Minister of State for Transport

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United Kingdom
Minister of State for Rail
File:Coat of arms of the United Kingdom (2022, lesser arms).svg
Department for Transport
StyleMinister
Reports toSecretary of State for Transport
NominatorPrime Minister of the United Kingdom
AppointerThe King
(on advice of the Prime Minister)
Term lengthAt His Majesty's pleasure
First holderLynda Chalker

The Minister of State for Rail is a mid-level ministerial position in the Department for Transport of the Government of the United Kingdom. The minister is deputy to the Secretary of State for Transport.

Ministers of State for Transport

Name
(Cabinet status)
Portrait Term of office Political party P.M. Transp.Sec.
Lynda Chalker File:Madam Lynda Chalker & Richard Kasesela (cropped).JPG 18 October 1983 10 January 1986 Conservative Thatcher

Ridley Moore Channon Parkinson

David Mitchell File:No image.svg 23 January 1986 25 July 1988
Michael Portillo File:Henry Buckton with Michael Portillo (50771170853) (cropped).jpg 25 July 1988 4 May 1990
Roger Freeman File:Official portrait of Lord Freeman crop 2.jpg 4 May 1990 20 July 1994
Ivon Moore-Brabazon, 3rd Baron Brabazon of Tara File:Official portrait of Lord Brabazon of Tara 2020 crop 2.jpg 23 July 1990 14 April 1992
The Earl of Caithness File:Official portrait of The Earl of Caithness crop 2.jpg 14 April 1992 11 January 1994 Major Rifkind

MacGregor

Mawhinney

Young
John Watts File:No image.svg 20 July 1994 2 May 1997
Gavin Strang
(in Cabinet)
File:Gavin Strang (cropped).jpg 2 May 1997 18 June 1998 Labour Blair Prescott
(DPM, SSETR)
John Reid
(attended Cabinet)
File:ReidTaormina crop.jpg 27 July 1998 17 May 1999
Helen Liddell File:Official portrait of Baroness Liddell of Coatdyke crop 2.jpg 17 May 1999 29 July 1999
Gus Macdonald, Baron Macdonald of Tradeston
(attended Cabinet)
File:Khalid Rahim and Gus Macdonald (14680104148) (Macdonald cropped).jpg 29 July 1999 8 June 2001
John Spellar
(attended Cabinet)
File:Jon Tandy Meets Labour Minister John Spellar (4557106957).jpg 8 June 2001 12 June 2003 Byers
(SSTLR)
Darling
Kim Howells File:Kim Howells 2 (3x4 crop).jpg 12 June 2003 10 September 2004
Tony McNulty File:McNulty bus.jpg 10 September 2004 9 May 2005
Stephen Ladyman File:Stephen Ladyman.jpg 9 May 2005[1] 28 June 2007
Alexander
Rosie Winterton File:Rosie Winterton2.jpg 28 June 2007 3 October 2008 Brown Kelly
Andrew Adonis, Baron Adonis File:Lord Adonis.jpg 3 October 2008 5 June 2009 Hoon
Sadiq Khan
(attended Cabinet when his
responsibilities were on the agenda
)
File:Sadiq Khan (cropped).jpg 9 June 2009[2][3] 11 May 2010 Adonis
Theresa Villiers File:Theresa Villiers Official.jpg 12 May 2010 4 September 2012 Conservative Cameron Hammond

Greening

Simon Burns File:Simon Burns Official.jpg 5 September 2012 5 October 2013 McLoughlin
The Baroness Kramer File:Susan Kramer (cropped).jpg 5 October 2013 8 May 2015 Liberal Democrats
John Hayes File:John Hayes MP 2015.jpg 15 July 2014 11 May 2015 Conservative
Robert Goodwill File:Official portrait of Mr Robert Goodwill crop 2.jpg 11 May 2015 16 July 2016
John Hayes File:Official portrait of Mr John Hayes crop 2.jpg 16 July 2016 9 January 2018 May Grayling
Jo Johnson File:Official portrait of Joseph Johnson crop 2 (cropped).jpg 9 January 2018 9 November 2018
Jesse Norman File:Official portrait of Rt Hon Jesse Norman MP crop 2.jpg 12 November 2018 23 May 2019
Michael Ellis File:Official portrait of Rt Hon Michael Ellis MP crop 2.jpg 23 May 2019 24 July 2019
George Freeman File:Official portrait of George Freeman MP crop 2.jpg 26 July 2019 13 February 2020 Johnson Shapps
Chris Heaton-Harris File:Official portrait of Chris Heaton-Harris MP crop 2.jpg 25 July 2019 19 December 2021
Andrew Stephenson File:Official portrait of Andrew Stephenson MP crop 2.jpg 13 February 2020 7 July 2022
Wendy Morton[lower-alpha 1] File:Official portrait of Wendy Morton MP crop 2.jpg 19 December 2021 6 September 2022
Trudy Harrison[lower-alpha 2] File:Official portrait of Trudy Harrison MP crop 2.jpg 7 July 2022 7 September 2022
Kevin Foster File:Official portrait of Kevin Foster crop 2.jpg 7 September 2022 26 October 2022 Truss Trevelyan
Lucy Frazer File:Official portrait of Lucy Frazer MP crop 2.jpg 8 September 2022 26 October 2022
Minister of State for Decarbonisation and Technology
Jesse Norman File:Official portrait of Rt Hon Jesse Norman MP crop 2.jpg 26 October 2022 13 November 2023 Sunak Harper
Minister of State for Rail and HS2
Huw Merriman File:Official portrait of Huw Merriman MP crop 2.jpg 27 October 2022 5 July 2024
Minister of State for Rail
Peter Hendy, Baron Hendy of Richmond Hill File:Official Portrait of Lord Hendy of Richmond Hill, 2024.jpg 8 July 2024 Incumbent Labour Starmer Haigh

References

  1. National Archive: Department for Transport biography of Stephen Ladyman
  2. "Sadiq Khan, Former MP, Tooting, profile", www.theyworkforyou.com, TheyWorkForYou, retrieved 21 May 2017
  3. Banerjee, Subhajit (7 June 2009). "Minister appointment on Twitter". The Daily Telegraph. Archived from the original on 11 June 2009. Retrieved 7 June 2011.
  1. Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State until February 2022
  2. Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State until July 2022