The office of Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Northern Ireland is a junior ministerial position in the Northern Ireland Office of the Government of the United Kingdom.[1] The role has also been known as Under-Secretary of State, Northern Ireland.
The parliamentary under-secretary of state leads on supporting the secretary of state in their responsibilities, specifically:
| Name | Image | Start Date | End Date | Party | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| David Howell | 26 March 1972 | 5 November 1972 | Conservative | |||
| 5 November 1972 | 4 March 1974 | |||||
| John Ganzoni | 5 June 1973 | |||||
| Jack Donaldson | 4 March 1974 | 5 April 1976 | Labour | |||
| Don Concannon | 27 June 1974 | |||||
| James Dunn | 5 April 1976 | 4 May 1979 | ||||
| Raymond Carter | ||||||
| Tom Pendry | 11 November 1978 | |||||
| Philip Goodhart | 4 May 1979 | 5 January 1981 | Conservative | |||
| Rodney Elton | 7 May 1979 | 15 September 1981 | ||||
| Giles Shaw | 5 January 1981 | |||||
| John Patten | 5 January 1981 | 13 June 1983 | ||||
| David Mitchell | ||||||
| Nicholas Scott | 13 June 1983 | 11 September 1986 | ||||
| Chris Patten | 14 June 1983 | 2 September 1985 | ||||
| Charles Lyell | 12 April 1984 | 25 July 1989 | ||||
| Richard Needham | 3 September 1985 | 15 April 1992 | ||||
| Peter Viggers | June 1987 | 26 July 1989 | ||||
| Peter Bottomley | 4 July 1989 | 28 July 1990 | ||||
| Roger Bootle-Wilbraham | 24 July 1989 | 28 November 1990 | ||||
| Jeremy Hanley | 3 December 1990 | 27 May 1993 | ||||
| 22 April 1992 | 11 January 1994 | |||||
| Michael Ancram | 27 May 1993 | |||||
| Tim Smith | 6 January 1994 | 20 October 1994 | ||||
| Jean Denton | 20 July 1994 | 2 May 1997 | ||||
| Malcolm Moss | 25 October 1994 | |||||
| Alf Dubs | 6 May 1997 | 31 December 1999 | Labour | |||
| 29 July 1999 | 7 June 2001 | |||||
| Des Browne | 11 June 2001 | 13 June 2003 | ||||
| Barry Gardiner | 2 April 2004 | 10 May 2005 | ||||
| Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Children in Northern Ireland | ||||||
| Jeff Rooker | 9 May 2005 | 6 May 2006 | Labour | |||
| Maria Eagle | 6 May 2006 | 28 June 2007 | ||||
| Position not in use | 28 June 2007 | 11 May 2015 | Position not in use | |||
| Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Northern Ireland | ||||||
| Andrew Dunlop | 11 May 2015 | 10 June 2017 | Conservative | |||
| Nick Bourne | 14 June 2017 | 27 October 2017 | ||||
| Chloe Smith | 14 June 2017 | 9 January 2018 | ||||
| Ian Duncan | 27 October 2017 | 13 February 2020 | ||||
| Robin Walker | 25 July 2019 | 13 February 2020 | ||||
| Position not in use | 13 February 2020 | 5 November 2021 | Position not in use | |||
| Jonathan Caine | 5 November 2021 | 5 July 2024 | Conservative | |||
| Fleur Anderson | 9 July 2024 | Incumbent | Labour | |||