Minister for London

United Kingdom Government ministerial post

United Kingdom
Minister for London

Incumbent
Vacant

since 5 July 2024

Department for Business and Trade
Status| Minister of the Crown
Reports to| The Prime Minister
Seat| Westminster
Appointer| The King
(on advice of the Prime Minister)
Term length| At His Majesty's Pleasure
Inaugural holder| John Gummer
Formation| 1994
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The Minister for London is a Minister of the Crown in His Majesty's Government. The officeholder is responsible for policy relating to London, including informing members of Parliament in the House of Commons on the activities of the Greater London Authority. The office has been vacant since 5 July 2024.

## History

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London had been under the authority of the London County Council and then the Greater London Council (GLC), but Margaret Thatcher abolished the GLC in 1986 after clashes with its leader, Ken Livingstone. Most of the municipal powers were then devolved to the 32 individual boroughs. However, under John Major the need for more centralised organisation was addressed by a series of moves. John Gummer was appointed Minister for London concurrently with his tenure as Secretary of State for Environment, and in 1994 the Government Office for London was established.[1] After Tony Blair entered office, the Labour government set up an elected Mayor of London.[1] This office, along with a reconstituted Greater London Authority, worked with the Minister and the Government Office.

The post was scrapped by David Cameron after he came to office in 2010;[2] however, it was revived in 2016 by his successor, Theresa May, and was assigned to Gavin Barwell.

## List of ministers for London

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Colour key (for political parties):
Conservative   Labour

Portrait  | Name  | Term of office  | Concurrently held office | Political party  | Prime Minister

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|  | John Gummer
MP for Suffolk Coastal | 1994  | 2 May
1997  | – Secretary of State for the Environment | Conservative |  | John Major
|  | Nick Raynsford
MP for Greenwich and Woolwich | 2 May
1997  | 29 July
1999  | – Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Construction | Labour |  | Tony Blair
|  | Keith Hill
MP for Streatham | 29 July
1999  | 7 June
2001  | – Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Transport | Labour
|  | Nick Raynsford
MP for Greenwich and Woolwich | 7 June
2001  | 12 March
2003  | – Minister of State for Local and Regional Government[a] | Labour
|  | Tony McNulty
MP for Harrow East | 12 March 2003  | 13 June
2003
[3] | – Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Transport | Labour
|  | Keith Hill
MP for Streatham | 13 June
2003  | 6 May
2005
[4] | – Minister of State for Housing and Planning | Labour
|  | Jim Fitzpatrick
MP for Poplar and Canning Town | 6 May
2005  | 28 June
2007  | – Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for International Development | Labour
|  | Tessa Jowell
MP for Dulwich and West Norwood | 28 June
2007  | 3 October
2008  | – Minister for the Olympics
– Paymaster General | Labour  |  | Gordon Brown
|  | Tony McNulty
MP for Harrow East | 3 October
2008  | 5 June
2009  | – Minister of State for Employment and Welfare Reform | Labour
|  | Tessa Jowell
MP for Dulwich and West Norwood | 5 June
2009  | 11 May
2010  | – Paymaster General
– Minister for the Olympics
– Minister for the Cabinet Office | Labour
Office not in use | 11 May
2010  | 17 July
2016  |  |  | David Cameron (I·II)
|  | Gavin Barwell
MP for Croydon Central | 17 July
2016  | 9 June
2017  | – Minister of State for Housing and Planning | Conservative |  | Theresa May
|  | Greg Hands
MP for Chelsea and Fulham | 13 June
2017  | 9 January
2018 | – Minister of State for Trade Policy | Conservative
|  | Jo Johnson
MP for Orpington | 9 January
2018 | 9 November
2018  | – Minister of State for Transport | Conservative
|  | Nick Hurd
MP for Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner | 14 November
2018  | 18 December
2019  | – Minister for Policing and the Fire Service | Conservative  |
| Boris Johnson
|  | Chris Philp
MP for Croydon South | 18 December
2019  | 13 February
2020 | – Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Justice (until 25 July 2019)
– Minister of State for Northern Ireland (from 25 July 2019) | Conservative
|  | Paul Scully
MP for Sutton and Cheam | 13 February
2020 | 13 November
2023 | – Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Small Business, Consumers and Labour Markets (until 8 July 2022)
– Minister of State for Local Government and Building Safety (8 July 2022 to 27 October 2022)
– Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Tech and the Digital Economy (from 27 October 2022) | Conservative  |
| Liz Truss
| Rishi Sunak
|  | Greg Hands
MP for Chelsea and Fulham | 13 November
2023 | 5 July 2024  | – Minister of State for Trade Policy | Conservative

## Shadow Minister

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The position of Shadow Minister for London was retained by Labour under the leadership of Ed Miliband, and was held by Sadiq Khan throughout Miliband's leadership. However, since Khan's nomination as Labour's candidate for Mayor of London and Jeremy Corbyn's leadership, the office has remained vacant.

## See also

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* Regional minister

## Notes

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1. ^ Local Government (2001–02)

## References

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1. ^ a b Ben Pimlott (2002). Governing London. Nirmala Rao. Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-924492-8.
2. ^ Mulholland, Hélène (4 June 2010). "Minister for London post abolished by David Cameron". The Guardian. Retrieved 24 June 2010.
3. ^ "Press release: Association of London Government looking forward to working with new Minister for London". 12 March 2003. Archived from the original on 27 November 2007.
4. ^ [1] [dead link]

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Ministers for London

* Gummer
* Raynsford
* Hill
* Raynsford
* McNulty
* Hill
* Fitzpatrick
* Jowell
* McNulty
* Jowell
* Barwell
* Hands
* Johnson
* Hurd
* Philp
* Scully
* Hands

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