second Cameron ministry
{{Short description|Government of the United Kingdom (2015–2016)}}
{{about|the people in David Cameron's second government|the events of David Cameron's second term as Prime Minister|Premiership of David Cameron#Second term (May 2015 – July 2016)}}
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|caption = President Barack Obama and Prime Minister David Cameron holding bilateral meetings in April 2016
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|date_dissolved = {{End date|2016|7|13|df=y}}
|government_head_title = Prime Minister
|government_head = David Cameron
|government_head_history = Premiership of David Cameron
|other_government_minister_title = First Secretary
|other_government_minister = George Osborne
|state_head_title = Monarch
|state_head = Elizabeth II
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|legislature_term = 2015–2017
|election = 2015 general election
|outgoing_formation = 2016 Conservative leadership election
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|opposition_party = {{Unbulleted list | {{Color box|{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}|border=darkgray}} Labour Party}}
|opposition_leader = {{unbulleted list
| Harriet Harman (2015)
| Jeremy Corbyn (2015–2016)
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|incoming_formation =
|previous = Cameron–Clegg coalition
|successor = First May ministry
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{{David Cameron sidebar}}
David Cameron formed the second Cameron ministry, the first Conservative majority government since 1996,{{cite news |last1=Brown |first1=Colin |author-link1=Colin Brown (journalist and author) |last2=Abrams |first2=Fran |author-link2=Fran Abrams |title=The Major minority |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/the-major-minority-1314246.html |newspaper=The Independent |date=13 December 1996 |access-date=9 June 2017 |archive-date=13 June 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170613034819/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/the-major-minority-1314246.html |url-status=live }} following the 2015 general election. Prior to the election Cameron had led his first ministry, the Cameron–Clegg coalition, a coalition government that consisted of members of the Conservatives and the Liberal Democrats, with Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg as deputy prime minister.
Following the vote to leave at the EU referendum on the morning of 24 June, Cameron said that he would resign as prime minister after a new Leader of the Conservative Party was chosen after the party conference in the autumn. It was announced on 11 July 2016 that he would resign on 13 July and be succeeded by Home Secretary, Theresa May.{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-36768148 |title=Theresa May to succeed Cameron as UK PM on Wednesday |publisher=BBC News |date=11 July 2016 |access-date=11 July 2016 |archive-date=10 September 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190910012154/https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-36768148 |url-status=live }}
History
Cameron announced his choice for Chancellor of the Exchequer, Home Secretary, Foreign Secretary and Defence Secretary on the afternoon of 8 May 2015, with George Osborne, Theresa May, Philip Hammond and Michael Fallon retaining their posts. Osborne was also given the honorific title of First Secretary of State, which had been held by William Hague in the preceding ministry.[https://www.gov.uk/government/news/election-2015-prime-minister-and-ministerial-appointments Election 2015: Prime Minister and ministerial appointments] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150509161531/https://www.gov.uk/government/news/election-2015-prime-minister-and-ministerial-appointments |date=9 May 2015 }} (press release), Prime Minister's Office (8 May 2015).Nicolas Watts, [https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2015/may/08/george-osborne-made-first-secretary-of-state-in-cabinet-reshuffle George Osborne made first secretary of state in cabinet reshuffle] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170202135400/https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2015/may/08/george-osborne-made-first-secretary-of-state-in-cabinet-reshuffle |date=2 February 2017 }}, The Guardian (8 May 2015).
Cameron's choices for other ministers were announced through the week.{{Cite web|title = Election 2015: Prime Minister and ministerial appointments|url = https://www.gov.uk/government/news/election-2015-prime-minister-and-ministerial-appointments|publisher = Government of the United Kingdom|access-date = 17 May 2015|archive-date = 9 May 2015|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150509161531/https://www.gov.uk/government/news/election-2015-prime-minister-and-ministerial-appointments|url-status = live}}[https://www.bbc.com/news/live/election-2015-32594267 BBC News election liveblog] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180513071207/http://www.bbc.com/news/live/election-2015-32594267 |date=13 May 2018 }}. Eric Pickles, previously the Communities Secretary left the Cabinet and received a knighthood, being replaced by Greg Clark. Michael Gove moved to the position of Justice Secretary, replacing Chris Grayling, who became the new Leader of the House of Commons.
Several vacant Cabinet posts previously held by Liberal Democrats were subsequently filled by Conservative ministers – the positions of Business Secretary, Energy Secretary, Scottish Secretary and Chief Secretary to the Treasury were given to Sajid Javid, Amber Rudd, David Mundell and Greg Hands respectively, with John Whittingdale replacing Javid as Culture Secretary.
Mark Harper replaced Gove as Chief Whip, whilst Matthew Hancock became the new Minister for the Cabinet Office, being replaced by Anna Soubry as Minister of State for Small Business, Industry and Enterprise. Priti Patel became the new Minister of State for Employment and Robert Halfon became a Minister without Portfolio.
The Minister of State for Social Care portfolio was downgraded to a Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State in 2016 under this ministry. It would not regain its former stature until 24 January 2018, under the Second May ministry's 2018 British cabinet reshuffle.{{cite news |title=A Minister of State for Social Care |url=https://www.hft.org.uk/get-involved/campaigns/a-minister-of-state-for-social-care/ |publisher=Home Farm Trust (hft) |access-date=5 December 2020 |archive-date=27 October 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201027233352/https://www.hft.org.uk/get-involved/campaigns/a-minister-of-state-for-social-care/ |url-status=live }}
Cabinet
=Changes=
- On 19 March 2016, Iain Duncan Smith resigned from his post of Secretary of State for Work and Pensions over plans by Chancellor George Osborne to cut disability benefits.{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-35850200 |title=Iain Duncan Smith quits: David Cameron 'puzzled' by resignation |publisher=BBC News |date=19 March 2016 |access-date=19 March 2016 |archive-date=20 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160320152151/http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-35850200 |url-status=live }} He was replaced by Welsh Secretary Stephen Crabb. Alun Cairns filled the vacancy left by Crabb's promotion.{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2016/mar/19/stephen-crabb-appointed-new-work-and-pensions-secretary |title=Stephen Crabb appointed new work and pensions secretary |work=The Guardian |date=19 March 2016 |access-date=19 March 2016 |archive-date=20 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160320030147/http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2016/mar/19/stephen-crabb-appointed-new-work-and-pensions-secretary |url-status=live }} His post was filled by Guto Bebb.
List of ministers
= Prime Minister and the Cabinet Office =
| class="wikitable" |
| style="width:1px; background:#090;" |
| width=225 | Minister in the House of Commons | style="width:1px; background:#900;" | | width=225 | Minister in the House of Lords |
| colspan=4 | {{center|Ministers that attend cabinet are listed in bold}} |
| class="wikitable" |
| colspan=5 | Prime Minister and Cabinet Office |
|---|
| colspan=2 | Post
! Minister ! Term |
| style="width:1px; background:#090;" |
| Prime Minister of the United Kingdom | May 2015 – July 2016 |
| style="width:1px; background:#090;" |
| Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster | May 2015 – July 2016 |
| style="width:1px; background:#090;" |
| Minister for the Cabinet Office | May 2015 – July 2016 |
| style="width:1px; background:#090;" |
| Lord President of the Council | May 2015 – July 2016 |
| style="width:1px; background:#090;" |
| Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Civil Society | May 2015 – July 2016 |
| style="width:1px; background:#090;" |
| Parliamentary Secretary for Constitutional Reform (unpaid) (also Government Whip) | May 2015 – July 2016 |
| style="width:1px; background:#900;" |
| Parliamentary Secretary for the Cabinet Office | George Bridges, Baron Bridges of Headley | May 2015 – July 2016 |
| style="width:1px; background:#090;" |
| Minister without Portfolio (also Co-Chairman of the Conservative Party) | May 2015 – July 2016 |
| style="width:1px; background:#090;" |
| Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Prime Minister | May 2015 – July 2016 |
= Departments of State =
| class="wikitable" |
| colspan=4 | Business, Innovation and Skills |
|---|
| style="width:1px; background:#090;" |
| Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills | width=320 | Sajid Javid | May 2015 – July 2016 |
| style="width:1px; background:#090;" |
| Minister of State for Small Business, Industry and Enterprise | May 2015 – July 2016 |
| style="width:1px; background:#090;" |
| Minister of State for Universities and Science | May 2015 – July 2016 |
| style="width:1px; background:#900;" |
| rowspan="3"| Minister of State for Trade and Investment (jointly with Foreign Office) | Francis Maude, Baron Maude of Horsham | May 2015 – Mar 2016 |
| style="width:1px; background:#900;" |
| Joyce Anelay, Baroness Anelay of St John's | Mar 2016 – April 2016 (Acting) |
| style="width:1px; background:#900;" |
| April 2016 – July 2016 |
| style="width:1px; background:#090;" |
| Minister of State for Skills (jointly with Education) | May 2015 – July 2016 |
| style="width:1px; background:#090;" |
| Minister of State for Culture and the Digital Economy (jointly with Culture) | May 2015 – July 2016 |
| style="width:1px; background:#090;" |
| Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Life Sciences (jointly with Health) | May 2015 – July 2016 |
| rowspan="1" style="width:1px; background:#900;" |
| Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Intellectual Property (jointly with Culture) | Lucy Neville-Rolfe, Baroness Neville-Rolfe | May 2015 – July 2016 |
| class="wikitable" |
| colspan=4 | Communities and Local Government |
|---|
| style="width:1px; background:#090;" |
| Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government | May 2015 – July 2016 |
| style="width:1px; background:#090;" |
| Minister of State for Communities and Resilience | May 2015 – July 2016 |
| style="width:1px; background:#090;" |
| Minister of State for Housing and Planning | May 2015 – July 2016 |
| style="width:1px; background:#090;" |
| Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Local Government | May 2015 – July 2016 |
| style="width:1px; background:#090;" |
| Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Local Growth | May 2015 – July 2016 |
| style="width:1px; background:#090;" |
| Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Syrian Refugees | Sep 2015 – July 2016 |
| style="width:1px; background:#900;" |
| Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government | Susan Williams, Baroness Williams of Trafford | May 2015 – July 2016 |
| class="wikitable" |
| colspan=4 | Culture, Media and Sport |
|---|
| style="width:1px; background:#090;" |
| Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport | May 2015 – July 2016 |
| style="width:1px; background:#090;" |
| Minister of State for Culture and the Digital Economy (jointly with Business) | May 2015 – July 2016 |
| style="width:1px; background:#090;" |
| rowspan="2"|Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Sport and Tourism | May 2015 – Feb 2016 July 2016 |
| style=" width:1px; background:#090;" |
| Feb 2016 – July 2016 (Acting while Tracey Crouch was on Maternity Leave) |
| style="width:1px; background:#900;" |
| Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Intellectual Property (jointly with Business) | Lucy Neville-Rolfe, Baroness Neville-Rolfe | May 2015 – July 2016 |
| style="width:1px; background:#900;" |
| Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Internet Safety and Security ( jointly with the Home Office since Dec 2015) | Joanna Shields, Baroness Shields | May 2015 – July 2016 |
| class="wikitable" |
| colspan="4" | Defence{{Cite web|title = Ministry of Defence Ministerial appointments finalised|url = https://www.gov.uk/government/news/ministers-appointed-to-ministry-of-defence|publisher = Government of the United Kingdom|access-date = 17 May 2015|archive-date = 18 May 2015|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150518095445/https://www.gov.uk/government/news/ministers-appointed-to-ministry-of-defence|url-status = live}} |
|---|
| style="width:1px; background:#090;" |
| Secretary of State for Defence | May 2015 – July 2016 |
| style="width:1px; background:#090;" |
| Minister of State for Defence Procurement | May 2015 – July 2016 |
| style="width:1px; background:#090;" |
|Minister of State for the Armed Forces | May 2015 – July 2016 |
| style="width:1px; background:#900;" |
| Minister of State for Defence | Frederick Curzon, 7th Earl Howe | May 2015 – July 2016 |
| style="width:1px; background:#090;" |
| Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Defence Personnel, Welfare and Veterans | May 2015 – July 2016 |
| style="width:1px; background:#090;" |
|Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Reserves | May 2015 – July 2016 |
| class="wikitable" |
| colspan=4 | Education and Equalities |
|---|
| style="width:1px; background:#090;" |
| Secretary of State for Education | May 2015 – July 2016 |
| style="width:1px; background:#090;" |
| Minister of State for Schools | May 2015 – July 2016 |
| style="width:1px; background:#090;" |
| Minister of State for Skills (jointly with Business) | May 2015 – July 2016 |
| style="width:1px; background:#090;" |
| Minister of State for Children and Families | May 2015 – July 2016 |
| style="width:1px; background:#090;" |
| Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Childcare and Education | May 2015 – July 2016 |
| style="width:1px; background:#090;" |
| Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Women and Equalities (jointly with Justice) | May 2015 – July 2016 |
| style="width:1px; background:#900;" |
| Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Schools (unpaid) | May 2015 – July 2016 |
| class="wikitable" |
| colspan=4 | Energy and Climate Change |
|---|
| style="width:1px; background:#090;" |
| Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change | May 2015 – July 2016 |
| style="width:1px; background:#090;" |
| Minister of State for Energy | May 2015 – July 2016 |
| style="width:1px; background:#900;" |
| Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Climate Change (jointly with Wales Office) | Nick Bourne, Baron Bourne of Aberystwyth | May 2015 – July 2016 |
| class="wikitable" | |
| colspan=4 | Environment, Food and Rural Affairs | |
|---|---|
| style="width:1px; background:#090;" |
| Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs | May 2015 – July 2016 | |
| style="width:1px; background:#090;" |
| Minister of State for Farming, Food and Marine Environment | May 2015 – July 2016 | |
| style="width:1px; background:#090;" | | Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Water, Forestry, Rural Affairs and Resource Management
| May 2015 – July 2016 |
| class="wikitable" |
| colspan=4 | Foreign and Commonwealth Office |
|---|
| style="width:1px; background:#090;" |
| Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs | May 2015 – July 2016 |
| style="width:1px; background:#090;" |
| Minister of State for Europe and NATO | May 2015 – July 2016 |
| style="width:1px; background:#090;" |
| Minister of State for the Commonwealth, the Americas, Asia Pacific and South Asia | May 2015 – July 2016 |
| style="width:1px; background:#090;" |
| Minister of State for Africa and the Caribbean | July 2015 – Oct 2015 (Standing in for James Duddridge due to ill health) |
| style="width:1px; background:#900;" |
| Minister of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs | Joyce Anelay, Baroness Anelay of St John's | May 2015 – July 2016 |
| style="width:1px; background:#900;" |
| rowspan="3"| Minister of State for Trade and Investment (jointly with Business) | Francis Maude, Baron Maude of Horsham | May 2015 – Mar 2016 |
| style="width:1px; background:#900;" |
| Joyce Anelay, Baroness Anelay of St John's | Mar 2016 – April 2016 (Acting) |
| style="width:1px; background:#900;" |
| April 2016 – July 2016 |
| style="width:1px; background:#090;" |
| Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for the Middle East, North Africa and Central Asia | May 2015 – July 2016 |
| style="width:1px; background:#090;" |
| Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Africa and the Caribbean | May 2015 – Jul 2015 Oct 2015 – July 2016 |
| class="wikitable" |
| colspan=4 | Government Equalities Office |
|---|
| style="width:1px; background:#090;" |
| Minister for Women and Equalities (Jointly with Education) | May 2015 – July 2016 |
| style="width:1px; background:#090;" |
| Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Women and Equalities (Jointly with Education) | May 2015 – July 2016 |
| class="wikitable" |
| colspan=4 | Health |
|---|
| style="width:1px; background:#090;" |
| Secretary of State for Health | May 2015 – July 2016 |
| style="width:1px; background:#090;" |
| Minister of State for Community and Social Care | May 2015 – July 2016 |
| style="width:1px; background:#090;" |
| Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Care Quality | May 2015 – July 2016 |
| style="width:1px; background:#090;" |
| Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Public Health | May 2015 – July 2016 |
| style="width:1px; background:#090;" |
| Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Life Sciences (jointly with Business) | May 2015 – July 2016 |
| style="width:1px; background:#900;" |
| Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for NHS Productivity | David Prior, Baron Prior of Brampton | May 2015 – July 2016 |
| class="wikitable" |
| colspan=4 | Home Office |
|---|
| style="width:1px; background:#090;" |
| Secretary of State for the Home Department | May 2015 – July 2016 |
| style="width:1px; background:#090;" |
| Minister of State for Policing, Fire, Crime, Criminal Justice, and Victims (jointly with Justice) | May 2015 – July 2016 |
| style="width:1px; background:#090;" |
| Minister of State for Security | May 2015 – July 2016 |
| style="width:1px; background:#090;" |
| Minister of State for Immigration | May 2015 – July 2016 |
| style="width:1px; background:#900;" |
| rowspan="2"| Minister of State for Home Affairs | May 2015 – March 2016 |
| style="width:1px; background:#900;" |
| Richard Keen, Baron Keen of Elie (jointly with Scottish Office) | March 2016 – July 2016 |
| style="width:1px; background:#090;" |
| Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Preventing Abuse and Exploitation | May 2015 – July 2016 |
| style="width:1px; background:#090;" |
| Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Syrian Refugees | Sep 2015 – July 2016 |
| style="width:1px; background:#900;" |
| Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Countering Extremism (jointly with Transport) | Tariq Ahmad, Baron Ahmad of Wimbledon | May 2015 – July 2016 |
| style="width:1px; background:#900;" |
| Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Internet safety & security (jointly with Culture) | Joanna Shields, Baroness Shields | Dec 2015 – July 2016 |
| class="wikitable" |
| colspan="4" |International Development{{Cite web|title = DFID welcomes new ministerial team – Press releases – GOV.UK|url = https://www.gov.uk/government/news/dfid-welcomes-new-ministerial-team|publisher = Government of the United Kingdom|access-date = 17 May 2015|archive-date = 18 May 2015|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150518095448/https://www.gov.uk/government/news/dfid-welcomes-new-ministerial-team|url-status = live}} |
|---|
| style="width:1px; background:#090;" |
| Secretary of State for International Development | May 2015 – July 2016 |
| style="width:1px; background:#090;" |
| Minister of State for International Development | May 2015 – July 2016 |
| style="width:1px; background:#090;" |
| Minister of State for International Development | May 2015 – Nov 2015 |
| style="width:1px; background:#090;" |
| Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for International Development | Nov 2015 – July 2016 |
| style="width:1px; background:#090;" |
| Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Syrian Refugees | Sep 2015 – July 2016 |
| style="width:1px; background:#900;" |
| Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for International Development | Sandip Verma, Baroness Verma | May 2015 – July 2016 |
| class="wikitable" |
| colspan=4 | Justice |
|---|
| style="width:1px; background:#090;" |
| Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain | May 2015 – July 2016 |
| style="width:1px; background:#090;" |
| Minister of State for Police, Crime, Criminal Justice and Victims (jointly with Home Office) | May 2015 – July 2016 |
| style="width:1px; background:#900;" |
| Minister of State for Civil Justice and Legal Policy (unpaid) | May 2015 – July 2016 |
| style="width:1px; background:#090;" |
| Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for the Courts and Legal Aid | May 2015 – July 2016 |
| style="width:1px; background:#090;" |
| Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Prisons, Probation, Rehabilitation and Sentencing | May 2015 – July 2016 |
| style="width:1px; background:#090;" |
| Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Human Rights | May 2015 – July 2016 |
| style="width:1px; background:#090;" |
| Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Family Justice (jointly with Education) | May 2015 – July 2016 |
| class="wikitable" |
| colspan=4 | Northern Ireland |
|---|
| style="width:1px; background:#090;" |
| Secretary of State for Northern Ireland | May 2015 – July 2016 |
| style="width:1px; background:#090;" |
| Minister of State for Northern Ireland | May 2015 – July 2016 |
| class="wikitable" |
| colspan=4 | Scotland |
|---|
| style="width:1px; background:#090;" |
| Secretary of State for Scotland | May 2015 – July 2016 |
| style="width:1px; background:#900;" |
| Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Scotland | May 2015 – July 2016 |
| class="wikitable" |
| colspan=4 | Transport |
|---|
| style="width:1px; background:#090;" |
| Secretary of State for Transport | May 2015 – July 2016 |
| style="width:1px; background:#090;" |
| Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for HS2, Aviation, Maritime and Cycling | May 2015 – Dec 2015 |
| style="width:1px; background:#090;" |
| Minister of State for HS2, Aviation, Maritime and Cycling | Dec 2015 – July 2016 |
| style="width:1px; background:#090;" |
| Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Rail | May 2015 – July 2016 |
| style="width:1px; background:#090;" |
| Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Roads and the Northern Powerhouse | May 2015 – July 2016 |
| style="width:1px; background:#900;" |
| Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Security and Regulation (jointly with the Home Office) | Tariq Ahmad, Baron Ahmad of Wimbledon | May 2015 – July 2016 |
| class="wikitable" |
| colspan=4 | Treasury |
|---|
| style="width:1px; background:#090;" |
| Chancellor of the Exchequer | May 2015 – July 2016 |
| style="width:1px; background:#090;" |
| Chief Secretary to the Treasury | May 2015 – July 2016 |
| style="width:1px; background:#090;" |
| Financial Secretary to the Treasury | May 2015 – July 2016 |
| style="width:1px; background:#090;" |
| Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury | May 2015 – July 2016 |
| style="width:1px; background:#090;" |
| Economic Secretary to the Treasury (City Minister) | May 2015 – July 2016 |
| style="width:1px; background:#900;" |
| Commercial Secretary to the Treasury (unpaid) | Jim O'Neill, Baron O'Neill of Gatley | May 2015 – July 2016 |
| class="wikitable" |
| colspan=4 | Wales |
|---|
| style="width:1px; background:#090;" |
| rowspan="2"| Secretary of State for Wales | May 2015 – March 2016 |
| style="width:1px; background:#090;" |
| 'Alun Cairns | March 2016 – July 2016 |
| style="width:1px; background:#090;" |
| rowspan="2"| Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Wales (unpaid) (also Government Whip) | Alun Cairns (jointly with Whips Office) | May 2015 – March 2016 |
| style="width:1px; background:#090;" |
| Guto Bebb (jointly with Whips Office) | March 2016 – July 2016 |
| style="width:1px; background:#900;" |
| Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Wales (unpaid) (jointly with Energy) | Nick Bourne, Baron Bourne of Aberystwyth | May 2015 – July 2016 |
| class="wikitable" |
| colspan="4" |Work and Pensions{{Cite web|title = New ministerial team welcomed to the Department for Work and Pensions – Press releases – GOV.UK|url = https://www.gov.uk/government/news/new-ministerial-team-welcomed-to-the-department-for-work-and-pensions|publisher = Government of the United Kingdom|access-date = 17 May 2015|archive-date = 18 May 2015|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150518095443/https://www.gov.uk/government/news/new-ministerial-team-welcomed-to-the-department-for-work-and-pensions|url-status = live}} |
|---|
| style="width:1px; background:#090;" |
| rowspan="2"| Secretary of State for Work and Pensions | May 2015 – March 2016 |
| style="width:1px; background:#090;" |
| March 2016 – July 2016 |
| style="width:1px; background:#090;" |
| Minister of State for Employment | May 2015 – July 2016 |
| rowspan="1" style="width:1px; background:#900;" |
| Minister of State for Welfare Reform | May 2015 – July 2016 |
| style="width:1px; background:#900;" |
| Minister of State for Pensions and Child Maintenance |Ros Altmann, Baroness Altmann | May 2015 – July 2016 |
| style="width:1px; background:#090;" |
| Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Disabled People | May 2015 – July 2016 |
| style="width:1px; background:#090;" |
| Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State | July 2015 – July 2016 |
= Law Officers =
| class="wikitable" |
| colspan=4 | Attorney General's Office |
|---|
| style="width:1px; background:#090;" |
| Attorney General | May 2015 – July 2016 |
| style="width:1px; background:#090;" |
| May 2015 – July 2016 |
| class="wikitable" |
| colspan=4 | Office of the Advocate General for Scotland |
|---|
| style="width:1px; background:#900;" |
| Advocate General for Scotland | Richard Keen, Baron Keen of Elie | May 2015 – July 2016 |
= Parliament =
| class="wikitable" |
| colspan=4 | House Leaders |
|---|
| style="width:1px; background:#090;" |
| Leader of the House of Commons | May 2015 – July 2016 |
| style="width:1px; background:#090;" |
| Deputy Leader of the House of Commons | May 2015 – July 2016 |
| style="width:1px; background:#900;" |
| Leader of the House of Lords | Tina Stowell, Baroness Stowell of Beeston | May 2015 – July 2016 |
| style="width:1px; background:#900;" |
| rowspan="1"|Deputy Leader of the House of Lords (unpaid) | Frederick Curzon, 7th Earl Howe | May 2015 – July 2016 |
| class="wikitable" |
| colspan=4 |House of Commons Whips |
|---|
| style="width:1px; background:#090;" |
| Chief Whip of the House of Commons | May 2015 – July 2016 |
| style="width:1px; background:#090;" |
| Deputy Chief Whip of the House of Commons | May 2015 – July 2016 |
| style="width:1px; background:#090;" |
| Government Whip | May 2015 – July 2016 |
| style="width:1px; background:#090;" |
| Government Whip | May 2015 – July 2016 |
| style="width:1px; background:#090;" |
| rowspan=7 | Whips | May 2015 – July 2016 |
| style="width:1px; background:#090;" |
| John Penrose (jointly with Cabinet Office) | May 2015 – July 2016 |
| style="width:1px; background:#090;" |
| Alun Cairns (jointly with Wales Office) | May 2015 – March 2016 |
| style="width:1px; background:#090;" |
| May 2015 – July 2016 |
| style="width:1px; background:#090;" |
| May 2015 – July 2016 |
| style="width:1px; background:#090;" |
| George Hollingbery (unpaid) | May 2015 – July 2016 |
| style="width:1px; background:#090;" |
| Guto Bebb (jointly with Wales Office) | March 2016 – July 2016 |
| style="width:1px; background:#090;" |
| rowspan=8 | Assistant Government Whips | May 2015 – July 2016 |
| style="width:1px; background:#090;" |
| May 2015 – July 2016 |
| style="width:1px; background:#090;" |
| Margot James (unpaid) | May 2015 – July 2016 |
| style="width:1px; background:#090;" |
| May 2015 – July 2016 |
| style="width:1px; background:#090;" |
| May 2015 – July 2016 |
| style="width:1px; background:#090;" |
| May 2015 – July 2016 |
| style="width:1px; background:#090;" |
| May 2015 – July 2016 |
| style="width:1px; background:#090;" |
| May 2015 – July 2016 |
| class="wikitable" |
| colspan=4 |House of Lords Whips |
|---|
| style="width:1px; background:#900;" |
| Captain of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms | nowrap | John Taylor, Baron Taylor of Holbeach | May 2015 – July 2016 |
| style="width:1px; background:#900;" |
| Captain of the Queen's Bodyguard of the Yeomen of the Guard | John Gardiner, Baron Gardiner of Kimble | May 2015 – July 2016 |
| style="width:1px; background:#900;" |
| rowspan=6 | Whips | Henry Ashton, 4th Baron Ashton of Hyde | May 2015 – July 2016 |
| style="width:1px; background:#900;" |
| Nick Bourne, Baron Bourne of Aberystwyth (also with Wales and Energy) | May 2015 – July 2016 |
| style="width:1px; background:#900;" |
| James Younger, 5th Viscount Younger of Leckie | May 2015 – July 2016 |
| style="width:1px; background:#900;" |
| Patrick Stopford, 9th Earl of Courtown | May 2015 – July 2016 |
| style="width:1px; background:#900;" |
| Carlyn Chisholm, Baroness Chisholm of Owlpen (unpaid) | May 2015 – July 2016 |
| style="width:1px; background:#900;" |
| Natalie Evans, Baroness Evans of Bowes Park | May 2015 – July 2016 |
See also
Notes
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References
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External links
- [http://www.gov.uk/government/ministers Gov UK – UK Cabinet]
- [https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/election-2015-32658697 BBC News – UK Cabinet]
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