Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Labour

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.

List of Parliamentary Secretaries

Parliamentary Secretaries to the Ministry of Labour, 1916–1939 NameTook officeLeft office Political partyWilliam Bridgeman 1916 1919 ConservativeGeorge Wardle 1919 1920 LabourAnderson Montague-Barlow 1920 1922 ConservativeArchibald Boyd-Carpenter 1922 1923 ConservativeHenry Betterton 1923 1924 ConservativeMargaret Bondfield 1924 1924 LabourHenry Betterton 1924 1929 ConservativeJack Lawson 1929 1931 LabourMilner Gray 1931 1931 LiberalRobert Hudson 1931 1935 ConservativeAnthony Muirhead 1935 1937 ConservativeR. A. Butler 1937 1938 ConservativeAlan Lennox-Boyd 1937 1939 Conservative

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

NameTook officeLeft office Political partyRalph Assheton 1939 1942 ConservativeGeorge Tomlinson 1941 1945 LabourMalcolm McCorquodale 1942 1945 ConservativeNess Edwards 1945 1950 LabourFred Lee 1950 1951 LabourSir Peter Bennett 1951 1952 ConservativeHarold Watkinson 1952 1955 ConservativeRobert Carr 1955 1958 ConservativeRichard Wood 1958 1959 Conservative

Parliamentary Secretaries to the Ministry of Labour, 1959–1964 NameTook officeLeft office Political partyPeter Thomas 1959 1961 ConservativeAlan Green 1961 1962 ConservativeWilliam Whitelaw 1962 1964 Conservative

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