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List of British government ministers From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Government frontbench in the Parliament of the United Kingdom, also known as the Treasury Bench, consists of the Cabinet and all other ministers.[1]
Parliamentary opposition to the Government frontbench is provided by the Official Opposition frontbench and the Liberal Democrat frontbench team.
This article is a list of the frontbench under Sir Keir Starmer; for a full list of current and previous ministers of this government, see Starmer ministry.
| Member of the House of Commons | |
| Member of the House of Lords | |
| Member of the Privy Council | |
| Cabinet full members in bold | |
| Cabinet attendees in bold italics | |
| Leader of the Government | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Prime Minister of the United Kingdom First Lord of the Treasury Minister for the Civil Service |
Sir Keir Starmer KCB KC | ||
| Cabinet Office | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster | Pat McFadden | ||
| Minister for the Cabinet Office Paymaster General |
Nick Thomas-Symonds | ||
| Minister without Portfolio | Ellie Reeves (unpaid) | ||
| Parliamentary Secretary for the Cabinet Office | Georgia Gould OBE | ||
| Parliamentary Secretary for the Cabinet Office | Abena Oppong-Asare | ||
| Equalities Office | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Minister for Women and Equalities | Bridget Phillipson (also Education Secretary) | ||
| Minister for Women and Equalities | Anneliese Dodds (also with Foreign Office and Education) | ||
| Government spokesperson for Equalities | The Baroness Smith of Malvern (also with Foreign Office and Education) | ||
| Government spokesperson for Equalities | The Lord Collins of Highbury (also Deputy Leader of the House of Lords anda whip) (unpaid) | ||
| Justice | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Secretary of State for Justice Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain |
Shabana Mahmood KC | ||
| Minister of State for Prisons, Probation and Reducing Reoffending | The Lord Timpson OBE DL (unpaid) | ||
| Minister of State for Courts and Legal Services | Heidi Alexander | ||
| Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Victims | Alex Davies-Jones | ||
| Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Justice | The Lord Ponsonby of Shulbrede (also a whip) (unpaid) | ||
| Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Sentencing | Sir Nic Dakin (also Lord Commissioner of the Treasury) (unpaid) | ||
| Treasury | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Chancellor of the Exchequer Second Lord of the Treasury |
Rachel Reeves | ||
| Chief Secretary to the Treasury | Darren Jones | ||
| Financial Secretary to the Treasury | The Lord Livermore | ||
| Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury | James Murray | ||
| Economic Secretary to the Treasury City Minister |
Tulip Siddiq | ||
| Parliamentary Secretary for the Treasury | Emma Reynolds (also with Work and Pensions) | ||
| Minister of State for Investment | Poppy Gustafsson (also with HM Treasury) (unpaid) | ||
| Department for Business and Trade | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Secretary of State for Business and Trade President of the Board of Trade |
Jonathan Reynolds | |||
| Minister of State for Trade Policy and Economic Security | Douglas Alexander | |||
| Minister of State for Industry | Sarah Jones (also with Energy Security and Net Zero) | |||
| Minister of State for Investment | Poppy Gustafsson (also with HM Treasury) (unpaid) | |||
| Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Employment Rights, Competition and Markets | Justin Madders | |||
| Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Services, Small Business and Exports | Gareth Thomas | |||
| Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Legislation | The Baroness Jones of Whitchurch (also with Science, Innovation and Technology and a whip) (unpaid) | |||
| Education | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Secretary of State for Education Minister for Women and Equalities |
Bridget Phillipson | ||
| Minister for Women and Equalities | Anneliese Dodds (also with Foreign Office and Equalities) | ||
| Minister of State for Skills | The Baroness Smith of Malvern (also with Equalities) | ||
| Minister of State for School Standards | Catherine McKinnell | ||
| Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Early Education | Stephen Morgan | ||
| Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Children and Families | Janet Daby | ||
| Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Minister for Equalities) | Seema Malhotra (also with Home Office) | ||
| Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Minister for Equalities) | Dame Nia Griffith DBE (also with Wales Office) | ||
| Department for Science, Innovation and Technology | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology | Peter Kyle | ||
| Minister of State for Science, Research and Innovation | The Lord Vallance of Balham KCB FRS | ||
| Minister of State for Data Protection and Telecoms | Chris Bryant (also with Culture, Media and Sport) | ||
| Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for AI and Digital Government | Feryal Clark | ||
| Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for the Future Digital Economy and Online Safety | The Baroness Jones of Whitchurch (also with Business and Trade and a whip) (unpaid) | ||
| Environment, Food and Rural Affairs | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs | Steve Reed OBE | ||
| Minister of State for Food Security and Rural Affairs | Daniel Zeichner | ||
| Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Water and Flooding | Emma Hardy | ||
| Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Nature | Mary Creagh CBE (unpaid) | ||
| Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State | The Baroness Hayman of Ullock | ||
| Department for Energy Security and Net Zero | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero | Ed Miliband | ||
| Minister of State for Industry | Sarah Jones (also with Business and Trade) | ||
| Minister of State for Energy Security and Net Zero | The Lord Hunt of Kings Heath OBE (unpaid) | ||
| Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Climate | Kerry McCarthy | ||
| Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Energy | Michael Shanks | ||
| Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Energy Consumers | Miatta Fahnbulleh | ||
| Department for Culture, Media and Sport | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport | Lisa Nandy | ||
| Minister of State for Creative Industries, Arts and Tourism | Chris Bryant (also with Science, Innovation and Technology) | ||
| Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Sport, Media, Civil Society and Youth | Stephanie Peacock | ||
| Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Gambling | The Baroness Twycross (also a Baroness in Waiting (unpaid) | ||
| Housing, Communities and Local Government | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government Deputy Prime Minister |
Angela Rayner | ||
| Minister of State for Housing and Planning | Matthew Pennycook | ||
| Minister of State for Local Government and English Devolution | Jim McMahon OBE | ||
| Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Building Safety and Homelessness | Rushanara Ali | ||
| Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Democracy and Local Growth | Alex Norris | ||
| Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Housing and Local Government | The Baroness Taylor of Stevenage OBE (also a whip) (unpaid) | ||
| Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Faith, Communities and Resettlement | The Lord Khan of Burnley | ||
| Wales | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Secretary of State for Wales | Jo Stevens | ||
| Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Wales | Dame Nia Griffith DBE (also with Education) | ||
| House Leaders | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Leader of the House of Commons Lord President of the Council |
Lucy Powell | ||
| Leader of the House of Lords Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal |
The Baroness Smith of Basildon | ||
| Deputy Leader of the House of Lords | The Lord Collins of Highbury (also with Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office a whip and Equalities) (unpaid) | ||
| House of Commons Whips | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Chief Whip Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury |
Sir Alan Campbell | ||
| Deputy Chief Whip Treasurer of the Household |
Mark Tami | ||
| Government Whip Comptroller of the Household |
Chris Elmore | ||
| Government Whip Vice-Chamberlain of the Household |
Samantha Dixon MBE | ||
| Government Whips Lords Commissioners of the Treasury |
Sir Nic Dakin (unpaid) | ||
| Vicky Foxcroft | |||
| Jeff Smith | |||
| Anna Turley | |||
| Taiwo Owatemi | |||
| Assistant Government Whips | Christian Wakeford | ||
| Gen Kitchen | |||
| Keir Mather | |||
| Gerald Jones | |||
| Anna McMorrin | |||
| Martin McCluskey | |||
| Kate Dearden | |||
| House of Lords Whips | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chief Whip Captain of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms |
The Lord Kennedy of Southwark | |||
| Deputy Chief Whip Captain of the King's Bodyguard of the Yeomen of the Guard |
The Baroness Wheeler MBE | |||
| Lords- and Baronesses-in-waiting | The Lord Collins of Highbury (also Deputy Leader of the House of Lords and with Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office) (unpaid) | |||
| The Lord Ponsonby of Shulbrede (also with Justice) | ||||
| The Baroness Taylor of Stevenage OBE (also with Housing, Communities and Local Government) | ||||
| The Baroness Jones of Whitchurch (also with Science, Innovation and Technology and Business and Trade) (unpaid) | ||||
| The Baroness Anderson of Stoke-on-Trent | ||||
| The Lord Leong CBE | ||||
| The Baroness Twycross (also with Culture, Media and Sport) (unpaid) | ||||
| The Baroness Blake of Leeds CBE | ||||
| Lord Cryer | ||||
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