First Blair ministry
Office Name Date
Home Secretary Jack Straw May 1997 - June 2001
Minister of State for Home Affairs Alun Michael May 1997 - October 1998
Minister of State for Home Affairs Paul Boateng October 1998 - June 2001
Minister of State for Prisons Joyce Quin May 1997 - July 1998
Minister of State for Prisons Gareth Williams July 1998 - July 1999
Minister of State for Prisons Charles Clarke July 1999 - June 2001
Minister of State for Asylum and Immigration Barbara Roche July 1999 - June 2001
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Home Affairs Gareth Williams May 1997 - July 1998
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Home Affairs Kate Hoey July 1998 - July 1999
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Home Affairs Steve Bassam July 1999 - June 2001
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Immigration Mike O'Brien May 1997 - June 2001
List of ministers -- Departments of state
Office Name Date Chancellor of the Exchequer Gordon Brown May 1997 – June 2001 Chief Secretary to the Treasury Alistair Darling May 1997 – July 1998 Stephen Byers July 1998 – December 1998 Alan Milburn December 1998 – October 1999 Andrew Smith October 1999 – June 2001 Paymaster General Geoffrey Robinson May 1997 – December 1998 Dawn Primarolo January 1999 – June 2001 Financial Secretary to the Treasury Dawn Primarolo May 1997 – January 1999 Barbara Roche January 1999 – July 1999 Stephen Timms July 1999 – June 2001 Economic Secretary to the Treasury Helen Liddell May 1997 – July 1998 Patricia Hewitt July 1998 – May 1999 Melanie Johnson May 1999 – June 2001 Office Name Date Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs Robin Cook May 1997 – June 2001 Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Tony Lloyd May 1997 – July 1999 John Battle July 1999 – June 2001 Minister of State for Europe Doug Henderson May 1997 – July 1998 Joyce Quin July 1998 – July 1999 Geoff Hoon July 1999 – October 1999 Keith Vaz October 1999 – June 2001 Minister of State for Africa Derek Fatchett May 1997 – May 1999 Geoff Hoon May 1999 – July 1999 Peter Hain July 1999 – January 2001 Brian Wilson January 2001 – June 2001 Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs Elizabeth Symons May 1997 – June 1999 Patricia Scotland June 1999 – June 2001
Tony Blair originally formed the Blair ministry in May 1997 after being invited by Queen Elizabeth II to form a new government following the resignation of the previous Prime Minister, John Major of the Conservative Party, as a result of the Labour Party's landslide victory at the 1997 general election. He would serve as the Prime Minister for three successive ministries and parliamentary terms until his resignation on 27 June 2007. His Cabinet was reshuffled for each new parliament along with a few minor changes during each term.