Minister for the Cabinet Office
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Arms of Her Majesty's Government
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| Style | The Right Honourable |
| Appointer | Elizabeth II |
| Website | www.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/ |
The Minister for the Cabinet Office, commonly referred to as the Cabinet Office Minister is a position in the Cabinet Office of the United Kingdom. The post of Minister for the Cabinet Office is sometimes derided as the Minister for the Today programme.[1][2]
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Ministers for the Cabinet Office[edit]
| Name | Portrait | Term of office | Political party | Prime Minister | |||
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| David Clark | 2 May 1997 | 27 July 1998 | Labour | Tony Blair | |||
| Jack Cunningham | 27 July 1998 | 11 October 1999 | Labour | ||||
| Mo Mowlam | 11 October 1999 | 7 June 2001 | Labour | ||||
| Gus Macdonald | 11 June 2001 | 13 June 2003 | Labour | ||||
| Douglas Alexander | 13 June 2003 | 8 September 2004 | Labour | ||||
| Alan Milburn | 8 September 2004 | 6 May 2005 | Labour | ||||
| John Hutton | 6 May 2005 | 2 November 2005 | Labour | ||||
| Jim Murphy (acting) | 5 November 2005 | 5 May 2006 | Labour | ||||
| Hilary Armstrong | 5 May 2006 | 27 June 2007 | Labour | ||||
| Ed Miliband | 27 June 2007 | 3 October 2008 | Labour | Gordon Brown | |||
| Liam Byrne | 3 October 2008 | 5 June 2009 | Labour | ||||
| Tessa Jowell | 5 June 2009 | 11 May 2010 | Labour | ||||
| Francis Maude | 12 May 2010 | 11 May 2015 | Conservative | David Cameron | |||
| Matthew Hancock | 11 May 2015 | Incumbent | Conservative | ||||
Shadow Ministers[edit]
Official Opposition[edit]
| Name | Portrait | Term of office | Party | Shadow Cabinet | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andrew Lansley | 15 June 1999 | 18 September 2001 | Conservative | Hague | ||
| Tim Collins | 18 September 2001 | 23 July 2002 | Conservative | Duncan Smith | ||
| Unknown | ||||||
| Francis Maude | 2 July 2007 | 11 May 2010 | Conservative | Cameron | ||
| Tessa Jowell | 11 May 2010 | 8 October 2010 | Labour | Harman | ||
| Liam Byrne | 8 October 2010 | 20 January 2011 | Labour | Miliband | ||
| Tessa Jowell | 20 January 2011 | 7 October 2011 | Labour | |||
| Jon Trickett | 7 October 2011 | 7 October 2013 | Labour | |||
| Michael Dugher | 7 October 2013 | 5 November 2014 | Labour | |||
| Lucy Powell | 5 November 2014 | 14 September 2015 | Labour | |||
| Harman | ||||||
| Tom Watson | 14 September 2015 | Incumbent | Labour | Corbyn | ||
Scottish National Party[edit]
| Name | Portrait | Term of office | Frontbench team | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tommy Sheppard | May 2015 – present | Robertson | ||
Liberal Democrats[edit]
| Name | Portrait | Term of office | Shadow Cabinet | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alan Beith | bef. April 2003 | aft. April 2003 | Kennedy | |||
| Richard Allan | bef. August 2003 | aft. April 2004 | ||||
| David Heath | April 2006 | January 2006 | Campbell | |||
| Norman Baker | bef. July 2007 | December 2007 | ||||
| Cable (LD) | ||||||
| Susan Kramer | December 2007 | May 2010 | Clegg | |||
| May 2010–May 2015, the Liberal Democrats were in a coalition government, so did not have a shadow ministry | ||||||
| no appointment announced | July 2015 | present | Farron | |||
References[edit]
- ^ Brown, Colin (12 October 1999). "Mowlam's real job – minister for the Today programme". The Independent. Retrieved 31 January 2010.
- ^ Kampfner, John (6 November 2000). "My life in spin city". The Guardian. Retrieved 31 January 2010.
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