| salary = £159,038 per annum {{small|(2022)}}{{Cite web |title=Salaries of Members of His Majesty's Government – Financial Year 2022–23 |url=https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1124173/2022-12-07-Ministerial-Salaries-22-23-table.pdf |date=15 December 2022}}
(including £86,584 MP salary){{Cite web |title=Pay and expenses for MPs |url=https://www.parliament.uk/about/mps-and-lords/members/pay-mps/ |access-date=15 December 2022 |website=parliament.uk}}

| first = Earl of Shelburne

| website = [https://www.gov.uk/government/ministers/secretary-of-state-for-the-home-department Home Secretary]

}}{{Politics of the United Kingdom}}

The secretary of state for the Home Department, more commonly known as the home secretary, is a senior minister of the Crown in the Government of the United Kingdom and the head of the Home Office.{{cite web|title=Secretary of State for the Home Department|url=https://www.gov.uk/government/ministers/secretary-of-state-for-the-home-department|access-date=30 June 2021|website=gov.uk|publisher=Government of the United Kingdom}} The position is a Great Office of State, making the home secretary one of the most senior and influential ministers in the government. The incumbent is a statutory member of the British Cabinet and National Security Council.

The position, which may be known as interior minister in other nations, was created in 1782,{{cite web |url=https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/cabinetpapers/cabinet-gov/senior-cabinet-posts.htm |title=The Cabinet Papers: Senior Cabinet posts |work=The National Archives |access-date=3 July 2021 |quote=The post of Home Secretary was created in 1782 with the formation of the Home Office}} though its responsibilities have changed many times.{{cite web |url=http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C150 |title=Records created or inherited by the Home Office, Ministry of Home Security, and related bodies |work=The National Archives |access-date=3 July 2021}} Past office holders have included the prime ministers Lord North, Robert Peel, the Duke of Wellington, Lord Palmerston, Winston Churchill, James Callaghan and Theresa May. The longest-serving home secretary is Henry Addington, 1st Viscount Sidmouth, who held the post continuously for 9 years, 221 days.{{cite web|url=https://www.inyourarea.co.uk/news/the-henry-addington-was-an-east-indiaman/ |title=Henry Addington was a Prime Minister and an 'East Indiaman' |author=Reginald Beer |accessdate=8 March 2024 |date=15 January 2019}} The shortest-serving home secretary is Grant Shapps, who served in the position for the final six days of the premiership of Liz Truss. In 2007, Jacqui Smith became the first female home secretary.{{cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/6249316.stm |title=First female boss for Home Office |work=BBC News |date=28 June 2007 |access-date=25 June 2021 |quote=Jacqui Smith has become Britain's first female home secretary}} The incumbent home secretary is Yvette Cooper.

The office holder works alongside the other Home Office ministers{{Broken anchor|date=2025-04-11|bot=User:Cewbot/log/20201008/configuration|target_link=Home Office#Home Office ministers|reason= The anchor (Home Office ministers) has been deleted.|diff_id=1285088559}} and the permanent under-secretary of state of the Home Office. The corresponding shadow minister is the shadow home secretary, and the performance of the home secretary is also scrutinized by the Home Affairs Select Committee in the House of Commons{{cite web |url=https://committees.parliament.uk/work/408/the-work-of-the-home-secretary/ |title=The work of the Home Secretary |work=Parliament.UK |access-date=21 February 2022 |quote=The Committee holds regular evidence sessions with the Home Secretary, the Permanent Secretary and other officials to ask questions about the policies and priorities of the department. |archive-date=24 September 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200924024937/https://committees.parliament.uk/work/408/the-work-of-the-home-secretary/ |url-status=dead }} and the Justice and Home Affairs Committee in the House of Lords.{{cite web |url=https://committees.parliament.uk/committee/519/justice-and-home-affairs-committee/news/158244/home-secretary-priti-patel-to-appear-before-lords-committee/ |title=Home Secretary Priti Patel to appear before Lords Committee |work=Parliament.UK |date=26 October 2021 |access-date=21 February 2022 |quote=The Justice and Home Affairs Committee will be questioning the Home Secretary, the Rt Hon Priti Patel MP. |archive-date=27 October 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211027074626/https://committees.parliament.uk/committee/519/justice-and-home-affairs-committee/news/158244/home-secretary-priti-patel-to-appear-before-lords-committee/ |url-status=dead }}

Historically, the role has a reputation for being a graveyard for aspiring politicians, owing to the large number of potential issues and controversies that can arise.{{Cite news |date=2018-05-10 |title=Five reasons the Home Office is so tough for ministers to run |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-44055986 |access-date=2024-11-15 |work=BBC News |language=en-GB |quote=The Home Office is the arm of government where at any given moment the political equivalent of a grenade can go off without notice, potentially destroying the careers of ambitious ministers - and occasionally their officials too.}}{{Cite web |date=2018-11-02 |title=Home Truths |url=https://www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/article/home-truths-6x6kv3lxg |access-date=2024-11-15 |website=The Times |language=en |quote=The Home Office used to be regarded as a political graveyard, such was its propensity for abruptly ending ministerial careers. Those days were thought to be over when the department was stripped of some of its most troublesome responsibilities, including prisons.}}{{Cite web |last=Mindell |first=Jeremy |date=8 June 2022 |title=Why chancellors rarely become prime ministers |url=https://www.taxjournal.com/articles/why-chancellors-rarely-become-prime-ministers- |access-date=2024-11-15 |website=Tax Journal |language=en |quote=The home secretary’s job is generally seen as a political graveyard given the number of potential issues that can occur to damage any home secretary’s reputation.}}

Responsibilities

Corresponding to what is generally known as an interior minister in many other countries, the home secretary's remit includes:

Law enforcement in England and Wales
Matters of national security
Issues concerning immigration
Oversight of the Security Service (MI5).

Formerly, the home secretary was the minister responsible for prisons and probation in England and Wales; however in 2007 those responsibilities were transferred to the Ministry of Justice under the lord chancellor.

History

The title Secretary of State in the government of England dates back to the early 17th century. The position of Secretary of State for the Home Department was created in the British governmental reorganisation of 1782, in which the responsibilities of the Northern and Southern Departments were reformed into the Foreign Office and Home Office.{{Cite book|last=Sainty|first=J. C.|url=https://www.british-history.ac.uk/office-holders/vol2/pp1-21#h3-0008|title=Office-Holders in Modern Britain: Volume 2 – Officials of the Secretaries of State 1660–1782|via=British History Online|publisher=University of London|year=1973|pages=1–21|language=en|chapter=Introduction |quote= At the Restoration [in 1660] the practice of appointing two Secretaries of State, which was well established before the Civil War, was resumed. Apart from the modifications which were made necessary by the occasional existence of a third secretaryship, the organisation of the secretariat underwent no fundamental change from that time until the reforms of 1782 which resulted in the emergence of the Home and Foreign departments. ... English domestic affairs remained the responsibility of both Secretaries throughout the period. In the field of foreign affairs there was a division into a Northern and a Southern Department, each of which was the responsibility of one Secretary. The distinction between the two departments emerged only gradually. It was not until after 1689 that their names passed into general currency. Nevertheless the division of foreign business itself can, in its broad outlines, be detected in the early years of the reign of Charles II.}}

In 2007, the new Ministry of Justice took on the criminal justice functions of the Home Office and its agencies.{{Cite web|last=House of Commons Constitutional Affairs Committee|date=17 July 2007|title=The creation of the Ministry of Justice|url=https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200607/cmselect/cmconst/466/466.pdf|access-date=30 June 2021|website=parliament.uk|page=3}}

List of home secretaries

class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"

! colspan=3 | Secretary of State for the Home Department{{R|gov.uk}}
{{Small|Including constituencies for elected MPs.}}

! colspan=2 | Term of office

! Party

! Ministry

! Monarch
{{Small|(Reign)}}

style="height:1em"

| style="background-color: {{Party color|Whigs (British political party)}}" |

| File:William Petty, 2nd Earl of Shelburne by JL Mosnier crop.jpg

| William Petty
2nd Earl of Shelburne{{Sfn|Gibson|2008}}

| 27 March 1782

| 10 July 1782

| {{Party shading/Whigs}} | Whig

| {{Party shading/Whigs}} | Rockingham II

! scope=row style="text-align:center;" rowspan=16 | George III
50px
{{Small|(1760–1820)}}
{{NoteTag|The Prince of Wales served as prince regent from 5 February 1811.}}

style="height:1em"

! style="background-color: {{Party color|Whigs (British political party)}}" |

| File:Viscount Sydney by Gilbert Stuart.jpg

| Thomas Townsend{{Sfn|Gibson|2008}}
{{Small|MP for Whitchurch}}

| 10 July 1782

| 2 April 1783

| {{Party shading/Whigs}} | Whig

| {{Party shading/Coalition (UK)}} | Shelburne
{{Small|(Whig–Tory)}}

style="height:1em"

| style="background-color:{{Party color|Tories (British political party)}}" |

| File:Nathaniel Dance Lord North cropped cropped.jpg

| Frederick North
Lord North{{Sfn|Gibson|2008}}
{{Small|MP for Banbury}}

| 2 April 1783

| 19 December 1783

| {{Party shading/Tories}} | Tory

| {{Party shading/Coalition (UK)}} | Fox–North

style="height:1em"

! style="background-color: {{Party color|Tories (British political party)}}" |

| File:1stMarquessOfBuckingham.jpg

| George Nugent-Temple-Grenville
3rd Earl Temple{{R|Hansard}}

| 19 December 1783

| 23 December 1783

| {{Party shading/Tories}} | Tory

| {{Party shading/Tories}} rowspan=5 | Pitt I

style="height:1em"

! style="background-color: {{Party color|Whigs (British political party)}}" |

| File:Viscount Sydney by Gilbert Stuart.jpg

| Thomas Townsend
1st Baron Sydney{{Sfn|Gibson|2008}}

| 23 December 1783

| 5 June 1789

| {{Party shading/Whigs}} | Whig

style="height:1em"

! style="background-color: {{Party color|Tories (British political party)}}" |

| File:1st Baron Grenville-cropped.jpg

| William Grenville
1st Baron Grenville{{Sfn|Gibson|2008}}
{{Small|MP for Buckinghamshire{{NoteTag|Elevated to the Peerage of Great Britain in 1790.}}
(1759–1834)}}

| 5 June 1789

| 8 June 1791

| {{Party shading/Tories}} | Tory

style="height:1em"

! style="background-color: {{Party color|Tories (British political party)}}" |

| File:1stViscountMelville2.jpg

| Henry Dundas{{Sfn|Gibson|2008}}
{{Small|MP for Edinburgh}}

| 8 June 1791

| 11 July 1794

| {{Party shading/Tories}} | Tory

style="height:1em"

| rowspan=2 style="background-color: {{Party color|Tories (British political party)}}" |

| rowspan=2 | File:3rd Duke of Portland 1804 cropped.jpg

| rowspan=2 | William Cavendish-Bentinck
3rd Duke of Portland{{Sfn|Gibson|2008}}

| rowspan=2 | 11 July 1794

| rowspan=2 | 30 July 1801

| rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Tories}} | Tory

style="height:1em"

| {{Party shading/Tories}} rowspan=3 | Addington

style="height:1em"

! style="background-color: {{Party color|Whigs (British political party)}}" |

| File:2ndEarlOfChichester.jpg

| Thomas Pelham
4th Baron Pelham of Stanmer{{Sfn|Gibson|2008}}

| 30 July 1801

| 17 August 1803

| {{Party shading/Whigs}} | Whig

style="height:1em"

! style="background-color: {{Party color|Tories (British political party)}}" |

| File:George Romney (1734-1802) - The Right Honourable Charles Philip Yorke (1764–1834) - 207768 - National Trust.jpg

| Charles Philip Yorke{{Sfn|Gibson|2008}}
{{Small|MP for Cambridgeshire}}

| 17 August 1803

| 12 May 1804

| {{Party shading/Tories}} | Tory

style="height:1em"

! style="background-color: {{Party color|Tories (British political party)}}" |

| File:Earl jenkinson.jpg

| Robert Jenkinson
2nd Baron Hawkesbury{{Sfn|Gibson|2008}}

| 12 May 1804

| 5 February 1806

| {{Party shading/Tories}} | Tory

| {{Party shading/Tories}} | Pitt II

style="height:1em"

! style="background-color: {{Party color|Whigs (British political party)}}" |

| File:George Spencer, 2nd Earl Spencer.jpg

| George Spencer
2nd Earl Spencer{{Sfn|Gibson|2008}}

| 5 February 1806

| 25 March 1807

| {{Party shading/Whigs}} | Whig

| {{Party shading/Coalition (UK)}} | All the Talents
{{Small|(Whig–Tory)}}

style="height:1em"

! style="background-color: {{Party color|Tories (British political party)}}" |

| File:Earl jenkinson.jpg

| Robert Jenkinson
2nd Earl of Liverpool{{Sfn|Gibson|2008}}

| 25 March 1807

| 1 November 1809

| {{Party shading/Tories}} | Tory

| {{Party shading/Tories}} | Portland II

style="height:1em"

! style="background-color: {{Party color|Tories (British political party)}}" |

| File:No image.svg

| Richard Ryder{{Sfn|Gibson|2008}}
{{Small|MP for Tiverton}}

| 1 November 1809

| 8 June 1812

| {{Party shading/Tories}} | Tory

| {{Party shading/Tories}} | Perceval

style="height:1em"

! height=50 style="background-color: {{Party color|Tories (British political party)}}; border-bottom:none" |

| rowspan=2 | File:Henry Addington by Beechey.jpg

| rowspan=2 | Henry Addington
1st Viscount Sidmouth{{Sfn|Gibson|2008}}

| rowspan=2 | 11 June 1812

| rowspan=2 | 17 January 1822

| rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Tories}} | Tory

| rowspan=3 {{Party shading/Tories}} | Liverpool

style="height:1em"

! height=50 style="background-color: {{Party color|Tories (British political party)}}; border-top:none" |

! scope=row style="text-align:center" rowspan=6 | George IV
50px
{{Small|(1820–1830)}}

style="height:1em"

! style="background-color: {{Party color|Tories (British political party)}}" |

| File:Robert Peel by RR Scanlan detail.jpg

| Robert Peel{{Sfn|Gibson|2008}}
{{Small|MP for Oxford University}}

| 17 January 1822

| 10 April 1827

| {{Party shading/Tories}} | Tory

style="height:1em"

! style="background-color: {{Party color|Tories (British political party)}}" |

| File:No image.svg

| William Sturges Bourne{{Sfn|Gibson|2008}}
{{Small|MP for Ashburton}}

| 30 April 1827

| 16 July 1827

| {{Party shading/Tories}} | Tory

| rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Coalition (UK)}} | Canning
{{Small|(Canningite–Whig)}}

style="height:1em"

! style="background-color: {{Party color|Whigs (British political party)}}; border:none" |{{Zwsp}}

| rowspan=2 | File:Lord Henry Petty.jpg

| rowspan=2 | Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice
3rd Marquess of Lansdowne{{Sfn|Gibson|2008}}

| rowspan=2 | 16 July 1827

| rowspan=2 | 22 January 1828

| rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Whigs}} | Whig

style="height:1em"

! style="background-color: {{Party color|Whigs (British political party)}}; border:none" |

| {{Party shading/Coalition (UK)}} | Goderich

style="height:1em"

! height=50 style="background-color: {{Party color|Tories (British political party)}}; border-bottom:none" |

| rowspan=2 | File:Robert Peel by RR Scanlan detail.jpg

| rowspan=2 | Robert Peel{{Sfn|Gibson|2008}}
{{Small|MP for 3 constituencies respectively
(1788–1850)}}

| rowspan=2 | 26 January 1828

| rowspan=2 | 22 November 1830

| rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Tories}} | Tory

| rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Tories}} | Wellington–Peel

style="height:1em"

! height=50 style="background-color: {{Party color|Tories (British political party)}}; border-top:none" |

! scope=row style="text-align:center" rowspan=6 | William IV
50px
{{Small|(1830–1837)}}

style="height:1em"

! style="background-color: {{Party color|Whigs (British political party)}}" |

| File:William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne, painted by John Partridge.jpg

| William Lamb
2nd Viscount Melbourne{{Sfn|Gibson|2008}}

| 22 November 1830

| 16 July 1834

| {{Party shading/Whigs}} | Whig

| {{Party shading/Whigs}} | Grey

style="height:1em"

! style="background-color: {{Party color|Whigs (British political party)}}" |

| File:Bessborough4.JPG

| John Ponsonby
1st Baron Duncannon{{Sfn|Gibson|2008}}

| 19 July 1834

| 15 November 1834

| {{Party shading/Whigs}} | Whig

| {{Party shading/Whigs}} | Melbourne I

style="height:1em"

! style="background-color: {{Party color|Tories (British political party)}}" |

| File:Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington by John Jackson cropped.jpg

| Arthur Wellesley
1st Duke of Wellington{{Sfn|Gibson|2008}}

| 15 November 1834

| 15 December 1834

| {{Party shading/Tories}} | Tory

| {{Party shading/Tories}} | Wellington Caretaker

style="height:1em"

! style="background-color: {{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

| File:HenryGoulburn.jpg

| Henry Goulburn{{Sfn|Gibson|2008}}
{{Small|MP for Cambridge University}}

| 15 December 1834

| 18 April 1835

| {{Party shading/Conservative (UK)}} | Conservative

| {{Party shading/Conservative (UK)}} | Peel I

style="height:1em"

! height=50 style="background-color: {{Party color|Whigs (British political party)}}; border-bottom:none" |

| rowspan=2 | File:lord john russell.jpg

| rowspan=2 | Lord John Russell{{Cite web |url=https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/offices/home-secretary |title=Home Secretary |work=Parliamentary Debates (Hansard) |access-date=12 September 2017}}
{{Small|MP for Stroud}}

| rowspan=2 | 18 April 1835

| rowspan=2 | 30 August 1839

| {{Party shading/Whigs}} rowspan=2 | Whig

| {{Party shading/Whigs}} rowspan=3 | Melbourne II

style="height:1em"

! height=50 style="background-color: {{Party color|Whigs (British political party)}}; border-top:none" |

! scope=row style="text-align:center" rowspan=25 | Victoria
50px
{{Small|(1837–1901)}}

style="height:1em"

! style="background-color: {{Party color|Whigs (British political party)}}" |

| File:Constantine Henry Phipps, 1st Marquess of Normanby by John Jackson.jpg

| Constantine Phipps
1st Marquess of Normanby{{R|Hansard}}

| 30 August 1839

| 30 August 1841

| {{Party shading/Whigs}} | Whig

style="height:1em"

! style="background-color: {{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

| File:Sir James Graham 2nd Bart First Lord Admiralty.jpg

| James Graham{{R|Hansard}}
{{Small|MP for Dorchester}}

| 6 September 1841

| 30 June 1846

| {{Party shading/Conservative (UK)}} | Conservative

| {{Party shading/Conservative (UK)}} | Peel II

style="height:1em"

! style="background-color: {{Party color|Whigs (British political party)}}" |

| File:Sir George Grey, 2nd Bt.jpg

| George Grey{{R|Hansard}}
{{Smalldiv|{{Longitem|MP for Devonport →
North Northumberland{{NoteTag|Elected to a new constituency in the 1847 general election.}}
}}(1799–1882)}}

| 8 July 1846

| 23 February 1852

| {{Party shading/Whigs}} | Whig

| {{Party shading/Whigs}}| Russell I

style="height:1em"

! style="background-color: {{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

| File:Spencer Horatio Walpole.JPG

| Spencer Horatio Walpole{{R|Hansard}}
{{Small|MP for Midhurst}}

| 27 February 1852

| 19 December 1852

| {{Party shading/Conservative (UK)}} | Conservative

| {{Party shading/Conservative (UK)}} | Who? Who?

style="height:1em"

! style="background-color: {{Party color|Whigs (British political party)}}" |

| File:Lord Palmerston 1855.jpg

| Henry John Temple
3rd Viscount Palmerston{{R|Hansard}}
{{Small|MP for Tiverton}}

| 28 December 1852

| 6 February 1855

| {{Party shading/Whigs}} | Whig

| {{Party shading/Coalition (UK)}} | Aberdeen
{{Small|(Peelite–Whig)}}

style="height:1em"

! style="background-color: {{Party color|Whigs (British political party)}}" |

| File:Sir George Grey, 2nd Bt.jpg

| George Grey{{R|Hansard}}
{{Small|MP for Morpeth}}

| 8 February 1855

| 26 February 1858

| {{Party shading/Whigs}} | Whig

| {{Party shading/Whigs}} | Palmerston I

style="height:1em"

! style="background-color: {{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

| File:Spencer Horatio Walpole.JPG

| Spencer Horatio Walpole{{R|Hansard}}
{{Small|MP for Cambridge University}}

| 26 February 1858

| 3 March 1859

| {{Party shading/Conservative (UK)}} | Conservative

| rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Conservative (UK)}} | Derby–Disraeli II

style="height:1em"

! style="background-color: {{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

| File:Thomas Henry Sutton Sotheron Estcourt Grant.jpg

| Thomas Henry Sutton Sotheron-Estcourt{{R|Hansard}}
{{Small|MP for North Wiltshire}}

| 3 March 1859

| 18 June 1859

| {{Party shading/Conservative (UK)}} | Conservative

style="height:1em"

! style="background-color: {{Party color|Liberal Party (UK)}}" |

| File:Sir George Cornewall Lewis, 2nd Bt.jpg

| George Cornewall Lewis{{R|Hansard}}
{{Small|MP for Radnor}}

| 18 June 1859

| 25 July 1861

| {{Party shading/Liberal (UK)}} | Liberal

| {{Party shading/Liberal (UK)}} rowspan=2 | Palmerston II

style="height:1em"

! style="background-color: {{Party color|Liberal Party (UK)}}; border:none" |{{Zwsp}}

| rowspan=2 | File:Sir George Grey, 2nd Bt.jpg

| rowspan=2 | George Grey{{R|Hansard}}
{{Small|MP for Morpeth}}

| rowspan=2 | 25 July 1861

| rowspan=2 | 28 June 1866

| rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Liberal (UK)}} | Liberal

style="height:1em"

! style="background-color: {{Party color|Liberal Party (UK)}}; border:none" |

| {{Party shading/Liberal (UK)}} | Russell II

style="height:1em"

! style="background-color: {{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

| File:Spencer Horatio Walpole.JPG

| Spencer Horatio Walpole{{R|Hansard}}
{{Small|MP for Cambridge University}}

| 6 July 1866

| 17 May 1867

| {{Party shading/Conservative (UK)}} | Conservative

| rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Conservative (UK)}} | Derby–Disraeli III

style="height:1em"

! style="background-color: {{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

| File:1st Earl of Cranbrook.jpg

| Gathorne Gathorne-Hardy{{R|Hansard}}
{{Small|MP for Oxford University}}

| 17 May 1867

| 3 December 1868

| {{Party shading/Conservative (UK)}} | Conservative

style="height:1em"

! style="background-color: {{Party color|Liberal Party (UK)}}" |

| File:Henry Bruce, 1st Baron Aberdare NPG.jpg

| Henry Bruce{{R|Hansard}}
{{Longitem|{{Small|MP for Merthyr Tydfil →
Renfrewshire{{NoteTag|Lost seat in the 1868 general election and elected to a new constituency in the Renfrewshire by-election.}}}}
}}(1815–1895)

| 9 December 1868

| 9 August 1873

| {{Party shading/Liberal (UK)}} | Liberal

| rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Liberal (UK)}} | Gladstone I

style="height:1em"

! style="background-color: {{Party color|Liberal Party (UK)}}" |

| File:Robert Lowe, 1st Viscount Sherbrooke by George Frederic Watts.jpg

| Robert Lowe{{R|Hansard}}
{{Small|MP for London University}}

| 9 August 1873

| 20 February 1874

| {{Party shading/Liberal (UK)}} | Liberal

style="height:1em"

! style="background-color: {{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

| File:Portrait of Richard Assheton Cross, 1st Viscount Cross.jpg

| R. A. Cross{{R|Hansard}}
{{Small|MP for South West Lancashire}}

| 21 February 1874

| 23 April 1880

| {{Party shading/Conservative (UK)}} | Conservative

| {{Party shading/Conservative (UK)}} | Disraeli II

style="height:1em"

! style="background-color: {{Party color|Liberal Party (UK)}}" |

| File:Sir William Harcourt.jpg

| William Harcourt{{R|Hansard}}
{{Small|MP for Derby}}

| 28 April 1880

| 23 June 1885

| {{Party shading/Liberal (UK)}} | Liberal

| {{Party shading/Liberal (UK)}} | Gladstone II

style="height:1em"

! style="background-color: {{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

| File:Portrait of Richard Assheton Cross, 1st Viscount Cross.jpg

| R. A. Cross{{R|Hansard}}
{{Small|MP for Newton}}

| 24 June 1885

| 1 February 1886

| {{Party shading/Conservative (UK)}} | Conservative

| {{Party shading/Conservative (UK)}} | Salisbury I

style="height:1em"

| style="background-color:{{Party color|Liberal Party (UK)}}" |

| File:Hugh Childers, Lock & Whitfield woodburytype, 1876-83 crop.jpg

| Hugh Childers{{R|Hansard}}
{{Small|MP for Edinburgh South}}

| 6 February 1886

| 25 July 1886

| {{Party shading/Liberal (UK)}} | Liberal

| {{Party shading/Liberal (UK)}} | Gladstone III

style="height:1em"

! style="background-color: {{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

| File:henrymatthews.jpg

| Henry Matthews{{R|Hansard}}
{{Small|MP for Birmingham East}}

| 3 August 1886

| 15 August 1892

| {{Party shading/Conservative (UK)}} | Conservative

| {{Party shading/Conservative (UK)}} | Salisbury II

style="height:1em"

! rowspan=2 style="background-color: {{Party color|Liberal Party (UK)}}" |

| rowspan=2 | File:Portrait of Herbert Henry Asquith, 1st Earl of Oxford and Asquith.jpg

| rowspan=2 | H. H. Asquith{{R|Hansard}}
{{Small|MP for East Fife}}

| rowspan=2 | 18 August 1892

| rowspan=2 | 25 June 1895

| {{Party shading/Liberal (UK)}} rowspan=2 | Liberal

| {{Party shading/Liberal (UK)}} | Gladstone IV

style="height:1em"

| {{Party shading/Liberal (UK)}} | Rosebery

style="height:1em"

! style="background-color: {{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

| File:Matthew White Ridley sketch.jpg

| Matthew White Ridley{{R|Hansard}}
{{Small|MP for Blackpool}}

| 29 June 1895

| 12 November 1900

| {{Party shading/Conservative (UK)}} | Conservative

| rowspan=3 {{Party shading/Coalition (UK)}} | Unionist government, 1895–1905
{{Small|(Con.–Lib.U.)}}

style="height:1em"

! height=20 style="background-color: {{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}; border-bottom:none" |

| rowspan=3 | File:Charles Thomson Ritchie headshot.jpg

| rowspan=3 | Charles Ritchie{{R|Hansard}}
{{Small|MP for Croydon}}

| rowspan=3 | 12 November 1900

| rowspan=3 | 11 August 1902

| rowspan=3 {{Party shading/Conservative (UK)}} | Conservative

style="height:1em"

! height=20 style="background-color: {{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}; border:none" |

! scope=row style="text-align:center" rowspan=6 | Edward VII
50px
{{Small|(1901–1910)}}

style="height:1em"

! height=20 style="background-color: {{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}; border-top:none" |

| rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Coalition (UK)}} | Balfour

style="height:1em"

! style="background-color: {{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

| File:Aretas Akers-Douglas, 1st Viscount Chilston.png

| Aretas Akers-Douglas{{R|Hansard}}
{{Small|MP for St Augustine's}}

| 11 August 1902

| 5 December 1905

| {{Party shading/Conservative (UK)}} | Conservative

style="height:1em"

! style="background-color: {{Party color|Liberal Party (UK)}}; border:none" |

| rowspan=2 | File:Viscount Gladstone.jpg

| rowspan=2 | Herbert Gladstone{{R|Hansard}}
{{Small|MP for Leeds West}}

| rowspan=2 | 11 December 1905

| rowspan=2 | 19 February 1910

| {{Party shading/Liberal (UK)}} rowspan=2 | Liberal

| {{Party shading/Liberal (UK)}} | Campbell-Bannerman

style="height:1em"

! style="background-color: {{Party color|Liberal Party (UK)}}; border:none" |{{Zwsp}}

| {{Party shading/Liberal (UK)}} rowspan=4 | Liberal government, 1905–1915

style="height:1em"

! height=50 style="background-color: {{Party color|Liberal Party (UK)}}; border-bottom:none" |

| rowspan=2 | File:Winston Churchill 1874 - 1965 Q42037.jpg

| rowspan=2 | Winston Churchill{{R|Hansard}}
{{Small|MP for Dundee}}

| rowspan=2 | 19 February 1910

| rowspan=2 | 24 October 1911

| rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Liberal (UK)}} | Liberal

style="height:1em"

! height=50 style="background-color: {{Party color|Liberal Party (UK)}}; border-top:none" |

! scope=row style="text-align:center" rowspan=15 | George V
50px
{{Small|(1910–1936)}}

style="height:1em"

! style="background-color: {{Party color|Liberal Party (UK)}}" |

| File:Reginald McKenna photo.jpg

| Reginald McKenna{{R|Hansard}}
{{Small|MP for North Monmouthshire}}

| 24 October 1911

| 27 May 1915

| {{Party shading/Liberal (UK)}} | Liberal

style="height:1em"

! style="background-color: {{Party color|Liberal Party (UK)}}" |

| File:Viscount Simon.jpg

| John Simon{{R|Hansard}}
{{Small|MP for Walthamstow}}

| 27 May 1915

| 12 January 1916

| {{Party shading/Liberal (UK)}} | Liberal

| rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Coalition (UK)}} | Asquith Coalition
{{Small|(Lib.–Con.–et al.)}}

style="height:1em"

! style="background-color: {{Party color|Liberal Party (UK)}}" |

| File:Herbert Samuel.jpg

| Herbert Samuel{{R|Hansard}}
{{Small|MP for Cleveland}}

| 12 January 1916

| 7 December 1916

| {{Party shading/Liberal (UK)}} | Liberal

style="height:1em"

! style="background-color: {{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

| File:George Cave, 1st Viscount Cave in 1915.jpg

| George Cave
1st Viscount Cave{{R|Hansard}}
{{Small|MP for Kingston{{NoteTag|Ennobled on the day of the 1918 election, which he did not contest.}}
(1856–1928)}}

| 11 December 1916

| 14 January 1919

| {{Party shading/Conservative (UK)}} | Conservative

| rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Coalition (UK)}} | Lloyd George ministry

style="height:1em"

! style="background-color: {{Party color|Liberal Party (UK)}}" |

| File:Edward Shortt.jpg

| Edward Shortt{{R|Hansard}}
{{Small|MP for Newcastle upon Tyne West}}

| 14 January 1919

| 23 October 1922

| {{Party shading/Liberal (UK)}} | Liberal

style="height:1em"

! rowspan=2 style="background-color: {{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

| rowspan=2 | File:William Bridgeman, 1st Viscount Bridgeman.png

| rowspan=2 | William Bridgeman{{R|Hansard}}
{{Small|MP for Oswestry}}

| rowspan=2 | 25 October 1922

| rowspan=2 | 22 January 1924

| rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Conservative (UK)}} | Conservative

| {{Party shading/Conservative (UK)}} | Law

style="height:1em"

| {{Party shading/Conservative (UK)}} | Baldwin I

style="height:1em"

! style="background-color: {{Party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |

| File:1910 Arthur Henderson.jpg

| Arthur Henderson{{R|Hansard}}
{{Small|MP for Burnley{{NoteTag|Elected on 28 February 1924 in the Burnley by-election.}}
(1863–1935)}}

| 23 January 1924

| 4 November 1924

| {{Party shading/Labour}} | Labour

| {{Party shading/Labour}} | MacDonald I

style="height:1em"

! style="background-color: {{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

| File:1st Viscount Brentford 1923.jpg

| William Joynson-Hicks{{R|Hansard}}
{{Small|MP for Twickenham}}

| 7 November 1924

| 5 June 1929

| {{Party shading/Conservative (UK)}} | Conservative

| {{Party shading/Conservative (UK)}} | Baldwin II

style="height:1em"

! style="background-color: {{Party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |

| File:J.R. Clynes LCCN2014717260 (cropped).jpg

| John Robert Clynes{{R|Hansard}}
{{Small|MP for Manchester Platting}}

| 8 June 1929

| 26 August 1931

| {{Party shading/Labour}} | Labour

| {{Party shading/Labour}} | MacDonald II

style="height:1em"

! style="background-color: {{Party color|Liberal Party (UK)}}; border:none" |

| rowspan=2 | File:Herbert Samuel.jpg

| rowspan=2 | Herbert Samuel{{R|Hansard}}
{{Small|MP for Darwen}}

| rowspan=2 | 26 August 1931

| rowspan=2 | 1 October 1932

| rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Liberal (UK)}} | Liberal

| {{Party shading/Coalition (UK)}} | National I
{{Small|(N.Lab.–Con.–et al.)}}

style="height:1em"

! style="background-color: {{Party color|Liberal Party (UK)}}; border:none" |{{Zwsp}}

| rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Coalition (UK)}} | National II

style="height:1em"

! style="background-color: {{Party color|Unionist Party (Scotland)}}" |

| File:Sir John Gilmour.jpg

| John Gilmour{{R|Hansard}}
{{Small|MP for Glasgow Pollok}}

| 1 October 1932

| 7 June 1935

| {{Party shading/Unionist (Scotland)}} | Unionist

style="height:1em"

! style="background-color: {{Party color|National Liberal Party (UK, 1931)}}; border:none" |{{Zwsp}}

| rowspan=3 | File:Viscount Simon.jpg

| rowspan=3 | John Simon{{R|Hansard}}
{{Small|MP for Spen Valley}}

| rowspan=3 | 7 June 1935

| rowspan=3 | 28 May 1937

| rowspan=3 {{Party shading/Liberal National}} | Liberal National

| rowspan=3 {{Party shading/Coalition (UK)}} | National III
{{Small|(Con.–N.Lab.–et al.)}}

style="height:1em"

! style="background-color: {{Party color|National Liberal Party (UK, 1931)}}; border:none" |

! scope=row style="text-align:center" | Edward VIII
50px
{{Small|(1936)}}

style="height:1em"

! style="background-color: {{Party color|National Liberal Party (UK, 1931)}}; border:none" |{{Zwsp}}

! scope=row style="text-align:center" rowspan=8 | George VI
50px
{{Small|(1936–1952)}}

style="height:1em"

! style="background-color: {{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

| File:Sir Samuel Hoare GGBain.jpg

| Samuel Hoare{{R|Hansard}}
{{Small|MP for Chelsea}}

| 28 May 1937

| 3 September 1939

| {{Party shading/Conservative (UK)}} | Conservative

| {{Party shading/Coalition (UK)}} | National IV

style="height:1em"

! style="background-color: {{Party color|National Government (United Kingdom)}}; border:none" |{{Zwsp}}

| rowspan=2 | File:John Anderson, 1st Viscount Waverley 1947.jpg

| rowspan=2 | John Anderson{{R|Hansard}}
{{Small|MP for Combined Scottish Universities}}

| rowspan=2 | 4 September 1939

| rowspan=2 | 4 October 1940

| rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Coalition (UK)}} | Independent
{{Small|(National)}}

| {{Party shading/Coalition (UK)}} | Chamberlain War

style="height:1em"

! style="background-color: {{Party color|National Government (United Kingdom)}}; border:none" |{{Zwsp}}

| rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Coalition (UK)}} | Churchill War
{{Small|(All parties)}}

style="height:1em"

! style="background-color: {{Party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |

| File:Herbert Morrison 1947.jpg

| Herbert Morrison{{R|Hansard}}
{{Small|MP for Hackney South}}

| 4 October 1940

| 23 May 1945

| {{Party shading/Labour}} | Labour

style="height:1em"

! style="background-color: {{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

| Donald Somervell{{R|Hansard}}
{{Small|MP for Crewe}}

| 25 May 1945

| 26 July 1945

| {{Party shading/Conservative (UK)}} | Conservative

| {{Party shading/Coalition (UK)}} | Churchill Caretaker
{{Small|(Con.–Lib.N.)}}

style="height:1em"

! style="background-color: {{Party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |

| File:James Chuter Ede (minister van Binnenlandse Zaken (Home Secretary)), Bestanddeelnr 900-7223.jpg

| James Chuter Ede{{R|Hansard}}
{{Small|MP for South Shields}}

| 3 August 1945

| 26 October 1951

| {{Party shading/Labour}} | Labour

| {{Party shading/Labour}} | Attlee ministry

style="height:1em"

! height=50 style="background-color: {{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}; border-bottom:none" |

| rowspan=2 |File: David Maxwell Fyfe, Nuremberg, 1946 (Art. IWM ART LD 5863).jpg

| rowspan=2 | David Maxwell Fyfe{{R|Hansard}}
{{Small|MP for Liverpool West Derby}}

| rowspan=2 | 27 October 1951

| rowspan=2 | 19 October 1954

| rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Conservative (UK)}} | Conservative

| rowspan=3 {{Party shading/Conservative (UK)}} | Churchill III

style="height:1em"

! height=50 style="background-color: {{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}; border-top:none" |

! rowspan=37 scope="row" style="text-align:center; border-style: solid solid none solid;" | Elizabeth II
50px
{{Small|(1952–2022)}}

style="height:1em"

! style="background-color: {{Party color|National Liberal Party (UK, 1931)}}; border:none" |{{Zwsp}}

| rowspan=2 | File:Gwilym Lloyd George 1922.jpg

| rowspan=2 | Gwilym Lloyd George{{R|Hansard}}
{{Small|MP for Newcastle upon Tyne North}}

| rowspan=2 | 19 October 1954

| rowspan=2 | 14 January 1957

| {{Party shading/Liberal National}} rowspan=2 | National Liberal
&
Conservative

style="height:1em"

! style="background-color: {{Party color|National Liberal Party (UK, 1931)}}; border:none" |

| {{Party shading/Conservative (UK)}} | Eden

style="height:1em"

! style="background-color: {{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

| File:Richard-Austen-Rab-Butler-1st-Baron-Butler-of-Saffron-Walden.jpg

| Rab Butler{{R|Hansard}}
{{Small|MP for Saffron Walden}}

| 14 January 1957

| 13 July 1962

| {{Party shading/Conservative (UK)}} | Conservative

| rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Conservative (UK)}} | Conservative government, 1957–1964

style="height:1em"

! style="background-color: {{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}; border:none" |{{Zwsp}}

| rowspan=2 | File:Henry Brooke 1950.jpg

| rowspan=2 | Henry Brooke{{R|Hansard}}
{{Small|MP for Hampstead}}

| rowspan=2 | 14 July 1962

| rowspan=2 | 16 October 1964

| rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Conservative (UK)}} | Conservative

style="height:1em"

! style="background-color: {{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}; border:none" |

| {{Party shading/Conservative (UK)}} | Douglas-Home

style="height:1em"

! style="background-color: {{Party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |

| File:Frank Soskice 1961.jpg

| Frank Soskice{{R|Hansard}}
{{Small|MP for Newport}}

| 18 October 1964

| 23 December 1965

| {{Party shading/Labour}} | Labour

| rowspan=3 {{Party shading/Labour}} | Labour government, 1964–1970

style="height:1em"

! style="background-color: {{Party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |

| File:Roy Jenkins 1977b.jpg

| Roy Jenkins{{R|Hansard}}
{{Small|MP for Birmingham Stechford}}

| 23 December 1965

| 30 November 1967

| {{Party shading/Labour}} | Labour

style="height:1em"

| style="background-color:{{Party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |

| File:Persconferentie na afloop Overleg van de 9 , Den Haag Callaghan (oa met Enge, Bestanddeelnr 928-9157 (crop).jpg

| James Callaghan{{R|Hansard}}
{{Small|MP for Cardiff South East}}

| 30 November 1967

| 19 June 1970

| {{Party shading/Labour}} | Labour

style="height:1em"

! style="background-color: {{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

| Reginald Maudling{{R|Hansard}}
{{Small|MP for Barnet}}

| 20 June 1970

| 18 July 1972

| {{Party shading/Conservative (UK)}} | Conservative

| rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Conservative (UK)}} | Heath

style="height:1em"

! style="background-color: {{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

| File:Robert Carr2.jpg

| Robert Carr{{R|Hansard}}
{{Small|MP for Carshalton}}

| 18 July 1972

| 4 March 1974

| {{Party shading/Conservative (UK)}} | Conservative

style="height:1em"

! style="background-color: {{Party color|Labour Party (UK)}}; border:none" |

| rowspan=2 | File:Roy Jenkins 1977b.jpg

| rowspan=2 | Roy Jenkins{{R|Hansard}}
{{Small|MP for Birmingham Stechford}}

| rowspan=2 | 5 March 1974

| rowspan=2 | 10 September 1976

| rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Labour}} | Labour

| {{Party shading/Labour}} | Labour government, 1974–1979

style="height:1em"

! style="background-color: {{Party color|Labour Party (UK)}}; border:none" |{{Zwsp}}

| rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Labour}} | Callaghan

style="height:1em"

! style="background-color: {{Party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |

| File:Merlyn_Rees_appearing_on_"After_Dark",_16_July_1988.jpg

| Merlyn Rees{{R|Hansard}}
{{Small|MP for Leeds South}}

| 10 September 1976

| 4 May 1979

| {{Party shading/Labour}} | Labour

style="height:1em"

! style="background-color: {{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

| William Whitelaw{{R|Hansard}}
{{Small|MP for Penrith and The Border}}

| 4 May 1979

| 11 June 1983

| {{Party shading/Conservative (UK)}} | Conservative

| {{Party shading/Conservative (UK)}} | Thatcher I

style="height:1em"

! style="background-color: {{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

| File:Leon Brittan (1996) 02.jpg

| Leon Brittan{{R|Hansard}}
{{Small|MP for Richmond (Yorks)}}

| 11 June 1983

| 2 September 1985

| {{Party shading/Conservative (UK)}} | Conservative

| rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Conservative (UK)}} | Thatcher II

style="height:1em"

! rowspan=2 style="background-color: {{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

| rowspan=2 | File:Lord Hurd (cropped).jpg

| rowspan=2 | Douglas Hurd{{R|Hansard}}
{{Small|MP for Witney}}

| rowspan=2 | 2 September 1985

| rowspan=2 | 26 October 1989

| rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Conservative (UK)}} | Conservative

style="height:1em"

| rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Conservative (UK)}} | Thatcher III

style="height:1em"

! style="background-color: {{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

| David Waddington{{R|Hansard}}
{{Small|MP for Ribble Valley}}

| 26 October 1989

| 28 November 1990

| {{Party shading/Conservative (UK)}} | Conservative

style="height:1em"

! style="background-color: {{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

| File:Official portrait of Lord Baker of Dorking 2020 crop 2.jpg

| Kenneth Baker{{R|Hansard}}
{{Small|MP for Mole Valley}}

| 28 November 1990

| 10 April 1992

| {{Party shading/Conservative (UK)}} | Conservative

| {{Party shading/Conservative (UK)}} | Major I

style="height:1em"

! style="background-color: {{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

| File:Ken clarke.webp

| Kenneth Clarke{{R|Hansard}}
{{Small|MP for Rushcliffe}}

| 10 April 1992

| 27 May 1993

| {{Party shading/Conservative (UK)}} | Conservative

| {{Party shading/Conservative (UK)}} rowspan=2 | Major II

style="height:1em"

! style="background-color: {{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

| File:Michael Howard as Home Secretary.jpg

| Michael Howard{{R|Hansard}}
{{Small|MP for Folkestone and Hythe}}

| 27 May 1993

| 2 May 1997

| {{Party shading/Conservative (UK)}} | Conservative

style="height:1em"

! style="background-color: {{Party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |

| File:Jack Straw 2.jpg

| Jack Straw{{R|Hansard}}
{{Small|MP for Blackburn}}

| 2 May 1997

| 8 June 2001

| {{Party shading/Labour}} | Labour

| {{Party shading/Labour}} | Blair I

style="height:1em"

! style="background-color: {{Party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |

| File:David Blunkett DfEE.jpg

| David Blunkett{{R|Hansard}}
{{Small|MP for Sheffield Brightside}}

| 8 June 2001

| 15 December 2004

| {{Party shading/Labour}} | Labour

| rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Labour}} |Blair II

style="height:1em"

! rowspan=2 style="background-color: {{Party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |

| rowspan=2 | File:Charles Clarke (cropped).jpg

| rowspan=2 | Charles Clarke{{R|Hansard}}
{{Small|MP for Norwich South}}

| rowspan=2 | 15 December 2004

| rowspan=2 | 5 May 2006

| rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Labour}} | Labour

style="height:1em"

| rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Labour}} |Blair III

style="height:1em"

! style="background-color: {{Party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |

| File:Official portrait of Lord Reid of Cardowan, 2020.jpg

| John Reid{{Cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/4975938.stm |title=Clarke is fired in Cabinet purge |date=5 May 2006 |work=BBC News |access-date=13 September 2017}}
{{Small|MP for Airdrie and Shotts}}

| 5 May 2006

| 27 June 2007

| {{Party shading/Labour}} | Labour

style="height:1em"

! style="background-color: {{Party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |

| File:Official portrait of Baroness Smith of Malvern crop 2, 2025.jpg

| Jacqui Smith{{Cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/6249316.stm |title=First female boss for Home Office |date=28 June 2007 |work=BBC News |access-date=13 September 2017}}
{{Small|MP for Redditch}}

| 28 June 2007

| 5 June 2009

| {{Party shading/Labour}} | Labour

| rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Labour}} | Brown

style="height:1em"

! style="background-color: {{Party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |

| File:Alan Johnson MP.jpg

| Alan Johnson{{Cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/8084501.stm |title=Hutton quits in cabinet reshuffle |date=5 June 2009 |work=BBC News |access-date=13 September 2017}}
{{Small|MP for Hull West and Hessle}}

| 5 June 2009

| 11 May 2010

| {{Party shading/Labour}} | Labour

style="height:1em"

! rowspan=2 style="background-color: {{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

| rowspan=2 | File:Theresa May (2015) (cropped).jpg

| rowspan=2 | Theresa May{{Cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/election_2010/8678271.stm |title=Cameron coalition: Theresa May made home secretary |date=12 May 2010 |work=BBC News |access-date=13 September 2017}}
{{Small|MP for Maidenhead}}

| rowspan=2 | 12 May 2010

| rowspan=2 | 13 July 2016

| rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Conservative (UK)}} | Conservative

| {{Party shading/Coalition (UK)}} | Cameron–Clegg
{{Small|(Con.–L.D.)}}

style="height:1em"

| {{Party shading/Conservative (UK)}} | Cameron II

style="height:1em"

! style="background-color: {{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}; border:none" |

| rowspan=2 | File:official portrait of Amber Rudd crop 2.jpg

| rowspan=2 | Amber Rudd{{Cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-36790710 |title=Theresa May shakes up government with new-look cabinet |date=14 July 2016 |work=BBC News |access-date=13 September 2017}}
{{Small|MP for Hastings and Rye}}

| rowspan=2 | 13 July 2016

| rowspan=2 | 29 April 2018

| rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Conservative (UK)}} | Conservative

| {{Party shading/Conservative (UK)}} | May I

style="height:1em"

! style="background-color: {{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}; border:none" |{{Zwsp}}

| rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Conservative (UK)}} | May II

style="height:1em"

! style="background-color: {{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

| File:Official portrait of Rt Hon Sajid Javid MP crop 2.jpg

| Sajid Javid{{Cite web|title=Sajid Javid announced as new Home Secretary after Amber Rudd's resignation|url=https://news.sky.com/story/sajid-javid-announced-as-new-home-secretary-after-amber-rudds-resignation-11353529|publisher=Sky News|access-date=30 April 2018}}
{{Small|MP for Bromsgrove}}

| 30 April 2018

| 24 July 2019

| {{Party shading/Conservative (UK)}} | Conservative

style="height:1em"

! rowspan=2 style="background-color: {{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

| rowspan=2 | File:Official portrait of Rt Hon Priti Patel MP crop 2.jpg

| rowspan=2 | Priti Patel{{Cite web|date=24 July 2019|title=Priti Patel appointed UK interior minister: statement|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-britain-eu-leader-patel-idUSKCN1UJ2HW|access-date=30 June 2021|work=Reuters}}
{{Small|MP for Witham}}

| rowspan=2 | 24 July 2019

| rowspan=2 | 6 September 2022

| rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Conservative (UK)}} | Conservative

| {{Party shading/Conservative (UK)}} | Johnson I

style="height:1em"

| {{Party shading/Conservative (UK)}} | Johnson II

style="height:1em"

! rowspan=2 style="background-color: {{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

| rowspan=2 | File:Official portrait of Suella Braverman MP crop 2, 2024.jpg

| rowspan=2 | Suella Braverman{{Cite web |title=Suella Braverman MP on Twitter: My letter to the Prime Minister. |url=https://twitter.com/suellabraverman/status/1582762282626736128 |access-date=2022-10-19 |website=Twitter |language=en}}
{{Small|MP for Fareham}}

| rowspan=2 | 6 September 2022

| rowspan=2 | 19 October 2022

| rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Conservative (UK)}} | Conservative

| rowspan=3 {{Party shading/Conservative (UK)}} | Truss

style="height:1em"

! rowspan=5 scope="row" style="text-align:center"| Charles III
60px
{{Small|(2022–present)}}

style="height:1em"

! style="background-color: {{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

| File:Official portrait of Rt Hon Grant Shapps MP crop 2.jpg

| Grant Shapps{{Cite news |date=2022-10-19 |title=Grants Shapps replaces Suella Braverman as home secretary |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-63318157 |access-date=2022-10-19}}
{{Small|MP for Welwyn Hatfield}}

| 19 October 2022

| 25 October 2022

| {{Party shading/Conservative (UK)}} | Conservative

style="height:1em"

! style="background-color: {{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

| File:Official portrait of Suella Braverman MP crop 2, 2024.jpg

| Suella Braverman{{Cite news|date=25 October 2022|title=Braverman returns to home secretary role|work=BBC News|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/uk-politics-63375473?ns_mchannel=social&ns_source=twitter&ns_campaign=bbc_live&ns_linkname=635807ec34a915418162e578%26Braverman%20returns%20to%20home%20secretary%20role%262022-10-25T16%3A00%3A52.374Z&ns_fee=0&pinned_post_locator=urn:asset:bebca0a5-27ce-4562-bb2b-0f35c9411c16&pinned_post_asset_id=635807ec34a915418162e578&pinned_post_type=share|access-date=25 October 2022}}
{{Small|MP for Fareham}}

| 25 October 2022

| 13 November 2023

| {{Party shading/Conservative (UK)}} | Conservative

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| File:Official portrait of James Cleverly MP crop 2, 2024.jpg

| James Cleverly{{Cite news|date=25 October 2022|title=Braverman returns to home secretary role|work=BBC News|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/uk-politics-63375473?ns_mchannel=social&ns_source=twitter&ns_campaign=bbc_live&ns_linkname=635807ec34a915418162e578%26Braverman%20returns%20to%20home%20secretary%20role%262022-10-25T16%3A00%3A52.374Z&ns_fee=0&pinned_post_locator=urn:asset:bebca0a5-27ce-4562-bb2b-0f35c9411c16&pinned_post_asset_id=635807ec34a915418162e578&pinned_post_type=share|access-date=25 October 2022}}
{{Small|MP for Braintree}}

| 13 November 2023

| 5 July 2024

| {{Party shading/Conservative (UK)}} | Conservative

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| File:Yvette Cooper Official Cabinet Portrait, July 2024 (cropped) 2.jpg

| Yvette Cooper{{Cite news|date=5 July 2024|title=Rachel Reeves becomes UK's first female chancellor with Angela Rayner deputy PM as Keir Starmer names cabinet – election live|work=The Guardian|url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/live/2024/jul/04/general-election-2024-uk-live-labour-tories-starmer-sunak-results-exit-poll?page=with:block-66880a888f08a83a9aeccfc3#block-66880a888f08a83a9aeccfc3|access-date=5 July 2024}}
{{Small|MP for Pontefract, Castleford and Knottingley}}

| 5 July 2024

| Incumbent

| {{Party shading/Labour}} | Labour

| {{Party shading/Labour}} | Starmer

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Notes

References

= Citations =

= Sources =

{{cite book |last = Gibson |first = Bryan |title = The New Home Office: An Introduction |edition = 2nd |url = https://books.google.com/books?id=DgTbCgAAQBAJ |year = 2008 |publisher = Waterside Press |pages = 148–149 |isbn = 978-1-904380-49-8 }}