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William Mata

Who is in the Cabinet and Shadow Cabinet?

Grant Shapps has been made Defence Secretary in a mini reshuffle of the Cabinet after Ben Wallace resigned.

Claire Coutinho has been rewarded for her support of Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and has replaced Mr Shapps as Energy Secretary to become the youngest member of the top table at 38.

Labour has not made any changes to its Shadow Cabinet and both parties may now be under time pressure if they are to make further tweaks to their lineup before the next general election.

"I am looking forward to working with the brave men and women of our Armed Forces who defend our nation’s security,” said Mr Shapps, adding his thanks to Mr Wallace who has left for reported family reasons.

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak (PA Wire)

Cabinet - Conservative Party

  • Prime Minister - Rishi Sunak
  • Deputy Prime Minister - Oliver Dowden
  • Chancellor - Jeremy Hunt
  • Foreign Secretary - James Cleverly
  • Home Secretary - Suella Braverman
  • Defence Secretary - Grant Shapps
  • Energy Secretary - Claire Coutinho
  • Justice Secretary - Alex Chalk
  • Science, Innovation and Technology Secretary - Michelle Donelan
  • Housing and Levelling Up Secretary - Michael Gove
  • Health Secretary - Steve Barclay
  • Leader of the House of Commons - Penny Mordaunt
  • Leader of the House of Lords - Baron Nicholas True
Business Secretary Kemi Badenoch (PA Wire)
  • Business Secretary - Kemi Badenoch
  • Environment Secretary - Therese Coffey
  • Work and Pensions Secretary - Mel Stride
  • Education Secretary - Gillian Keegan
  • Transport Secretary - Mark Harper
  • Culture, Media and Sport Secretary - Lucy Frazer
  • Minister without portfolio - Greg Hands
  • Secretary for Northern Ireland - Chris Heaton-Harris
  • Secretary of State for Scotland - Alister Jack
  • Secretary of State for Wales - David Davies

A further eight ministers attend cabinet although they are not considered cabinet ministers. These are:

  • Chief Whip - Simon Hart
  • Chief Secretary to the Treasury - John Glen
  • Attorney General - Victoria Prentis
  • Paymaster General - Jeremy Quin
  • Minister for Immigration - Robert Jenrick
  • Minister for Security - Tom Tugendhat
  • Minister of State for Development and Africa - Andrew Mitchell
  • Minister for Veterans’ Affairs - Johnny Mercer
Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer (PA Archive)

Shadow cabinet - Labour party

  • Leader of the opposition - Sir Keir Starmer
  • Deputy leader - Angela Rayner
  • Shadow secretary of state for equalities - Anneliese Dodds
  • National campaign coordinator - Shabana Mahmood
  • Shadow Chancellor - Rachel Reeves
  • Shadow Chief Secretary to Treasury - Pat McFadden
  • Shadow Foreign Secretary - David Lammy
  • Shadow Home Secretary - Yvette Cooper
  • Shadow Education Secretary - Bridget Phillipson
Shadow Housing Secretary Lisa Nandy (PA Archive)
  • Shadow Levelling Up and Housing - Lisa Nandy
  • Shadow International Trade - Nick Thomas-Symonds
  • Shadow Defence Secretary - John Healey
  • Shadow Work and Pensions - Jonathan Ashworth
  • Shadow Minister for Mental Health - Rosena Allin-Khan
  • Shadow Business Secretary - Jonathan Reynolds
  • Shadow Secretary for Climate - Ed Miliband
Shadow Health Secretary Wes Streeting (PA Wire)
  • Shadow Justice Secretary - Steve Reed
  • Shadow Health Secretary - Wes Streeting
  • Shadow Media, Sport and Culture - Lucy Powell
  • Shadow Environment Secretary - Jim McMahon
  • Shadow Transport Secretary - Louise Haigh
  • Shadow Secretary for International Development - Preet Kaur Gill
  • Shadow Secretary for Wales - Jo Stevens
  • Shadow Secretary for Scotland - Ian Murray
Shadow Attorney General Emily Thornberry (PA Archive)
  • Shadow Secretary for Northern Ireland- Peter Kyle
  • Shadow Attorney General - Emily Thornberry
  • Shadow Minister of State - Jenny Chapman
  • Shadow leader of the House of Commons - Thangam Debbonaire
  • Shadow leader of the House of Lords - Baroness Angela Smith
  • Opposition Chief Whip for House of Commons - Alan Campbell
  • Opposition Chief Whip for House of Lords - Lord Roy Kennedy
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