President of the Board of Trade

{{Short description|Head of the Board of Trade, a committee of the Privy Council of the United Kingdom}} {{Infobox official post | post = United Kingdom President of the Board of Trade | flag = | flagsize = | flagcaption = | insignia = Coat of arms of the United Kingdom (2022, lesser arms).svg | insigniasize = 120px | insigniacaption = Royal Arms as used by His Majesty's Government | image = Peter Kyle Official Cabinet Portrait, September 2025.jpg | incumbent = Peter Kyle | incumbentsince = 5 September 2025 | appointer = The Sovereign on advice of the Prime Minister | style = {{ubl|''The Right Honourable'' (formal prefix)|''President of the Board of Trade''}} | member_of = {{ubl|Cabinet|Privy Council}} | department = {{ubl|Board of Trade|UK Export Finance}} | reports_to = The Prime Minister | seat = Westminster, London | termlength = No fixed term | formation = | first = | website = }} The '''president of the Board of Trade''' is head of the Board of Trade. A committee of the Privy Council of the United Kingdom, it was first established as a temporary committee of inquiry in the 17th century that evolved gradually into a government department with diverse functions.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Olson|first1=Alison G.|title=The Board of Trade and Colonial Virginia|url=http://www.encyclopediavirginia.org/Board_of_Trade|publisher=Encyclopedia Virginia|access-date=9 March 2015}}</ref> The current holder of the post is Peter Kyle,<ref>{{Cite news |last=Diver |first=Tony |date=2022-09-06 |title=Liz Truss Cabinet latest: Kwasi Kwarteng appointed as Chancellor and Suella Braverman becomes Home Secretary |language=en-GB |work=The Telegraph |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2022/09/06/liz-truss-cabinet-appointments-news-live-ministers-reshuffle/ |access-date=2022-09-06 |issn=0307-1235}}</ref> who is concurrently the secretary of state for business and trade.

== History ==

The idea of a Board of Trade was first translated into action by Oliver Cromwell in 1655 when he appointed his son Richard Cromwell to head a body of Lords of the Privy Council, judges and merchants to consider measures to promote trade. Charles II established a Council of Trade on 7 November 1660, followed by a Council of Foreign Plantations on 1 December that year. The two were united on 16 September 1672 as the Board of Trade and Plantations.

After the Board was re-established in 1696, there were 15 (and later 16) members of the Board{{snd}}the 7 (later 8) great officers of state, and eight unofficial members, who did the majority of the work. The senior unofficial board member was the board president, commonly known as the first lord of trade. The board was abolished on 11 July 1782, but a Committee of the Privy Council was established on 5 March 1784 for the same purposes. On 23 August 1786, a new committee was set up, more strongly focused on commercial functions than the previous boards of trade. At first, the president of the Board of Trade only occasionally sat in the Cabinet. Still, from the early 19th century, it was usually a cabinet-level position.

In 2020, there was an unusual appointment of a deputy president to assist the president. Still, the holder remained only an adviser to the board.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Stuart|first1=Graham|title=Board of Trade: Membership|url=https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2020-05-19/49069|publisher=UK Parliament|access-date=11 March 2022}}</ref> This appears to have been a one-off appointment, and this role no longer exists.<ref>{{cite web|title=Board of Trade|url=https://www.gov.uk/government/groups/board-of-trade|publisher=UK Government|access-date=11 March 2022}}</ref> However, the president was previously assisted by the vice president.<ref>{{cite web|title=Office-Holders in Modern Britain: Volume 3, Officials of the Boards of Trade 1660-1870|url=https://www.british-history.ac.uk/office-holders/vol3/pp1-17|publisher=British History Online|access-date=11 March 2022}}</ref>

== List of presidents of the Board of Trade ==

=== First Lord of Trade (1672–1782) === {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"

|- ! colspan=3 | First Lord ! colspan=2 | Term of office ! Monarch |- ! | 75px | Anthony Ashley Cooper 1st '''Earl of Shaftesbury''' | {{small|16 September}} 1672 | 1676 ! scope=row style="text-align:center;" | '''Charles II''' {{Small|(1660–1685)}}

|- ! | 75px | John Egerton 3rd '''Earl of Bridgewater''' | {{small|16 December}} 1695 | {{small|9 June}} 1699 ! scope=row style="text-align:center;" rowspan=2 | '''William III''' {{Small|(1689–1702)}}

|- ! rowspan="2" | | rowspan="2" | 75px | rowspan="2" | Thomas Grey 2nd '''Earl of Stamford'''<ref>{{cite book|url=http://www.british-history.ac.uk/office-holders/vol3/pp28-37|title=Office-Holders in Modern Britain|volume=3|chapter=Officials of the Boards of Trade 1660-1870 - Council of trade and plantations 1696-1782}}</ref> | rowspan="2" | {{small|9 June}} 1699 | rowspan="2" | {{small|19 June}} 1702 |- ! scope=row style="text-align:center;" rowspan="5" |'''Anne''' {{Small|(1702–1714}} |- ! | 75px | Thomas Thynne 1st '''Viscount Weymouth''' | {{small|19 June}} 1702 | 1705

|- ! | 75px | Thomas Grey 2nd '''Earl of Stamford''' | 1705 | {{small|12 June}} 1711

|- ! | 75px | Charles Finch 4th '''Earl of Winchilsea''' | {{small|12 June}} 1711 | {{small|15 September}} 1713 |- ! rowspan="2" | | rowspan="2" |75px | rowspan="2" |Francis North 2nd '''Baron Guilford''' | rowspan="2" |{{small|15 September}} 1713 | rowspan="2" |{{small|September}} 1714 |- ! scope=row style="text-align:center;" rowspan="5" |'''George I''' {{Small|(1714–1727}}

|- ! | 75px | William Berkeley 4th '''Baron Berkeley of Stratton''' | {{small|September}} 1714 | {{small|12 May}} 1715

|- ! | 75px | Henry Howard 6th '''Earl of Suffolk''' | {{small|12 May}} 1715 | {{small|31 January}} 1718

|- ! | 75px | Robert Darcy 3rd '''Earl of Holderness''' | {{small|31 January}} 1718 | {{small|11 May}} 1719

|- ! rowspan="2" | | rowspan="2" |75px | rowspan="2" | Thomas Fane 6th '''Earl of Westmorland''' | rowspan="2" | {{small|11 May}} 1719 | rowspan="2" | {{small|May}} 1735 |- ! scope=row style="text-align:center;" rowspan="4" |'''George II''' {{Small|(1727–1760}}

|- ! | 75px | Benjamin Mildmay 1st '''Earl FitzWalter''' | {{small|May}} 1735 | {{small|June}} 1737

|- ! | 75px | John Monson 1st '''Baron Monson''' | {{small|June}} 1737 | {{small|1 November}} 1748

|- ! rowspan="2" | | rowspan="2" | 75px | rowspan="2" | George Montagu-Dunk 2nd '''Earl of Halifax''' | rowspan="2" | {{small|1 November}} 1748 | rowspan="2" | {{small|21 March}} 1761 |- ! scope=row style="text-align:center;" rowspan="13" |'''George III''' {{Small|(1760–1820)}}

|- ! | 75px | Samuel Sandys 1st '''Baron Sandys''' | {{small|21 March}} 1761 | {{small|1 March}} 1763

|- ! | 75px | '''Charles Townshend''' | {{small|1 March}} 1763 | {{small|20 April}} 1763

|- ! | 75px | William Petty 2nd '''Earl of Shelburne''' | {{small|20 April}} 1763 | {{small|9 September}} 1763

|- ! | 75px | Wills Hill 1st '''Earl of Hillsborough''' | {{small|9 September}} 1763 | {{small|20 July}} 1765

|- ! | 75px | William Legge 2nd '''Earl of Dartmouth''' | {{small|20 July}} 1765 | {{small|16 August}} 1766

|- ! | 75px | Wills Hill 1st '''Earl of Hillsborough''' | {{small|16 August}} 1766 | {{small|December}} 1766

|- ! | 75px | Robert Nugent 1st '''Viscount Clare''' | {{small|19 January}} 1767 | {{small|20 January}} 1768

|- ! | 75px | Wills Hill 1st '''Earl of Hillsborough''' | {{small|20 January}} 1768 | {{small|31 August}} 1772

|- ! | 75px | William Legge 2nd '''Earl of Dartmouth''' | {{small|31 August}} 1772 | {{small|10 November}} 1775

|- ! | 75px | George Germain 1st '''Viscount Sackville''' | {{small|10 November}} 1775 | {{small|6 November}} 1779

|- ! | 75px | Frederick Howard 5th '''Earl of Carlisle''' | {{small|6 November}} 1779 | {{small|9 December}} 1780

|- ! | 75px | Thomas Robinson 2nd '''Baron Grantham''' | {{small|9 December}} 1780 | {{small|11 July}} 1782

=== President of the Committee on Trade and Foreign Plantations (1784–1786) ===

{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"

|- ! colspan=3 | President of the Committee ! colspan=2 | Term of office ! Party ! Ministry ! Monarch

|- ! style="background-color:{{Party color|Whigs (British political party)}}" | | 75px | Thomas Townshend 1st '''Baron Sydney''' | {{small|5 March}} 1784 | {{small|23 August}} 1786 | {{Party shading/Whigs}} | Whig | {{Party shading/Tories}} | Pitt I ! scope=row style="text-align:center;" |'''George III''' {{Small|(1760–1820)}} |}

=== President of the Board of Trade (1786–1963) === {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"

|- ! colspan=3 | President of the Board Constituency ! colspan="2" | Term of office ! Party ! Ministry ! Monarch |- ! rowspan=2 style="background-color:{{Party color|Tories (British political party)}}" | | rowspan=2 | 75px | rowspan=2 | Charles Jenkinson 1st '''Earl of Liverpool''' | rowspan=2 | 23 August 1786 | rowspan=2 | 7 June 1804 | rowspan=2 {{party shading/Tories}}| Tory | {{Party shading/Tories}} |Pitt I ! rowspan="9" scope="row" style="text-align:center;" |'''George III''' {{Small|(1760–1820)}} |- | {{party shading/Tories}}| Addington |- ! style="background-color:{{Party color|Tories (British political party)}}" | | 75x75px | James Graham 3rd '''Duke of Montrose''' | 7 June 1804 | 5 February 1806 | {{party shading/Tories}}| Tory | {{party shading/Tories}}| Pitt II |- ! | 75px | William Eden 1st '''Baron Auckland''' | 5 February 1806 | 31 March 1807 | {{party shading/Coalition (UK)}}| Independent | {{party shading/Coalition (UK)}}| All the Talents |- ! rowspan=3 height=15 style="background-color:{{Party color|Tories (British political party)}}" | | rowspan=3 | 75px | rowspan=3 | Henry Bathurst 3rd '''Earl Bathurst''' | rowspan=3 | 31 March 1807 | rowspan=3 | 29 September 1812 | rowspan=3 {{party shading/Tories}}| Tory | {{party shading/Tories}}| Portland II |- | {{party shading/Tories}}| Perceval |- | rowspan="5" {{party shading/Tories}}| Liverpool |- ! style="background-color:{{Party color|Tories (British political party)}}" | | 75px | Richard Trench 2nd '''Earl of Clancarty''' | 29 September 1812 | 24 January 1818 | {{party shading/Tories}}| Tory |- ! rowspan="2" style="background-color:{{Party color|Tories (British political party)}}" | | rowspan="2" | 75px | rowspan="2" | '''F. J. Robinson''' {{small|MP for Ripon}} | rowspan="2" | 24 January 1818 | rowspan="2" | 21 February 1823 | rowspan="2" {{party shading/Tories}}| Tory |- ! scope=row style="text-align:center;" rowspan="7" |'''George IV''' {{Small|(1820–1830)}} |- ! height="15" rowspan=2 style="background-color:{{Party color|Tories (British political party)}}" | | rowspan="2" | 75px | rowspan="2" | '''William Huskisson''' {{small|MP for Liverpool}} | rowspan="2" | 21 February 1823 | rowspan="2" | 4 September 1827 | rowspan="2" {{party shading/Tories}}| Tory |- | {{party shading/Coalition (UK)}}| Canning |- ! rowspan="2" style="background-color:{{Party color|Tories (British political party)}}" | | rowspan="2" | 75px | rowspan="2" | '''Charles Grant''' {{small|MP for Inverness-shire}} | rowspan="2" | 4 September 1827 | rowspan="2" | 11 June 1828 | rowspan="2" {{party shading/Tories}}| Tory | {{party shading/Coalition (UK)}}| Goderich |- | rowspan="4" {{party shading/Tories}}| Wellington–Peel |- ! style="background-color:{{Party color|Tories (British political party)}}" | | 75x75px | '''William Vesey-FitzGerald''' {{small|MP for Newport (Cornwall)}}{{Efn-lg|Formerly MP for Clare, William Vesey-FitzGerald was briefly not sitting as an MP after the defeat in by-election of Clare and before the by-election of Newport (Cornwall).}} | 11 June 1828 | 2 February 1830 | {{party shading/Tories}}| Tory |- ! rowspan="2" style="background-color:{{Party color|Tories (British political party)}}" | | rowspan="2" | 75px | rowspan="2" | '''John Charles Herries''' {{small|MP for Harwich}} | rowspan="2" | 2 February 1830 | rowspan="2" | 22 November 1830 | rowspan="2" {{party shading/Tories}}| Tory |- ! scope=row style="text-align:center;" rowspan="7" |'''William IV''' {{Small|(1830–1837)}} |- ! rowspan=2 height=15 style="background-color:{{Party color|Whigs (British political party)}}" | | rowspan="2" | 75px | rowspan="2" | George Eden 1st '''Baron Auckland''' | rowspan="2" | 22 November 1830 | rowspan="2" | 5 June 1834 | rowspan="2" {{party shading/Whigs}}| Whig | {{party shading/Whigs}}| Grey |- | rowspan="2" {{party shading/Whigs}}| Melbourne I |- ! style="background-color:{{Party color|Whigs (British political party)}}" | | 75px | '''Charles Poulett Thomson''' {{small|MP for Manchester}} | 5 June 1834 | 14 November 1834 | {{party shading/Whigs}}| Whig |- ! rowspan="2" style="background-color:{{Party color|Tories (British political party)}}" | | rowspan="2" | 75px | rowspan="2" | '''Alexander Baring''' {{small|MP for North Essex}} | rowspan="2" | 15 December 1834 | rowspan="2" | 8 April 1835 | rowspan="2" {{party shading/Tories}}| Tory | {{party shading/Tories}}| Wellington Caretaker |- | {{party shading/Conservative (UK)}}| Peel I |- ! rowspan="2" style="background-color:{{Party color|Whigs (British political party)}}" | | rowspan="2" | 75px | rowspan="2" | '''Charles Poulett Thomson''' {{small|MP for Manchester}} | rowspan="2" | 8 April 1835 | rowspan="2" | 29 August 1839 | rowspan="2" {{party shading/Whigs}}| Whig | rowspan="3" {{party shading/Whigs}}| Melbourne II |- ! rowspan="30" scope="row" style="text-align:center;" |'''Victoria''' {{Small|(1837–1901)}} |- ! style="background-color:{{Party color|Whigs (British political party)}}" | | 75px | '''Henry Labouchere''' {{small|MP for Taunton}} | 29 August 1839 | 30 August 1841 | {{party shading/Whigs}}| Whig |- ! style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | | 75px | F. J. Robinson 1st '''Earl of Ripon''' | 3 September 1841 | 15 May 1843 | {{party shading/Conservative (UK)}}|Conservative | rowspan="3" {{party shading/Conservative (UK)}}| Peel II |- ! style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | | 75px | '''William Ewart Gladstone''' {{small|MP for Newark}} | 15 May 1843 | 5 February 1845 | {{party shading/Conservative (UK)}}|Conservative |- ! style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | | 75px | James Broun-Ramsay 10th '''Earl of Dalhousie''' | 5 February 1845 | 27 June 1846 | {{party shading/Conservative (UK)}}|Conservative |- ! style="background-color:{{Party color|Whigs (British political party)}}" | | 75px | George Villiers 4th '''Earl of Clarendon''' | 6 July 1846 | 22 July 1847 | {{party shading/Whigs}}| Whig | rowspan="2" {{party shading/Whigs}}| Russell I |- ! style="background-color:{{Party color|Whigs (British political party)}}" | | 75px | '''Henry Labouchere''' {{small|MP for Taunton}} | 22 July 1847 | 21 February 1852 | {{party shading/Whigs}}| Whig |- ! style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | | 75px | '''J. W. Henley''' {{small|MP for Oxfordshire}} | 27 February 1852 | 17 December 1852 | {{party shading/Conservative (UK)}}|Conservative | {{party shading/Conservative (UK)}}| Derby–Disraeli I |- ! style="background-color:{{Party color|Peelite}}" | | 75px | '''Edward Cardwell''' {{small|MP for Oxford}} | 28 December 1852 | 31 March 1855 | {{party shading/Peelite}}|Peelite | {{party shading/Coalition (UK)}} | Aberdeen |- ! style="background-color:{{Party color|Whigs (British political party)}}" | | 75px | Edward Stanley 2nd '''Baron Stanley of Alderley''' | 31 March 1855 | 21 February 1858 | {{party shading/Whigs}}| Whig | {{party shading/Whigs}}|Palmerston |- ! style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | | 75px | '''J. W. Henley''' {{small|MP for Oxfordshire}} | 26 February 1858 | 3 March 1859 | {{party shading/Conservative (UK)}}|Conservative | rowspan="2" {{party shading/Conservative (UK)}}| Derby–Disraeli II |- ! style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | | 75px | Richard Hely-Hutchinson 4th '''Earl of Donoughmore''' | 3 March 1859 | 11 June 1859 | {{party shading/Conservative (UK)}}|Conservative |- ! rowspan="2" style="background-color:{{Party color|Liberal Party (UK)}}" | | rowspan="2" | 75px | rowspan="2" | '''Thomas Milner Gibson''' {{small|MP for Ashton-under-Lyne}} | rowspan="2" | 6 July 1859 | rowspan="2" | 26 June 1866 | rowspan="2" {{party shading/Liberal (UK)}}| Liberal | {{party shading/Liberal (UK)}}|Palmerston II |- | {{party shading/Liberal (UK)}}|Russell III |- ! style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | | 75px | '''Sir Stafford Northcote''', {{small|8th Baronet MP for Devonshire North}} | 6 July 1866 | 8 March 1867 | {{party shading/Conservative (UK)}}|Conservative | rowspan="2" {{party shading/Conservative (UK)}}| Derby–Disraeli III |- ! style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | |75px |Charles Gordon-Lennox 6th '''Duke of Richmond''' |8 March 1867 |1 December 1868 |{{party shading/Conservative (UK)}}|Conservative |- ! style="background-color:{{Party color|Liberal Party (UK)}}" | | 75px | '''John Bright''' {{small|MP for Birmingham}} | 9 December 1868 | 14 January 1871 | {{party shading/Liberal (UK)}}| Liberal | rowspan="2" {{party shading/Liberal (UK)}} | Gladstone I |- ! style="background-color:{{Party color|Liberal Party (UK)}}" | | 75px | '''Chichester Parkinson-Fortescue''' {{small|MP for County Louth}} | 14 January 1871 | 17 February 1874 | {{party shading/Liberal (UK)}} | Liberal |- ! style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | | 75px | '''Sir Charles Adderley''' {{small|MP for Staffordshire North}} | 21 February 1874 | 4 April 1878 | {{party shading/Conservative (UK)}}|Conservative | rowspan="2" {{party shading/Conservative (UK)}}| Disraeli II |- ! style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | | 75px | Dudley Ryder '''Viscount Sandon''' {{small|MP for Liverpool}} | 4 April 1878 | 21 April 1880 | {{party shading/Conservative (UK)}}|Conservative |- ! style="background-color:{{Party color|Liberal Party (UK)}}" | | 75px | '''Joseph Chamberlain''' {{small|MP for Birmingham}} | 3 May 1880 | 9 June 1885 | {{party shading/Liberal (UK)}}| Liberal | {{party shading/Liberal (UK)}} | Gladstone II |- ! style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | | 75px | Charles Gordon-Lennox 6th '''Duke of Richmond''' | 24 June 1885 | 19 August 1885 | {{party shading/Conservative (UK)}}|Conservative | rowspan="2" {{party shading/Conservative (UK)}}| Salisbury I |- ! style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | | 75px | '''Edward Stanhope''' {{small|MP for Horncastle}} | 19 August 1885 | 28 January 1886 | {{party shading/Conservative (UK)}}|Conservative |- ! style="background-color:{{Party color|Liberal Party (UK)}}" | | 75px | '''A. J. Mundella''' {{small|MP for Sheffield Brightside}} | 17 February 1886 | 20 July 1886 | {{party shading/Liberal (UK)}}| Liberal | {{party shading/Liberal (UK)}} | Gladstone III |- ! style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | | 75px | Frederick Stanley 1st '''Baron Stanley of Preston''' | 3 August 1886 | 21 February 1888 | {{party shading/Conservative (UK)}}|Conservative | rowspan="2" {{party shading/Conservative (UK)}}| Salisbury II |- ! style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | | 75px | '''Sir Michael Hicks Beach''', {{small|9th Baronet MP for Bristol West}} | 21 February 1888 | 11 August 1892 | {{party shading/Conservative (UK)}}|Conservative |- ! style="background-color:{{Party color|Liberal Party (UK)}}" | | 75px | '''A. J. Mundella''' {{small|MP for Sheffield Brightside}} | 18 August 1892 | 28 May 1894 | {{party shading/Liberal (UK)}}|Liberal | {{party shading/Liberal (UK)}} | Gladstone IV |- ! style="background-color:{{Party color|Liberal Party (UK)}}" | | 75px | '''James Bryce''' {{small|MP for Aberdeen South}} | 28 May 1894 | 21 June 1895 | {{party shading/Liberal (UK)}} | Liberal | {{party shading/Liberal (UK)}} | Rosebery |- ! style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | | 75px | '''Charles Ritchie''' {{small|MP for Croydon}} | 29 June 1895 | 7 November 1900 | {{party shading/Conservative (UK)}}| Conservative | {{party shading/Coalition (UK)}} | Salisbury III |- ! rowspan=3 style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | | rowspan=3 | 75px | rowspan=3 | '''Gerald Balfour''' {{small|MP for Leeds Central}} | rowspan=3 | 7 November 1900 | rowspan=3 | 12 March 1905 | rowspan=3 {{party shading/Conservative Party (UK)}}| Conservative | rowspan=2 {{party shading/Coalition (UK)}}|Salisbury IV |- ! rowspan="6" scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | '''Edward VII''' {{Small|(1901–1910)}} |- | rowspan="2" {{party shading/Coalition (UK)}}|Balfour |- ! style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | | 75px | James Gascoyne-Cecil 4th '''Marquess of Salisbury''' | 12 March 1905 | 4 December 1905 | {{party shading/Conservative Party (UK)}}| Conservative |- ! style="background-color:{{Party color|Liberal Party (UK)}}" | | 75px | '''David Lloyd George''' {{small|MP for Carnarvon Boroughs}} | 10 December 1905 | 12 April 1908 | {{party shading/Liberal (UK)}} | Liberal | {{party shading/Liberal (UK)}}|Campbell-Bannerman |- ! style="background-color:{{Party color|Liberal Party (UK)}}" | | 75px | '''Winston Churchill''' {{small|MP for Dundee}} | 12 April 1908 | 14 February 1910 | {{party shading/Liberal (UK)}} | Liberal |{{party shading/Liberal (UK)}} | Asquith I |- ! rowspan="3" style="background-color:{{Party color|Liberal Party (UK)}}" | | rowspan="3" | 75px | rowspan="3" | '''Sydney Buxton''' {{small|MP for Poplar}} | rowspan="3" | 14 February 1910 | rowspan="3" | 11 February 1914 | rowspan="3" {{party shading/Liberal (UK)}} | Liberal | rowspan=2 {{party shading/Liberal (UK)}} | Asquith II |- ! rowspan="17" scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | '''George V''' {{Small|(1910–1936)}} |- | rowspan="3" {{party shading/Liberal (UK)}} | Asquith III |- ! style="background-color:{{Party color|Liberal Party (UK)}}" | | 75px | '''John Burns''' {{small|MP for Battersea}} | 11 February 1914 | 5 August 1914 | {{party shading/Liberal (UK)}} | Liberal |- ! rowspan="2" style="background-color:{{Party color|Liberal Party (UK)}}" | | rowspan="2" |75px | rowspan="2" |'''Walter Runciman''' {{small|MP for Dewsbury}} | rowspan="2" |5 August 1914 | rowspan="2" |5 December 1916 | rowspan="2" {{party shading/Liberal (UK)}} | Liberal |- |{{party shading/Coalition (UK)}} | Asquith Coalition |- ! rowspan="2" style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | | rowspan="2" | 75px | rowspan="2" | '''Sir Albert Stanley''' {{small|MP for Ashton-under-Lyne}} | rowspan="2" | 10 December 1916 | rowspan="2" | 26 May 1919 | rowspan="2" {{party shading/Conservative Party (UK)}}| Conservative |{{party shading/Coalition (UK)}} | Lloyd George I |- | rowspan="4" {{party shading/Coalition (UK)}} |Lloyd George II |- ! style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | | 75px | '''Sir Auckland Geddes''' {{small|MP for Basingstoke}} | 26 May 1919 | 19 March 1920 | {{party shading/Conservative Party (UK)}}| Conservative |- ! style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | | 75px | '''Sir Robert Horne''' {{small|MP for Glasgow Hillhead}} | 19 March 1920 | 1 April 1921 | {{party shading/Conservative Party (UK)}}| Conservative |- ! style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | | 75px | '''Stanley Baldwin''' {{small|MP for Bewdley}} | 1 April 1921 | 19 October 1922 | {{party shading/Conservative Party (UK)}}| Conservative |- ! rowspan="2" style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | | rowspan="2" | 75px | rowspan="2" | '''Sir Philip Lloyd-Greame''' {{small|MP for Hendon}} | rowspan="2" | 24 October 1922 | rowspan="2" | 22 January 1924 | rowspan="2" {{party shading/Conservative Party (UK)}}| Conservative |{{party shading/Conservative Party (UK)}} | Law |- |{{party shading/Conservative Party (UK)}} |Baldwin I |- ! style="background-color:{{Party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" | | 75px | '''Sidney Webb''' {{small|MP for Seaham}} | 22 January 1924 | 3 November 1924 | {{party shading/Labour Party (UK)}}|Labour |{{party shading/Labour Party (UK)}} |MacDonald I |- ! style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | | 75px | '''Sir Philip Cunliffe-Lister''' {{small|MP for Hendon}} | 6 November 1924 | 4 June 1929 | {{party shading/Conservative Party (UK)}}| Conservative |{{party shading/Conservative Party (UK)}} |Baldwin II |- ! style="background-color:{{Party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" | | 75px | '''William Graham''' {{small|MP for Edinburgh Central}} | 7 June 1929 | 24 August 1931 | {{party shading/Labour Party (UK)}}|Labour |{{party shading/Labour Party (UK)}} |MacDonald II |- ! style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | | 75px | '''Sir Philip Cunliffe-Lister''' {{small|MP for Hendon}} | 25 August 1931 | 5 November 1931 | {{party shading/Conservative Party (UK)}}| Conservative |{{party shading/Coalition (UK)}} |National I |- ! rowspan="4" style="background-color:{{Party color|National Liberal Party (UK, 1931)}}" | | rowspan="4" | 75px | rowspan="4" | '''Walter Runciman''' {{small|MP for St Ives}} | rowspan="4" | 5 November 1931 | rowspan="4" | 28 May 1937 | rowspan="4" {{party shading/National Liberal Party (UK, 1931)}}|Liberal National | rowspan=3 {{party shading/Coalition (UK)}} |National II |- ! scope=row style="text-align:center;" | '''Edward VIII''' {{Small|(1936)}} |- ! rowspan="16" scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | '''George VI''' {{Small|(1936–1952)}} |- |{{party shading/Coalition (UK)}} |National III |- ! rowspan="2" style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | | rowspan="2" | 75px | rowspan="2" | '''Oliver Stanley''' {{small|MP for Westmorland}} | rowspan="2" | 28 May 1937 | rowspan="2" | 5 January 1940 | rowspan="2" {{party shading/Conservative Party (UK)}}| Conservative |{{party shading/Coalition (UK)}} |National IV |- | rowspan="2" {{party shading/Coalition (UK)}} |Chamberlain War |- ! rowspan="2" style="background-color:{{Party color|Independent politician}}" | | rowspan="2" | 75px | rowspan="2" | '''Sir Andrew Rae Duncan''' {{small|MP for City of London}} | rowspan="2" | 5 January 1940 | rowspan="2" | 3 October 1940 | rowspan="2" {{Party shading/Coalition (UK)}}| Independent |- | rowspan="5" {{party shading/Coalition (UK)}} |Churchill War |- ! style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | | 75px | '''Oliver Lyttelton''' {{small|MP for Aldershot}} | 3 October 1940 | 29 June 1941 | {{party shading/Conservative Party (UK)}}| Conservative |- ! style="background-color:{{Party color|Independent politician}}" | | 75px | '''Sir Andrew Rae Duncan''' {{small|MP for City of London}} | 29 June 1941 | 4 February 1942 | {{Party shading/Coalition (UK)}}| Independent |- ! style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | | 75px | '''John Jestyn Llewellin''' {{small|MP for Uxbridge}} | 4 February 1942 | 22 February 1942 | {{party shading/Conservative Party (UK)}}| Conservative |- ! style="background-color:{{Party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" | | 75px | '''Hugh Dalton''' {{small|MP for Peckham}} | 22 February 1942 | 23 May 1945 | {{party shading/Labour Party (UK)}}|Labour |- ! style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | | 75px | '''Oliver Lyttelton''' {{small|MP for Aldershot}} | 25 May 1945 | 26 July 1945 | {{party shading/Conservative Party (UK)}}| Conservative |{{party shading/Coalition (UK)}} |Churchill Caretaker |- ! style="background-color:{{Party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" | | 75px | '''Sir Stafford Cripps''' {{small|MP for Bristol East}} | 27 July 1945 | 29 September 1947 | {{party shading/Labour Party (UK)}}|Labour | rowspan="2" {{Party shading/Labour Party (UK)}} |Attlee I |- ! rowspan="2" style="background-color:{{Party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" | | rowspan="2" | 75px | rowspan="2" | '''Harold Wilson''' {{small|MP for Ormskirk → Huyton}} | rowspan="2" | 29 September 1947 | rowspan="2" | 23 April 1951 | rowspan="2" {{party shading/Labour Party (UK)}}|Labour |- | rowspan="2" {{Party shading/Labour Party (UK)}} |Attlee II |- ! style="background-color:{{Party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" | | 75px | '''Sir Hartley Shawcross''' {{small|MP for St Helens}} | 24 April 1951 | 26 October 1951 | {{party shading/Labour Party (UK)}}|Labour |- ! rowspan="3" style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | | rowspan="3" | 75px | rowspan="3" | '''Peter Thorneycroft''' {{small|MP for Monmouth}} | rowspan="3" | 30 October 1951 | rowspan="3" | 13 January 1957 | rowspan="3" {{party shading/Conservative Party (UK)}}| Conservative | rowspan=2 {{party shading/Conservative Party (UK)}}|Churchill III |- ! rowspan="5" scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | '''Elizabeth II''' {{Small|(1952–2022)}} |- |{{party shading/Conservative Party (UK)}}|Eden |- ! style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | | 75x75px | '''David Eccles''' {{small|MP for Chippenham}} | 13 January 1957 | 14 October 1959 | {{party shading/Conservative Party (UK)}}| Conservative |{{party shading/Conservative Party (UK)}}|Macmillan I |- ! style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | |100x100px | '''Reginald Maudling''' {{small|MP for Barnet}} | 14 October 1959 | 9 October 1961 | {{party shading/Conservative Party (UK)}}| Conservative | rowspan="2" {{party shading/Conservative Party (UK)}}|Macmillan II |- ! style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | | 75px | '''Frederick Erroll''' {{small|MP for Altrincham and Sale}} | 9 October 1961 | 20 October 1963 | {{party shading/Conservative Party (UK)}}| Conservative |}

=== President of the Board of Trade (1963–present) === {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" |+ ! colspan="3" |President of the Board {{small|Constituency}} ! colspan="2" |Term of office ! Concurrent office(s) !Party !Ministry !Monarch |- ! style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | |75px |'''Edward Heath''' {{small|MP for Bexley}} |{{small|20 October}} 1963 |{{small|16 October}} 1964 |{{small|Secretary of State for}} Industry, Trade and Regional Development |{{Party shading/Conservative (UK)}} | Conservative |{{Party shading/Conservative (UK)}} |Douglas-Home ! scope=row style="text-align:center;" rowspan=43 | '''Elizabeth II''' {{Small|(1952–2022)}} |- | rowspan="2" style="background-color:{{Party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" | | rowspan="2" | 75x75px | rowspan="2" |'''Douglas Jay''' {{small|MP for Battersea North}} | rowspan="2" |{{small|18 October}} 1964 | rowspan="2" |{{small|29 August}} 1967 | rowspan="5" |''None'' | rowspan="2" {{Party shading/Labour}} | Labour |{{Party shading/Labour}} |Wilson I |- | rowspan="3" {{Party shading/Labour}} |Wilson II |- |style="background-color:{{Party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" | |75px |'''Anthony Crosland''' {{small|MP for Great Grimsby}} |{{small|29 August}} 1967 |{{small|6 October}} 1969 |{{Party shading/Labour}} | Labour |- |style="background-color:{{Party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" | |99x99px |'''Roy Mason''' {{small|MP for Barnsley Central}} |{{small|6 October}} 1969 |{{small|19 June}} 1970 |{{Party shading/Labour}} | Labour |- |style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | | |'''Michael Noble''' {{small|MP for Argyll}} |{{small|20 June}} 1970 |{{small|15 October}} 1970 |{{Party shading/Conservative (UK)}} | Conservative | rowspan="3" {{Party shading/Conservative (UK)}} |Heath |- |style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | | |'''John Davies''' {{small|MP for Knutsford}} |{{small|15 October}} 1970 |{{small|5 November}} 1972 | rowspan="2" |{{small|Secretary of State for}} Trade and Industry |{{Party shading/Conservative (UK)}} | Conservative |- |style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | |99x99px |'''Peter Walker''' {{small|MP for Worcester}} |{{small|5 November}} 1972 |{{small|4 March}} 1974 |{{Party shading/Conservative (UK)}} | Conservative |- | rowspan="2" style="background-color:{{Party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" | | rowspan="2" |75x75px | rowspan="2" |'''Peter Shore''' {{small|MP for Stepney and Poplar}} | rowspan="2" |{{small|5 March}} 1974 | rowspan="2" |{{small|8 April}} 1976 | rowspan="7" |{{small|Secretary of State for}} Trade | rowspan="2" {{Party shading/Labour}} | Labour | {{Party shading/Labour}} |Wilson III |- |{{Party shading/Labour}} |Wilson IV |- |style="background-color:{{Party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" | |75x75px |'''Edmund Dell''' {{small|MP for Birkenhead}} |{{small|8 April}} 1976 |{{small|11 November}} 1978 |{{Party shading/Labour}} | Labour | rowspan="2" {{Party shading/Labour}} |Callaghan |- |style="background-color:{{Party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" | |100x100px |'''John Smith''' {{small|MP for North Lanarkshire}} |{{small|11 November}} 1978 |{{small|4 May}} 1979 |{{Party shading/Labour}} | Labour |- |style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | |75px |'''John Nott''' {{small|MP for St Ives}} |{{small|5 May}} 1979 |{{small|5 January}} 1981 |{{Party shading/Conservative (UK)}} | Conservative | rowspan="3" {{Party shading/Conservative (UK)}}|Thatcher I |- |style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | |75x75px |'''John Biffen''' {{small|MP for Oswestry}} |{{small|5 January}} 1981 |{{small|6 April}} 1982 |{{Party shading/Conservative (UK)}} | Conservative |- |style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | |75x75px |Arthur Cockfield '''Baron Cockfield''' |{{small|6 April}} 1982 |{{small|12 June}} 1983 |{{Party shading/Conservative (UK)}} | Conservative |- |style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | |75x75px |'''Cecil Parkinson''' {{small|MP for Hertsmere}} |{{small|12 June}} 1983 |{{small|11 October}} 1983 | rowspan="16" |{{small|Secretary of State for}} Trade and Industry |{{Party shading/Conservative (UK)}} | Conservative | rowspan="4" {{Party shading/Conservative (UK)}}|Thatcher II |- |style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | |100x100px |'''Norman Tebbit''' {{small|MP for Chingford}} |{{small|16 October}} 1983 |{{small|2 September}} 1985 |{{Party shading/Conservative (UK)}} | Conservative |- |style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | |75px |'''Leon Brittan''' {{small|MP for Richmond (Yorks)}} |{{small|2 September}} 1985 |{{small|22 January}} 1986 |{{Party shading/Conservative (UK)}} | Conservative |- |style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | |75x75px |'''Paul Channon''' {{small|MP for Southend West}} |{{small|24 January}} 1986 |{{small|13 June}} 1987 |{{Party shading/Conservative (UK)}} | Conservative |- |style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | |75px |David Young '''Baron Young of Graffham''' |{{small|13 June}} 1987 |{{small|24 July}} 1989 |{{Party shading/Conservative (UK)}} | Conservative | rowspan="3" {{Party shading/Conservative (UK)}}|Thatcher III |- |style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | |75x75px |'''Nicholas Ridley''' {{small|MP for Cirencester and Tewkesbury}} |{{small|24 July}} 1989 |{{small|13 July}} 1990 |{{Party shading/Conservative (UK)}} | Conservative |- | rowspan=2 style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | | rowspan="2" |75px | rowspan="2" |'''Peter Lilley''' {{small|MP for St Albans}} | rowspan="2" |{{small|14 July}} 1990 | rowspan="2" |{{small|10 April}} 1992 |{{Party shading/Conservative (UK)}} | Conservative |- |{{Party shading/Conservative (UK)}} | Conservative |{{Party shading/Conservative (UK)}} | Major I |- |style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | |100x100px |'''Michael Heseltine''' {{small|MP for Henley}} |{{small|10 April}} 1992 |{{small|5 July}} 1995 |{{Party shading/Conservative (UK)}} | Conservative | rowspan="2" {{Party shading/Conservative (UK)}}|Major II |- |style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | |75px |'''Ian Lang''' {{small|MP for Galloway and Upper Nithsdale}} |{{small|5 July}} 1995 |{{small|2 May}} 1997 |{{Party shading/Conservative (UK)}} | Conservative |- |style="background-color:{{Party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" | |100x100px |'''Margaret Beckett''' {{small|MP for Derby South}} |{{small|2 May}} 1997 |{{small|27 July}} 1998 |{{Party shading/Labour}} | Labour | rowspan="3" {{Party shading/Labour}}|Blair I |- |style="background-color:{{Party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" | |100x100px |'''Peter Mandelson''' {{small|MP for Hartlepool}} |{{small|27 July}} 1998 |{{small|23 December}} 1998 |{{Party shading/Labour}} | Labour |- |style="background-color:{{Party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" | |75px |'''Stephen Byers''' {{small|MP for North Tyneside}} |{{small|23 December}} 1998 |{{small|8 June}} 2001 |{{Party shading/Labour}} | Labour |- |style="background-color:{{Party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" | |75px |'''Patricia Hewitt''' {{small|MP for Leicester West}} |{{small|8 June}} 2001 |{{small|6 May}} 2005 |{{Party shading/Labour}} | Labour |{{Party shading/Labour}} | Blair II |- |style="background-color:{{Party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" | |96x96px |'''Alan Johnson''' {{small|MP for Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle}} |{{small|6 May}} 2005 |{{small|5 May}} 2006 |{{Party shading/Labour}} | Labour | rowspan="2" {{Party shading/Labour}} |Blair III |- |style="background-color:{{Party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" | |75px |'''Alistair Darling''' {{small|MP for Edinburgh South West}} |{{small|5 May}} 2006 |{{small|28 June}} 2007 |{{Party shading/Labour}} | Labour |- |style="background-color:{{Party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" | |75px |'''John Hutton''' {{small|MP for Barrow and Furness}} |{{small|28 June}} 2007 |{{small|3 October}} 2008 | rowspan="2" |{{small|Secretary of State for}} Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform |{{Party shading/Labour}} | Labour | rowspan="3" {{Party shading/Labour}} |Brown |- |rowspan=2 style="background-color:{{Party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" | |rowspan=2 | 75px |rowspan=2 | '''Peter Mandelson''' Baron Mandelson |rowspan=2 | {{small|3 October}} 2008 |rowspan=2 | {{small|12 May}} 2010 |rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Labour}} | Labour |- | rowspan="3" |{{small|Secretary of State for}} Business, Innovation and Skills |- |style="background-color:{{Party color|Liberal Democrats (UK)}}" | |91x91px |'''Vince Cable''' {{small|MP for Twickenham}} |{{small|12 May}} 2010 |{{small|8 May}} 2015 |{{Party shading/Liberal Democrats}} | Liberal Democrats |{{Party shading/Coalition (UK)}} | Cameron–Clegg |- |style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | |75x75px |'''Sajid Javid''' {{small|MP for Bromsgrove}} |{{small|11 May}} 2015 |{{small|15 July}} 2016 |{{Party shading/Conservative (UK)}} | Conservative |{{Party shading/Conservative (UK)}} | Cameron II |- |style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | |76x76px |'''Greg Clark'''{{Efn-lg|Appointed by the Privy Council in error, and held the post for four days before the mistake was rectified.<ref>{{Cite news|last1=May|first1=Callum|title=Minister Greg Clark was briefly given wrong job|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-36869726|access-date=22 July 2016|publisher=BBC News|date=22 July 2016}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last1=Tilbrook|first1=Richard|title=Business Transacted and Orders Approved at the Privy Council Held by the Queen at Buckingham Palace on 15th July 2016|url=https://privycouncil.independent.gov.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/List-of-Business-15-July-2016.pdf|publisher=Privy Council Office|access-date=22 July 2016|date=15 July 2016}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last1=Tilbrook|first1=Richard|title=Business Transacted and Orders Approved at the Privy Council Held by the Queen at Buckingham Palace on 19th July 2016|url=https://privycouncil.independent.gov.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/2016-07-19-List-of-business.pdf|publisher=Privy Council Office|access-date=22 July 2016|date=19 July 2016}}</ref>}} {{small|MP for Tunbridge Wells}} |{{small|15 July}} 2016 |{{small|19 July}} 2016 |{{small|Secretary of State for}} Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy |{{Party shading/Conservative (UK)}} | Conservative |{{Party shading/Conservative (UK)}} rowspan="2" |May I |- | rowspan="2" style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | | rowspan="2" |75px | rowspan="2" |'''Liam Fox''' {{small|MP for North Somerset}} | rowspan="2" |{{small|19 July}} 2016 | rowspan="2" |{{small|24 July}} 2019<ref name="Twitter">{{Cite tweet |user=LiamFox |author=Liam Fox |number=1154058729949671424 |date = 24 July 2019 |title=Sadly, I will be leaving the Government. It has been a privilege to have served as Secretary of State for International Trade these past 3 years.}}</ref> | rowspan="8" |{{small|Secretary of State for}} International Trade | rowspan="2" {{Party shading/Conservative (UK)}} | Conservative |- |{{Party shading/Conservative (UK)}} | May II |- | rowspan="2" style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | | rowspan="2" |100x100px | rowspan="2" |'''Liz Truss''' {{small|MP for South West Norfolk}} | rowspan="2" |{{small|24 July}} 2019 | rowspan="2" |{{small|15 September}} 2021 | rowspan="2" {{Party shading/Conservative (UK)}} | Conservative |{{Party shading/Conservative (UK)}} | Johnson I |- | rowspan="2" {{Party shading/Conservative (UK)}} |Johnson II |- |style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | |99x99px |'''Anne-Marie Trevelyan''' {{small|MP for Berwick-upon-Tweed}} |{{small|15 September}} 2021 |{{small|6 September}} 2022 |{{Party shading/Conservative (UK)}} | Conservative |- | rowspan="4" style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | | rowspan="4" |75px | rowspan="4" |'''Kemi Badenoch''' {{small|MP for Saffron Walden}} | rowspan="4" |{{small|6 September}} 2022 | rowspan="4" |{{small|5 July}} 2024 | rowspan="4" {{Party shading/Conservative (UK)}} | Conservative | rowspan="2" {{Party shading/Conservative (UK)}} |Truss |- !scope=row style="text-align:center;" rowspan=5 | '''Charles III''' {{Small|(2022–)}} |- | rowspan="2" {{Party shading/Conservative (UK)}} |Sunak |- | rowspan="3" |{{small|Secretary of State for}} Business and Trade |- |style="background-color:{{Party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" | |99x99px |'''Jonathan Reynolds''' {{small|MP for Stalybridge and Hyde}} |{{small|5 July}} 2024 |{{small|5 September}} 2025 | rowspan="2" {{Party shading/Labour Party (UK)}} | Labour | rowspan="2" {{Party shading/Labour Party (UK)}} | Starmer |- |style="background-color:{{Party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" | |75px |'''Peter Kyle''' {{small|MP for Hove and Portslade}} |{{small|5 September}} 2025 |Incumbent |- |}

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