Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Transport
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| United Kingdom Parliamentary Under-Secretaries of State for Transport | |
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| Department for Transport | |
| Style | Minister |
| Reports to | Secretary of State for Transport |
| Nominator | Prime Minister of the United Kingdom |
| Appointer | The King (on advice of the Prime Minister) |
| Term length | At His Majesty's pleasure |
| First holder | Tom Harris |
Parliamentary Under-Secretaries of State for Transport are junior ministers in the Department for Transport of His Majesty's Government. They report to the Secretary of State for Transport and are responsible for various aspects of British transport policy.
Current responsibilities
[edit]Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Minister for Roads)
[edit]Justin Madders as the Minister for Roads is responsible for:[1]
- roads, including Road Investment Strategy (RIS)
- road safety
- automated vehicles
- micromobility
- motoring agencies
- vehicle standards
- Lower Thames Crossing
- AI and technology
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Minister for Buses and Local Transport)
[edit]Simon Lightwood as the Minister for Buses and Local Transport is responsible for:[2]
- devolution and regions
- buses and coaches
- taxis and PHVs
- local transport
- active travel
- accessibility
- VAWG
- integrated transport, ticketing and fares
- planning and housing
- electric vehicles, decarbonisation and environment
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Minister for Aviation, Maritime and Logistics)
[edit]Keir Mather as the Minister for Aviation, Maritime and Logistics is responsible for:[3]
- aviation
- Heathrow expansion
- maritime
- international
- security and resilience
- freight and borders
- sustainable aviation fuel (SAF)
List of ministers
[edit]| Name | Portrait | Term of office | Party | Prime Minister | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Horam |  |
10 September 1976 | 4 May 1979 | Labour | Wilson Callaghan | |
| Kenneth Clarke[4] |  |
7 May 1979 | 5 March 1982 | Conservative | Thatcher I | |
| Reginald Eyre | 5 March 1982 | 11 June 1983 | Conservative | |||
| Lynda Chalker |  |
5 March 1982 | 18 October 1983 | Conservative | ||
| Thatcher II | ||||||
| David Mitchell | 11 June 1983 | 23 January 1986 | Conservative | |||
| Michael Spicer | 11 September 1984 | 13 June 1987 | Conservative | |||
| Malcolm Sinclair |  |
2 September 1985 | 10 September 1986 | Conservative | ||
| Peter Bottomley |  |
23 January 1986 | 24 July 1989 | Conservative | Thatcher II & III | |
| Ivon Moore-Brabazon |  |
10 September 1986 | 23 July 1989 | Conservative | ||
| Robert Atkins |  |
25 July 1989 | 22 July 1990 | Conservative | Thatcher III | |
| Patrick McLoughlin |  |
25 July 1989 | 14 April 1992 | Conservative | Thatcher III Major I | |
| Christopher Chope[5] |  |
23 July 1990 | 14 April 1992 | Conservative | ||
| Kenneth Carlisle | 14 April 1992 | 27 May 1993 | Conservative | Major II | ||
| Steven Norris |  |
14 April 1992 | 23 July 1996 | Conservative | ||
| Robert Key | 27 May 1993 | 20 July 1994 | Conservative | |||
| John MacKay | 11 January 1994 | 20 July 1994 | Conservative | |||
| Giles Goschen |  |
20 July 1994 | 2 May 1997 | Conservative | ||
| John Bowis |  |
23 July 1994 | 2 May 1997 | Conservative | ||
| Helene Hayman, Baroness Hayman |  |
6 May 1997 | 28 July 1998 | Labour | Blair I | |
| Glenda Jackson |  |
6 May 1997 | 29 July 1999 | |||
| Larry Whitty, Baron Whitty |  |
28 July 1998 | 11 June 2001 | |||
| Keith Hill |  |
29 July 1999 | 8 June 2001 | |||
| Sally Keeble |  |
7 June 2001 | 29 May 2002 | Blair II | ||
| David Jamieson | 11 June 2001 | 10 May 2005 | ||||
| Tony McNulty |  |
29 May 2002 | 10 September 2004 | |||
| Charlotte Atkins |  |
10 September 2004 | 10 May 2005 | |||
| Derek Twigg |  |
5 May 2005 | 6 September 2006 | Blair III | ||
| Karen Buck |  |
10 May 2005 | 16 March 2006 | |||
| Gillian Merron |  |
8 May 2006 | 27 June 2007 | |||
| Tom Harris |  |
7 September 2006 | 4 October 2008 | |||
| Jim Fitzpatrick |  |
28 June 2007 | 8 June 2009 | Brown | ||
| Paul Clark |  |
5 October 2008 | 11 May 2010 | |||
| Chris Mole |  |
5 June 2009 | 11 May 2010 | |||
| Norman Baker |  |
15 May 2010 | 7 October 2013 | Liberal Democrats | Cameron–Clegg | |
| Mike Penning |  |
12 May 2010 | 4 September 2012 | Conservative | ||
| Stephen Hammond |  |
4 September 2012 | 15 July 2014 | |||
| Robert Goodwill |  |
7 October 2013 | 9 December 2015 | |||
| Claire Perry |  |
15 July 2014 | 14 July 2016 | Cameron II | ||
| Andrew Jones |  |
11 May 2015 | 15 June 2017 | Cameron II May I | ||
| Tariq Ahmad, Baron Ahmad of Wimbledon |  |
11 May 2015 | 11 June 2017 | |||
| Paul Maynard |  |
16 July 2016 | 9 January 2018 | May I & II | ||
| Martin Callanan, Baron Callanan |  |
14 June 2017 | 27 October 2017 | May II | ||
| Jesse Norman |  |
15 June 2017 | 12 November 2018 | |||
| Liz Sugg, Baroness Sugg |  |
27 October 2017 | 23 April 2019 | |||
| Andrew Jones |  |
12 November 2018 | 26 July 2019 | |||
| Nus Ghani |  |
9 January 2018 | 13 February 2020 | May II Johnson I & II | ||
| Charlotte Vere, Baroness Vere of Norbiton |  |
23 April 2019 | 14 November 2023 | May II Johnson I & II Truss Sunak | ||
| Paul Maynard |  |
26 July 2019 | 13 February 2020 | Johnson I | ||
| Kelly Tolhurst |  |
13 February 2020 | 8 September 2020 | Johnson II | ||
| Rachel Maclean |  |
13 February 2020 | 16 September 2021 | |||
| Robert Courts |  |
8 September 2020 | 20 September 2022 | |||
| Trudy Harrison |  |
16 September 2021 | 7 July 2022 | |||
| Wendy Morton |  |
19 December 2021 | 9 February 2022 | |||
| Karl McCartney |  |
8 July 2022 | 8 September 2022 | |||
| Katherine Fletcher |  |
20 September 2022 | 27 October 2022 | Truss | ||
| Richard Holden |  |
28 October 2022 | 13 November 2023 | Sunak | ||
| Anthony Browne |  |
13 November 2023 | 5 July 2024 | |||
| Guy Opperman |  |
13 November 2023 | 5 July 2024 | |||
| Byron Davies, Baron Davies of Gower |  |
14 November 2023 | 5 July 2024 | |||
| Simon Lightwood |  |
9 July 2024 | Incumbent | Labour Co-op | Starmer Burnham | |
| Lilian Greenwood |  |
5 July 2024 | 22 July 2026 | Labour | Starmer | |
| Mike Kane |  |
9 July 2024 | 6 September 2025 | |||
| Keir Mather | |
8 September 2025 | Incumbent | Starmer Burnham | ||
| Justin Madders |  |
22 July 2026 | Incumbent | Burnham |
References
[edit]- ↑ "Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Minister for Roads) - GOV.UK". www.gov.uk. Retrieved 2026-08-03.
- ↑ "Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Minister for Buses and Local Transport) - GOV.UK". www.gov.uk. Retrieved 2026-08-06.
- ↑ "Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Minister for Aviation, Maritime and Logistics) - GOV.UK". www.gov.uk. Retrieved 2026-08-06.
- ↑ "Clarke for Transport | 11th August 1984 | The Commercial Motor Archive". archive.commercialmotor.com. Retrieved 2025-07-06.
- ↑ "Chris Chope MP - Who is he?". Politics.co.uk. Retrieved 2025-07-06.
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