Minister for London
United Kingdom Minister for London | |
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Incumbent Greg Hands since 13 November 2023 | |
Department for Business and Trade | |
Status | Minister of the Crown |
Reports to | The Prime Minister |
Seat | Westminster |
Appointer | The King (on advice of the Prime Minister) |
Term length | At His Majesty's Pleasure |
Inaugural holder | John Gummer |
Formation | 1994 |
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The Minister for London is a United Kingdom Government ministerial post in His Majesty's Government. The officeholder is responsible for policy relating to London including informing Members of Parliament in the House of Commons on the activities of the Greater London Authority. The role is currently held by Greg Hands, who was appointed on 13 November 2023.
History
London had been under the authority of the London County Council and then the Greater London Council, but Margaret Thatcher abolished the GLC in 1986 after clashes with its leader, Ken Livingstone. Most of the municipal powers were then devolved to the 32 individual boroughs. Under John Major, however, the need for more centralised organisation was addressed by a series of moves. John Gummer was appointed Minister of London concurrently with his tenure as Secretary of State for Environment, and in 1994 the Government Office for London was established.[1] After Tony Blair entered office, the Labour government set up an elected Mayor of London.[1] This office, along with a reconstituted Greater London Authority, worked with the Minister and the Government Office.
The post was scrapped by David Cameron after he came to office in 2010.[2] In 2016 however, the post was revived by Theresa May and was assigned to Gavin Barwell.
List of ministers for London
Colour key (for political parties):
Conservative Labour
Portrait | Name | Term of office | Concurrently held office | Political party | Prime Minister | |||
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John Gummer MP for Suffolk Coastal | 1994 | 2 May 1997 | – Secretary of State for the Environment | Conservative | John Major | |||
Nick Raynsford MP for Greenwich and Woolwich | 2 May 1997 | 29 July 1999 | – Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Construction | Labour | Tony Blair | |||
Keith Hill MP for Streatham | 29 July 1999 | 7 June 2001 | – Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Transport | Labour | ||||
Nick Raynsford MP for Greenwich and Woolwich | 7 June 2001 | 12 March 2003 | – Minister of State for Local and Regional Government[a] | Labour | ||||
Tony McNulty MP for Harrow East | 12 March 2003 | 13 June 2003 [3] | – Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Transport | Labour | ||||
Keith Hill MP for Streatham | 13 June 2003 | 6 May 2005 [4] | – Minister of State for Housing and Planning | Labour | ||||
Jim Fitzpatrick MP for Poplar and Canning Town | 6 May 2005 | 28 June 2007 | – Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for International Development | Labour | ||||
Tessa Jowell MP for Dulwich and West Norwood | 28 June 2007 | 3 October 2008 | – Minister for the Olympics – Paymaster General | Labour | Gordon Brown | |||
Tony McNulty MP for Harrow East | 3 October 2008 | 5 June 2009 | – Minister of State for Employment and Welfare Reform | Labour | ||||
Tessa Jowell MP for Dulwich and West Norwood | 5 June 2009 | 11 May 2010 | – Paymaster General – Minister for the Olympics – Minister for the Cabinet Office | Labour | ||||
Office not in use | 11 May 2010 | 17 July 2016 | David Cameron (I·II) | |||||
Gavin Barwell MP for Croydon Central | 17 July 2016 | 9 June 2017 | – Minister of State for Housing and Planning | Conservative | Theresa May | |||
Greg Hands MP for Chelsea and Fulham | 13 June 2017 | 9 January 2018 | – Minister of State for Trade Policy | Conservative | ||||
Jo Johnson MP for Orpington | 9 January 2018 | 9 November 2018 | – Minister of State for Transport | Conservative | ||||
Nick Hurd MP for Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner | 14 November 2018 | 18 December 2019 | – Minister for Policing and the Fire Service | Conservative | ||||
Boris Johnson | ||||||||
Chris Philp MP for Croydon South | 18 December 2019 | 13 February 2020 | – Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Justice (until 25 July 2019) – Minister of State for Northern Ireland (from 25 July 2019) | Conservative | ||||
Paul Scully MP for Sutton and Cheam | 13 February 2020 | 13 November 2023 | – Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Small Business, Consumers and Labour Markets (until 8 July 2022) – Minister of State for Local Government and Building Safety (8 July 2022 to 27 October 2022) – Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Tech and the Digital Economy (from 27 October 2022) | Conservative | ||||
Liz Truss | ||||||||
Rishi Sunak | ||||||||
Greg Hands MP for Chelsea and Fulham | 13 November 2023 | Incumbent | – Minister of State for Trade Policy | Conservative |
Shadow Minister
The position of Shadow Minister for London was retained by Labour under the leadership of Ed Miliband, and was held by Sadiq Khan throughout Miliband's leadership. However, since Khan's nomination as Labour's candidate for Mayor of London and Jeremy Corbyn's leadership, the office has remained vacant.
See also
Notes
- ^ Local Government (2001–02)
References
- ^ a b Ben Pimlott (2002). Governing London. Nirmala Rao. Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-924492-8.
- ^ Mulholland, Hélène (4 June 2010). "Minister for London post abolished by David Cameron". The Guardian. Retrieved 24 June 2010.
- ^ "Press release: Association of London Government looking forward to working with new Minister for London". 12 March 2003. Archived from the original on 27 November 2007.
- ^ [1] [dead link]