Ministerial role
First Secretary of State
Organisations:
Cabinet Office
Current role holder:
The Rt Hon Louise Haigh MP
Responsibilities
Current role holder
The Rt Hon Louise Haigh MP
Louise Haigh was appointed First Secretary of State, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, and Minister for the Cabinet Office on 20 July 2026.
She was previously Secretary of State for Transport from 5 July 2024 to 29 November 2024.
Louise was elected as the MP for Sheffield Heeley in May 2015.
Since being elected as an MP, Louise has held a number of shadow ministerial roles, including Shadow Secretary of State for Transport from 2021 to 2024.
Louise served as a Special Constable in the Met Police between 2009 and 2011 and worked for Aviva as a public policy manager from 2012 to 2015.
Louise studied politics at Nottingham University and law at Birkbeck, University of London.
Previous holders of this role
The Rt Hon Damian Green
2017 to 2017
The Rt Hon George Osborne
2015 to 2016
The Rt Hon William Hague
2010 to 2015