| Rt Hon Christopher Robert Smith | July 1997 | 8 June 2001 |
| Rt Hon Tessa Jane Helen Douglas Jowell | 8 June 2001 | 27 June 2007 |
| Rt Hon James Mark Dakin Purnell | 28 June 2007 | |
| Rt Hon Benjamin Peter James Bradshaw | 5 June 2009 | 11 May 2010 |
| Jeremy Richard Streynsham Hunt | 12 May 2010 | 4 September 2012 |
| Maria Frances Lewis Miller | 4 September 2012 | 9 April 2014 |
| Rt Hon Sajid Javid | 9 April 2014 | 11 May 2015 |
| John Flasby Lawrance Whittingdale | 11 May 2015 | 14 July 2016 |
| Rt Hon Karen Anne Bradley | 14 July 2016 | 2 July 2017 |
| Rt Hon Lucy Claire Frazer | 7 February 2023 |