Minister of State for Transport

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United Kingdom
Minister of State for Rail and HS2
Royal Coat of Arms of the United Kingdom (HM Government) (2022).svg
Official portrait of Huw Merriman MP.jpg
Incumbent
Huw Merriman
since 27 October 2022
Department for Transport
Style Minister
Reports to Secretary of State for Transport
Nominator Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
Appointer The King
(on advice of the Prime Minister)
Term length At His Majesty's pleasure
First holder Lynda Chalker

The Minister of State for Rail and HS2 is a mid-level ministerial position in the Department for Transport of the Government of the United Kingdom. The minister is deputy to the Secretary of State for Transport.

Ministers of State for Transport

Name
(Cabinet status)
PortraitTerm of officePolitical party P.M. Transp.Sec.
Lynda Chalker Official portrait of Baroness Chalker of Wallasey crop 2.jpg 18 October 198310 January 1986 Conservative Thatcher

Ridley

Moore

Channon

Parkinson

David Mitchell No image.svg 23 January 198625 July 1988
Michael Portillo Michael Portillo December 2017.jpg 25 July 19884 May 1990
Roger Freeman Official portrait of Lord Freeman crop 2, 2019.jpg 4 May 199020 July 1994
The Lord Brabazon of Tara Official portrait of Lord Brabazon of Tara 2020 crop 2.jpg 23 July 199014 April 1992
The Earl of Caithness Official portrait of The Earl of Caithness crop 2.jpg 14 April 199211 January 1994 Major Rifkind

MacGregor

Mawhinney

Young
John Watts No image.svg 20 July 19942 May 1997
Gavin Strang
(in Cabinet)
No image.svg 2 May 199718 June 1998 Labour Blair Prescott
( DPM, SSETR )
John Reid
(attended Cabinet)
Official portrait of Lord Reid of Cardowan, 2020.jpg 27 July 199817 May 1999
Helen Liddell Official portrait of Baroness Liddell of Coatdyke crop 2.jpg 17 May 199929 July 1999
The Lord Macdonald of Tradeston
(attended Cabinet)
Khalid Rahim and Gus Macdonald (14680104148) (Macdonald cropped).jpg 29 July 19998 June 2001
John Spellar
(attended Cabinet)
Official portrait of John Spellar crop 2.jpg 8 June 200112 June 2003 Byers
( SSTLR )
Darling
Kim Howells Kim Howells 2.jpg 12 June 200310 September 2004
Tony McNulty McNulty bus.jpg 10 September 20049 May 2005
Stephen Ladyman Stephen Ladyman.jpg 9 May 2005 [1] 28 June 2007
Alexander
Rosie Winterton Rosie Winterton OfficialPortrait.jpg 28 June 20073 October 2008 Brown Kelly
The Lord Adonis Official portrait of Lord Adonis crop 2.jpg 3 October 20085 June 2009 Hoon
Sadiq Khan
(attended Cabinet when his
responsibilities were on the agenda
)
Sadiq Khan, September 2009 cropped.jpg 9 June 2009 [2] [3] 11 May 2010 Adonis
Theresa Villiers Theresa Villiers Official Portrait.jpg 12 May 2010 4 September 2012 Conservative Cameron Greening
Simon Burns Simon Burns Official.jpg 5 September 2012 5 October 2013 McLoughlin
The Baroness Kramer Official portrait of Baroness Kramer crop 2, 2019.jpg 5 October 20138 May 2015 Liberal Democrats
John Hayes Official portrait of Mr John Hayes crop 2.jpg 15 July 201411 May 2015 Conservative
Robert Goodwill Official portrait of Rt Hon Robert Goodwill MP crop 2.jpg 11 May 201516 July 2016
John Hayes Official portrait of Mr John Hayes crop 2.jpg 16 July 20169 January 2018 May Grayling
Jo Johnson Official portrait of Joseph Johnson crop 2 (cropped).jpg 9 January 20189 November 2018
Jesse Norman Official portrait of Rt Hon Jesse Norman MP crop 2.jpg 12 November 2018 23 May 2019
Michael Ellis Official portrait of Rt Hon Michael Ellis MP crop 2.jpg 23 May 2019 24 July 2019
George Freeman Official portrait of George Freeman MP crop 2.jpg 26 July 201913 February 2020 Johnson Shapps
Chris Heaton-Harris Official portrait of Chris Heaton-Harris MP crop 2.jpg 25 July 2019 19 December 2021
Andrew Stephenson Official portrait of Andrew Stephenson MP crop 2.jpg 13 February 20207 July 2022
Wendy Morton [lower-alpha 1] Official portrait of Wendy Morton MP crop 2.jpg 19 December 2021 6 September 2022
Trudy Harrison [lower-alpha 2] Official portrait of Trudy Harrison MP crop 2.jpg 7 July 2022 7 September 2022
Kevin Foster Official portrait of Kevin Foster crop 2.jpg 7 September 202226 October 2022 Truss Trevelyan
Lucy Frazer Official portrait of Lucy Frazer MP crop 2.jpg 8 September 202226 October 2022
Jesse Norman Official portrait of Rt Hon Jesse Norman MP crop 2.jpg 26 October 202213 November 2023 Sunak Harper
Huw Merriman Official portrait of Huw Merriman MP crop 2.jpg 27 October 2022Incumbent

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  1. Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State until February 2022
  2. Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State until July 2022