The office of the minister for the constitution and European Union relations, previously known as minister of state without portfolio and sometimes the constitution minister, is a ministerial role in the Government of the United Kingdom.[3] The current postholder since 8 July 2024 is Nick Thomas-Symonds, who also serves as Paymaster General and Minister for the Cabinet Office.
| United Kingdom Minister for the Constitution and European Union Relations | |
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| Cabinet Office | |
| Style | The Right Honourable (within the UK and Commonwealth) |
| Type | Minister of the Crown |
| Status | Minister of State |
| Member of |
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| Reports to | |
| Seat | Westminster |
| Nominator | Prime Minister |
| Appointer | The Monarch (on the advice of the Prime Minister) |
| Term length | At His Majesty's pleasure |
| Salary | £115,824 per annum (2022)[1] (including £86,584 MP salary)[2] |
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List of ministers
| Name | Portrait | Term of office | Party | Ministry | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Parliamentary Secretary for Political and Constitutional Reform | |||||||
| Mark Harper |  |
11 May 2010 | 4 September 2012 | Conservative | Cameron–Clegg | ||
| Chloe Smith |  |
4 September 2012 | 6 October 2013 | Conservative | |||
| Minister of State for Cities and Constitution | |||||||
| Greg Clark |  |
7 October 2013 | 15 July 2014 | Conservative | Cameron–Clegg | ||
| Parliamentary Secretary for the Constitution | |||||||
| Sam Gyimah |  |
15 July 2014 | 12 May 2015 | Conservative | Cameron–Clegg | ||
| John Penrose |  |
12 May 2015 | 17 July 2016 | Conservative | Cameron (II) | ||
| Chris Skidmore |  |
17 July 2016 | 8 January 2018 | Conservative | May (I) | ||
| May (II) | |||||||
| Chloe Smith | |
8 January 2018 | 13 February 2020 | Conservative | |||
| Johnson (I) | |||||||
| Johnson (II) | |||||||
| Minister of State for the Constitution and Devolution | |||||||
| Chloe Smith | |
13 February 2020 | 16 September 2021 | Conservative | Johnson (II) | ||
| Minister of State without Portfolio | |||||||
| Nigel Adams |  |
16 September 2021 | 5 September 2022 | Conservative | Johnson (II) | ||
| Sir Gavin Williamson |  |
25 October 2022 | 8 November 2022 | Conservative | Sunak | ||
| Esther McVey | 
| 13 November 2023 | 5 July 2024 | Conservative | |||
| Minister for the Constitution and European Union Relations | |||||||
| Nick Thomas-Symonds | .jpg) |
8 July 2024 | Incumbent | Labour | Starmer | ||
References
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