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Baroness Williams was Captain of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms (Lords Chief Whip) from 7 September 2022 to 5 July 2024. She was previously Minister of State at the Home Office from 17 July 2016 to 7 September 202…
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Ben Gummer served as Minister for the Cabinet Office and Paymaster General from July 2016 until June 2017. He was elected Conservative MP for Ipswich in 2010. Education Ben was educated at Tonbridge School in Kent, and studi…
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Ben Wallace was Secretary of State for Defence from 24 July 2019 to 31 August 2023. Education Ben attended the Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst and Millfield School in Somerset. Political career Ben first entered politics a…
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Boris Johnson was Prime Minister from 24 July 2019 to 6 September 2022. He was previously Foreign Secretary from 13 July 2016 to 9 July 2018. He was Conservative MP for Uxbridge and South Ruislip from May 2015 to June 2023. …
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The Rt Hon Brandon Lewis CBE was Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice between 6 September 2022 and 25 October 2022. He was previously Secretary of State for Northern Ireland from 13 February 2020 to 7 July 2022…
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Bridget Phillipson was appointed Secretary of State for Education on 5 July 2024 and Minister for Women and Equalities on 8 July 2024. She was elected as the Labour MP for Houghton and Sunderland South in May 2010.
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Caroline Nokes was Minister of State for Immigration from 8 January 2018 to 24 July 2019. She was elected Conservative MP for Romsey and Southampton North in 2010. Education Caroline was educated at the The Romsey School, La…
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Cheryl Gillan served as Secretary of State for Wales from May 2010 to September 2012. She was elected Conservative MP for Chesham and Amersham on 9 April 1992. Education Cheryl was educated at Cheltenham Ladies College and t…
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Chris Grayling was Secretary of State for Transport from July 2016 to July 2019. He was elected Conservative MP for Epsom and Ewell in 2001. Education Chris was educated at The Royal Grammar School, High Wycombe and Sidney S…
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Chris Heaton-Harris was Secretary of State for Northern Ireland between 6 September 2022 and 5 July 2024. He was previously Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury (Chief Whip) from 8 February 2022 to 6 September 2022. He wa…
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Chris Huhne served as Secretary of State for Energy & Climate Change from 12 May 2010 to 3 February 2012. Education Chris was educated at Westminster School and Oxford University. Career outside politics Before entering …
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Chris Philp was Minister of State in the Home Office between 26 October 2022 and 5 July 2024. He was Paymaster General and Minister for the Cabinet Office between 14 October 2022 and 25 October 2022. He was previously appoin…
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Chris Skidmore was Minister of State jointly at the Department for Education and the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy from 10 September 2019 to 13 February 2020. He was previously Minister of State at …
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Christopher Pincher was appointed Treasurer of HM Household (Deputy Chief Whip) on 8 February 2022. He was previously Minister of State at the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities on 19 September 2021. He was…
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Christopher Stuart was formerly the British Ambassador to Mongolia from May 2012 to February 2015.
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Claire Coutinho was Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero between 31 August 2023 and 5 July 2024. She was previously Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Department for Education from 26 October 2022 t…
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Claire Perry was Minister of State at the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy from 12 June 2017 to 24 July 2019. She was elected Conservative MP for Devizes in 2010. Education Claire was educated at Nails…
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The Rt. Hon. Conor Burns was appointed Minister for Trade Policy at the Department for International Trade on 7 September 2022. He was Minister of State for Northern Ireland between 16 September 2021 and 7 September 2022. He…
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Craig Whittaker was Treasurer of HM Household (Deputy Chief Whip) between 7 September 2022 and 27 October 2022. He was previously Government Whip, Lord Commissioner of HM Treasury between 8 July 2022 to 7 September 2022 and …
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Dame Amanda Milling was Government Whip (Lord Commissioner of HM Treasury) from 14 November 2023 to 5 July 2024. She was previously Minister for Asia at the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office from 16 September 20…
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The Rt Hon Dame Anne Rafferty DBE was called to the Bar in 1973 by Gray’s Inn and took Silk in 1990. She became a Recorder in 1991 and in 1995 was the first woman to chair the Criminal Bar Association. After becoming a Deput…
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The Rt Hon Dame Diana Johnson DBE was appointed Minister of State in the Home Office on 8 July 2024. Political career She was elected as the MP for Kingston upon Hull North and Cottingham at the general election in July 2024…
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Dame Janet was Chief Executive of the Law Society from 2000 to 2006, preparing it for the advent of the Legal Services Act 2007 by establishing separate regulatory functions for the SRA and the OLC. She has since served as F…
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Damian Green was appointed First Secretary of State and Minister for the Cabinet Office on 11 June 2017. He was elected Conservative MP for Ashford in 1997. Education Damian was educated at Reading School and Balliol College…
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Damian Hinds was Minister of State (Minister of State for Schools) at the Department for Education from 13 November 2023 to 5 July 2024. He was previously Minister of State at the Ministry of Justice from 27 October 2022 to …
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Danny Alexander was appointed Chief Secretary to the Treasury in May 2010. He was the Liberal Democrat MP for Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey. Education Danny was educated at Lochaber High School, Fort William in t…
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Darren Jones was appointed Chief Secretary to the Treasury on 5 July 2024. He was elected as the MP for Bristol North West in June 2017.
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The Rt Hon David Davis was Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union from 13 July 2016 to 8 July 2018. David was elected the Conservative MP for Haltemprice and Howden in May 1997 and was a Conservative MP for Boothf…
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David Evennett was Government Whip (Lord Commissioner of HM Treasury) between 7 September 2022 and 27 October 2022. He was Assistant Government Whip between 8 July 2022 and 7 September 2022 and he was previously Government W…
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David Gauke was Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice between 8 January 2018 and 24 July 2019. He was Secretary of State for Work and Pensions from June 2017 to January 2018. He was elected the Conservative MP f…
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David Jones was appointed Minister of State at the Department for Exiting the European Union on 17 July 2016. He was elected Conservative MP for Clwyd West in May 2005. Education David was educated at Ruabon Grammar School a…
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David Lammy was appointed Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs on 5 July 2024. David was first elected as Labour MP for Tottenham at the age of 27 in June 2000. David studied law at the School…
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David Laws became Minister of State for Schools in the Department for Education and Minister of State in the Cabinet Office in September 2012. He was elected the Liberal Democrat MP for Yeovil, Somerset in 2001. Education Da…
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David Lidington was Minister for the Cabinet Office and Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster between 8 January 2018 and 24 July 2019. He was Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice from June 2017 to January 2018. …
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David Mundell was Secretary of State for Scotland from May 2015 to July 2019. He was elected as the Conservative MP for Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale in May 2005. Education David attended Lockerbie Academy in Locke…
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David T C Davies was Secretary of State for Wales from 25 October 2022 to 5 July 2024. He was Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Wales from December 2019 to October 2022. Previously, he held the role of Chair of the …
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Dominic Grieve was appointed Attorney General in May 2010. He was elected Conservative MP for Beaconsfield on 1 May 1997. Education Dominic was educated at Westminster School and Magdalen College, Oxford, where he studied mo…
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Dominic Raab was Deputy Prime Minister, Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice from 25 October 2022 to 21 April 2023. He previously held the same role between 15 September 2021 and 6 September 2022. He was first …
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The Rt Hon Don Foster was appointed as Deputy Chief Whip (Comptroller of HM Household) in October 2013. He was elected as the Liberal Democrat MP for Bath in 1992. Education Don Foster was educated at the Lancaster Royal Gra…
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Douglas Alexander was appointed Minister of State at the Department for Business and Trade on 6 July 2024. He was appointed Minister of State in the Cabinet Office on 10 February 2025. He was elected as the MP for Lothian Ea…
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Dr Andrew Murrison was Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Ministry of Defence between 30 October 2022 and 5 July 2024. He was previously Minister of State at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office and the Department …
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Vince Cable was appointed Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills in May 2010. He was elected the Liberal Democrat MP for Twickenham. Education Vince was educated at Nunthorpe Grammar School, York and Fitzwill…
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Lord Howe was Deputy Leader of the House of Lords between May 2015 and July 2024. He was Minister of State for Defence from May 2015 to 26 July 2019. He is a Conservative member of the House of Lords. Education He was educat…
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Ed Balls is Co-Chair of the UK Holocaust Memorial Foundation. Ed is a broadcaster, writer and economist and is a Senior Fellow at Harvard University Kennedy School and a Senior Visiting Fellow at the London School of Economi…
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Ed Miliband was appointed Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero on 5 July 2024. He was elected MP for Doncaster North in May 2005. Education Ed holds a BA in Philosophy, Politics and Economics from Oxford Unive…
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Edward Argar was Minister of State at the Ministry of Justice between 27 October 2022 and 5 July 2024. He was previously Chief Secretary to the Treasury between 14 October 2022 and 27 October 2022 and was Paymaster General a…
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Edward Llewellyn (Lord Llewellyn of Steep) was appointed British Ambassador to Italy in February 2022. Ed was British Ambassador to France from November 2016 to August 2021. Before joining the Embassy, he was the Downing Str…
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Elizabeth Truss was Prime Minister from 6 September 2022 to 25 October 2022. She was previously Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs from 15 September 2021. She was appointed Minister for Wome…
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Ellie Reeves was appointed Minister without Portfolio at the Cabinet Office on 6 July 2024. She was elected as the MP for Lewisham West and East Dulwich in 2024 and was previously the MP for Lewisham West and Penge from 2017.
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The Rt Hon Esther McVey was Minister without Portfolio in the Cabinet Office between 13 November 2023 and 5 July 2024. She was previously the Minister of State at the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government fro…