British Government frontbench

Last updated August 25, 2025

The Government frontbench in the Parliament of the United Kingdom, also known as the Treasury Bench, consists of the Cabinet and all other ministers.^[1]

Key

	Member of the House of Commons
	Member of the House of Lords
	Member of the Privy Council
Cabinet full members in bold
Cabinet attendees in bold italics

Leader of the Government and Cabinet Office

Leader of the Government
	Prime Minister of the United Kingdom First Lord of the Treasury Minister for the Civil Service		Sir Keir Starmer KCB KC


Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster Minister for Intergovernmental Relations		Pat McFadden
Minister without Portfolio		Ellie Reeves (unpaid)
Minister for the Cabinet Office Paymaster General		Nick Thomas-Symonds
Minister of State at the Cabinet Office		Douglas Alexander (also with DBT)
Parliamentary Secretary for the Cabinet Office	Georgia Gould OBE
Parliamentary Secretary for the Cabinet Office	Abena Oppong-Asare


Minister for Women and Equalities		Bridget Phillipson (also Education Secretary)
Minister of State for Women and Equalities		The Baroness Smith of Malvern (also with Education)
Government spokesperson for Equalities	The Lord Collins of Highbury (also Deputy Leader of the House of Lords and a whip) (unpaid)

Foreign relations


Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs		David Lammy
Minister of State for International Development, Latin America and Caribbean		The Baroness Chapman of Darlington
Minister of State for Europe, North America and Overseas Territories	Stephen Doughty
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Indo-Pacific	Catherine West
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Africa	The Lord Collins of Highbury (also Deputy Leader of the House of Lords, a whip and Equalities) (unpaid)
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan and Pakistan	Hamish Falconer (unpaid)


Secretary of State for Defence		John Healey
Minister of State for Defence	The Lord Coaker
Minister of State for Defence Procurement and Industry		Maria Eagle
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for the Armed Forces	Luke Pollard
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Veterans and People	Alistair Carns OBE MC

Law and order


Secretary of State for the Home Department		Yvette Cooper
Minister of State for Security	Dan Jarvis MBE
Minister of State for Border Security and Asylum	Dame Angela Eagle DBE
Minister of State for Policing and Crime Prevention		Dame Diana Johnson DBE
Minister of State for Home Affairs		The Lord Hanson of Flint (unpaid)
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Safeguarding and Violence Against Women and Girls	Jess Phillips
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Migration and Citizenship	Seema Malhotra (also with Education)


Secretary of State for Justice Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain		Shabana Mahmood KC
Minister of State for Prisons, Probation and Reducing Reoffending	The Lord Timpson OBE DL (unpaid)
Minister of State for Courts and Legal Services	Sarah Sackman KC
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Victims	Alex Davies-Jones
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Justice	The Lord Ponsonby of Shulbrede (also a whip) (unpaid)
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Sentencing	Sir Nic Dakin (also Lord Commissioner of the Treasury) (unpaid)


Attorney General for England and Wales Advocate General for Northern Ireland		The Lord Hermer KC
Solicitor General	Lucy Rigby
Advocate General for Scotland	The Baroness Smith of Cluny KC

Economy


Chancellor of the Exchequer Second Lord of the Treasury		Rachel Reeves
Chief Secretary to the Treasury		Darren Jones
Financial Secretary to the Treasury	The Lord Livermore
Minister of State for Investment	The Baroness Gustafsson (also with DBT) (unpaid)
Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury	James Murray
Economic Secretary to the Treasury City Minister	Emma Reynolds
Parliamentary Secretary for the Treasury	Torsten Bell (also with Work and Pensions)


Secretary of State for Business and Trade President of the Board of Trade		Jonathan Reynolds
Minister of State for Trade Policy and Economic Security		Douglas Alexander (also with Cabinet Office)
Minister of State for Industry	Sarah Jones (also with Energy Security and Net Zero)
Minister of State for Investment	The Baroness Gustafsson (also with HM Treasury) (unpaid)
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Employment Rights, Competition and Markets	Justin Madders
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Services, Small Business and Exports	Gareth Thomas
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Legislation	The Baroness Jones of Whitchurch (also with Science, Innovation and Technology and a whip) (unpaid)


Secretary of State for Work and Pensions		Liz Kendall
Minister of State for Social Security and Disability		Sir Stephen Timms
Minister of State for Employment	Alison McGovern
Minister of State for Work and Pensions	The Baroness Sherlock OBE
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Transformation	Andrew Western
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Pensions	Torsten Bell (also with Treasury)

Social services


Secretary of State for Education Minister for Women and Equalities		Bridget Phillipson
Minister of State for Skills Minister of State for Women and Equalities		The Baroness Smith of Malvern (also with Equalities)
Minister of State for School Standards	Catherine McKinnell
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Early Education	Stephen Morgan
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Children and Families	Janet Daby
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Minister for Equalities)	Seema Malhotra (also with Home Office)
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Minister for Equalities)	Dame Nia Griffith DBE (also with Wales Office)


Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology		Peter Kyle
Minister of State for Science, Research and Innovation		The Lord Vallance of Balham KCB FRS
Minister of State for Data Protection and Telecoms	Chris Bryant (also with Culture, Media and Sport)
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for AI and Digital Government	Feryal Clark
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for the Future Digital Economy and Online Safety	The Baroness Jones of Whitchurch (also with Business and Trade and a whip) (unpaid)


Secretary of State for Health and Social Care		Wes Streeting
Minister of State for Secondary Care	Karin Smyth
Minister of State for Care	Stephen Kinnock
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Patient Safety, Women's Health and Mental Health	The Baroness Merron
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Public Health and Prevention	Ashley Dalton

Environment


Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs		Steve Reed OBE
Minister of State for Food Security and Rural Affairs	Daniel Zeichner
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Water and Flooding	Emma Hardy
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Nature	Mary Creagh CBE (unpaid)
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State	The Baroness Hayman of Ullock


Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero		Ed Miliband
Minister of State for Industry	Sarah Jones (also with Business and Trade)
Minister of State for Energy Security and Net Zero		Vacant
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Climate	Kerry McCarthy
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Energy	Michael Shanks
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Energy Consumers	Miatta Fahnbulleh

Culture


Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport		Lisa Nandy
Minister of State for Creative Industries, Arts and Tourism	Chris Bryant (also with Science, Innovation and Technology)
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Sport, Media, Civil Society and Youth	Stephanie Peacock
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Gambling and Heritage	The Baroness Twycross (also a Baroness in Waiting (unpaid)

Transport


Secretary of State for Transport		Heidi Alexander
Minister of State for Rail	The Lord Hendy of Richmond Hill CBE
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Local Transport	Simon Lightwood
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Future of Roads	Lilian Greenwood
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Aviation, Maritime and Security	Mike Kane

Local and devolved government


Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government Deputy Prime Minister		Angela Rayner
Minister of State for Housing and Planning	Matthew Pennycook
Minister of State for Local Government and English Devolution	Jim McMahon OBE
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Homelessness and Democracy	Rushanara Ali
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Building Safety, Fire and Local Growth	Alex Norris
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Housing and Local Government	The Baroness Taylor of Stevenage OBE (also a whip) (unpaid)
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Faith, Communities and Resettlement	The Lord Khan of Burnley

Northern Ireland
	Secretary of State for Northern Ireland		Hilary Benn
	Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Northern Ireland	Fleur Anderson

Scotland
	Secretary of State for Scotland		Ian Murray
	Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Scotland	Kirsty McNeill

Wales
	Secretary of State for Wales		Jo Stevens
	Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Wales	Dame Nia Griffith DBE (also with Education)

Parliament


Leader of the House of Commons Lord President of the Council		Lucy Powell
Leader of the House of Lords Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal		The Baroness Smith of Basildon
Deputy Leader of the House of Lords	The Lord Collins of Highbury (also with Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office a whip and Equalities) (unpaid)


Chief Whip Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury		Sir Alan Campbell
Deputy Chief Whip Treasurer of the Household		Mark Tami
Government Whip Comptroller of the Household	Chris Elmore
Government Whip Vice-Chamberlain of the Household	Samantha Dixon MBE
Government Whips Lords Commissioners of the Treasury	Sir Nic Dakin (unpaid)
	Vacant
	Jeff Smith
	Anna Turley
	Taiwo Owatemi
Assistant Government Whips	Christian Wakeford
	Gen Kitchen
	Keir Mather
	Gerald Jones
	Anna McMorrin
	Martin McCluskey
	Kate Dearden


Chief Whip Captain of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms		The Lord Kennedy of Southwark
Deputy Chief Whip Captain of the Yeomen of the Guard	The Baroness Wheeler MBE
Lords- and Baronesses-in-waiting	The Lord Collins of Highbury (also Deputy Leader of the House of Lords and with Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office) (unpaid)
	The Lord Ponsonby of Shulbrede (also with Justice)
	The Baroness Taylor of Stevenage OBE (also with Housing, Communities and Local Government)
	The Baroness Jones of Whitchurch (also with Science, Innovation and Technology and Business and Trade) (unpaid)
	The Baroness Anderson of Stoke-on-Trent
	The Lord Leong CBE
	The Baroness Twycross (also with Culture, Media and Sport) (unpaid)
	The Baroness Blake of Leeds CBE
	Lord Cryer

References

↑ "Frontbench (frontbenchers)". Parliament.UK. Retrieved 28 May 2021. A frontbencher is either a Government minister or an Opposition shadow spokesperson.

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[1] "Frontbench (frontbenchers)". Parliament.UK. Retrieved 28 May 2021. A frontbencher is either a Government minister or an Opposition shadow spokesperson.

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