Secretary of State for Transport

The Secretary of State for Transport is the member of the cabinet responsible for the British Department for Transport. The role has had a high turnover as new appointments are blamed for the failures of decades of their predecessors. The office used to be called the Minister of Transport.

Secretaries of State for Transport (incomplete)

• Bill Rogers (1976-1979)

• Norman Fowler (1981)
• David Howell (1981-1983)
• Tom King (1983)
• Nicholas Ridley (1983-1986)
• John Moore (1986-1987)
• Paul Channon (1987-1989)
• Cecil Parkinson (1989-1990)
• Malcolm Rifkind (1990-1992)
• John Prescott (1992-1995) (merged with Environment and the Regions - Gavin Strang was Minister for Transport)
• George Young (1995-1997)
• Stephen Byers (2001-2002)
• Alistair Darling (2002-)