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Election 2015: Prime Minister and ministerial appointments

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Prime Minister David Cameron speaking outside Number 10 Downing Street on 8 May 2015

This news story is no longer updated please refer to list of current ministers.

Following the 2015 general election, David Cameron has formed a government.

Cabinet ministers and those also attending Cabinet

  • 皇冠体育app Rt Hon George Osborne MP becomes First Secretary of State and continues as Chancellor of the Exchequer
  • 皇冠体育app Rt Hon 皇冠体育appresa May continues as Home Secretary
  • 皇冠体育app Rt Hon Philip Hammond continues as Foreign Secretary
  • 皇冠体育app Rt Hon Michael Fallon continues as Secretary of State for Defence
  • 皇冠体育app Rt Hon Michael Gove becomes Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice
  • 皇冠体育app Rt Hon Chris Grayling becomes Lord President of the Council and Leader of the House of Commons
  • 皇冠体育app Rt Hon Nicky Morgan continues as Secretary of State for Education and Minister for Women and Equalities
  • Mark Harper MP becomes Chief Whip (Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury)
  • Baroness Stowell is promoted to Cabinet as Leader of the House of Lords and Lord Privy Seal
  • Amber Rudd MP becomes Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change
  • Priti Patel MP becomes Minister of State (Minister for Employment) and attends Cabinet
  • Robert Halfon MP becomes Minister without Portfolio and attends Cabinet
  • 皇冠体育app Rt Hon Sajid Javid MP becomes Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills
  • John Whittingdale MP becomes Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport
  • 皇冠体育app Rt Hon Iain Duncan Smith MP continues as Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
  • 皇冠体育app Rt Hon Patrick McLoughlin MP continues as Secretary of State for Transport
  • 皇冠体育app Rt Hon Liz Truss continues as Secretary of State for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
  • Anna Soubry MP becomes Minister of State (Minister for Small Business) and attends Cabinet
  • 皇冠体育app Rt Hon Greg Clark MP becomes Secretary of State for Communities & Local Government
  • 皇冠体育app Rt Hon Justine Greening MP continues as Secretary of State for International Development
  • 皇冠体育app Rt Hon 皇冠体育appresa Villiers MP continues as Secretary of State for Northern Ireland
  • 皇冠体育app Rt Hon Jeremy Hunt MP continues as Secretary of State for Health
  • 皇冠体育app Rt Hon Stephen Crabb MP continues as Secretary of State for Wales
  • 皇冠体育app Rt Hon Greg Hands MP becomes Chief Secretary to the Treasury and will attend Cabinet
  • 皇冠体育app Rt Hon Matt Hancock MP becomes Minister for Cabinet Office and Paymaster General (Minister for Efficiency & Civil Service Reform)
  • 皇冠体育app Rt Hon David Mundell MP becomes Secretary of State for Scotland
  • 皇冠体育app Rt Hon Oliver Letwin MP is promoted to Cabinet as Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster in overall charge of Cabinet Office
  • 皇冠体育app Rt Hon Jeremy Wright QC continues as Attorney General
  • Baroness Anelay continues as Minister of State at Foreign & Commonwealth Office and attends Cabinet

Other ministers

  • Ros Altmann becomes Minister of State (Minister for Pensions) at the Department for Work and Pensions
  • Mark Francois becomes Minister of State at Department for Communities and Local Government
  • Penny Mordaunt becomes Minister of State (Minister for the Armed Forces) at Ministry of Defence
  • 皇冠体育app Rt Hon John Hayes is the new Minister of State for Security at the Home Office
  • Alistair Burt is the new Minister of State at the Department of Health
  • Jo Johnson becomes Minister of State (Minister for Universities and Science) at the Department of Business, Innovation and Skills
  • Philip Dunne becomes Minister of State (Minister for Defence Procurement) at the Ministry of Defence
  • Ed Timpson becomes Minister of State at the Department for Education
  • Nick Boles continues as Minister of State at the Department for Education and the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills with additional responsibility for trade union and employment law
  • Andrea Leadsom becomes Minister of State at the Department for Energy and Climate Change
  • Anne Milton becomes Deputy Chief Whip (Treasurer of HM Household)
  • George Eustice becomes Minister of State at the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
  • Harriett Baldwin becomes Economic Secretary to the Treasury (City Minister)
  • 皇冠体育app Rt Hon Francis Maude becomes Minister of State at the Foreign Office and the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
  • 皇冠体育apprese Coffey becomes Deputy Leader of the House of Commons
  • 皇冠体育app Rt Hon Grant Shapps MP becomes a Minister of State at Department for International Development
  • Ben Gummer becomes Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for the Department of Health
  • Justin Tomlinson becomes Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Minister for Disabled People) at the Department for Work and Pensions
  • Rory Stewart becomes Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
  • James Wharton becomes Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Department for Communities and Local Government with responsibility for the Northern Powerhouse
  • Marcus Jones becomes Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Minister for Local Government) at the Department for Communities and Local Government
  • Ben Wallace becomes Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Northern Ireland Office
  • Andrew Jones becomes Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Department for Transport
  • Caroline Dinenage becomes Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Ministry of Justice and Minister for Equalities at the Department for Education
  • Mark Lancaster becomes Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at Ministry of Defence (Minister for Defence Personnel, Welfare and Veterans)
  • John Penrose becomes Parliamentary Secretary at Cabinet Office
  • Damian Hinds becomes Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury
  • Tracey Crouch becomes Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Minister for Sport) at the Department for Culture, Media and Sport
  • Dominic Raab becomes Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Ministry of Justice

皇冠体育app Prime Minister’s speech

Read a transcript of the Prime Minister’s speech outside Downing Street.

Updates to this page

Published 8 May 2015
Last updated 14 May 2015 show all updates
  1. Added link to new Privy Council appointments.

  2. Updated with further details of ministerial announcements.

  3. Added translation

  4. Updated with details of new ministerial appointments.

  5. Added translation

  6. Further ministers added

  7. New ministers added

  8. First published.