| Yvette Cooper | 5 June 2009 | |
| Rt Hon Henry Brooke | 1961 | 13 July 1962 |
| John Diamond | 20 October 1964 | 19 June 1970 |
| Maurice Victor Macmillan | 23 June 1970 | 7 April 1972 |
| Charles Patrick Fleeming Jenkin | 1972 | 1974 |
| Thomas Gray Boardman | January 1974 | March 1974 |
| Joel Barnett | March 1974 | May 1979 |
| Rt Hon William John Biffen | 5 May 1979 | 5 January 1981 |
| Leon Brittan | 5 January 1981 | 11 June 1983 |
| Peter Wynford Innes Rees | 11 June 1983 | 2 September 1985 |
| John Roddick Russell MacGregor | 2 September 1985 | 13 June 1987 |
| Rt Hon John Roy Major | 13 June 1987 | 24 July 1989 |
| Rt Hon Norman Stewart Hughson Lamont | 24 July 1989 | 28 November 1990 |
| Rt Hon David John Mellor | 28 November 1990 | 11 April 1992 |
| Michael Denzil Xavier Portillo | 11 April 1992 | July 1994 |
| Rt Hon Jonathan William Patrick Aitken | July 1994 | 4 July 1995 |
| Rt Hon Hon William Arthur Waldegrave | 5 July 1995 | 2 May 1997 |
| Rt Hon Alistair Maclean Darling | 3 May 1997 | 27 July 1998 |
| Rt Hon Stephen John Byers | 27 July 1998 | 23 December 1998 |
| Rt Hon Alan Milburn | 23 December 1998 | 11 October 1999 |
| Rt Hon Andrew David Smith | 11 October 1999 | 29 May 2002 |
| Rt Hon Paul Yaw Boateng | 29 May 2002 | 5 May 2005 |
| Desmond Henry Browne | 6 May 2005 | 5 May 2006 |
| Rt Hon Stephen Cresswell Timms | 5 May 2006 | 11 May 2010 |
| Rt Hon Andrew Murray Burnham | 28 June 2007 | 5 June 2009 |
| Rt Hon Liam Dominic Byrne | 5 June 2009 | 11 May 2010 |
| David Anthony Laws | 12 May 2010 | 29 May 2010 |
| Rt Hon Daniel Grian Alexander | 29 May 2010 | 8 May 2015 |
| Rt Hon Gregory William Hands | 11 May 2015 | 14 July 2016 |
| Rt Hon David Michael Gauke | 14 July 2016 | 11 June 2017 |
| Rt Hon Mary Elizabeth Truss | 11 June 2017 | 24 July 2019 |
| Rishi Sunak | 24 July 2019 | 13 February 2020 |
| Stephen Paul Barclay | 13 February 2020 | 15 September 2021 |
| Simon Richard Clarke | 15 September 2021 | 6 September 2022 |
| Christopher Ian Brian Mynott Philp | 6 September 2022 | 14 October 2022 |
| Rt Hon Edward John Comport Argar | 14 October 2022 | 25 October 2022 |
| John Philip Glen | 25 October 2022 |