The Cabinet – and its Shadow
If you're a serious quizzer, and you're not all that interested in politics (oh – is that just me?) this section is a
potential millstone around your neck. You feel you need to know it, and there's a lot of it to learn; and a lot of the names are just names. It's
also subject to periodic "reshuffles", although the reshuffles are (fortunately) fairly infrequent.
I might add that this page is a nightmare to maintain, because the Government and Shadow posts never match exactly and different roles
are shared by people on either side. But you don't care about that!
You're unlikely to get asked about the first couple of rows – unless it's by a member of the medical profession who's
concerned about your mental well–being. Otherwise, the higher up the page these posts appear, the more likely they are to come up.
So actually, I suppose, the problem for the serious quizzer who isn't all that interested in politics is how much of this to learn!
This page was last updated on 26 October 2023.
Position |
| Incumbent |
| Shadow |
Prime Minister / Leader of the Opposition |
|
Rishi Sunak |
|
Keir Starmer |
First Lord of the Treasury |
Minister for the Union |
Minister for the Civil Service |
Deputy Prime Minister / Deputy Leader of the Opposition |
|
Oliver Dowden |
|
Angela Rayner |
Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster |
|
Pat McFadden |
Chancellor of the Exchequer |
|
Jeremy Hunt |
|
Rachel Reeves |
Home Secretary |
|
Suella Braverman |
|
Yvette Cooper |
Foreign Secretary |
|
James Cleverly |
|
David Lammy |
SoS for Defence |
|
Grant Shapps |
|
John Healey |
SoS for Justice, Lord Chancellor |
|
Alex Chalk |
|
Shabana Mahmood |
SoS for Energy Security (/ Climate Change) and Net Zero |
|
Claire Coutinho |
|
Ed Miliband |
SoS for Science, Innovation and Technology |
|
Michelle Donelan |
|
Peter Kyle |
SoS for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities |
|
Michael Gove |
|
Angela Rayner |
SoS for Health and Social Care |
|
Steve Barclay |
|
Wes Streeting |
Leader of the House of Commons |
|
Penny Mordaunt |
|
Lucy Powell |
Lord President of the Council |
Leader of the House of Lords |
|
Nicholas True |
|
Angela Smith |
Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal |
Minister Without Portfolio |
|
Greg Hands |
|
N. Thomas–Symonds |
Party Chair(man) |
|
Anneliese Dodds |
SoS for Women and Equalities |
|
Kemi Badenoch |
SoS for Business and Trade |
|
Jonathan Reynolds |
President of the Board of Trade |
SoS for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs |
|
Thérèse Coffey |
|
Steve Reed |
SoS for Work and Pensions |
|
Mel Stride |
|
Liz Kendall |
SoS for Education |
|
Gillian Keegan |
|
Bridget Phillipson |
SoS for Transport |
|
Mark Harper |
|
Louise Haigh |
SoS for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport |
|
Lucy Frazer |
|
Thangam Debbonaire |
SoS for Northern Ireland |
|
Chris Heaton–Harris |
|
Hilary Benn |
SoS for Scotland |
|
Alister Jack |
|
Ian Murray |
SoS for Wales |
|
David T. C. Davies |
|
Jo Stevens |
The following people attend meetings of the Cabinet (or Shadow Cabinet), but
are not full members:
Position |
|
Incumbent |
|
Shadow |
Chief Whip in the House of Commons |
|
Simon Hart |
|
Sir Alan Campbell |
Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury |
Chief Secretary to the Treasury |
|
John Glen |
|
Darren Jones |
Attorney General for England and Wales |
|
Victoria Prentis |
|
Emily Thornberry |
Advocate General for Northern Ireland |
Minister for the Cabinet Office |
|
Jeremy Quin |
|
Jenny Chapman |
Paymaster General |
|
Jonathan Ashworth |
Minister of State for Immigration |
|
Robert Jenrick |
Minister of State for Security |
|
Tom Tugendhat |
Minister of State for Development and Africa |
|
Andrew Mitchell |
Minister of State for Veterans' Affairs |
|
Johnny Mercer |
(Shadow) Chief Whip in the House of Lords |
|
|
Roy Kennedy |
(Shadow) Minister for International Development |
|
Lisa Nandy |
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