Secretary of State for Transport

United Kingdom
Secretary of State
for Transport
United Kingdom; Secretary of State; for Transport
	Royal Arms of His Majesty's Government
	Incumbent; Louise Haigh; since 5 July 2024
	Department for Transport
Style	Transport Secretary; (informal); The Right Honourable; (within the UK and Commonwealth)
Type	Minister of the Crown
Status	Secretary of State
Member of	Cabinet; Privy Council;
Reports to	The Prime Minister
Seat	Westminster
Nominator	The Prime Minister
Appointer	The Monarch; (on the advice of the Prime Minister)
Term length	At His Majesty's Pleasure
Formation	19 May 1919:; (as Minister of Transport); 29 May 2002:; (as Secretary of State for Transport);
First holder	Eric Campbell Geddes; (as Minister of Transport)
Salary	£159,038 per annum (2022); (including £86,584 MP salary)
Website	www.dft.gov.uk

The secretary of state for transport, also referred to as the transport secretary, is a secretary of state in the Government of the United Kingdom, with overall responsibility for the policies of the Department for Transport.^[3] The incumbent is a member of the Cabinet of the United Kingdom.

The office holder works alongside the other transport ministers. The corresponding shadow minister is the shadow secretary of state for transport, and the secretary of state is also scrutinised by the Transport Select Committee.^[4]

The current secretary of state for transport is Louise Haigh, who was appointed under Keir Starmer following Labour's victory in the 2024 United Kingdom general election.

History

The Ministry of Transport absorbed the Ministry of Shipping and was renamed the Ministry of War Transport in 1941, but resumed its previous name at the end of the war.^[5]

The Ministry of Civil Aviation was created by Winston Churchill in 1944 to look at peaceful ways of using aircraft and to find something for the aircraft factories to do after the war.^[6] The new Conservative government in 1951 appointed the same minister to both Transport and Civil Aviation, finally amalgamating the ministries on 1 October 1953.^[7]

The Ministry was renamed back to the Ministry of Transport on 14 October 1959, when a separate Ministry of Aviation was formed.

Transport responsibilities were subsumed by the Department for the Environment, headed by the secretary of state for the environment from 15 October 1970 to 10 September 1976.

The Department for Transport was recreated as a separate department by James Callaghan in 1976.^[8]

The super-department Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions was created in 1997 for Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott.

In 2001, the Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions was widely considered unwieldy and so was broken up,^[9] with the Transport functions now combined with Local Government and the Regions in the DTLR (Department for Transport, Local Government and the Regions).

List of ministers and secretaries of state

Minister of Transport (1919–1941)

Colour key (for political parties):
Conservative Labour National Labour Liberal National Liberal

		Term of office		Political party
	Eric Campbell Geddes	19 May 1919	7 November 1921	Conservative	David Lloyd George (Coalition)
File:William Peel.jpg	William Peel, Viscount Peel	7 November 1921	12 April 1922	Conservative
	David Lindsay, 27th Earl of Crawford	12 April 1922	31 October 1922	Conservative
	John Baird, 1st Viscount Stonehaven	31 October 1922	22 January 1924	Conservative	Bonar Law
	John Baird, 1st Viscount Stonehaven	31 October 1922	22 January 1924	Conservative	Stanley Baldwin
	Harry Gosling	24 January 1924	3 November 1924	Labour	Ramsay MacDonald
	Wilfrid Ashley	11 November 1924	4 June 1929	Conservative	Stanley Baldwin
	Herbert Morrison	7 June 1929	24 August 1931	Labour	Ramsay MacDonald
	John Pybus	3 September 1931	22 February 1933	Liberal	Ramsay MacDonald (1st & 2nd National min.)
	Hon. Oliver Stanley	22 February 1933	29 June 1934	Conservative
	Leslie Hore-Belisha	29 June 1934	28 May 1937	National Liberal
	Leslie Hore-Belisha	29 June 1934	28 May 1937	National Liberal	Stanley Baldwin (3rd National min.)
	Leslie Burgin	28 May 1937	21 April 1939	National Liberal	Neville Chamberlain (4th National min.)
	Euan Wallace	21 April 1939	14 May 1940	Conservative	Neville Chamberlain (War Coalition)
	John Reith	14 May 1940	3 October 1940	National Independent	Winston Churchill (War Coalition)
	John Moore-Brabazon	3 October 1940	1 May 1941	Conservative	Winston Churchill (War Coalition)

Minister of (War) Transport and Minister of Civil Aviation (1941–1953)

Colour key (for political parties):
Conservative Labour National Liberal

	Minister of Civil Aviation	Term of office		Political party
Frederick Leathers, 1st Viscount Leathers (Min. of War Transport)	—	1 May 1941	26 July 1945	Conservative	Winston Churchill (War Coalition)
	Philip Cunliffe-Lister, Viscount Swinton	8 October 1944	26 July 1945	Conservative	Winston Churchill (War Coalition)
Alfred Barnes	Reginald Fletcher, 1st Baron Winster	3–4 August 1945	4 October 1946	Labour	Clement Attlee
	Harry Nathan, 1st Baron Nathan	4 October 1946	31 May 1948	Labour
	Francis Pakenham, Lord Pakenham	31 May 1948	1 June 1951	Labour
	David Rees-Williams, 1st Baron Ogmore	1 June 1951	26 October 1951	Labour
Hon. John Maclay		31 October 1951	7 May 1952	National Liberal	Winston Churchill
Alan Lennox-Boyd		7 May 1952	1 October 1953	Conservative	Winston Churchill

Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation (1953–1959)

Colour key (for political parties):
Conservative

	Term of office		Political party
Alan Lennox-Boyd	1 October 1953	28 July 1954	Conservative	Winston Churchill
John Boyd-Carpenter	28 July 1954	20 December 1955	Conservative	Winston Churchill
Harold Watkinson	20 December 1955	14 October 1959	Conservative	Anthony Eden
Harold Watkinson	20 December 1955	14 October 1959	Conservative	Harold Macmillan

Minister of Transport (1959–1970)

Colour key (for political parties):
Conservative Labour

	Term of office		Political party
Ernest Marples	14 October 1959	16 October 1964	Conservative	Harold Macmillan
Ernest Marples	14 October 1959	16 October 1964	Conservative	Alec Douglas-Home
Thomas Fraser	16 October 1964	23 December 1965	Labour	Harold Wilson
Barbara Castle	23 December 1965	6 April 1968	Labour
Richard Marsh	6 April 1968	6 October 1969	Labour
Fred Mulley^[10]	6 October 1969	22 June 1970	Labour
John Peyton^[11]	23 June 1970	14 October 1970	Conservative	Edward Heath

Minister within the Department of the Environment (1970–1976)

Colour key (for political parties):
Conservative Labour

	Term of office		Length of Term	Political party
Peter Walker	15 October 1970	5 November 1972	2 years	Conservative	Edward Heath
Geoffrey Rippon	5 November 1972	4 March 1974	1 year, 3 months	Conservative	Edward Heath
Anthony Crosland	5 March 1974	8 April 1976	2 years, 1 month	Labour	Harold Wilson

The junior ministers responsible for transport within the Department for the Environment:

Minister for Transport Industries (1970–1974)

John Peyton^[11] (Conservative, 15 October 1970 – 7 March 1974)

Minister for Transport (1974–1976)

Fred Mulley^[10] (Labour, 7 March 1974 – 12 June 1975)
John Gilbert^[12] (Labour, 12 June 1975 – 10 September 1976)

Secretary of State for Transport (1976–1979)

Colour key (for political parties):
Labour

Secretary of State			Term of office		Length of Term	Political party	Prime Minister
		Bill Rodgers^[13]	10 September 1976	4 May 1979	2 years, 7 months	Labour		James Callaghan

Minister of Transport (1979–1981)

Not an official member of the cabinet.

Colour key (for political parties):
Conservative

Minister			Term of office		Length of Term	Political party	Prime Minister
		Norman Fowler^[14]	11 May 1979	5 January 1981	1 year, 7 months	Conservative		Margaret Thatcher

Secretary of State for Transport (1981–1997)

Colour key (for political parties):
Conservative

	Term of office		Length of Term	Political party
Norman Fowler^[14]	5 January 1981	14 September 1981	8 months	Conservative	Margaret Thatcher
David Howell^[15]	14 September 1981	11 June 1983	1 year, 8 months	Conservative
Tom King^[16]	11 June 1983	16 October 1983	4 months	Conservative
Hon. Nicholas Ridley	16 October 1983	21 May 1986	2 years, 7 months	Conservative
John Moore^[17]	21 May 1986	13 June 1987	1 year	Conservative
Paul Channon	13 June 1987	24 July 1989	2 years, 1 month	Conservative
Cecil Parkinson^[18]	24 July 1989	28 November 1990	1 year, 4 months	Conservative
Malcolm Rifkind^[19]	28 November 1990	10 April 1992	2 years, 8 months	Conservative	John Major
John MacGregor^[20]	11 April 1992	20 July 1994	2 years, 3 months	Conservative
Brian Mawhinney^[21]	20 July 1994	5 July 1995	11 months	Conservative
Sir George Young, 6th Baronet^[22]	5 July 1995	2 May 1997	1 year, 9 months	Conservative

Secretary of State for Environment, Transport and the Regions (1997–2001)

Colour key (for political parties):
Labour

Secretary of State			Term of office		Length of Term	Political party	Prime Minister
	John Prescott^[23] MP for Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle	MP for Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle	2 May 1997	7 June 2001	4 years, 1 month	Labour		Tony Blair

Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions (2001–2002)

Colour key (for political parties):
Labour

Secretary of State		Term of office		Length of Term	Political party	Prime Minister
	Stephen Byers^[24] MP for North Tyneside	8 June 2001	28 May 2002	11 months	Labour		Tony Blair

After Byers' resignation, such a division was made, with the portfolios of Local Government and the Regions transferred to the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister.

During the lifetime of DTLGR, John Spellar served as Minister of State for Transport with a right to attend Cabinet.

John Spellar^[25] (8 June 2001 – 29 May 2002)

Secretary of State for Transport (2002–present)

Colour key (for political parties):
Conservative Labour

	Term of office		Length of Term	Political party
Alistair Darling^[26] MP for Edinburgh South West	29 May 2002	5 May 2006	3 years, 11 months	Labour	Tony Blair
Douglas Alexander^[27] MP for Paisley and South Renfrewshire	5 May 2006	28 June 2007	1 year, 1 month	Labour	Tony Blair
Ruth Kelly^[28] MP for Bolton West	28 June 2007	5 October 2008	1 year, 3 months	Labour	Gordon Brown
Geoff Hoon^[29] MP for Ashfield	5 October 2008	5 June 2009	8 months	Labour
Andrew Adonis, Baron Adonis^[30]	6 June 2009	6 May 2010	11 months	Labour
Philip Hammond^[31]^[32] MP for Runnymede and Weybridge	12 May 2010	14 October 2011	1 year, 5 months	Conservative	David Cameron (Coalition)
Justine Greening^[33] MP for Putney	14 October 2011	6 September 2012	10 months	Conservative
Patrick McLoughlin^[34] MP for Derbyshire Dales	6 September 2012	14 July 2016	3 years, 10 months	Conservative
Patrick McLoughlin^[34] MP for Derbyshire Dales	6 September 2012	14 July 2016	3 years, 10 months	Conservative	David Cameron (II)
Chris Grayling^[35] MP for Epsom and Ewell	14 July 2016	24 July 2019	3 years, 10 days	Conservative	Theresa May
Grant Shapps^[36] MP for Welwyn Hatfield	24 July 2019	6 September 2022	3 years, 1 month	Conservative	Boris Johnson
Anne-Marie Trevelyan^[37] MP for Berwick-upon-Tweed	6 September 2022	25 October 2022	7 weeks	Conservative	Liz Truss
Mark Harper^[38] MP for Forest of Dean	25 October 2022	5 July 2024	1 year, 8 months	Conservative	Rishi Sunak
Louise Haigh^[39] MP for Sheffield Heeley	5 July 2024	Incumbent	301 days	Labour	Keir Starmer

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References

^ "Salaries of Members of His Majesty's Government – Financial Year 2022–23" (PDF). 15 December 2022.
^ "Pay and expenses for MPs". parliament.uk. Retrieved 15 December 2022.
^ "Secretary of State for Transport". gov.uk. Retrieved 30 June 2021.
^ "Work of the secretary of state for transport scrutinised". UK PARLIAMENT. 20 September 2021. Retrieved 5 March 2022. This oral evidence session will examine the work and responsibilities of the Secretary of State for Transport and the Department for Transport.
^ Records inherited and created by the Ministry of Transport, Shipping Divisions. Admiralty, Transport Department, Board of Trade, Mercantile Marine Department, Ministry of Shipping, Ministry of Shipping. 1795–1985.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
^ "Churchill and Air Travel". International Churchill Society. 15 August 2013. Retrieved 14 November 2023.
^ "British Police History". british-police-history.uk. Retrieved 14 November 2023.
^ Times, Robert B. Semple Jr Special to The New York (11 September 1976). "Callaghan, in a Surprise Move, Reshuffles His Cabinet". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 14 November 2023.
^ "Department of the Environment Transport and the Regions: annual report 2001". GOV.UK. Retrieved 14 November 2023.
^ ^10.0 ^10.1 "Lord Mulley". UK Parliament. Retrieved 30 December 2021.
^ ^11.0 ^11.1 "Lord Peyton of Yeovil". UK Parliament. Retrieved 30 December 2021.
^ "Lord Gilbert". UK Parliament. Retrieved 30 December 2021.
^ "Lord Rodgers of Quarry Bank". UK Parliament. Retrieved 30 December 2021.
^ ^14.0 ^14.1 "Lord Fowler". UK Parliament. Retrieved 30 December 2021.
^ "Lord Howell of Guildford". UK Parliament. Retrieved 30 December 2021.
^ "Lord King of Bridgwater". UK Parliament. Retrieved 30 December 2021.
^ "Lord Moore of Lower Marsh". UK Parliament. Retrieved 30 December 2021.
^ "Lord Parkinson". UK Parliament. Retrieved 30 December 2021.
^ "Sir Malcolm Rifkind". UK Parliament. Retrieved 30 December 2021.
^ "Lord MacGregor of Pulham Market". UK Parliament. Retrieved 30 December 2021.
^ "Lord Mawhinney". UK Parliament. Retrieved 30 December 2021.
^ "Lord Young of Cookham". UK Parliament. Retrieved 30 December 2021.
^ "Lord Prescott". UK Parliament. Retrieved 30 December 2021.
^ "Mr Stephen Byers". UK Parliament. Retrieved 30 December 2021.
^ "John Spellar". UK Parliament. Retrieved 20 December 2022.
^ "Lord Darling of Roulanish". UK Parliament. Retrieved 30 December 2021.
^ "Mr Douglas Alexander". UK Parliament. Retrieved 30 December 2021.
^ "Ruth Kelly". UK Parliament. Retrieved 30 December 2021.
^ "Mr Geoffrey Hoon". UK Parliament. Retrieved 30 December 2021.
^ "Lord Adonis". UK Parliament. Retrieved 30 December 2021.
^ "Lord Hammond of Runnymede". UK Parliament. Retrieved 30 December 2021.
^ "Out with the old cabinet, in with the new". Public Service. Archived from the original on 22 July 2011. Retrieved 12 May 2010.
^ "Justine Greening". UK Parliament. Retrieved 30 December 2021.
^ "Lord McLoughlin". UK Parliament. Retrieved 30 December 2021.
^ "Chris Grayling". UK Parliament. Retrieved 30 December 2021.
^ "Grant Shapps". UK Parliament. Retrieved 30 December 2021.
^ "The Rt Hon Anne-Marie Trevelyan MP". GOV.UK. Retrieved 4 October 2022.
^ "Mark Harper". UK Parliament. Retrieved 16 December 2022.
^ "Louise Haigh". UK Parliament. Retrieved 5 July 2024.

External links

Track record: Transport secretaries

[1] "Salaries of Members of His Majesty's Government – Financial Year 2022–23" (PDF). 15 December 2022.

[2] "Pay and expenses for MPs". parliament.uk. Retrieved 15 December 2022.

[3] "Secretary of State for Transport". gov.uk. Retrieved 30 June 2021.

[4] "Work of the secretary of state for transport scrutinised". UK PARLIAMENT. 20 September 2021. Retrieved 5 March 2022. This oral evidence session will examine the work and responsibilities of the Secretary of State for Transport and the Department for Transport.

[5] Records inherited and created by the Ministry of Transport, Shipping Divisions. Admiralty, Transport Department, Board of Trade, Mercantile Marine Department, Ministry of Shipping, Ministry of Shipping. 1795–1985.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)

[6] "Churchill and Air Travel". International Churchill Society. 15 August 2013. Retrieved 14 November 2023.

[7] "British Police History". british-police-history.uk. Retrieved 14 November 2023.

[8] Times, Robert B. Semple Jr Special to The New York (11 September 1976). "Callaghan, in a Surprise Move, Reshuffles His Cabinet". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 14 November 2023.

[9] "Department of the Environment Transport and the Regions: annual report 2001". GOV.UK. Retrieved 14 November 2023.

[Mulley-10] 10.0 ^10.1 "Lord Mulley". UK Parliament. Retrieved 30 December 2021.

[Peyton-11] 11.0 ^11.1 "Lord Peyton of Yeovil". UK Parliament. Retrieved 30 December 2021.

[12] "Lord Gilbert". UK Parliament. Retrieved 30 December 2021.

[13] "Lord Rodgers of Quarry Bank". UK Parliament. Retrieved 30 December 2021.

[Fowler-14] 14.0 ^14.1 "Lord Fowler". UK Parliament. Retrieved 30 December 2021.

[15] "Lord Howell of Guildford". UK Parliament. Retrieved 30 December 2021.

[16] "Lord King of Bridgwater". UK Parliament. Retrieved 30 December 2021.

[17] "Lord Moore of Lower Marsh". UK Parliament. Retrieved 30 December 2021.

[18] "Lord Parkinson". UK Parliament. Retrieved 30 December 2021.

[19] "Sir Malcolm Rifkind". UK Parliament. Retrieved 30 December 2021.

[20] "Lord MacGregor of Pulham Market". UK Parliament. Retrieved 30 December 2021.

[21] "Lord Mawhinney". UK Parliament. Retrieved 30 December 2021.

[22] "Lord Young of Cookham". UK Parliament. Retrieved 30 December 2021.

[23] "Lord Prescott". UK Parliament. Retrieved 30 December 2021.

[24] "Mr Stephen Byers". UK Parliament. Retrieved 30 December 2021.

[25] "John Spellar". UK Parliament. Retrieved 20 December 2022.

[26] "Lord Darling of Roulanish". UK Parliament. Retrieved 30 December 2021.

[27] "Mr Douglas Alexander". UK Parliament. Retrieved 30 December 2021.

[28] "Ruth Kelly". UK Parliament. Retrieved 30 December 2021.

[29] "Mr Geoffrey Hoon". UK Parliament. Retrieved 30 December 2021.

[30] "Lord Adonis". UK Parliament. Retrieved 30 December 2021.

[31] "Lord Hammond of Runnymede". UK Parliament. Retrieved 30 December 2021.

[32] "Out with the old cabinet, in with the new". Public Service. Archived from the original on 22 July 2011. Retrieved 12 May 2010.

[33] "Justine Greening". UK Parliament. Retrieved 30 December 2021.

[34] "Lord McLoughlin". UK Parliament. Retrieved 30 December 2021.

[35] "Chris Grayling". UK Parliament. Retrieved 30 December 2021.

[36] "Grant Shapps". UK Parliament. Retrieved 30 December 2021.

[37] "The Rt Hon Anne-Marie Trevelyan MP". GOV.UK. Retrieved 4 October 2022.

[38] "Mark Harper". UK Parliament. Retrieved 16 December 2022.

[39] "Louise Haigh". UK Parliament. Retrieved 5 July 2024.

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v t e Department for Transport
Headquarters: Great Minster House, 33 Horseferry Road, London
Ministers	Secretary of State for Transport Minister of State for Transport 3 Parliamentary Under-Secretaries of State
Non-ministerial department	Office of Rail and Road
Executive agencies	Active Travel England Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency Maritime and Coastguard Agency Vehicle Certification Agency
Non-departmental public bodies	British Transport Police Authority (British Transport Police) Disabled Persons Transport Advisory Committee Northern Lighthouse Board Traffic Commissioners for Great Britain Transport Focus Trinity House Lighthouse Service
Public corporations	Civil Aviation Authority Crossrail International DfT OLR Holdings East West Rail Great British Railways High Speed 2 London and Continental Railways National Highways Network Rail
Other	Air Accidents Investigation Branch Bus Open Data Service Marine Accident Investigation Branch Rail Accident Investigation Branch
Former public bodies and organisations	Airports Commission Directly Operated Railways Driving Standards Agency Government Car Service (Prime Ministerial Car) Independent Commission on Civil Aviation Noise Vehicle and Operator Services Agency
Category

v t e UK cabinet portfolios
Cabinet of the United Kingdom
Cabinet ministers	Prime Minister / First Lord of the Treasury / Minister for the Union / Minister for the Civil Service Deputy Prime Minister / Housing, Communities and Local Government Secretary Chancellor of the Exchequer Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Secretary Home Secretary Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster Defence Secretary Energy Security and Net Zero Secretary Justice Secretary / Lord Chancellor Science, Innovation and Technology Secretary Health and Social Care Secretary Lord President of the Council / Leader of the House of Commons Leader of the House of Lords / Lord Privy Seal Business and Trade Secretary / President of the Board of Trade Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Secretary Work and Pensions Secretary Education Secretary / Minister for Women and Equalities Transport Secretary Culture, Media and Sport Secretary Northern Ireland Secretary Scottish Secretary Welsh Secretary
Also attending Cabinet	Chief Whip / Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury Chief Secretary to the Treasury Attorney General for England and Wales / Advocate General for Northern Ireland Minister of State for International Development

History

List of ministers and secretaries of state

Minister of Transport (1919–1941)

Minister of (War) Transport and Minister of Civil Aviation (1941–1953)

Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation (1953–1959)

Minister of Transport (1959–1970)

Minister within the Department of the Environment (1970–1976)

Minister for Transport Industries (1970–1974)

Minister for Transport (1974–1976)

Secretary of State for Transport (1976–1979)

Minister of Transport (1979–1981)

Secretary of State for Transport (1981–1997)

Secretary of State for Environment, Transport and the Regions (1997–2001)

Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions (2001–2002)

Secretary of State for Transport (2002–present)

Timeline

See also

References

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