When were Education Secretaries born?

  • Florence Horsbrugh (Conservative 1951 - 54)

  • George Tomlinson (Labour: 1947 - 51)

  • Ellen Wilkinson (Labour: 1945 - 47)

  • Richard Law (Conservative: 1945)

  • Geoffrey Lloyd: (Conservative 1957-59)

  • R.A. Butler (Conservative: 1941-45)

  • David Eccles (Conservative: 1954-57 & 1959-62)

  • Michael Stewart (Labour: 1964-65)

  • Patrick Gordon Walker (Labour: 1967-68)

  • Quintin Hogg (Conservative: 1957 & 1964)

  • Edward Short (Labour 1968-70)

  • Keith Joseph (Conservative: 1981-86)

  • Fred Mulley (Labour: 1975-76)

  • Anthony Crosland (Labour: 1965-67)

  • Edward Boyle (Conservative: 1962-64)

  • Margaret Thatcher (Conservative: 1970 - 74)

  • Mark Carlisle (Conservative: 1979-81)

  • Shirley Williams (Labour: 1976-79)

  • Kenneth Baker (Conservative: 1986-89)

  • John MacGregor (Conservative: 1989-90)

  • Gillian Shephard (Conservative: 1994-97)

  • Ken Clarke (Conservative: 1990-92)

  • John Patten (Conservative: 1992-94)

  • David Blunkett (Labour: 1997-2001)

  • Alan Johnson (Labour: 2006-07)

  • Charles Clarke (Labour: 2002-04)

  • Estelle Morris (Labour 2001-02)

  • Ed Balls (Labour: 2007-10)

  • Michael Gove (Conservative: 2010-)

  • Ruth Kelly (Labour: 2004-06)