Ministers

Read biographies and responsibilities of Cabinet ministers and all ministers by department, as well as the whips who help co-ordinate parliamentary business.

Cabinet ministers

• The Rt Hon

  Andy Burnham MP

  Prime Minister, First Lord of the Treasury, Minister for the Civil Service, Minister for the Union

  

• The Rt Hon

  Louise Haigh MP

  First Secretary of State, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, Minister for the Cabinet Office

  

• The Rt Hon

  John Healey MP

  Chancellor of the Exchequer

  

• The Rt Hon

  Ed Miliband MP

  Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs

  

• The Rt Hon

  Shabana Mahmood MP

  Secretary of State for the Home Department

  

• The Rt Hon

  Wes Streeting MP

  Secretary of State for Defence

  

• The Rt Hon

  Yvette Cooper MP

  Secretary of State for Health and Social Care

  

• The Rt Hon

  Alex Norris MP

  Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice

  

• The Rt Hon

  Lucy Powell MP

  Secretary of State for Education

  

• The Rt Hon

  Pat McFadden MP

  Secretary of State for Work and Pensions

  

• The Rt Hon

  Jonathan Reynolds MP

  Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade; President of the Board of Trade

  

• The Rt Hon

  Angela Rayner MP

  Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government

  

• The Rt Hon

  Heidi Alexander MP

  Secretary of State for Transport

  

• The Rt Hon

  Miatta Fahnbulleh MP

  Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero

  

• The Rt Hon

  Lisa Nandy MP

  Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

  

• The Rt Hon

  Dame Angela Eagle DBE MP

  Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

  

• The Rt Hon

  Sir Chris Bryant MP

  Secretary of State for Northern Ireland

  

• The Rt Hon

  Douglas Alexander MP

  Secretary of State for Scotland

  

• The Rt Hon

  Stephen Kinnock MP

  Secretary of State for Wales

  

• The Rt Hon

  Anneliese Midgley MP

  Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury (Chief Whip)

  

• The Rt Hon

  Baroness Smith of Basildon

  Lord Privy Seal, Leader of the House of Lords

  

• The Rt Hon

  Sir Alan Campbell MP

  Lord President of the Council, Leader of the House of Commons

  

• The Rt Hon

  Bridget Phillipson MP

  Minister for Women and Equalities

  

Also attends Cabinet

• The Rt Hon

  Emma Reynolds MP

  Chief Secretary to the Treasury

  

• The Rt Hon

  Ellie Reeves KC MP

  Attorney General

  

• The Rt Hon

  Hamish Falconer MP

  Minister of State (Minister for Intergovernmental Relations and European Relations)

  

• The Rt Hon

  Kanishka Narayan MP

  Minister of State (Minister for Artificial Intelligence)

  

• The Rt Hon

  Matthew Pennycook MP

  Minister of State (Minister for Housing and Planning)

  

Ministers by department

Cabinet Office

• The Rt Hon

  Andy Burnham MP

  Prime Minister, First Lord of the Treasury, Minister for the Civil Service, Minister for the Union

• The Rt Hon

  Louise Haigh MP

  First Secretary of State, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, Minister for the Cabinet Office

• The Rt Hon

  Hamish Falconer MP

  Minister of State (Minister for Intergovernmental Relations and European Relations)

• The Rt Hon

  Kanishka Narayan MP

  Minister of State (Minister for Artificial Intelligence)

• The Rt Hon

  Dan Jarvis MBE MP

  Minister of State (Security Minister)

• Sally Jameson MP

  Parliamentary Secretary

• Daniel Tomlinson MP

  Parliamentary Secretary

• Mark Ferguson MP

  Parliamentary Secretary

• Baroness Twycross

  Parliamentary Secretary

HM Treasury

• The Rt Hon

  John Healey MP

  Chancellor of the Exchequer

• The Rt Hon

  Emma Reynolds MP

  Chief Secretary to the Treasury

• The Rt Hon

  James Murray MP

  Financial Secretary to the Treasury, Paymaster General

• The Rt Hon

  Lucy Rigby KC MP

  Economic Secretary to the Treasury

• Daniel Tomlinson MP

  Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury (Minister for Growth)

• Torsten Bell MP

  Parliamentary Secretary

• Lord Pitt-Watson

  Parliamentary SecretaryUnpaid

Foreign, Commonwealth
& Development Office

• The Rt Hon

  Ed Miliband MP

  Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs

• The Rt Hon

  Hamish Falconer MP

  Minister of State (Minister for Intergovernmental Relations and European Relations)

• Kirsty McNeill MP

  Minister of State for International Development

• Stephen Doughty MP

  Minister of State

• Uma Kumaran MP

  Parliamentary Under-Secretary of StatePaid as a whip

• Chris Elmore MP

  Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State

• Lord Wood of Anfield

  Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State

• The Rt Hon

  Baroness Winterton of Doncaster DBE

  Parliamentary Under Secretary of State

Home Office

• The Rt Hon

  Shabana Mahmood MP

  Secretary of State for the Home Department

• The Rt Hon

  Dan Jarvis MBE MP

  Minister of State (Security Minister)

• Sarah Jones MP

  Minister of State (Minister for Policing and Crime)

• The Rt Hon

  Anna Turley MP

  Minister of State

• The Rt Hon

  Lord Hanson of Flint

  Minister of State

• Satvir Kaur MP

  Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State

• Lord Collins of Highbury

  Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State

• Jo White MP

  Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State

Ministry
of Defence

• The Rt Hon

  Wes Streeting MP

  Secretary of State for Defence

• Luke Pollard MP

  Minister of State

• Lord Coaker

  Minister of State

• Calvin Bailey MBE MP

  Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State

• Louise Sandher-Jones MP

  Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State

Department
of Health &
Social Care

• The Rt Hon

  Yvette Cooper MP

  Secretary of State for Health and Social Care

• The Rt Hon

  Dame Diana Johnson DBE MP

  Minister of State

• Alison McGovern MP

  Minister of State

• Karin Smyth MP

  Minister of State

• Chris McDonald MP

  Minister of State

• James Frith MP

  Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State

• Baroness Merron

  Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State

Ministry
of Justice

• The Rt Hon

  Alex Norris MP

  Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice

• Sarah Sackman KC MP

  Minister of State

• Catherine McKinnell MP

  Minister of State

• Lord Lemos CMG CBE

  Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State

• Alex Davies-Jones MP

  Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State

• Jake Richards MP

  Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State

Department
for Education

• The Rt Hon

  Lucy Powell MP

  Secretary of State for Education

• Georgia Gould OBE MP

  Minister of State

• The Rt Hon

  Baroness Smith of Malvern

  Minister of State

• Josh MacAlister OBE MP

  Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State

• Paul Waugh MP

  Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State

Department
for Work &
Pensions

• The Rt Hon

  Pat McFadden MP

  Secretary of State for Work and Pensions

• Andrew Western MP

  Minister of State

• The Rt Hon

  Sir Stephen Timms MP

  Minister of State

• Baroness Sherlock OBE

  Minister of State

• The Rt Hon

  Baroness Smith of Malvern

  Minister of State

• Torsten Bell MP

  Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State

• Lilian Greenwood MP

  Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State

Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade

• The Rt Hon

  Jonathan Reynolds MP

  Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade; President of the Board of Trade

• The Rt Hon

  Kanishka Narayan MP

  Minister of State (Minister for Artificial Intelligence)

• Anas Sarwar

  Minister of State

• Kate Dearden MP

  Minister of State

• Chris McDonald MP

  Minister of State

• Baroness Lloyd of Effra CBE

  Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State

• Lord Leong CBE

  Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State

• Blair McDougall MP

  Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State

Ministry of Housing,
Communities &
Local Government

• The Rt Hon

  Angela Rayner MP

  Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government

• The Rt Hon

  Bridget Phillipson MP

  Minister for Women and Equalities

• The Rt Hon

  Matthew Pennycook MP

  Minister of State (Minister for Housing and Planning)

• Florence Eshalomi MP

  Minister of State

• The Rt Hon

  Sir Stephen Timms MP

  Minister of State (Minister for Equalities)

• Sally Jameson MP

  Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State

• Jim McMahon OBE MP

  Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State

• Baroness Taylor of Stevenage OBE

  Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State

• Baroness Blake of Leeds CBE

  Parliamentary Under-Secretary of StatePaid as a whip

• Satvir Kaur MP

  Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Minister for Equalities)

• Simon Lightwood MP

  Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Minister for Equalities)

• Lord Collins of Highbury

  Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Minister for Equalities)

Department
for Transport

• The Rt Hon

  Heidi Alexander MP

  Secretary of State for Transport

• Lord Hendy of Richmond Hill CBE

  Minister of State (Minister for Rail)Unpaid

• Justin Madders MP

  Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Minister for Roads)

• Simon Lightwood MP

  Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Minister for Local Transport and Sustainability)

• Keir Mather MP

  Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Minister for Aviation, Maritime and Security)

Department for
Energy Security
& Net Zero

• The Rt Hon

  Miatta Fahnbulleh MP

  Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero

• Katie White OBE MP

  Minister of State

• Michael Shanks MP

  Minister of State

• Blair McDougall MP

  Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State

• Polly Billington MP

  Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State

• Baroness Curran

  Parliamentary Under-Secretary of StateUnpaid

• Martin McCluskey MP

  Parliamentary Under Secretary of State

Department for
Digital, Culture,
Media & Sport

• The Rt Hon

  Lisa Nandy MP

  Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

• The Rt Hon

  Ian Murray MP

  Minister of State

• Vicky Foxcroft MP

  Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State

• Stephanie Peacock MP

  Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State

• Ruth Mackenzie CBE

  Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State

• Baroness Lloyd of Effra CBE

  Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State

• Baroness Twycross

  Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State

Department
for Environment,
Food & Rural Affairs

• The Rt Hon

  Dame Angela Eagle DBE MP

  Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

• Emma Hardy MP

  Minister of State

• Jenny Riddell-Carpenter MP

  Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State

• Stephen Morgan MP

  Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State

• Baroness Hayman of Ullock

  Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State

Northern
Ireland
Office

• The Rt Hon

  Sir Chris Bryant MP

  Secretary of State for Northern Ireland

• Sarah Owen MP

  Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State

• Baroness Anderson of Stoke-on-Trent

  Parliamentary Under-Secretary of StatePaid as a whip

Scotland Office

• The Rt Hon

  Douglas Alexander MP

  Secretary of State for Scotland

• Melanie Ward MP

  Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State

Wales Office

• The Rt Hon

  Stephen Kinnock MP

  Secretary of State for Wales

• Anna McMorrin MP

  Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State

• Claire Hughes MP

  Parliamentary Under-Secretary of StatePaid as a whip

Office of the
Leader of the
House of Commons

• The Rt Hon

  Sir Alan Campbell MP

  Lord President of the Council, Leader of the House of Commons

Office of the
Leader of the
House of Lords

• The Rt Hon

  Baroness Smith of Basildon

  Lord Privy Seal, Leader of the House of Lords

• Lord Collins of Highbury

  Deputy Leader of the House of Lords

Attorney
General's
Office

• The Rt Hon

  Ellie Reeves KC MP

  Attorney General

• Andy Slaughter MP

  Solicitor General

Office of the
Advocate General
for Scotland

• Baroness Smith of Cluny KC

  HM Advocate General for Scotland

UK Export
Finance

• The Rt Hon

  Jonathan Reynolds MP

  President of the Board of Trade

Whips

House of Commons

• The Rt Hon

  Anneliese Midgley MP

  Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury (Chief Whip)

• The Rt Hon

  Mark Tami MP

  Treasurer of HM Household (Deputy Chief Whip)

• Emma Foody MP

  Vice Chamberlain of HM Household (Government Whip)

• Gen Kitchen MP

  Comptroller of HM Household (Government Whip)

Junior Lords of the Treasury

• Claire Hughes MP

  Junior Lord of the Treasury (Government Whip)

• Gregor Poynton MP

  Junior Lord of the Treasury (Government Whip)

• Shaun Davies MP

  Junior Lord of the Treasury (Government Whip)

• Christian Wakeford MP

  Junior Lord of the Treasury (Government Whip)

• Jade Botterill MP

  Junior Lord of the Treasury (Government Whip)

Assistant Whips

• Uma Kumaran MP

  Assistant Whip

• Laurence Turner MP

  Assistant Whip

• Rachel Hopkins MP

  Assistant Whip

• Harpreet Uppal MP

  Assistant Whip

• Michael Wheeler MP

  Assistant Whip

• Liam Conlon MP

  Assistant Whip

• Sarah Coombes MP

  Assistant Whip

House of Lords

• The Rt Hon

  Lord Kennedy of Southwark

  Captain of the Honourable Corps of Gentleman at Arms (Lords Chief Whip)

• Baroness Anderson of Stoke-on-Trent

  Captain of The King’s Bodyguard of the Yeoman of the Guard (Lords Deputy Chief Whip)

Baronesses and Lords in Waiting

• Baroness Blake of Leeds CBE

  Baroness in Waiting (Government Whip)

• The Rt Hon

  Lord Wilson of Sedgefield

  Lord in Waiting (Government Whip)Unpaid

• Lord Katz MBE

  Lord in Waiting (Government Whip)

• Baroness Ramsey of Wall Heath

  Baroness in Waiting (Government Whip)

• Baroness Antrobus MBE

  Baroness in Waiting (Government Whip)

• Baroness Dacres of Lewisham OBE

  Baroness in Waiting (Government Whip)

• Baroness Hyde of Bemerton

  Baroness in Waiting (Government Whip)Unpaid