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Election 2015: Prime Minister and ministerial appointments

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Prime Minister's Office, 10 Downing Street, Cabinet Office and The Rt Hon Lord Cameron
Published
8 May 2015
Last updated
14 May 2015 — See all updates
This was published under the 2015 to 2016 Cameron Conservative government
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This news story is no longer updated please refer to list of current ministers.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.

View a list of appointments to government by department and a list of Privy Council appointments.

Cabinet ministers and those also attending Cabinet

  • The Rt Hon George Osborne MP becomes First Secretary of State and continues as Chancellor of the Exchequer
  • The Rt Hon Theresa May continues as Home Secretary
  • The Rt Hon Philip Hammond continues as Foreign Secretary
  • The Rt Hon Michael Fallon continues as Secretary of State for Defence
  • The Rt Hon Michael Gove becomes Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice
  • The Rt Hon Chris Grayling becomes Lord President of the Council and Leader of the House of Commons
  • The 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
  • The 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
  • The Rt Hon Iain Duncan Smith MP continues as Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
  • The Rt Hon Patrick McLoughlin MP continues as Secretary of State for Transport
  • The 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
  • The Rt Hon Greg Clark MP becomes Secretary of State for Communities & Local Government
  • The Rt Hon Justine Greening MP continues as Secretary of State for International Development
  • The Rt Hon Theresa Villiers MP continues as Secretary of State for Northern Ireland
  • The Rt Hon Jeremy Hunt MP continues as Secretary of State for Health
  • The Rt Hon Stephen Crabb MP continues as Secretary of State for Wales
  • The Rt Hon Greg Hands MP becomes Chief Secretary to the Treasury and will attend Cabinet
  • The Rt Hon Matt Hancock MP becomes Minister for Cabinet Office and Paymaster General (Minister for Efficiency & Civil Service Reform)
  • The Rt Hon David Mundell MP becomes Secretary of State for Scotland
  • The Rt Hon Oliver Letwin MP is promoted to Cabinet as Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster in overall charge of Cabinet Office
  • The 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
  • The 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)
  • The Rt Hon Francis Maude becomes Minister of State at the Foreign Office and the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
  • Therese Coffey becomes Deputy Leader of the House of Commons
  • The 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

View all confirmed positions, including ministers by department, Whips, Baronesses and Lords in Waiting.

The Prime Minister’s speech

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

Watch video of the Prime Minister speaking on his return to Number 10.

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.

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