Minister of State for Transport

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Minister of State for Transport
Royal Coat of Arms of the United Kingdom (HM Government).svg
Official portrait of Wendy Morton MP.jpg
Incumbent
Wendy Morton

since 19 December 2021
Department for Transport
StyleMinister
NominatorPrime Minister of the United Kingdom
AppointerThe Monarch
on advice of the Prime Minister
Term lengthAt Her Majesty's pleasure
First holderLynda Chalker

The Minister of State for Transport is a mid-level ministerial position in the Department for Transport of the Government of the United Kingdom who deputises for the Secretary of State for Transport. There is also a list of Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Transport, which is junior to Minister of State.

Ministers of State for Transport[]

Name
(Cabinet status)
Portrait Term of office Political party P.M. Transp.Sec.
Lynda Chalker Official portrait of Baroness Chalker of Wallasey crop 2.jpg 18 October 1983 10 January 1986 Conservative Thatcher

Ridley

Moore

Channon

Parkinson

David Mitchell No image.svg 23 January 1986 25 July 1988
Michael Portillo Michael Portillo December 2017.jpg 25 July 1988 4 May 1990
Roger Freeman Official portrait of Lord Freeman crop 2, 2019.jpg 4 May 1990 20 July 1994
The Lord Brabazon of Tara Official portrait of Lord Brabazon of Tara 2020 crop 2.jpg 23 July 1990 14 April 1992
The Earl of Caithness Official portrait of The Earl of Caithness crop 2.jpg 14 April 1992 11 January 1994 Major Rifkind

MacGregor

Mawhinney

Young
John Watts No image.svg 20 July 1994 2 May 1997
Gavin Strang
(in Cabinet)
No image.svg 2 May 1997 18 June 1998 Labour Blair Prescott
(DPM, SSETR)
John Reid
(attended Cabinet)
Official portrait of Lord Reid of Cardowan, 2020.jpg 27 July 1998 17 May 1999
Helen Liddell Official portrait of Baroness Liddell of Coatdyke crop 2.jpg 17 May 1999 29 July 1999
The Lord Macdonald of Tradeston
(attended Cabinet)
Khalid Rahim and Gus Macdonald (14680104148) (Macdonald cropped).jpg 29 July 1999 8 June 2001
John Spellar
(attended Cabinet)
Official portrait of John Spellar crop 2.jpg 8 June 2001 12 June 2003 Byers
(SSTLR)
Darling
Kim Howells Kim Howells 2.jpg 12 June 2003 10 September 2004
Tony McNulty McNulty bus.jpg 10 September 2004 9 May 2005
Stephen Ladyman Stephen Ladyman.jpg 9 May 2005[1] 27 July 2007
Alexander
Rosie Winterton Rosie Winterton OfficialPortrait.jpg 28 July 2007 3 October 2008 Brown Kelly
The Lord Adonis Official portrait of Lord Adonis crop 2.jpg 3 October 2008 5 June 2009 Hoon
Sadiq Khan
(attended Cabinet when his
responsibilities were on the agenda
)
Sadiq Khan, September 2009 cropped.jpg 9 June 2009[2][3] 11 May 2010 Adonis
Theresa Villiers Theresa Villiers Official Portrait.jpg 12 May 2010 4 September 2012 Conservative Cameron Greening
Simon Burns Simon Burns Official.jpg 5 September 2012 5 October 2013 McLoughlin
The Baroness Kramer Official portrait of Baroness Kramer crop 2, 2019.jpg 5 October 2013 8 May 2015 Liberal Democrats
John Hayes Official portrait of Mr John Hayes crop 2.jpg 15 July 2014 11 May 2015 Conservative
Robert Goodwill Official portrait of Rt Hon Robert Goodwill MP crop 2.jpg 11 May 2015 16 July 2016
John Hayes Official portrait of Mr John Hayes crop 2.jpg 16 July 2016 9 January 2018 May Grayling
Jo Johnson Official portrait of Joseph Johnson crop 2 (cropped).jpg 9 January 2018 9 November 2018
Jesse Norman Official portrait of Rt Hon Jesse Norman MP crop 2.jpg 12 November 2018 23 May 2019
Michael Ellis Official portrait of Rt Hon Michael Ellis MP crop 2.jpg 23 May 2019 24 July 2019
George Freeman Official portrait of George Freeman MP crop 2.jpg 26 July 2019 13 February 2019 Johnson Shapps
Chris Heaton-Harris Official portrait of Chris Heaton-Harris MP crop 2.jpg 25 July 2019 19 December 2021
Wendy Morton[a] Official portrait of Wendy Morton MP crop 2.jpg 19 December 2021 Incumbent

Parliamentary Under-Secretaries of State for Transport[]

References[]

  1. ^ National Archive: Department for Transport biography of Stephen Ladyman
  2. ^ "Sadiq Khan, Former MP, Tooting, profile", www.theyworkforyou.com, TheyWorkForYou, retrieved 21 May 2017
  3. ^ Banerjee, Subhajit (7 June 2009). "Minister appointment on Twitter". The Daily Telegraph. Archived from the original on 11 June 2009. Retrieved 7 June 2011.
  1. ^ Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State until February 2022


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