Starmer ministry explained

Cabinet Name:	Starmer Ministry
Incumbent:	5 July 2024 – present
Government Head Title:	Prime Minister
Government Head:	Keir Starmer
Government Head History:	Premiership of Keir Starmer
Deputy Government Head:	Angela Rayner
State Head Title:	Monarch
State Head:	Charles III
Legislature Term:	2024–present
Election:	2024 general election
Budget:	October 2024 budget
Previous:	Sunak ministry
Flag:	File:Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg
Jurisdiction:	United Kingdom

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]}

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

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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
		Sir Keir Starmer	5 July 2024 present
	Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom	Angela Rayner	5 July 2024 present
	Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster	Pat McFadden	5 July 2024 present
			8 July 2024 present
	Minister without Portfolio		6 July 2024 present
	Parliamentary Secretary		9 July 2024 – present
	Parliamentary Secretary		9 July 2024 – present

Departments of state

Business and Trade
Post		Incumbent	Term
		Jonathan Reynolds	5 July 2024 present
	Minister of State for Trade Policy and Economic Security		6 July 2024 present
	Minister of State for Industry		8 July 2024 present
	Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Employment Rights, Competition and Markets		9 July 2024 present
	Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Services, Small Business and Exports		9 July 2024 present
	Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Legislation Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Future Digital Economy And Online Safety		9 July 2024 present

Culture, Media and Sport
Post		Incumbent	Term
	Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport	Lisa Nandy	5 July 2024 present
	Minister of State for Creative Industries, Arts and Tourism		8 July 2024 present
	Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Sport, Media, Civil Society and Youth		9 July 2024 present
	Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Gambling		23 July 2024 present

Defence
Post		Incumbent	Term
	Secretary of State for Defence	John Healey	5 July 2024 present
	Minister of State for Defence Procurement and Industry		8 July 2024 present
	Minister of State for Defence	The Lord Coaker	8 July 2024 present
	Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Veterans and People		9 July 2024 present
	Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for the Armed Forces		9 July 2024 present

Education
Post		Incumbent	Term
	Secretary of State for Education	Bridget Phillipson	5 July 2024 present
	Minister for Women and Equalities		8 July 2024 present
	Minister of State for Skills		6 July 2024 present
	Minister of State for Women and Equalities	Anneliese Dodds	8 July 2024 present
	Minister of State for School Standards		8 July 2024 present
	Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Early Education		9 July 2024 present
	Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Children and Families		9 July 2024 present

Energy Security and Net Zero
Post		Incumbent	Term
	Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero	Ed Miliband	5 July 2024 present
	Minister of State for Industry		8 July 2024 present
	Minister of State for Energy Security and Net Zero		9 July 2024 present
	Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Climate		9 July 2024 present
	Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Energy Consumers		9 July 2024 present
	Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Energy		9 July 2024 present

Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Post			Incumbent	Term
	Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs	Steve Reed		5 July 2024 present
	Minister of State for Food Security and Rural Affairs			8 July 2024 present
	Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Water and Flooding			9 July 2024 present
	Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Nature			18 July 2024 present
	Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs	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	David Lammy	5 July 2024 present
	Minister of State for Development	Anneliese Dodds	8 July 2024 present
	Minister of State for Europe, North America and Overseas Territories		8 July 2024 present
	Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Indo-Pacific		9 July 2024 present
	Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Africa		9 July 2024 present
	Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for the Middle East, Afghanistan and Pakistan		18 July 2024 present
	Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Latin America and Caribbean	The Baroness Chapman of Darlington	18 July 2024 present

Health and Social Care
Post		Incumbent	Term
	Secretary of State for Health and Social Care	Wes Streeting	5 July 2024 present
	Minister of State for Care		8 July 2024 present
	Minister of State for Secondary Care		8 July 2024 present
	Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Public Health and Prevention		9 July 2024 present
	Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Patient Safety, Women's Health and Mental Health	The Baroness Merron	9 July 2024 present

Home Office
Post		Incumbent	Term
	Secretary of State for the Home Department	Yvette Cooper	5 July 2024 present
	Minister of State for Security		6 July 2024 present
	Minister of State for Border Security and Asylum		8 July 2024 present
	Minister of State for Policing, Fire and Crime Prevention		8 July 2024 present
	Minister of State for the Home Office		9 July 2024 present
	Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Safeguarding and Violence Against Women and Girls		9 July 2024 present
	Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Migration and Citizenship		9 July 2024 present

Housing, Communities and Local Government
Post		Incumbent	Term
	Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government	Angela Rayner	5 July 2024 present
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	Minister of State for Housing and Planning		6 July 2024 present
	Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Democracy and Local Growth		9 July 2024 present
	Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Building Safety and Homelessness		9 July 2024 present
	Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Housing and Local Government		9 July 2024 present
	Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Faith, Communities and Resettlement	The Lord Khan of Burnley	9 July 2024 present

Justice
Post		Incumbent	Term
		Shabana Mahmood	5 July 2024 present
	Minister of State for Courts and Legal Services		8 July 2024 present
	Minister of State for Prisons, Probation and Reducing Reoffending		5 July 2024 present
	Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Justice		9 July 2024 present
	Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Victims and Violence Against Women and Girls		9 July 2024 present
	Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Sentencing and Youth Justice		23 July 2024 present

Northern Ireland Office
Post		Incumbent	Term
	Secretary of State for Northern Ireland	Hilary Benn	5 July 2024 present
	Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Northern Ireland		9 July 2024 present

Science, Innovation and Technology
Post		Incumbent	Term
	Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology	Peter Kyle	5 July 2024 present
	Minister of State for Science, Research and Innovation		5 July 2024 present
	Minister of State for Data Protection and Telecoms		8 July 2024 present
	Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for AI and Digital Government		9 July 2024 present
	Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for the Future Digital Economy and Online Safety		9 July 2024 present

Scotland Office
Post			Incumbent	Term
	Secretary of State for Scotland	Ian Murray		5 July 2024 present
	Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Scotland			9 July 2024 present

Transport
Post		Incumbent	Term
	Secretary of State for Transport	Louise Haigh	5 July 2024 present
	Minister of State for Rail		8 July 2024 present
	Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Local Transport		9 July 2024 present
	Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for the Future of Roads		9 July 2024 present
	Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Aviation, Maritime, and Security		9 July 2024 present

Treasury
Post		Incumbent	Term
		Rachel Reeves	5 July 2024 present
	Chief Secretary to the Treasury	Darren Jones	5 July 2024 present
	Financial Secretary to the Treasury	The Lord Livermore	8 July 2024 present
	Economic Secretary to the Treasury and City Minister		9 July 2024 present
	Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury		9 July 2024 present
	Parliamentary Secretary		9 July 2024 present

Wales Office
Post			Incumbent	Term
	Secretary of State for Wales	Jo Stevens		5 July 2024 present
	Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State			9 July 2024 present

Work and Pensions
Post		Incumbent	Term
	Secretary of State for Work and Pensions	Liz Kendall	5 July 2024 present
	Minister of State for Employment		8 July 2024 present
	Minister of State for Social Security and Disability		8 July 2024 present
	Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Pensions		9 July 2024 present
	Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Transformation		9 July 2024 present
	Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Work and Pensions		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 Lord Hermer	5 July 2024 present
	Solicitor General for England and Wales		9 July 2024 present

Parliament

House Leaders
Post		Incumbent	Term
		Lucy Powell	5 July 2024 present
		The Baroness Smith of Basildon	5 July 2024 present
			9 July 2024 – present

House of Commons Whips
Post		Incumbent	Term
		Sir Alan Campbell	5 July 2024 present
			10 July 2024 present
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	Assistant Whips		10 July 2024 present
			10 July 2024 present
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			10 July 2024 present
			18 July 2024 present
			18 July 2024 present

House of Lords Whips
Post		Incumbent	Term
			10 July 2024 – present
			10 July 2024 – present
		The Lord Collins of Highbury	9 July 2024 – present
			9 July 2024 – present
		The Lord Ponsonby of Shulbrede	9 July 2024 – present
		The Baroness Jones of Whitchurch	9 July 2024 – present
		The Baroness Anderson of Stoke-on-Trent	11 July 2024 – present
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Non-ministerial appointments

Parliamentary Private Secretaries

Post	Incumbent	Term
No. 10 Downing Street
Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Prime Minister		17 July 2024 – present 19 July 2024 – present
Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Deputy Prime Minister		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		19 July 2024 – present
Cabinet Office
Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster		19 July 2024 – present
Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Cabinet Office		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		19 July 2024 – present
Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Department for Culture, Media and Sport		19 July 2024 – present
Department for Education
Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Secretary of State for Education		19 July 2024 – present
Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Department for Education		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		19 July 2024 – present
Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero		19 July 2024 – present
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs		19 July 2024 – present
Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology		19 July 2024 – present
Department for Transport
Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Department for Transport		19 July 2024 – present
Department for Work and Pensions
Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Department for Work and Pensions		19 July 2024 – present
Department of Health and Social Care
Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care		19 July 2024 – present
Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Department of Health and Social Care		19 July 2024 – present
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs		19 July 2024 – present
Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office		19 July 2024 – present
HM Treasury
Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Chancellor of the Exchequer		19 July 2024 – present
Parliamentary Private Secretary to HM Treasury		19 July 2024 – present
Home Office
Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Secretary of State for the Home Department		19 July 2024 – present
Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Home Office		19 July 2024 – present
Ministry of Defence
Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Secretary of State for Defence		19 July 2024 – present
Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Ministry of Defence		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		19 July 2024 – present
Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government		19 July 2024 – present
Ministry of Justice
Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Ministry of Justice		19 July 2024 – present
Northern Ireland Office
Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Northern Ireland Office		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		19 July 2024 – present
Office of the Secretary of State for Wales
Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Secretary of State for Wales		19 July 2024 – present
House Leaders
Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Leader of the House of Commons and Lord President of the Council		19 July 2024 – present
Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Leader of the House of Lords and Lord Privy Seal		19 July 2024 – present

Prime Minister's Office

Office	Incumbent	Term
Principal Private Secretary to the Prime Minister
Downing Street Chief of Staff	Sue Gray	July 2024 – present
Downing Street Director of Communications	Matthew Doyle	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	July 2024 – present

Party officers

Office	Incumbent	Term
Chair of the Labour Party		July 2024present
Chair of the Co-operative Party		October 2020 – present

Church Commissioner

Notes and References

1. Web site: 2024-07-05 . Keir Starmer: Labour leader to become UK prime minister . 2024-07-05 . BBC News . en-GB.
2. Web site: House of Commons Library, 2024. "What Happens in the Commons after the general election?" . House of Commons Library . 2024 . 5 July 2024.
3. Web site: Results . Sky News. 2024 . 5 July 2024.
4. Web site: 5 July 2024 . Who is in Keir Starmer's new cabinet . 5 July 2024 . BBC News.
5. News: Adam . Karla . Taylor . Adam . Timsit . Annabelle . 5 July 2024 . Who is in Keir Starmer's new U.K. government? . 5 July 2024 . The Washington Post.
6. News: Savage . Michael . 6 July 2024 . Starmer installs non-political ministers in 'government of all the talents' . 8 July 2024 . The Guardian.
7. News: Francis . Sam . 7 July 2024 . Starmer appoints two figures from Blair and Brown era as ministers . 8 July 2024 . BBC News.
8. News: Laver . Adam . 6 July 2024 . Yorkshire MPs take centre stage in Keir's cabinet . 8 July 2024 . BBC News.
9. News: 7 July 2024 . Who is in Keir Starmer's new Labour Cabinet? . 8 July 2024 . The Telegraph.
10. Web site: Ministerial Appointments: July 2024 . 2024-07-08 . GOV.UK . en.
11. Web site: His Majesty's Government: The Cabinet . 2024-07-09 . Parliament.uk. en.
12. Web site: Anneliese Dodds attends Starmer's first cabinet meeting in Downing Street . July 6, 2024 . Oxford Mail.
13. News: Emily Thornberry 'sorry and surprised' not to be given cabinet role by Starmer . The Guardian . Elgot . Jessica .