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The Minister of State for Transport is a junior ministerial position in the Department for Transport

Department for Transport

In the United Kingdom, the Department for Transport is the government department responsible for the English transport network and a limited number of transport matters in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland which are not devolved...

of the Government of the United Kingdom

Government of the United Kingdom

Her Majesty's Government is the central government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. The Government is led by the Prime Minister, who selects all the remaining Ministers...

. The current Minister of State for Transport is Theresa Villiers

Theresa Villiers

Theresa Anne Villiers is a British Conservative Party politician. She is the Member of Parliament for Chipping Barnet and the Minister of State for Transport.She was appointed as a Privy Counsellor on 9 June 2010.-Early life:...

Member of Parliament

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Ministers of State for Transport

	Entered office	Left office	Political party	Notes
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...	2 May 1997	18 June 1998	Labour	In Cabinet
John Reid John Reid (politician) John Reid, Baron Reid of Cardowan, PC is a British politician, who served as a Labour Party Member of Parliament and cabinet minister under Tony Blair, most notably as Defence Secretary and then Home Secretary...	27 July 1998	17 May 1999	Labour	Attended Cabinet
Helen Liddell Helen Liddell Helen Lawrie Liddell, Baroness Liddell of Coatdyke is a British Labour Party politician who was the Member of Parliament for Monklands East from 1994 to 1997, and then for Airdrie and Shotts until 2005, whereafter she became the British High Commissioner to Australia until 2009...	17 May 1999	29 July 1999	Labour
The Lord Macdonald of Tradeston Gus Macdonald, Baron Macdonald of Tradeston Angus John "Gus" Macdonald, Baron Macdonald of Tradeston, CBE, PC , is a member of the House of Lords, taking the Labour Party Whip....	29 July 1999	8 June 2001	Labour	Attended Cabinet
John Spellar John Spellar John Francis Spellar is a British Labour Party politician, and the Member of Parliament for Warley. He served as a Minister of State at the Northern Ireland Office, before returning to the backbenches in 2005...	8 June 2001	12 June 2003	Labour	Attended Cabinet
Kim Howells Kim Howells Kim Scott Howells is a British Labour Party politician, who was the Member of Parliament for Pontypridd from 1989 to 2010, and held a number of ministerial positions within the Government.-Biography:...	12 June 2003	10 September 2004	Labour
Tony McNulty Tony McNulty Anthony "Tony" James McNulty is a former British Labour Party politician, who was the Member of Parliament for Harrow East from 1997 to 2010 and was a government minister from 2002 to 2009. He was Minister for London and Minister of State for Employment and Welfare Reform at the Department for...	10 September 2004	9 May 2005	Labour
Stephen Ladyman Stephen Ladyman Stephen John Ladyman is a British Labour Party politician who was the Member of Parliament for South Thanet from 1997 until 2010.-Early life:...	9 May 2005	27 July 2007	Labour
Rosie Winterton Rosie Winterton Rosalie "Rosie" Winterton is a British Labour Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament for Doncaster Central since 1997. Formerly a minister within both the Blair and Brown Governments, she first entered the Shadow Cabinet in May 2010 as the Shadow Leader of the House of Commons...	28 July 2007	3 October 2008	Labour
The Lord Adonis Andrew Adonis, Baron Adonis Andrew Adonis, Baron Adonis is a British academic, journalist, Labour Party politician and Life Peer, who was Secretary of State for Transport between 2009-2010....	3 October 2008	5 June 2009	Labour
Sadiq Khan Sadiq Khan Sadiq Aman Khan is a British Labour Party politician, who has been the Member of Parliament for Tooting since 2005, succeeding Tom Cox as the Labour MP for the seat...	7 June 2009	11 May 2010	Labour	Attended Cabinet when his responsibilities were on the agenda
Theresa Villiers Theresa Villiers Theresa Anne Villiers is a British Conservative Party politician. She is the Member of Parliament for Chipping Barnet and the Minister of State for Transport.She was appointed as a Privy Counsellor on 9 June 2010.-Early life:...	12 May 2010	Incumbent	Conservative

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