denotes the first female minister of that particular department.
denotes the first female minister of that particular department.
Image | Member | Party | Constituency | Position | Year Appointed | Ministry | Ref |
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| Margaret Bondfield | bgcolor= | | Labour | Wallsend | Minister of Labour | 1929 | MacDonald II | [2] |
| Ellen Wilkinson | bgcolor= | | Labour | Jarrow | Minister of Education | 1945 | Attlee I | [3] |
| Florence Horsbrugh | bgcolor= | | Conservative | Manchester Moss Side | Minister of Education | 1951 | Churchill II | [4] |
| Barbara Castle | | Labour | Blackburn | bgcolor=#FFFF99 | Minister of Overseas Development | 1964 | Wilson I | [5] |
bgcolor=#FFFF99 rowspan=2 | Minister of Transport | 1965 | |
Wilson II | |
bgcolor=#FFFF99 | Secretary of State for Employment and Productivity | 1968 | |
bgcolor=#FFFF99 | First Secretary of State | 1968 | |
bgcolor=#FFFF99 rowspan=2 | Secretary of State for Health and Social Services | 1974 | Wilson III | |
Wilson IV | |
| Judith Hart | bgcolor= | | Labour | Clydesdale | bgcolor=#FFFF99 | Paymaster General | 1968 | Wilson II | [6] |
| Margaret Thatcher | bgcolor= | | Conservative | Finchley | Secretary of State for Education and Science | 1970 | Heath | [7] |
| Shirley Williams | | Labour | Hertford and Stevenage | bgcolor=#FFFF99 rowspan=3 | Secretary of State for Prices and Consumer Protection | 1974 | Wilson III | [8] |
Wilson IV | |
Callaghan | |
Secretary of State for Education and Science | 1976 | |
| Baroness Young | | Conservative | N/A (peeress) | Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster | 1981 | Thatcher I | |
Lord Privy Seal | 1982 | |
| Virginia Bottomley | | Conservative | South West Surrey | Secretary of State for Health | 1992 | Major II | [9] |
Secretary of State for National Heritage | 1995 | |
| Gillian Shephard | | Conservative | South West Norfolk | Secretary of State for Employment | 1992 | Major II | [10] |
Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food | 1993 | |
Secretary of State for Education | 1994 | |
Secretary of State for Education and Employment | 1995 | |
| Margaret Beckett | | Labour | Derby South | Secretary of State for Trade and Industry | 1997 | Blair I | [11] |
Lord President of the Council | 1998 | |
Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs | 2001 | Blair II | |
Blair III | |
Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs | 2006 | |
| Harriet Harman | | Labour | Camberwell and Peckham | Secretary of State for Social Security | 1997 | Blair I | [12] |
Lord Privy Seal | 2007 | Brown | |
| Mo Mowlam | | Labour | Redcar | Secretary of State for Northern Ireland | 1997 | Blair I | [13] |
Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster | 1999 | |
| Baroness Jay | | Labour | N/A (peeress) | Leader of the House of Lords | 1998 | Blair I | [14] |
Lord Privy Seal | 1998 | [15] |
| Clare Short | | Labour | Birmingham Ladywood | Secretary of State for International Development | 1997 | Blair I | [16] |
Blair II | |
| Ann Taylor | bgcolor= | | Labour | Dewsbury | Lord President of the Council | 1997 | Blair I | [17] |
| Helen Liddell | | Labour | Airdrie and Shotts | Secretary of State for Scotland | 2001 | Blair I | [18] |
Blair II | |
| Estelle Morris | bgcolor= | | Labour | Birmingham Yardley | Secretary of State for Education and Skills | 2001 | Blair II | [19] |
| Patricia Hewitt | | Labour | Leicester West | Secretary of State for Trade and Industry | 2001 | Blair II | [20] |
Secretary of State for Health | 2005 | Blair III | |
| Tessa Jowell | | Labour | Dulwich and West Norwood | Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport | 2001 | Blair II | [21] |
Blair III | |
| Baroness Amos | | Labour | N/A (peeress) | Secretary of State for International Development | 2003 | Blair II | [22] |
Lord President of the Council | 2003 | Blair II | |
Blair III | |
| Ruth Kelly | | Labour | Bolton West | Secretary of State for Education and Skills | 2004 | Blair II | [23] |
Blair III | |
Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government | 2006 | |
Secretary of State for Transport | 2007 | Brown | |
| Hilary Armstrong | bgcolor= | | Labour | North West Durham | Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster | 2006 | Blair III | [24] |
| Hazel Blears | | Labour | Salford and Eccles | Minister without portfolio | 2006 | Blair III | [25] |
Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government | 2007 | Brown | |
| Baroness Ashton of Upholland | bgcolor= | | Labour | N/A (peeress) | Lord President of the Council | 2007 | Brown | [26] |
| Jacqui Smith | bgcolor= | | Labour | Redditch | Secretary of State for the Home Department | 2007 | Brown | [27] |
| Yvette Cooper | | Labour | Pontefract and Castleford | Chief Secretary to the Treasury | 2008 | Brown | [28] |
Secretary of State for Work and Pensions | 2009 | |
Pontefract, Castleford and Knottingley | Secretary of State for the Home Department | 2024 | Starmer | |
| Baroness Royall of Blaisdon | | Labour | N/A (peeress) | Lord President of the Council | 2008 | Brown | [29] |
Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster | 2009 | |
| Cheryl Gillan | bgcolor= | | Conservative | Chesham and Amersham | Secretary of State for Wales | 2010 | Cameron–Clegg | [30] |
| Theresa May | | Conservative | Maidenhead | Secretary of State for the Home Department | 2010 | Cameron–Clegg | [31] |
Cameron II | |
| Caroline Spelman | bgcolor= | | Conservative | Meriden | Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs | 2010 | Cameron–Clegg | [32] |
| Baroness Warsi | bgcolor= | | Conservative | N/A (peeress) | Minister without portfolio | 2010 | Cameron–Clegg | [33] |
| Justine Greening | | Conservative | Putney | Secretary of State for Transport | 2011 | Cameron–Clegg | [34] |
Secretary of State for International Development | 2012 | |
Cameron II | |
Secretary of State for Education | 2016 | May I | |
May II | |
| Maria Miller | bgcolor= | | Conservative | Basingstoke | Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport | 2012 | Cameron–Clegg | [35] |
| Theresa Villiers | | Conservative | Chipping Barnet | Secretary of State for Northern Ireland | 2012 | Cameron–Clegg | [36] |
Cameron II | |
Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs | 2019 | Johnson I | |
Johnson II | |
| Nicky Morgan | | Conservative | Loughborough | Secretary of State for Education | 2014 | Cameron–Clegg | [37] |
Cameron II | |
Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport | 2019 | Johnson I | |
N/A (peeress) | Johnson II | |
| Baroness Stowell of Beeston | | Conservative | N/A (peeress) | Lord Privy Seal | 2014 | Cameron–Clegg | [38] |
Cameron II | |
| Liz Truss | | Conservative | South West Norfolk | Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs | 2014 | Cameron–Clegg | [39] |
Cameron II | |
Secretary of State for Justice | 2016 | May I | |
Secretary of State for International Trade | 2019 | Johnson I | |
Johnson II | |
Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs | 2021 | |
| Amber Rudd | | Conservative | Hastings and Rye | Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change | 2015 | Cameron II | [40] |
Secretary of State for the Home Department | 2016 | May I | |
May II | |
Secretary of State for Work and Pensions | 2018 | |
Johnson I | |
| Karen Bradley | | Conservative | Staffordshire Moorlands | Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport | 2016 | May I | [41] |
May II | |
Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport | 2017 | |
Secretary of State for Northern Ireland | 2018 | |
| Baroness Evans of Bowes Park | | Conservative | N/A (peeress) | Lord Privy Seal | 2016 | May I | [42] |
May II | |
Johnson I | |
Johnson II | |
| Andrea Leadsom | | Conservative | South Northamptonshire | Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs | 2016 | May I | [43] |
bgcolor=#FFFF99 rowspan=2 | Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy | 2019 | Johnson I | |
Johnson II | |
| Priti Patel | | Conservative | Witham | Secretary of State for International Development | 2016 | May I | [44] |
May II | |
Secretary of State for the Home Department | 2019 | Johnson I | |
Johnson II | |
| Penny Mordaunt | | Conservative | Portsmouth North | Secretary of State for International Development | 2017 | May II | [45] |
Secretary of State for Defence | 2019 | |
Lord President of the Council | 2022 | Truss | |
Sunak | |
Leader of the House of Commons | 2022 | Truss | |
Sunak | |
| Esther McVey | bgcolor= | | Conservative | Tatton | Secretary of State for Work and Pensions | 2018 | May II | [46] |
| Thérèse Coffey | | Conservative | Suffolk Coastal | Secretary of State for Work and Pensions | 2019 | Johnson I | [47] |
Johnson II | |
Secretary of State for Health and Social Care | 2022 | Truss | |
Deputy Prime Minister | |
Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs | 2022 | Sunak | |
| Amanda Milling | bgcolor= | | Conservative | Cannock Chase | Minister without portfolio | 2020 | Johnson II | [48] |
| Anne-Marie Trevelyan | | Conservative | Berwick-upon-Tweed | Secretary of State for International Development | 2020 | Johnson II | [49] |
Secretary of State for International Trade | 2021 | |
Secretary of State for Transport | 2022 | Truss | |
| Nadine Dorries | bgcolor= | | Conservative | Mid Bedfordshire | Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport | 2021 | Johnson II | [50] |
| Michelle Donelan | | Conservative | Chippenham | Secretary of State for Education | 2022 | Johnson II | [51] |
Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport | 2022 | Truss | |
Sunak | |
Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology | 2023 | |
| Kemi Badenoch | | Conservative | Saffron Walden | Secretary of State for International Trade | 2022 | Truss | [52] |
Sunak | |
Secretary of State for Business and Trade | 2023 | |
| Suella Braverman | | Conservative | Fareham | Secretary of State for the Home Department | 2022 | Truss | |
2022 | Sunak | |
| Chloe Smith | | Conservative | Norwich North | Secretary of State for Work and Pensions | 2022 | Truss | [53] |
Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology | 2023 | Sunak | |
| Gillian Keegan | bgcolor= | | Conservative | Chichester | Secretary of State for Education | 2022 | Sunak | [54] |
| Lucy Frazer | bgcolor= | | Conservative | South East Cambridgeshire | Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport | 2023 | Sunak | [55] |
| Claire Coutinho | bgcolor= | | Conservative | East Surrey | Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero | 2023 | Sunak | [56] |
| Victoria Atkins | bgcolor= | | Conservative | Louth and Horncastle | Secretary of State for Health and Social Care | 2023 | Sunak | [57] |
| Louise Haigh | bgcolor= | | Labour | Sheffield Heeley | Secretary of State for Transport | 2024 | Starmer | [58] |
| Liz Kendall | bgcolor= | | Labour | Leicester West | Secretary of State for Work and Pensions | 2024 | Starmer | [59] |
| Shabana Mahmood | bgcolor= | | Labour | Birmingham Ladywood | Secretary of State for Justice | 2024 | Starmer | [60] |
| Lisa Nandy | bgcolor= | | Labour | Wigan | Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport | 2024 | Starmer | [61] |
| Bridget Phillipson | bgcolor= | | Labour | Houghton and Sunderland South | Secretary of State for Education | 2024 | Starmer | [62] |
| Lucy Powell | bgcolor= | | Labour | Manchester Central | Lord President of the Council | 2024 | Starmer | [63] |
| Angela Rayner | | Labour | Ashton-under-Lyne | Deputy Prime Minister | 2024 | Starmer | [64] |
Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities | 2024 | Starmer | |
Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government | 2024 | Starmer | |
| Rachel Reeves | bgcolor= | | Labour | Leeds West and Pudsey | Chancellor of the Exchequer | 2024 | Starmer | [65] |
| Baroness Smith of Basildon | bgcolor= | | Labour | N/A (peeress) | Lord Privy Seal | 2024 | Starmer | [66] |
| Jo Stevens | bgcolor= | | Labour | Cardiff East | Secretary of State for Wales | 2024 | Starmer | [67] | |
denotes the first female minister of that particular department.