| Rt Hon Harriet Ruth Harman | 3 May 1997 | 27 July 1998 |
| Rt Hon Margaret Ann Jay, Baroness Jay of Paddington | 27 July 1998 | 8 June 2001 |
| Patricia Hope Hewitt | 8 June 2001 | 27 June 2007 |
| Rt Hon Tessa Jane Helen Douglas Jowell | 5 May 2005 | 5 May 2006 |
| Margaret Patricia Munn | 5 May 2006 |