Minister for the Cabinet Office

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
	Gus Macdonald		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	11 May 2015	Conservative		David Cameron
	Matthew Hancock		11 May 2015	Incumbent	Conservative

Shadow Ministers

Official Opposition

Name		Portrait	Term of office		Party	Shadow Cabinet
	Andrew Lansley		15 June 1999	18 September 2001	Conservative	Hague
	Tim Collins		18 September 2001	23 July 2002	Conservative	Duncan Smith
	Unknown
	Francis Maude		2 July 2007	11 May 2010	Conservative	Cameron
	Tessa Jowell		11 May 2010	8 October 2010	Labour	Harman
	Liam Byrne		8 October 2010	20 January 2011	Labour	Miliband
	Tessa Jowell		20 January 2011	7 October 2011	Labour
	Jon Trickett		7 October 2011	7 October 2013	Labour
	Michael Dugher		7 October 2013	5 November 2014	Labour
	Lucy Powell		5 November 2014	14 September 2015	Labour
						Harman
	Tom Watson		14 September 2015	Incumbent	Labour	Corbyn

Scottish National Party

Liberal Democrats

Name		Portrait	Term of office		Shadow Cabinet
	Alan Beith		bef. April 2003	aft. April 2003	Kennedy
	Richard Allan		bef. August 2003	aft. April 2004
	David Heath		April 2006	January 2006	Campbell
	Norman Baker		bef. July 2007	December 2007
					Cable (LD)
	Susan Kramer		December 2007	May 2010	Clegg
	May 2010–May 2015, the Liberal Democrats were in a coalition government, so did not have a shadow ministry
	no appointment announced		July 2015	present	Farron

References

External links

• Cabinet Office

Ministers for the Cabinet Office David Clark Jack Cunningham Mo Mowlam Gus Macdonald Douglas Alexander Alan Milburn John Hutton Jim Murphy (acting) Hilary Armstrong Ed Miliband Liam Byrne Tessa Jowell Francis Maude All but Murphy, Jowell and Maude have served concurrently as Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster

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