Labour Government
26 July 1945 – 26 October 1951
Position | Name | Dates |
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Prime Minister | C. Attlee | 26 Jul 45 – 26 Oct 51 |
Lord President | H. Morrison | 26 Jul 45 – 9 Mar 51 |
Viscount Addison | 9 Mar 51 – 26 Oct 51 | |
Lord Chancellor | Lord Jowitt | 27 Jul 45 – 26 Oct 51 |
Lord Privy Seal | A. Greenwood | 27 Jul 45 – 17 Apr 47 |
Lord Inman | 17 Apr 47 – 7 Oct 47 | |
Viscount Addison | 7 Oct 47 – 9 Mar 51 | |
E. Bevin | 9 Mar 47 – 26 Apr 51 | |
R. Stokes | 26 Apr 51 – 26 Oct 51 | |
Chancellor of the Exchequer | H. Dalton | 27 Jul 45 – 13 Nov 47 |
Sir S. Cripps | 13 Nov 47 – 19 Oct 50 | |
H. Gaitskell | 19 Oct 50 – 26 Oct 51 | |
Minister for Economic Affairs | Sir S. Cripps | 29 Sep 47 – 13 Nov 47 |
Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs | E. Bevin | 27 Jul 45 – 9 Mar 51 |
nbsp; | H. Morrison | 9 Mar 51 – 26 Oct 51 |
Secretary of State for Home Affairs | C. Ede | 3 Aug 45 – 26 Oct 51 |
First Lord of the Admiralty | A. Alexander | 3 Aug 45 – 4 Oct 46 |
Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries | T. Williams | 3 Aug 45 – 26 Oct 51 |
Secretary of State for Air | Viscount Stansgate | 3 Aug 45 – 4 Oct 46 |
Minister for Civil Aviation | Lord Pakenham | 31 May 48 – 28 Feb 50 |
Secretary of State for the Colonies | G. Hall | 3 Aug 45 – 4 Oct 46 |
A. Creech Jones | 4 Oct 46 – 28 Feb 50 | |
J. Griffiths | 28 Feb 50 – 26 Oct 51 | |
Secretary of State for Commonwealth Relations | Viscount Addison | 7 Jul 50 – 26 Oct 51 |
P. Noel-Baker | 7 Oct 47 – 28 Feb 50 | |
P. Gordon Walker | 28 Feb 50 – 26 Oct 51 | |
Minister for Defence | C. Attlee | 27 Jul 45 – 20 Dec 46 |
A. Alexander | 20 Dec 46 – 28 Feb 50 | |
E. Shinwell | 28 Feb 50 – 26 Oct 51 | |
Secretary of State for the Dominions | Viscount Addison | 3 Aug 45 – 7 Jul 47 |
Minister of Education | E. Wilkinson | 3 Aug 45 – 10 Feb 47 |
G. Tomlinson | 10 Feb 47 – 26 Oct 51 | |
Minister for Fuel and Power | E. Shinwell | 3 Aug 45 – 7 Oct 47 |
Minister of Health | A. Bevan | 3 Aug 45 – 17 Jan 51 |
Secretary of State for India and Burma | Lord Pethick-Lawrence | 3 Aug 45 – 17 Apr 47 |
Earl of Listowen | 17 Apr 47 – 26 Oct 51 | |
Minister of Labour and National Service | G. Isaacs | 3 Aug 45 – 17 Jan 51 |
A. Bevan | 17 Jan 51 – 24 Apr 51 | |
A. Robens | 24 Apr 51 – 26 Oct 51 | |
Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster | H. Dalton | 31 May 48 – 28 Feb 50 |
Viscount Alexander | 28 Feb 50 – 26 Oct 51 | |
Paymaster-General | A. Greenwood | 9 Jul 46 – 5 Mar 47 |
Viscount Addison | 2 Jul 48 – 1 Apr 49 | |
Minister without Portfolio | A. Alexander | 4 Oct 46 – 20 Dec 46 |
A. Greenwood | 17 Apr 47 – 29 Sep 47 | |
Secretary of State for Scotland | J. Westwood | 3 Aug 45 – 7 Oct 47 |
A. Woodburn | 7 Oct 47 – 28 Feb 50 | |
H. McNeil | 28 Feb 50 – 26 Oct 51 | |
Town and Country Planning | H. Dalton | 28 Feb 50 – 26 Oct 51 |
President of the Board of Trade | Sir S. Cripps | 27 Jul 45 – 29 Sep 47 |
H. WIlson | 29 Sep 47 – 24 Apr 51 | |
Sir H. Shawcross | 24 Apr 51 – 26 Oct 51 | |
Secretary of State for War | J. Lawson | 3 Aug 45 – 4 Oct 46 |