List of ministers under Margaret Thatcher

This article lists government ministers who served under Margaret Thatcher, who was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1979 to 1990, during which time she led a Conservative majority government and was the first woman to hold the office.

Ministers

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!Office!!Name!!Date

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|rowspan=2|Minister of State, Civil Service Department

!scope=row|Paul Channon

|7 May 1979 5 January 1981

!scope=row|Barney Hayhoe

|5 January 1981 12 November 1981

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|rowspan=3|Minister of State for the Privy Council Office

!scope=row|Grey Ruthven, 2nd Earl of Gowrie

|11 June 1983 11 September 1984

!scope=row|Richard Luce

|2 September 1985 24 July 1990

!scope=row|David Mellor

|24 July 1990 28 November 1990

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|rowspan=7|Minister of State for Treasury

!scope=row|Peter Rees

|6 May 1979 14 September 1981

!scope=row|Arthur Cockfield, Baron Cockfield

|6 May 1979 6 April 1982

!scope=row|Jock Bruce-Gardyne

|15 September 1981 11 November 1981

!scope=row|Barney Hayhoe

|11 November 1981 2 September 1985

!scope=row|John Wakeham

|6 April 1982 13 June 1983

!scope=row|Ian Gow

|2 September 1985 19 November 1985

!scope=row|Peter Brooke

|19 November 1985 13 June 1987

|rowspan=4|Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury

!scope=row|Michael Jopling

|5 May 1979

!scope=row|John Wakeham

|11 June 1983

!scope=row|David Waddington

|13 June 1987

!scope=row|Timothy Renton

|28 October 1989

|rowspan=6|Financial Secretary to the Treasury

!scope=row|Nigel Lawson

|6 May 1979

!scope=row|Nicholas Ridley

|30 September 1981

!scope=row|John Moore

|18 October 1983

!scope=row|Norman Lamont

|21 May 1986

!scope=row|Peter Lilley

|24 July 1989

!scope=row|Francis Maude

|14 July 1990

|rowspan=35|Lords of the Treasury

!scope=row|John MacGregor

|7 May 1979 5 January 1981

!scope=row|Peter Morrison

|7 May 1979 5 January 1981

!scope=row|Lord James Douglas-Hamilton

|7 May 1979 1 October 1981

!scope=row|Carol Mather

|7 May 1979 1 October 1981

!scope=row|David Waddington

|16 May 1979 5 January 1981

!scope=row|John Wakeham

|9 January 1981 15 September 1981

!scope=row|Robert Boscawen

|9 January 1981 17 February 1983

!scope=row|John Cope

|9 January 1981 13 June 1983

!scope=row|Tony Newton

|1 October 1981 5 March 1982

!scope=row|John Gummer

|1 October 1981 6 January 1983

!scope=row|Peter Brooke

|1 October 1981 13 June 1983

!scope=row|Alastair Goodlad

|16 February 1982 10 September 1984

!scope=row|Donald Thompson

|14 January 1983 10 September 1986

!scope=row|David Hunt

|23 February 1983 10 September 1984

!scope=row|Ian Lang

|11 June 1983 1 February 1986

!scope=row|Tristan Garel-Jones

|11 June 1983 16 October 1986

!scope=row|John Major

|3 October 1984 1 November 1985

!scope=row|Archie Hamilton

|3 October 1984 10 September 1986

!scope=row|Tim Sainsbury

|7 October 1985 23 June 1987

!scope=row|Michael Neubert

|10 February 1986 26 July 1988

!scope=row|Peter Lloyd

|16 October 1986 24 July 1988

!scope=row|Mark Lennox-Boyd

|16 October 1986 25 July 1988

!scope=row|Tony Durant

|16 October 1986 19 December 1988

!scope=row|David Lightbown

|26 July 1987 24 July 1990

!scope=row|Alan Howarth

|27 July 1988 24 July 1989

!scope=row|David Maclean

|27 July 1988 24 July 1989

!scope=row|Kenneth Carlisle

|27 July 1988 22 July 1990

!scope=row|Stephen Dorrell

|20 December 1988 3 May 1990

!scope=row|David Heathcoat-Amory

|26 July 1989 28 October 1989

!scope=row|John Taylor

|26 July 1989 29 November 1990

!scope=row|Tom Sackville

|30 October 1989 28 November 1990

!scope=row|Michael Fallon

|10 May 1990 22 July 1990

!scope=row|Sydney Chapman

|25 July 1990 28 November 1990

!scope=row|Greg Knight

|25 July 1990 28 November 1990

!scope=row|Irvine Patnick

|25 July 1990 28 November 1990

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|rowspan=21|Minister of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs

!scope=row|Peter Blaker

|5 May 1979 29 May 1981

!scope=row|Nicholas Ridley

|6 May 1979 29 September 1981

!scope=row|Douglas Hurd

|6 May 1979 11 June 1983

!scope=row|Richard Luce

|30 September 1981 5 April 1982

!scope=row|Cranley Onslow

|5 April 1982 13 June 1983

!scope=row|John Ganzoni, 2nd Baron Belstead

|5 April 1982 13 June 1983

!scope=row|Timothy Raison

|6 January 1983 10 September 1986

!scope=row|Richard Luce

|11 June 1983 2 September 1985

!scope=row|Malcolm Rifkind

|13 June 1983 11 January 1986

!scope=row|Janet Young, Baroness Young

|13 June 1983 13 June 1987

!scope=row|Tim Renton

|2 September 1985 13 June 1987

!scope=row|Lynda Chalker

|11 January 1986 28 November 1990

!scope=row|Chris Patten

|10 September 1986 24 July 1989

!scope=row|David Mellor

|13 June 1987 26 July 1988

!scope=row|Simon Arthur, 4th Baron Glenarthur

|13 June 1987 24 July 1989

!scope=row|William Waldegrave

|26 July 1988 2 November 1990

!scope=row|Francis Maude

|24 July 1989 14 July 1990

!scope=row|Ivon Moore-Brabazon, 3rd Baron Brabazon of Tara

|24 July 1989 24 July 1990

!scope=row|Malcolm Sinclair, 20th Earl of Caithness

|14 July 1990 28 November 1990

!scope=row|Tristan Garel-Jones

|14 July 1990 28 November 1990

!scope=row|Douglas Hogg

|2 November 1990 28 November 1990

|rowspan=8|Under-Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs

!scope=row|Richard Luce

|6 May 1979

!scope=row|David Trefgarne, 2nd Baron Trefgarne

|14 September 1981

!scope=row|Malcolm Rifkind

|6 April 1982

!scope=row|Ray Whitney

|13 June 1983

!scope=row|Tim Renton

|11 September 1984

!scope=row|Timothy Eggar

|2 September 1985

!scope=row|Tim Sainsbury

|24 July 1989

!scope=row|Mark Lennox-Boyd

|24 July 1990

|rowspan=3|Minister for Overseas Development

!scope=row|Timothy Raison

|6 January 1983

!scope=row|Chris Patten

|10 September 1986

!scope=row|Lynda Chalker

|24 July 1989

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|rowspan=12|Minister of State for Home Affairs

!scope=row|Leon Brittan

|6 May 1979 5 January 1981

!scope=row|Timothy Raison

|6 May 1979 6 January 1983

!scope=row|Patrick Mayhew

|5 January 1981 13 June 1983

!scope=row|David Waddington

|6 January 1983 13 June 1987

!scope=row|Rodney Elton, 2nd Baron Elton

|11 September 1984 25 March 1985

!scope=row|Giles Shaw

|11 September 1984 10 September 1986

!scope=row|David Mellor

|10 September 1986 13 June 1987

!scope=row|Malcolm Sinclair, 20th Earl of Caithness

|10 September 1986 10 January 1988

!scope=row|John Patten

|13 June 1987 28 November 1990

!scope=row|Robert Shirley, 13th Earl Ferrers

|10 January 1988 28 November 1990

!scope=row|David Mellor

|27 October 1989 22 June 1990

!scope=row|Angela Rumbold

|23 July 1990 28 November 1990

|rowspan=6|Under-Secretary of State for Home Affairs

!scope=row|John Ganzoni, 2nd Baron Belstead

|7 May 1979 6 April 1982

!scope=row|Rodney Elton, 2nd Baron Elton

|6 April 1982 11 September 1984

!scope=row|David Mellor

|6 January 1983 10 September 1986

!scope=row|Simon Arthur, 4th Baron Glenarthur

|27 March 1984 10 September 1986

!scope=row|Douglas Hogg

|10 September 1986 26 July 1989

!scope=row|Peter Lloyd

|25 July 1989 28 November 1990

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|rowspan=6|Minister of State for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food

!scope=row|Robert Shirley, 13th Earl Ferrers

|7 May 1979 13 June 1983

!scope=row|Alick Buchanan-Smith

|7 May 1979 13 June 1983

!scope=row|John MacGregor

|13 June 1983 2 September 1985

!scope=row|John Ganzoni, 2nd Baron Belstead

|13 June 1983 13 June 1987

!scope=row|John Gummer

|2 September 1985 26 July 1988

!scope=row|Jean Barker, Baroness Trumpington

|28 September 1989 14 April 1992

|rowspan=7|Under-Secretary of State for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food

!scope=row|Jerry Wiggin

|7 May 1979 29 September 1981

!scope=row|Peggy Fenner

|14 September 1981 10 September 1986

!scope=row|Donald Thompson

|10 September 1986 25 September 1987

!scope=row|Jean Barker, Baroness Trumpington

|13 June 1987 28 September 1989

!scope=row|Richard Ryder

|25 July 1988 14 July 1989

!scope=row|David Curry

|26 July 1989 28 November 1990

!scope=row|David Maclean

|26 July 1989 28 November 1990

|rowspan=5 |Minister for the Arts

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!scope=row|Paul Channon

|5 January 1981

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!scope=row|Richard Luce

|2 September 1985

!scope=row|David Mellor

|26 July 1990

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|rowspan=2|Minister of State for Defence

!scope=row|Euan Howard, 4th Baron Strathcona and Mount Royal

|6 May 1979 5 January 1981

!scope=row|Thomas Trenchard, 2nd Viscount Trenchard

|5 January 1981 29 May 1981

|rowspan=4|Minister of State for the Armed Forces

!scope=row|Peter Blaker

|29 May 1981

!scope=row|John Stanley

|13 June 1983

!scope=row|Ian Stewart

|13 June 1987

!scope=row|Archie Hamilton

|25 July 1988

|rowspan=6|Minister of State for Defence Procurement

!scope=row|Thomas Trenchard, 2nd Viscount Trenchard

|29 May 1981

!scope=row|Geoffrey Pattie

|6 January 1983

!scope=row|Adam Butler

|11 September 1984

!scope=row|Norman Lamont

|2 September 1985

!scope=row|David Trefgarne, 2nd Baron Trefgarne

|21 May 1986

!scope=row|Alan Clark

|24 July 1989

|Minister of State for Defence Support

!scope=row|David Trefgarne, 2nd Baron Trefgarne

|2 September 1985 21 May 1986

|rowspan=2|Under-Secretary of State for the Army

!scope=row|Barney Hayhoe

|6 May 1979 5 January 1981

!scope=row|Philip Goodhart

|5 January 1981 19 May 1981

|Under-Secretary of State for the Navy

!scope=row|Keith Speed

|6 May 1979 18 May 1981

|Under-Secretary of State for the Air Force

!scope=row|Geoffrey Pattie

|6 May 1979 29 May 1981

|rowspan=5|Under-Secretary of State for the Armed Forces

!scope=row|Philip Goodhart

|29 May 1981 30 September 1981

!scope=row|Jerry Wiggin

|15 September 1981 11 June 1983

!scope=row|David Trefgarne, 2nd Baron Trefgarne

|13 June 1983 1 September 1985

!scope=row|Roger Freeman

|21 May 1986 15 December 1988

!scope=row|Michael Neubert

|19 December 1988 23 July 1990

|rowspan=7|Under-Secretary of State for Defence Procurement

!scope=row|Geoffrey Pattie

|29 May 1981 6 January 1983

!scope=row|Ian Stewart

|6 January 1983 18 October 1983

!scope=row|John Lee

|18 October 1983 10 September 1986

!scope=row|Archie Hamilton

|10 September 1986 13 June 1987

!scope=row|Tim Sainsbury

|13 June 1987 25 July 1989

!scope=row|Arthur Gore, 9th Earl of Arran

|25 July 1989 26 July 1990

!scope=row|Kenneth Carlisle

|26 July 1990 28 November 1990

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|rowspan=5|Minister of State, Education and Science

!scope=row|Janet Young, Baroness Young

|7 May 1979 14 September 1981

!scope=row|Paul Channon

|5 January 1981 13 June 1983

!scope=row|Chris Patten

|5 September 1985 10 September 1986

!scope=row|Angela Rumbold

|10 September 1986 24 July 1990

!scope=row|Tim Eggar

|24 July 1990 28 November 1990

|rowspan=12|Under-Secretary of State, Education and Science

!scope=row|Rhodes Boyson

|7 May 1979 13 June 1983

!scope=row|Neil Macfarlane

|7 May 1979 15 September 1981

!scope=row|William Shelton

|15 September 1981 13 June 1983

!scope=row|William Waldegrave

|15 September 1981 13 June 1983

!scope=row|Peter Brooke

|13 June 1983 19 November 1985

!scope=row|Bob Dunn

|13 June 1983 26 July 1988

!scope=row|George Walden

|19 November 1985 13 June 1987

!scope=row|Gloria Hooper, Baroness Hooper

|13 June 1987 26 July 1988

!scope=row|Robert Jackson

|13 June 1987 24 July 1990

!scope=row|John Butcher

|26 July 1988 24 July 1989

!scope=row|Alan Howarth

|24 July 1989 28 November 1990

!scope=row|Michael Fallon

|24 July 1990 28 November 1990

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|rowspan=7|Minister of State, Employment

!scope=row|Grey Gowrie

|7 May 1979 15 September 1981

!scope=row|Michael Alison

|15 September 1981 13 June 1983

!scope=row|Peter Morrison

|13 June 1983 2 September 1985

!scope=row|John Gummer

|18 October 1985 11 September 1984

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!scope=row|John Cope

|13 June 1987 25 July 1989

!scope=row|Tim Eggar

|25 July 1989 23 July 1990

|rowspan=15|Under-Secretary of State, Employment

!scope=row|Jim Lester

|7 May 1979 5 January 1981

!scope=row|Patrick Mayhew

|7 May 1979 5 January 1981

!scope=row|David Waddington

|5 January 1981 6 January 1983

!scope=row|Peter Morrison

|5 January 1981 13 June 1983

!scope=row|John Gummer

|6 January 1983 18 October 1983

!scope=row|Alan Clark

|13 June 1983 24 January 1986

!scope=row|Peter Bottomley

|11 September 1984 23 January 1986

!scope=row|David Trippier

|2 September 1985 13 June 1987

!scope=row|Ian Lang

|31 January 1986 10 September 1986

!scope=row|John Lee

|10 September 1986 26 July 1989

!scope=row|Patrick Nicholls

|13 June 1987 28 July 1989

!scope=row|Thomas Galbraith, 2nd Baron Strathclyde

|26 July 1989 24 July 1990

!scope=row|Robert Jackson

|24 July 1990 28 November 1990

!scope=row|Eric Forth

|24 July 1990 14 April 1992

!scope=row|Nicholas Lowther, 2nd Viscount Ullswater

|24 July 1990 16 September 1993

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|rowspan=3|Minister of State, Energy

!scope=row|Hamish Gray

|7 May 1979 13 June 1983

!scope=row|Alick Buchanan-Smith

|13 June 1983 13 June 1987

!scope=row|Peter Morrison

|13 June 1987 26 July 1990

|rowspan=11|Under-Secretary of State, Energy

!scope=row|Norman Lamont

|7 May 1979 5 September 1981

!scope=row|John Moore

|7 May 1979 13 June 1983

!scope=row|David Mellor

|15 September 1981 6 January 1983

!scope=row|Nicholas Eden, 2nd Earl of Avon

|6 January 1983 11 September 1984

!scope=row|Giles Shaw

|13 June 1983 11 September 1984

!scope=row|David Hunt

|11 September 1984 13 June 1987

!scope=row|Alastair Goodlad

|11 September 1984 13 June 1987

!scope=row|Michael Spicer

|13 June 1987 3 January 1990

!scope=row|Gloria Hooper, Baroness Hooper

|26 July 1988 28 July 1989

!scope=row|Tony Baldry

|3 January 1990 28 November 1990

!scope=row|Colin Moynihan

|24 July 1990 28 November 1990

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|rowspan=9|Minister of State for Local Government

!scope=row|Tom King

|6 May 1979

!scope=row|Irwin Bellwin, Baron Bellwin

|6 January 1983

!scope=row|Kenneth Baker

|11 September 1984

!scope=row|William Waldegrave

|2 September 1985

!scope=row|Rhodes Boyson

|10 September 1986

!scope=row|Michael Howard

|13 June 1987

!scope=row|John Gummer

|25 July 1988

!scope=row|David Hunt

|25 July 1989

!scope=row|Michael Portillo

|4 May 1990

|rowspan=7|Minister of State for Housing

!scope=row|John Stanley

|7 May 1979

!scope=row|Ian Gow

|13 June 1983

!scope=row|John Patten

|2 September 1985

!scope=row|William Waldegrave

|13 June 1987

!scope=row|Malcolm Sinclair, 20th Earl of Caithness

|25 July 1988

!scope=row|Michael Howard

|25 July 1989

!scope=row|Michael Spicer

|3 January 1990

|rowspan=6|Minister of State, Environment

!scope=row|Rodney Elton, 2nd Baron Elton

|27 March 1985 10 September 1986

!scope=row|William Waldegrave

|10 September 1986 13 June 1987

!scope=row|John Ganzoni, 2nd Baron Belstead

|13 June 1987 10 January 1988

!scope=row|Malcolm Sinclair, 20th Earl of Caithness

|10 January 1988 25 July 1988

!scope=row|Michael Howard

|25 July 1988 24 July 1989

!scope=row|David Trippier

|24 July 1989 28 November 1990

|rowspan=5|Under-Secretary of State for Sport

!scope=row|Hector Monro

|7 May 1979 30 September 1981

!scope=row|Neil Macfarlane

|15 September 1981 2 September 1985

!scope=row|Richard Tracey

|7 September 1985 13 June 1987

!scope=row|Colin Moynihan

|22 June 1987 26 July 1990

!scope=row|Robert Atkins

|26 July 1990 28 November 1990

|rowspan=19|Under-Secretary of State, Environment

!scope=row|Marcus Fox

|7 May 1979 5 January 1981

!scope=row|Geoffrey Finsberg

|7 May 1979 15 September 1981

!scope=row|Irwin Bellow, Baron Bellwin

|7 May 1979 6 January 1983

!scope=row|Giles Shaw

|5 January 1981 13 June 1983

!scope=row|Sir George Young

|15 September 1981 10 September 1986

!scope=row|William Waldegrave

|13 June 1983 2 September 1985

!scope=row|Nicholas Eden, 2nd Earl of Avon

|11 September 1984 27 March 1985

!scope=row|Angela Rumbold

|2 September 1985 10 September 1986

!scope=row|Roger Bootle-Wilbraham, 7th Baron Skelmersdale

|10 September 1986 13 June 1987

!scope=row|Christopher Chope

|10 September 1986 22 July 1990

!scope=row|Marion Roe

|13 June 1987 26 July 1988

!scope=row|David Trippier

|13 June 1987 23 July 1989

!scope=row|Virginia Bottomley

|25 July 1988 28 October 1989

!scope=row|Alexander Fermor-Hesketh, 3rd Baron Hesketh

|31 January 1989 2 November 1990

!scope=row|David Heathcoat-Amory

|28 October 1989 28 November 1990

!scope=row|Patrick Nicholls

|26 July 1990 12 October 1990

!scope=row|Thomas Galbraith, 2nd Baron Strathclyde

|26 July 1990 7 September 1990

!scope=row|Emily Blatch, Baroness Blatch

|7 September 1990 28 November 1990

!scope=row|Robert Key

|12 October 1990 28 November 1990

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|rowspan=7|Minister of State, Health

!scope=row|Gerard Vaughan

|7 May 1979

!scope=row|Kenneth Clarke

|5 March 1982

!scope=row|Barney Hayhoe

|2 September 1985

!scope=row|Tony Newton

|10 September 1986

!scope=row|David Mellor

|25 July 1988

!scope=row|Anthony Trafford, Baron Trafford

|29 July 1989

!scope=row|Virginia Bottomley

|28 October 1989

|rowspan=15|Under-Secretary of State, Health and Social Security

!scope=row|Sir George Young

|7 May 1979 15 September 1981

!scope=row|Lynda Chalker

|7 May 1979 5 March 1982

!scope=row|Geoffrey Finsberg

|15 September 1981 14 June 1983

!scope=row|Rodney Elton, 2nd Baron Elton

|15 September 1981 6 April 1982

!scope=row|Tony Newton

|5 March 1982 11 September 1984

!scope=row|David Trefgarne, 2nd Baron Trefgarne

|6 April 1982 14 June 1983

!scope=row|John Patten

|14 June 1983 2 September 1985

!scope=row|Simon Arthur, 4th Baron Glenarthur

|14 June 1983 26 March 1985

!scope=row|Ray Whitney

|11 September 1984 10 September 1986

!scope=row|Jean Barker, Baroness Trumpington

|30 March 1985 13 June 1987

!scope=row|John Major

|2 September 1985 10 September 1986

!scope=row|Nicholas Lyell

|10 September 1986 13 June 1987

!scope=row|Edwina Currie

|10 September 1986 25 July 1988

!scope=row|Michael Portillo

|13 June 1987 25 July 1988

!scope=row|Roger Bootle-Wilbraham, 7th Baron Skelmersdale

|13 June 1987 25 July 1988

|rowspan=4|Under-Secretary of State, Health

!scope=row|Edwina Currie

|25 July 1988 16 December 1988

!scope=row|Roger Freeman

|16 December 1988 4 May 1990

!scope=row|Gloria Hooper, Baroness Hooper

|29 September 1989 28 November 1990

!scope=row|Stephen Dorrell

|4 May 1990 28 November 1990

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|rowspan=6|Minister of State, Social Security

!scope=row|Reginald Prentice

|7 May 1979 5 January 1981

!scope=row|Hugh Rossi

|5 January 1981 12 June 1983

!scope=row|Rhodes Boyson

|12 June 1983 11 September 1984

!scope=row|Tony Newton

|11 September 1984 10 September 1986

!scope=row|John Major

|10 September 1986 13 June 1987

!scope=row|Nicholas Scott

|13 June 1987 28 November 1990

|rowspan=4|Under-Secretary of State, Social Security

!scope=row|Roger Bootle-Wilbraham, 7th Baron Skelmersdale

|25 July 1988 26 July 1989

!scope=row|Peter Lloyd

|25 July 1988 28 July 1989

!scope=row|Oliver Eden, 8th Baron Henley

|25 July 1989 16 September 1993

!scope=row|Gillian Shephard

|25 July 1989 28 November 1990

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|rowspan=4|Minister of State, Industry

!scope=row|Adam Butler

|6 May 1979 5 January 1981

!scope=row|Thomas Trenchard, 2nd Viscount Trenchard

|6 May 1979 5 January 1981

!scope=row|Norman Tebbit

|5 January 1981 14 September 1981

!scope=row|Norman Lamont

|14 September 1981 12 June 1983

|rowspan=2|Minister of State, Industry and Information Technology

!scope=row|Kenneth Baker

|5 January 1981

!scope=row|Geoffrey Pattie

|11 September 1984

|rowspan=5|Under-Secretary of State, Industry

!scope=row|David Mitchell

|6 May 1979 5 January 1981

!scope=row|Michael Marshall

|6 May 1979 15 September 1981

!scope=row|John MacGregor

|5 January 1981 12 June 1983

!scope=row|John Wakeham

|15 September 1981 6 April 1982

!scope=row|John Butcher

|6 April 1982 12 June 1983

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|rowspan=10|Minister of State, Northern Ireland

!scope=row|Michael Alison

|7 May 1979 15 September 1981

!scope=row|Hugh Rossi

|7 May 1979 5 January 1981

!scope=row|Adam Butler

|5 January 1981 11 September 1984

!scope=row|Grey Gowrie

|15 September 1981 10 June 1983

!scope=row|William Murray, 8th Earl of Mansfield

|13 June 1983 12 April 1984

!scope=row|Rhodes Boyson

|11 September 1984 10 September 1986

!scope=row|Nicholas Scott

|10 September 1986 13 June 1987

!scope=row|John Stanley

|13 June 1987 25 July 1988

!scope=row|Ian Stewart

|25 July 1988 25 July 1989

!scope=row|John Cope

|25 July 1989 28 November 1990

|rowspan=13|Under-Secretary of State, Northern Ireland

!scope=row|Rodney Elton, 2nd Baron Elton

|7 May 1979 15 September 1981

!scope=row|Philip Goodhart

|7 May 1979 5 January 1981

!scope=row|Giles Shaw

|7 May 1979 5 January 1981

!scope=row|David Mitchell

|5 January 1981 13 June 1983

!scope=row|John Patten

|5 January 1981 13 June 1983

!scope=row|Nicholas Scott

|15 September 1981 11 September 1986

!scope=row|Chris Patten

|14 June 1983 2 September 1985

!scope=row|Charles Lyell, 3rd Baron Lyell

|12 April 1984 25 July 1989

!scope=row|Richard Needham, 6th Earl of Kilmorey

|3 September 1985 28 November 1990

!scope=row|Peter Viggers

|10 September 1986 26 July 1989

!scope=row|Brian Mawhinney

|10 September 1986 28 November 1990

!scope=row|Peter Bottomley

|4 July 1989 28 July 1990

!scope=row|Roger Bootle-Wilbraham, 7th Baron Skelmersdale

|24 July 1989 28 November 1990

|rowspan=9|Paymaster General

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!scope=row|vacant

|11 June 1983

!scope=row|John Gummer

|11 September 1984

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!scope=row|Peter Brooke

|13 June 1987

!scope=row|The Earl of Caithness

|24 July 1989

!scope=row|Richard Ryder

|14 July 1990

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|rowspan=6|Minister of State for Scotland

!scope=row|William Murray, 8th Earl of Mansfield

|7 May 1979 13 June 1983

!scope=row|Hamish Gray, Baron Gray of Contin

|13 June 1983 11 September 1986

!scope=row|Simon Arthur, 4th Baron Glenarthur

|10 September 1986 13 June 1987

!scope=row|Ian Lang

|13 June 1987 28 November 1990

!scope=row|Charles Sanderson, Baron Sanderson of Bowden

|13 June 1987 7 September 1990

!scope=row|Michael Forsyth

|7 September 1990 28 November 1990

|rowspan=10|Under-Secretary of State for Scotland

!scope=row|Alexander Fletcher

|7 May 1979 14 June 1983

!scope=row|Russell Fairgrieve

|7 May 1979 15 September 1981

!scope=row|Malcolm Rifkind

|7 May 1979 6 April 1982

!scope=row|Allan Stewart

|15 September 1981 10 September 1986

!scope=row|John MacKay

|6 April 1982 14 June 1987

!scope=row|Michael Ancram, Earl of Ancram

|13 June 1983 14 June 1987

!scope=row|Ian Lang

|10 September 1986 13 June 1987

!scope=row|Lord James Douglas-Hamilton

|13 June 1987 28 November 1990

!scope=row|Michael Forsyth

|13 June 1987 7 September 1990

!scope=row|Thomas Galbraith, 2nd Baron Strathclyde

|7 September 1990 28 November 1990

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|rowspan=3|Minister for Consumer Affairs

!scope=row|Sally Oppenheim-Barnes

|5 May 1979

!scope=row|Gerald Vaughan

|5 March 1982

!scope=row|vacant

|13 June 1983

|rowspan=6|Minister for Trade

!scope=row|Cecil Parkinson

|7 May 1979

!scope=row|Peter Rees

|14 September 1981

!scope=row|Paul Channon

|13 June 1983

!scope=row|Alan Clark

|24 January 1986

!scope=row|David Trefgarne, 2nd Baron Trefgarne

|25 July 1989

!scope=row|Tim Sainsbury

|23 July 1990

|rowspan=4|Under-Secretary of State for Trade

!scope=row|Norman Tebbit

|5 May 1979 5 January 1981

!scope=row|Reginald Eyre

|7 May 1979 5 March 1982

!scope=row|David Trefgarne, 2nd Baron Trefgarne

|5 January 1981 15 September 1981

!scope=row|Iain Sproat

|15 September 1981 12 June 1983

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|rowspan=2|Minister for Industry

!scope=row|Douglas Hogg

|24 July 1989

!scope=row|Alexander Fermor-Hesketh, 3rd Baron Hesketh

|2 November 1990

|Minister for Corporate Affairs

!scope=row|John Redwood

|2 November 1990

|rowspan=3|Minister of State for Trade and Industry

!scope=row|Norman Lamont

|13 June 1983 2 September 1985

!scope=row|Peter Morrison

|2 September 1985 10 September 1986

!scope=row|Giles Shaw

|10 September 1986 13 June 1987

|rowspan=10|Under-Secretary of State for Trade and Industry

!scope=row|John Butcher

|14 June 1983 26 July 1988

!scope=row|Alexander Fletcher

|14 June 1983 2 September 1985

!scope=row|David Trippier

|14 June 1983 2 September 1985

!scope=row|Michael Lucas, 2nd Baron Lucas of Chilworth

|11 September 1984 13 June 1987

!scope=row|Michael Howard

|2 September 1985 13 June 1987

!scope=row|Robert Atkins

|13 June 1987 26 July 1989

!scope=row|Francis Maude

|13 June 1987 26 July 1989

!scope=row|Eric Forth

|26 July 1988 24 July 1990

!scope=row|John Redwood

|26 July 1989 2 November 1990

!scope=row|Edward Leigh

|2 November 1990 28 November 1990

|Minister of Transport

!scope=row|Norman Fowler

|11 May 1979 5 January 1981

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|rowspan=5|Minister of State, Transport

!scope=row|Lynda Chalker

|18 October 1983 10 January 1986

!scope=row|David Mitchell

|23 January 1986 25 July 1988

!scope=row|Michael Portillo

|25 July 1988 4 May 1990

!scope=row|Roger Freeman

|4 May 1990 28 November 1990

!scope=row|Ivon Moore-Brabazon, 3rd Baron Brabazon of Tara

|23 July 1990 28 November 1990

|Parliamentary Secretary for Transport

!scope=row|Kenneth Clarke

|7 May 1979 5 January 1981

|rowspan=11|Under-Secretary of State for Transport

!scope=row|Kenneth Clarke

|5 January 1981 5 March 1982

!scope=row|Lynda Chalker

|5 March 1982 18 October 1983

!scope=row|Reginald Eyre

|5 March 1982 11 June 1983

!scope=row|David Mitchell

|11 June 1983 23 January 1986

!scope=row|Michael Spicer

|11 September 1984 13 June 1987

!scope=row|Malcolm Sinclair, 20th Earl of Caithness

|2 September 1985 10 September 1986

!scope=row|Peter Bottomley

|23 January 1986 24 July 1989

!scope=row|Ivon Moore-Brabazon, 3rd Baron Brabazon of Tara

|10 September 1986 23 July 1989

!scope=row|Robert Atkins

|25 July 1989 22 July 1990

!scope=row|Patrick McLoughlin

|25 July 1989 28 November 1990

!scope=row|Christopher Chope

|23 July 1990 28 November 1990

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|rowspan=2|Minister of State for Wales

!scope=row|John Stradling Thomas

|17 February 1983 2 September 1985

!scope=row|Wyn Roberts

|15 June 1987 28 November 1990

|rowspan=4|Under-Secretary of State for Wales

!scope=row|Michael Roberts

|7 May 1979 6 January 1983

!scope=row|Wyn Roberts

|7 May 1979 13 June 1987

!scope=row|Mark Robinson

|3 October 1985 15 June 1987

!scope=row|Ian Grist

|15 June 1987 28 November 1990

|rowspan=2|Attorney General

!scope=row|Michael Havers

|5 May 1979

!scope=row|Sir Patrick Mayhew

|11 June 1987

|rowspan=3|Solicitor General

!scope=row|Sir Ian Percival

|5 May 1979

!scope=row|Sir Patrick Mayhew

|13 June 1983

!scope=row|Sir Nicholas Lyell

|13 June 1987

|rowspan=3|Lord Advocate

!scope=row|James Mackay, Baron Mackay of Clashfern

|5 May 1979

!scope=row|Kenneth Cameron, Baron Cameron of Lochbroom

|16 May 1984

!scope=row|Peter Fraser, Baron Fraser of Carmyllie

|4 January 1989

|rowspan=3|Solicitor General for Scotland

!scope=row|Nicholas Fairbairn

|7 May 1979

!scope=row|Peter Fraser

|28 January 1982

!scope=row|Alan Rodger

|14 January 1989

|rowspan=6|Treasurer of the Household

!scope=row|John Stradling Thomas

|6 May 1979

!scope=row|Anthony Berry

|17 February 1983

!scope=row|John Cope

|11 June 1983

!scope=row|David Hunt

|15 June 1987

!scope=row|Tristan Garel-Jones

|25 July 1989

!scope=row|Alastair Goodlad

|22 July 1990

|rowspan=7|Comptroller of the Household

!scope=row|Spencer Le Marchant

|7 May 1979

!scope=row|Anthony Berry

|30 September 1981

!scope=row|Carol Mather

|17 February 1983

!scope=row|Robert Boscawen

|16 October 1986

!scope=row|Tristan Garel-Jones

|26 July 1988

!scope=row|Alastair Goodlad

|25 July 1989

!scope=row|Sir George Young

|23 July 1990

|rowspan=7|Vice-Chamberlain of the Household

!scope=row|Anthony Berry

|7 May 1979

!scope=row|Carol Mather

|30 September 1981

!scope=row|Robert Boscawen

|17 February 1983

!scope=row|Tristan Garel-Jones

|16 October 1986

!scope=row|Michael Neubert

|26 July 1988

!scope=row|Tony Durant

|20 December 1988

!scope=row|David Lightbown

|25 July 1990

|Captain of the Gentlemen-at-Arms

!scope=row|Bertram Bowyer, 2nd Baron Denham

|6 May 1979

|rowspan=3|Captain of the Yeomen of the Guard

!scope=row|Richard Hill, 7th Baron Sandys

|6 May 1979

!scope=row|David Cunliffe-Lister, 2nd Earl of Swinton

|20 October 1982

!scope=row|Andrew Davidson, 2nd Viscount Davidson

|10 September 1986

|rowspan=27|Lords-in-Waiting

!scope=row|Richard Long, 4th Viscount Long

|9 May 1979 2 May 1997

!scope=row|Charles Stourton, 26th Baron Mowbray

|9 May 1979 22 September 1980

!scope=row|Charles Lyell, 3rd Baron Lyell

|9 May 1979 12 April 1984

!scope=row|Edmund Cokayne, 2nd Baron Cullen of Ashbourne

|9 May 1979 27 May 1982

!scope=row|David Trefgarne, 2nd Baron Trefgarne

|9 May 1979 5 January 1981

!scope=row|Nicholas Eden, 2nd Earl of Avon

|22 September 1980 6 January 1983

!scope=row|Roger Bootle-Wilbraham, 7th Baron Skelmersdale

|9 January 1981 10 September 1986

!scope=row|Simon Arthur, 4th Baron Glenarthur

|27 May 1982 10 June 1983

!scope=row|Michael Lucas, 2nd Baron Lucas of Chilworth

|6 January 1983 9 September 1984

!scope=row|James Mackay, Baron Mackay of Clashfern

|11 June 1983 25 March 1985

!scope=row|Malcolm Sinclair, 20th Earl of Caithness

|8 May 1984 2 September 1985

!scope=row|Ivon Moore-Brabazon, 3rd Baron Brabazon of Tara

|19 September 1984 10 September 1986

!scope=row|Caroline Cox, Baroness Cox

|3 April 1985 2 August 1985

!scope=row|Andrew Davidson, 2nd Viscount Davidson

|17 September 1985 10 September 1986

!scope=row|Gloria Hooper, Baroness Hooper

|17 September 1985 14 June 1987

!scope=row|Alexander Fermor-Hesketh, 3rd Baron Hesketh

|10 September 1986 31 January 1987

!scope=row|Maxwell Aitken, 3rd Baron Beaverbrook

|10 September 1986 28 July 1988

!scope=row|Alexander Scrymgeour, 12th Earl of Dundee

|3 October 1986 26 July 1989

!scope=row|Arthur Gore, 9th Earl of Arran

|18 June 1987 24 July 1989

!scope=row|Thomas Galbraith, 2nd Baron Strathclyde

|12 August 1988 24 July 1989

!scope=row|Oliver Eden, 8th Baron Henley

|13 February 1989 24 July 1989

!scope=row|Nicholas Lowther, 2nd Viscount Ullswater

|26 July 1989 22 July 1990

!scope=row|Hugh Mackay, 14th Lord Reay

|2 August 1989 28 November 1990

!scope=row|Michael Bowes-Lyon, 18th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne

|2 August 1989 28 November 1990

!scope=row|Emily Blatch, Baroness Blatch

|15 January 1990 7 September 1990

!scope=row|Hugh Cavendish, Baron Cavendish of Furness

|14 September 1990 28 November 1990

!scope=row|William Astor, 4th Viscount Astor

|11 October 1990 28 November 1990

Cabinets

thumb|[[Margaret Thatcher, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1979–1990)]]

List of ministers under Margaret Thatcher

Ministers

Cabinets

May 1979 to September 1981

September 1981 to June 1983

June 1983 to June 1987

June 1987 to July 1989

July 1989 to November 1990

Notes

References