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Secretary of State for the Home Department
Royal Arms of the Home Office
Incumbent Priti Patel since 24 July 2019 (2019-07-24)
Home Office
Style	Home Secretary (informal) The Right Honourable (within the UK and the Commonwealth)
Member of	Cabinet Privy Council National Security Council
Reports to	Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
Seat	Westminster
Appointer	The Monarch on advice of the Prime Minister
Term length	At Her Majesty's pleasure
Formation	27 March 1782
First holder	Earl of Shelburne
Website	www.gov.uk

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Her Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for the Home Department, normally referred to as the Home Secretary, is head of the Home Office and a senior Cabinet minister in Her Majesty's Government. It is a high profile position, one of the four Great Offices of State, and is widely recognised as one of the most prestigious and important roles in the British Cabinet.

The Home Secretary is responsible for the internal affairs of England and Wales, and for immigration and citizenship for the United Kingdom. The remit of the Home Office also includes policing in England and Wales and matters of national security, as the Security Service (MI5) is directly accountable to the Home Secretary. Formerly, the Home Secretary was the minister responsible for prisons and probation in England and Wales; however in 2007 those responsibilities were transferred to the newly created Ministry of Justice under the Lord Chancellor.

The position has been held by Priti Patel since 24 July 2019.

List of Home Secretaries

Secretary of State for the Home Department

Portrait		Name (Birth–Death)	Term of office		Party	Ministry	Monarch (Reign)	Ref.
style="background-color: Template:Whigs (British political party)/meta/color" |		The Right Honourable William Petty 2nd Earl of Shelburne KGPC (1737–1805)	27 March 1782	10 July 1782	Whig	Rockingham II	George III (1760–1820)
style="background-color: Template:Whigs (British political party)/meta/color" |		The Right Honourable Thomas Townsend MP for Whitchurch (1733–1800)	10 July 1782	2 April 1783	Whig	Shelburne (Whig–Tory)
style="background-color:Template:Tories (British political party)/meta/color" |		The Right Honourable Frederick North Lord North KG MP for Banbury (1732–1792)	2 April 1783	19 December 1783	Tory	Fox–North
style="background-color: Template:Tories (British political party)/meta/color" |		The Right Honourable George Nugent-Temple-Grenville 3rd Earl Temple PC (1753–1813)	19 December 1783	23 December 1783	Tory	Pitt I
style="background-color: Template:Whigs (British political party)/meta/color" |		The Right Honourable Thomas Townsend 1st Baron Sydney PC (1733–1800)	23 December 1783	5 June 1789	Whig
style="background-color: Template:Tories (British political party)/meta/color" |		The Right Honourable William Grenville 1st Baron Grenville PCPC (Ire) MP for Buckinghamshire (1759–1834)	5 June 1789	8 June 1791	Tory
style="background-color: Template:Tories (British political party)/meta/color" |		The Right Honourable Henry Dundas MP for Edinburgh (1742–1811)	8 June 1791	11 July 1794	Tory
rowspan=2 style="background-color: Template:Tories (British political party)/meta/color" |		His Grace William Cavendish-Bentinck 3rd Duke of Portland KGPCFRS (1738–1809)	11 July 1794	30 July 1801	Tory
Addington
	style="background-color: Template:Whigs (British political party)/meta/color" |		The Right Honourable Thomas Pelham 4th Baron Pelham of Stanmer PCPC (Ire)FRS (1756–1826)	30 July 1801	17 August 1803	Whig
	style="background-color: Template:Tories (British political party)/meta/color" |		The Right Honourable Charles Philip Yorke FRSFSA MP for Cambridgeshire (1764–1834)	17 August 1803	12 May 1804	Tory
style="background-color: Template:Tories (British political party)/meta/color" |		The Right Honourable Robert Jenkinson 2nd Baron Hawkesbury PCFRS (1770–1828)	12 May 1804	5 February 1806	Tory	Pitt II
style="background-color: Template:Whigs (British political party)/meta/color" |		The Right Honourable George Spencer 2nd Earl Spencer KGPCDLFRSFSA (1758–1834)	5 February 1806	25 March 1807	Whig	All the Talents (Whig–Tory)
style="background-color: Template:Tories (British political party)/meta/color" |		The Right Honourable Robert Jenkinson 2nd Earl of Liverpool PCFRS (1770–1828)	25 March 1807	1 November 1809	Tory	Portland II
style="background-color: Template:Tories (British political party)/meta/color" |		The Right Honourable Richard Ryder MP for Tiverton (1766–1832)	1 November 1809	8 June 1812	Tory	Perceval
height=50 style="background-color: Template:Tories (British political party)/meta/color; border-bottom:none" |		The Right Honourable Henry Addington 1st Viscount Sidmouth PC (1757–1844)	11 June 1812	17 January 1822	Tory	Liverpool
height=50 style="background-color: Template:Tories (British political party)/meta/color; border-top:none" |							George IV (1820–1830)
style="background-color: Template:Tories (British political party)/meta/color" |		The Right Honourable Robert Peel FRS MP for Oxford University (1788–1850)	17 January 1822	10 April 1827	Tory
style="background-color: Template:Tories (British political party)/meta/color" |		The Right Honourable William Sturges Bourne MP for Ashburton (1769–1845)	30 April 1827	16 July 1827	Tory	Canning (Canningite–Whig)
style="background-color: Template:Whigs (British political party)/meta/color; border:none" |​		The Most Honourable Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice 3rd Marquess of Lansdowne PCFRS (1780–1863)	16 July 1827	22 January 1828	Whig
style="background-color: Template:Whigs (British political party)/meta/color; border:none" |						Goderich
height=50 style="background-color: Template:Tories (British political party)/meta/color; border-bottom:none" |		The Right Honourable Sir Robert Peel BtFRS MP for 3 constituencies respectively (1788–1850)	26 January 1828	22 November 1830	Tory	Wellington–Peel
height=50 style="background-color: Template:Tories (British political party)/meta/color; border-top:none" |							William IV (1830–1837)
style="background-color: Template:Whigs (British political party)/meta/color" |		The Right Honourable William Lamb 2nd Viscount Melbourne PC (1779–1848)	22 November 1830	16 July 1834	Whig	Grey
style="background-color: Template:Whigs (British political party)/meta/color" |		The Right Honourable John Ponsonby 1st Baron Duncannon PC (1781–1847)	19 July 1834	15 November 1834	Whig	Melbourne I
style="background-color: Template:Tories (British political party)/meta/color" |		Field MarshalHis Grace Arthur Wellesley 1st Duke of Wellington KGGCBGCHPC (1769–1852)	15 November 1834	15 December 1834	Tory	Wellington Caretaker
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |		The Right Honourable Henry Goulburn FRS MP for Cambridge University (1784–1856)	15 December 1834	18 April 1835	Conservative	Peel I
height=50 style="background-color: Template:Whigs (British political party)/meta/color; border-bottom:none" |		The Right Honourable Lord John Russell MP for Stroud (1792–1878)	18 April 1835	30 August 1839	Whig	Melbourne II
height=50 style="background-color: Template:Whigs (British political party)/meta/color; border-top:none" |							Victoria (1837–1901)
style="background-color: Template:Whigs (British political party)/meta/color" |		The Most Honourable Constantine Phipps 1st Marquess of Normanby GCHPC (1797–1863)	30 August 1839	30 August 1841	Whig
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |		The Right Honourable Sir James Graham Bt MP for Dorchester (1792–1861)	6 September 1841	30 June 1846	Conservative	Peel II
style="background-color: Template:Whigs (British political party)/meta/color" |		The Right Honourable Sir George Grey Bt MP for Devonport → North Northumberland (1799–1882)	8 July 1846	23 February 1852	Whig	Russell I
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |		The Right Honourable Spencer Horatio Walpole QC MP for Midhurst (1806–1898)	27 February 1852	19 December 1852	Conservative	Who? Who?
style="background-color: Template:Whigs (British political party)/meta/color" |		The Right Honourable Henry John Temple 3rd Viscount Palmerston GCBPCFRS MP for Tiverton (1784–1865)	28 December 1852	6 February 1855	Whig	Aberdeen (Peelite–Whig)
style="background-color: Template:Whigs (British political party)/meta/color" |		The Right Honourable Sir George Grey Bt MP for Morpeth (1799–1882)	8 February 1855	26 February 1858	Whig	Palmerston I
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |		The Right Honourable Spencer Horatio Walpole QC MP for Cambridge University (1806–1898)	26 February 1858	3 March 1859	Conservative	Derby–Disraeli II
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |		The Right Honourable Thomas Henry Sutton Sotheron-Estcourt DLJP MP for North Wiltshire (1801–1876)	3 March 1859	18 June 1859	Conservative
style="background-color: Template:Liberal Party (UK)/meta/color" |		The Right Honourable Sir George Cornewall Lewis Bt MP for Radnor (1806–1863)	18 June 1859	25 July 1861	Liberal	Palmerston II
style="background-color: Template:Liberal Party (UK)/meta/color; border:none" |​		The Right Honourable Sir George Grey Bt MP for Morpeth (1799–1882)	25 July 1861	28 June 1866	Liberal
style="background-color: Template:Liberal Party (UK)/meta/color; border:none" |						Russell II
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |		The Right Honourable Spencer Horatio Walpole QC MP for Cambridge University (1806–1898)	6 July 1866	17 May 1867	Conservative	Derby–Disraeli III
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |		The Right Honourable Gathorne Gathorne-Hardy MP for Oxford University (1814–1906)	17 May 1867	3 December 1868	Conservative
style="background-color: Template:Liberal Party (UK)/meta/color" |		The Right Honourable Henry Bruce JPDL MP for Merthyr Tydfil → Renfrewshire (1815–1895)	9 December 1868	9 August 1873	Liberal	Gladstone I
style="background-color: Template:Liberal Party (UK)/meta/color" |		The Right Honourable Robert Lowe MP for London University (1811–1892)	9 August 1873	20 February 1874	Liberal
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |		The Right Honourable R. A. Cross GCBFRSDL MP for South West Lancashire (1823–1914)	21 February 1874	23 April 1880	Conservative	Disraeli II
style="background-color: Template:Liberal Party (UK)/meta/color" |		The Right Honourable Sir William Harcourt QC MP for Derby (1827–1904)	28 April 1880	23 June 1885	Liberal	Gladstone II
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |		The Right Honourable R. A. Cross GCBFRSDL MP for Newton (1823–1914)	24 June 1885	1 February 1886	Conservative	Salisbury I
style="background-color:Template:Liberal Party (UK)/meta/color" |		The Right Honourable Hugh Childers MP for Edinburgh South (1827–1896)	6 February 1886	25 July 1886	Liberal	Gladstone III
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |		The Right Honourable Henry Matthews QC MP for Birmingham East (1826–1913)	3 August 1886	15 August 1892	Conservative	Salisbury II
rowspan=2 style="background-color: Template:Liberal Party (UK)/meta/color" |		The Right Honourable H. H. Asquith QC MP for East Fife (1852–1928)	18 August 1892	25 June 1895	Liberal	Gladstone IV
Rosebery
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |		The Right Honourable Sir Matthew White Ridley BtDL MP for Blackpool (1842–1904)	29 June 1895	12 November 1900	Conservative	Salisbury (III & IV) (Con.–Lib.U.)
height=20 style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color; border-bottom:none" |		The Right Honourable Charles Ritchie MP for Croydon (1838–1906)	12 November 1900	11 August 1902	Conservative
height=20 style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color; border:none" |							Edward VII (1901–1910)
height=20 style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color; border-top:none" |						Balfour
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |		The Right Honourable Aretas Akers-Douglas JPDL MP for St Augustine's (1851–1926)	11 August 1902	5 December 1905	Conservative
style="background-color: Template:Liberal Party (UK)/meta/color; border:none" |		The Right Honourable Herbert Gladstone JP MP for Leeds West (1854–1930)	11 December 1905	19 February 1910	Liberal	Campbell-Bannerman
style="background-color: Template:Liberal Party (UK)/meta/color; border:none" |​						Asquith (I–III)
height=50 style="background-color: Template:Liberal Party (UK)/meta/color; border-bottom:none" |		The Right Honourable Winston Churchill MP for Dundee (1874–1965)	19 February 1910	24 October 1911	Liberal
height=50 style="background-color: Template:Liberal Party (UK)/meta/color; border-top:none" |							George V (1910–1936)
style="background-color: Template:Liberal Party (UK)/meta/color" |		The Right Honourable Reginald McKenna MP for North Monmouthshire (1863–1943)	24 October 1911	27 May 1915	Liberal
style="background-color: Template:Liberal Party (UK)/meta/color" |		The Right Honourable Sir John Simon MP for Walthamstow (1873–1954)	27 May 1915	12 January 1916	Liberal	Asquith Coalition (Lib.–Con.–et al.)
style="background-color: Template:Liberal Party (UK)/meta/color" |		The Right Honourable Herbert Samuel MP for Cleveland (1870–1963)	12 January 1916	7 December 1916	Liberal
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |		The Right Honourable George Cave 1st Viscount Cave PC MP for Kingston (1856–1928)	11 December 1916	14 January 1919	Conservative	Lloyd George (I & II)
style="background-color: Template:Liberal Party (UK)/meta/color" |		The Right Honourable Edward Shortt KC MP for Newcastle upon Tyne West (1862–1935)	14 January 1919	23 October 1922	Liberal
rowspan=2 style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |		The Right Honourable William Bridgeman JPDL MP for Oswestry (1864–1935)	25 October 1922	22 January 1924	Conservative	Law
Baldwin I
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |		The Right Honourable Arthur Henderson MP for Burnley (1863–1935)	23 January 1924	4 November 1924	Labour	MacDonald I
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |		The Right Honourable Sir William Joynson-Hicks BtPC (NI)DL MP for Twickenham (1865–1932)	7 November 1924	5 June 1929	Conservative	Baldwin II
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |		The Right Honourable John Robert Clynes MP for Manchester Platting (1869–1949)	8 June 1929	26 August 1931	Labour	MacDonald II
style="background-color: Template:Liberal Party (UK)/meta/color; border:none" |		The Right Honourable Herbert Samuel GCBGBE MP for Darwen (1870–1963)	26 August 1931	1 October 1932	Liberal	National I (N.Lab.–Con.–et al.)
style="background-color: Template:Liberal Party (UK)/meta/color; border:none" |​						National II
style="background-color: Template:Unionist Party (Scotland)/meta/color" |		The Right Honourable Sir John Gilmour BtDSOTDJPDL MP for Glasgow Pollok (1876–1940)	1 October 1932	7 June 1935	Unionist
style="background-color: Template:National Liberal Party (UK, 1931)/meta/color; border:none" |​		The Right Honourable Sir John Simon GCSIGCVOOBE MP for Spen Valley (1873–1954)	7 June 1935	28 May 1937	Liberal National	National III (Con.–N.Lab.–et al.)
style="background-color: Template:National Liberal Party (UK, 1931)/meta/color; border:none" |							Edward VIII (1936)
style="background-color: Template:National Liberal Party (UK, 1931)/meta/color; border:none" |​							George VI (1936–1952)
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |		The Right Honourable Sir Samuel Hoare BtGCSIGBECMGJP MP for Chelsea (1880–1959)	28 May 1937	3 September 1939	Conservative	National IV
style="background-color: Template:National Government (United Kingdom)/meta/color; border:none" |​		The Right Honourable Sir John Anderson GCBGCSIGCIEPC (Ire) MP for Combined Scottish Universities (1882–1958)	4 September 1939	4 October 1940	Independent (National)	Chamberlain War
style="background-color: Template:National Government (United Kingdom)/meta/color; border:none" |​						Churchill War (All parties)
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |		The Right Honourable Herbert Morrison MP for Hackney South (1888–1965)	4 October 1940	23 May 1945	Labour
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |		The Right Honourable Sir Donald Somervell KC MP for Crewe (1889–1960)	25 May 1945	26 July 1945	Conservative	Churchill Caretaker (Con.–Lib.N.)
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |		The Right Honourable James Chuter Ede JPDL MP for South Shields (1882–1965)	3 August 1945	26 October 1951	Labour	Attlee (I & II)
height=50 style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color; border-bottom:none" |		The Right Honourable Sir David Maxwell Fyfe GCVOQC MP for Liverpool West Derby (1900–1967)	27 October 1951	19 October 1954	Conservative	Churchill III
height=50 style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color; border-top:none" |							Elizabeth II (1952–present)
style="background-color: Template:National Liberal Party (UK, 1931)/meta/color; border:none" |​		The Right Honourable Gwilym Lloyd George TD MP for Newcastle upon Tyne North (1894–1967)	19 October 1954	14 January 1957	National Liberal & Conservative
style="background-color: Template:National Liberal Party (UK, 1931)/meta/color; border:none" |						Eden
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |		The Right Honourable Richard Austen Butler CH MP for Saffron Walden (1902–1982)	14 January 1957	13 July 1962	Conservative	Macmillan (I & II)
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color; border:none" |​		The Right Honourable Henry Brooke MP for Hampstead (1903–1984)	14 July 1962	16 October 1964	Conservative
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color; border:none" |						Douglas-Home
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |		The Right Honourable Sir Frank Soskice QC MP for Newport (1902–1979)	18 October 1964	23 December 1965	Labour	Wilson (I & II)
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |		The Right Honourable Roy Jenkins MP for Birmingham Stechford (1920–2003)	23 December 1965	30 November 1967	Labour
style="background-color:Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |		The Right Honourable James Callaghan MP for Cardiff South East (1912–2005)	30 November 1967	19 June 1970	Labour
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |	File:Reginald Maudling.jpg	The Right Honourable Reginald Maudling MP for Barnet (1917–1979)	20 June 1970	18 July 1972	Conservative	Heath
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |		The Right Honourable Robert Carr MP for Carshalton (1916–2012)	18 July 1972	4 March 1974	Conservative
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color; border:none" |		The Right Honourable Roy Jenkins MP for Birmingham Stechford (1920–2003)	5 March 1974	10 September 1976	Labour	Wilson (III & IV)
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color; border:none" |​						Callaghan
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |		The Right Honourable Merlyn Rees MP for Leeds South (1920–2006)	10 September 1976	4 May 1979	Labour
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |		The Right Honourable William Whitelaw CHMCDL MP for Penrith and The Border (1918–1999)	4 May 1979	11 June 1983	Conservative	Thatcher I
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |		The Right Honourable Leon Brittan QC MP for Richmond (Yorks) (1939–2015)	11 June 1983	2 September 1985	Conservative	Thatcher II
rowspan=2 style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |		The Right Honourable Douglas Hurd CBE MP for Witney (born 1930)	2 September 1985	26 October 1989	Conservative
Thatcher III
	style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |		The Right Honourable David Waddington QCDL MP for Ribble Valley (1929–2017)	26 October 1989	28 November 1990	Conservative
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |		The Right Honourable Kenneth Baker MP for Mole Valley (born 1934)	28 November 1990	10 April 1992	Conservative	Major I
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |		The Right Honourable Kenneth Clarke QC MP for Rushcliffe (born 1940)	10 April 1992	27 May 1993	Conservative	Major II
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |		The Right Honourable Michael Howard QC MP for Folkestone and Hythe (born 1941)	27 May 1993	2 May 1997	Conservative
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |		The Right Honourable Jack Straw MP for Blackburn (born 1946)	2 May 1997	8 June 2001	Labour	Blair (I–III)
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |		The Right Honourable David Blunkett MP for Sheffield Brightside (born 1947)	8 June 2001	15 December 2004	Labour
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |		The Right Honourable Charles Clarke MP for Norwich South (born 1950)	15 December 2004	5 May 2006	Labour
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |		The Right Honourable John Reid MP for Airdrie and Shotts (born 1947)	5 May 2006	27 June 2007	Labour
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |		The Right Honourable Jacqui Smith MP for Redditch (born 1962)	28 June 2007	5 June 2009	Labour	Brown
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |		The Right Honourable Alan Johnson MP for Hull West and Hessle (born 1950)	5 June 2009	11 May 2010	Labour
rowspan=2 style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |		The Right Honourable Theresa May MP for Maidenhead (born 1956)	12 May 2010	13 July 2016	Conservative	Cameron–Clegg (Con.–L.D.)
Cameron II
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color; border:none" |		The Right Honourable Amber Rudd MP for Hastings and Rye (born 1963)	13 July 2016	29 April 2018	Conservative	May I
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color; border:none" |​						May II
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |		The Right Honourable Sajid Javid MP for Bromsgrove (born 1969)	30 April 2018	24 July 2019	Conservative
rowspan=2 style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |		The Right Honourable Priti Patel MP for Witham (born 1972)	24 July 2019	Incumbent	Conservative	Johnson I
Johnson II

See also

• British government departments
• Cabinet (government)
• Great Offices of State
• List of British governments
• Ministry of Justice
• Shadow Home Secretary
• Home Office under Theresa May

Notes

1. The Prince of Wales served as Prince Regent from 5 February 1811.
2. Elevated to the Peerage of Great Britain in 1790.
3. Elected to a new constituency in the 1847 general election.
4. Lost seat in the 1868 general election and elected to a new constituency in the Renfrewshire by-election.
5. Elevated to the Peerage of the United Kingdom in 1918.
6. Elected on 28 February 1924 in the Burnley by-election.

References

• Gibson, Bryan (2008). The New Home Office: An Introduction (2nd ed.). Waterside Press. pp. 148–149. ISBN 978-1-904380-49-8. {{cite book}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)

1. ^ "Secretary of State for the Home Department". gov.uk. Government of the United Kingdom. Retrieved 18 July 2016.
2. ^ "Priti Patel appointed UK interior minister: statement". 24 July 2019 – via www.reuters.com.
3. Including honorifics and constituencies for elected MPs.
4. ^ Gibson 2008.
5. ^ "Home Secretary". Hansard. Parliament of the United Kingdom. Retrieved 12 September 2017.
6. "Clarke is fired in Cabinet purge". BBC News. 5 May 2006. Retrieved 13 September 2017.
7. "First female boss for Home Office". BBC News. 28 June 2007. Retrieved 13 September 2017.
8. "Hutton quits in cabinet reshuffle". BBC News. 5 June 2009. Retrieved 13 September 2017.
9. "Cameron coalition: Theresa May made home secretary". BBC News. 12 May 2010. Retrieved 13 September 2017.
10. "Theresa May shakes up government with new-look cabinet". BBC News. 14 July 2016. Retrieved 13 September 2017.
11. "Sajid Javid announced as new Home Secretary after Amber Rudd's resignation". Sky News. Retrieved 30 April 2018.

External links

• Home Office website

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