Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Labour explained

Post:	Parliamentary secretary to the Minister of Labour
Body:	the United Kingdom
Abolished:	1964
Department:	Ministry of Labour
Formation:	1916
First:	William Bridgeman
Last:	William Whitelaw
Status:	Defunct

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

Name		width=90	Took office	width=90	Left office	Political party
	width=160		1916	1919	Conservative
	width=160		1919	1920	Labour
	width=160		1920	1922	Conservative
	width=160		1922	1923	Conservative
	width=160		1923	1924	Conservative
	width=160		1924	1924	Labour
	width=160		1924	1929	Conservative
	width=160		1929	1931	Labour
	width=160		1931	1931	Liberal
	width=160		1931	1935	Conservative
	width=160		1935	1937	Conservative
	width=160		1937	1938	Conservative
	width=160		1937	1939	Conservative

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

Name		width=90	Took office	width=90	Left office	Political party
	width=160		1939	1942	Conservative
	width=160		1941	1945	Labour
	width=160		1942	1945	Conservative
	width=160		1945	1950	Labour
	width=160		1950	1951	Labour
	width=160		1951	1952	Conservative
	width=160		1952	1955	Conservative
	width=160		1955	1958	Conservative
	width=160		1958	1959	Conservative

Parliamentary Secretaries to the Ministry of Labour, 1959-1964

Name		width=90	Took office	width=90	Left office	Political party
	width=160		1959	1961	Conservative
	width=160		1961	1962	Conservative
	width=160		1962	1964	Conservative