Ministerial role

Government Whip, Lord Commissioner of HM Treasury

Organisations: HM Treasury

Responsibilities

Whips are MPs or Lords appointed by each party to help organise their party’s contribution to parliamentary business. They are responsible for making sure the maximum number of their party members vote, and vote the way their party wants.

Previous holders of this role

  1. Maggie Throup

    2019 to 2021

  2. The Rt Hon Alister Jack

    2019 to 2019

  3. The Rt Hon Craig Whittaker

    2018 to 2019

  4. The Rt Hon Sir Mark Spencer

    2017 to 2018

  5. Robert Syms

    2016 to 2017

  6. The Rt Hon Gavin Barwell

    2014 to 2015

  7. The Rt Hon Anne Milton

    2012 to 2014