Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
| United Kingdom Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport | |
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| Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport | |
| Style | The Right Honourable (Formal prefix) Culture Secretary |
| Appointer | Charles III |
| Inaugural holder | David Mellor |
| Formation | 11 April 1992 |
| Salary | £151,649 per annum (2022) |
| Website | www.culture.gov.uk/ |
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The Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport is a UK cabinet position with responsibility for the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport. The role was created in 1992 by John Major as Secretary of State for National Heritage. It took on its current title on 3 July 2017. The first to fill the role, David Mellor dubbed it "Minister for Fun".
List of secretaries of state
[change | change source]Secretary of State for National Heritage (1992–1997)
[change | change source]| Secretary of State | Term of office | Party | Prime Minister | ||||
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David Mellor MP for Putney |
11 April 1992 | 22 September 1992 | Conservative | John Major | ||
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Peter Brooke MP for Cities of London and Westminster |
25 September 1992 | 20 July 1994 | Conservative | |||
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Stephen Dorrell MP for Loughborough |
20 July 1994 | 5 July 1995 | Conservative | |||
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Virginia Bottomley MP for South West Surrey |
5 July 1995 | 2 May 1997 | Conservative | |||
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Chris Smith MP for Islington South and Finsbury |
2 May 1997 | 22 July 1997 | Labour | Tony Blair | ||
Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport (1997–2010)
[change | change source]| Secretary of State | Term of office | Party | Prime Minister | ||||
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Chris Smith MP for Islington South and Finsbury |
22 July 1997 | 8 June 2001 | Labour | Tony Blair | ||
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Tessa Jowell MP for Dulwich and West Norwood |
8 June 2001 | 28 June 2007 | Labour | |||
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James Purnell MP for Stalybridge and Hyde |
28 June 2007 | 24 January 2008 | Labour | Gordon Brown | ||
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Andy Burnham MP for Leigh |
24 January 2008 | 5 June 2009 | Labour | |||
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Ben Bradshaw MP for Exeter |
5 June 2009 | 11 May 2010 | Labour | |||
Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport (2010 - 2012)
[change | change source]| Secretary of State | Term of office | Party | Prime Minister | ||||
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Jeremy Hunt MP for South West Surrey |
12 May 2010 | 4 September 2012 | Conservative | David Cameron | ||
Secretaries of State for Culture, Media and Sport (2012–2017)
[change | change source]| Secretary of State | Term of office | Party | Prime Minister | ||||
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Maria Miller MP for Basingstoke |
4 September 2012 | 9 April 2014 | Conservative | David Cameron | ||
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Sajid Javid MP for Bromsgrove |
9 April 2014 | 11 May 2015 | Conservative | |||
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John Whittingdale MP for Maldon |
11 May 2015 | 14 July 2016 | Conservative | |||
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Karen Bradley MP for Staffordshire Moorlands |
14 July 2016 | 3 July 2017 | Conservative | Theresa May | ||
| In 2017 the DCMS was renamed to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport in acknowledgement of the increasing responsibility the department had gained for Digital affairs.[1] Karen Bradley continued as Secretary of State for the department. | |||||||
Secretaries of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (2017–2023)
[change | change source]| Secretary of State | Term of office | Party | Prime Minister | ||||
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Karen Bradley MP for Staffordshire Moorlands |
3 July 2017 | 8 January 2018 | Conservative | Theresa May | ||
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Matt Hancock MP for West Suffolk |
8 January 2018 | 8 July 2018 | Conservative | |||
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Jeremy Wright MP for Kenilworth and Southam |
9 July 2018 | 24 July 2019 | Conservative | |||
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Nicky Morgan MP for Loughborough (until November 2019) Life peer (since January 2020) |
24 July 2019 | 13 February 2020 | Conservative | Boris Johnson | ||
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Oliver Dowden MP for Hertsmere |
13 February 2020 | 15 September 2021 | Conservative | |||
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Nadine Dorries MP for Mid Bedfordshire |
15 September 2021 | 6 September 2022 | Conservative | |||
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Michelle Donelan MP for Chippenham |
6 September 2022 | 7 February 2023 | Conservative | Liz Truss | ||
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Secretaries of State for Culture, Media and Sport (2023–2026)
[change | change source]| Secretary of State | Term of office | Party | Prime Minister | ||||
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Lucy Frazer MP for South East Cambridgeshire |
7 February 2023 | 5 July 2024 | Conservative | Rishi Sunak | ||
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Lisa Nandy MP for Wigan |
5 July 2024 | 20 July 2026 | Labour | Keir Starmer | ||
Secretaries of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (2026–present)
[change | change source]| Secretary of State | Term of office | Party | Prime Minister | ||||
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Lisa Nandy MP for Wigan |
20 July 2026 | Incumbent | Labour | Andy Burnham | ||
References
[change | change source]- ↑ "Change of name for DCMS". GOV.UK. Retrieved 11 November 2017.
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