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.
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