Minister of State for Trade Policy and Economic Security

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United Kingdom
Minister of State for Trade Policy and Economic Security
File:Coat of arms of the United Kingdom (2022, lesser arms).svg
Royal Arms of His Majesty's Government
Department for Business and Trade
StyleMinister
NominatorPrime Minister of the United Kingdom
AppointerThe Monarch
on advice of the Prime Minister
Formation3 September 1953
First holderDerick Heathcoat-Amory
Websitewww.gov.uk/government/ministers/minister-of-state--172

The Minister of State for Trade Policy and Economic Security,[1] formerly Minister of State for Trade Policy and Minister of State for Trade, is a mid-level role at the Department for Business and Trade in the Government of the United Kingdom. It is currently held by Douglas Alexander, who took the office on 6 July 2024. From 2016 to February 2023, the role was based in the Department for International Trade.

History

Although a Minister of State position, it was considered to be one of the most important jobs outside Cabinet rank as when Douglas Alexander became Minister of State for Trade in September 2004, he was given a special provision to attend the Cabinet meetings. The subsequent role of Minister of State for Investment was created in 2021. The minister formerly worked at the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy and Department for International Trade.

List of ministers

Minister Entered office Left office Political party Prime Minister

Minister of State for Trade

File:Derick Heathcoat-Amory cropped.png Derick Heathcoat-Amory 3 September 1953 18 October 1954 Conservative Winston Churchill
File:Blank.svg Derek Walker-Smith 18 October 1954 6 April 1955 Conservative
File:Derick Heathcoat-Amory cropped.png Derick Heathcoat-Amory 6 April 1955 16 January 1957 Conservative Anthony Eden
File:Blank.svg Derek Walker-Smith 16 January 1957 17 September 1957 Conservative Harold Macmillan
File:Blank.svg John Vaughan-Morgan 17 September 1957 22 October 1959 Conservative
File:Frederick Erroll, 1st Baron Erroll of Hale.jpg Frederick Erroll 22 October 1959 9 October 1961 Conservative
File:Blank.svg Keith Joseph 9 October 1961 16 July 1962 Conservative
File:Blank.svg Alan Green 16 July 1962 23 October 1963 Conservative
File:Blank.svg The Lord Derwent 6 September 1962 23 October 1963 Conservative
File:Blank.svg The Lord Drumalbyn 23 October 1963 16 October 1964 Conservative Alec Douglas-Home
File:Blank.svg Edward du Cann 23 October 1963 16 October 1964 Conservative
File:Blank.svg George Darling 20 October 1964 6 April 1968 Labour Harold Wilson
File:Blank.svg Edward Redhead 20 October 1964 11 October 1965 Labour
File:Blank.svg Roy Mason 20 October 1964 7 January 1967 Labour
File:Blank.svg The Lord Brown 11 October 1965 19 June 1970 Labour
File:Blank.svg Joseph Mallalieu 7 January 1967 1 July 1968 Labour
File:Dell, Edmund cropped, Bestanddeelnr 930-1791.jpg Edmund Dell 6 April 1968 13 October 1969 Labour
File:Official portrait of Lord Rodgers of Quarry Bank crop 2.jpg William Rodgers 1 July 1968 13 October 1969 Labour
File:Goronwy Roberts.jpg Goronwy Roberts 13 October 1969 19 June 1970 Labour
File:Blank.svg Frederick Corfield 24 June 1970 15 October 1970 Conservative Edward Heath
File:Blank.svg Michael Noble 15 October 1970 5 November 1972 Conservative
File:Geoffrey Howe (1985).jpg Geoffrey Howe[lower-alpha 1] 5 November 1972 4 March 1974 Conservative

Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Trade

File:Blank.svg Eric Deakins 4 March 1974 5 April 1976 Labour Harold Wilson
File:Stanley Clinton-Davis (1985).jpg Stanley Clinton-Davis 4 March 1974 4 May 1979 Labour
File:Michael Meacher official portrait.jpg Michael Meacher 5 April 1976 4 May 1979 Labour James Callaghan

Minister of State for Trade

File:Blank.svg Cecil Parkinson 7 May 1979 14 September 1981 Conservative Margaret Thatcher
File:Blank.svg Peter Rees 14 September 1981 9 June 1983 Conservative
File:Blank.svg Paul Channon 9 June 1983 24 January 1986 Conservative
File:Alan Clark 1993.jpg Alan Clark 24 January 1986 25 July 1989 Conservative
File:Official portrait of Lord Trefgarne 2020 crop 2.jpg The Lord Trefgarne 25 July 1989 23 July 1990 Conservative
File:Blank.svg Tim Sainsbury 23 July 1990 14 April 1992 Conservative John Major
File:Earl of Kilmorey 2014.jpg Richard Needham 14 April 1992 6 July 1995 Conservative
File:Blank.svg Anthony Nelson 6 July 1995 2 May 1997 Conservative
File:Stanley Clinton-Davis (1985).jpg The Lord Clinton-Davis 2 May 1997 28 July 1998 Labour Tony Blair
File:Blank.svg Brian Wilson 28 July 1998 28 July 1999 Labour
File:Richard Caborn.jpg Richard Caborn 28 July 1999 11 June 2001 Labour
File:Official portrait of Baroness Symons of Vernham Dean crop 2.jpg The Baroness Symons of Vernham Dean 11 June 2001 13 June 2003 Labour
File:Mike O'Brien 2.jpg Mike O'Brien 13 June 2003 9 September 2004 Labour
File:Douglas Alexander at the India Economic Summit 2008.jpg Douglas Alexander 9 September 2004 11 May 2005 Labour
File:Ianperason.jpg Ian Pearson 11 May 2005 8 May 2006 Labour
File:Minister of State for Trade, UK, Mr. Ian McCartney, in New Delhi on November 27, 2006 (cropped).jpg Ian McCartney[lower-alpha 2] 8 May 2006 28 June 2007 Labour
File:Lord Jones 2.jpg The Lord Jones of Birmingham 29 June 2007 3 October 2008 Independent[lower-alpha 3] Gordon Brown
File:Official portrait of Gareth Thomas crop 2.jpg Gareth Thomas[lower-alpha 4] 3 October 2008 5 June 2009 Labour

Minister of State for Trade, Investment and Business

File:Davies lord Mervyn.jpg The Lord Davies of Abersoch 14 January 2009 11 May 2010 Labour Gordon Brown

Minister of State for Business and Enterprise

File:Official portrait of Mr Mark Prisk crop 2.jpg Mark Prisk[lower-alpha 5] 11 May 2010 11 January 2011 Conservative David Cameron

Minister of State for Trade and Investment

File:Official portrait of Lord Green of Hurstpierpoint crop 2.jpg The Lord Green of Hurstpierpoint 11 January 2011 11 December 2013 Conservative David Cameron
File:Official portrait of Lord Livingston of Parkhead crop 2.jpg The Lord Livingston of Parkhead 11 December 2013 11 May 2015 Conservative
File:Official portrait of Lord Maude of Horsham crop 2, 2024.jpg The Lord Maude of Horsham 11 May 2015 10 February 2016 Conservative David Cameron
File:Lordprice.jpg The Lord Price[lower-alpha 6] 4 April 2016 3 September 2017 Conservative Theresa May

Minister of State for Trade

File:Official portrait of Baroness Fairhead crop 2, 2021.jpg The Baroness Fairhead 28 September 2017 7 May 2019 Conservative Theresa May

Minister of State for Trade Policy

File:Official portrait of Greg Hands crop 2.jpg Greg Hands 15 July 2016 21 June 2018 Conservative Theresa May
File:Official portrait of George Hollingbery crop 2.jpg George Hollingbery 21 June 2018 25 July 2019 Conservative
File:Official portrait of Conor Burns crop 2.jpg Conor Burns 25 July 2019 4 May 2020 Conservative Boris Johnson
File:Official portrait of Greg Hands crop 2.jpg Greg Hands 13 February 2020 15 September 2021 Conservative
File:Rt Hon Penny Mordaunt.jpg Penny Mordaunt 16 September 2021 6 September 2022 Conservative
File:Official portrait of Rt Hon Conor Burns MP crop 2.jpg Conor Burns 7 September 2022 7 October 2022 Conservative Liz Truss
File:Official portrait of Greg Hands crop 2.jpg Greg Hands 9 October 2022 7 February 2023 Conservative
Rishi Sunak
Vacant 7 February 2023 13 November 2023
File:Official portrait of Greg Hands crop 2.jpg Greg Hands 13 November 2023 5 July 2024 Conservative

Minister of State for Trade Policy and Economic Security

File:Official portrait of Douglas Alexander MP crop 2, 2024.jpg Douglas Alexander 6 July 2024 Present Labour Keir Starmer

Minister of State for Investment

Minister of State Entered office Left office Political party Prime Minister
File:Lord Grimstone (cropped).jpg The Lord Grimstone of Boscobel 18 March 2020 7 July 2022 Conservative Boris Johnson
File:Dominic R.A. Johnson.jpg The Lord Johnson of Lainston 2 October 2022 28 October 2022 Conservative Liz Truss
24 November 2022 5 July 2024 Conservative Rishi Sunak
Poppy Gustafsson 10 October 2024 Incumbent Labour Keir Starmer

Notes

  1. ↑ Attended Cabinet.
  2. ↑ Attended Cabinet.
  3. ↑ Jones sat on the Labour benches in the House of Lords, but never joined the party.
  4. ↑ Thomas apparently continued as a Trade Minister after the appointment of Davies. BERR described him simply as Minister for Trade, rather than Minister for Trade and Investment, as he was prior to Davies' appointment.[2]
  5. ↑ He handled UK Trade & Investment until Green entered the government.
  6. ↑ Joyce Anelay, Baroness Anelay of St John's was given Maude's responsibilities on an interim basis until Price took up the role in March 2016.[3]

References

  1. ↑ "Minister of State for Trade Policy and Economic Security - GOV.UK". www.gov.uk. Retrieved 25 July 2024.
  2. ↑ BERR - Ministerial TeamArchived 2008-12-23 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ↑ "Ministerial appointment: Mark Ian Price". Retrieved 10 February 2016.

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