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National Government (1931–1935)

The National Government of 1931–1935 was formed by Ramsay MacDonald following his reappointment as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom by King George V after the general election in October 1931.

Cabinet
was the serving prime minister since 1929 November 1931 – May 1935 • Ramsay MacDonald – Prime Minister and Leader of the House of Commons • John Sankey, 1st Viscount Sankey – Lord Chancellor • Stanley Baldwin – Lord President • Philip Snowden, 1st Viscount Snowden – Lord Privy Seal • Neville Chamberlain – Chancellor of the Exchequer • Sir Herbert Samuel – Home Secretary • Sir John Simon – Foreign Secretary • Sir Philip Cunliffe-Lister – Colonial Secretary • J. H. Thomas – Dominions Secretary • Douglas Hogg, 1st Viscount Hailsham – Secretary of State for War and Leader of the House of LordsSir Samuel Hoare – Secretary of State for India • Charles Vane-Tempest-Stewart, 7th Marquess of Londonderry – Secretary for Air • Sir Archibald SinclairSecretary of State for ScotlandSir Bolton Eyres-Monsell – First Lord of the Admiralty • Walter Runciman – President of the Board of Trade • Sir John Gilmour – Minister of Agriculture • Sir Donald Maclean – President of the Board of Education • Henry Betterton – Minister of Labour • Hilton Young – Minister of Health • William Ormsby-Gore – First Commissioner of Works Changes • June 1932 – Lord Irwin succeeds Donald Maclean (deceased) as President of the Board of Education • September 1932 – Stanley Baldwin succeeds Philip Snowden as Lord Privy Seal, remaining also Lord President. John Gilmour succeeds Herbert Samuel as Home Secretary. Sir Godfrey Collins succeeds Sir Archibald Sinclair as Scottish Secretary. Walter Elliot succeeds Gilmour as Minister of Agriculture. • December 1933 – Stanley Baldwin ceases to be Lord Privy Seal, and his successor in that office is not in the cabinet. He continues as Lord President. Kingsley Wood enters the cabinet as Postmaster-General • June 1934 – Oliver Stanley succeeds Henry Betterton as Minister of Labour Key • = Member of National Labour • = Member of the Conservative Party • = Member of the Liberal Party • = Member of the Liberal National Party ==List of ministers==
List of ministers
Members of the Cabinet are in bold face. ==Notes==
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