Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Labour

Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Labour was a junior position within the British government, subordinate to the Minister of Labour. It was established in December 1916, at the same time as the Ministry of Labour. When the Ministry of Labour was renamed the Ministry of Labour and National Service in 1939, the position was consequently renamed Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Labour and National Service. When the Ministry resumed its former name in 1959, the office once again became named Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Labour. The post was abolished in 1964.

Parliamentary secretary to the Minister of Labour of the United Kingdom
Ministry of Labour
Status	Defunct
Formation	1916
First holder	William Bridgeman
Final holder	William Whitelaw
Abolished	1964

List of Parliamentary Secretaries

Parliamentary Secretaries to the Ministry of Labour, 1916–1939

Name		Took office	Left office	Political party
	William Bridgeman	1916	1919	Conservative
	George Wardle	1919	1920	Labour
	Anderson Montague-Barlow	1920	1922	Conservative
	Archibald Boyd-Carpenter	1922	1923	Conservative
	Henry Betterton	1923	1924	Conservative
	Margaret Bondfield	1924	1924	Labour
	Henry Betterton	1924	1929	Conservative
	Jack Lawson	1929	1931	Labour
	Milner Gray	1931	1931	Liberal
	Robert Hudson	1931	1935	Conservative
	Anthony Muirhead	1935	1937	Conservative
	R. A. Butler	1937	1938	Conservative
	Alan Lennox-Boyd	1937	1939	Conservative

Parliamentary Secretaries to the Ministry of Labour and National Service, 1939–1959

Name		Took office	Left office	Political party
	Ralph Assheton	1939	1942	Conservative
	George Tomlinson	1941	1945	Labour
	Malcolm McCorquodale	1942	1945	Conservative
	Ness Edwards	1945	1950	Labour
	Fred Lee	1950	1951	Labour
	Sir Peter Bennett	1951	1952	Conservative
	Harold Watkinson	1952	1955	Conservative
	Robert Carr	1955	1958	Conservative
	Hon. Richard Wood	1958	1959	Conservative

Parliamentary Secretaries to the Ministry of Labour, 1959–1964

Name		Took office	Left office	Political party
	Peter Thomas	1959	1961	Conservative
	Alan Green	1961	1962	Conservative
	William Whitelaw	1962	1964	Conservative