Ministers

Read biographies and responsibilities of Cabinet ministers and all ministers by department, as well as the whips who help co-ordinate parliamentary business.

Cabinet ministers

• The Rt Hon

  Sir Keir Starmer KCB KC MP

  Prime Minister, First Lord of the Treasury, Minister for the Civil Service, Minister for the Union

  

• The Rt Hon

  David Lammy MP

  Deputy Prime Minister, Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice

  

• The Rt Hon

  Rachel Reeves MP

  Chancellor of the Exchequer

  

• The Rt Hon

  Yvette Cooper MP

  Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs

  

• The Rt Hon

  Shabana Mahmood MP

  Secretary of State for the Home Department

  

• The Rt Hon

  Pat McFadden MP

  Secretary of State for Work and Pensions

  

• The Rt Hon

  Darren Jones MP

  Chief Secretary to the Prime Minister, Minister for Intergovernmental Relations, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster

  

• Dan Jarvis MBE MP

  Secretary of State for Defence

  

• The Rt Hon

  James Murray MP

  Secretary of State for Health and Social Care

  

• The Rt Hon

  Bridget Phillipson MP

  Secretary of State for Education, Minister for Women and Equalities

  

• The Rt Hon

  Ed Miliband MP

  Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero

  

• The Rt Hon

  Steve Reed OBE MP

  Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government

  

• The Rt Hon

  Peter Kyle MP

  Secretary of State for Business and Trade, President of the Board of Trade

  

• The Rt Hon

  Liz Kendall MP

  Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology

  

• The Rt Hon

  Heidi Alexander MP

  Secretary of State for Transport

  

• The Rt Hon

  Emma Reynolds MP

  Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

  

• The Rt Hon

  Lisa Nandy MP

  Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport

  

• The Rt Hon

  Hilary Benn MP

  Secretary of State for Northern Ireland

  

• The Rt Hon

  Douglas Alexander MP

  Secretary of State for Scotland

  

• The Rt Hon

  Jo Stevens MP

  Secretary of State for Wales

  

• The Rt Hon

  Jonathan Reynolds MP

  Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury (Chief Whip)

  

• The Rt Hon

  Baroness Smith of Basildon

  Lord Privy Seal, Leader of the House of Lords

  

• The Rt Hon

  Sir Alan Campbell MP

  Lord President of the Council, Leader of the House of Commons

  

Also attends Cabinet

• Lucy Rigby KC MP

  Chief Secretary to the Treasury

  

• The Rt Hon

  Lord Hermer KC

  Attorney General

  

• The Rt Hon

  Anna Turley MP

  Minister of State (Minister without Portfolio)Unpaid

  

• The Rt Hon

  Baroness Chapman of Darlington

  Minister of State (International Development and Africa)

  

• The Rt Hon

  Nick Thomas–Symonds MP

  Paymaster General, Minister for the Cabinet Office (Minister for the Constitution and European Union Relations)

  

Ministers by department

Cabinet Office

• The Rt Hon

  Sir Keir Starmer KCB KC MP

  Prime Minister, First Lord of the Treasury, Minister for the Civil Service, Minister for the Union

• The Rt Hon

  Darren Jones MP

  Chief Secretary to the Prime Minister, Minister for Intergovernmental Relations, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster

• The Rt Hon

  Nick Thomas–Symonds MP

  Paymaster General, Minister for the Cabinet Office (Minister for the Constitution and European Union Relations)

• Dame Angela Eagle DBE MP

  Minister of State

• The Rt Hon

  Anna Turley MP

  Minister of State (Minister without Portfolio)Unpaid

• Chris Ward MP

  Parliamentary Secretary

• Satvir Kaur MP

  Parliamentary Secretary

• James Frith MP

  Parliamentary SecretaryPaid as a Parliamentary Secretary

• Baroness Anderson of Stoke-on-Trent

  Parliamentary SecretaryPaid as a Parliamentary Secretary

HM Treasury

• The Rt Hon

  Rachel Reeves MP

  Chancellor of the Exchequer

• Lucy Rigby KC MP

  Chief Secretary to the Treasury

• Lord Livermore

  Financial Secretary to the Treasury

• Lord Stockwood

  Minister of State (Minister for Investment)Unpaid

• Daniel Tomlinson MP

  Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury

• Rachel Blake MP

  Economic Secretary to the Treasury

• Torsten Bell MP

  Parliamentary Secretary

Foreign, Commonwealth
& Development Office

• The Rt Hon

  Yvette Cooper MP

  Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs

• The Rt Hon

  Baroness Chapman of Darlington

  Minister of State (International Development and Africa)

• Stephen Doughty MP

  Minister of State (Europe, North America and Overseas Territories)

• Hamish Falconer MP

  Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan and Pakistan)

• Seema Malhotra MP

  Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Indo-Pacific)

• Chris Elmore MP

  Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Multilateral, Human Rights, Latin America and the Caribbean)

Home Office

• The Rt Hon

  Shabana Mahmood MP

  Secretary of State for the Home Department

• Dame Angela Eagle DBE MP

  Minister of State (Minister for Security)

• The Rt Hon

  Lord Hanson of Flint

  Minister of State (Lords Minister)Unpaid

• Sarah Jones MP

  Minister of State (Minister for Policing and Crime)

• Alex Norris MP

  Minister of State (Minister for Border Security and Asylum)

• Mike Tapp MP

  Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Minister for Migration and Citizenship)

• Natalie Fleet MP

  Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Minister for Safeguarding and Violence Against Women and Girls)

Ministry
of Defence

• Dan Jarvis MBE MP

  Secretary of State for Defence

• Luke Pollard MP

  Minister of State (Minister for Defence Readiness and Industry)

• Lord Coaker

  Minister of State (Minister for the House of Lords)

• Louise Sandher-Jones MP

  Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Minister for the Armed Forces)

• Calvin Bailey MBE MP

  Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Minister for Veterans and People)

Ministry
of Justice

• The Rt Hon

  David Lammy MP

  Deputy Prime Minister, Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice

• Lord Timpson OBE

  Minister of State for Prisons, Probation and Reducing ReoffendingUnpaid

• Sarah Sackman KC MP

  Minister of State for Courts and Legal Services

• Catherine Atkinson MP

  Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Victims and Tackling Violence Against Women and Girls

• Baroness Levitt KC

  Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State and Lords Minister

• Jake Richards MP

  Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Sentencing, Youth Justice and InternationalPaid as a whip

Ministry of Housing,
Communities &
Local Government

• The Rt Hon

  Steve Reed OBE MP

  Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government

• Matthew Pennycook MP

  Minister of State (Minister for Housing and Planning)

• Alison McGovern MP

  Minister of State (Minister for Local Government and Homelessness)

• Baroness Taylor of Stevenage

  Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Lords Minister for Housing and Local Government)

• Samantha Dixon MBE MP

  Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Minister for Building Safety, Fire and Democracy)

• Nesil Caliskan MP

  Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Minister for Devolution, Faith and Communities)

• Lord Lemos CMG CBE

  Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State

Department
of Health &
Social Care

• The Rt Hon

  James Murray MP

  Secretary of State for Health and Social Care

• Karin Smyth MP

  Minister of State for Health (Secondary Care)

• Stephen Kinnock MP

  Minister of State for Care

• Baroness Merron

  Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Women's Health and Mental Health

• Sharon Hodgson MP

  Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Public Health and Prevention ​

• Preet Kaur Gill MP

  Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Health Innovation and Safety

Department
for Education

• The Rt Hon

  Bridget Phillipson MP

  Secretary of State for Education, Minister for Women and Equalities

• Georgia Gould OBE MP

  Minister of State (Minister for School Standards)

• The Rt Hon

  Baroness Smith of Malvern

  Minister of State (Minister for Women and Equalities), Minister of State (Minister for Skills)

• The Rt Hon

  Sir Stephen Timms MP

  Minister of State (Minister for Social Security and Disability)

• Olivia Bailey MP

  Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Minister for Early Education), Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Minister for Equalities)

• Josh MacAlister OBE MP

  Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Minister for Children and Families)

• Seema Malhotra MP

  Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Minister for Equalities)

Department for
Energy Security
& Net Zero

• The Rt Hon

  Ed Miliband MP

  Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero

• Lord Vallance

  Minister of State (Minister for Science, Innovation, Research and Nuclear)

• Michael Shanks MP

  Minister of State (Minister for Energy)

• Lord Whitehead CBE

  Minister of State (Minister for Energy Security and Net Zero)

• Katie White OBE MP

  Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Minister for Climate)

• Martin McCluskey MP

  Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Minister for Energy Consumers)

• Chris McDonald MP

  Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Minister for Industry)

Department
for Work &
Pensions

• The Rt Hon

  Pat McFadden MP

  Secretary of State for Work and Pensions

• The Rt Hon

  Sir Stephen Timms MP

  Minister of State (Minister for Social Security and Disability)

• The Rt Hon

  Dame Diana Johnson DBE MP

  Minister of State (Minister for Employment)

• The Rt Hon

  Baroness Smith of Malvern

  Minister of State (Minister for Skills)

• Baroness Sherlock OBE

  Minister of State (Minister for Lords)

• Andrew Western MP

  Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Minister for Transformation)

• Torsten Bell MP

  Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Minister for Pensions)

Department for
Business & Trade

• The Rt Hon

  Peter Kyle MP

  Secretary of State for Business and Trade, President of the Board of Trade

• Lord Stockwood

  Minister of State (Minister for Investment)Unpaid

• Sir Chris Bryant MP

  Minister of State (Minister for Trade)

• Blair McDougall MP

  Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Minister for Small Business and Economic Transformation)

• Kate Dearden MP

  Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Minister for Employment Rights and Consumer Protection)

• Chris McDonald MP

  Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Minister for Industry)

• Lord Leong CBE

  Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State

Department for
Science, Innovation
& Technology

• The Rt Hon

  Liz Kendall MP

  Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology

• Lord Vallance

  Minister of State (Minister for Science, Innovation, Research and Nuclear)

• The Rt Hon

  Ian Murray MP

  Minister of State (Minister for Digital Government and Data)

• Baroness Lloyd of Effra CBE

  Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Minister for Digital Economy)

• Kanishka Narayan MP

  Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Minister for AI and Online Safety)

• James Frith MP

  Parliamentary Under-Secretary of StatePaid as a Parliamentary Secretary

Department
for Transport

• The Rt Hon

  Heidi Alexander MP

  Secretary of State for Transport

• Lord Hendy of Richmond Hill CBE

  Minister of State (Minister for Rail)Unpaid

• Simon Lightwood MP

  Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Minister for Roads and Buses)

• Lilian Greenwood MP

  Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Minister for Local Transport)

• Keir Mather MP

  Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Minister for Aviation, Maritime and Decarbonisation)

Department
for Environment,
Food & Rural Affairs

• The Rt Hon

  Emma Reynolds MP

  Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

• Stephen Morgan MP

  Minister of State

• Emma Hardy MP

  Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Minister for Water and Flooding)

• Mary Creagh CBE MP

  Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Minister for Nature)

• Baroness Hayman of Ullock

  Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Minister for Biosecurity, Borders and Animals)

Department
for Culture,
Media & Sport

• The Rt Hon

  Lisa Nandy MP

  Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport

• The Rt Hon

  Ian Murray MP

  Minister of State (Minister for Creative Industries, Media and Arts)

• Stephanie Peacock MP

  Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Minister for Sport, Tourism, Civil Society and Youth)

• Baroness Twycross

  Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Minister for Museums, Heritage and Gambling, and Lords Minister)

Northern
Ireland
Office

• The Rt Hon

  Hilary Benn MP

  Secretary of State for Northern Ireland

• Matthew Patrick MP

  Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State

Scotland Office

• The Rt Hon

  Douglas Alexander MP

  Secretary of State for Scotland

• Kirsty McNeill MP

  Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State

Wales Office

• The Rt Hon

  Jo Stevens MP

  Secretary of State for Wales

• Anna McMorrin MP

  Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State

• Claire Hughes MP

  Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State

Office of the
Leader of the
House of Commons

• The Rt Hon

  Sir Alan Campbell MP

  Lord President of the Council, Leader of the House of Commons

Office of the
Leader of the
House of Lords

• The Rt Hon

  Baroness Smith of Basildon

  Lord Privy Seal, Leader of the House of Lords

• Lord Collins of Highbury

  Deputy Leader of the House of Lords

Attorney
General's
Office

• The Rt Hon

  Lord Hermer KC

  Attorney General

• The Rt Hon

  Ellie Reeves KC MP

  Solicitor General

Office of the
Advocate General
for Scotland

• Baroness Smith of Cluny KC

  HM Advocate General for Scotland

UK Export
Finance

• The Rt Hon

  Peter Kyle MP

  President of the Board of Trade

• Sir Chris Bryant MP

  Minister of State (Minister for Trade)

Whips

House of Commons

• The Rt Hon

  Jonathan Reynolds MP

  Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury (Chief Whip)

• The Rt Hon

  Mark Tami MP

  Treasurer of HM Household (Deputy Chief Whip)

• Sir Nic Dakin MP

  Vice Chamberlain of HM Household (Government Whip)

• Gen Kitchen MP

  Comptroller of HM Household (Government Whip)

Junior Lords of the Treasury

• Christian Wakeford MP

  Junior Lord of the Treasury (Government Whip)

• Lilian Greenwood MP

  Junior Lord of the Treasury (Government Whip)

• Deirdre Costigan MP

  Junior Lord of the Treasury (Government Whip)

• Jade Botterill MP

  Junior Lord of the Treasury (Government Whip)

• Taiwo Owatemi MP

  Junior Lord of the Treasury (Government Whip)

Assistant Whips

• Mark Ferguson MP

  Assistant Whip, House of Commons

• Imogen Walker MP

  Assistant Whip, House of Commons

• Gregor Poynton MP

  Assistant Whip, House of Commons

• Shaun Davies MP

  Assistant Whip, House of Commons

• Claire Hughes MP

  Assistant Whip, House of Commons

• Emma Foody MP

  Assistant Whip, House of Commons

• Jake Richards MP

  Assistant Whip, House of Commons

House of Lords

• The Rt Hon

  Lord Kennedy of Southwark

  Captain of the Honourable Corps of Gentleman at Arms (Lords Chief Whip)

• Baroness Wheeler MBE

  Captain of The King’s Bodyguard of the Yeoman of the Guard (Lords Deputy Chief Whip)

Baronesses and Lords in Waiting

• Lord Wilson of Sedgefield

  Lord in Waiting (Government Whip)Unpaid

• Lord Katz MBE

  Lord in Waiting (Government Whip)Paid as a whip

• Baroness Ramsey of Wall Heath

  Baroness in Waiting (Government Whip)

• Baroness Curran

  Baroness in Waiting (Government Whip)

• Baroness Blake of Leeds

  Baroness in Waiting (Government Whip) Unpaid