Harold Wilson

This article is about the British politician. For the Olympic silver medallist, see Harold A. Wilson.

Harold Wilson's Second Government March 1974 - April 1976

• Harold Wilson - Prime Minister
• Lord Elwyn-Jones - Lord Chancellor
• Edward Short - Lord President of the Council
• Lord Shepherd - Lord Privy Seal
• Denis Healey - Chancellor of the Exchequer
• James Callaghan - Foreign Secretary
• Roy Jenkins - Home Secretary
• Fred Peart - Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food
• Roy Mason - Secretary of State for Defence
• Reginald Prentice - Secretary of State for Education and Science
• Michael Foot - Secretary of State for Employment
• Eric Varley - Secretary of State for Energy
• Anthony Crosland - Secretary of State for the Environment
• Barbara Castle - Secretary of State for Health and Social Security
• Tony Benn - Secretary of State for Industry
• Harold Lever - Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
• Merlyn Rees - Secretary of State for Northern Ireland
• Shirley Williams - Secretary of State for Prices and Consumer Protection
• Peter Shore - Secretary of State for Trade
• John Morris - Secretary of State for Wales
• Robert Mellish - Chief Whip

Changes

• October 1974 - John Silkin although working to the Secretary of State for Environment enters the cabinet as Minister of Planning and Local Government.
• June 1975 - Fred Mulley succeeds Reginald Prentice as Secretary for Education and Science. Prentice becomes Secretary for Overseas Development. Tony Benn succeeds Eric Varley as Secretary for Energy. Varley succeeds Benn as Secretary for Industry.