British Government frontbench
The Government frontbench in the Parliament of the United Kingdom, also known as the Treasury Bench, consists of the Cabinet and all other ministers.
Key
| style="background: Template:House of Commons/meta/color; width: 1px;" | | Member of the House of Commons |
| style="background: Template:House of Lords/meta/color; width: 1px;" | | Member of the House of Lords |
| style="background: Template:Privy Council/meta/color; width: 1px;" | | Privy Counsellor |
| Cabinet full members in bold | |
| Cabinet attendees in bold italics | |
Prime Minister and Cabinet Office
| Prime Minister | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| style="background: Template:House of Commons/meta/color; width: 1px;" | | Prime Minister of the United Kingdom First Lord of the Treasury Minister for the Civil Service |
style="background: Template:Privy Council/meta/color; width: 1px;" | | Theresa May |
| style="background: Template:House of Commons/meta/color; width: 1px;" | | Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Prime Minister | George Hollingbery | |
| Cabinet Office | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| style="background: Template:House of Commons/meta/color; width: 1px;" | | Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster Chairman of the Conservative Party |
style="background: Template:Privy Council/meta/color; width: 1px;" | | Patrick McLoughlin | |
| style="background: Template:House of Commons/meta/color; width: 1px;" | | Minister for the Cabinet Office Paymaster General |
style="background: Template:Privy Council/meta/color; width: 1px;" | | Ben Gummer | |
| style="background: Template:House of Commons/meta/color; width: 1px;" | | Parliamentary Under Secretary of State | Chris Skidmore | ||
| style="background: Template:House of Lords/meta/color; width: 1px;" | | Lords Spokesperson | Carlyn Chisholm, Baroness Chisholm of Owlpen | ||
Foreign relations
| Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| style="background: Template:House of Commons/meta/color; width: 1px;" | | Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs | style="background: Template:Privy Council/meta/color; width: 1px;" | | Boris Johnson | |
| style="background: Template:House of Commons/meta/color; width: 1px;" | | Minister of State for Europe and the Americas | style="background: Template:Privy Council/meta/color; width: 1px;" | | Sir Alan Duncan | |
| style="background: Template:House of Commons/meta/color; width: 1px;" | | Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State Minister for Asia and the Pacific |
Alok Sharma | ||
| style="background: Template:House of Commons/meta/color; width: 1px;" | | Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State Minister for the Middle East and Africa |
Tobias Ellwood | ||
| style="background: Template:House of Lords/meta/color; width: 1px;" | | Minister of State (joint with the Department for International Development) Minister for the Commonwealth and the UN |
style="background: Template:Privy Council/meta/color; width: 1px;" | | Joyce Anelay, Baroness Anelay of St John's | |
| Defence | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| style="background: Template:House of Commons/meta/color; width: 1px;" | | Secretary of State for Defence | style="background: Template:Privy Council/meta/color; width: 1px;" | | Michael Fallon | |
| style="background: Template:House of Commons/meta/color; width: 1px;" | | Minister of State for the Armed Forces | style="background: Template:Privy Council/meta/color; width: 1px;" | | Mike Penning | |
| style="background: Template:House of Commons/meta/color; width: 1px;" | | Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State and Minister for Defence Procurement | Harriett Baldwin | ||
| style="background: Template:House of Commons/meta/color; width: 1px;" | | Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State and Minister for Defence Personnel, Welfare and Veterans |
Mark Lancaster | ||
| style="background: Template:House of Lords/meta/color; width: 1px;" | | Minister of State (unpaid) | style="background: Template:Privy Council/meta/color; width: 1px;" | | Frederick Curzon, 7th Earl Howe (also Deputy Lords Leader) | |
| International Development | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| style="background: Template:House of Commons/meta/color; width: 1px;" | | Secretary of State for International Development | style="background: Template:Privy Council/meta/color; width: 1px;" | | Priti Patel | |
| style="background: Template:House of Commons/meta/color; width: 1px;" | | Minister of State | Rory Stewart | ||
| style="background: Template:House of Commons/meta/color; width: 1px;" | | Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State | James Wharton | ||
| style="background: Template:House of Lords/meta/color; width: 1px;" | | Minister of State (joint with the Foreign Office) | style="background: Template:Privy Council/meta/color; width: 1px;" | | Lord Bates
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| Exiting the European Union | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| style="background: Template:House of Commons/meta/color; width: 1px;" | | Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union | style="background: Template:Privy Council/meta/color; width: 1px;" | | David Davis | |
| style="background: Template:House of Commons/meta/color; width: 1px;" | | Minister of State | style="background: Template:Privy Council/meta/color; width: 1px;" | | David Jones | |
| style="background: Template:House of Commons/meta/color; width: 1px;" | | Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State | Robin Walker | ||
| style="background: Template:House of Lords/meta/color; width: 1px;" | | Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State | George Bridges, Baron Bridges of Headley | ||
Law and order
| Home Office | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| style="background: Template:House of Commons/meta/color; width: 1px;" | | Secretary of State for the Home Department | style="background: Template:Privy Council/meta/color; width: 1px;" | | Amber Rudd |
| style="background: Template:House of Commons/meta/color; width: 1px;" | | Minister of State for Security | Ben Wallace | |
| style="background: Template:House of Commons/meta/color; width: 1px;" | | Minister of State for Policing and the Fire Service | Brandon Lewis | |
| style="background: Template:House of Commons/meta/color; width: 1px;" | | Minister of State for Immigration | Robert Goodwill | |
| style="background: Template:House of Commons/meta/color; width: 1px;" | | Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Vulnerability, Safeguarding and Countering Extremism | Sarah Newton | |
| style="background: Template:House of Lords/meta/color; width: 1px;" | | Minister of State | Susan Williams, Baroness Williams of Trafford | |
| style="background: Template:House of Lords/meta/color; width: 1px;" | | Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Internet Safety and Security | Joanna Shields, Baroness Shields (joint with DCMS) | |
| Justice | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| style="background: Template:House of Commons/meta/color; width: 1px;" | | Lord Chancellor Secretary of State for Justice |
style="background: Template:Privy Council/meta/color; width: 1px;" | | Liz Truss |
| style="background: Template:House of Commons/meta/color; width: 1px;" | | Minister of State for Courts and Justice | Oliver Heald QC | |
| style="background: Template:House of Commons/meta/color; width: 1px;" | | Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Victims, Youth & Family Justice | Phillip Lee | |
| style="background: Template:House of Commons/meta/color; width: 1px;" | | Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Prisons & Probation | Sam Gyimah | |
| style="background: Template:House of Lords/meta/color; width: 1px;" | | Lords Spokesperson | Richard Keen, Baron Keen of Elie QC | |
| Law Officers | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| rowspan="2" style="background: Template:House of Commons/meta/color; width: 1px;" | | Attorney General Advocate General for Northern Ireland |
style="background: Template:Privy Council/meta/color; width: 1px;" | | Jeremy Wright QC |
| Solicitor General | Robert Buckland QC | ||
| style="background: Template:House of Lords/meta/color; width: 1px;" | | Advocate General for Scotland Lords Spokesperson |
Richard Keen, Baron Keen of Elie QC | |
Economy
| Treasury | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| style="background: Template:House of Commons/meta/color; width: 1px;" | | Chancellor of the Exchequer Second Lord of the Treasury |
style="background: Template:Privy Council/meta/color; width: 1px;" | | Philip Hammond | |
| rowspan="3" style="background: Template:House of Commons/meta/color; width: 1px;" | | Chief Secretary to the Treasury | style="background: Template:Privy Council/meta/color; width: 1px;" | | David Gauke | |
| Financial Secretary to the Treasury | Jane Ellison | |||
| Economic Secretary to the Treasury (City Minister) | Simon Kirby (paid as Parliamentary Secretary) | |||
| style="background: Template:House of Lords/meta/color; width: 1px;" | | Commercial Secretary to the Treasury | Lord Young of Cookham CH | ||
| Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| style="background: Template:House of Commons/meta/color; width: 1px;" | | Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy | style="background: Template:Privy Council/meta/color; width: 1px;" | | Greg Clark |
| style="background: Template:House of Commons/meta/color; width: 1px;" | | Minister of State for Universities, Science, Research & Innovation | Jo Johnson (joint with DfE) | |
| style="background: Template:House of Commons/meta/color; width: 1px;" | | Minister of State for Climate Change & Industry | Nick Hurd | |
| style="background: Template:House of Commons/meta/color; width: 1px;" | | Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Small Business, Consumers and Corporate Responsibility | Margot James | |
| style="background: Template:House of Commons/meta/color; width: 1px;" | | Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Industry & Energy | Jesse Norman | |
| style="background: Template:House of Lords/meta/color; width: 1px;" | | Minister of State for Energy Intellectual Property | Lucy Neville-Rolfe, Baroness Neville-Rolfe (jointly with Culture) | |
| Work and Pensions | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| style="background: Template:House of Commons/meta/color; width: 1px;" | | Secretary of State for Work and Pensions | style="background: Template:Privy Council/meta/color; width: 1px;" | | Damian Green | |
| style="background: Template:House of Commons/meta/color; width: 1px;" | | Minister of State for Disabled People, Work and Health | Penny Mordaunt | ||
| style="background: Template:House of Commons/meta/color; width: 1px;" | | Minister of State for Employment | Damian Hinds | ||
| style="background: Template:House of Commons/meta/color; width: 1px;" | | Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Welfare Delivery | Caroline Nokes | ||
| style="background: Template:House of Lords/meta/color; width: 1px;" | | Minister of State for Welfare Reform (unpaid) | style="background: Template:Privy Council/meta/color; width: 1px;" | | David Freud, Baron Freud | |
| International Trade | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| style="background: Template:House of Commons/meta/color; width: 1px;" | | Secretary of State for International Trade President of the Board of Trade |
style="background: Template:Privy Council/meta/color; width: 1px;" | | Liam Fox | |
| style="background: Template:House of Commons/meta/color; width: 1px;" | | Minister of State for Trade & Investment | style="background: Template:Privy Council/meta/color; width: 1px;" | | Greg Hands | |
| style="background: Template:House of Commons/meta/color; width: 1px;" | | Parliamentary Under Secretary of State | Mark Garnier | ||
| style="background: Template:House of Lords/meta/color; width: 1px;" | | Minister of State for Trade Policy | Mark Price, Baron Price | ||
Social services
| Education | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| style="background: Template:House of Commons/meta/color; width: 1px;" | | Secretary of State for Education Minister for Women and Equalities |
style="background: Template:Privy Council/meta/color; width: 1px;" | | Justine Greening | |
| style="background: Template:House of Commons/meta/color; width: 1px;" | | Minister of State for Universities & Science | Jo Johnson (joint with BEIS) | ||
| style="background: Template:House of Commons/meta/color; width: 1px;" | | Minister of State | style="background: Template:Privy Council/meta/color; width: 1px;" | | Robert Halfon | |
| style="background: Template:House of Commons/meta/color; width: 1px;" | | Minister of State for Schools | Nick Gibb | ||
| style="background: Template:House of Commons/meta/color; width: 1px;" | | Minister of State for Children and Families | Edward Timpson | ||
| style="background: Template:House of Commons/meta/color; width: 1px;" | | Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (also with Women and Equalities) | Caroline Dinenage | ||
| style="background: Template:House of Lords/meta/color; width: 1px;" | | Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Schools (unpaid) | John Nash, Baron Nash | ||
| Health | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| style="background: Template:House of Commons/meta/color; width: 1px;" | | Secretary of State for Health | style="background: Template:Privy Council/meta/color; width: 1px;" | | Jeremy Hunt |
| style="background: Template:House of Commons/meta/color; width: 1px;" | | Minister of State for Health | Philip Dunne | |
| style="background: Template:House of Commons/meta/color; width: 1px;" | | Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Public Health & Innovation | Nicola Blackwood | |
| style="background: Template:House of Commons/meta/color; width: 1px;" | | Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Community Health & Care | David Mowat | |
| style="background: Template:House of Lords/meta/color; width: 1px;" | | Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Health | David Prior, Baron Prior of Brampton | |
Environment
| Environment, Food and Rural Affairs | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| style="background: Template:House of Commons/meta/color; width: 1px;" | | Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs | style="background: Template:Privy Council/meta/color; width: 1px;" | | Andrea Leadsom |
| style="background: Template:House of Commons/meta/color; width: 1px;" | | Minister of State for Agriculture, Fisheries & Food | George Eustice | |
| style="background: Template:House of Commons/meta/color; width: 1px;" | | Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Environment and Rural Life Opportunities | Therese Coffey | |
| style="background: Template:House of Lords/meta/color; width: 1px;" | | Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Rural Affairs & Biosecurity | John Gardiner, Baron Gardiner of Kimble | |
Local and devolved government
| Department for Communities and Local Government | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| style="background: Template:House of Commons/meta/color; width: 1px;" | | Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government | style="background: Template:Privy Council/meta/color; width: 1px;" | | Sajid Javid |
| style="background: Template:House of Commons/meta/color; width: 1px;" | | Minister of State for Housing and Planning Minister for London |
Gavin Barwell | |
| style="background: Template:House of Commons/meta/color; width: 1px;" | | Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Minister for Local Growth and the Northern Powerhouse |
Andrew Percy | |
| style="background: Template:House of Commons/meta/color; width: 1px;" | | Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Minister for Local Government | Marcus Jones | |
| style="background: Template:House of Lords/meta/color; width: 1px;" | | Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Communities (also with the Wales Office) | Nick Bourne | |
| Northern Ireland | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| style="background: Template:House of Commons/meta/color; width: 1px;" | | Secretary of State for Northern Ireland | style="background: Template:Privy Council/meta/color; width: 1px;" | | James Brokenshire |
| style="background: Template:House of Commons/meta/color; width: 1px;" | | Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State | Kris Hopkins | |
| style="background: Template:House of Lords/meta/color; width: 1px;" | | Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (also with Scotland Office) | Andrew Dunlop, Baron Dunlop | |
| Scotland | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| style="background: Template:House of Commons/meta/color; width: 1px;" | | Secretary of State for Scotland | style="background: Template:Privy Council/meta/color; width: 1px;" | | David Mundell |
| style="background: Template:House of Lords/meta/color; width: 1px;" | | Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (also with Northern Ireland Office) | Andrew Dunlop, Baron Dunlop | |
| Wales | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| style="background: Template:House of Commons/meta/color; width: 1px;" | | Secretary of State for Wales | style="background: Template:Privy Council/meta/color; width: 1px;" | | Alun Cairns |
| style="background: Template:House of Commons/meta/color; width: 1px;" | | Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State Government Whip (Lord Commissioner of HM Treasury) |
Guto Bebb | |
| style="background: Template:House of Lords/meta/color; width: 1px;" | | Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (also with the Department for Communities and Local Government) | Nick Bourne (paid as Parliamentary Secretary) | |
Others
| Culture, Media and Sport | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| style="background: Template:House of Commons/meta/color; width: 1px;" | | Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport | style="background: Template:Privy Council/meta/color; width: 1px;" | | Karen Bradley | |
| style="background: Template:House of Commons/meta/color; width: 1px;" | | Minister of State for Digital & Culture | style="background: Template:Privy Council/meta/color; width: 1px;" | | Matt Hancock | |
| style="background: Template:House of Commons/meta/color; width: 1px;" | | Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Sport, Tourism and Heritage | Tracey Crouch | ||
| style="background: Template:House of Commons/meta/color; width: 1px;" | | Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Civil Society | Rob Wilson | ||
| style="background: Template:House of Lords/meta/color; width: 1px;" | | Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State Lord in Waiting |
Thomas Ashton, 4th Baron Ashton of Hyde | ||
| style="background: Template:House of Lords/meta/color; width: 1px;" | | Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Internet Safety and Security |
Joanna Shields, Baroness Shields (joint with Home Office) | ||
| Government Equalities Office | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| style="background: Template:House of Commons/meta/color; width: 1px;" | | Minister for Women and Equalities | style="background: Template:Privy Council/meta/color; width: 1px;" | | Justine Greening |
| style="background: Template:House of Commons/meta/color; width: 1px;" | | Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Women and Equalities (also with Education) | Caroline Dinenage | |
| Transport | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| style="background: Template:House of Commons/meta/color; width: 1px;" | | Secretary of State for Transport | style="background: Template:Privy Council/meta/color; width: 1px;" | | Chris Grayling | |
| style="background: Template:House of Commons/meta/color; width: 1px;" | | Minister of State | style="background: Template:Privy Council/meta/color; width: 1px;" | | John Hayes | |
| style="background: Template:House of Commons/meta/color; width: 1px;" | | Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State | Paul Maynard | ||
| style="background: Template:House of Commons/meta/color; width: 1px;" | | Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State | Andrew Jones | ||
| style="background: Template:House of Lords/meta/color; width: 1px;" | | Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State | Tariq Ahmad, Baron Ahmad of Wimbledon | ||
Parliament
| House Leaders | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rowspan="2" style="background: Template:House of Commons/meta/color; width: 1px;" | | Leader of the House of Commons Lord President of the Council |
style="background: Template:Privy Council/meta/color; width: 1px;" | | David Lidington | |
| Deputy Leader of the House of Commons Parliamentary Secretary |
Michael Ellis | |||
| rowspan="2" style="background: Template:House of Lords/meta/color; width: 1px;" | | Leader of the House of Lords Lord Privy Seal |
style="background: Template:Privy Council/meta/color; width: 1px;" | | Natalie Evans, Baroness Evans of Bowes Park | |
| Deputy Leader of the House of Lords | style="background: Template:Privy Council/meta/color; width: 1px;" | | Frederick Curzon, 7th Earl Howe (unpaid; also with Defence) | ||
| House of Commons Whips | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| style="background: Template:House of Commons/meta/color; width: 1px;" | | Chief Whip Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury |
style="background: Template:Privy Council/meta/color; width: 1px;" | | Gavin Williamson | |
| style="background: Template:House of Commons/meta/color; width: 1px;" | | Deputy Chief Whip Treasurer of HM Household |
style="background: Template:Privy Council/meta/color; width: 1px;" | | Anne Milton | |
| style="background: Template:House of Commons/meta/color; width: 1px;" | | Government Whip Comptroller of HM Household |
Mel Stride | ||
| style="background: Template:House of Commons/meta/color; width: 1px;" | | Government Whip Vice Chamberlain of HM Household |
Julian Smith | ||
| style="background: Template:House of Commons/meta/color; width: 1px;" | | Government Whip Lord Commissioner of HM Treasury |
style="background: Template:Privy Council/meta/color; width: 1px;" | | David Evennett | |
| style="background: Template:House of Commons/meta/color; width: 1px;" | | Government Whip Lord Commissioner of HM Treasury |
Stephen Barclay | ||
| style="background: Template:House of Commons/meta/color; width: 1px;" | | Government Whip Lord Commissioner of HM Treasury |
Guy Opperman | ||
| style="background: Template:House of Commons/meta/color; width: 1px;" | | Government Whip Lord Commissioner of HM Treasury |
Robert Syms | ||
| style="background: Template:House of Commons/meta/color; width: 1px;" | | Government Whip Lord Commissioner of HM Treasury |
Andrew Griffiths | ||
| style="background: Template:House of Commons/meta/color; width: 1px;" | | Government Whip Lord Commissioner of HM Treasury (also with the Wales Office) |
Guto Bebb | ||
| style="background: Template:House of Commons/meta/color; width: 1px;" | | Assistant Government Whip | Jackie Doyle-Price | ||
| style="background: Template:House of Commons/meta/color; width: 1px;" | | Assistant Government Whip | Graham Stuart | ||
| style="background: Template:House of Commons/meta/color; width: 1px;" | | Assistant Government Whip | Heather Wheeler | ||
| style="background: Template:House of Commons/meta/color; width: 1px;" | | Assistant Government Whip | Chris Heaton-Harris | ||
| style="background: Template:House of Commons/meta/color; width: 1px;" | | Assistant Government Whip | Mark Spencer | ||
| style="background: Template:House of Commons/meta/color; width: 1px;" | | Assistant Government Whip | Christopher Pincher | ||
| style="background: Template:House of Commons/meta/color; width: 1px;" | | Assistant Government Whip | Steve Brine | ||
See also
- Government of the United Kingdom
- Cabinet of the United Kingdom
- Official Opposition Shadow Cabinet (United Kingdom)
- Official Opposition frontbench
- Liberal Democrat frontbench team
- SNP Westminster frontbench team
External links
- Her Majesty's Government, parliament.co.uk
- Her Majesty's Government, number10.gov.uk