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<templatestyles src="Hlist/styles.css" />Script error: No such module "Sidebar".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.Script error: No such module "Sidebar".
Key
| style="background: Template:Party color; width: 1px;" | | Member of the House of Commons |
| style="background: Template:Party color; width: 1px;" | | Member of the House of Lords |
| style="background: Template:Party color; width: 1px;" | | Member of the Privy Council |
| Cabinet full members in bold | |
| Cabinet attendees in bold italics | |
Leader of the Government and Cabinet Office
| Leader of the Government | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| style="background: Template:Party color; width: 1px;" | | Prime Minister of the United Kingdom First Lord of the Treasury Minister for the Civil Service |
style="background: Template:Party color; width: 1px;" | | Sir Keir Starmer Script error: No such module "If empty". |
| Cabinet Office | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| style="background: Template:Party color; width: 1px;" | | Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster Minister for Intergovernmental Relations |
style="background: Template:Party color; width: 1px;" | | Pat McFadden | |
| style="background: Template:Party color; width: 1px;" | | Minister without Portfolio | style="background: Template:Party color; width: 1px;" | | Ellie Reeves (unpaid)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | |
| style="background: Template:Party color; width: 1px;" | | Minister for the Cabinet Office Paymaster General |
style="background: Template:Party color; width: 1px;" | | Nick Thomas-Symonds | |
| style="background: Template:Party color; width: 1px;" | | Minister of State at the Cabinet Office | style="background: Template:Party color; width: 1px;" | | Douglas Alexander (also with DBT)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | |
| style="background: Template:Party color; width: 1px;" | | Parliamentary Secretary for the Cabinet Office | Georgia Gould Script error: No such module "If empty". | ||
| style="background: Template:Party color; width: 1px;" | | Parliamentary Secretary for the Cabinet Office | Abena Oppong-Asare | ||
| Equalities Office | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| style="width: 1px; background: Template:Party color;" | | Minister for Women and Equalities | style="background: Template:Party color; width: 1px;" | | Bridget Phillipson (also Education Secretary)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
| style="background: Template:Party color; width: 1px;" | | Minister of State for Women and Equalities | style="background: Template:Party color; width: 1px;" | | The Baroness Smith of Malvern (also with Education)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
| style="background: Template:Party color; width: 1px;" | | Government spokesperson for Equalities | The Lord Collins of Highbury (also Deputy Leader of the House of Lords and a whipScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".) (unpaid)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | |
Foreign relations
| Defence | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| style="background: Template:Party color; width: 1px;" | | Secretary of State for Defence | style="background: Template:Party color; width: 1px;" | | John Healey |
| style="background: Template:Party color; width: 1px;" | | Minister of State for Defence | The Lord Coaker | |
| style="background: Template:Party color; width: 1px;" | | Minister of State for Defence Procurement and Industry | style="background: Template:Party color; width: 1px;" | | Maria Eagle |
| style="background: Template:Party color; width: 1px;" | | Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for the Armed Forces | Luke Pollard | |
| style="background: Template:Party color; width: 1px;" | | Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Veterans and People | Alistair Carns Script error: No such module "If empty". | |
Law and order
| Justice | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| style="background: Template:Party color; width: 1px;" | | Secretary of State for Justice Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain |
style="background: Template:Party color; width: 1px;" | | Shabana Mahmood Script error: No such module "If empty". |
| style="background: Template:Party color; width: 1px;" | | Minister of State for Prisons, Probation and Reducing Reoffending | The Lord Timpson Script error: No such module "If empty". (unpaid)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | |
| style="background: Template:Party color; width: 1px;" | | Minister of State for Courts and Legal Services | Sarah Sackman Script error: No such module "If empty". | |
| style="background: Template:Party color; width: 1px;" | | Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Victims | Alex Davies-Jones | |
| style="background: Template:Party color; width: 1px;" | | Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Justice | The Lord Ponsonby of Shulbrede (also a whip)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". (unpaid)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | |
| style="background: Template:Party color; width: 1px;" | | Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Sentencing | Sir Nic Dakin (also Lord Commissioner of the Treasury)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". (unpaid)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | |
| Law Officers | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| style="background: Template:Party color; width: 1px;" | | Attorney General for England and Wales Advocate General for Northern Ireland |
style="background: Template:Party color; width: 1px;" | | The Lord Hermer Script error: No such module "If empty". |
| style="background: Template:Party color; width: 1px;" | | Solicitor General | Lucy Rigby | |
| style="background: Template:Party color; width: 1px;" | | Advocate General for Scotland | The Baroness Smith of Cluny Script error: No such module "If empty". | |
Economy
| Treasury | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| style="background: Template:Party color; width: 1px;" | | Chancellor of the Exchequer Second Lord of the Treasury |
style="background: Template:Party color; width: 1px;" | | Rachel Reeves |
| style="background: Template:Party color; width: 1px;" | | Chief Secretary to the Treasury | style="background: Template:Party color; width: 1px;" | | Darren Jones |
| style="background: Template:Party color; width: 1px;" | | Financial Secretary to the Treasury | The Lord Livermore | |
| style="background: Template:Party color; width: 1px;" | | Minister of State for Investment | The Baroness Gustafsson (also with DBT)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". (unpaid)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | |
| style="background: Template:Party color; width: 1px;" | | Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury | James Murray | |
| style="background: Template:Party color; width: 1px;" | | Economic Secretary to the Treasury City Minister |
Emma Reynolds | |
| style="background: Template:Party color; width: 1px;" | | Parliamentary Secretary for the Treasury | Torsten Bell (also with Work and Pensions)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | |
| Business and Trade | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| style="background: Template:Party color; width: 1px;" | | Secretary of State for Business and Trade President of the Board of Trade |
style="background: Template:Party color; width: 1px;" | | Jonathan Reynolds | |
| style="background: Template:Party color; width: 1px;" | | Minister of State for Trade Policy and Economic Security | style="background: Template:Party color; width: 1px;" | | Douglas Alexander (also with Cabinet Office)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | |
| style="background: Template:Party color; width: 1px;" | | Minister of State for Industry | Sarah Jones (also with Energy Security and Net Zero)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | ||
| style="background: Template:Party color; width: 1px;" | | Minister of State for Investment | The Baroness Gustafsson (also with HM Treasury)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". (unpaid)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | ||
| style="background: Template:Party color; width: 1px;" | | Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Employment Rights, Competition and Markets | Justin Madders | ||
| style="background: Template:Party color; width: 1px;" | | Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Services, Small Business and Exports | Gareth Thomas | ||
| style="background: Template:Party color; width: 1px;" | | Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Legislation | The Baroness Jones of Whitchurch (also with Science, Innovation and Technology and a whip)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". (unpaid)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | ||
| Work and Pensions | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| style="background: Template:Party color; width: 1px;" | | Secretary of State for Work and Pensions | style="background: Template:Party color; width: 1px;" | | Liz Kendall | |
| style="background: Template:Party color; width: 1px;" | | Minister of State for Social Security and Disability | style="background: Template:Party color; width: 1px;" | | Sir Stephen Timms | |
| style="background: Template:Party color; width: 1px;" | | Minister of State for Employment | Alison McGovern | ||
| style="background: Template:Party color; width: 1px;" | | Minister of State for Work and Pensions | The Baroness Sherlock Script error: No such module "If empty". | ||
| style="background: Template:Party color; width: 1px;" | | Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Transformation | Andrew Western | ||
| style="background: Template:Party color; width: 1px;" | | Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Pensions | Torsten Bell (also with Treasury)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | ||
Social services
| Education | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| style="background: Template:Party color; width: 1px;" | | Secretary of State for Education Minister for Women and Equalities |
style="background: Template:Party color; width: 1px;" | | Bridget Phillipson |
| style="background: Template:Party color; width: 1px;" | | Minister of State for Skills Minister of State for Women and Equalities |
style="background: Template:Party color; width: 1px;" | | The Baroness Smith of Malvern (also with Equalities)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
| style="background: Template:Party color; width: 1px;" | | Minister of State for School Standards | Catherine McKinnell | |
| style="background: Template:Party color; width: 1px;" | | Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Early Education | Stephen Morgan | |
| style="background: Template:Party color; width: 1px;" | | Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Children and Families | Janet Daby | |
| style="background: Template:Party color; width: 1px;" | | Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Minister for Equalities) | Seema Malhotra (also with Home Office)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | |
| style="background: Template:Party color; width: 1px;" | | Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Minister for Equalities) | Dame Nia Griffith Script error: No such module "If empty". (also with Wales Office)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | |
| Science, Innovation and Technology | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| style="background: Template:Party color; width: 1px;" | | Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology | style="background: Template:Party color; width: 1px;" | | Peter Kyle |
| style="background: Template:Party color; width: 1px;" | | Minister of State for Science, Research and Innovation | style="background: Template:Party color; width: 1px;" | | The Lord Vallance of Balham Script error: No such module "If empty". |
| style="background: Template:Party color; width: 1px;" | | Minister of State for Data Protection and Telecoms | Chris Bryant (also with Culture, Media and Sport)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | |
| style="background: Template:Party color; width: 1px;" | | Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for AI and Digital Government | Feryal Clark | |
| style="background: Template:Party color; width: 1px;" | | 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)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". (unpaid)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | |
| Health and Social Care | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| style="background: Template:Party color; width: 1px;" | | Secretary of State for Health and Social Care | style="background: Template:Party color; width: 1px;" | | Wes Streeting |
| style="background: Template:Party color; width: 1px;" | | Minister of State for Secondary Care | Karin Smyth | |
| style="background: Template:Party color; width: 1px;" | | Minister of State for Care | Stephen Kinnock | |
| style="background: Template:Party color; width: 1px;" | | Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Patient Safety, Women's Health and Mental Health | The Baroness Merron | |
| style="background: Template:Party color; width: 1px;" | | Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Public Health and Prevention | Ashley Dalton | |
Environment
| Environment, Food and Rural Affairs | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| style="background: Template:Party color; width: 1px;" | | Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs | style="background: Template:Party color; width: 1px;" | | Steve Reed Script error: No such module "If empty". |
| style="background: Template:Party color; width: 1px;" | | Minister of State for Food Security and Rural Affairs | Daniel Zeichner | |
| style="background: Template:Party color; width: 1px;" | | Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Water and Flooding | Emma Hardy | |
| style="background: Template:Party color; width: 1px;" | | Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Nature | Mary Creagh Script error: No such module "If empty". (unpaid)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | |
| style="background: Template:Party color; width: 1px;" | | Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State | The Baroness Hayman of Ullock | |
| Energy Security and Net Zero | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| style="background: Template:Party color; width: 1px;" | | Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero | style="background: Template:Party color; width: 1px;" | | Ed Miliband |
| style="background: Template:Party color; width: 1px;" | | Minister of State for Industry | Sarah Jones (also with Business and Trade)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | |
| style="background: Template:Party color; width: 1px;" | | Minister of State for Energy Security and Net Zero | style="background: Template:Party color; width: 1px;" | | The Baroness Curran (unpaid)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
| style="background: Template:Party color; width: 1px;" | | Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Climate | Kerry McCarthy | |
| style="background: Template:Party color; width: 1px;" | | Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Energy | Michael Shanks | |
| style="background: Template:Party color; width: 1px;" | | Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Energy Consumers | Miatta Fahnbulleh | |
Culture
| Culture, Media and Sport | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| style="background: Template:Party color; width: 1px;" | | Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport | style="background: Template:Party color; width: 1px;" | | Lisa Nandy |
| style="background: Template:Party color; width: 1px;" | | Minister of State for Creative Industries, Arts and Tourism | Chris Bryant (also with Science, Innovation and Technology)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | |
| style="background: Template:Party color; width: 1px;" | | Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Sport, Media, Civil Society and Youth | Stephanie Peacock | |
| style="background: Template:Party color; width: 1px;" | | Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Gambling and Heritage | The Baroness Twycross (also a Baroness in WaitingScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". (unpaid)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | |
Transport
| Transport | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| style="background: Template:Party color; width: 1px;" | | Secretary of State for Transport | style="background: Template:Party color; width: 1px;" | | Heidi Alexander | |
| style="background: Template:Party color; width: 1px;" | | Minister of State for Rail | The Lord Hendy of Richmond Hill Script error: No such module "If empty". | ||
| style="background: Template:Party color; width: 1px;" | | Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Local Transport | Simon Lightwood | ||
| style="background: Template:Party color; width: 1px;" | | Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Future of Roads | Lilian Greenwood | ||
| style="background: Template:Party color; width: 1px;" | | Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Aviation, Maritime and Security | Mike Kane | ||
Local and devolved government
| Housing, Communities and Local Government | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| style="background: Template:Party color; width: 1px;" | | Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government Deputy Prime Minister |
style="background: Template:Party color; width: 1px;" | | Angela Rayner |
| style="background: Template:Party color; width: 1px;" | | Minister of State for Housing and Planning | Matthew Pennycook | |
| style="background: Template:Party color; width: 1px;" | | Minister of State for Local Government and English Devolution | Jim McMahon Script error: No such module "If empty". | |
| style="background: Template:Party color; width: 1px;" | | Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Homelessness and Democracy | Rushanara Ali | |
| style="background: Template:Party color; width: 1px;" | | Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Building Safety, Fire and Local Growth | Alex Norris | |
| style="background: Template:Party color; width: 1px;" | | Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Housing and Local Government | The Baroness Taylor of Stevenage Script error: No such module "If empty". (also a whip)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". (unpaid)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | |
| style="background: Template:Party color; width: 1px;" | | Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Faith, Communities and Resettlement | The Lord Khan of Burnley | |
| Northern Ireland | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| style="background: Template:Party color; width: 1px;" | | Secretary of State for Northern Ireland | style="background: Template:Party color; width: 1px;" | | Hilary Benn |
| style="background: Template:Party color; width: 1px;" | | Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Northern Ireland | Fleur Anderson | |
| Scotland | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| style="background: Template:Party color; width: 1px;" | | Secretary of State for Scotland | style="background: Template:Party color; width: 1px;" | | Ian Murray |
| style="background: Template:Party color; width: 1px;" | | Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Scotland | Kirsty McNeill | |
| Wales | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| style="background: Template:Party color; width: 1px;" | | Secretary of State for Wales | style="background: Template:Party color; width: 1px;" | | Jo Stevens |
| style="background: Template:Party color; width: 1px;" | | Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Wales | Dame Nia Griffith Script error: No such module "If empty". (also with Education)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | |
Parliament
| House Leaders | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| style="background: Template:Party color; width: 1px;" | | Leader of the House of Commons Lord President of the Council |
style="background: Template:Party color; width: 1px;" | | Lucy Powell |
| style="background: Template:Party color; width: 1px;" | | Leader of the House of Lords Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal |
style="background: Template:Party color; width: 1px;" | | The Baroness Smith of Basildon |
| style="background: Template:Party color; width: 1px;" | | Deputy Leader of the House of Lords | The Lord Collins of Highbury (also with Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office a whip and Equalities)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". (unpaid)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | |
| House of Commons Whips | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| style="background: Template:Party color; width: 1px;" | | Chief Whip Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury |
style="background: Template:Party color; width: 1px;" | | Sir Alan Campbell |
| style="background: Template:Party color; width: 1px;" | | Deputy Chief Whip Treasurer of the Household |
style="background: Template:Party color; width: 1px;" | | Mark Tami |
| style="background: Template:Party color; width: 1px;" | | Government Whip Comptroller of the Household |
Chris Elmore | |
| style="background: Template:Party color; width: 1px;" | | Government Whip Vice-Chamberlain of the Household |
Samantha Dixon Script error: No such module "If empty". | |
| rowspan=5 style="background: Template:Party color; width: 1px;" | | Government Whips Lords Commissioners of the Treasury |
Sir Nic Dakin (unpaid)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | |
| Vacant | |||
| Jeff Smith | |||
| Anna Turley | |||
| Taiwo Owatemi | |||
| rowspan=7 style="background: Template:Party color; width: 1px;" | | Assistant Government Whips | Christian Wakeford | |
| Gen Kitchen | |||
| Keir Mather | |||
| Gerald Jones | |||
| Anna McMorrin | |||
| Martin McCluskey | |||
| Kate Dearden | |||
| House of Lords Whips | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| style="background: Template:Party color; width: 1px;" | | Chief Whip Captain of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms |
style="background: Template:Party color; width: 1px;" | | The Lord Kennedy of Southwark | |
| style="background: Template:Party color; width: 1px;" | | Deputy Chief Whip Captain of the King's Bodyguard of the Yeomen of the Guard |
The Baroness Wheeler Script error: No such module "If empty". | ||
| rowspan=9 style="background: Template:Party color; width: 1px;" | | Lords- and Baronesses-in-waiting | The Lord Collins of Highbury (also Deputy Leader of the House of Lords and with Foreign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".) (unpaid)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | ||
| The Lord Ponsonby of Shulbrede (also with Justice)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | ||||
| The Baroness Taylor of Stevenage Script error: No such module "If empty". (also with Housing, Communities and Local Government)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | ||||
| The Baroness Jones of Whitchurch (also with Science, Innovation and Technology and Business and Trade)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". (unpaid)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | ||||
| The Baroness Anderson of Stoke-on-Trent | ||||
| The Lord Leong Script error: No such module "If empty". | ||||
| The Baroness Twycross (also with Culture, Media and Sport)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". (unpaid)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | ||||
| The Baroness Blake of Leeds Script error: No such module "If empty". | ||||
| Lord Cryer | ||||
See also
- 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
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