Her Majesty has been pleased to approve the following Ministerial appointments:
Prime Minister, First Lord of the Treasury and Minister for the Civil Service
Rt Hon David Cameron MP
Deputy Prime Minister, Lord President of the Council (with special responsibility for political and constitutional reform)
Rt Hon Nick Clegg MP
Foreign and Commonwealth Office
First Secretary of State, Secretary of State for Foreign and
Commonwealth Affairs – Rt Hon William Hague MP
Senior Minister of State – Rt Hon Baroness Warsi (jointly with the
Department for Communities and Local Government)
Minister of State – Rt Hon David Lidington MP
Minister of State – Rt Hon Hugo Swire MP
Minister of State (Trade and Investment) – Lord Green of
Hurstpierpoint (jointly with the Department for Business, Innovation
and Skills)*
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State – Mark Simmonds MP
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State – Alistair Burt MP
HM Treasury
Chancellor of the Exchequer – Rt Hon George Osborne MP
Chief Secretary to the Treasury – Rt Hon Danny Alexander MP
Financial Secretary – Rt Hon Greg Clark MP
Exchequer Secretary – David Gauke MP†
Economic Secretary – Sajid Javid MP†
Commercial Secretary – Lord Sassoon *
Good to see Tunbridge Wells MP, Greg Clark promoted. He'll have his work cut out but if the Treasury Team can work with Ken Clarke and improve communication of their efforts, things could improve!
Home Office
Secretary of State for the Home Department – Rt Hon Theresa May MP
Minister of State (Immigration) – Mark Harper MP
Minister of State (Policing) – Damian Green MP (jointly with the
Ministry of Justice)
Minister of State – Jeremy Browne MP
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State – James Brokenshire MP
Good to see Damien Green promoted but a shame to see Arundel MP, Nick Herbert asked to resign, especially given the forthcoming PCC elections which he had been leading on prior to the reshuffle.
Ministry of Defence
Secretary of State for Defence – Rt Hon Philip Hammond MP
Minister of State – Rt Hon Andrew Robathan MP
Minister of State – Rt Hon Mark Francois MP
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State – Dr Andrew Murrison MP
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State – Philip Dunne MP
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State – Lord Astor of Hever DL*
Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills; and President
of the Board of Trade – Rt Hon Dr Vincent Cable MP
Minister of State (Universities and Science) – Rt Hon David Willetts MP**
Minister of State – Michael Fallon MP
Minister of State (Trade and Investment) – Lord Green of
Hurstpierpoint (jointly with the Foreign and Commonwealth Office)*
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State – Lord Marland *
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State – Jo Swinson MP
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State – Matthew Hancock MP (jointly
with the Department for Education)
Can't believe that Vince Cable remains in post, if he'd been removed I think business would be making better progress!
Department for Work and Pensions
Secretary of State for Work and Pensions – Rt Hon Iain Duncan Smith MP
Minister of State – Mark Hoban MP
Minister of State – Steve Webb MP
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Welfare Reform) – Lord Freud*
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State – Esther McVey MP
Ministry of Justice
Lord Chancellor, Secretary of State for Justice – Rt Hon Chris Grayling MP
Minister of State – Rt Hon Lord McNally (and Deputy Leader of the
House of Lords)
Minister of State – Damian Green MP (jointly with the Home Office)
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State – Helen Grant MP (jointly with
the Department for Culture, Media and Sport)
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State – Jeremy Wright MP
Good to see Chris Grayling and Maidstone MP, Helen Grant promoted here, lets hope they turn the screws on criminals and make life more difficult for them!
Department for Education
Secretary of State for Education – Rt Hon Michael Gove MP
Minister of State – Rt Hon David Laws MP (jointly with the Cabinet Office**)
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State – Lord Hill of Oareford CBE
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State – Matthew Hancock MP (jointly
with the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills)
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State – Edward Timpson MP
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State – Elizabeth Truss MP
I didn't expect to see David Laws crop up here, he seemed to have demonstrated a better understanding of the economy before but it is good to see Edward Timpson promoted.
Department for Communities and Local Government
Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government – Rt Hon Eric
Pickles MP
Senior Minister of State (Faith and Communities) – Rt Hon Baroness
Warsi ** (jointly with the Foreign and Commonwealth Office)
Minister of State (Housing) – Mark Prisk MP
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Planning) - Nicholas Boles MP
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State – Rt Hon Don Foster MP
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State – Brandon Lewis MP
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State – Baroness Hanham CBE*
Department of Health
Secretary of State for Health – Rt Hon Jeremy Hunt MP
Minister of State – Norman Lamb MP
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State – Anna Soubry MP
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State – Daniel Poulter MP
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State – Earl Howe
This had to be one of the biggest surprises of the reshuffle but I will be very interested to see if he can make the NHS reforms more popular.
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs – Rt Hon
Owen Paterson MP
Minister of State – David Heath CBE MP
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State – Richard Benyon MP
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State – Lord Taylor of Holbeach CBE
Department for International Development
Secretary of State for International Development – Rt Hon Justine Greening MP
Minister of State – Rt Hon Alan Duncan MP
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State – Lynne Featherstone MP
Scotland Office
Secretary of State for Scotland – Rt Hon Michael Moore MP
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State – Rt Hon David Mundell MP
Department of Energy and Climate Change
Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change – Rt Hon Edward Davey MP
Minister of State – Gregory Barker MP
Minister of State – John Hayes MP
Department for Transport
Secretary of State for Transport – Rt Hon Patrick McLoughlin MP
Minister of State – Rt Hon Simon Burns MP
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State – Norman Baker MP
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State – Stephen Hammond MP
Absolutely gutted that Lewes MP and Roadblock to an improved A27, Norman Baker remains in post. Hopefully an oversight that will be addressed in the near future Prime Minister along with vital improvements to our A27 so we can unlock the business and tourism potential in our wonderful town!
Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport; and Minister for
Women and Equalities – Maria Miller MP
Minister of State – Hugh Robertson MP
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State – Hon Ed Vaizey MP
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Women and Equalities) – Helen
Grant MP (jointly with the Ministry of Justice)
Northern Ireland Office
Secretary of State for Northern Ireland – Rt Hon Theresa Villiers MP
Minister of State – Mike Penning MP
Wales Office
Secretary of State for Wales – David Jones MP
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State – Stephen Crabb MP* (jointly as
a paid Lord Commissioner of HM Treasury (Whip) – House of Commons)
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State – Baroness Randerson*
Office of the Leader of the House of Lords
Leader of the House of Lords, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster –
Rt Hon Lord Strathclyde
Deputy Leader of the House of Lords – Rt Hon Lord McNally (and
Minister of State at the Ministry of Justice)
Office of the Leader of the Commons
Leader of the House of Commons, Lord Privy Seal – Rt Hon Andrew Lansley CBE MP**
Parliamentary Secretary (Deputy Leader) – Rt Hon Tom Brake MP*
Ministers without Portfolio (Minister of State)
Rt Hon Kenneth Clarke QC MP **
Rt Hon Grant Shapps MP* & ** (and Co-Chairman of the Conservative Party)
Possibly one of the most universally appreciated political appointments of the reshuffle, Grant Shapps is an excellent communicator and is ideally placed to get the Conservative message across to the electorate for the next general election.
Cabinet Office
Minister for the Cabinet Office, Paymaster General – Rt Hon Francis Maude MP**
Minister for Government Policy – Rt Hon Oliver Letwin MP**
Minister of State – Rt Hon David Laws MP** (jointly with the
Department for Education)
Parliamentary Secretary – Nick Hurd MP
Parliamentary Secretary – Chloe Smith MP
Law Officers
Attorney General – Rt Hon Dominic Grieve QC MP***
Solicitor General – Oliver Heald MP
Advocate General for Scotland – Rt Hon Lord Wallace of Tankerness QC
Whips – House of Commons
Chief Whip (Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury) – Rt Hon Andrew
Mitchell MP**
Deputy Chief Whip (Treasurer of HM Household) – Rt Hon John Randall MP
Deputy Chief Whip (Comptroller of HM Household) – Rt Hon Alistair Carmichael MP
Government Whip (Vice Chamberlain of HM Household) – Rt Hon Greg Knight MP
Junior Lords of the Treasury
Government Whip (Lord Commissioner of HM Treasury) – Rt Hon Desmond Swayne MP
Government Whip (Lord Commissioner of HM Treasury) – Anne Milton MP
Government Whip (Lord Commissioner of HM Treasury) – Stephen Crabb MP
(jointly as an unpaid Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the
Wales Office)
Government Whip (Lord Commissioner of HM Treasury) – David Evennett MP*
Government Whip (Lord Commissioner of HM Treasury) – Robert Goodwill MP
Government Whip (Lord Commissioner of HM Treasury) – Mark Lancaster MP
Assistant Whips
Assistant Government Whip – Greg Hands MP
Assistant Government Whip – Karen Bradley MP
Assistant Government Whip – Jo Johnson MP
Assistant Government Whip – Nicky Morgan MP
Assistant Government Whip – Robert Syms MP
Assistant Government Whip – Mark Hunter MP
Assistant Government Whip – Jenny Willott MP
Whips – House of Lords
Lords Chief Whip (Captain of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen at
Arms) – Rt Hon Baroness Anelay of St Johns DBE
Deputy Chief Whip (Captain of The Queen’s Bodyguard of the Yeomen of
the Guard) – Lord Newby OBE
Baronesses and Lords in Waiting
Baroness in Waiting – Baroness Garden*
Baroness in Waiting – Baroness Northover*
Baroness in Waiting – Baroness Stowell of Beeston
Baroness in Waiting – Baroness Verma
Lord in Waiting – Earl Attlee
Lord in Waiting – Lord De Mauley TD
Lord in Waiting – Lord Wallace of Saltaire*
Lord in Waiting – Viscount Younger of Leckie
* unpaid
** attends Cabinet
*** attends Cabinet when Ministerial responsibilities are on the agenda
† paid as a Parliamentary Secretary
Her Majesty has been pleased to signify Her intention of conferring a
peerage of the United Kingdom for life on:
Paul Deighton
The following will be sworn in to Her Majesty’s Most Honourable Privy Council:
Maria Miller MP
David Jones MP
Gregory Barker MP
Paul Burstow MP
Damian Green MP
Michael Fallon
Hugh Robertson MP
Andrew Stunell OBE MP
Lord Wallace of Saltaire
Lord Ashcroft KCMG
Congratulations to all but especially local MP for Bexhill, Battle & Pevensey, Greg Barker!
The Prime Minister will recommend to The Queen that the Rt Hon Sir
George Young Bt MP be appointed to the Order of the Companions of
Honour. But the freedom Sir George now enjoys will ensure he is ideally placed to run for Speaker of the House of Commons at the earliest opportunity so we can be free of the ridiculous Bercow's!
The Prime Minister will recommend to The Queen that knighthoods be
conferred upon the following:
Rt Hon James Paice MP
Edward Garnier QC MP
Nick Harvey MP
Gerald Howarth MP
In addition the Prime Minister has appointed Sam Gyimah MP to be his
Parliamentary Private Secretary.
The following Ministers have resigned from Her Majesty’s Government
Rt Hon Caroline Spelman MP
Rt Hon Cheryl Gillan MP
Rt Hon Sir George Young Bt MP
Rt Hon Lord Howell of Guildford
Rt Hon Nick Herbert MP
Rt Hon James Paice MP
Paul Burstow MP
Nick Gibb MP
Nick Harvey MP
Charles Hendry MP
Lord Henley
Henry Bellingham MP
Crispin Blunt MP
Jonathan Djanogly MP
Gerald Howarth MP
Tim Loughton MP
Peter Luff MP
Bob Neill MP
Stephen O’Brien MP
John Penrose MP
Andrew Stunell OBE MP
Sarah Teather MP
Baroness Wilcox
Edward Garnier QC MP
James Duddridge MP
Michael Fabricant MP
Brooks Newmark MP
Angela Watkinson MP
Bill Wiggin MP
Very sorry to see local MP's Tim Loughton, Charles Hendry and Nick Herbert resign. They all have been well recognised for doing a good job so hopefully when we are able to see a wholly Conservative Government elected, they can come back!
Lord Sassoon will leave the Government in January 2013 at which time
he will be succeeded by Paul Deighton.
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