Minister for the Cabinet Office

Minister for the Cabinet Office

Arms of Her Majesty's Government
Incumbent
Francis Maude
since 12 May 2010
Cabinet Office
Style The Right Honourable
Appointer Elizabeth II
Website www.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/

The Minister for the Cabinet Office, commonly referred to as the Cabinet Office Minister is a position in the Cabinet Office of the United Kingdom. The post of Minister for the Cabinet Office is sometimes derided as the Minister for the Today programme.[1][2]

Ministers for the Cabinet Office

Name Portrait Term of office Political party Prime Minister
David Clark 2 May 1997 27 July 1998 Labour Tony Blair
Jack Cunningham 27 July 1998 11 October 1999 Labour
Mo Mowlam 11 October 1999 7 June 2001 Labour
Lord Macdonald of Tradeston 11 June 2001 13 June 2003 Labour
Douglas Alexander 13 June 2003 8 September 2004 Labour
Alan Milburn 8 September 2004 6 May 2005 Labour
John Hutton 6 May 2005 2 November 2005 Labour
Jim Murphy (acting) 5 November 2005 5 May 2006 Labour
Hilary Armstrong 5 May 2006 27 June 2007 Labour
Ed Miliband 27 June 2007 3 October 2008 Labour Gordon Brown
Liam Byrne 3 October 2008 5 June 2009 Labour
Tessa Jowell 5 June 2009 11 May 2010 Labour
Francis Maude 12 May 2010 Incumbent Conservative David Cameron
(Coalition)

Shadow Ministers

Official Opposition

Name Portrait Term of office Party Shadow Cabinet
Andrew Lansley CBE MP 15 June 1999 18 September 2001 Conservative Hague
Tim Collins CBE MP 18 September 2001 23 July 2002 Conservative Duncan Smith
Unknown
The Rt Hon Francis Maude MP 2 July 2007 11 May 2010 Conservative Cameron
The Rt Hon Tessa Jowell MP 11 May 2010 8 October 2010 Labour Harman
The Rt Hon Liam Byrne MP 8 October 2010 20 January 2011 Labour Miliband
The Rt Hon Tessa Jowell MP 20 January 2011 7 October 2011 Labour
Jon Trickett MP 7 October 2011 7 October 2013 Labour
Michael Dugher MP 7 October 2013 5 November 2014 Labour
Lucy Powell MP 5 November 2014 Incumbent Labour

Liberal Democrats

Name Portrait Term of office Shadow Cabinet
The Rt Hon Alan Beith MP bef. April 2003 aft. April 2003 Kennedy
Richard Allan MP bef. August 2003 aft. April 2004
David Heath MP April 2006 January 2006 Campbell
Norman Baker MP bef. July 2007 December 2007
Cable (LD)
Susan Kramer MP December 2007 May 2010 Clegg
Since May 2010, the Liberal Democrats have been in a coalition government, so do not have a shadow ministry

References

  1. ↑ Brown, Colin (12 October 1999). "Mowlam's real job – minister for the Today programme". The Independent. Retrieved 31 January 2010.
  2. ↑ Kampfner, John (6 November 2000). "My life in spin city". The Guardian. Retrieved 31 January 2010.

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