The Minister of State for Rail 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
Name(Cabinet status) PortraitTerm of office Political partyP.M. Transp.Sec.Minister of State for Transport Lynda Chalker 18 October 1983 10 January 1986ConservativeThatcherRidleyMooreChannonParkinson David Mitchell 23 January 1986 25 July 1988 Michael Portillo 25 July 1988 4 May 1990 Roger Freeman 4 May 1990 20 July 1994 Ivon Moore-Brabazon, 3rd Baron Brabazon of Tara 23 July 1990 14 April 1992 Malcolm Sinclair, 20th Earl of Caithness 14 April 1992 11 January 1994MajorRifkindMacGregorMawhinneyYoung John Watts 20 July 1994 2 May 1997 Gavin Strang(in Cabinet) 2 May 1997 18 June 1998 LabourBlairPrescott(DPM, SSETR) John Reid(attended Cabinet) 27 July 1998 17 May 1999 Helen Liddell 17 May 1999 29 July 1999 Gus Macdonald, Baron Macdonald of Tradeston(attended Cabinet) 29 July 1999 8 June 2001 John Spellar(attended Cabinet)8 June 200112 June 2003 Byers(SSTLR)Darling Kim Howells 12 June 2003 10 September 2004 Tony McNulty 10 September 2004 9 May 2005 Stephen Ladyman9 May 2005National Archive: Department for Transport biography of Stephen Ladyman28 June 2007 Alexander Rosie Winterton 28 June 2007 3 October 2008Brown Kelly Andrew Adonis, Baron Adonis 3 October 2008 5 June 2009 Hoon Sadiq Khan(attended Cabinet when hisresponsibilities were on the agenda) 9 June 2009 11 May 2010 Adonis Theresa Villiers 12 May 2010 4 September 2012ConservativeCameron HammondGreening Simon Burns 5 September 2012 5 October 2013 McLoughlin Susan Kramer, Baroness Kramer 5 October 2013 8 May 2015 Liberal Democrats John Hayes 15 July 2014 11 May 2015Conservative Robert Goodwill 11 May 2015 16 July 2016 John Hayes 16 July 2016 9 January 2018MayGrayling Jo Johnson 9 January 2018 9 November 2018 Jesse Norman 12 November 2018 23 May 2019 Michael Ellis 23 May 2019 24 July 2019 George Freeman 26 July 2019 13 February 2020JohnsonShapps Chris Heaton-Harris 25 July 2019 19 December 2021Andrew Stephenson13 February 20207 July 2022Wendy Morton19 December 20216 September 2022Trudy Harrison7 July 20227 September 2022Kevin Foster7 September 202226 October 2022TrussTrevelyanLucy Frazer8 September 202226 October 2022Minister of State for Decarbonisation and TechnologyJesse Norman26 October 202213 November 2023ConservativeSunakHarperMinister of State for Rail and HS2Huw Merriman27 October 20225 July 2024ConservativeSunakHarperMinister of State for Rail Peter Hendy, Baron Hendy of Richmond Hill 8 July 2024 IncumbentLabourStarmerBurnham HaighAlexander
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