Leonard James Callaghan Baron Callaghan of Cardiff, KG, PC (27 March 1912 – 26 March 2005 was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1976 to 1979The Prime Minister of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is the political leader of the United KingdomThe Prime Minister of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is the political leader of the United KingdomThe First Lord of the Treasury is the head of the commission exercising the ancient office of Lord High Treasurer in the United Kingdom, usually but notIn British government, the Minister for the Civil Service is the head of the Her Majesty's Civil Service, the role of which is to assist the governments of the Leonard James Callaghan Baron Callaghan of Cardiff, KG, PC (27 March 1912 – 26 March 2005 was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1976 to 1979The Chancellor of the Exchequer is the title held by the British Cabinet minister who is responsible for all Economic and Financial Denis Winston Healey Baron Healey, CH, MBE, PC (born 30 August 1917 is a British Life peer and Labour politicianThe Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain, or Lord Chancellor is a senior and important functionary in the Government of the United Kingdom.Frederick Elwyn Elwyn-Jones Baron Elwyn-Jones, CH PC ( 24 October 1909 &ndash 4 December 1989) was a British The Lord President of the Council is the fourth of the Great Officers of State of the United Kingdom, ranking beneath the Lord High Treasurer and aboveMichael Mackintosh Foot (born 23 July 1913 is a British politician and writerThe Lord Privy Seal or Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal is the fifth of the Great Officers of State in the United Kingdom ranking beneath the Malcolm Newton Shepherd 2nd Baron Shepherd of Spalding and also Baron Shepherd of Spalding Peerage PC ( 27 September 1918 &ndash Thomas Frederick "Fred" Peart Baron Peart, PC ( 30 April 1914 &ndash 26 August 1988) was a British Labour The Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, commonly referred to as the Foreign Secretary, is a member of the United Kingdom Government heading theCharles Anthony Raven Crosland (29 August 1918 - 19 February 1977 was a member of the Labour Party and an important socialist theoristDavid Anthony Llewellyn Owen Baron Owen of Plymouth, CH PC FKC (born 2 July 1938) is a British Politician,The Secretary of State for the Home Department, commonly known as the Home Secretary, is the minister in charge of the United Kingdom Home Office Roy Harris Jenkins Baron Jenkins of Hillhead OM PC ( 11 November 1920 &ndash 5 January 2003) was a British Merlyn Rees, later Merlyn Merlyn-Rees Baron Merlyn-Rees, PC ( 18 December 1920 &ndash 5 January 2006) was a The Secretary of State for Defence is the senior United Kingdom government minister in charge of the Ministry of Defence.Roy Mason Baron Mason of Barnsley, PC (born 18 April 1924) is an English Labour Politician and former Cabinet ministerFrederick William Mulley Baron Mulley PC ( 3 July, 1918 – 15 March 1995) was a British Labour politician barrister-at-lawThe Secretary of State for Education and Skills was the chief minister of the Department for Education and Skills in the United Kingdom governmentFrederick William Mulley Baron Mulley PC ( 3 July, 1918 – 15 March 1995) was a British Labour politician barrister-at-lawShirley Williams Baroness Williams of Crosby PC (born 27 July 1930) is a British Politician and academicThe Secretary of State for Employment was a position in the Cabinet of the United Kingdom.Albert Edward Booth (born 28 May 1928 is a British Labour Party politicianThe Secretary of State for Energy was a UK cabinet position from 1974 to 1992.Anthony "Tony" Neil Wedgwood Benn (born 3 April 1925 formerly 2nd Viscount Stansgate, is a British Socialist Politician.The Secretary of State for the Environment was a UK cabinet position responsible for the Department of the Environment.Peter David Shore Baron Shore of Stepney PC ( 20 May, 1924 &ndash 24 September, 2001) was a British Labour The Secretary of State for Work and Pensions is a position in the UK cabinet responsible for the Department for Work and Pensions.David Hedley Ennals Baron Ennals, PC ( 19 August 1922 &ndash 17 June 1995) was a British Labour Party politician and campaignerThe Secretary of State for Business Enterprise and Regulatory Reform (formerly the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry before the June 28, 2007 In the United Kingdom, the Secretary of State for International Development is a Cabinet minister responsible for promoting development overseas and for the Reginald Ernest Prentice Baron Prentice, PC ( 16 July 1923 &ndash 18 January 2001) was a politician in the United Kingdom The Department of Prices and Consumer Protection was a short-lived United Kingdom government department created by the incoming Labour government in 1974 Shirley Williams Baroness Williams of Crosby PC (born 27 July 1930) is a British Politician and academicRoy Sydney George Hattersley Baron Hattersley, PC, (born 28 December 1932 is a British Labour Party Politician, published author and journalistThe Secretary of State for Business Enterprise and Regulatory Reform (formerly the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry before the June 28, 2007 Edmund Emanuel Dell PC ( August 15 1921 &ndash October 28 1999) was a British politician and businessmanJohn Smith QC (13 September 1938&ndash12 May 1994 was a Scottish Politician who served as leader of the Labour Party from July 1992 until hisThe Secretary of State for Transport is the member of the cabinet responsible for the British Department for Transport.The Secretary of State for Scotland ( Scottish Gaelic: Rùnaire Stàite na h-Alba) is the principal minister of Her Majesty's Government in theBruce Millan (born 5 October 1927) is a Scottish Labour politicianThe Secretary of State for Wales (Ysgrifennydd Gwladol Cymru is the head of the Wales Office within the United Kingdom cabinet.John Morris Baron Morris of Aberavon, KG, PC, QC (born 5 November 1931) is a retired British Politician.The Secretary of State for Northern Ireland is the chief minister in the Government of the United Kingdom with responsibilities for Northern Ireland Merlyn Rees, later Merlyn Merlyn-Rees Baron Merlyn-Rees, PC ( 18 December 1920 &ndash 5 January 2006) was a Roy Mason Baron Mason of Barnsley, PC (born 18 April 1924) is an English Labour Politician and former Cabinet ministerThe Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster is in modern times a Sinecure office in the Government of the United Kingdom.(Norman Harold Lever Baron Lever of Manchester, PC ( 15 January 1914 &ndash 6 August 1995) was a Barrister and LabourThe Chief Secretary to the Treasury is the second most senior ministerial position in HM Treasury, after the Chancellor of the Exchequer.Joel Barnett Baron Barnett, PC (born 14 October 1923) is a Labour member of the House of Lords.The Minister of Agriculture Fisheries and Food was a UK cabinet position responsible for the Ministry of Agriculture Fisheries and Food.Thomas Frederick "Fred" Peart Baron Peart, PC ( 30 April 1914 &ndash 26 August 1988) was a British Labour John Ernest Silkin, ( 18 March 1923 &ndash 26 April 1987) was an English Politician and Solicitor.The Secretary of State for Work and Pensions is a position in the UK cabinet responsible for the Department for Work and Pensions.Stanley Orme Baron Orme ( 5 April 1923 &ndash 27 April 2005) was a British Labour Party Politician.John Ernest Silkin, ( 18 March 1923 &ndash 26 April 1987) was an English Politician and Solicitor.Formation The majority was taken by the Labour Party. Fate Loss of a Motion of no confidence in 1979 precipitated a General Election.These tables encompass the ministries, in the sense of successive governments rather than the ministries/departments of government of the UnitedThe Ministry Cabinets listed chronologically These are the cabinets under Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher (from May 1979 to November 1990