Secretary of State for the Home Department[3] Including constituencies for elected MPs. |
Term of office |
Party |
Ministry |
Monarch (Reign) |
|
 |
William Petty 2nd Earl of Shelburne[19] |
27 March 1782 |
10 July 1782 |
Whig |
Rockingham II |
George III
 (1760–1820) [note 1] |
|
 |
Thomas Townsend[19] MP for Whitchurch |
10 July 1782 |
2 April 1783 |
Whig |
Shelburne (Whig–Tory) |
|
 |
Frederick North Lord North[19] MP for Banbury |
2 April 1783 |
19 December 1783 |
Tory |
Fox–North |
|
 |
George Nugent-Temple-Grenville 3rd Earl Temple[20] |
19 December 1783 |
23 December 1783 |
Tory |
Pitt I |
|
 |
Thomas Townsend 1st Baron Sydney[19] |
23 December 1783 |
5 June 1789 |
Whig |
|
 |
William Grenville 1st Baron Grenville[19] MP for Buckinghamshire[note 2] (1759–1834) |
5 June 1789 |
8 June 1791 |
Tory |
|
 |
Henry Dundas[19] MP for Edinburgh |
8 June 1791 |
11 July 1794 |
Tory |
|
 |
William Cavendish-Bentinck 3rd Duke of Portland[19] |
11 July 1794 |
30 July 1801 |
Tory |
| Addington |
|
 |
Thomas Pelham 4th Baron Pelham of Stanmer[19] |
30 July 1801 |
17 August 1803 |
Whig |
|
 |
Charles Philip Yorke[19] MP for Cambridgeshire |
17 August 1803 |
12 May 1804 |
Tory |
|
 |
Robert Jenkinson 2nd Baron Hawkesbury[19] |
12 May 1804 |
5 February 1806 |
Tory |
Pitt II |
|
 |
George Spencer 2nd Earl Spencer[19] |
5 February 1806 |
25 March 1807 |
Whig |
All the Talents (Whig–Tory) |
|
 |
Robert Jenkinson 2nd Earl of Liverpool[19] |
25 March 1807 |
1 November 1809 |
Tory |
Portland II |
|
 |
Richard Ryder[19] MP for Tiverton |
1 November 1809 |
8 June 1812 |
Tory |
Perceval |
|
 |
Henry Addington 1st Viscount Sidmouth[19] |
11 June 1812 |
17 January 1822 |
Tory |
Liverpool |
|
George IV
 (1820–1830) |
|
 |
Robert Peel[19] MP for Oxford University |
17 January 1822 |
10 April 1827 |
Tory |
|
 |
William Sturges Bourne[19] MP for Ashburton |
30 April 1827 |
16 July 1827 |
Tory |
Canning (Canningite–Whig) |
| |
 |
Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice 3rd Marquess of Lansdowne[19] |
16 July 1827 |
22 January 1828 |
Whig |
|
Goderich |
|
 |
Robert Peel[19] MP for 3 constituencies respectively (1788–1850) |
26 January 1828 |
22 November 1830 |
Tory |
Wellington–Peel |
|
William IV
 (1830–1837) |
|
 |
William Lamb 2nd Viscount Melbourne[19] |
22 November 1830 |
16 July 1834 |
Whig |
Grey |
|
 |
John Ponsonby 1st Baron Duncannon[19] |
19 July 1834 |
15 November 1834 |
Whig |
Melbourne I |
|
 |
Arthur Wellesley 1st Duke of Wellington[19] |
15 November 1834 |
15 December 1834 |
Tory |
Wellington Caretaker |
|
 |
Henry Goulburn[19] MP for Cambridge University |
15 December 1834 |
18 April 1835 |
Conservative |
Peel I |
|
 |
Lord John Russell[20] MP for Stroud |
18 April 1835 |
30 August 1839 |
Whig |
Melbourne II |
|
Victoria
 (1837–1901) |
|
 |
Constantine Phipps 1st Marquess of Normanby[20] |
30 August 1839 |
30 August 1841 |
Whig |
|
 |
Sir James Graham[20] 2nd Baronet MP for Dorchester |
6 September 1841 |
30 June 1846 |
Conservative |
Peel II |
|
 |
Sir George Grey[20] 2nd Baronet
|
8 July 1846 |
23 February 1852 |
Whig |
Russell I |
|
 |
Spencer Horatio Walpole[20] MP for Midhurst |
27 February 1852 |
19 December 1852 |
Conservative |
Who? Who? |
|
 |
Henry John Temple 3rd Viscount Palmerston[20] MP for Tiverton |
28 December 1852 |
6 February 1855 |
Whig |
Aberdeen (Peelite–Whig) |
|
 |
Sir George Grey[20] 2nd Baronet MP for Morpeth |
8 February 1855 |
26 February 1858 |
Whig |
Palmerston I |
|
 |
Spencer Horatio Walpole[20] MP for Cambridge University |
26 February 1858 |
3 March 1859 |
Conservative |
Derby–Disraeli II |
|
 |
Thomas Henry Sutton Sotheron-Estcourt[20] MP for North Wiltshire |
3 March 1859 |
18 June 1859 |
Conservative |
|
 |
George Cornewall Lewis[20] MP for Radnor |
18 June 1859 |
25 July 1861 |
Liberal |
Palmerston II |
| |
 |
Sir George Grey[20] 2nd Baronet MP for Morpeth |
25 July 1861 |
28 June 1866 |
Liberal |
|
Russell II |
|
 |
Spencer Horatio Walpole[20] MP for Cambridge University |
6 July 1866 |
17 May 1867 |
Conservative |
Derby–Disraeli III |
|
 |
Gathorne Gathorne-Hardy[20] MP for Oxford University |
17 May 1867 |
3 December 1868 |
Conservative |
|
 |
Henry Bruce[20] (1815–1895) |
9 December 1868 |
9 August 1873 |
Liberal |
Gladstone I |
|
 |
Robert Lowe[20] MP for London University |
9 August 1873 |
20 February 1874 |
Liberal |
|
 |
R. A. Cross[20] MP for South West Lancashire |
21 February 1874 |
23 April 1880 |
Conservative |
Disraeli II |
|
 |
William Harcourt[20] MP for Derby |
28 April 1880 |
23 June 1885 |
Liberal |
Gladstone II |
|
 |
R. A. Cross[20] MP for Newton |
24 June 1885 |
1 February 1886 |
Conservative |
Salisbury I |
|
 |
Hugh Childers[20] MP for Edinburgh South |
6 February 1886 |
25 July 1886 |
Liberal |
Gladstone III |
|
 |
Henry Matthews[20] MP for Birmingham East |
3 August 1886 |
15 August 1892 |
Conservative |
Salisbury II |
|
 |
H. H. Asquith[20] MP for East Fife |
18 August 1892 |
25 June 1895 |
Liberal |
Gladstone IV |
| Rosebery |
|
 |
Matthew White Ridley[20] MP for Blackpool |
29 June 1895 |
12 November 1900 |
Conservative |
Salisbury (III & IV) (Con.–Lib.U.) |
|
 |
Charles Ritchie[20] MP for Croydon |
12 November 1900 |
11 August 1902 |
Conservative |
|
Edward VII
 (1901–1910) |
|
Balfour |
|
 |
Aretas Akers-Douglas[20] MP for St Augustine's |
11 August 1902 |
5 December 1905 |
Conservative |
|
 |
Herbert Gladstone[20] MP for Leeds West |
11 December 1905 |
19 February 1910 |
Liberal |
Campbell-Bannerman |
| |
Asquith (I–III) |
|
 |
Winston Churchill[20] MP for Dundee |
19 February 1910 |
24 October 1911 |
Liberal |
|
George V
 (1910–1936) |
|
 |
Reginald McKenna[20] MP for North Monmouthshire |
24 October 1911 |
27 May 1915 |
Liberal |
|
 |
John Simon[20] MP for Walthamstow |
27 May 1915 |
12 January 1916 |
Liberal |
Asquith Coalition (Lib.–Con.–et al.) |
|
 |
Herbert Samuel[20] MP for Cleveland |
12 January 1916 |
7 December 1916 |
Liberal |
|
 |
George Cave 1st Viscount Cave[20] MP for Kingston[note 5] (1856–1928) |
11 December 1916 |
14 January 1919 |
Conservative |
Lloyd George (I & II) |
|
 |
Edward Shortt[20] MP for Newcastle upon Tyne West |
14 January 1919 |
23 October 1922 |
National Liberal |
|
 |
William Bridgeman[20] MP for Oswestry |
25 October 1922 |
22 January 1924 |
Conservative |
Law |
| Baldwin I |
|
 |
Arthur Henderson[20] MP for Burnley[note 6] (1863–1935) |
23 January 1924 |
4 November 1924 |
Labour |
MacDonald I |
|
 |
William Joynson-Hicks[20] MP for Twickenham |
7 November 1924 |
5 June 1929 |
Conservative |
Baldwin II |
|
 |
John Robert Clynes[20] MP for Manchester Platting |
8 June 1929 |
26 August 1931 |
Labour |
MacDonald II |
|
 |
Herbert Samuel[20] MP for Darwen |
26 August 1931 |
1 October 1932 |
Liberal |
National I (N.Lab.–Con.–et al.) |
| |
National II |
|
 |
Sir John Gilmour[20] 2nd Baronet MP for Glasgow Pollok |
1 October 1932 |
7 June 1935 |
Unionist |
| |
 |
John Simon[20] MP for Spen Valley |
7 June 1935 |
28 May 1937 |
Liberal National |
National III (Con.–N.Lab.–et al.) |
|
Edward VIII
 (1936) |
| |
George VI
 (1936–1952) |
|
 |
Samuel Hoare[20] MP for Chelsea |
28 May 1937 |
3 September 1939 |
Conservative |
National IV |
| |
 |
John Anderson[20] MP for Combined Scottish Universities |
4 September 1939 |
4 October 1940 |
Independent (National) |
Chamberlain War |
| |
Churchill War (All parties) |
|
 |
Herbert Morrison[20] MP for Hackney South |
4 October 1940 |
23 May 1945 |
Labour |
|
|
Donald Somervell[20] MP for Crewe |
25 May 1945 |
26 July 1945 |
Conservative |
Churchill Caretaker (Con.–Lib.N.) |
|
 |
James Chuter Ede[20] MP for South Shields |
3 August 1945 |
26 October 1951 |
Labour |
Attlee (I & II) |
|
 |
David Maxwell Fyfe[20] MP for Liverpool West Derby |
27 October 1951 |
19 October 1954 |
Conservative |
Churchill III |
|
Elizabeth II
 (1952–2022) |
| |
 |
Gwilym Lloyd George[20] MP for Newcastle upon Tyne North |
19 October 1954 |
14 January 1957 |
National Liberal & Conservative |
|
Eden |
|
 |
Rab Butler[20] MP for Saffron Walden |
14 January 1957 |
13 July 1962 |
Conservative |
Macmillan (I & II) |
| |
 |
Henry Brooke[20] MP for Hampstead |
14 July 1962 |
16 October 1964 |
Conservative |
|
Douglas-Home |
|
 |
Frank Soskice[20] MP for Newport |
18 October 1964 |
23 December 1965 |
Labour |
Wilson (I & II) |
|
 |
Roy Jenkins[20] MP for Birmingham Stechford |
23 December 1965 |
30 November 1967 |
Labour |
|
 |
James Callaghan[20] MP for Cardiff South East |
30 November 1967 |
19 June 1970 |
Labour |
|
 |
Reginald Maudling[20] MP for Barnet |
20 June 1970 |
18 July 1972 |
Conservative |
Heath |
|
 |
Robert Carr[20] MP for Carshalton |
18 July 1972 |
4 March 1974 |
Conservative |
|
 |
Roy Jenkins[20] MP for Birmingham Stechford |
5 March 1974 |
10 September 1976 |
Labour |
Wilson (III & IV) |
| |
Callaghan |
|
 |
Merlyn Rees[20] MP for Leeds South |
10 September 1976 |
4 May 1979 |
Labour |
|
|
William Whitelaw[20] MP for Penrith and The Border |
4 May 1979 |
11 June 1983 |
Conservative |
Thatcher I |
|
 |
Leon Brittan[20] MP for Richmond (Yorks) |
11 June 1983 |
2 September 1985 |
Conservative |
Thatcher II |
|
 |
Douglas Hurd[20] MP for Witney |
2 September 1985 |
26 October 1989 |
Conservative |
| Thatcher III |
|
|
David Waddington[20] MP for Ribble Valley |
26 October 1989 |
28 November 1990 |
Conservative |
|
 |
Kenneth Baker[20] MP for Mole Valley |
28 November 1990 |
10 April 1992 |
Conservative |
Major I |
|
 |
Kenneth Clarke[20] MP for Rushcliffe |
10 April 1992 |
27 May 1993 |
Conservative |
Major II |
|
 |
Michael Howard[20] MP for Folkestone and Hythe |
27 May 1993 |
2 May 1997 |
Conservative |
|
 |
Jack Straw[20] MP for Blackburn |
2 May 1997 |
8 June 2001 |
Labour |
Blair I |
|
 |
David Blunkett[20] MP for Sheffield Brightside |
8 June 2001 |
15 December 2004 |
Labour |
Blair II |
|
 |
Charles Clarke[20] MP for Norwich South |
15 December 2004 |
5 May 2006 |
Labour |
| Blair III |
|
 |
John Reid[21] MP for Airdrie and Shotts |
5 May 2006 |
28 June 2007 |
Labour |
|
 |
Jacqui Smith[22] MP for Redditch |
28 June 2007 |
5 June 2009 |
Labour |
Brown |
|
 |
Alan Johnson[23] MP for Hull West and Hessle |
5 June 2009 |
11 May 2010 |
Labour |
|
 |
Theresa May[24] MP for Maidenhead
Tenure |
12 May 2010 |
13 July 2016 |
Conservative |
Cameron–Clegg (Con.–L.D.) |
| Cameron II |
|
 |
Amber Rudd[25] MP for Hastings and Rye |
13 July 2016 |
29 April 2018 |
Conservative |
May I |
| |
May II |
|
 |
Sajid Javid[26] MP for Bromsgrove |
30 April 2018 |
24 July 2019 |
Conservative |
|
 |
Priti Patel[27] MP for Witham |
24 July 2019 |
6 September 2022 |
Conservative |
Johnson I |
| Johnson II |
|
 |
Suella Braverman[28] MP for Fareham |
6 September 2022 |
19 October 2022 |
Conservative |
Truss |
Charles III
 (2022–present) |
|
 |
Grant Shapps[29] MP for Welwyn Hatfield |
19 October 2022 |
25 October 2022 |
Conservative |
|
 |
Suella Braverman[30] MP for Fareham |
25 October 2022 |
13 November 2023 |
Conservative |
Sunak |
|
 |
James Cleverly[30] MP for Braintree |
13 November 2023 |
5 July 2024 |
Conservative |
|
 |
Yvette Cooper[31] MP for Pontefract, Castleford and Knottingley |
5 July 2024 |
5 September 2025 |
Labour |
Starmer |
|
 |
Shabana Mahmood[8] MP for Birmingham Ladywood |
5 September 2025 |
Incumbent[note 7] |
Labour |
| Burnham |