Cabinet Structure of Clement Attlee’s labour Govt-1945

With a landslide of 395 seats compared to only 197 for the Conservatives and 12 for the Liberals, the Labour Party was given a massive mandate to govern Britain. Labour aimed to rebuild the country through a combination of tight controls on resources and nationalisation of industries.

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Clement Attlee

Prime Minister Clement Richard Attlee (1883 - 1967)

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Labour Government

26 July 1945 – 26 October 1951

Position	Name	Dates
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

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