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All across the Great Western territory => Who's who on Western railways => Topic started by: grahame on October 25, 2023, 14:16:27


Title: Secretary of State for Transport - the last 42 years
Post by: grahame on October 25, 2023, 14:16:27
Norman Fowler @5 January 198114 September 1981
David Howell14 September 198111 June 1983
Tom King11 June 198316 October 1983
Hon. Nicholas Ridley16 October 198321 May 1986
John Moore21 May 198613 June 1987
Paul Channon13 June 198724 July 1989
Cecil Parkinson24 July 198928 November 1990
Malcolm Rifkind28 November 199010 April 1992
John MacGregor11 April 199220 July 1994
Brian Mawhinney20 July 19945 July 1995
Sir George Young5 July 19952 May 1997
John Prescott * 2 May 19977 June 2001
Stephen Byers * 8 June 200128 May 2002
Alistair Darling 29 May 20025 May 2006
Douglas Alexander5 May 200628 June 2007
Ruth Kelly28 June 20075 October 2008
Geoff Hoon5 October 20085 June 2009
Andrew Adonis6 June 20096 May 2010
Philip Hammond12 May 201014 October 2011
Justine Greening14 October 20116 September 2012
Patrick McLoughlin6 September 201214 July 2016
Chris Grayling14 July 201624 July 2019
Grant Shapps 24 July 20196 September 2022
Anne-Marie Trevelyan6 September 202225 October 2022
Mark Harper25 October 2022Incumbent

* - Brief included other elements than transport in a combined ministry.
@ - prior to this, Norman Fowler was Transport Minister - same job, no seat at Cabinet table.

25 different ministers in 42 years - to me it doesn't feel like that's a good recipe for long term guidance of public transport.

Under the Secretary of State for Transport, there have been quite a number of Rail Ministers; some of the Secretaries of State have delegated substantially to them and we have met / interacted with the rail minister. At other times the rail minister really has not been visible.   Some ministers (both SoS and Rail) have been excellent, well informed (and have gone out of their way to learn) and effective, even when presenting / explaining bad news. Others, sadly, have been the opposite.

Title: Re: Secretary of State for Transport - the last 42 years
Post by: GBM on October 26, 2023, 11:10:43
With an impending election (within a year perhaps?), I would have thought any Minister would have jumped at a chance to promote the party - by coming onto this coffee shop forum with "Meet the Minister"


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