Minister of State for Trade

Minister of State at the Department for International Trade
Royal Arms of Her Majesty's Government
Incumbent Penny Mordaunt MP since 16 September 2021
Department for International Trade
Style	Minister
Nominator	Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
Appointer	The Monarch on advice of the Prime Minister
Formation	3 September 1953
First holder	Derick Heathcoat-Amory
Website	https://www.gov.uk/government/ministers/minister-of-state--111

The Minister of State for Trade is a mid-level role at the Department for International Trade in the Government of the United Kingdom. It has been held by Penny Mordaunt since September 2021.^[1] The minister deputises for the Secretary of State for International Trade.

History[]

Although only a Minister of State position, it was considered to be one of the most important jobs outside Cabinet rank as when Douglas Alexander became Minister of State for Trade in September 2004, he was given a special provision to attend the Cabinet meetings.

The role has been known as the Minister of State for Investment.

The minister formerly worked at the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills.

Ministers of State for Trade[]

Name		Portrait	Entered office	Left office	Political party	Notes
	Derick Heathcoat-Amory		3 September 1953	18 October 1954	Conservative
	Derek Walker-Smith		18 October 1954	6 April 1955	Conservative
	Derick Heathcoat-Amory		6 April 1955	16 January 1957	Conservative
	Derek Walker-Smith		16 January 1957	17 September 1957	Conservative
	John Vaughan-Morgan		17 September 1957	22 October 1959	Conservative
	Frederick Erroll		22 October 1959	9 October 1961	Conservative
	Sir Keith Joseph		9 October 1961	16 July 1962	Conservative
	Alan Green		16 July 1962	23 October 1963	Conservative
	The Lord Derwent		6 September 1962	23 October 1963	Conservative
	The Lord Drumalbyn		23 October 1963	16 October 1964	Conservative
	Edward du Cann		23 October 1963	16 October 1964	Conservative
	George Darling		20 October 1964	6 April 1968	Labour
	Edward Redhead		20 October 1964	11 October 1965	Labour
	Roy Mason		20 October 1964	7 January 1967	Labour
	The Lord Brown		11 October 1965	19 June 1970	Labour
	Joseph Mallalieu		7 January 1967	1 July 1968	Labour
	Edmund Dell		6 April 1968	13 October 1969	Labour
	William Rodgers		1 July 1968	13 October 1969	Labour
	Goronwy Roberts		13 October 1969	19 June 1970	Labour
	Frederick Corfield		24 June 1970	15 October 1970	Conservative
	Michael Noble		15 October 1970	5 November 1972	Conservative
	Sir Geoffrey Howe		5 November 1972	4 March 1974	Conservative	Attended Cabinet
	Eric Deakins		4 March 1974	5 April 1976	Labour	Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Trade
	Stanley Clinton-Davis		4 March 1974	4 May 1979	Labour	Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Trade
	Michael Meacher		5 April 1976	4 May 1979	Labour	Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Trade
	Cecil Parkinson		7 May 1979	14 September 1981	Conservative
	Peter Rees		14 September 1981	9 June 1983	Conservative
	Paul Channon		9 June 1983	24 January 1986	Conservative
	Alan Clark		24 January 1986	25 July 1989	Conservative
	The Lord Trefgarne		25 July 1989	23 July 1990	Conservative
	Tim Sainsbury		23 July 1990	14 April 1992	Conservative
	Richard Needham		14 April 1992	6 July 1995	Conservative
	Anthony Nelson		6 July 1995	2 May 1997	Conservative
	The Lord Clinton-Davis		2 May 1997	28 July 1998	Labour
	Brian Wilson		28 July 1998	28 July 1999	Labour
	Richard Caborn		28 July 1999	11 June 2001	Labour
	The Baroness Symons of Vernham Dean		11 June 2001	13 June 2003	Labour
	Mike O'Brien		13 June 2003	9 September 2004	Labour
	Douglas Alexander		9 September 2004	11 May 2005	Labour
	Ian Pearson		11 May 2005	8 May 2006	Labour
	Ian McCartney		8 May 2006	28 June 2007	Labour	Attended Cabinet
	The Lord Jones of Birmingham		29 June 2007	3 October 2008	Independent	Sat on the Labour benches in the House of Lords, but never joined the party.
	Gareth Thomas		3 October 2008	5 June 2009	Labour	Thomas apparently continued as a Trade Minister after the appointment of Davies. BERR described him simply as Minister for Trade, rather than Minister for Trade and Investment, as he was prior to Davies' appointment.[2]
	The Lord Davies of Abersoch		14 January 2009	11 May 2010	Labour	Minister for Trade, Investment and Business[2]
	Mark Prisk		11 May 2010	11 January 2011	Conservative	Styled as Minister of State for Business and Enterprise. He handled UK Trade & Investment until Green entered the government.
	The Lord Green of Hurstpierpoint		11 January 2011	11 December 2013	Conservative	Minister of State for Trade and Investment
	The Lord Livingston of Parkhead		11 December 2013	11 May 2015	Conservative	[3]
	The Lord Maude of Horsham		11 May 2015	10 February 2016	Conservative	Minister of State for Trade and Investment
	The Lord Price		4 April 2016	3 September 2017	Conservative	Minister of State for Trade and Investment Baroness Anelay of St John's was given Maude's responsibilities on an interim basis until Price took up the role in March 2016.[4]
	The Baroness Fairhead		28 September 2017	7 May 2019	Conservative	Minister of State for Trade
	Conor Burns		25 July 2019	4 May 2020	Conservative	Minister of State for Trade Policy
	Greg Hands		13 February 2020	15 September 2021	Conservative	Minister of State for Trade Policy
	The Lord Grimstone of Boscobel		18 March 2020	Present	Conservative	Minister of State for Investment
	Penny Mordaunt		16 September 2021	Present	Conservative	Minister of State for Trade

References[]

External links[]

• Official UKTI website

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