| Cabinet Number: | 2nd |
| Cabinet Type: | National Government |
| Jurisdiction: | the United Kingdom |
| Incumbent: | 1931–1935 |
| Government Head Title: | Prime Minister |
| Government Head: | Ramsay MacDonald |
| State Head Title: | Monarch |
| State Head: | George V |
| Government Head History: | 1929–1935 |
| Deputy Government Head: | Stanley Baldwin |
| Total Number: | 107 appointments |
| Legislature Status: | Supermajority (coalition) 554 / 615 (90%) |
| Legislature Term: | 36th UK Parliament |
| Election: | 1931 general election |
| Opposition Party: | Labour Party |
| Previous: | First National Government |
| Successor: | Third National Government |
The National Government of 1931–1935 was formed by Ramsay MacDonald following his reappointment as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom by King George V after the general election in October 1931.
As a National Government it contained members of the Conservative Party, Liberals, Liberal Nationals and National Labour, as well as a number of individuals who belonged to no political party. The Liberal Nationals had previously not held office in MacDonald's previous National Government, though two junior ministers appointed as Liberals had defected to them. Their relationship with the main Liberal Party had been unclear but following the election, the Liberal Nationals officially repudiated the official Liberal Party whip.
During the course of the Ministry the ministers from the Liberal Party, led by Sir Herbert Samuel, resigned over the adoption of a protectionist policy caused by the government negotiating the Ottawa Accords in 1932. The other Liberal faction in the Ministry, the Liberal National Party, had accepted the Conservative policy of protectionism before the National government had been formed so its ministers continued in office.
In June 1935, MacDonald resigned and was replaced as Prime Minister by Stanley Baldwin.
Members of the Cabinet are in bold face.
| Office | Name | Party | Dates | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Prime Minister, First Lord of the Treasury and Leader of the House of Commons | Ramsay MacDonald | National Labour | 5 November 1931 – 7 June 1935 | ||
| Lord Chancellor | National Labour | November 1931 | created Viscount Sankey 30 January 1932 | ||
| Lord President of the Council | Stanley Baldwin | Conservative | November 1931 | ||
| Lord Privy Seal | Philip Snowden | National Labour | 5 November 1931 | created Viscount Snowden 24 November 1931 | |
| Stanley Baldwin | Conservative | 29 September 1932 | |||
| Anthony Eden | Conservative | 31 December 1933 | |||
| Chancellor of the Exchequer | Neville Chamberlain | Conservative | 5 November 1931 | ||
| Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury | David Margesson | Conservative | 10 November 1931 | ||
| Financial Secretary to the Treasury | Walter Elliot | Conservative | November 1931 | ||
| Leslie Hore-Belisha | Liberal National | 29 September 1932 | |||
| Duff Cooper | Conservative | 29 June 1934 | |||
| Lords of the Treasury | Walter Womersley | Conservative | 12 November 1931 – 7 June 1935 | knighted 1934 | |
| Victor Warrender | Conservative | 12 November 1931 – 30 September 1932 | |||
| Geoffrey Shakespeare | Liberal National | 12 November 1931 – 30 September 1932 | |||
| Austin Hudson | Conservative | 12 November 1931 – 12 April 1935 | |||
| Lambert Ward | Conservative | 12 November 1931 – 1 May 1935 | |||
| George Davies | Conservative | 11 October 1932 – 7 June 1935 | |||
| James Blindell | Liberal National | 30 September 1932 – 7 June 1935 | |||
| James Stuart | Conservative | 1 May 1935 – 7 June 1935 | |||
| Archibald Southby | Conservative | 23 April 1935 – 7 June 1935 | |||
| Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs | Rufus Isaacs, 1st Marquess of Reading | Liberal | 24 August 1931 – 5 November 1931 | ||
| John Simon | Liberal National | 5 November 1931 | |||
| Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs | Anthony Eden | Conservative | November 1931 | ||
| James Stanhope | Conservative | 18 January 1934 | |||
| Secretary of State for the Home Department | Herbert Samuel | Liberal | November 1931 | ||
| John Gilmour | Conservative | 28 September 1932 | |||
| Under-Secretary of State for the Home Department | Oliver Stanley | Conservative | November 1931 | ||
| Douglas Hacking | Conservative | 22 February 1933 | |||
| Harry Crookshank | Conservative | 29 June 1934 | |||
| First Lord of the Admiralty | Bolton Eyres-Monsell | Conservative | 5 November 1931 | ||
| Parliamentary and Financial Secretary to the Admiralty | Edward Stanley | Conservative | 10 November 1931 | ||
| Civil Lord of the Admiralty | Euan Wallace | Conservative | 10 November 1931 | ||
| Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries | John Gilmour | Conservative | November 1931 | ||
| Walter Elliot | Conservative | 28 September 1932 | |||
| Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries | National Labour | 10 November 1931 | |||
| Secretary of State for Air | Conservative | 5 November 1931 | |||
| Under-Secretary of State for Air | Philip Sassoon | Conservative | November 1931 | ||
| Secretary of State for the Colonies | Philip Cunliffe-Lister | Conservative | 5 November 1931 | ||
| Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies | Robert William Hamilton | Liberal | November 1931 | ||
| Conservative | 29 September 1932 | ||||
| Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs | Jimmy Thomas | National Labour | November 1931 | ||
| Under-Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs | Malcolm MacDonald | National Labour | November 1931 | ||
| President of the Board of Education | Donald Maclean | Liberal | November 1931 | ||
| Conservative | 15 June 1932 | succeeded as 3rd Viscount Halifax 19 January 1934 | |||
| Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Education | Herwald Ramsbotham | Conservative | 10 November 1931 | ||
| Minister of Health | Hilton Young | Conservative | 5 November 1931 | ||
| Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Health | Ernest Brown | Liberal National | 10 November 1931 | ||
| Geoffrey Shakespeare | Liberal National | 30 September 1932 | |||
| Secretary of State for India | Samuel Hoare | Conservative | November 1931 | ||
| Under-Secretary of State for India | Liberal | 10 November 1931 | |||
| Rab Butler | Conservative | 29 September 1932 | |||
| Minister of Labour | Henry Betterton | Conservative | November 1931 | ||
| Oliver Stanley | Conservative | 29 June 1934 | |||
| Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Labour | Robert Hudson | Conservative | 10 November 1931 | ||
| Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster | J. C. C. Davidson | Conservative | 10 November 1931 | ||
| Paymaster General | National Labour | 23 November 1931 | |||
| Minister for Pensions | George Tryon | Conservative | November 1931 | ||
| Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Pensions | Cuthbert Headlam | Conservative | 10 November 1931 | Office vacant from 29 September 1932 | |
| Postmaster-General | Kingsley Wood | Conservative | 10 November 1931 | Office in Cabinet from 20 December 1933 | |
| Assistant Postmaster-General | Graham White | Liberal | November 1931 | ||
| Ernest Nathaniel Bennett | National Labour | 21 October 1932 | |||
| Secretary of State for Scotland | Archie Sinclair | Liberal | November 1931 | ||
| Godfrey Collins | Liberal National | 28 September 1932 | |||
| Under-Secretary of State for Scotland | Noel Skelton | Conservative | November 1931 | ||
| President of the Board of Trade | Walter Runciman | Liberal National | 5 November 1931 | ||
| Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Trade | Leslie Hore-Belisha | Liberal National | 10 November 1931 | ||
| Leslie Burgin | Liberal National | 29 September 1932 | |||
| Secretary for Overseas Trade | John Colville | Conservative | 10 November 1931 | ||
| Secretary for Mines | Isaac Foot | Liberal | November 1931 | ||
| Ernest Brown | Liberal National | 30 September 1932 | |||
| Minister of Transport | James Pybus | Liberal National | November 1931 | ||
| Oliver Stanley | Conservative | 22 February 1933 | |||
| Leslie Hore-Belisha | Liberal National | 29 June 1934 | |||
| Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Transport | Conservative | 25 November 1931 | |||
| Cuthbert Headlam | Conservative | 29 September 1932 | Office vacant 5 July 1934 | ||
| Secretary of State for War and Leader of the House of Lords | Conservative | 5 November 1931 | |||
| Under-Secretary of State for War | Conservative | 10 November 1931 | |||
| and | Conservative | 24 January 1934 | |||
| Financial Secretary to the War Office | Duff Cooper | Conservative | November 1931 | ||
| Douglas Hacking | Conservative | 29 June 1934 | |||
| First Commissioner of Works | William Ormsby-Gore | Conservative | 5 November 1931 | ||
| Attorney General | William Jowitt | National Labour | November 1931 | ||
| Thomas Inskip | Conservative | 26 January 1932 | |||
| Solicitor General | Thomas Inskip | Conservative | November 1931 | ||
| Boyd Merriman | Conservative | 26 January 1932 | |||
| Donald Somervell | Conservative | 29 September 1933 | |||
| Lord Advocate | Craigie Aitchison | National Labour | November 1931 | ||
| Wilfrid Normand | Conservative | 2 October 1933 | |||
| Douglas Jamieson | Conservative | 28 March 1935 | |||
| Solicitor General for Scotland | Wilfrid Normand | Conservative | 10 November 1931 | ||
| Douglas Jamieson | Conservative | 2 October 1933 | |||
| Thomas Cooper | Conservative | 15 May 1935 | |||
| Treasurer of the Household | Frederick Thomson | Conservative | 12 November 1931 | ||
| George Penny | Conservative | 1 May 1935 | |||
| Comptroller of the Household | Walter Rea | Liberal | 12 November 1931 | ||
| George Penny | Conservative | 30 September 1932 | |||
| Victor Warrender | Conservative | 1 May 1935 | |||
| Vice-Chamberlain of the Household | George Penny | Conservative | 12 November 1931 | ||
| Victor Warrender | Conservative | 30 September 1932 | |||
| Lambert Ward | Conservative | 1 May 1935 | |||
| Captain of the Gentlemen-at-Arms | Conservative | 12 November 1931 | |||
| Captain of the Yeomen of the Guard | and | Conservative | 12 November 1931 | ||
| Lords in Waiting | Conservative | 12 November 1931 – 24 January 1934 | |||
| Conservative | 12 November 1931 – 7 June 1935 | ||||
| Liberal | 12 November 1931 – 28 September 1932 | ||||
| Conservative | 24 January 1934 – 7 June 1935 | ||||
| Conservative | 24 January 1934 – 7 June 1935 | ||||