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  • The Rt Hon Cheryl Gillan

    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…

  • The Rt Hon Chris Grayling

    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…

  • The Rt Hon Chris Heaton-Harris

    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…

  • The Rt Hon Chris Huhne

    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 …

  • The Rt Hon Chris Philp MP

    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…

  • The Rt Hon Chris Skidmore

    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 …

  • The Rt Hon Christopher Pincher

    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…

  • The Rt Hon Christopher Stuart

    Christopher Stuart was formerly the British Ambassador to Mongolia from May 2012 to February 2015.

  • The Rt Hon Claire Coutinho MP

    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…

  • The Rt Hon Claire Perry

    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…

  • The Rt Hon Conor Burns

    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…

  • The Rt Hon Craig Whittaker

    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 …

  • The Rt Hon Dame Amanda Milling

    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…

  • The Rt Hon Dame Anne Rafferty DBE

    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…

  • The Rt Hon Dame Diana Johnson DBE MP

    The Rt Hon Dame Diana Johnson DBE was appointed Minister of State at the Department for Work and Pensions on 6 September 2025. She was previously Minister of State in the Home Office between 8 July 2024 and 6 September 2025.…

  • The Rt Hon Dame Janet Paraskeva DBE PC

    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…

  • The Rt Hon Damian Green

    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…

  • The Rt Hon Damian Hinds MP

    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 …

  • The Rt Hon Danny Alexander

    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…

  • The Rt Hon Darren Jones MP

    The Rt Hon Darren Jones MP was appointed Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster on 5 September 2025, Minister for Intergovernmental Relations on 6 September 2025 and Chief Secretary to the Prime Minister at the Cabinet Office …

  • The Rt Hon David Davis MP

    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…

  • The Rt Hon David Evennett

    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…

  • The Rt Hon David Gauke

    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…

  • The Rt Hon David Jones

    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…

  • The Rt Hon David Lammy MP

    David Lammy was appointed Lord Chancellor, Secretary of State for Justice and Deputy Prime Minister on 5 September 2025. He was previously Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs between 5 July 2…

  • The Rt Hon David Laws

    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…

  • The Rt Hon David Lidington CBE

    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. …

  • The Rt Hon David Mundell MP

    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…

  • The Rt Hon David TC Davies

    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 …

  • The Rt Hon Dominic Grieve KC

    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…

  • The Rt Hon Dominic Raab

    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 …

  • The Rt Hon Don Foster

    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…

  • The Rt Hon Douglas Alexander MP

    Douglas Alexander was appointed Secretary of State for Scotland on 5 September 2025. He previously Minister of State at the Department for Business and Trade between 6 July 2024 and 5 September 2025, and Minister of State in…

  • The Rt Hon Dr Andrew Murrison MP

    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 …

  • The Rt Hon Dr Vince Cable

    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…

  • The Rt Hon Earl Howe GBE

    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…

  • The Rt Hon Ed Balls

    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…

  • The Rt Hon Ed Miliband MP

    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…

  • The Rt Hon Edward Argar MP

    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…

  • The Rt Hon Edward Llewellyn CVO OBE

    Edward Llewellyn (Lord Llewellyn of Steep) was British Ambassador to Italy from February 2022 to January 2026. Ed was appointed Director General Political at the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office in September 20…

  • The Rt Hon Elizabeth Truss

    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…

  • The Rt Hon Ellie Reeves MP

    Ellie Reeves was appointed as Solicitor General on 6 September 2025. She was previously Minister without Portfolio at the Cabinet Office from 6 July 2024 to 6 September 2025. She was elected as the MP for Lewisham West and E…

  • The Rt Hon Esther McVey MP

    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…

  • The Rt Hon Gavin Barwell

    Gavin Barwell served as Minister of State for Housing, Planning and Minister for London at the Department for Communities and Local Government from July 2016 until June 2017. He was elected Conservative MP for Croydon Centra…

  • The Rt Hon Geoffrey Cox KC MP

    Geoffrey Cox was Attorney General from 9 July 2018 to 13 February 2020.

  • The Rt Hon George Eustice

    George Eustice was Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs from 13 February 2020 to 6 September 2022. He was previously Minister of State at the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) f…

  • The Rt Hon George Osborne

    George Osborne served as Chancellor of the Exchequer from May 2010 until July 2016. He was also First Secretary of State from May 2015 until July 2016. He was elected the Conservative MP for Tatton, Cheshire in June 2001. Ed…

  • The Rt Hon Gillian Keegan

    Gillian Keegan was Secretary of State for Education between 25 October 2022 and 5 July 2024. She was previously Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Minister for Africa) at the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Offi…

  • The Rt Hon Gisela Stuart

    The Rt Hon Gisela Stuart is the lead Non-executive Board Member for the Cabinet Office. She served as the Labour Member of Parliament for Birmingham Edgbaston from 1997 until 2017, during which time she was a Health Minister…

  • The Rt Hon Gordon Brown

    Gordon Brown served as Prime Minister between 2007 to 2010. Read more about the life and achievements of Gordon Brown in our past Prime Ministers section.