Secretary of State for Northern Ireland

Rt Hon William Stephen Ian Whitelaw March 19721973
Rt Hon Francis Leslie Pym 1973March 1974
Rt Hon Merlyn Rees March 197410 September 1976
Rt Hon Roy Mason 10 September 19764 May 1979
Rt Hon Humphrey Edward Gregory Atkins 4 May 197914 September 1981
Rt Hon James Michael Leathes Prior 14 September 198127 September 1984
Rt Hon Douglas Richard Hurd 19842 September 1985
Rt Hon Thomas Jeremy King 2 September 198524 July 1989
Rt Hon Peter Leonard Brooke 24 July 198911 April 1992
Rt Hon Sir Patrick Barnabas Burke Mayhew 11 April 19922 May 1997
Rt Hon Dr Marjorie Mowlam 3 May 199711 October 1999
Rt Hon Peter Benjamin Mandelson 11 October 199924 January 2001
Rt Hon Dr John Reid 24 January 200124 October 2002
Rt Hon Paul Peter Murphy 24 October 20026 May 2005
Rt Hon Peter Gerald Hain 6 May 200528 June 2007
Rt Hon Shaun Anthony Woodward 28 June 200711 May 2010
Owen William Paterson 12 May 20104 September 2012
Rt Hon Theresa Anne Villiers 4 September 201214 July 2016
Rt Hon James Peter Brokenshire 14 July 20168 January 2018
Rt Hon Karen Anne Bradley 8 January 201824 July 2019
Rt Hon Julian Richard Smith 24 July 201913 February 2020
Rt Hon Brandon Kenneth Lewis 13 February 20207 July 2022
Shailesh Lahkman Vara 7 July 20226 September 2022
Rt Hon Christopher Heaton-Harris 6 September 2022