Politics

Prime Minister and ministerial appointments

Election 2015


USPA NEWS - From: Prime Minister's Office, 10 Downing Street, The Rt Hon David Cameron and Cabinet Office. Following the 2015 general election, David Cameron has formed a government. View details of ministers confirmed so far. This news story will be updated as more details are announced.
Cabinet ministers
The Rt Hon George Osborne MP becomes First Secretary of State and continues as Chancellor of the Exchequer
The Rt Hon Theresa May continues as Home Secretary
The Rt Hon Philip Hammond continues as Foreign Secretary
The Rt Hon Michael Fallon continues as Secretary of State for Defence
The Rt Hon Michael Gove becomes Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice
The Rt Hon Chris Grayling becomes Lord President of the Council and Leader of the House of Commons
The Rt Hon Nicky Morgan continues as Secretary of State for Education and Minister for Women and Equalities
Mark Harper MP becomes Chief Whip (Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury)
Baroness Stowell is promoted to Cabinet as Leader of the House of Lords and Lord Privy Seal
Amber Rudd MP becomes Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change
Priti Patel MP becomes Minister of State (Minister for Employment) and attends Cabinet
Robert Halfon MP becomes Minister without Portfolio and attends Cabinet
The Rt Hon Sajid Javid MP becomes Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills
John Whittingdale MP becomes Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport
The Rt Hon Iain Duncan Smith MP continues as Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
The Rt Hon Patrick McLoughlin MP continues as Secretary of State for Transport
The Rt Hon Liz Truss continues as Secretary of State for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
Anna Soubry MP becomes Minister of State (Minister for Small Business) and attends Cabinet
The Rt Hon Greg Clark MP becomes Secretary of State for Communities & Local Government
The Rt Hon Justine Greening MP continues as Secretary of State for International Development
The Rt Hon Theresa Villiers MP continues as Secretary of State for Northern Ireland
The Rt Hon Jeremy Hunt MP continues as Secretary of State for Health
The Rt Hon Stephen Crabb MP continues as Secretary of State for Wales
The Rt Hon Greg Hands MP becomes Chief Secretary to the Treasury and will attend Cabinet
The Rt Hon Matt Hancock MP becomes Minister for Cabinet Office and Paymaster General (Minister for Efficiency & Civil Service Reform)
The Rt Hon David Mundell MP becomes Secretary of State for Scotland
The Rt Hon Oliver Letwin MP is promoted to Cabinet as Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster in overall charge of Cabinet Office
Other ministers
Ros Altmann becomes Minister of State (Minister for Pensions) at the Department for Work and Pensions
Mark Francois becomes Minister of State at Department for Communities and Local Government
Penny Mordaunt becomes Minister of State (Minister for the Armed Forces) at Ministry of Defence
The Rt Hon John Hayes is the new Minister of State for Security at the Home Office
Alistair Burt is the new Minister of State at the Department of Health
Jo Johnson becomes Minister of State (Minister for Universities and Science) at the Department of Business, Innovation and Skills
Philip Dunne becomes Minister of State (Minister for Defence Procurement) at the Ministry of Defence
Ed Timpson becomes Minister of State at the Department for Education
Nick Boles continues as Minister of State at the Department for Education and the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills with additional responsibility for trade union and employment law
Andrea Leadsom becomes Minister of State at the Department for Energy and Climate Change
Anne Milton becomes Deputy Chief Whip (Treasurer of HM Household)
George Eustice becomes Minister of State at the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

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