Eddie Isbey waa appointed as Parliament Under-secretary to the Ministries of Labour and Transport during the Third Labour Government and became Under-secretaary to the Minister of railways under Bill Rowling.
During the Third Labour Government he was appointed as a Parliamentary Under-Secretary to the Minister of Labour, Minister of Civil Aviation & Meteorological Services and Minister of Transport from 1973 to 1974 by Norman Kirk. When Bill Rowling became Prime Minister he appointed Isbey Under-Secretary to the Minister of Railways. 
