Secretary of State for Wales

{{Short description|Member of the Cabinet of the United Kingdom}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2021}} {{more citations needed|date=May 2010}} {{Infobox Political post | post = United Kingdom Secretary of State for Wales | nativename = | insignia = Coat of arms of the United Kingdom (2022, lesser arms).svg | insigniacaption = Royal Arms of His Majesty's Government | department = Office of the Secretary of State for Wales | image = File:Jo Stevens Official Cabinet Portrait, July 2024 (cropped).jpg | alt = | incumbent = Jo Stevens | incumbentsince = 5 July 2024 | style = {{ubl|'''Welsh Secretary''' (informal)|The Right Honourable (within the UK and Commonwealth)}} | type = Minister of the Crown | status = Secretary of State | member_of = {{ubl|Cabinet|Privy Council}} | reports_to = The Prime Minister | seat = Westminster | nominator = The Prime Minister | appointer = The Monarch | appointer_qualified = (on the advice of the Prime Minister) | termlength = At His Majesty's pleasure | formation = {{ubl|28 October 1951 (as Minister of Welsh Affairs)|18 October 1964: (as Secretary of State for Wales)}} | salary = £159,038 per annum (2022)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Salaries of Members of His Majesty's Government – Financial Year 2022–23 |url=https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1124173/2022-12-07-Ministerial-Salaries-22-23-table.pdf |date=15 December 2022}}</ref> (including £86,584 MP salary)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Pay and expenses for MPs |url=https://www.parliament.uk/about/mps-and-lords/members/pay-mps/ |access-date=15 December 2022 |website=parliament.uk}}</ref> | website = {{URL|https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/wales-office }} | first = David Maxwell Fyfe (as Minister of Welsh Affairs) }} {{Politics of Wales}}

The '''secretary of state for Wales''' ({{langx|cy|ysgrifennydd gwladol Cymru}}), also referred to as the '''Welsh secretary''', is a secretary of state in the Government of the United Kingdom, with responsibility for the Wales Office. The incumbent is a member of the Cabinet of the United Kingdom.

The officeholder works alongside the other Wales Office ministers. The corresponding shadow minister is the shadow secretary of state for Wales. The position is currently held by Jo Stevens having been appointed by Keir Starmer in July 2024.

==Creation== In the first half of the 20th century, a number of politicians had supported the creation of the post of Secretary of State for Wales as a step towards home rule for Wales. A post of Minister of Welsh Affairs was created in 1951 under the home secretary and was upgraded to minister of state level in 1954.

The Labour Party proposed the creation of a Welsh Office run by a Secretary of State for Wales in their manifesto for the 1959 general election. When they came to power in 1964 this was soon put into effect.

The post of Secretary of State for Wales came into existence on 17 October 1964; the first incumbent was Jim Griffiths, MP for Llanelli. The position entailed responsibility for Wales, and expenditure on certain public services was delegated from Westminster. In April 1965 administration of Welsh affairs, which had previously been divided between a number of government departments, was united in a newly created Welsh Office with the secretary of state for Wales at its head, and the Welsh secretary became responsible for education and training, health, trade and industry, environment, transport and agriculture within Wales.

==History== During the 1980s and 1990s, as the number of Conservative MPs for Welsh constituencies dwindled almost to zero, the office fell into disrepute. Nicholas Edwards, MP for Pembrokeshire, held the post for eight years. On his departure, the government ceased to look within Wales for the secretary of state, and the post was increasingly used as a way of getting junior high-fliers into the Cabinet. John Redwood in particular caused embarrassment when he publicly demonstrated his inability to sing "Hen Wlad Fy Nhadau", the Welsh national anthem, at a conference.

The introduction of the National Assembly for Wales and the Welsh Government, after the devolution referendum of 1997, was the beginning of a new era. On 1 July 1999 the majority of the functions of the Welsh Office transferred to the new assembly. The Welsh Office was disbanded, but the post of Secretary of State for Wales was retained, as the head of the newly created Wales Office.

Since 1999 there have been calls for the office of Welsh secretary to be scrapped or merged with the posts of Secretary of State for Scotland and Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, to reflect the lesser powers of the role since devolution.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/wales/1228468.stm |title='Scrap Welsh secretary' demand |publisher=BBC News |date=19 March 2001 |access-date=7 June 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/2978760.stm |title=Wales Office in melting pot |publisher=BBC News |date=12 June 2003 |access-date=7 June 2010}}</ref> Those calling for a Secretary of State for the Union include Robert Hazell,<ref>{{Cite news|title=Times letters: Mark Sedwill's call for a cull of the cabinet|newspaper=The Times|language=en|url=https://www.thetimes.com/article/times-letters-mark-sedwills-call-for-a-cull-of-the-cabinet-6x2kgqdhc|date=2020-07-30|issn=0140-0460}}</ref> in a department into which Rodney Brazier has suggested adding a Minister of State for England with responsibility for English local government.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-09-07|title=Rodney Brazier: Why is Her Majesty's Government so big?|url=https://ukconstitutionallaw.org/2020/09/07/rodney-brazier-why-is-her-majestys-government-so-big/|access-date=2020-11-30|website=UK Constitutional Law Association|language=en}}</ref>

In June 2024, Plaid Cymru, the Welsh nationalist party, called for the position's abolishment describing it as "outdated", that it "entrench[es]" a power imbalance, and its powers should be devolved. The party's representatives accused the shadow Labour holder, Jo Stevens, of having a "contemptuous attitude towards devolution" based on Stevens' comments relating to High Speed 2 and justice and policing. The Conservative incumbent David TC Davies expressed his surprise, stating that the "so-called 'party of Wales' is now wanting to silence Wales' voice [in the cabinet]".<ref>{{Cite web |last=Price |first=Emily |date=2024-06-25 |title=Plaid Cymru calls for next UK Govt to axe Secretary of State for Wales role |url=https://nation.cymru/news/plaid-cymru-calls-for-next-uk-govt-to-axe-secretary-of-state-for-wales-role/ |access-date=2024-06-28 |website=Nation.Cymru |language=en-GB}}</ref> In Plaid Cymru's motion on 26 June, calling for the post's abolishment, leader of the Welsh Conservatives, Andrew RT Davies, supported the motion after being confused it was a Tory amendment being voted on.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Price |first=Emily |date=2024-06-27 |title=Andrew RT Davies votes to abolish Secretary of State role |url=https://nation.cymru/news/andrew-rt-davies-votes-to-abolish-secretary-of-state-role/ |access-date=2024-06-28 |website=Nation.Cymru |language=en-GB}}</ref> {{clear}}

==Ministers and secretaries of state== '''Colour key''' {{Legend2|{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}|Conservative|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}} {{Legend2|{{Party color|National Liberal Party (UK, 1931)}}|National Liberal|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}} {{Legend2|{{Party color|Labour Party (UK)}}|Labour|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}

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===Ministers of Welsh Affairs (1951–1964)===

|- style="height:1em" ! colspan=3 | Secretary of State ! colspan=2 | Term of office ! Political party !Cabinet ! colspan=2 | Prime Minister

|- style="height:1em" ! style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | | 60px | width=200 | David Maxwell Fyfe {{Small|MP for Liverpool West Derby}} {{Small|(also Home Secretary)}} | 28 October 1951 | 18 October 1954 | Conservative | rowspan="2" | Churchill III | rowspan=2 style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | | rowspan=2 | Winston Churchill

|- style="height:1em" ! rowspan=2 style="background-color:{{Party color|National Liberal Party (UK, 1931)}}" | | rowspan=2 | 60px | rowspan=2 | Gwilym Lloyd George {{Small|MP for Newcastle North}} {{Small|(also Home Secretary)}} | rowspan=2 | 18 October 1954 | rowspan=2 | 13 January 1957 | rowspan=2 | Liberal & Conservative |- | Eden | style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | | Anthony Eden

|- style="height:1em" ! rowspan=2 style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | | rowspan=2 | 81x81px | rowspan=2 | Henry Brooke {{Small|MP for Hampstead}} {{Small|(also Min. of Housing & Local Govt.)}} | rowspan=2 | 13 January 1957 | rowspan=2 | 9 October 1961 | rowspan=2 | Conservative | Macmillan I | rowspan=4 style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | | rowspan=4 |Harold Macmillan |- | rowspan="3" | Macmillan II

|- style="height:1em" ! style="background-color:{{Party color|National Liberal Party (UK, 1931)}}" | | 60px | Charles Hill {{Small|MP for Luton}} {{Small|(also Min. of Housing & Local Govt.)}} | 9 October 1961 | 13 July 1962 | National Liberal & Conservative

|- style="height:1em" ! rowspan=2 style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | | rowspan=2 | 80x80px | rowspan=2 |Keith Joseph {{Small|MP for Leeds North East}} {{Small|(also Min. of Housing & Local Govt.)}} | rowspan=2 |13 July 1962 | rowspan=2 |16 October 1964 | rowspan=2 |Conservative |- | Douglas-Home | style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | | Alec Douglas-Home |- ! colspan=10 |

===Secretaries of State for Wales (1964–present)===

|- style="height:1em" ! colspan=3 | Secretary of State ! colspan=2 |Term of office ! Political party !Cabinet ! colspan=2 |Prime Minister

|- style="height:1em" ! style="background-color:{{Party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" | | 60px | Jim Griffiths {{Small|MP for Llanelli}} | 18 October 1964 | 5 April 1966 | Labour | Wilson I | rowspan=3 style="background-color:{{Party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" | | rowspan=3 |Harold Wilson

|- style="height:1em" ! style="background-color:{{Party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" | | 60px | Cledwyn Hughes {{Small|MP for Anglesey}} | 5 April 1966 | 5 April 1968 | Labour | rowspan="2" | Wilson II

|- style="height:1em" ! style="background-color:{{Party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" | | 60px | George Thomas {{Small|MP for Cardiff West}} | 5 April 1968 | 20 June 1970 | Labour

|- style="height:1em" ! style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | | 79x79px | Peter Thomas {{Small|MP for Hendon South}} | 20 June 1970 | 5 March 1974 | Conservative | Heath | style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | | Edward Heath

|- style="height:1em" ! rowspan=2 style="background-color:{{Party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" | | rowspan=2 |60px | rowspan=2 |John Morris {{Small|MP for Aberavon}} | rowspan=2 |5 March 1974 | rowspan=2 |4 May 1979 | rowspan=2 |Labour | Wilson III | style="background-color:{{Party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" | | Harold Wilson |- | Callaghan | style="background-color:{{Party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" | | James Callaghan

|- style="height:1em" ! rowspan=2 style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | | rowspan=2 | 60px | rowspan=2 | Nicholas Edwards {{Small|MP for Pembrokeshire}} | rowspan=2 | 4 May 1979 | rowspan=2 | 13 June 1987 | rowspan=3 | Conservative | Thatcher I | rowspan=4 style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | | rowspan=4 |Margaret Thatcher |- | Thatcher II

|- style="height:1em" ! style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | | 79x79px | Peter Walker {{Small|MP for Worcester}} | 13 June 1987 | 4 May 1990 | rowspan="2" | Thatcher III

|- style="height:1em" ! rowspan=3 style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | | rowspan=3 | 60px | rowspan=3 | David Hunt {{Small|MP for Wirral West}} | rowspan=3 | 4 May 1990 | rowspan=3 | 27 May 1993 | rowspan=3 | Conservative |- | Major I | rowspan=5 style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | | rowspan=5 |John Major |- | rowspan="4" | Major II |- style="height:1em" ! style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | | 78x78px | John Redwood {{Small|MP for Wokingham}} | 27 May 1993 | 26 June 1995<ref group="fn">Redwood resigned to stand in the 1995 Conservative leadership election. During the election, Hunt acted as Secretary of State.</ref> | Conservative

|- style="height:1em" ! style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | | 60px | David Hunt {{Small|MP for Wirral West}} {{Small|(''acting'')}} | 26 June 1995 | 5 July 1995 | Conservative

|- style="height:1em" ! style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | | 80x80px | William Hague {{Small|MP for Richmond (Yorks)}} | 5 July 1995 | 2 May 1997 | Conservative

|- style="height:1em" ! style="background-color:{{Party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" | | 60px | Ron Davies {{Small|MP for Caerphilly}} | 2 May 1997 | 27 October 1998<ref group="fn">Resigned following what he described as a "moment of madness" on Clapham Common.</ref> | Labour | rowspan="3" | Blair I | rowspan=6 style="background-color:{{Party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" | | rowspan=6 |Tony Blair

|- style="height:1em" ! style="background-color:{{Party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" | | 60px | Alun Michael {{Small|MP for Cardiff South and Penarth}} | 27 October 1998 | 28 July 1999<ref group="fn">Following implementation of the Government of Wales Act 1998, and the 1999 Assembly election, Michael held office as inaugural First Secretary for Wales from 12 May 1999.</ref> | Labour

|- style="height:1em" ! rowspan=2 style="background-color:{{Party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" | | rowspan=2 | 80x80px | rowspan=2 | Paul Murphy {{Small|MP for Torfaen}} | rowspan=2 | 28 July 1999 | rowspan=2 | 24 October 2002 | rowspan=2 | Labour |- | rowspan="2" | Blair II

|- style="height:1em" ! rowspan=3 style="background-color:{{Party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" | | rowspan=3 |80x80px | rowspan=3 |Peter Hain {{Small|MP for Neath}} {{Small|(also Ldr. of the Commons 2003–05 Northern Ireland Sec. 2005–07 Work & Pensions Sec. 2007–08)}} | rowspan=3 |24 October 2002 | rowspan=3 |24 January 2008 | rowspan=3 |Labour |- | Blair III |- | rowspan="3" | Brown | rowspan=3 style="background-color:{{Party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" | | rowspan=3 |Gordon Brown

|- style="height:1em" ! style="background-color:{{Party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" | | 79x79px | Paul Murphy {{Small|MP for Torfaen}} | 24 January 2008 | 5 June 2009 | Labour

|- style="height:1em" ! style="background-color:{{Party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" | | 79x79px | Peter Hain {{Small|MP for Neath}} | 5 June 2009 | 11 May 2010 | Labour

|- style="height:1em" ! style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | | 75x75px | Cheryl Gillan {{Small|MP for Chesham and Amersham}} | 11 May 2010 | 4 September 2012 | Conservative | rowspan="3" | Coalition | rowspan=5 style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | | rowspan=5 | David Cameron

|- style="height:1em" ! style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | | 90x90px | David Jones {{Small|MP for Clwyd West}} | 4 September 2012 | 14 July 2014 | Conservative

|- style="height:1em" ! rowspan=2 style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | | rowspan=2 | 80x80px | rowspan=2 | Stephen Crabb {{Small|MP for Preseli Pembrokeshire}} | rowspan=2 | 15 July 2014 | rowspan=2 | 19 March 2016 | rowspan=2 | Conservative |- | rowspan="2" | Cameron II

|- style="height:1em" ! rowspan=4 style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | | rowspan=4 |75x75px | rowspan=4 |Alun Cairns {{Small|MP for Vale of Glamorgan}} | rowspan=4 |19 March 2016 | rowspan=4 |6 November 2019 | rowspan=4 |Conservative |- | May I | rowspan=2 style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | | rowspan=2 | Theresa May |- | May II |- | rowspan="2" | Johnson I | rowspan=4 style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | | rowspan=4 |Boris Johnson

|- style="height:1em" | rowspan=2 style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | | rowspan=2 | 79x79px | rowspan=2 | Simon Hart {{Small|MP for Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire}} | rowspan=2 | 16 December 2019<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-politics-50809649|title=Cabinet reshuffle: Simon Hart appointed new Welsh secretary|work=BBC News|date=16 December 2019|access-date=17 December 2019}}</ref> | rowspan=2 | 6 July 2022 | rowspan=2 | Conservative |- | rowspan="2" | Johnson II

|- style="height:1em" | rowspan=2 style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | | rowspan=2 | 79x79px | rowspan=2 | Robert Buckland {{Small|MP for South Swindon}} | rowspan=2 | 7 July 2022 | rowspan=2 | 25 October 2022 | rowspan=2 | Conservative |- | Truss | style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | | Liz Truss

|- style="height:1em" | style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | | 80x80px | David TC Davies {{Small|MP for Monmouth}} | 25 October 2022 | 5 July 2024 | Conservative | Sunak | style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | | Rishi Sunak

|- style="height:1em" | style="background-color:{{Party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" | | 79x79px | Jo Stevens {{Small|MP for Cardiff East}} | 5 July 2024 | ''Incumbent'' | Labour | Starmer | style="background-color:{{Party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" | | Keir Starmer |}

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==Note== {{Reflist|group="fn"}}

==References== {{reflist}}

==External links== *[http://www.caorc.org/fellowships/mellon/pubs/Richova.pdf Labour Party in Wales – covers the history of the post] *[https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/wales/6248656.stm Hain promoted in Brown's cabinet], BBC News Online, 28 June 2007 *[https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/northern_ireland/6248798.stm Hain takes work and pensions job], BBC News Online, 28 June 2007

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