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'''First Secretary of State''' is a title within the [[British government]], principally regarded as purely [[title of honor|honorific]], currently held by the [[Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom|Deputy Prime Minister]], [[John Prescott]]. The title, which implies senority over all other [[Secretary of state#United_Kingdom|Secretaries of State]], has no specific powers or authority attached to it beyond that of any other Secretary of State. It originated as an alternative to the use of the title [[Deputy Prime Minister]], which was opposed by some for constitutional reasons. The principle of one of these objections was that the title implied some degree of expectation that there would be a right of succession to the [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom|Prime Minister]]'s position in the event of the death or resignation of the incumbent. No such expectation could exist in the [[United Kingdom|UK]], since the Prime Minister is appointed by the [[Monarch|Sovereign]], whose discretion could not constitutionally be fettered. |
'''First Secretary of State''' is a title within the [[British government]], principally regarded as purely [[title of honor|honorific]], currently held by the [[Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom|Deputy Prime Minister]], [[John Prescott]]. The title, which implies senority over all other [[Secretary of state#United_Kingdom|Secretaries of State]], has no specific powers or authority attached to it beyond that of any other Secretary of State. It originated as an alternative to the use of the title [[Deputy Prime Minister]], which was opposed by some for constitutional reasons. The principle of one of these objections was that the title implied some degree of expectation that there would be a right of succession to the [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom|Prime Minister]]'s position in the event of the death or resignation of the incumbent. No such expectation could exist in the [[United Kingdom|UK]], since the Prime Minister is appointed by the [[Monarch|Sovereign]], whose discretion could not constitutionally be fettered. |
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==First Secretaries of State== |
===First Secretaries of State=== |
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! colspan=2|Name |
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! Name !! Party !! Period |
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| [[Rab Butler]]<br> |
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| [[13 July]] [[1962]] |
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| [[18 October]] [[1963]] |
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| Conservative |
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| [[Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom|Deputy Prime Minister]] ([[July 13]], [[1962]] - [[October 18]], [[1963]]) |
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|[[Rab Butler]] || [[Conservative party (UK)|Conservative]] || [[13 July]] [[1962]] — [[18 October]] [[1963]] |
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| |[[George Brown, Baron George-Brown|George Brown]] |
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| [[16 October]] [[1964]] |
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| [[11 August]], [[1966]] |
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| Labour |
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| [[Secretary of State for Economic Affairs]] ([[October 16]], [[1964]] - [[August 11]], [[1966]]) |
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! style="background-color: {{Labour Party (UK)/meta/color}}" | |
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|[[George Brown, Baron George-Brown|George Brown]] || [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]] || [[16 October]] [[1964]] — [[11 August]], [[1966]] |
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| [[11 August]] [[1966]] |
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| [[6 April]] [[1968]] |
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| Labour |
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| [[Secretary of State for Economic Affairs]] ([[August 11]], [[1966]] - [[August 29]] [[1967]]), ''none'' ([[August 29]] [[1967]] - [[March 16]], [[1968]]), [[Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs|Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs]] ([[March 16]], [[1968]] - [[October 17]], [[1968]]) |
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| [[Barbara Castle]] |
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| [[6 April]] [[1968]] |
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| [[19 June]] [[1970]] |
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| Labour |
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| [[Secretary of State for Employment]] ([[April 6]], [[1968]] - [[June 19]], [[1970]] |
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|[[Barbara Castle]] || Labour|| [[6 April]] [[1968]] — [[19 June]] [[1970]] |
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| [[Michael Heseltine]] |
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| [[20 July]] [[1995]] |
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| [[2 May]] [[1997]] |
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| Conservative |
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| [[Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom|Deputy Prime Minister]] ([[July 20]], [[1995]] - [[May 2]], [[1997]]) |
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|[[Michael Heseltine]] || Conservative || [[20 July]], [[1995]] — [[2 May]], [[1997]] |
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| [[John Prescott]] |
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| [[Image:John_Prescott.jpg|60px]] |
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|[[John Prescott]] || Labour || [[8 June]], [[2001]] — present |
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| [[8 June]] [[2001]] |
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| Present |
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| Labour |
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| [[Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom|Deputy Prime Minister]] ([[May 2]], [[1997]] - present) |
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First Secretary of State is a title within the British government, principally regarded as purely honorific, currently held by the Deputy Prime Minister, John Prescott. The title, which implies senority over all other Secretaries of State, has no specific powers or authority attached to it beyond that of any other Secretary of State. It originated as an alternative to the use of the title Deputy Prime Minister, which was opposed by some for constitutional reasons. The principle of one of these objections was that the title implied some degree of expectation that there would be a right of succession to the Prime Minister's position in the event of the death or resignation of the incumbent. No such expectation could exist in the UK, since the Prime Minister is appointed by the Sovereign, whose discretion could not constitutionally be fettered.
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