Parliament as a Labour member in 1948, he served in several major posts in...	5 March 1974	|
	Merlyn Rees Merlyn Rees, Baron Merlyn-Rees Merlyn Rees, later Merlyn Merlyn-Rees, Baron Merlyn-Rees, PC was a Welsh-born Labour party Member of Parliament from 1963 until 1992, having served as Home Secretary...	10 September 1976
Minister of State for Home Affairs	The Lord Harris	8 March 1974 – 3 January 1979
	Alex Lyon Alex Lyon Alexander Ward Lyon was a British Labour politician.- Early life :Lyon was educated at West Leeds High School and University College, London. He became a barrister, called to the Bar at Inner Temple in 1954. He was a member of the Bar Council and of the Fabian Society...	8 March 1974 – 14 April 1976
	Brynmor John Brynmor John Brynmor Thomas John was a British Labour politician.John was Member of Parliament for Pontypridd in South Wales from 1970 until his death in 1988 at the age of 55...	14 April 1976 – 4 May 1979
	The Lord Boston Terence Boston, Baron Boston of Faversham Terence George Boston, Baron Boston of Faversham QC was a British Labour Party politician. He was educated at King's College London where he took an LLB in law in 1954, and was called to the bar at Inner Temple in 1960....	3 January 1979 – 4 May 1979
Under-Secretary of State for Home Affairs	Shirley Summerskill Shirley Summerskill Shirley Catherine Wynne Summerskill is a British Labour Party politician and former government minister.Summerskill was educated at St Paul's Girls' School and Somerville College, Oxford and trained as a doctor at St. Thomas's Hospital...	8 March 1974
Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food The Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food was a UK cabinet position, responsible for the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food. The post was originally named President of the Board of Agriculture and was created in 1889...	Fred Peart Fred Peart, Baron Peart Thomas Frederick "Fred" Peart, Baron Peart, PC was a British Labour politician who served in the Labour governments of the 1960s and 1970s and was a candidate for Deputy Leader of the Party....	5 March 1974
	John Silkin John Silkin John Ernest Silkin, PC was an English Labour politician and solicitor.He was the third son of Lewis Silkin, 1st Baron Silkin, and a younger brother of Samuel Silkin, Baron Silkin of Dulwich. He was educated at Dulwich College, the University of Wales, and Trinity Hall at the University of...	10 September 1976
Minister of State for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food	Norman Buchan Norman Buchan Norman Findlay Buchan was a Labour politician, who represented the West Renfrewshire seat from 1964 until 1983 and the Paisley South seat from 1983 to 1990....	8 March 1974
	Edward Stanley Bishop	18 October 1974
Parliamentary Secretary to Agriculture, Fisheries and Food	Roland Moyle Roland Moyle Roland Dunstan Moyle is a British Labour politician.Moyle's father, Arthur Moyle, became a Labour Member of Parliament and served as Parliamentary Private Secretary to Clement Attlee...	11 March 1974
	Edward Stanley Bishop	28 June 1974
	Gavin Strang Gavin Strang Gavin Steel Strang is a British politician who served in the House of Commons for forty years , representing Edinburgh East in the Labour interest. He served as a minister in the 1974-1979 government under Prime Ministers Harold Wilson and James Callaghan as well as in the Cabinet under Tony Blair...	18 October 1974
Secretary of State for Defence Secretary of State for Defence The Secretary of State for Defence, popularly known as the Defence Secretary, is the senior Government of the United Kingdom minister in charge of the Ministry of Defence, chairing the Defence Council. It is a Cabinet position...	Roy Mason Roy Mason Roy Mason, Baron Mason of Barnsley, PC is a British Labour politician and former Cabinet minister.He was born in Royston, and grew up in Carlton, Barnsley in South Yorkshire...	4 March 1974
	Frederick Mulley Frederick Mulley Frederick William Mulley, Baron Mulley PC was a British Labour politician, barrister-at-law, and economist.Mulley attended Warwick School between 1929 and 1936. He served in the Worcestershire Regiment in the Second World War, reaching the rank of sergeant, but was captured in 1940 and spent five...	10 September 1976
Minister of State for Defence	William Rodgers William Rodgers, Baron Rodgers of Quarry Bank William Thomas Rodgers, Baron Rodgers of Quarry Bank, PC , usually known as William Rodgers but also often known as Bill Rodgers, was one of the "Gang of Four" of senior British Labour Party politicians who defected to form the Social Democratic Party...	4 March 1974
	John Gilbert John Gilbert, Baron Gilbert John William Gilbert, Baron Gilbert PC is a British Labour politician.Gilbert was educated at Merchant Taylors' School, Northwood, St John's College, Oxford and New York University....	10 September 1976
Under-Secretary of State for the Navy	Frank Judd	8 March 1974
	Patrick Duffy Patrick Duffy (UK politician) Sir Albert Edward Patrick Duffy , Economist, Member of Parliament for Colne Valley 1963-1966, and for Sheffield Attercliffe 1970-1992, Minister of the Navy in the 1970s, and President of the NATO Assembly in the 1980s....	14 April 1976
Under-Secretary of State for the Air Force	Brynmor John Brynmor John Brynmor Thomas John was a British Labour politician.John was Member of Parliament for Pontypridd in South Wales from 1970 until his death in 1988 at the age of 55...	8 March 1974
	James Wellbeloved James Wellbeloved Alfred James Wellbeloved is a former British politician.Wellbeloved was educated at South London Technical College and was a commercial and industrial correspondent...	14 April 1976
Under-Secretary of State for the Army	Desmond Brayley	4 March 1974
	Robert Brown Robert Brown (English politician) Robert Crofton Brown was an English Labour Party politician.Brown was a district gas inspector with the Northern Gas Board and a branch secretary of the National Union of General and Municipal Workers...	18 October 1974
Secretary of State for Education and Science	Reginald Prentice Reginald Prentice Reginald Ernest Prentice, Baron Prentice, PC was a British politician who held ministerial office in both Labour and Conservative Party governments...	5 March 1974
	Frederick Mulley Frederick Mulley Frederick William Mulley, Baron Mulley PC was a British Labour politician, barrister-at-law, and economist.Mulley attended Warwick School between 1929 and 1936. He served in the Worcestershire Regiment in the Second World War, reaching the rank of sergeant, but was captured in 1940 and spent five...	10 June 1975
	Shirley Williams Shirley Williams, Baroness Williams of Crosby Shirley Williams, Baroness Williams of Crosby PC is a British politician and academic. Originally a Labour Member of Parliament and Cabinet Minister, she was one of the "Gang of Four" rebels who founded the Social Democratic Party in 1981...	10 September 1976
Minister of State, Education and Science	Gerald Fowler Gerald Fowler Gerald Teasdale Fowler was a British Labour Party politician.Fowler was educated at Northampton Grammar School where he was a friend of Bernard later Lord Donoughue, Lincoln College, Oxford and Frankfurt University...	8 March 1974
	Norman Crowther Hunt	18 October 1974
	Gerald Fowler Gerald Fowler Gerald Teasdale Fowler was a British Labour Party politician.Fowler was educated at Northampton Grammar School where he was a friend of Bernard later Lord Donoughue, Lincoln College, Oxford and Frankfurt University...	23 January 1976
	Gordon Oakes Gordon Oakes Gordon James Oakes was a British Labour Party politician.Oakes was educated at Wade Deacon grammar school, Widnes and at Liverpool University...	10 September 1976
	Janet Young Janet Young, Baroness Young Janet Mary Baker Young, Baroness Young PC , was a British Conservative politician. She served as the first ever female Leader of the House of Lords from 1981 to 1983, first as Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and from 1982 as Lord Privy Seal...	7 May 1979
Under-Secretary of State, Education and Science	Ernest Armstrong Ernest Armstrong Ernest Armstrong was a British Labour Party politician.Armstrong was educated at Wolsingham Grammar School and City of Leeds Teacher Training College, and ultimately became a headmaster...	7 March 1974
	Joan Lestor Joan Lestor Joan Lestor, Baroness Lestor of Eccles was a British Labour politician.Lestor was educated at Blaenavon Secondary School, Monmouth; William Morris High School, Walthamstow and the University of London. She became a nursery school teacher and a member of the Socialist Party of Great Britain, but...	12 June 1975
	Margaret Jackson Margaret Beckett Margaret Mary Beckett is a British Labour Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament for Derby South since 1983, rising to become the Deputy Leader of the Labour Party under John Smith, from 18 July 1992 to 12 May 1994, and briefly serving as Leader of the Party following Smith's death...	12 March 1976
Secretary of State for Employment Secretary of State for Employment The Secretary of State for Employment was a position in the Cabinet of the United Kingdom. In 1995 it was merged with Secretary of State for Education to make the Secretary of State for Education and Employment...	Michael Foot Michael Foot Michael Mackintosh Foot, FRSL, PC was a British Labour Party politician, journalist and author, who was a Member of Parliament from 1945 to 1955 and from 1960 until 1992...	5 March 1974
	Albert Booth Albert Booth Albert Edward Booth was a British Labour Party politician.Booth was educated at Marine School, South Shields and Rutherford College of Technology . He was a design draughtsman. He served as a councillor on Tynemouth Council 1962-65.Booth contested Tynemouth in 1964...	8 April 1976
Minister of State, Employment	Albert Booth Albert Booth Albert Edward Booth was a British Labour Party politician.Booth was educated at Marine School, South Shields and Rutherford College of Technology . He was a design draughtsman. He served as a councillor on Tynemouth Council 1962-65.Booth contested Tynemouth in 1964...	8 March 1976
	Harold Walker	14 April 1976
Under-Secretary of State, Employment	John Fraser John Fraser (UK politician) John Denis Fraser was Labour Member of Parliament for Norwood in London from 1966 to 1997 and a solicitor.Fraser was educated at Sloan Grammar School and the Law Society College of Law, becoming a solicitor. He was a councillor on Lambeth Borough Council 1962-65 and the London Borough of Lambeth...	8 March 1974 – 14 April 1976
	Harold Walker	8 March 1974 – 14 April 1976
	John Golding John Golding (British politician) John Golding was a Labour Party politician and Trade Union leader in the United Kingdom.He was educated at Chester Grammar School, Keele University and the London School of Economics...	14 April 1976 – 4 May 1979
	John Grant John Grant (British politician) John Douglas Grant was a British Member of Parliament from 1970 to 1983. He was as a member of the Labour until he left in 1981 to join the new Social Democratic Party . He represented Islington East from 1970 to 1974 and Islington Central from 1974-1983.Grant was born in Finsbury Park, North London...	14 April 1976 – 4 May 1979
Secretary of State for Energy	Eric Varley Eric Varley Eric Graham Varley, Baron Varley, PC was an English politician and former Cabinet Minister on the right wing of the Labour Party....	5 March 1974
	Tony Benn Tony Benn Anthony Neil Wedgwood "Tony" Benn, PC is a British Labour Party politician and a former MP and Cabinet Minister.His successful campaign to renounce his hereditary peerage was instrumental in the creation of the Peerage Act 1963...	10 May 1975
Minister of State, Energy	Thomas Balogh	7 March 1974
	John Smith	4 December 1975
	Dickson Mabon Dickson Mabon Dr. Jesse Dickson "Dick" Mabon PC FRSA was a Scottish politician, physician and company director. He was the founder of The Manifesto Group of Labour MPs, an alliance of moderate MPs against the perceived leftward drift of the Labour Party in the 1970s. He was a Labour Co-operative MP until...	14 April 1976
Under-Secretary of State, Energy	Gavin Strang Gavin Strang Gavin Steel Strang is a British politician who served in the House of Commons for forty years , representing Edinburgh East in the Labour interest. He served as a minister in the 1974-1979 government under Prime Ministers Harold Wilson and James Callaghan as well as in the Cabinet under Tony Blair...	7 March 1974 – 18 October 1974
	Alex Eadie Alex Eadie Alexander Eadie , known as Alex Eadie, is a British Labour politician.Eadie was educated at Buckhaven Senior Secondary School, Fife, and was a miners' agent...	7 March 1974 – 4 May 1979
	John Smith	18 October 1974 – 4 December 1975
	Peter Lovell Davis	4 December 1975 – 14 April 1976
	Gordon Oakes Gordon Oakes Gordon James Oakes was a British Labour Party politician.Oakes was educated at Wade Deacon grammar school, Widnes and at Liverpool University...	14 April 1976 – 10 September 1976
	Jack Cunningham Jack Cunningham John "Jack" Anderson Cunningham, Baron Cunningham of Felling, PC, DL is a British Labour Party politician, who was the Member of Parliament for Copeland from 1983 to 2005, and previously served in the Cabinet.-Early life:...	10 September 1976 – 4 May 1979
Secretary of State for the Environment Secretary of State for the Environment The Secretary of State for the Environment was a UK cabinet position, responsible for the Department of the Environment . This was created by Edward Heath as a combination of the Ministry of Housing and Local Government, the Ministry of Transport and the Ministry of Public Building and Works on 15...	Anthony Crosland Anthony Crosland Charles Anthony Raven Crosland , otherwise Tony Crosland or C.A.R. Crosland, was a British Labour Party politician and author. He served as Member of Parliament for South Gloucestershire and later for Great Grimsby...	5 March 1974
	Peter Shore Peter Shore Peter David Shore, Baron Shore of Stepney PC was a British Labour politician and former Cabinet Minister, noted in part for his opposition to the United Kingdom's entry into the European Economic Community. His idiosyncratic left-wing nationalism led to comparison with the French politician...	8 April 1976
Minister of State, Urban Affairs	Charles Morris Charles Morris (politician) Charles Richard Morris is a retired British Labour politician.Morris was educated at Brookdale Park School, Manchester. He was a postal and telegraph officer and a national executive member of the Union of Post Office Workers 1959–63...	7 March 1974 – 18 October 1974
Minister of State (Sport, Recreation and Water Resources)	Denis Howell Denis Howell Denis Herbert Howell, Baron Howell was a British Labour Party politician.Born in Birmingham, Howell was educated at Handsworth Grammar School, Birmingham and became a clerk and chairman of the Clerical and Administrative Workers Union standing orders committee. He was a Football League referee and...	7 March 1974 – 4 May 1979
Under-Secretary of State, Environment	Gerald Kaufman Gerald Kaufman Sir Gerald Bernard Kaufman is a British Labour Party politician, who has been a Member of Parliament since 1970, first for Manchester Ardwick, and then subsequently for Manchester Gorton...	8 March 1974 – 12 June 1975
	Neil Carmichael	8 March 1974 – 4 December 1975
	Gordon Oakes Gordon Oakes Gordon James Oakes was a British Labour Party politician.Oakes was educated at Wade Deacon grammar school, Widnes and at Liverpool University...	8 March 1974 – 14 April 1976
	Alma Birk Alma Birk Alma Lillian Birk, Baroness Birk was a British Labour Party politician and Government minister.Birk was educated at South Hampstead High School and at the London School of Economics...	18 October 1974 – 3 January 1979
	Ernest Armstrong Ernest Armstrong Ernest Armstrong was a British Labour Party politician.Armstrong was educated at Wolsingham Grammar School and City of Leeds Teacher Training College, and ultimately became a headmaster...	12 June 1975 – 4 May 1979
	Guy Barnett Guy Barnett (UK politician) Nicolas Guy Barnett was a British Labour Party politician and Member of Parliament.-Education and teaching and development work:...	5 December 1975 – 4 May 1979
	Kenneth Marks Kenneth Marks Kenneth Marks was a Labour Party politician in the United Kingdom.Marks was Member of Parliament for Manchester Gorton from a 1967 by-election to 1983. From 1975 to 1979, he was a junior Environment minister....	14 April 1976 – 4 May 1979
	Phyllis Stedman	3 January 1979 – 4 May 1979
Minister for Planning and Local Government	John Silkin John Silkin John Ernest Silkin, PC was an English Labour politician and solicitor.He was the third son of Lewis Silkin, 1st Baron Silkin, and a younger brother of Samuel Silkin, Baron Silkin of Dulwich. He was educated at Dulwich College, the University of Wales, and Trinity Hall at the University of...	7 March 1974	In Cabinet from 18 Oct 1974. Office abolished 10 Sep 1976
Minister for Transport Minister for Transport A Ministry of Transport is a ministry or other government agency charged with transport. It may be headed by a Minister for Transport.Specific duties may be overseeing transportation safety, developing government transportation policy, organizing public transport, and the maintenance and...	Fred Mulley	7 March 1974
	John Gilbert	12 June 1975	Separate department and Cabinet Minister from 10 September 1976
Minister for Housing and Construction	Reg Freeson	7 March 1974
Secretary of State for Social Services Secretary of State for Social Services The Secretary of State for Social Services was a position in the UK cabinet, created on 1 November 1968 with responsibility for the Department of Health and Social Security...	Barbara Castle Barbara Castle Barbara Anne Castle, Baroness Castle of Blackburn , PC, GCOT was a British Labour Party politician....	5 March 1974
	David Ennals	8 April 1976
Minister of State, Health and Social Security	Brian O'Malley Brian O'Malley Brian Kevin O'Malley was a British Labour Party politician.O'Malley was educated at Mexborough Grammar School and Manchester University. He was a teacher and lecturer and a trade union branch official....	8 March 1974 – 6 April 1976
	David Owen David Owen David Anthony Llewellyn Owen, Baron Owen CH PC FRCP is a British politician.Owen served as British Foreign Secretary from 1977 to 1979, the youngest person in over forty years to hold the post; he co-authored the failed Vance-Owen and Owen-Stoltenberg peace plans offered during the Bosnian War...	26 July 1974 – 10 September 1976
	Stan Orme	8 April 1976 – 4 May 1979	In Cabinet as Minister for Social Security from 10 Sep 1976
	Roland Moyle Roland Moyle Roland Dunstan Moyle is a British Labour politician.Moyle's father, Arthur Moyle, became a Labour Member of Parliament and served as Parliamentary Private Secretary to Clement Attlee...	10 September 1976 – 4 May 1979
Under-Secretary of State, Health and Social Security	David Owen David Owen David Anthony Llewellyn Owen, Baron Owen CH PC FRCP is a British politician.Owen served as British Foreign Secretary from 1977 to 1979, the youngest person in over forty years to hold the post; he co-authored the failed Vance-Owen and Owen-Stoltenberg peace plans offered during the Bosnian War...	8 March 1974 – 26 July 1974
	Robert Brown Robert Brown (English politician) Robert Crofton Brown was an English Labour Party politician.Brown was a district gas inspector with the Northern Gas Board and a branch secretary of the National Union of General and Municipal Workers...	8 March 1974 – 18 October 1974
	Alec Jones Alec Jones Alec Jones was a British Labour Party politician.Jones was Member of Parliament for Rhondda West from the Rhondda West by-election, 1967 until the constituency was abolished in 1974, and for Rhondda from 1974 until he died in office shortly before the 1983 general election at the age of 58...	18 October 1974 – 12 June 1975
	Michael Meacher Michael Meacher Michael Hugh Meacher is a British Labour politician, who has been the Member of Parliament for Oldham West and Royton since 1997. Previously he had been the MP for Oldham West, first elected in 1970. On 22 February 2007 he declared that he would be standing for the Labour Leadership, challenging...	12 June 1975 – 14 April 1976
	Eric Deakins Eric Deakins Eric Petro Deakins, born 7 October 1932, is a British Labour Party politician.Deakins was educated at Tottenham Grammar School and London School of Economics and became a commercial executive...	14 April 1976 – 4 May 1979
	The Lord Wells-Pestell	3 January 1979 – 4 May 1979
Under-Secretary of State, Disabled Industry	Alf Morris Alf Morris Alfred Morris, Baron Morris of Manchester, AO, QSO, PC is a British Labour Co-operative politician and disability campaigner.-Political career:Morris served as Member of Parliament for Manchester Wythenshawe from 1964 until 1997...	11 March 1974 – 4 May 1979
Secretary of State for Industry Secretary of State for Trade and Industry The Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills is a cabinet position in the United Kingdom government. Its secondary title is the President of the Board of Trade...	Tony Benn Tony Benn Anthony Neil Wedgwood "Tony" Benn, PC is a British Labour Party politician and a former MP and Cabinet Minister.His successful campaign to renounce his hereditary peerage was instrumental in the creation of the Peerage Act 1963...	5 March 1974	Also Minister for Posts and Telecommunications 7–29 March 1974
	Eric Varley Eric Varley Eric Graham Varley, Baron Varley, PC was an English politician and former Cabinet Minister on the right wing of the Labour Party....	10 June 1975
Minister of State, Industry	Eric Heffer Eric Heffer Eric Samuel Heffer was a British socialist politician. He was Labour Member of Parliament for Liverpool Walton from 1964 until his death. His working-class background and consciousness fed in to his left-wing politics, but to an extent disguised the depth of his knowledge: with 12,000 books in...	7 March 1974 – 9 April 1975
	The Lord 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...	11 March 1974 – 4 December 1975
	Gerald Kaufman Gerald Kaufman Sir Gerald Bernard Kaufman is a British Labour Party politician, who has been a Member of Parliament since 1970, first for Manchester Ardwick, and then subsequently for Manchester Gorton...	4 December 1975 – 14 April 1976
	Alan Williams Alan Williams Alan John Williams is a British Labour Party politician, who was the Member of Parliament for Swansea West from 1964 to 2010.-Early life:...	14 April 1976 – 4 May 1979
Under-Secretary of State, Industry	Gregor Mackenzie Gregor Mackenzie James Gregor Mackenzie was a British Labour Party politician.Mackenzie was educated at the Royal Technical College and Glasgow University...	7 March 1974 – 10 June 1975
	Michael Meacher Michael Meacher Michael Hugh Meacher is a British Labour politician, who has been the Member of Parliament for Oldham West and Royton since 1997. Previously he had been the MP for Oldham West, first elected in 1970. On 22 February 2007 he declared that he would be standing for the Labour Leadership, challenging...	7 March 1974 – 12 June 1975
	Gerald Kaufman Gerald Kaufman Sir Gerald Bernard Kaufman is a British Labour Party politician, who has been a Member of Parliament since 1970, first for Manchester Ardwick, and then subsequently for Manchester Gorton...	12 June 1975 – 4 December 1975
	The Lord Melchett Peter Mond, 4th Baron Melchett Peter Robert Henry Mond, 4th Baron Melchett , son of the British Steel Corporation Chairman Sir Julian Mond and Sonia Melchett , was educated at Eton and Cambridge, where he read Law...	4 December 1975 – 10 September 1976
	Neil Carmichael	4 December 1975 – 14 April 1976
	Les Huckfield Les Huckfield Leslie John Huckfield is a British Labour politician, who served as Member of Parliament for Nuneaton from 1967 to 1983 and as an MEP from 1984 to 1989....	4 April 1976 – 4 May 1979
	Bob Cryer Bob Cryer George Robert Cryer, known as Bob Cryer was a politician in the United Kingdom.He was educated at Salt High School, Shipley, and the University of Hull...	10 September 1976 – 20 November 1978
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...	Harold Lever Harold Lever, Baron Lever of Manchester Harold Lever, Baron Lever of Manchester, PC was a barrister and Labour Party politician in the United Kingdom....	5 March 1974
Secretary of State for Northern Ireland Secretary of State for Northern Ireland The Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, informally the Northern Ireland Secretary, is the principal secretary of state in the government of the United Kingdom with responsibilities for Northern Ireland. The Secretary of State is a Minister of the Crown who is accountable to the Parliament of...	Merlyn Rees Merlyn Rees, Baron Merlyn-Rees Merlyn Rees, later Merlyn Merlyn-Rees, Baron Merlyn-Rees, PC was a Welsh-born Labour party Member of Parliament from 1963 until 1992, having served as Home Secretary...	5 March 1974
	Roy Mason Roy Mason Roy Mason, Baron Mason of Barnsley, PC is a British Labour politician and former Cabinet minister.He was born in Royston, and grew up in Carlton, Barnsley in South Yorkshire...	10 September 1976
Minister of State, Northern Ireland	Stan Orme	7 March 1974 – 8 April 1976
	Roland Moyle Roland Moyle Roland Dunstan Moyle is a British Labour politician.Moyle's father, Arthur Moyle, became a Labour Member of Parliament and served as Parliamentary Private Secretary to Clement Attlee...	27 June 1974 – 10 September 1976
	Don Concannon Don Concannon John Dennis Concannon, known as Don Concannon, , was a British Labour Party politician.Born in Doncaster, Concannon was educated at Rossington secondary school and through the extramural department of the University of Nottingham...	14 April 1976 – 4 May 1979
	The Lord Melchett Peter Mond, 4th Baron Melchett Peter Robert Henry Mond, 4th Baron Melchett , son of the British Steel Corporation Chairman Sir Julian Mond and Sonia Melchett , was educated at Eton and Cambridge, where he read Law...	10 September 1976 – 4 May 1979
Under-Secretary of State, Northern Ireland	The Lord Donaldson of Kingsbridge Jack Donaldson, Baron Donaldson of Kingsbridge John George Stuart Donaldson, Baron Donaldson of Kingsbridge was a British politician and public servant. He married Frances Lonsdale in 1935. He was a soldier, farmer, prison reformer, consumers' champion and, under Jim Callaghan, Minister for the Arts from 1976 to 1979...	4 March 1974 – 5 April 1976
	Don Concannon Don Concannon John Dennis Concannon, known as Don Concannon, , was a British Labour Party politician.Born in Doncaster, Concannon was educated at Rossington secondary school and through the extramural department of the University of Nottingham...	27 June 1974 – 5 April 1976
	James Dunn	5 April 1976 – 4 May 1979
	Raymond Carter Raymond Carter Raymond John Carter is a British Labour Party politician.Carter was educated at Mortlake Secondary School, Reading Technical College and Stafford College of Technology and became an electrical engineer...	5 April 1976 – 4 May 1979
	Tom Pendry Tom Pendry, Baron Pendry Thomas Pendry, Baron Pendry PC is a Labour politician and member of the House of Lords. He was previously the Labour member of parliament for Stalybridge and Hyde from 1970 to 2001. In 2000, prior to his retirement as an MP he was made a member of the Privy council on the recommendation of Tony...	11 November 1978 – 4 May 1979
Paymaster General	Edmund Dell Edmund Dell Edmund Emanuel Dell was a British politician and businessman.Dell was born in London, the son of a Jewish manufacturer. In World War II he served in the Rifle Corps and the Royal Artillery, leaving as a first lieutenant...	7 March 1974
	Shirley Williams Shirley Williams, Baroness Williams of Crosby Shirley Williams, Baroness Williams of Crosby PC is a British politician and academic. Originally a Labour Member of Parliament and Cabinet Minister, she was one of the "Gang of Four" rebels who founded the Social Democratic Party in 1981...	5 April 1976
Secretary of State for Prices and Consumer Protection	Shirley Williams Shirley Williams, Baroness Williams of Crosby Shirley Williams, Baroness Williams of Crosby PC is a British politician and academic. Originally a Labour Member of Parliament and Cabinet Minister, she was one of the "Gang of Four" rebels who founded the Social Democratic Party in 1981...	4 March 1974
	Roy Hattersley Roy Hattersley Roy Sydney George Hattersley, Baron Hattersley is a British Labour politician, author and journalist from Sheffield. He served as Deputy Leader of the Labour Party from 1983 to 1992.-Early life:...	10 September 1976
Minister of State, Prices and Consumer Protection	Alan Williams Alan Williams Alan John Williams is a British Labour Party politician, who was the Member of Parliament for Swansea West from 1964 to 2010.-Early life:...	4 March 1974
	John Fraser John Fraser (UK politician) John Denis Fraser was Labour Member of Parliament for Norwood in London from 1966 to 1997 and a solicitor.Fraser was educated at Sloan Grammar School and the Law Society College of Law, becoming a solicitor. He was a councillor on Lambeth Borough Council 1962-65 and the London Borough of Lambeth...	5 April 1976
Under-Secretary of State, Prices and Consumer Protection	Robert Maclennan 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...	4 March 1974
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...	William Ross William Ross, Baron Ross of Marnock William 'Willie' Ross, Baron Ross of Marnock MBE was the longest serving Secretary of State for Scotland, holding office from 1964 to 1970 and again from 1974 to 1976, throughout the Prime Ministership of Harold Wilson....	4 March 1974
	Bruce Millan Bruce Millan Bruce Millan is a Scottish Labour politician. He was born in Dundee and educated at the Harris Academy in that city.He was elected as Member of Parliament for Glasgow Craigton at the 1959 general election and served for that seat, and after its abolition for Glasgow Govan, until 1988...	5 April 1976
Minister of State for Scotland	Bruce Millan Bruce Millan Bruce Millan is a Scottish Labour politician. He was born in Dundee and educated at the Harris Academy in that city.He was elected as Member of Parliament for Glasgow Craigton at the 1959 general election and served for that seat, and after its abolition for Glasgow Govan, until 1988...	4 March 1974 – 5 April 1976
	The Lord Hughes William Hughes, Baron Hughes William Hughes, Baron Hughes PC CBE was a Labour party politician in the United Kingdom.He unsuccessfully stood twice to become a Member of Parliament before becoming a life peer on 7 February 1961 as Baron Hughes, of Hawkhill in the County of the City of Dundee.In Harold Wilson's first...	4 March 1974 – 8 August 1975
	The Lord Kirkhill John Smith, Baron Kirkhill John Farquharson Smith, Baron Kirkhill is a life peer in the House of Lords of the United Kingdom .He was Lord Provost of the City of Aberdeen from 1971 to 1975 and Minister of State for Scotland from 8 August 1975 to 15 December 1978.He was Chairman of the North of Scotland Hydro-Electric Board...	8 August 1975 – 15 December 1978
	Gregor Mackenzie Gregor Mackenzie James Gregor Mackenzie was a British Labour Party politician.Mackenzie was educated at the Royal Technical College and Glasgow University...	5 April 1976 – 4 May 1979
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...	Robert Hughes Robert Hughes, Baron Hughes of Woodside Robert Hughes, Baron Hughes of Woodside is a British Labour politician.Educated at Robert Gordon's College, Aberdeen and in South Africa where he lived 1947–1954, he worked as a draughtsman...	4 March 1974 – 22 July 1975
	Hugh Brown Hugh Brown (British politician) Hugh Dunbar Brown was a British Labour Party politician. After serving as a councillor on the Glasgow Corporation, he was Member of Parliament for Glasgow Provan for 23 years. He has been described as the last "Red Clydesider"....	27 June 1974 – 4 May 1979
	Harry Ewing Harry Ewing, Baron Ewing of Kirkford Harry Ewing, Baron Ewing of Kirkford DL was a Labour politician in Scotland. He served as a Member of Parliament for 21 years, from a by-election in 1971 until the 1992 general election, when he became a life peer...	18 October 1974 – 4 May 1979
	Frank McElhone Frank McElhone Francis Patrick "Frank" McElhone was a Scottish Labour Party politician.McElhone was elected Member of Parliament for Glasgow Gorbals at a 1969 by-election, serving until the constituency was abolished in boundary changes for the 1974 general election.He was then elected as MP for Glasgow Queen's...	22 July 1975 – 4 May 1979
Secretary of State for Trade	Peter Shore Peter Shore Peter David Shore, Baron Shore of Stepney PC was a British Labour politician and former Cabinet Minister, noted in part for his opposition to the United Kingdom's entry into the European Economic Community. His idiosyncratic left-wing nationalism led to comparison with the French politician...	4 March 1974
	Edmund Dell Edmund Dell Edmund Emanuel Dell was a British politician and businessman.Dell was born in London, the son of a Jewish manufacturer. In World War II he served in the Rifle Corps and the Royal Artillery, leaving as a first lieutenant...	5 April 1976
	John Smith	11 November 1978
Under-Secretary of State for Trade	Eric Deakins Eric Deakins Eric Petro Deakins, born 7 October 1932, is a British Labour Party politician.Deakins was educated at Tottenham Grammar School and London School of Economics and became a commercial executive...	4 March 1974 – 5 April 1976
	Clinton Davis	4 March 1974 – 4 May 1979
	Michael Meacher Michael Meacher Michael Hugh Meacher is a British Labour politician, who has been the Member of Parliament for Oldham West and Royton since 1997. Previously he had been the MP for Oldham West, first elected in 1970. On 22 February 2007 he declared that he would be standing for the Labour Leadership, challenging...	5 April 1976 – 4 May 1979
Secretary of State for Transport Secretary of State for Transport The Secretary of State for Transport is the member of the cabinet responsible for the British Department for Transport. The role has had a high turnover as new appointments are blamed for the failures of decades of their predecessors...	William Rodgers William Rodgers, Baron Rodgers of Quarry Bank William Thomas Rodgers, Baron Rodgers of Quarry Bank, PC , usually known as William Rodgers but also often known as Bill Rodgers, was one of the "Gang of Four" of senior British Labour Party politicians who defected to form the Social Democratic Party...	10 September 1976
Under-Secretary of State for Transport	John Horam John Horam John Rhodes Horam is a politician in the United Kingdom. He sat in the House of Commons for two separate periods between 1970 and 2010, as a member of three different political parties, latterly as the Conservative Party Member of Parliament for Orpington until 2010.-Early life:Horam was born in...	10 September 1976
Secretary of State for Wales Secretary of State for Wales The Secretary of State for Wales is the head of the Wales Office within the British cabinet. He or she is responsible for ensuring Welsh interests are taken into account by the government, representing the government within Wales and overseeing the passing of legislation which is only for Wales...	John Morris John Morris, Baron Morris of Aberavon John Morris, Baron Morris of Aberavon, KG, PC, QC is a retired British politician. He was a Labour Member of Parliament from 1959 to 2001 and Secretary of State for Wales from 1974 to 1979.-Background and education:...	4 March 1974
Under-Secretary of State for Wales	Ted Rowlands Ted Rowlands, Baron Rowlands Edward "Ted" Rowlands, Baron Rowlands, CBE is a Welsh politician, who served as a Labour Party Member of Parliament for over thirty years and as a junior minister in the 1960s and 1970s.-Education:...	4 March 1974 – 12 June 1975
	Barry Jones Barry Jones, Baron Jones Stephen Barry Jones, Baron Jones, PC is a Labour Party politician in the United Kingdom.-Early life:Jones was educated at Hawarden Grammar School and Bangor College of Education. A teacher, he was president of the Flint County National Union of Teachers...	4 March 1974 – 4 May 1979
	Alec Jones Alec Jones Alec Jones was a British Labour Party politician.Jones was Member of Parliament for Rhondda West from the Rhondda West by-election, 1967 until the constituency was abolished in 1974, and for Rhondda from 1974 until he died in office shortly before the 1983 general election at the age of 58...	12 June 1975 – 4 May 1979
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...	Samuel Silkin Samuel Silkin, Baron Silkin of Dulwich Samuel Charles Silkin, Baron Silkin of Dulwich, PC, QC was a British Labour Party politician and cricketer....	4 March 1974
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...	Peter Archer Peter Archer, Baron Archer of Sandwell Peter Kingsley Archer, Baron Archer of Sandwell, PC , is a Labour Party member of the House of Lords.He was previously the Member of Parliament for Rowley Regis and Tipton and for Warley West, having first been elected in the 1966 general election until his leaving the House of Commons at the 1992...	4 March 1974
Parliamentary Secretary to the Law Officers	Arthur Davidson	4 March 1974
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...	Ronald King Murray	4 March 1974
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...	John McCluskey John McCluskey, Baron McCluskey John Herbert McCluskey, Baron McCluskey is a Scottish lawyer, judge and politician, who served as Solicitor General for Scotland, the country's junior Law Officer from 1974 to 1979, and as a Senator of the College of Justice, a judge of Scotland's Supreme Courts, from 1984 to 2004.He was recently...	4 March 1974
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...	Walter Harrison Walter Harrison Walter Harrison is a British Labour politician.Harrison was educated at Dewsbury Technical College and School of Art. He was a foreman electrician and was active in the Electricians' Trade Union...	4 March 1974
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...	Joseph Harper Joseph Harper (English politician) Joseph Harper was a Labour Party politician in Great Britain.He was elected as the Member of Parliament MP for Pontefract at a by-election in 1962. He was MP for the constituency and then Pontefract and Castleford until he died in office aged 64...	4 March 1974
	James Hamilton James Hamilton (Scottish politician) James Hamilton, CBE was a British Labour Party politician.Hamilton was a construction engineer and was on the national executive of the Constructional Engineering Union and on the Scottish Board for Industry...	6 July 1978
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...	Don Concannon Don Concannon John Dennis Concannon, known as Don Concannon, , was a British Labour Party politician.Born in Doncaster, Concannon was educated at Rossington secondary school and through the extramural department of the University of Nottingham...	4 March 1974
	James Hamilton James Hamilton (Scottish politician) James Hamilton, CBE was a British Labour Party politician.Hamilton was a construction engineer and was on the national executive of the Constructional Engineering Union and on the Scottish Board for Industry...	27 June 1974
	Donald Coleman Donald Coleman Donald Richard Coleman, CBE, JP, DL was the Labour Member of Parliament in the United Kingdom for Neath from 1964 until his death in 1991....	6 July 1978
Captain of the Gentlemen at Arms	The Baroness Llewellyn-Davies Annie Llewelyn-Davies, Baroness Llewelyn-Davies of Hastoe Annie Llewelyn-Davies, Baroness Llewelyn-Davies of Hastoe was a British Labour Party politician and life peer....	4 March 1974
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 Strabolgi	4 March 1974
Lords-in-Waiting	The Lord Jacques John Jacques, Baron Jacques John Henry Jacques, Baron Jacques was a British businessman and politician for the Co-operative Party.-Background:...	4 March 1974 – 19 January 1977, 11 January 1979 – 4 May 1979
	The Lord Garnsworthy	4 March 1974 – 4 September 1974
	The Baroness Birk	4 March 1974 – 18 October 1974
	The Lord Wells-Pestell	4 March 1974 – 11 January 1979
	The Lord Winterbottom Ian Winterbottom, Baron Winterbottom Ian Winterbottom, Baron Winterbottom , was a Labour Party politician in the United Kingdom.He was elected at the 1950 general election as Member of Parliament for Nottingham Central, a marginal constituency which the sitting Labour MP Geoffrey de Freitas had abandoned for the promising Lincoln...	18 October 1974 – 27 October 1978
	The Lord Lovell-Davis	18 October 1974 – 4 December 1975
	The Lord Melchett Peter Mond, 4th Baron Melchett Peter Robert Henry Mond, 4th Baron Melchett , son of the British Steel Corporation Chairman Sir Julian Mond and Sonia Melchett , was educated at Eton and Cambridge, where he read Law...	18 October 1974 – 4 December 1975
	The Baroness Stedman Phyllis Stedman Phyllis Stedman, Baroness Stedman was a British politician who briefly served as a minister.Born Phyllis Adams in Peterborough, Stedman attended Peterborough County Grammar School, then worked as a librarian in her home town, and served in the National Fire Service in Derbyshire during World War II...	4 December 1975 – 11 January 1979
	The Lord Oram Albert Oram, Baron Oram Albert Edward Oram, Baron Oram, , was a Co-operative and Labour politician in the United Kingdom.Bert Oram, the son of the blacksmith who made the beautiful railings around Chichester cathedral, was educated at Brighton, Hove and Sussex Grammar School and the London School of Economics. He became...	23 January 1976 – 23 March 1978
	The Lord Wallace of Tankerness	19 January 1977 – 4 May 1979
	The Lord Leonard	27 October 1978 – 4 May 1979
	The Baroness David of Romsey Nora David, Baroness David of Romsey Nora Ratcliff David, Baroness David was a British Labour Party politician and life peer.Born Nora Ratcliff Blakesley, the daughter of a merchant, she was educated at Ashby-de-la-Zouch Girls' Grammar School and at Saint Felix School, Southwold before going up to Newnham College, Cambridge to study...	27 October 1978 – 4 May 1979