Minister of State, Northern Ireland

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United Kingdom Minister of State for Northern Ireland
Royal Arms of His Majesty's Government
Incumbent Steve Baker since 7 September 2022
Northern Ireland Office
Style	Minister
Nominator	Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
Appointer	The Monarch on advice of the Prime Minister
Term length	At His Majesty's pleasure
Website	Official website

The Minister of State for Northern Ireland is a mid-level position in the Northern Ireland Office in the British government. It is currently held by Steve Baker, who took the office on 7 September 2022.

Responsibilities

The minister has the following ministerial responsibilities:

Driving economic and domestic policy

• Long-term economic recovery from COVID-19
• Promotion of the economy, levelling up and innovation - including City Deals and the Shared Prosperity Fund
• Leading the department's work on the most critical constitution and rights issues in NI

Supporting the Secretary of State in their responsibilities, including:

• Legacy stakeholder engagement
• Strengthening and sustaining the Union in Northern Ireland
• Vital security casework
• Building substantive relationships across sectors and communities
• Leading workstreams on New Decade, New Approach agreement and the NI Protocol

Ministers of State for Northern Ireland

Name		Portrait	Entered office	Left office	Political party	Notes
	Paul Channon		26 March 1972	5 November 1972	Conservative
	The Lord Windlesham		26 March 1972	5 June 1973	Conservative
	William van Straubenzee		5 November 1972	4 March 1974	Conservative
	David Howell		5 November 1972	8 January 1974	Conservative
	Stan Orme		7 March 1974	8 April 1976	Labour
	Roland Moyle		27 June 1974	10 September 1976	Labour
	Don Concannon		14 April 1976	4 May 1979	Labour
	The Lord Melchett		10 September 1976	4 May 1979	Labour
	Michael Alison		7 May 1979	15 September 1981	Conservative
	Hugh Rossi		7 May 1979	5 January 1981	Conservative
	The Earl of Gowrie		15 September 1981	10 June 1983	Conservative
	Adam Butler		5 January 1981	11 September 1984	Conservative
	The Earl of Mansfield		13 June 1983	12 April 1984	Conservative
	Rhodes Boyson		11 September 1984	10 September 1986	Conservative
	Nicholas Scott		10 September 1986	13 June 1987	Conservative
	John Stanley		13 June 1987	25 July 1988	Conservative
	Ian Stewart		25 July 1988	25 July 1989	Conservative
	John Cope		25 July 1989	28 November 1990	Conservative
	Brian Mawhinney		28 November 1990	14 April 1992	Conservative
	The Lord Belstead		28 November 1990	14 April 1992	Conservative
	Robert Atkins		14 April 1992	11 January 1994	Conservative
	Michael Mates		15 April 1992	24 June 1993	Conservative
	John Wheeler		25 June 1993	2 May 1997	Conservative
	Michael Ancram		11 January 1994	2 May 1997	Conservative
	Adam Ingram		2 May 1997	7 June 2001	Labour
	Jane Kennedy		7 June 2001	13 June 2003	Labour
	John Spellar		13 June 2003	10 May 2005	Labour
	David Hanson		11 May 2005	8 May 2007	Labour
	Paul Goggins		8 May 2007	11 May 2010	Labour
	Hugo Swire		12 May 2010	4 September 2012	Conservative
	Mike Penning		4 September 2012	7 October 2013	Conservative
	Andrew Robathan		7 October 2013	14 July 2014	Conservative
	Andrew Murrison		14 July 2014	12 May 2015	Conservative
	Ben Wallace		12 May 2015	17 July 2016	Conservative
	Kris Hopkins		17 July 2016	9 June 2017	Conservative
	vacant		9 June 2017	9 January 2018
	Shailesh Vara		9 January 2018	15 November 2018	Conservative
	John Penrose		16 November 2018	25 July 2019	Conservative
	Nick Hurd		25 July 2019	16 December 2019	Conservative
	Robin Walker		13 February 2020	16 September 2021	Conservative
	Conor Burns		16 September 2021	6 September 2022	Conservative
	Steve Baker		6 September 2022	Incumbent	Conservative