Minister for the Cabinet Office

Minister for the Cabinet Office
Royal Arms as used by Her Majesty's Government
Incumbent Damian Green since 11 June 2017
Cabinet Office
Style	The Right Honourable
Appointer	Elizabeth II
Website	www.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/

The Minister for the Cabinet Office is a position in the Cabinet Office of the United Kingdom.

Ministers for the Cabinet Office

Every occupant of the position has simultaneously held a sinecure office, this being Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster from Clark to Byrne, Paymaster General from Jowell to Gummer, and First Secretary of State with Green.

Name		Portrait	Term of office		Political party	Prime Minister
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |	David Clark		2 May 1997	27 July 1998	Labour	rowspan=9 style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |	Tony Blair
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |	Jack Cunningham		27 July 1998	11 October 1999	Labour
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |	Mo Mowlam		11 October 1999	7 June 2001	Labour
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |	Gus Macdonald		11 June 2001	13 June 2003	Labour
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |	Douglas Alexander		13 June 2003	8 September 2004	Labour
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |	Alan Milburn		8 September 2004	6 May 2005	Labour
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |	John Hutton		6 May 2005	2 November 2005	Labour
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |	Jim Murphy (acting)		5 November 2005	5 May 2006	Labour
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |	Hilary Armstrong		5 May 2006	27 June 2007	Labour
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |	Ed Miliband		27 June 2007	3 October 2008	Labour	rowspan=3 style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |	Gordon Brown
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |	Liam Byrne		3 October 2008	5 June 2009	Labour
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |	Tessa Jowell		5 June 2009	11 May 2010	Labour
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |	Francis Maude		12 May 2010	11 May 2015	Conservative	rowspan=2 style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |	David Cameron (Coalition)
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |	Matthew Hancock		11 May 2015	14 July 2016	Conservative	David Cameron (II)
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |	Ben Gummer		14 July 2016	11 June 2017	Conservative	rowspan=2 style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |	Theresa May
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |	Damian Green		11 June 2017	Incumbent	Conservative

Ministers of State for the Cabinet Office

Occasionally, a Minister of State for the Cabinet Office is appointed who is junior to the Minister for the Cabinet Office.

Name		Portrait	Term of office		Political party	Prime Minister
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |	Derek Foster		2 May 1997	6 May 1997	Labour	rowspan=6 style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |	Blair
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |	Peter Kilfoyle		6 May 1997	28 July 1999	Labour
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |	Ian McCartney		28 July 1999	11 June 2001	Labour
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |	Barbara Roche		11 June 2001	29 May 2002	Labour
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |	Douglas Alexander		29 May 2002	13 June 2003	Labour
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |	David Miliband		16 December 2004	11 May 2005	Labour
style="background-color: Template:Liberal Democrats (UK)/meta/color" |	David Laws		4 September 2012	7 May 2015	Liberal Democrats	style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |	Cameron (Coalition)
Vacant			8 May 2015-present			style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |	Cameron (II)
						style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |	May (I)
						style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |	May (II)

Shadow Ministers for the Cabinet Office

Official Opposition

Name		Portrait	Term of office		Party	Shadow Cabinet
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |	Andrew Lansley		15 June 1999	18 September 2001	Conservative	Hague
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |	Tim Collins		18 September 2001	23 July 2002	Conservative	Duncan Smith
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |	Unknown
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |	Francis Maude		2 July 2007	11 May 2010	Conservative	Cameron
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |	Tessa Jowell		11 May 2010	8 October 2010	Labour	Harman
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |	Liam Byrne		8 October 2010	20 January 2011	Labour	Miliband
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |	Tessa Jowell		20 January 2011	7 October 2011	Labour
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |	Jon Trickett		7 October 2011	7 October 2013	Labour
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |	Michael Dugher		7 October 2013	5 November 2014	Labour
rowspan=2 style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |	Lucy Powell		5 November 2014	14 September 2015	Labour
Harman
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |	Tom Watson		14 September 2015	7 October 2016	Labour	Corbyn
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |	Ian Lavery		7 October 2016	Incumbent	Labour

Scottish National Party

Name		Portrait	Term of office	Frontbench team
style="background-color: Template:Scottish National Party/meta/color" |	Tommy Sheppard		May 2015 – present	Robertson

Liberal Democrats

Name		Portrait	Term of office		Shadow Cabinet
style="background-color: Template:Liberal Democrats (UK)/meta/color" |	Alan Beith		bef. April 2003	aft. April 2003	Kennedy
style="background-color: Template:Liberal Democrats (UK)/meta/color" |	Richard Allan		bef. August 2003	aft. April 2004
style="background-color: Template:Liberal Democrats (UK)/meta/color" |	David Heath		April 2006	January 2006	Campbell
style="background-color: Template:Liberal Democrats (UK)/meta/color" rowspan=2 |	Norman Baker		bef. July 2007	December 2007
Cable (LD)
style="background-color: Template:Liberal Democrats (UK)/meta/color" |	Susan Kramer		December 2007	May 2010	Clegg
style="background-color: Template:Liberal Democrats (UK)/meta/color" |	May 2010 – May 2015, the Liberal Democrats were in a coalition government, so did not have a shadow ministry
style="background-color: Template:Liberal Democrats (UK)/meta/color" |	no appointment announced		July 2015	present	Farron

External links

• Cabinet Office