Name	Entered office	Left office	Party	Notes
Peter Shore	5 March 1974	8 April 1976	Labour	also President of the Board of Trade
Edmund Dell	8 April 1976	11 November 1978	Labour	also President of the Board of Trade
John Smith	11 November 1978	4 May 1979	Labour	also President of the Board of Trade
John Nott	5 May 1979	5 January 1981	Conservative	also President of the Board of Trade
John Biffen	5 January 1981	6 April 1982	Conservative	also President of the Board of Trade
The Lord Cockfield	6 April 1982	12 June 1983	Conservative	also President of the Board of Trade

Merged with the Secretary of State for Industry to form the new job of Secretary of State for Trade and Industry (which had previously existed 1970-1974). See also Secretary of State for Industry, Trade, and Regional Development.