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The Government frontbench in the Parliament of the United Kingdom, also known as the Treasury Bench, consists of the Cabinet and all other ministers.[1]
Parliamentary opposition to the Government frontbench is provided by the Official Opposition frontbench and the Liberal Democrat frontbench team.
This article is a list of the frontbench under Sir Keir Starmer; for a full list of current and previous ministers of this government, see Starmer ministry.
Political offices in the UK government |
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List of political offices |
Key
[edit]Member of the House of Commons | |
Member of the House of Lords | |
Member of the Privy Council | |
Cabinet full members in bold | |
Cabinet attendees in bold italics |
Leader of the Government and Cabinet Office
[edit]Leader of the Government | |||
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Prime Minister of the United Kingdom First Lord of the Treasury Minister for the Civil Service |
Sir Keir Starmer KCB KC |
Cabinet Office | |||
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Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster | Pat McFadden | ||
Paymaster General Minister for the Constitution and European Union Relations |
Nick Thomas-Symonds | ||
Minister without Portfolio | Ellie Reeves (unpaid) | ||
Parliamentary Secretary for the Cabinet Office | Georgia Gould OBE | ||
Parliamentary Secretary for the Cabinet Office | Abena Oppong-Asare |
Equalities Office | |||
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Minister for Women and Equalities | Bridget Phillipson (also Education Secretary) | ||
Minister for Women and Equalities | Anneliese Dodds (also with Foreign Office and Education) |
Foreign relations
[edit]Law and order
[edit]Justice | |||
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Secretary of State for Justice Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain |
Shabana Mahmood KC | ||
Minister of State for Prisons, Probation and Reducing Reoffending | The Lord Timpson OBE DL (unpaid) | ||
Minister of State for Courts and Legal Services | Heidi Alexander | ||
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Victims | Alex Davies-Jones | ||
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Justice | The Lord Ponsonby of Shulbrede (also a whip) (unpaid) | ||
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Sentencing | Sir Nic Dakin (also Lord Commissioner of the Treasury) (unpaid) |
Law Officers | |||
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Attorney General for England and Wales Advocate General for Northern Ireland |
The Lord Hermer KC | ||
Solicitor General | Sarah Sackman KC | ||
Advocate General for Scotland | Catherine Smith KC |
Economy
[edit]Treasury | |||
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Chancellor of the Exchequer Second Lord of the Treasury |
Rachel Reeves | ||
Chief Secretary to the Treasury | Darren Jones | ||
Financial Secretary to the Treasury | The Lord Livermore | ||
Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury | James Murray | ||
Economic Secretary to the Treasury City Minister |
Tulip Siddiq | ||
Parliamentary Secretary for the Treasury | Emma Reynolds (also with Work and Pensions) |
Department for Business and Trade | ||||
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Secretary of State for Business and Trade President of the Board of Trade |
Jonathan Reynolds | |||
Minister of State for Trade Policy and Economic Security | Douglas Alexander | |||
Minister of State for Industry | Sarah Jones (also with Energy Security and Net Zero) | |||
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Employment Rights, Competition and Markets | Justin Madders | |||
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Services, Small Business and Exports | Gareth Thomas | |||
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Legislation | The Baroness Jones of Whitchurch (also with Science, Innovation and Technology and a whip) (unpaid) |
Social services
[edit]Education | |||
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Secretary of State for Education Minister for Women and Equalities |
Bridget Phillipson | ||
Minister for Women and Equalities | Anneliese Dodds (also with Foreign Office and Equalities) | ||
Minister of State for Skills | The Baroness Smith of Malvern | ||
Minister of State for School Standards | Catherine McKinnell | ||
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Early Education | Stephen Morgan | ||
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Children and Families | Janet Daby |
Department for Science, Innovation and Technology | |||
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Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology | Peter Kyle | ||
Minister of State for Science, Research and Innovation | The Lord Vallance of Balham KCB FRS | ||
Minister of State for Data Protection and Telecoms | Chris Bryant (also with Culture, Media and Sport) | ||
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for AI and Digital Government | Feryal Clark | ||
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for the Future Digital Economy and Online Safety | The Baroness Jones of Whitchurch (also with Business and Trade and a whip) (unpaid) |
Environment
[edit]Environment, Food and Rural Affairs | |||
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Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs | Steve Reed OBE | ||
Minister of State for Food Security and Rural Affairs | Daniel Zeichner | ||
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Water and Flooding | Emma Hardy | ||
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Nature | Mary Creagh CBE (unpaid) | ||
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State | The Baroness Hayman of Ullock |
Department for Energy Security and Net Zero | |||
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Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero | Ed Miliband | ||
Minister of State for Industry | Sarah Jones (also with Business and Trade) | ||
Minister of State for Energy Security and Net Zero | The Lord Hunt of Kings Heath OBE (unpaid) | ||
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Climate | Kerry McCarthy | ||
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Energy | Michael Shanks | ||
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Energy Consumers | Miatta Fahnbulleh |
Culture
[edit]Department for Culture, Media and Sport | |||
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Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport | Lisa Nandy | ||
Minister of State for Creative Industries, Arts and Tourism | Chris Bryant (also with Science, Innovation and Technology) | ||
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Sport, Media, Civil Society and Youth | Stephanie Peacock | ||
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Gambling | The Baroness Twycross (also a Baroness in Waiting (unpaid) |
Transport
[edit]Local and devolved government
[edit]Housing, Communities and Local Government | |||
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Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government Deputy Prime Minister |
Angela Rayner | ||
Minister of State for Housing and Planning | Matthew Pennycook | ||
Minister of State for Local Government and English Devolution | Jim McMahon OBE | ||
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Building Safety and Homelessness | Rushanara Ali | ||
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Democracy and Local Growth | Alex Norris | ||
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Housing and Local Government | The Baroness Taylor of Stevenage OBE (also a whip) (unpaid) | ||
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Faith, Communities and Resettlement | The Lord Khan of Burnley |
Northern Ireland | |||
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Secretary of State for Northern Ireland | Hilary Benn | ||
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Northern Ireland | Fleur Anderson |
Scotland | |||
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Secretary of State for Scotland | Ian Murray | ||
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Scotland | Kirsty McNeill |
Wales | |||
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Secretary of State for Wales | Jo Stevens | ||
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Wales | Dame Nia Griffith DBE |
Parliament
[edit]House Leaders | |||
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Leader of the House of Commons Lord President of the Council |
Lucy Powell | ||
Leader of the House of Lords Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal |
The Baroness Smith of Basildon | ||
Deputy Leader of the House of Lords | The Lord Collins of Highbury (also with Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office and a whip) (unpaid) |
House of Commons Whips | |||
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Chief Whip Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury |
Sir Alan Campbell | ||
Deputy Chief Whip Treasurer of the Household |
Mark Tami | ||
Government Whip Comptroller of the Household |
Chris Elmore | ||
Government Whip Vice-Chamberlain of the Household |
Samantha Dixon MBE | ||
Government Whips Lords Commissioners of the Treasury |
Sir Nic Dakin (unpaid) | ||
Vicky Foxcroft | |||
Jeff Smith | |||
Anna Turley | |||
Taiwo Owatemi | |||
Assistant Government Whips | Christian Wakeford | ||
Gen Kitchen | |||
Keir Mather | |||
Gerald Jones | |||
Anna McMorrin | |||
Martin McCluskey | |||
Kate Dearden |
House of Lords Whips | ||||
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Chief Whip Captain of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms |
The Lord Kennedy of Southwark | |||
Deputy Chief Whip Captain of the King's Bodyguard of the Yeomen of the Guard |
The Baroness Wheeler MBE | |||
Lords- and Baronesses-in-waiting | The Lord Collins of Highbury (also Deputy Leader of the House of Lords and with Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office) (unpaid) | |||
The Lord Ponsonby of Shulbrede (also with Justice) | ||||
The Baroness Taylor of Stevenage OBE (also with Housing, Communities and Local Government) | ||||
The Baroness Jones of Whitchurch (also with Science, Innovation and Technology and Business and Trade) (unpaid) | ||||
The Baroness Anderson of Stoke-on-Trent | ||||
The Lord Leong CBE | ||||
The Baroness Twycross (also with Culture, Media and Sport) (unpaid) | ||||
The Baroness Blake of Leeds CBE |
See also
[edit]- Government of the United Kingdom
- Cabinet of the United Kingdom
- Official Opposition frontbench
- Official Opposition Shadow Cabinet (United Kingdom)
- Frontbench Team of Ed Davey
References
[edit]- ^ "Frontbench (frontbenchers)". Parliament.UK. Retrieved 28 May 2021.
A frontbencher is either a Government minister or an Opposition shadow spokesperson.