Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Labour

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Parliamentary secretary to the Minister of Labour of the United Kingdom
Ministry of Labour
StatusDefunct
Formation1916
First holderWilliam Bridgeman
Final holderWilliam Whitelaw
Abolished1964

Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Labour was a junior position within the British government, subordinate to the Minister of Labour. It was established in December 1916, at the same time as the Ministry of Labour. When the Ministry of Labour was renamed the Ministry of Labour and National Service in 1939, the position was consequently renamed Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Labour and National Service. When the Ministry resumed its former name in 1959, the office once again became named Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Labour. The post was abolished in 1964.

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List of Parliamentary Secretaries

Parliamentary Secretaries to the Ministry of Labour, 1916–1939

NameTook officeLeft officePolitical party
William Bridgeman 19161919 Conservative
George Wardle 19191920 Labour
Anderson Montague-Barlow 19201922 Conservative
Archibald Boyd-Carpenter 19221923 Conservative
Henry Betterton 19231924 Conservative
Margaret Bondfield 19241924 Labour
Henry Betterton 19241929 Conservative
Jack Lawson 19291931 Labour
Milner Gray 19311931 Liberal
Robert Hudson 19311935 Conservative
Anthony Muirhead 19351937 Conservative
R. A. Butler 19371938 Conservative
Alan Lennox-Boyd 19371939 Conservative

Parliamentary Secretaries to the Ministry of Labour and National Service, 1939–1959

NameTook officeLeft officePolitical party
Ralph Assheton 19391942 Conservative
George Tomlinson 19411945 Labour
Malcolm McCorquodale 19421945 Conservative
Ness Edwards 19451950 Labour
Fred Lee 19501951 Labour
Sir Peter Bennett 19511952 Conservative
Harold Watkinson 19521955 Conservative
Robert Carr 19551958 Conservative
Richard Wood 19581959 Conservative

Parliamentary Secretaries to the Ministry of Labour, 1959–1964

NameTook officeLeft officePolitical party
Peter Thomas 19591961 Conservative
Alan Green 19611962 Conservative
William Whitelaw 19621964 Conservative
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