| Douglas Patrick Thomas Jay | 1947 | 1950 |
| Lewis John Edwards | October 1950 | October 1951 |
| Reginald Maudling | November 1952 | April 1955 |
| Derek Colclough Walker-Smith | November 1956 | January 1957 |
| Rt Hon Evelyn Nigel Chetwode Birch | January 1957 | January 1958 |
| Frederick James Erroll | 1958 | 1959 |
| Anthony Perrinott Lysberg Barber | 1959 | July 1962 |
| Sir Edward Dillon Lott du Cann | July 1962 | October 1963 |
| Maurice Victor Macmillan | October 1963 | October 1964 |
| Charles Anthony Raven Crosland | October 1964 | December 1964 |
| John Bruce-Gardyne, Lord Bruce-Gardyne | 11 November 1981 | 13 June 1983 |
| John Edward Michael Moore | 13 June 1983 | 18 October 1983 |
| Bernard Harold Ian Halley Stewart | 18 October 1983 | 13 June 1987 |
| Peter Bruce Lilley | 13 June 1987 | 24 July 1989 |
| Richard Andrew Ryder | 24 July 1989 | 24 July 1990 |
| John Cradock Maples | 24 July 1990 | 9 April 1992 |
| Richard Anthony Nelson | 14 April 1992 | 5 July 1995 |
| Angela Ann Knight | 7 July 1995 | 2 May 1997 |
| Helen Lawrie Liddell | 4 May 1997 | 17 May 1999 |
| Patricia Hope Hewitt | 1998 | 29 July 1999 |
| Melanie Jane Johnson | 29 July 1999 | 11 June 2001 |
| Ruth Maria Kelly | 11 June 2001 | 29 May 2002 |
| John Healey | 2002 | 9 May 2005 |
| Ivan Lewis | 9 May 2005 | 2006 |
| Edward Michael Balls | 5 May 2006 | 28 June 2007 |
| Justine Greening | 13 May 2010 | 14 October 2011 |
| Chloe Rebecca Smith | 14 October 2011 | 4 September 2012 |
| Sajid Javid | 4 September 2012 | 7 October 2013 |
| Nicola Ann Morgan | 7 October 2013 | 9 April 2014 |
| Andrea Jacqueline Leadsom | 9 April 2014 | 11 May 2015 |
| Harriett Mary Morison Baldwin | 11 May 2015 | 16 July 2016 |
| Stephen Paul Barclay | 14 June 2017 | 9 January 2018 |
| Rt Hon John Philip Glen | 9 January 2018 | 6 July 2022 |
| Richard Quentin Fuller | 8 July 2022 | |
| Andrew John Griffith | 27 October 2022 | 13 November 2023 |