| Title | Minister | Incumbency | Under | Notes |
| Secretary of state for the environment | Peter Walker | 1970-10-15/1972-11-05 | Heath | |
| Secretary of state for the environment | Geoffrey Rippon | 1972-11-05/1974-03-04 | Heath | |
| Secretary of state for the environment | Anthony Crosland | 1974-03-05/1976-04-08 | Wilson | |
| Secretary of state for the environment | Peter Shore | 1976-04-08/1979-05-04 | Callaghan | |
| Secretary of state for the environment | Michael Heseltine | 1979-05-05/1983-01-06 | Thatcher | |
| Secretary of state for the environment | Tom King | 1983-01-06/1983-06-11 | Thatcher | |
| Secretary of state for the environment | Patrick Jenkin | 1983-06-11/1985-09-02 | Thatcher | |
| Secretary of state for the environment | Kenneth Baker | 1985-09-02/1986-05-21 | Thatcher | |
| Secretary of state for the environment | Nicholas Ridley | 1986-05-21/1989-07-24 | Thatcher | |
| Secretary of state for the environment | Chris Patten | 1989-07-24/1990-11-28 | Thatcher | |
| Secretary of state for the environment | Michael Heseltine | 1990-11-28/1992-04-11 | Major | |
| Secretary of state for the environment | Michael Howard | 1992-04-11/1993-05-27 | Major | Rio |
| Secretary of state for the environment | John Gummer | 1993-05-27/1997-05-02 | Major | |
| Secretary of state for the environment, transport and the regions | John Prescott | 1997-05-02/2001-06-08 | Blair | |
| Secretary of state for environment, food and rural affairs | Margaret Beckett | 2001-06-08/2006-05-05 | Blair | |
| Secretary of state for environment, food and rural affairs | David Miliband | 2006-05-05/2007-06-27 | Blair | |
| Secretary of state for environment, food and rural affairs | Hilary Benn | 2007-06-28/2010-05-11 | Brown | |
| Secretary of state for environment, food and rural affairs | Caroline Spelman | 2010-05-12/2012-09-04 | Cameron | |
| Secretary of state for environment, food and rural affairs | Owen Paterson | 2012-09-04/2014-07-14 | Cameron | |
| Secretary of state for environment, food and rural affairs | Liz Truss | 2014-07-15/2016-07-14 | Cameron | |
| Secretary of state for environment, food and rural affairs | Andrea Leadsom | 2016-07-14/2017-06-11 | May | |
| Secretary of state for environment, food and rural affairs | Michael Gove | 2017-06-11/2019-07-24 | May | |
| Secretary of state for environment, food and rural affairs | Theresa Villiers | 2019-07-24/2020-02-13 | Johnson | |
| Secretary of state for environment, food and rural affairs | George Eustice | 2020-02-13/2022-09-06 | Johnson | |
| Secretary of state for environment, food and rural affairs | Ranil Jayawardena | 2022-09-06/Incumbent | Truss | |