Minister of State at the Department for International Trade | |
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Department for International Trade | |
Style | Minister |
Nominator | Prime Minister of the United Kingdom |
Appointer | The Monarch on advice of the Prime Minister |
Formation | 3 September 1953 |
First holder | Derick Heathcoat-Amory |
Website | https://www.gov.uk/government/ministers/minister-of-state--111 |
The Minister of State for Trade is a mid-level role at the Department for International Trade in the Government of the United Kingdom. It has been held by Penny Mordaunt since September 2021. [1] The minister deputises for the Secretary of State for International Trade.
Although only a Minister of State position, it was considered to be one of the most important jobs outside Cabinet rank as when Douglas Alexander became Minister of State for Trade in September 2004, he was given a special provision to attend the Cabinet meetings.
The role has been known as the Minister of State for Investment.
The minister formerly worked at the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills.
Name | Portrait | Entered office | Left office | Political party | Notes | |
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Derick Heathcoat-Amory | 3 September 1953 | 18 October 1954 | Conservative | |||
Derek Walker-Smith | 18 October 1954 | 6 April 1955 | Conservative | |||
Derick Heathcoat-Amory | 6 April 1955 | 16 January 1957 | Conservative | |||
Derek Walker-Smith | 16 January 1957 | 17 September 1957 | Conservative | |||
John Vaughan-Morgan | 17 September 1957 | 22 October 1959 | Conservative | |||
Frederick Erroll | 22 October 1959 | 9 October 1961 | Conservative | |||
Sir Keith Joseph | 9 October 1961 | 16 July 1962 | Conservative | |||
Alan Green | 16 July 1962 | 23 October 1963 | Conservative | |||
The Lord Derwent | 6 September 1962 | 23 October 1963 | Conservative | |||
The Lord Drumalbyn | 23 October 1963 | 16 October 1964 | Conservative | |||
Edward du Cann | 23 October 1963 | 16 October 1964 | Conservative | |||
George Darling | 20 October 1964 | 6 April 1968 | Labour | |||
Edward Redhead | 20 October 1964 | 11 October 1965 | Labour | |||
Roy Mason | 20 October 1964 | 7 January 1967 | Labour | |||
The Lord Brown | 11 October 1965 | 19 June 1970 | Labour | |||
Joseph Mallalieu | 7 January 1967 | 1 July 1968 | Labour | |||
Edmund Dell | 6 April 1968 | 13 October 1969 | Labour | |||
William Rodgers | 1 July 1968 | 13 October 1969 | Labour | |||
Goronwy Roberts | 13 October 1969 | 19 June 1970 | Labour | |||
Frederick Corfield | 24 June 1970 | 15 October 1970 | Conservative | |||
Michael Noble | 15 October 1970 | 5 November 1972 | Conservative | |||
Sir Geoffrey Howe | 5 November 1972 | 4 March 1974 | Conservative | Attended Cabinet | ||
Eric Deakins | 4 March 1974 | 5 April 1976 | Labour | Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Trade | ||
Stanley Clinton-Davis | 4 March 1974 | 4 May 1979 | Labour | Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Trade | ||
Michael Meacher | 5 April 1976 | 4 May 1979 | Labour | Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Trade | ||
Cecil Parkinson | 7 May 1979 | 14 September 1981 | Conservative | |||
Peter Rees | 14 September 1981 | 9 June 1983 | Conservative | |||
Paul Channon | 9 June 1983 | 24 January 1986 | Conservative | |||
Alan Clark | 24 January 1986 | 25 July 1989 | Conservative | |||
The Lord Trefgarne | 25 July 1989 | 23 July 1990 | Conservative | |||
Tim Sainsbury | 23 July 1990 | 14 April 1992 | Conservative | |||
Richard Needham | 14 April 1992 | 6 July 1995 | Conservative | |||
Anthony Nelson | 6 July 1995 | 2 May 1997 | Conservative | |||
The Lord Clinton-Davis | 2 May 1997 | 28 July 1998 | Labour | |||
Brian Wilson | 28 July 1998 | 28 July 1999 | Labour | |||
Richard Caborn | 28 July 1999 | 11 June 2001 | Labour | |||
The Baroness Symons of Vernham Dean | 11 June 2001 | 13 June 2003 | Labour | |||
Mike O'Brien | 13 June 2003 | 9 September 2004 | Labour | |||
Douglas Alexander | 9 September 2004 | 11 May 2005 | Labour | |||
Ian Pearson | 11 May 2005 | 8 May 2006 | Labour | |||
Ian McCartney | 8 May 2006 | 28 June 2007 | Labour | Attended Cabinet | ||
The Lord Jones of Birmingham | 29 June 2007 | 3 October 2008 | Independent | Sat on the Labour benches in the House of Lords, but never joined the party. | ||
Gareth Thomas | 3 October 2008 | 5 June 2009 | Labour | Thomas apparently continued as a Trade Minister after the appointment of Davies. BERR described him simply as Minister for Trade, rather than Minister for Trade and Investment, as he was prior to Davies' appointment. [2] | ||
The Lord Davies of Abersoch | 14 January 2009 | 11 May 2010 | Labour | Minister for Trade, Investment and Business [2] | ||
Mark Prisk | 11 May 2010 | 11 January 2011 | Conservative | Styled as Minister of State for Business and Enterprise. He handled UK Trade & Investment until Green entered the government. | ||
The Lord Green of Hurstpierpoint | 11 January 2011 | 11 December 2013 | Conservative | Minister of State for Trade and Investment | ||
The Lord Livingston of Parkhead | 11 December 2013 | 11 May 2015 | Conservative | [3] | ||
The Lord Maude of Horsham | 11 May 2015 | 10 February 2016 | Conservative | Minister of State for Trade and Investment | ||
The Lord Price | 4 April 2016 | 3 September 2017 | Conservative | Minister of State for Trade and Investment Baroness Anelay of St John's was given Maude's responsibilities on an interim basis until Price took up the role in March 2016. [4] | ||
The Baroness Fairhead | 28 September 2017 | 7 May 2019 | Conservative | Minister of State for Trade | ||
Conor Burns | 25 July 2019 | 4 May 2020 | Conservative | Minister of State for Trade Policy | ||
Greg Hands | 13 February 2020 | 15 September 2021 | Conservative | Minister of State for Trade Policy | ||
The Lord Grimstone of Boscobel | 18 March 2020 | Present | Conservative | Minister of State for Investment | ||
Penny Mordaunt | 16 September 2021 | Present | Conservative | Minister of State for Trade | ||
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