Under-Secretary of State for Transport

This article is about the office in use from 1976 to 1997. For the office in use from 1924 to 1970, see Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Transport. For the office in use since 2002, see Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Transport.

The Under-Secretary of State for Transport was a junior position in the Ministry of Transport in the British government.

History

The office was established in 1976 as part of the new Ministry of Transport. It replaced the former role of Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Transport.

Ministers

Name		Portrait	Term of office		Party	Prime Minister	Cabinet
Under-Secretary of State for Transport
	John Horam		10 September 1976	4 May 1979	Labour	Tony Blair	Wilson/Callaghan
	Kenneth Clarke [1]		7 May 1979	5 March 1982	Conservative	Margaret Thatcher	First Thatcher ministry
	Lynda Chalker		5 March 1982	11 June 1983	Conservative
	Reginald Eyre		5 March 1982	11 June 1983	Conservative
	Lynda Chalker		11 June 1983	18 October 1983	Conservative		Second Thatcher ministry
	David Mitchell		11 June 1983	23 January 1986	Conservative
	Michael Spicer		11 September 1984	13 June 1987	Conservative
	Malcolm Sinclair		2 September 1985	10 September 1986	Conservative
	Peter Bottomley		23 January 1986	24 July 1989	Conservative		Second Thatcher ministry/Third Thatcher ministry
	Ivon Moore-Brabazon		10 September 1986	23 July 1989	Conservative
	Robert Atkins		25 July 1989	22 July 1990	Conservative		Third Thatcher ministry
	Patrick McLoughlin		25 July 1989	14 April 1992	Conservative		Third Thatcher ministry/First Major ministry
	Christopher Chope [2]		23 July 1990	14 April 1992	Conservative		Third Thatcher ministry/First Major ministry
	Kenneth Carlisle		14 April 1992	27 May 1993	Conservative	John Major	Second Major ministry
	Steven Norris		14 April 1992	23 July 1996	Conservative		Second Major ministry
	Robert Key		27 May 1993	20 July 1994	Conservative		Second Major ministry
	John MacKay		11 January 1994	20 July 1994	Conservative		Second Major ministry
	Giles Goschen		20 July 1994	2 May 1997	Conservative		Second Major ministry
	John Bowis		23 July 1994	2 May 1997	Conservative		Second Major ministry

References

1. "Clarke for Transport | 11th August 1984 | The Commercial Motor Archive". archive.commercialmotor.com. Retrieved 2025-07-06.
2. "Chris Chope MP - Who is he?". Politics.co.uk. Retrieved 2025-07-06.