Minister of State for Competitiveness

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Minister of State for Competitiveness
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Royal Arms as used by Her Majesty's Government
Shriti Vadera, Baroness Vadera.jpg
Department of Trade and Industry (1997–2007)
Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform (2007–2009)
Style The Honourable
Appointer Elizabeth II
Inaugural holder Ian McCartney
Formation12 July 2007
Final holder Shriti Vadera, Baroness Vadera
Abolished11 May 2010

The Minister of State for Competitiveness was an office held by a member of the United Kingdom government and appointed by the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.

The position was created within the Department of Trade and Industry following Tony Blair's victory in the 1997 general election and was initially held by Ian McCartney. [1] The office was vacant between 1999 and 2001. From 2001 to 2002, it was held by Douglas Alexander and, from 2002 to 2004, by Stephen Timms; both having additional responsibility for e-Commerce . [2] [3]

Following Gordon Brown's election as Labour leader and Prime Minister in July 2007, the Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform was created and the position was re-established and held again by Timms until January 2008. [4] [5] [6] He was succeeded by Baroness Vadera, who served in the more junior role of Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State with additional responsibilities for small business, deregulation, the British Business Council and the Cabinet Office. She left the post in June 2009, when the Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform was merged with the Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills. [7] [8]

Ministers of State for Competitiveness 1997–2010

PortraitNameTerm of officePolitical partyGovernment
Minister of State for Competitiveness
Minister of State for Trade, UK, Mr. Ian McCartney, in New Delhi on November 27, 2006 (cropped).jpg Ian McCartney
MP for Makerfield
5 May
1997
28 July
1999
Labour Blair I
Minister of State for e-Commerce and Competitiveness
Douglas Alexander MP at Chatham House 2015 crop.jpg Douglas Alexander
MP for Paisley South
11 June
2001
29 May
2002
Labour Blair II
Official portrait of Rt Hon Stephen Timms MP crop 2.jpg Stephen Timms
MP for East Ham
29 May
2002
9 September
2004
Labour Blair II
Minister of State for Competitiveness
Official portrait of Rt Hon Stephen Timms MP crop 2.jpg Stephen Timms
MP for East Ham
12 July
2007
25 January
2008
Labour Brown
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Competitiveness, Deregulation and British Business Council (until 2009)
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Competitiveness and Small Business
Shriti Vadera, Baroness Vadera.jpg Shriti Vadera, Baroness Vadera
25 January
2008
9 June
2009
Labour Brown

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