Secretaries of State for Trade and Industry, 1970-1974Edit

Name	Entered office	Left office	Party	Notes
John Davies	15 October 1970	5 November 1972	Conservative	also President of the Board of Trade
Peter Walker	5 November 1972	4 March 1974	Conservative	also President of the Board of Trade

Secretaries of State for Trade and Industry, 1983-presentEdit

Name	Entered office	Left office	Party	Notes
Cecil Parkinson	12 June 1983	11 October 1983	Conservative	also President of the Board of Trade
Norman Tebbit	11 October 1983	2 September 1985	Conservative	also President of the Board of Trade
Leon Brittan	2 September 1985	22 January 1986	Conservative	also President of the Board of Trade
Paul Channon	24 January 1986	13 June 1987	Conservative	also President of the Board of Trade
The Lord Young of Graffham	13 June 1987	24 July 1989	Conservative	also President of the Board of Trade
Nicholas Ridley	24 July 1989	13 July 1990	Conservative	also President of the Board of Trade
Peter Lilley	14 July 1990	10 April 1992	Conservative	also President of the Board of Trade
Michael Heseltine	10 April 1992	5 July 1995	Conservative	also President of the Board of Trade
Ian Lang	5 July 1995	2 May 1997	Conservative	also President of the Board of Trade
Margaret Beckett	2 May 1997	27 July 1998	Labour	also President of the Board of Trade
Peter Mandelson	27 July 1998	23 December 1998	Labour	also President of the Board of Trade
Stephen Byers	23 December 1998	8 June 2001	Labour	also President of the Board of Trade
Patricia Hewitt	8 June 2001	6 May 2005	Labour	also President of the Board of Trade
Alan Johnson	6 May 2005	current incumbent	Labour	also President of the Board of Trade