May ministry

May ministry
96th ministry of the United Kingdom (since 1707)
2016–present

Date formed	13 July 2016
People and organisations
Head of government	Theresa May
Head of state	Queen Elizabeth II
Member party	Conservative Party
Status in legislature	Majority
Opposition cabinet	Corbyn Shadow Cabinet
Opposition party	Labour Party
Opposition leader	Jeremy Corbyn
History
Predecessor	Second Cameron ministry

Theresa May formed the May ministry on 13 July 2016 after being invited by Queen Elizabeth II to begin a new government following the resignation of David Cameron from the post of Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.^[1]^[2] The ministry, a Conservative majority government, followed the second Cameron ministry, which had been formed following the May 2015 British general election, and which was dissolved in the aftermath of the June 2016 referendum on British withdrawal from the European Union.

History

Main article: Premiership of Theresa May

May announced her choices for Chancellor of the Exchequer, Home Secretary, Foreign Secretary and Defence Secretary in the evening of 13 July: Philip Hammond, Amber Rudd and Boris Johnson were respectively appointed to the first three posts, while Michael Fallon continued as Defence Secretary.^[3]^[4] David Davis was appointed to the new post of Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, while Liam Fox became Secretary of State for International Trade and President of the Board of Trade.^[3] Greg Clark, who was made business secretary, was mistakenly appointed as President of the Board of Trade by the Privy Council, and held the appointment for four days before the mistake was corrected.^[5]

May's choices for the remaining cabinet posts were announced on 14 July.^[6] Justine Greening, previously international development secretary, was promoted to education secretary, and the vacancy left by Greening was filled by Priti Patel. Elizabeth Truss, formerly environment secretary, was given the justice portfolio. Andrea Leadsom, previously a junior energy minister, and also the final opponent of Theresa May in the 2016 Conservative leadership election, was made environment secretary. James Brokenshire and Karen Bradley, both formerly junior ministers at the Home Office, were given the posts of Northern Ireland secretary and culture respectively. Damian Green took the post of work and pensions secretary, and Chris Grayling was made transport secretary. Finally, Sajid Javid was given the local government brief.^[6]

Jeremy Hunt, Alun Cairns, and David Mundell retained the posts of health secretary, Welsh secretary, and Scottish secretary, respectively, which they had held during the second Cameron ministry.^[6] In contrast, May removed five members of the second Cameron ministry from office: Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne, Justice Secretary Michael Gove, Culture Secretary John Whittingdale, Education Secretary Nicky Morgan, and Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster Oliver Letwin.^[6]

In addition, May appointed Fiona Hill and Nick Timothy as Downing Street Chiefs of Staff.^[7] Both had been political advisers to her at the Home Office, then worked outside government for a brief period before coming back to work on her leadership campaign.^[8]^[9]

Cabinet

Cabinet of the United Kingdom ^[10]^[11]^[6] []
Portfolio	Minister	Term
Cabinet ministers
Prime Minister First Lord of the Treasury Minister for the Civil Service	The Rt Hon. Theresa May MP	2016–
Chancellor of the Exchequer Second Lord of the Treasury	The Rt Hon. Philip Hammond MP	2016–
Secretary of State for the Home Department	The Rt Hon. Amber Rudd MP	2016–
Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs	The Rt Hon. Boris Johnson MP	2016–
Secretary of State for Defence	The Rt Hon. Sir Michael Fallon KCB MP	2014–
Lord Chancellor Secretary of State for Justice	The Rt Hon. Elizabeth Truss MP	2016–
Secretary of State for Education Minister for Women and Equalities	The Rt Hon. Justine Greening MP	2016–
Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union	The Rt Hon. David Davis MP	2016–
Secretary of State for International Trade President of the Board of Trade	The Rt Hon. Dr Liam Fox MP	2016–
Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy	The Rt Hon. Dr Greg Clark MP	2016–
Secretary of State for Health	The Rt Hon. Jeremy Hunt MP	2012–
Secretary of State for Work and Pensions	The Rt Hon. Damian Green MP	2016–
Leader of the House of Lords Lord Privy Seal	The Rt Hon. The Baroness Evans of Bowes Park PC	2016–
Secretary of State for Transport	The Rt Hon. Chris Grayling MP	2016–
Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government	The Rt Hon. Sajid Javid MP	2016–
Leader of the House of Commons Lord President of the Council	The Rt Hon. Dr David Lidington CBE MP	2016–
Secretary of State for Scotland	The Rt Hon. David Mundell MP	2015–
Secretary of State for Wales	The Rt Hon. Alun Cairns MP	2016–
Secretary of State for Northern Ireland	The Rt Hon. James Brokenshire MP	2016–
Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs	The Rt Hon. Andrea Leadsom MP	2016–
Secretary of State for International Development	The Rt Hon. Priti Patel MP	2016–
Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport	The Rt Hon. Karen Bradley MP	2016–
Also attending cabinet meetings
Chief Secretary to the Treasury	The Rt Hon. David Gauke MP	2016–
Minister for the Cabinet Office Paymaster General	The Rt Hon. Ben Gummer MP	2016–
Attorney General	The Rt Hon. Jeremy Wright QC MP	2014–
Chief Whip in the House of Commons Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury	The Rt Hon. Gavin Williamson CBE MP	2016–
Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster Chairman of the Conservative Party (Unpaid)	The Rt Hon. Sir Patrick McLoughlin MP	2016–

List of ministers

	Minister in the House of Commons		Minister in the House of Lords
Ministers that attend cabinet are listed in bold

Prime Minister and the Cabinet Office

Prime Minister and Cabinet Office
Post		Minister	Term
	Prime Minister of the United Kingdom First Lord of the Treasury Minister for the Civil Service	The Rt Hon. Theresa May MP	July 2016–
	Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Prime Minister	George Hollingbery MP	July 2016–
	Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster Chairman of the Conservative Party	The Rt Hon. Sir Patrick McLoughlin MP	July 2016–
	Minister for the Cabinet Office Paymaster General	The Rt Hon. Ben Gummer MP	July 2016–
	Leader of the House of Commons Lord President of the Council	The Rt Hon. David Lidington CBE MP	July 2016–
	Parliamentary Secretary at the Cabinet Office Minister for the Constitution	Chris Skidmore MP	July 2016–

Departments of State


Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (President of the Board of Trade 15-19 July 2016)	The Rt Hon. Greg Clark MP	July 2016–
Minister of State for Universities, Science, Research and Innovation	Jo Johnson MP (jointly with Education)	May 2015–
Minister of State for Climate Change and Industry	The Hon. Nick Hurd MP	July 2016–
Minister of State for Energy and Intellectual Property	The Baroness Neville-Rolfe DBE CMG	July 2016–
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State Minister for Small Business, Consumers and Corporate Responsibility	Margot James MP	July 2016–
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State Minister for Industry and Energy	Jesse Norman MP	July 2016–


Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government	The Rt Hon. Sajid Javid MP	July 2016–
Minister of State for Housing and Planning Minister for London	Gavin Barwell MP	July 2016–
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State Minister for Local Government	Marcus Jones MP	May 2015–
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State Minister for the Northern Powerhouse	Andrew Percy MP	July 2016–
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Communities	The Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth	July 2016–


Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport	The Rt Hon. Karen Bradley MP	July 2016–
Minister of State for Digital and Culture	The Rt Hon. Matthew Hancock MP	July 2016–
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State Minister for Sport, Heritage, and Tourism	Tracey Crouch MP	May 2015–
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State Minister for Civil Society	Rob Wilson MP	July 2016–
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State	The Lord Ashton of Hyde (also Lord-in-Waiting)	July 2016–
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State Minister for Internet Safety and Security	The Baroness Shields OBE (with Home Office)	May 2015–


Secretary of State for Defence	The Rt Hon. Sir Michael Fallon KCB MP	July 2014–
Minister of State for the Armed Forces	The Rt Hon. Mike Penning MP	July 2016–
Minister of State	The Earl Howe PC (also Deputy Lords Leader) (unpaid)	May 2015–
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Defence Procurement	Harriett Baldwin MP	July 2016–
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Defence Veterans, Reserves and Personnel	Lt Col Mark Lancaster TD MP	May 2015–


Secretary of State for Education Minister for Women and Equalities	The Rt Hon. Justine Greening MP	July 2016–
Minister of State for Apprenticeships and Skills	The Rt Hon. Robert Halfon MP	July 2016–
Minister of State for Universities, Science, Research and Innovation	Jo Johnson MP (jointly with BEIS)	July 2016–
Minister of State for School Standards	Nick Gibb MP	July 2014–
Minister of State for Vulnerable Children and Families	Edward Timpson MP	May 2015–
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Women, Equalities and Early Years	Caroline Dinenage MP	May 2015–
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for the School System	The Lord Nash	Oct 2013–


Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs	The Rt Hon. Andrea Leadsom MP	July 2016–
Minister of State for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food	George Eustice MP	October 2013–
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for the Environment and Rural Life Opportunities	Dr Thérèse Coffey MP	July 2016–
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Rural Affairs and Biosecurity	The Lord Gardiner of Kimble	July 2016–


Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union	The Rt Hon. David Davis MP	July 2016–
Minister of State	The Rt Hon. David Jones MP	July 2016-
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State	The Hon. Robin Walker MP	July 2016-
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State	The Lord Bridges of Headley MBE	July 2016-


Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs	The Rt Hon. Boris Johnson MP	July 2016–
Minister of State for Europe and the Americas	The Rt Hon. Sir Alan Duncan KCMG MP	July 2016–
Minister of State for the Commonwealth and the UN	The Baroness Anelay of St John's DBE PC (with International Development until October 2016)	July 2016–
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State Minister for Asia and the Pacific	Alok Sharma MP	July 2016–
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State Minister for the Middle East and Africa	Tobias Ellwood MP	July 2016–


Secretary of State for Health	The Rt Hon. Jeremy Hunt MP	September 2012–
Minister of State for Health	Philip Dunne MP	July 2016–
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Public Health and Innovation	Nicola Blackwood MP	July 2016–
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Community Health and Care	David Mowat MP	July 2016–
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State	The Lord Prior of Brampton PC	May 2015–


Secretary of State for the Home Department	The Rt Hon. Amber Rudd MP	July 2016–
Minister of State for Security	Ben Wallace MP	July 2016–
Minister of State for Policing and the Fire Services	Brandon Lewis MP	July 2016–
Minister of State for Immigration	Robert Goodwill MP	July 2016–
Minister of State	The Baroness Williams of Trafford	July 2016–
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Vulnerability, Safeguarding and Countering Extremism	Sarah Newton MP	July 2016–
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Internet Safety and Security	The Baroness Shields OBE (with Culture)	July 2016–


Secretary of State for International Development	The Rt Hon. Priti Patel MP	July 2016–
Minister of State	Rory Stewart OBE MP	July 2016–
Minister of State	The Baroness Anelay of St John's DBE PC (with Foreign Office)	July–October 2016
Minister of State	The Lord Bates PC	October 2016–
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State	James Wharton MP	July 2016–


Secretary of State for International Trade President of the Board of Trade (19 July-	The Rt Hon. Dr Liam Fox MP	July 2016–
Minister of State for Trade and Investment	The Rt Hon. Greg Hands MP	July 2016–
Minister of State for Trade Policy	The Lord Price CVO	July 2016–
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State	Mark Garnier MP	July 2016–


Lord Chancellor Secretary of State for Justice	The Rt Hon. Elizabeth Truss MP	July 2016–
Minister of State for Courts and Justice	Sir Oliver Heald QC MP	July 2016–
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Prisons and Probation	Sam Gyimah MP	July 2016–
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Victims, Youth and Family Justice	Dr Phillip Lee MP	July 2016–


Secretary of State for Northern Ireland	The Rt Hon. James Brokenshire MP	July 2016–
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State	Kris Hopkins MP	July 2016–
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State	The Lord Dunlop (with Scotland)	July 2016–

Scotland
	Secretary of State for Scotland	The Rt Hon. David Mundell MP	July 2016–
	Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State	The Lord Dunlop (with Northern Ireland)	July 2016–


Secretary of State for Transport	The Rt Hon. Chris Grayling MP	July 2016–
Minister of State	The Rt Hon. John Hayes CBE MP	July 2016–
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State	Paul Maynard MP	July 2016–
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State	Andrew Jones MP	May 2015–
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State	The Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon	May 2015–


Chancellor of the Exchequer Second Lord of the Treasury	The Rt Hon. Philip Hammond MP	July 2016–
Chief Secretary to the Treasury	The Rt Hon. David Gauke MP	July 2016–
Financial Secretary to the Treasury	Jane Ellison MP	July 2016–
Economic Secretary to the Treasury (City Minister)	Simon Kirby MP	July 2016–
Commercial Secretary to the Treasury	The Lord O'Neill of Gatley (unpaid)	July 2016–Sept 2016


Secretary of State for Wales	The Rt Hon. Alun Cairns MP	March 2016–
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State	Guto Bebb MP (also a Whip)	March 2016–
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State	The Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth (also a Whip and with Energy)	May 2015–


Secretary of State for Work and Pensions	The Rt Hon. Damian Green MP	July 2016–
Minister of State for Disabled People, Work and Health	Penny Mordaunt MP	July 2016–
Minister of State for Employment	Damian Hinds MP	July 2016–
Minister of State for Welfare Reform	The Lord Freud PC (unpaid)	May 2015–
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Welfare Delivery	Caroline Nokes MP	July 2016–
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Pensions	Richard Harrington MP	July 2016–

Law Officers

Attorney General's Office
	Attorney General for England and Wales	The Rt Hon. Jeremy Wright QC MP	July 2014–
	Solicitor General for England and Wales	Robert Buckland QC MP	July 2014–

Office of the Advocate General for Scotland
	Advocate General for Scotland	The Lord Keen of Elie QC	May 2015–

Parliament


Leader of the House of Commons Lord President of the Council	The Rt Hon. David Lidington CBE MP	July 2016–
Parliamentary Secretary Deputy Leader of the House of Commons (also a Whip)	Michael Ellis MP	July 2016–
Leader of the House of Lords Lord Privy Seal	The Baroness Evans of Bowes Park PC	July 2016–
Deputy Leader of the House of Lords	The Earl Howe PC (unpaid; also with Defence)	May 2015–


Government Chief Whip Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury	The Rt Hon. Gavin Williamson CBE MP	July 2016–
Treasurer of the Household Deputy Chief Whip	The Rt Hon. Anne Milton MP	May 2015–
Comptroller of the Household Whip	Mel Stride MP	July 2016–
Vice-Chamberlain of the Household Whip	Julian Smith MP	July 2016–
Lords Commissioners of the Treasury Whips	The Rt Hon. David Evennett MP	Sep 2012–
	Stephen Barclay MP	July 2016–
	Guto Bebb MP (also with Wales Office)	Mar 2016–
	Guy Opperman MP	July 2016–
	Andrew Griffiths MP	July 2016–
	Robert Syms MP	July 2016–
Assistant Whips	Chris Heaton-Harris MP	July 2016–
	Heather Wheeler MP	July 2016–
	Graham Stuart MP	July 2016–
	Steve Brine MP	July 2016–
	Mark Spencer MP	July 2016–
	Christopher Pincher MP	July 2016–
	Jackie Doyle-Price MP	May 2015–
	Michael Ellis MP (also Deputy Commons Leader)	July 2016–


Chief Whip Captain of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms	The Lord Taylor of Holbeach CBE PC	Aug 2014–
Captain of the Yeomen of the Guard Deputy Chief Whip	The Earl of Courtown	July 2016–
Lords and Baronesses in Waiting Whips	The Lord Ashton of Hyde	July 2014–
	The Baroness Chisholm of Owlpen	May 2015–
	The Baroness Goldie DL	July 2016–
	The Baroness Mobarik CBE	July 2016–
	The Viscount Younger of Leckie Bt	May 2015–
	The Lord Young of Cookham Bt CH PC	July 2016–
	The Lord Henley PC	Nov 2016–

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Preceded by Second Cameron ministry	Government of the United Kingdom 2016–present	Incumbent

May Cabinet

Cabinet members	Karen Bradley James Brokenshire Alun Cairns Greg Clark David Davis Baroness Evans of Bowes Park Michael Fallon Liam Fox Chris Grayling Damian Green Justine Greening Philip Hammond Jeremy Hunt Sajid Javid Boris Johnson Andrea Leadsom David Lidington Patrick McLoughlin Theresa May David Mundell Priti Patel Amber Rudd Liz Truss

Also attend meetings	David Gauke Ben Gummer Robert Halfon Gavin Williamson Jeremy Wright

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Theresa May

Born: 1 October 1956 (age 60) Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (2016–present) Leader of the Conservative Party (2016–present) Home Secretary (2010–2016) MP for Maidenhead (1997–present)

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