Cameron–Clegg coalition

First Cameron ministry
First Cameron ministry
94th ministry of the United Kingdom (since 1707)
2010–2015
Date formed	11 May 2010
Date dissolved	8 May 2015
People and organisations
Head of state	Queen Elizabeth II
Head of government	David Cameron
Deputy head of government	Nick Clegg
Member parties	Conservative Party; Liberal Democrats
Status in legislature	Majority (coalition)
Opposition cabinet	First Harman Shadow Cabinet; Miliband Shadow Cabinet
Opposition party	Labour Party
Opposition leader	Harriet Harman (2010); Ed Miliband (2010–15)
History
Election	2010 general election
Outgoing election	2015 general election
Legislature term	5 years
Budgets	2010 budget; 2011 budget; 2012 budget; 2013 budget; 2014 budget; 2015 budget;
Predecessor	Brown ministry
Successor	Second Cameron ministry

David Cameron formed the First Cameron ministry after being invited by Queen Elizabeth II to begin a new government following the resignation of the previous Prime Minister of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Gordon Brown, on 11 May 2010. It was a coalition government, composed of members of both the Conservative Party and the Liberal Democrats.

The government's Cabinet was made up of sixteen Conservatives and five Liberal Democrats with eight other Conservatives and one other Liberal Democrat attending cabinet but not members.^[3] The Cameron ministry was the first coalition government to have governed the United Kingdom since the Churchill war ministry of the Second World War. Following the 2015 British general election, the ministry was replaced by the single-party Second Cameron ministry.

History

The previous Parliament had been dissolved on 12 April 2010 in advance of the general election on 6 May. The election resulted in a hung parliament, no single party having an overall majority in the House of Commons, the Conservatives having the most seats but 20 short of a majority.

In the Conservative–Liberal Democrat coalition agreement of 11 May 2010, the two parties formed a coalition government.^[4]^[5] The new Parliament met on 18 May for the swearing-in of Peers in the House of Lords and newly elected and returning Members of Parliament in the House of Commons, and the election for the Speakership of the House of Commons. The Queen's Speech on 25 May set out the government's legislative agenda.

The Liberal Democrats had five Cabinet members including Nick Clegg as Deputy Prime Minister though after the Cabinet and ministerial reshuffle, David Laws, who was a Minister of State, was allowed to attend the Cabinet but was not a full member. If a Liberal Democrat minister resigned or was removed from office, another member of the same party would have had to be appointed to the Cabinet.^[6]

Each cabinet committee had a chair from one party and a deputy chair from the other; there was also a cabinet committee specifically overseeing the operation of the coalition. Both parties' ministers shared collective responsibility for the government's positions, although the coalition agreement detailed several issues on which the parties agreed to differ; the Liberal Democrats abstained from voting in such cases. Clegg, as Deputy Prime Minister, took Prime Minister's Questions (PMQ) when Cameron was unavailable.^[6]

While the government's front benchers sat together in the House of Commons and the two parties acted as a bloc during PMQ,^[7] the Liberal Democrat and Conservative backbenchers sat apart and each had their own whips,^[7] and the two parties competed in by-elections. On 4 September 2012, David Cameron reshuffled his cabinet for the first time.^[8] He reshuffled his cabinet for the second time on 14 July 2014.^[9]

Cabinets

May 2010 – September 2012

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Changes

David Laws resigned as Chief Secretary to the Treasury on 29 May 2010 because of an expenses irregularity dating from the previous Parliament. He was replaced by Danny Alexander, who was in turn replaced as Secretary of State for Scotland by Michael Moore^[10]
On 14 October 2011 Liam Fox resigned as Secretary of State for Defence following the procurement of high-level overseas meetings attendance for his friend and advisor, Adam Werrity, working for a private contractor, and stated that he had "mistakenly allowed the distinction between my personal interest and my government activities to become blurred"^[11] His successor was Philip Hammond who was replaced as Transport Secretary by Justine Greening, the Economic Secretary to the Treasury, who was in turn replaced by Chloe Smith, an assistant government whip: she was replaced in turn by Greg Hands^[11]^[12]
On 3 February 2012 Chris Huhne resigned as Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change following the decision of the Crown Prosecution Service to prosecute him and his former wife. His successor was Edward Davey, who was replaced as a Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State in the Department of Business, Innovation and Skills by Norman Lamb, replaced in his previous dual roles by Jenny Willott as an Assistant Whip and Jo Swinson as the Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Deputy Prime Minister^[13]

September 2012 – July 2014

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Changes

On 19 October 2012, Andrew Mitchell resigned as Government Chief Whip in the House of Commons following controversy surrounding an argument with police officers in Downing Street. He was replaced by Sir George Young.^[14]
On 7 January 2013, Lord Strathclyde resigned as Leader of the House of Lords and Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster. He was replaced by Lord Hill of Oareford.^[15]
On 7 October 2013, Michael Moore was replaced as Secretary of State for Scotland by Alistair Carmichael, during a reshuffle which focused on junior ministerial ranks.
On 9 April 2014, Maria Miller resigned as Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport and Minister for Women and Equalities. She was replaced as Culture Secretary and Minister for Equalities by Sajid Javid, and by Nicky Morgan as Minister for Women. Morgan, who succeeded Javid as Financial Secretary to the Treasury, was not a full cabinet member but attended meetings in her role as Minister for Women.^[16]

July 2014 – May 2015

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Changes

On 5 August 2014, Baroness Warsi resigned as Minister of State at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, and as Minister for Faith and Community, in protest at the Government's response to the conflict in the Gaza Strip.^[17] She was replaced at the Foreign Office by Baroness Anelay of St. Johns, with Communities and Local Government Secretary Eric Pickles taking on Warsi's former Faith and Community brief.^[18]

List of ministers

Prime Minister and Cabinet Office

	Minister in the House of Commons	Minister in the House of Lords
	Conservative	Liberal Democrat
Ministers in and attending Cabinet in bold

Prime Minister and Cabinet Office
Post		Minister		Term
	Prime Minister of the United Kingdom First Lord of the Treasury Minister for the Civil Service		The Rt Hon. David Cameron MP	2010–2015
	Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom Lord President of the Council (with special responsibility for political and constitutional reform)		The Rt Hon. Nick Clegg MP	2010–2015
	Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Prime Minister		The Rt Hon. Major Desmond Swayne TD MP	2010–2012
			Sam Gyimah MP	2012–2013
			Gavin Williamson MP	2013–2015
	Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Deputy Prime Minister		Norman Lamb MP	2010–2012
			Jo Swinson MP	2012
			Duncan Hames MP	2012–2015
	Minister for the Cabinet Office Paymaster General		The Rt Hon. Francis Maude MP	2010–2015
	Minister providing support to the Deputy PM in the Cabinet Office (also in Treasury)		The Rt Hon. David Laws MP	2010
			The Rt Hon. Danny Alexander MP	2010–2012
	Minister of State for Government Policy Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster (providing policy advice to the PM)		The Rt Hon. Oliver Letwin MP	2010–2015 2014–2015
	Minister of State for Cabinet Office (also in Education)		The Rt Hon. David Laws MP	2012–2015
	Minister of State for Cabinet Office (Cities and Constitution)		The Rt Hon. Dr Greg Clark MP (also Minister of State for Universities and Science)	2013–2015
	Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for the Civil Society		The Hon. Nick Hurd MP	2010–2014
			Brooks Newmark MP	2014
			Rob Wilson MP	2014–2015
	Parliamentary Secretary for the Cabinet Office		Mark Harper MP	2010–2012
	Parliamentary Secretary for the Cabinet Office		Chloe Smith MP	2012–2013
	Parliamentary Secretary for the Cabinet Office (also Number 10 Policy Unit Chief) (unpaid)		Jo Johnson MP	2013–2014
	Minister of State for the Cabinet Office (also Number 10 Policy Unit Chief) (unpaid)		Jo Johnson MP	2014–2015
	Parliamentary Under-secretary for the Cabinet Office (also Minister for the Constitution)		Sam Gyimah MP	2014–2015
	Minister without Portfolio		The Rt Hon. Kenneth Clarke QC MP	2012–2014
	Minister without Portfolio		The Rt Hon. John Hayes MP	2013–2014
	Minister without Portfolio (also Co-Chairman of the Conservative Party, a party-political position) (unpaid)		The Rt Hon. The Baroness Warsi PC	2010–2012
			The Rt Hon. Grant Shapps MP	2012–2015

Departments of State


Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, President of the Board of Trade	The Rt Hon. Dr Vince Cable MP	2010–2015
Minister of State for Universities and Science	The Rt Hon. David Willetts MP	2010–2014
Minister of State for Universities and Science	The Rt Hon. Greg Clark MP (also with Cabinet Office)	2014–2015
Minister of State for Further Education, Skills and Lifelong Learning (jointly with Education)	The Rt Hon. John Hayes MP	2010–2012
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Skills (jointly with Education)	Matthew Hancock MP	2012–2013
Minister of State for Skills and Enterprise (jointly with Education)	Matthew Hancock MP	2013–2014
Minister of State for Skills and Equalities (jointly with Education)	Nick Boles MP	2014–2015
Minister of State for Business and Enterprise	Mark Prisk MP	2010–2012
	The Rt Hon. Michael Fallon MP	2012–2014
	The Rt Hon. Matthew Hancock MP (jointly with Energy and Climate Change)	2014–2015
Minister of State for Portsmouth	The Rt Hon. Michael Fallon MP	2014
Minister of State for Portsmouth	The Rt Hon. Matthew Hancock MP (jointly with Energy and Climate Change)	2014–2015
Minister of State for Decentralisation and Planning Policy (jointly with Local communities) (Cities Minister 2011-2012)	The Rt Hon. Dr Greg Clark MP	2011–2012
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Employment Relations, Consumer and Postal Affairs	The Rt Hon. Edward Davey MP	2010–2012
	Norman Lamb MP	2012
	Jo Swinson MP (jointly as Under-Secretary of State for Women and Equalities)	2012–Dec 2013, June 2014-2015
	Jenny Willott MP (jointly as Under-Secretary of State for Women and Equalities and Assistant Whip)	Dec 2013– June 2014 (Maternity Cover)
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Culture, Communications and Creative Industries (jointly with Culture)	The Hon. Ed Vaizey MP	2010–2014
Minister of State for Culture and Digital Industries (jointly with Culture)	The Hon. Ed Vaizey MP	2014–2015
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Intellectual property	The Rt Hon. The Baroness Wilcox	2010–2012
	The Rt Hon. The Lord Marland	2012–2013
	The Rt Hon. The Viscount Younger of Leckie Bt	2013–2014
	The Rt Hon. The Baroness Neville-Rolfe DBE CMG	2014–2015
Minister of State for Trade and Investment (jointly with Foreign Office) (unpaid)	The Rt Hon. The Lord Green of Hurstpierpoint	2011–2013
	The Rt Hon. The Lord Livingston of Parkhead	2013–2015
Parliamentary Under secretary of state for Life Sciences(jointly with Health)	George Freeman MP	2014–2015


Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government	The Rt Hon. Eric Pickles MP	2010–2015
Minister of State for Faith and Community	The Rt Hon. Baroness Warsi PC (also with Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs)	2012–2014
Minister of State for Faith and Community	The Rt Hon. Eric Pickles MP	2014–2015
Minister of State for Housing and Local Government	The Rt Hon. Grant Shapps MP	2010–2012
	Mark Prisk MP	2012–2013
	Kris Hopkins MP	2013–2014
	Brandon Lewis MP	2014–2015
Minister of State for Decentralisation and Planning Policy (jointly with Business 2011-2012) (Cities minister 2011-2012)	The Rt Hon. Dr Greg Clark MP	2010–2012
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Planning	Nick Boles MP	2012–2014
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Planning	Penny Mordaunt MP	2014–2015
Parliamentary Under-Secretaries of State	The Rt Hon. Sir Andrew Stunell OBE MP	2010–2012
	The Rt Hon. Don Foster MP	2012–2013
	Stephen Williams MP	2013–2015
	Bob Neill MP	2010–2012
	Brandon Lewis MP	2012–2014
	Kris Hopkins MP	2014–2015
	The Rt Hon. The Baroness Hanham CBE	2010–2013
	The Rt Hon. The Baroness Stowell of Beeston MBE	2013–2014
	The Rt Hon. The Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon	2014–2015


Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport	The Rt Hon. Jeremy Hunt MP	2010–2012
	The Rt Hon. Maria Miller MP	2012–2014
	The Rt Hon. Sajid Javid MP	2014–2015
Minister for Sport and Equalities	The Rt Hon. Major Sir Hugh Robertson KCMG MP	2012–2013
Minister for Sport, Tourism and Equalities (jointly with Government Equalities)	Helen Grant MP	2013–2014
Minister for Sport and Tourism	Helen Grant MP	2014–2015
Minister for Tourism and Heritage	John Penrose MP	2010–2012
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Sport and the Olympics	The Rt Hon. Major Sir Hugh Robertson KCMG MP	2010–2012
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Culture, Communications and Creative Industries (jointly with Business)	The Hon. Ed Vaizey MP	2010–2014
Minister of State for Culture and Digital Industries (jointly with Business)	The Hon. Ed Vaizey MP	2014–2015
Parliamentary Under-Secretary for Women and Equalities (jointly with Government Equalities)	Jo Swinson MP (jointly as Under-Secretary of State for Employment Relations, Consumer and Postal Affairs)	2012–2013
	Jenny Willott MP (jointly as Under-Secretary of State for Employment Relations, Consumer and Postal Affairs and Assistant Whip)	Dec 2013–June 2014 (Maternity Cover)

Defence
Post		Minister		Term
	Secretary of State for Defence		The Rt Hon. Dr. Liam Fox MP	2010–2011
			The Rt Hon. Philip Hammond MP	2011–2014
			The Rt Hon. Michael Fallon MP	2014–2015
	Minister of State for the Armed Forces		Nick Harvey MP	2010–2012
			The Rt Hon. Major Andrew Robathan MP	2012–2013
			The Rt Hon. Mark Francois MP	2013–2015
	Minister for International Security Strategy		Gerald Howarth MP	2010–2012
			Surgeon Commander Dr Andrew Murrison MP	2012–2014
			Anna Soubry MP	2014–2015
	Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Defence Personnel, Welfare and Veterans		The Rt Hon. Major Andrew Robathan MP	2010–2012
			The Rt Hon. Mark Francois MP	2012–2013
			Anna Soubry MP	2013–2014
			Captain Julian Brazier TD MP	2014–2015
	Minister for Defence Equipment, Support and Technology		Sir Peter Luff MP	2010–2012
	Minister for Defence Equipment, Support and Technology		Philip Dunne MP	2012–2015
	Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (also with Whips Office)		The Rt Hon. The Lord Astor of Hever DL	2010–2015


Secretary of State for Education	The Rt Hon. Michael Gove MP	2010–2014
Secretary of State for Education	The Rt Hon. Nicky Morgan MP	2014–2015
Minister of State for Schools	Nick Gibb FCA MP	2010–2012
Minister of State for Schools	The Rt Hon. David Laws MP	2012–2015
Minister of State for Further Education, Skills and Lifelong Learning (jointly with Business)	The Rt Hon. John Hayes MP	2010–2012
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Skills (jointly with Business)	Matthew Hancock MP	2012–2013
Minister of State for Skills and Enterprise (jointly with Business)	The Rt Hon. Matthew Hancock MP	2013–2014
Minister of State for Skills and Equalities (jointly with Business)	Nick Boles MP	2014–2015
Minister of State for Children and Families	Sarah Teather MP	2010–2012
Minister of State for Children and Families	Nick Gibb FCA MP	2014–2015
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Children and Families	Tim Loughton MP	2010–2012
	Edward Timpson MP	2012–2015
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Education and Childcare	Elizabeth Truss MP	2012–2014
	Sam Gyimah MP	2014–2105
Parliamentary Under-Secretary for Women and Equalities (jointly with Government Equalities)	Jo Swinson MP (jointly as Under-Secretary of State for Employment Relations, Consumer and Postal Affairs)	2014–2015
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Schools (unpaid)	The Rt Hon. The Lord Hill of Oareford CBE PC	2010–2013
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Schools (unpaid)	The Rt Hon. The Lord Nash	2013–2015


Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change	The Rt Hon. Chris Huhne MP	2010–2012
Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change	The Rt Hon. Edward Davey MP	2012–2015
Minister of State for Climate Change	The Rt Hon. Gregory Barker MP	2010–2014
Minister of State for Climate Change	Amber Rudd MP	2014–2015
Minister of State for Energy	Charles Hendry MP	2010–2012
	The Rt Hon. John Hayes MP	2012–2013
	The Rt Hon. Michael Fallon MP	2013–2014
	The Rt Hon. Matthew Hancock MP (also with Business)	2014–2015
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State	The Rt Hon. The Lord Marland	2010–2012
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State	The Rt Hon. The Baroness Verma	2012–2015


Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs	The Rt Hon. Caroline Spelman MP	2010–2012
	The Rt Hon. Owen Paterson MP	2012–2014
	The Rt Hon. Elizabeth Truss MP	2014–2015
Minister of State for Agriculture and Food	The Rt Hon. James Paice MP	2010–2012
Minister of State for Agriculture and Food	David Heath CBE MP	2012–2013
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Natural Environment, Water and Rural Affairs	Richard Benyon MRICS MP	2010–2013
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Farming, Food and Marine Environment	George Eustice MP	2013–2015
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Water, Forestry, Rural Affairs and Resource Management	Dan Rogerson MP	2013–2015
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Resource Management, the Local Environment and Environmental Science	The Rt Hon. The Lord Henley	2010–2011
	The Rt Hon. The Lord Taylor of Holbeach CBE	2011–2012
	The Rt Hon. Lieutenant Colonel The Lord de Mauley TD FCA	2012–2013
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Natural Environment and Science	The Rt Hon. Lieutenant Colonel The Lord de Mauley TD FCA	2013–2015


Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs First Secretary of State	The Rt Hon. William Hague FRSL MP	2010–2014
Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs	The Rt Hon. Philip Hammond MP	2014–2015
Senior Minister of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs	The Rt Hon. Baroness Warsi PC (also Minister of State for Faith and Communities)	2012–2014
Minister of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs	The Rt Hon. Baroness Anelay of St. John's DBE PC	2014–2015
Minister of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs	Jeremy Browne MP	2010–2012
Minister of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs	The Rt Hon. Hugo Swire MP	2012–2015
Minister of State for Europe	The Rt Hon. David Lidington MP	2010–2015
Minister of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs	The Rt Hon. Major Sir Hugh Robertson KCMG MP	2013–2014
Minister of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs	Captain Tobias Ellwood MP	2014–2015
Parliamentary Under-Secretaries of State	Alistair Burt MP	2010–2013
	Henry Bellingham MP	2010–2012
	Mark Simmonds MP	2012–2014
	James Duddridge MP	2014–2015
Minister of State (unpaid)	The Rt Hon. The Lord Howell of Guildford PC	2010–2012
Minister of State for Trade and Investment (jointly with Business) (unpaid)	The Rt Hon. The Lord Green of Hurstpierpoint	2011–2013
	The Rt Hon. The Lord Livingston of Parkhead	2013–2015


Minister for Women and Equalities	The Rt Hon. Theresa May MP (also Secretary of State for the Home Department)	2010–2012
	The Rt Hon. Maria Miller MP (also Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport)	2012–2014
	The Rt Hon. Nicky Morgan MP (also Secretary of State for Education)	2014–2015
Minister for Equalities	The Rt Hon. Sajid Javid MP (also Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport)	2014
Minister for Women	The Rt Hon. Nicky Morgan MP (also Financial Secretary to the Treasury)	2014
Minister for Sport, Tourism and Equality (jointly with Culture)	Helen Grant MP	2013–2015
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Equalities (jointly with Home Office)	Lynne Featherstone MP	2010–2012
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Equalities (jointly with Culture)	Helen Grant MP (jointly as Minister for the Courts and Victims)	2012–2013
Parliamentary Under-Secretary for Women and Equalities (jointly with Culture)	Jo Swinson MP (jointly as Under-Secretary of State for Employment Relations, Consumer and Postal Affairs)	2012–2013
	Jenny Willott MP (jointly as Under-Secretary of State for Employment Relations, Consumer and Postal Affairs and Assistant Whip)	Dec 2013–June 2014 (Maternity Cover)
Parliamentary Under-Secretary for Women and Equalities (jointly with Education)	Jo Swinson MP (jointly as Under-Secretary of State for Employment Relations, Consumer and Postal Affairs)	2014–2015


Secretary of State for Health	The Rt Hon. Andrew Lansley CBE MP	2010–2012
Secretary of State for Health	The Rt Hon. Jeremy Hunt MP	2012–2015
Minister of State for Health Services	The Rt Hon. Simon Burns MP	2010–2012
Minister of State for Care and Support	The Rt Hon. Paul Burstow MP	2010–2012
Minister of State for Care and Support	The Rt Hon. Norman Lamb MP	2012–2015
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State	Dr Daniel Poulter MP	2012–2015
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Public Health	Anne Milton MP	2010–2012
	Anna Soubry MP	2012–2013
	Jane Ellison MP	2013–2015
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Quality	The Rt Hon. The Earl Howe PC	2010–2015
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Life Sciences (jointly with Business)	George Freeman MP	2014–2015


Secretary of State for the Home Department	The Rt Hon. Theresa May MP (jointly as Minister for Women and Equalities 2010–2012)	2010–2015
Minister of State for Crime Prevention	Jeremy Browne MP	2012–2013
	The Rt Hon. Norman Baker MP	2013–2014
	The Rt Hon. Lynne Featherstone MP	2014–2015
Minister of State for Immigration	The Rt Hon. Damian Green MP	2010–2012
Minister of State for Immigration	Mark Harper MP	2012–2014
Minister of State for Immigration and Security	James Brokenshire MP	2014–2015
Minister of State for Policing, Criminal Justice and Victims (jointly with Justice)	The Rt Hon. Nick Herbert MP	2010–2012
	The Rt Hon. Damian Green MP	2012–2014
	The Rt Hon. Mike Penning MP	2014–2015
Parliamentary Under-Secretary for Equalities (jointly with Government Equalities)	Lynne Featherstone MP	2010–2012
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Crime Reduction	James Brokenshire MP	2010–2011
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Crime and Security	James Brokenshire MP	2011–2014
Minister for Modern Slavery and Organised Crime	Karen Bradley MP	2014–2015
Minister of State for Security and Counter-Terrorism	The Rt Hon. The Baroness Neville-Jones DCMG PC	2010–2011
Minister of State for Crime Prevention and Antisocial Behaviour Reduction	The Rt Hon. The Baroness Browning	2011
	The Rt Hon. The Lord Henley PC	2011–2012
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Criminal Information	The Rt Hon. The Lord Taylor of Holbeach CBE	2012–2014
	The Rt Hon. The Lord Bates	2014–2015


Secretary of State for International Development	The Rt Hon. Andrew Mitchell MP	2010–2012
Secretary of State for International Development	The Rt Hon. Justine Greening MP	2012–2015
Minister of State for International Development	The Rt Hon. Sir Alan Duncan KCMG MP	2010–2014
Minister of State for International Development	The Rt Hon. Major Desmond Swayne TD MP	2014–2015
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State	Stephen O'Brien MP	2010–2012
	The Rt Hon. Lynne Featherstone MP	2012–2014
	The Rt Hon. The Baroness Northover	2014–2015


Lord Chancellor Secretary of State for Justice	The Rt Hon. Kenneth Clarke QC MP	2010–2012
Lord Chancellor Secretary of State for Justice	The Rt Hon. Chris Grayling MP	2012–2015
Minister of State for Police, Criminal Justice and Victims (jointly with Home Office)	The Rt Hon. Nick Herbert MP	2010–2012
	The Rt Hon. Damian Green MP	2012–2014
	The Rt Hon. Mike Penning MP	2014–2015
Minister of State for Justice and Civil Liberties	The Rt Hon. Simon Hughes MP	2013–2015
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State Minister for the Courts and Legal Aid	Jonathan Djanogly MP	2010–2012
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State Minister for the Courts and Victims	Helen Grant MP (jointly as Under-Secretary of State for Equalities)	2012–2013
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State Minister for the Courts and Legal Aid	Shailesh Vara MP	2013–2015
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State Minister for Prisons, Probation and Rehabilitation	Captain Crispin Blunt MP	2010–2012
	Jeremy Wright MP	2012–2014
	Major Andrew Selous MP (jointly as Assistant Whip)	2014–2015
Minister of State (also Deputy Leader of the Lords)	The Rt Hon. The Lord McNally PC	2010–2013
Minister of State for Civil Justice and Legal Policy	The Rt Hon. The Lord Faulks QC (unpaid)	2014–2015


Secretary of State for Northern Ireland	The Rt Hon. Owen Paterson MP	2010–2012
Secretary of State for Northern Ireland	The Rt Hon. Theresa Villiers MP	2012–2015
Minister of State for Northern Ireland	The Rt Hon. Hugo Swire MP	2010–2012
	Mike Penning MP	2012–2013
	The Rt Hon. Major Andrew Robathan MP	2013–2014
	Surgeon Commander Dr Andrew Murrison MP	2014–2015


Secretary of State for Scotland	The Rt Hon. Danny Alexander MP	2010
	The Rt Hon. Michael Moore MP	2010–2013
	The Rt Hon. Alistair Carmichael MP	2013–2015
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State	The Rt Hon. David Mundell MP	2010–2015


Secretary of State for Transport	The Rt Hon. Philip Hammond MP	2010–2011
	The Rt Hon. Justine Greening MP	2011–2012
	The Rt Hon. Patrick McLoughlin MP	2012–2015
Minister of State for Transport	The Rt Hon. Theresa Villiers MP	2010–2012
	The Rt Hon. Simon Burns MP	2012–2013
	The Rt Hon. The Baroness Kramer	2013–2015
Minister of State for Transport	The Rt Hon. John Hayes MP	2014–2015
Parliamentary Under-secretary of State	Norman Baker MP	2010–2013
Parliamentary Under-secretary of State	Robert Goodwill MP	2013–2015
Parliamentary Under-secretary of State	Mike Penning MP	2010–2012
	Stephen Hammond MP	2012–2014
	Claire Perry MP	2014–2015


Chancellor of the Exchequer	The Rt Hon. George Osborne MP	2010–2015
Chief Secretary to the Treasury (also in Cabinet Office)	The Rt Hon. David Laws MP	2010
	The Rt Hon. Danny Alexander MP	2010–2015
Financial Secretary to the Treasury (Also City Minister to 2014)	Mark Hoban MP(City Minister)	2010–2012
	The Rt Hon. Dr Greg Clark MP(City Minister)	2012–2013
	The Rt Hon. Sajid Javid MP(City Minister)	2013-2014
	The Rt Hon. Nicky Morgan MP	2014
	David Gauke MP	2014–2015
Economic Secretary to the Treasury (City Minister from 2014)	The Rt Hon. Justine Greening MP	2010–2011
	Chloe Smith MP	2011–2012
	The Rt Hon. Sajid Javid MP	2012–2013
	The Rt Hon. Nicky Morgan MP	2013–2014
	Andrea Leadsom MP(City Minister)	2014–2015
Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury	David Gauke MP	2010–2014
Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury	Priti Patel MP	2014–2015
Commercial Secretary to the Treasury (unpaid)	The Rt Hon. The Lord Sassoon Kt FCA	2010–2013
Commercial Secretary to the Treasury (unpaid)	The Rt Hon. The Lord Deighton KBE	2013–2015


Secretary of State for Wales	The Rt Hon. Cheryl Gillan MP	2010–2012
	The Rt Hon. David Jones MP	2012–2014
	The Rt Hon. Stephen Crabb MP	2014–2015
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Wales	The Rt Hon. David Jones MP	2010–2012
	The Rt Hon. Stephen Crabb MP (Jointly as paid Lord Commissioner of the Treasury)	2012–2014
	Alun Cairns MP (Jointly as paid Lord Commissioner of the Treasury)	2014–2015
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Wales (unpaid)	The Rt Hon. The Baroness Randerson	2012–2015


Secretary of State for Work and Pensions	The Rt Hon. Iain Duncan Smith MP	2010–2015
Minister of State for Employment	The Rt Hon. Chris Grayling MP	2010–2012
	Mark Hoban MP	2012–2013
	The Rt Hon. Esther McVey MP	2013–2015
Minister of State for Pensions	The Rt Hon. Steve Webb MP	2010–2015
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Disabled People	The Rt Hon. Maria Miller MP	2010–2012
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Disabled People	Esther McVey MP	2012–2013
Minister of State for Disabled People	Mike Penning MP	2013–2014
Minister of State for Disabled People	Mark Harper MP	2014–2015
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Welfare Reform (unpaid)	The Rt Hon. The Lord Freud	2010–2015

Law officers


Attorney General (attends Cabinet when responsibilities are on the agenda) Advocate General for Northern Ireland	The Rt Hon. Dominic Grieve QC MP	2010–2014
	The Rt Hon. Jeremy Wright QC MP	2014–2015
Solicitor General	Sir Edward Garnier QC MP	2010–2012
	Sir Oliver Heald QC MP	2012–2014
	Robert Buckland QC MP	2014–2015

Office of the Advocate General for Scotland
	Advocate General for Scotland		The Rt Hon. The Lord Wallace of Tankerness QC PC (also Deputy Leader of the Lords)	2010–2015

Parliament


Leader of the House of Commons Lord Privy Seal	The Rt Hon. Sir George Young Bt MP	2010–2012
Leader of the House of Commons Lord Privy Seal	The Rt Hon. Andrew Lansley CBE MP	2012–2014
Leader of the House of Commons First Secretary of State	The Rt Hon. William Hague MP	2014–2015
Deputy Leader of the House of Commons	David Heath CBE MP	2010–2012
Deputy Leader of the House of Commons	The Rt Hon. Tom Brake MP (also an Assistant Whip 2014-2015)	2012–2015
Leader of the House of Lords Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster	The Rt Hon. The Lord Strathclyde PC	2010–2013
	The Rt Hon. The Lord Hill of Oareford CBE PC	2013–2014
Leader of the House of Lords Lord Privy Seal	The Rt Hon. The Baroness Stowell of Beeston MBE PC	2014–2015
Deputy Leader of the House of Lords	The Rt Hon. The Lord McNally PC (also with Justice)	2010–2013
Deputy Leader of the House of Lords	The Rt Hon. The Lord Wallace of Tankerness QC PC (also Advocate General for Scotland)	2013–2015


Government Chief Whip Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury	The Rt Hon. Patrick McLoughlin MP	2010–2012
	The Rt Hon. Andrew Mitchell MP	2012
	The Rt Hon. Sir George Young Bt CH MP	2012–2014
	The Rt Hon. Michael Gove MP	2014–2015
Deputy Chief Whip Treasurer of the Household	The Rt Hon. John Randall MP	2010–2013
Deputy Chief Whip Treasurer of the Household	The Rt Hon. Greg Hands MP	2013–2015
Deputy Chief Whip Comptroller of the Household Liberal Democrat Chief Whip	The Rt Hon. Alistair Carmichael MP	2010–2013
	The Rt Hon. Don Foster MP	2013–2015
Whip Vice-Chamberlain of the Household	The Rt Hon. Mark Francois MP	2010–2012
	The Rt Hon. Greg Knight MP	2012–2013
	The Rt Hon. Major Desmond Swayne TD MP	2013–2014
	The Rt Hon. Anne Milton MP	2014–2015
Whips Lords of the Treasury	Michael Fabricant MP	2010–2012
	The Rt Hon. Major Desmond Swayne TD MP	2012–2013
	Sam Gyimah	2013–2014
	Angela Watkinson MP	2010–2012
	Anne Milton MP	2012–2014
	Jeremy Wright MP	2010–2012
	Lieutenant Colonel Mark Lancaster TD MP	2012–2015
	Brooks Newmark MP (unpaid)	2010–2012
	The Rt Hon. David Evennett MP	2012–2015
	James Duddridge MP	2010–2012
	Robert Goodwill MP	2012–2013
	Karen Bradley MP	2013–2014
	Stephen Crabb MP (Jointly as unpaid Under-Secretary of State for Wales)	2012–2014
	John Penrose MP	2014–2015
	Gavin Barwell MP	2014–2015
	Harriett Baldwin MP	2014–2015
	Alun Cairns MP (jointly as unpaid Under-Secretary of State for Wales)	2014–2015
Assistant Whips	Philip Dunne MP (unpaid)	2010–2012
	Karen Bradley MP	2012–2013
	John Penrose MP	2013–2014
	Harriett Baldwin MP	2014
	Stephen Crabb MP	2010–2012
	Jo Johnson MP	2012–2014
	Robert Goodwill MP	2010–2012
	Nicky Morgan MP	2012–2013
	Amber Rudd MP	2013–2014
	Shailesh Vara MP	2010–2012
	Robert Syms MP	2012–2013
	Claire Perry MP	2013–2014
	Bill Wiggin MP	2010–2012
	Chloe Smith MP	2010–2011
	Greg Hands MP	2011–2013
	Gavin Barwell MP	2013–2014
	Major Andrew Selous MP (jointly as Minister for Prisons, Probation and Rehabilitation)	2014–2015
	Dr. Therese Coffey MP	2014–2015
	Mel Stride MP	2014–2015
	Ben Wallace MP	2014–2015
	Damian Hinds MP	2014–2015
	Mark Hunter MP	2010–2014
	The Rt Hon. Tom Brake MP (also Deputy Leader of the House of Commons)	2014–2015
	Norman Lamb MP (jointly with Deputy PM's office)	2010–2012
	Jenny Willott MP	2012–2014
	Lorely Burt MP	2014–2015
Chief Whip Captain of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms	The Rt Hon. The Baroness Anelay of St John's DBE PC	2010–2014
	The Rt Hon. The Lord Taylor of Holbeach CBE	2014–2015
Deputy Chief Whip Captain of the Yeomen of the Guard	The Rt Hon. The Lord Shutt of Greetland OBE PC	2010–2012
Deputy Chief Whip Captain of the Yeomen of the Guard	The Rt Hon. The Lord Newby OBE PC	2012–2015
Whips Lords and Baronesses in Waiting	The Rt Hon. The Earl Attlee	2010–2014
	The Rt Hon. The Lord Astor of Hever DL (also with Defence)	2010–2011
	The Rt Hon. The Viscount Younger of Leckie	2012–2013
	The Rt Hon. The Lord de Mauley TD	2010–2012
	The Rt Hon. The Baroness Northover (unpaid)	2010–2014
	The Rt Hon. The Baroness Rawlings	2010–2012
	The Rt Hon. The Lord Taylor of Holbeach CBE (unpaid)	2010–2011
	The Rt Hon. The Baroness Verma	2010–2012
	The Rt Hon. The Lord Wallace of Saltaire PC (unpaid)	2010–2015
	The Rt Hon. The Baroness Garden of Frognal (unpaid)	2010–2013 2014–2015
	The Rt Hon. The Baroness Stowell of Beeston MBE	2011–2013
	The Rt Hon. The Lord Gardiner of Kimble	2012–2015
	The Rt Hon. The Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon	2012–2014
	The Rt Hon. The Lord Popat	2013–2015
	The Rt Hon. The Lord Bates	2013–2014
	The Rt Hon. The Baroness Jolly (unpaid)	2013–2015
	The Rt Hon. The Baroness Williams of Trafford	2014–2015
	The Rt Hon. The Lord Ashton of Hyde	2014–2015
	The Rt Hon. The Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth	2014–2015

References

^ "General Election 2015 timetable". Parliament of the United Kingdom. Retrieved 7 May 2015.
^ Parliament was dissolved on 30 March, but the ministry remained in office until a new one was formed on 8 May 2015.^[1]
^ "Nick Clegg appointed Deputy Prime Minister" (Press release). Office of the Prime Minister. 12 May 2010. Retrieved 3 February 2012.
^ Conservative Liberal Democrat Coalition Agreement Conservative Party, 12 May 2010; Accessed 13 May 2010
^ Conservative Liberal Democrat Coalition Agreement Liberal Democrats, 12 May 2010; Accessed 13 May 2010
^ ^a ^b "Coalition government: Q&A". The Daily Telegraph. 14 May 2010. Retrieved 15 July 2014.
^ ^a ^b Riddell, Peter All change in the transformed House of Commons Times Online, 19 May 2010(subscription required)
^ "David Cameron's right turn in cabinet reshuffle". The Guardian. 4 September 2012.
^ "William Hague quits as foreign secretary in cabinet reshuffle". BBC News. 14 July 2014. Retrieved 14 July 2014.
^ "David Laws resignation: What next for government?". BBC News. 30 May 2012. Retrieved 5 May 2012.
^ ^a ^b "Liam Fox quits as defence secretary". BBC News. 14 October 2011. Retrieved 3 February 2012.
^ "As it happened: Liam Fox resigns". BBC News. 9 July 2011. Retrieved 3 February 2012.
^ "New Ministerial Appointments" (Press release). Office of the Prime Minister. 3 February 2012.
^ "Andrew Mitchell resigns following allegations he called police 'plebs'". The Guardian. 19 October 2012. Retrieved 19 October 2012.
^ "Lord Strathclyde resigns from cabinet". BBC News. 7 January 2013. Retrieved 21 August 2013.
^ "Sajid Javid named culture secretary after Miller exit". BBC News. 9 April 2014. Retrieved 22 May 2014.
^ "Baroness Warsi quits as Foreign Office minister over Gaza - BBC News". Bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 17 February 2016.
^ "Ministerial appointments: August 2014 - Press releases". GOV.UK. 6 August 2014. Retrieved 17 February 2016.

External links

Cameron's government: A guide to who's who, BBC News, 14 May 2010
Election 2010: the new cabinet guardian.co.uk, 12 May 2010, interactive guide

Preceded by Brown ministry	Government of the United Kingdom 2010–2015	Succeeded by Second Cameron ministry

[1] "General Election 2015 timetable". Parliament of the United Kingdom. Retrieved 7 May 2015.

[2] Parliament was dissolved on 30 March, but the ministry remained in office until a new one was formed on 8 May 2015.^[1]

[coalition-3] "Nick Clegg appointed Deputy Prime Minister" (Press release). Office of the Prime Minister. 12 May 2010. Retrieved 3 February 2012.

[4] Conservative Liberal Democrat Coalition Agreement Conservative Party, 12 May 2010; Accessed 13 May 2010

[5] Conservative Liberal Democrat Coalition Agreement Liberal Democrats, 12 May 2010; Accessed 13 May 2010

[qanda-6] "Coalition government: Q&A". The Daily Telegraph. 14 May 2010. Retrieved 15 July 2014.

[riddell20100519-7] Riddell, Peter All change in the transformed House of Commons Times Online, 19 May 2010(subscription required)

[8] "David Cameron's right turn in cabinet reshuffle". The Guardian. 4 September 2012.

[BBCres-9] "William Hague quits as foreign secretary in cabinet reshuffle". BBC News. 14 July 2014. Retrieved 14 July 2014.

[autogenerated1-10] "David Laws resignation: What next for government?". BBC News. 30 May 2012. Retrieved 5 May 2012.

[Fox1-11] "Liam Fox quits as defence secretary". BBC News. 14 October 2011. Retrieved 3 February 2012.

[autogenerated3-12] "As it happened: Liam Fox resigns". BBC News. 9 July 2011. Retrieved 3 February 2012.

[autogenerated2-13] "New Ministerial Appointments" (Press release). Office of the Prime Minister. 3 February 2012.

[Mitchell1-14] "Andrew Mitchell resigns following allegations he called police 'plebs'". The Guardian. 19 October 2012. Retrieved 19 October 2012.

[15] "Lord Strathclyde resigns from cabinet". BBC News. 7 January 2013. Retrieved 21 August 2013.

[16] "Sajid Javid named culture secretary after Miller exit". BBC News. 9 April 2014. Retrieved 22 May 2014.

[17] "Baroness Warsi quits as Foreign Office minister over Gaza - BBC News". Bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 17 February 2016.

[18] "Ministerial appointments: August 2014 - Press releases". GOV.UK. 6 August 2014. Retrieved 17 February 2016.

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v t e David Cameron
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (2010–2016) Foreign Secretary (2023–2024) Leader of the Opposition (2005–2010) Leader of the Conservative Party (2005–2016) MP for Witney (2001–2016)
Premiership	Cameron–Clegg coalition Second Cameron ministry 2010 coalition negotiations Conservative–Liberal Democrat coalition agreement Nick Clegg's tenure as Deputy Prime Minister Chancellorship of George Osborne Austerity programme 2010 budget 2011 budget 2012 budget 2013 budget 2014 budget March 2015 budget July 2015 budget 2016 budget Theresa May's tenure as Home Secretary Iain Duncan Smith's tenure as Work and Pensions Secretary Michael Gove's tenure as Education Secretary Jeremy Hunt's tenure as Health Secretary Big Society Muscular liberalism Project Merlin Austerity programme Cash for Access scandal 2012 cabinet reshuffle 2014 cabinet reshuffle 2016 EU referendum Resignation Honours Piggate International trips
Foreign Secretary	November 2023 British cabinet reshuffle International trips
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Public image	1987 Bullingdon Club photograph Notting Hill set (2004) Dave the Chameleon (2006) WebCameron (2006) Make Me a Tory (2007) The Trial of Tony Blair (2007) Headcases (2008 TV series) When Boris Met Dave (2009) The Cobra (2010 novel) Friends (2010) The New Coalition Academy (2010–16) Britain's Economy: Cameron and Clegg Face the Audience (2010) Chipping Norton set (2010) The Audience (2013 play) Coalition (2015) Cameron's Coup (2015) Call Me Dave (2015) Newzoids (2015–2016 TV series) Brexit: The Uncivil War (2019) For the Record (2019)
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v t e Nick Clegg
Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (2010–2015) Lord President of the Council (2010–2015) Leader of the Liberal Democrats (2007–2015)
Government	Premiership of David Cameron Cameron–Clegg coalition 2010 coalition negotiations Conservative–Liberal Democrat coalition agreement Frontbench Team
Politics	Liberal Democrats East Midlands Sheffield Hallam Opposition Frontbench Team
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In the media	"The New Coalition Academy" (2010–2015) Britain's Economy: Cameron and Clegg Face the Audience (2010) "Nick Clegg Says I'm Sorry (The Autotune Remix)" (2012) The European Union: In or Out (2014) Coalition (2015) How to Stop Brexit (And Make Britain Great Again) (2017)

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