Starmer ministry

Starmer Ministry
Starmer Ministry
; Cabinet of the United Kingdom
5 July 2024 – present
	Starmer hosts his first cabinet meeting on 6 July 2024
Date formed	5 July 2024
People and organisations
Monarch	Charles III
Prime Minister	Keir Starmer
Prime Minister's history	Premiership of Keir Starmer
Deputy Prime Minister	Angela Rayner
Member party	Labour Party;
Status in legislature	Majority 402 / 650 (62%)
Opposition cabinet	Sunak Shadow Cabinet; Badenoch Shadow Cabinet;
Opposition party	Conservative Party;
Opposition leader	Rishi Sunak (2024); Kemi Badenoch (2024–present);
History
Election	2024 general election
Legislature terms	2024–present
Budget	October 2024 budget
Predecessor	Sunak ministry

The Starmer ministry began on 5 July 2024 when Keir Starmer was invited by King Charles III to form a government, following the resignation of Rishi Sunak after the general election on 4 July 2024.

Background

Starmer formed his government throughout 5–7 July, after his party won 411 seats in the 2024 general election, with the new Cabinet first meeting on 6 July and the new Parliament being called to meet on 9 July.^[1]^[2]^[3] It has been noted for its female political representation, appointing women to a record half of the Cabinet (including Rachel Reeves as the first female Chancellor of the Exchequer in British history) and three of the five top positions in the British government, including Angela Rayner as Deputy Prime Minister and Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government.^[4]^[5]^{[failed verification]}

Starmer also appointed three politically independent experts: scientist Patrick Vallance as Minister of State for Science, rehabilitation campaigner James Timpson as Minister of State for Prisons, Parole and Probation, and international law expert Richard Hermer as Attorney General for England and Wales.^[6] The government includes a few ministers from the New Labour governments of Tony Blair and Gordon Brown, including Hilary Benn, Yvette Cooper, David Lammy and Ed Miliband in the Cabinet, and Jacqui Smith and Douglas Alexander as junior ministers.^[7]^[8]^[9]

Cabinet

Starmer Cabinet^[1]^[10]^[11]
Post	Incumbent	Term
Cabinet ministers
Prime Minister First Lord of the Treasury Minister for the Civil Service Minister for the Union	The Rt Hon Sir Keir Starmer KCB KC MP	5 July 2024 – present
Deputy Prime Minister Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government	The Rt Hon Angela Rayner MP	5 July 2024 – present
Chancellor of the Exchequer Second Lord of the Treasury	The Rt Hon Rachel Reeves MP	5 July 2024 – present
Secretary of State for the Home Department	The Rt Hon Yvette Cooper MP	5 July 2024 – present
Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero	The Rt Hon Ed Miliband MP	5 July 2024 – present
Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs	The Rt Hon David Lammy MP	5 July 2024 – present
Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster Minister for Intergovernmental Relations	The Rt Hon Pat McFadden MP	5 July 2024 – present
Secretary of State for Justice Lord Chancellor	The Rt Hon Shabana Mahmood KC MP	5 July 2024 – present
Secretary of State for Health and Social Care	The Rt Hon Wes Streeting MP	5 July 2024 – present
Secretary of State for Business and Trade President of the Board of Trade	The Rt Hon Jonathan Reynolds MP	5 July 2024 – present
Secretary of State for Work and Pensions	The Rt Hon Liz Kendall MP	5 July 2024 – present
Secretary of State for Defence	The Rt Hon John Healey MP	5 July 2024 – present
Secretary of State for Transport	The Rt Hon Louise Haigh MP	5 July 2024 – present
Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology	The Rt Hon Peter Kyle MP	5 July 2024 – present
Secretary of State for Northern Ireland	The Rt Hon Hilary Benn MP	5 July 2024 – present
Secretary of State for Scotland	The Rt Hon Ian Murray MP	5 July 2024 – present
Secretary of State for Education Minister for Women and Equalities	The Rt Hon Bridget Phillipson MP	5 July 2024 – present
Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport	The Rt Hon Lisa Nandy MP	5 July 2024 – present
Leader of the House of Lords Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal	The Rt Hon The Baroness Smith of Basildon PC	5 July 2024 – present
Leader of the House of Commons Lord President of the Council	The Rt Hon Lucy Powell MP	5 July 2024 – present
Secretary of State for Wales	The Rt Hon Jo Stevens MP	5 July 2024 – present
Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs	The Rt Hon Steve Reed OBE MP	5 July 2024 – present
Also attending Cabinet
Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury Chief Whip of the House of Commons	The Rt Hon Sir Alan Campbell MP	5 July 2024 – present
Chief Secretary to the Treasury	The Rt Hon Darren Jones MP	5 July 2024 – present
Attorney General for England and Wales Advocate General for Northern Ireland	The Rt Hon The Lord Hermer PC KC	5 July 2024 – present
Minister of State for Development Minister of State for Women and Equalities	The Rt Hon Anneliese Dodds MP	8 July 2024 – present

Changes

Changes from Starmer's final Shadow Cabinet to Cabinet.

Thangam Debbonaire (Shadow Culture Secretary) lost her seat and Lisa Nandy was appointed in her place.
Nandy's role (Shadow International Development Cabinet Minister) was a full member of Shadow Cabinet despite the department having merged into the Foreign Office under the previous government and not reformed by Starmer. Anneliese Dodds attends Cabinet as Minister of State for Development.
Dodds served in Shadow Cabinet as Shadow Women and Equalities Secretary and party chair, and she is also the junior Minister of State for Women and Equalities, while Bridget Phillipson succeeds her as the senior Minister for Women and Equalities.^[12]^[13]
Ellie Reeves (Deputy National Campaign Coordinator) was a member of Shadow Cabinet in her previous role that has no government counterpart, and was appointed to succeed Dodds' role as party chair and Minister without Portfolio outside Cabinet.
Jonathan Ashworth (Shadow Paymaster General) lost his seat. Nick Thomas-Symonds (Shadow Minister without Portfolio) was appointed Minister for the Cabinet Office as well as Minister for the Constitution and European Union Relations, but will not attend Cabinet.^[13]
Emily Thornberry (Shadow Attorney General) was not appointed to Cabinet nor any junior ministerial role and returns to the backbenches. Richard Hermer was appointed Attorney General from outside parliament and will be given a life peerage to the House of Lords to serve.
Hermer (Attorney General), Alan Campbell (Commons Chief Whip) and Darren Jones (Chief Secretary to the Treasury) merely attend Cabinet, roles that were full members of the Shadow Cabinet.
The Lord Kennedy of Southwark (Lords Chief Whip) was a member of Shadow Cabinet, but he not was appointed to Cabinet while remaining in the same role.

List of ministers

	Member of the House of Commons		Member of the House of Lords
Cabinet ministers and ministers that attend cabinet are listed in bold

Prime Minister and Cabinet Office

Cabinet Office
Post		Incumbent	Term
	Prime Minister of the United Kingdom First Lord of the Treasury Minister for the Civil Service Minister for the Union	The Rt Hon Sir Keir Starmer KCB KC MP	5 July 2024 – present
	Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government	The Rt Hon Angela Rayner MP	5 July 2024 – present
	Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster Minister for Intergovernmental Relations	The Rt Hon Pat McFadden MP	5 July 2024 – present
	Minister for the Cabinet Office Minister for the Constitution and European Relations Paymaster General	The Rt Hon Nick Thomas-Symonds MP FRHistS	8 July 2024 – present
	Minister without Portfolio Chair of the Labour Party	Ellie Reeves (unpaid)	6 July 2024 – present
	Parliamentary Secretary	The Hon Georgia Gould OBE MP	9 July 2024 – present
	Parliamentary Secretary	Abena Oppong-Asare MP	9 July 2024 – present

Departments of state

Business and Trade
Post		Incumbent	Term
	Secretary of State for Business and Trade President of the Board of Trade	The Rt Hon Jonathan Reynolds MP	5 July 2024 – present
	Minister of State for Trade Policy and Economic Security	The Rt Hon Douglas Alexander MP	6 July 2024 – present
	Minister of State for Industry	Sarah Jones MP	8 July 2024 – present
	Minister of State for Investment	Poppy Gustafsson	10 October 2024 – present
	Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Employment Rights, Competition and Markets	Justin Madders MP	9 July 2024 – present
	Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Services, Small Business and Exports	Gareth Thomas MP	9 July 2024 – present
	Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Legislation	The Rt Hon The Baroness Jones of Whitchurch (unpaid)	9 July 2024 – present

Culture, Media and Sport
Post		Incumbent	Term
	Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport	The Rt Hon Lisa Nandy MP	5 July 2024 – present
	Minister of State for Creative Industries, Arts and Tourism	Sir Chris Bryant MP	8 July 2024 – present
	Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Sport, Media, Civil Society and Youth	Stephanie Peacock MP	9 July 2024 – present
	Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Gambling	The Rt Hon The Baroness Twycross (unpaid)	23 July 2024 – present

Defence
Post		Incumbent	Term
	Secretary of State for Defence	The Rt Hon John Healey MP	5 July 2024 – present
	Minister of State for Defence Procurement and Industry	The Rt Hon Maria Eagle MP	8 July 2024 – present
	Minister of State for Defence	The Rt Hon The Lord Coaker	8 July 2024 – present
	Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Veterans and People	Alistair Carns OBE MC MP	9 July 2024 – present
	Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for the Armed Forces	Luke Pollard MP	9 July 2024 – present

Education Government Equalities
Post		Incumbent	Term
	Secretary of State for Education	The Rt Hon Bridget Phillipson MP	5 July 2024 – present
	Minister for Women and Equalities	The Rt Hon Bridget Phillipson MP	8 July 2024 – present
	Minister of State for Skills	The Rt Hon The Baroness Smith of Malvern PC	6 July 2024 – present
	Minister of State for Women and Equalities	The Rt Hon Anneliese Dodds MP	8 July 2024 – present
	Minister of State for School Standards	Catherine McKinnell MP	8 July 2024 – present
	Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Early Education	Stephen Morgan MP	9 July 2024 – present
	Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Children and Families	Janet Daby MP	9 July 2024 – present
	Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Equalities	Seema Malhotra MP	8 October 2024 – present
	Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Equalities	Dame Nia Griffith DBE MP	8 October 2024 – present
	Minister of State for Social Security and Disability	The Rt Hon Sir Stephen Timms MP	8 July 2024 – present

Energy Security and Net Zero
Post		Incumbent	Term
	Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero	The Rt Hon Ed Miliband MP	5 July 2024 – present
	Minister of State for Industry	Sarah Jones MP	8 July 2024 – present
	Minister of State for Energy Security and Net Zero	The Rt Hon The Lord Hunt of Kings Heath OBE PC (unpaid)	9 July 2024 – present
	Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Climate	Kerry McCarthy MP	9 July 2024 – present
	Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Energy Consumers	Miatta Fahnbulleh MP	9 July 2024 – present
	Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Energy	Michael Shanks MP	9 July 2024 – present

Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Post			Incumbent	Term
	Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs	The Rt Hon Steve Reed OBE MP		5 July 2024 – present
	Minister of State for Food Security and Rural Affairs	Daniel Zeichner MP		8 July 2024 – present
	Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Water and Flooding	Emma Hardy MP		9 July 2024 – present
	Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Nature	Mary Creagh CBE MP FCIL (unpaid)		18 July 2024 – present
	Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs	The Rt Hon The Baroness Hayman of Ullock		9 July 2024 – present

Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Post		Incumbent	Term
	Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs	The Rt Hon David Lammy MP FRSA	5 July 2024 – present
	Minister of State for Development	The Rt Hon Anneliese Dodds MP	8 July 2024 – present
	Minister of State for Europe, North America and Overseas Territories	Stephen Doughty MP	8 July 2024 – present
	Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Indo-Pacific	Catherine West MP	9 July 2024 – present
	Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Africa	The Rt Hon The Lord Collins of Highbury (unpaid)	9 July 2024 – present
	Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for the Middle East, Afghanistan and Pakistan	The Hon Hamish Falconer MP (unpaid)	18 July 2024 – present
	Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Latin America and Caribbean	The Rt Hon The Baroness Chapman of Darlington	18 July 2024 – present

Health and Social Care
Post		Incumbent	Term
	Secretary of State for Health and Social Care	The Rt Hon Wes Streeting MP	5 July 2024 – present
	Minister of State for Care	The Hon Stephen Kinnock MP	8 July 2024 – present
	Minister of State for Secondary Care	Karin Smyth MP	8 July 2024 – present
	Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Public Health and Prevention	Andrew Gwynne MP	9 July 2024 – present
	Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Patient Safety, Women's Health and Mental Health	The Rt Hon The Baroness Merron	9 July 2024 – present

Home Office
Post		Incumbent	Term
	Secretary of State for the Home Department	The Rt Hon Yvette Cooper MP	5 July 2024 – present
	Minister of State for Security	Dan Jarvis MBE MP	6 July 2024 – present
	Minister of State for Border Security and Asylum	Dame Angela Eagle DBE MP	8 July 2024 – present
	Minister of State for Policing, Fire and Crime Prevention	The Rt Hon Dame Diana Johnson DBE MP	8 July 2024 – present
	Minister of State for the Home Office	The Rt Hon The Lord Hanson of Flint PC (unpaid)	9 July 2024 – present
	Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Safeguarding and Violence Against Women and Girls	Jess Phillips MP	9 July 2024 – present
	Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Migration and Citizenship	Seema Malhotra MP	9 July 2024 – present

Housing, Communities and Local Government
Post		Incumbent	Term
	Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom	The Rt Hon Angela Rayner MP	5 July 2024 – present
	Minister of State for Local Government and English Devolution	Jim McMahon OBE MP	6 July 2024 – present
	Minister of State for Housing and Planning	Matthew Pennycook MP	6 July 2024 – present
	Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Democracy and Local Growth to October 2024, Local Growth and Building Safety from October 2024	Alex Norris MP	9 July 2024 – present
	Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Building Safety and Homelessness to October 2024, Homelessness and Democracy from October 2024	Rushanara Ali MP	9 July 2024 – present
	Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Housing and Local Government	The Rt Hon The Baroness Taylor of Stevenage OBE (unpaid)	9 July 2024 – present
	Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Faith, Communities and Resettlement	The Rt Hon The Lord Khan of Burnley	9 July 2024 – present

Justice
Post		Incumbent	Term
	Secretary of State for Justice Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain	The Rt Hon Shabana Mahmood KC MP	5 July 2024 – present
	Minister of State for Courts and Legal Services	Heidi Alexander MP	8 July 2024 – present
	Minister of State for Prisons, Probation and Reducing Reoffending	The Rt Hon The Lord Timpson OBE DL (unpaid)	5 July 2024 – present
	Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Justice	The Rt Hon The Lord Ponsonby of Shulbrede (unpaid)	9 July 2024 – present
	Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Victims and Violence Against Women and Girls	Alex Davies-Jones MP	9 July 2024 – present
	Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Sentencing and Youth Justice	Sir Nic Dakin MP (unpaid)	23 July 2024 – present

Northern Ireland Office
Post		Incumbent	Term
	Secretary of State for Northern Ireland	The Rt Hon Hilary Benn MP	5 July 2024 – present
	Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Northern Ireland	Fleur Anderson MP	9 July 2024 – present

Science, Innovation and Technology
Post		Incumbent	Term
	Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology	The Rt Hon Peter Kyle MP	5 July 2024 – present
	Minister of State for Science, Research and Innovation	The Rt Hon The Lord Vallance of Balham KCB FRS FMedSci FRCP HonFREng	5 July 2024 – present
	Minister of State for Data Protection and Telecoms	Sir Chris Bryant MP	8 July 2024 – present
	Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for AI and Digital Government	Feryal Clark MP	9 July 2024 – present
	Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for the Future Digital Economy and Online Safety	The Rt Hon The Baroness Jones of Whitchurch (unpaid)	9 July 2024 – present

Scotland Office
Post			Incumbent	Term
	Secretary of State for Scotland	The Rt Hon Ian Murray MP		5 July 2024 – present
	Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Scotland	Kirsty McNeill MP		9 July 2024 – present

Transport
Post		Incumbent	Term
	Secretary of State for Transport	The Rt Hon Louise Haigh MP	5 July 2024 – present
	Minister of State for Rail	The Rt Hon The Lord Hendy of Richmond Hill CBE	8 July 2024 – present
	Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Local Transport	Simon Lightwood MP	9 July 2024 – present
	Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for the Future of Roads	Lilian Greenwood MP	9 July 2024 – present
	Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Aviation, Maritime, and Security	Mike Kane MP	9 July 2024 – present

Treasury
Post		Incumbent	Term
	Chancellor of the Exchequer Second Lord of the Treasury	The Rt Hon Rachel Reeves MP	5 July 2024 – present
	Chief Secretary to the Treasury	The Rt Hon Darren Jones MP	5 July 2024 – present
	Financial Secretary to the Treasury	The Rt Hon The Lord Livermore	8 July 2024 – present
	Economic Secretary to the Treasury and City Minister	Tulip Siddiq MP	9 July 2024 – present
	Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury	James Murray MP	9 July 2024 – present
	Parliamentary Secretary	Emma Reynolds MP	9 July 2024 – present
	Minister of State for Investment	Poppy Gustafsson	10 October 2024 – present

Wales Office
Post			Incumbent	Term
	Secretary of State for Wales	The Rt Hon Jo Stevens MP		5 July 2024 – present
	Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State	Dame Nia Griffith DBE MP		9 July 2024 – present

Work and Pensions
Post		Incumbent	Term
	Secretary of State for Work and Pensions	The Rt Hon Liz Kendall MP	5 July 2024 – present
	Minister of State for Employment	Alison McGovern MP	8 July 2024 – present
	Minister of State for Social Security and Disability	The Rt Hon Sir Stephen Timms MP	8 July 2024 – present
	Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Pensions	Emma Reynolds MP	9 July 2024 – present
	Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Transformation	Andrew Western MP	9 July 2024 – present
	Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Work and Pensions	The Rev and the Rt Hon The Baroness Sherlock OBE (unpaid)	9 July 2024 – present

Law officers

Attorney General's Office
Post		Incumbent	Term
	Attorney General for England and Wales Advocate General for Northern Ireland	The Rt Hon The Lord Hermer PC KC	5 July 2024 – present
	Solicitor General for England and Wales	Sarah Sackman KC MP	9 July 2024 – present

Office of the Advocate General for Scotland
Post			Incumbent	Term
	Advocate General for Scotland	The Rt Hon The Baroness Smith of Cluny KC		29 August 2024 – present

Parliament

House Leaders
Post		Incumbent	Term
	Leader of the House of Commons Lord President of the Council	The Rt Hon Lucy Powell MP	5 July 2024 – present
	Leader of the House of Lords Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal	The Rt Hon The Baroness Smith of Basildon PC	5 July 2024 – present
	Deputy Leader of the House of Lords	The Rt Hon The Lord Collins of Highbury (unpaid)	9 July 2024 – present

House of Commons Whips
Post		Incumbent	Term
	Chief Whip Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury	The Rt Hon Sir Alan Campbell MP	5 July 2024 – present
	Deputy Chief Whip Treasurer of HM Household	The Rt Hon Mark Tami MP	10 July 2024 – present
	Senior Whip Comptroller of HM Household	Chris Elmore MP	10 July 2024 – present
	Senior Whip Vice-Chamberlain of the Household	Samantha Dixon MBE MP	10 July 2024 – present
	Whips Lords Commissioners of the Treasury	Sir Nic Dakin MP	10 July 2024 – present
		Vicky Foxcroft MP	10 July 2024 – present
		Jeff Smith MP	10 July 2024 – present
		Anna Turley MP	10 July 2024 – present
		Taiwo Owatemi MP	10 July 2024 – present
	Assistant Whips	Christian Wakeford MP	10 July 2024 – present
		Gen Kitchen MP	10 July 2024 – present
		Keir Mather MP	10 July 2024 – present
		Gerald Jones MP	10 July 2024 – present
		Anna McMorrin MP	10 July 2024 – present
		Martin McCluskey MP	18 July 2024 – present
		Kate Dearden MP	18 July 2024 – present

House of Lords Whips
Post		Incumbent	Term
	Chief Whip Captain of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms	The Rt Hon The Lord Kennedy of Southwark PC	10 July 2024 – present
	Deputy Chief Whip Captain of the Yeomen of the Guard	The Rt Hon The Baroness Wheeler MBE	10 July 2024 – present
	Whips Lords- and Baronesses-in-waiting	The Rt Hon The Lord Collins of Highbury	9 July 2024 – present
		The Rt Hon The Baroness Taylor of Stevenage OBE	9 July 2024 – present
		The Rt Hon The Lord Ponsonby of Shulbrede	9 July 2024 – present
		The Rt Hon The Baroness Jones of Whitchurch	9 July 2024 – present
		The Rt Hon The Baroness Anderson of Stoke-on-Trent	11 July 2024 – present
		The Rt Hon The Lord Leong CBE (unpaid)	11 July 2024 – present
		The Rt Hon The Baroness Twycross (unpaid)	11 July 2024 – present
		The Rt Hon The Baroness Blake of Leeds CBE (unpaid)	11 July 2024 – present
		The Rt Hon The Lord Cryer (unpaid)	8 October 2024 – present

Non-ministerial appointments

Parliamentary Private Secretaries

Post	Incumbent	Term
No. 10 Downing Street
Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Prime Minister	Liz Twist MP Chris Ward MP	17 July 2024 – present 19 July 2024 – present
Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Deputy Prime Minister	Navendu Mishra MP Harpreet Uppal MP	19 July 2024 – present
Attorney General's Office
Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Attorney General for England and Wales and Advocate General for Northern Ireland	Karl Turner MP	19 July 2024 – present
Cabinet Office
Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster	Satvir Kaur MP	19 July 2024 – present
Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Cabinet Office	Torsten Bell MP	19 July 2024 – present
Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Minister for the Cabinet Office and Paymaster General
Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Minister without Portfolio and Chair of the Labour Party
Department for Business and Trade
Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Department for Business and Trade	Preet Kaur Gill MP	19 July 2024 – present
Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Department for Culture, Media and Sport	Kim Leadbeater MBE MP	19 July 2024 – present
Department for Education
Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Secretary of State for Education	Alan Strickland MP	19 July 2024 – present
Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Department for Education	Emma Foody MP	19 July 2024 – present
Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero	Katie White OBE MP	19 July 2024 – present
Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero	Chris McDonald MP FREng FRGS FIMMM FIChemE	19 July 2024 – present
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs	Kanishka Narayan MP	19 July 2024 – present
Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology	Callum Anderson MP	19 July 2024 – present
Department for Transport
Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Department for Transport	Liam Conlon MP	19 July 2024 – present
Department for Work and Pensions
Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Department for Work and Pensions	Olivia Bailey MP	19 July 2024 – present
Department of Health and Social Care
Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care	Zubir Ahmed MP	19 July 2024 – present
Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Department of Health and Social Care	Ashley Dalton MP	19 July 2024 – present
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs	Alan Gemmell OBE MP FRSA	19 July 2024 – present
Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office	Jessica Toale MP	19 July 2024 – present
HM Treasury
Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Chancellor of the Exchequer	Alistair Strathern MP	19 July 2024 – present
Parliamentary Private Secretary to HM Treasury	Imogen Walker MP	19 July 2024 – present
Home Office
Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Secretary of State for the Home Department	Jade Botterill MP	19 July 2024 – present
Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Home Office	Louise Jones MP	19 July 2024 – present
Ministry of Defence
Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Secretary of State for Defence	Pamela Nash MP	19 July 2024 – present
Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Ministry of Defence	Rachel Hopkins MP	19 July 2024 – present
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government	Navendu Mishra MP	19 July 2024 – present
Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government	Harpreet Uppal MP	19 July 2024 – present
Ministry of Justice
Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Ministry of Justice	Sally Jameson MP	19 July 2024 – present
Northern Ireland Office
Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Northern Ireland Office	Matt Rodda MP	19 July 2024 – present
Office of the Advocate General for Scotland
Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Advocate General for Scotland
Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Advocate General for Scotland
Office of the Secretary of State for Scotland
Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Secretary of State for Scotland	Melanie Ward MP	19 July 2024 – present
Office of the Secretary of State for Wales
Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Secretary of State for Wales	Becky Gittins MP	19 July 2024 – present
House Leaders
Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Leader of the House of Commons and Lord President of the Council	Sarah Coombes MP	19 July 2024 – present
Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Leader of the House of Lords and Lord Privy Seal	Shaun Davies MP	19 July 2024 – present

Prime Minister's Office

Office	Incumbent	Term
Downing Street Chief of Staff	Sue Gray	5 July 2024 – 6 October 2024
Downing Street Chief of Staff	Morgan McSweeney	6 October 2024 – present
Deputy Downing Street Chief of Staff	Vidhya Alakeson Jill Cuthbertson	October 2024 – present
Principal Private Secretary to the Prime Minister	Ninjeri Pandit	6 October 2024 – present
Downing Street Director of Communications	Matthew Doyle	5 July 2024 – present
Downing Street Press Secretary	Sophie Nazemi	July 2024 – present
Prime Minister's Official Spokesperson
Political Secretary to the Prime Minister
Director of the Number 10 Policy Unit	Stuart Ingham	5 July 2024 – present

Party officers

Office	Incumbent	Term
Chair of the Labour Party	Ellie Reeves MP	6 July 2024 – present
Chair of the Co-operative Party	Jim McMahon OBE MP	3 October 2020 – present

Church Commissioner

Office	Incumbent	Term
Second Church Estates Commissioner	Marsha de Cordova	7 October 2024 – present

Departures from the Starmer ministry

This is a list of departures from the Starmer ministry since forming a government on 6 July 2024.

Non-ministerial appointments

Name	Office	Date of resignation	Reason
Sue Gray	Downing Street Chief of Staff	6 October 2024	Resigned

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Preceded by Sunak ministry	Government of the United Kingdom 2024–present	Incumbent

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v t e Starmer Cabinet
Cabinet members	Keir Starmer Angela Rayner Hilary Benn Yvette Cooper Louise Haigh John Healey Liz Kendall Peter Kyle David Lammy Shabana Mahmood Pat McFadden Ed Miliband Ian Murray Lisa Nandy Bridget Phillipson Lucy Powell Steve Reed Rachel Reeves Jonathan Reynolds Angela Smith Jo Stevens Wes Streeting
Also attending meetings	Alan Campbell Darren Jones Richard Hermer Anneliese Dodds

v t e British governments
Great Britain (1707–1801)	Godolphin–Marlborough Harley Townshend Stanhope–Sunderland I Stanhope–Sunderland II Walpole–Townshend Walpole Carteret Broad Bottom I and II Short-lived Newcastle I Pitt–Devonshire 1757 Caretaker Pitt–Newcastle (Newcastle II) Bute Grenville Rockingham I Chatham Grafton North Rockingham II Shelburne Fox–North (Portland I) Pitt I
UK (GB and Ire) (1801–1922)	Addington Pitt II All the Talents Portland II Perceval Liverpool Canning Goderich Wellington–Peel Grey Melbourne I Wellington Caretaker Peel I Melbourne II Peel II Russell I Who? Who? (Derby–Disraeli I) Aberdeen Palmerston I Derby–Disraeli II Palmerston II Russell II Derby–Disraeli III (Disraeli I) Gladstone I Disraeli II Gladstone II Salisbury I Gladstone III Salisbury II Gladstone IV Rosebery Salisbury III and IV Balfour Campbell-Bannerman Asquith I–III Asquith Coalition Lloyd George I and II
UK (GB and NI) (1922–present)	Law Baldwin I MacDonald I Baldwin II MacDonald II National Government I National Government II National Government III National Government IV Chamberlain War Churchill War Churchill Caretaker Attlee I and II Churchill III Eden Macmillan I and II Douglas-Home Wilson I and II Heath Wilson III and IV Callaghan Thatcher I Thatcher II Thatcher III Major I Major II Blair I Blair II Blair III Brown Cameron–Clegg (Cameron I) Cameron II May I May II Johnson I Johnson II Truss Sunak Starmer
Current ministry

v t e Keir Starmer
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (2024–present) Leader of the Opposition (2020–2024) Leader of the Labour Party (2020–present) MP for Holborn and St Pancras (2015–present)
Premiership	Ministry International trips Border Security Command 2024 Labour Party manifesto Great British Energy 2024 State Opening of Parliament Freebies controversy Winter fuel payment abolition backlash October 2024 budget
Leadership of the Opposition	Shadow Cabinet Opposition frontbench May 2021 reshuffle November 2021 reshuffle 2023 reshuffle Antisemitism in the Labour Party Dossier Beergate Vote of confidence in the Boris Johnson ministry
Electoral history	2020 Labour Party leadership election 2024 United Kingdom general election
Related	Political positions Legal career Victoria Starmer (wife) The Starmer Project (2022 book)
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