| Rt Hon Robert Joseph Mellish | April 1969 | May 1970 |
| Francis Leslie Pym | 1970 | 1973 |
| Rt Hon Robert Joseph Mellish | March 1974 | April 1976 |
| Rt Hon Hilary Jane Armstrong | 8 June 2001 | 5 May 2006 |
| Rt Hon Jacqueline Jill Smith | 5 May 2006 | 28 June 2007 |
| Rt Hon Geoffrey William Hoon | 28 June 2007 | 3 October 2008 |
| Rt Hon Nicholas Hugh Brown | 3 October 2008 | 11 May 2010 |
| Rt Hon Patrick Allan McLoughlin | 12 May 2010 | 3 September 2012 |
| Rt Hon Andrew John Bower Mitchell | 3 September 2012 | 19 October 2012 |
| Rt Hon Sir George Samuel Knatchbull Young, bt | 19 October 2012 | 4 July 2014 |
| Rt Hon Michael Andrew Gove | 15 July 2014 | 10 May 2015 |
| Mark James Harper | 10 May 2015 | 14 July 2016 |
| Wendy Morton | 6 September 2022 | 25 October 2022 |
| Simon Anthony Hart | 25 October 2022 |