Minister for the Cabinet Office

Minister for the Cabinet Office
Arms of Her Majesty's Government
Incumbent Ben Gummer since 14 July 2016
Cabinet Office
Style	The Right Honourable
Appointer	Elizabeth II
Website	www.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/

The Minister for the Cabinet Office, commonly referred to as the Cabinet Office Minister is a position in the Cabinet Office of the United Kingdom. The post of Minister for the Cabinet Office is sometimes derided as the Minister for the Today programme.^[1]^[2]

Ministers for the Cabinet Office

	Term of office		Political party		Sinecure
David Clark	2 May 1997	27 July 1998	Labour	Tony Blair	Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
Jack Cunningham	27 July 1998	11 October 1999	Labour
Mo Mowlam	11 October 1999	7 June 2001	Labour
Gus Macdonald	11 June 2001	13 June 2003	Labour
Douglas Alexander	13 June 2003	8 September 2004	Labour
Alan Milburn	8 September 2004	6 May 2005	Labour
John Hutton	6 May 2005	2 November 2005	Labour
Jim Murphy (acting)	5 November 2005	5 May 2006	Labour
Hilary Armstrong	5 May 2006	27 June 2007	Labour
Ed Miliband	27 June 2007	3 October 2008	Labour	Gordon Brown
Liam Byrne	3 October 2008	5 June 2009	Labour
Tessa Jowell	5 June 2009	11 May 2010	Labour		Paymaster-General
Francis Maude	12 May 2010	11 May 2015	Conservative	David Cameron (Coaltion)
Matthew Hancock	11 May 2015	14 July 2016	Conservative	David Cameron (II)
Ben Gummer	14 July 2016	Incumbent	Conservative	Theresa May

Shadow Ministers

Official Opposition

	Term of office		Party	Shadow Cabinet
Andrew Lansley	15 June 1999	18 September 2001	Conservative	Hague
Tim Collins	18 September 2001	23 July 2002	Conservative	Duncan Smith
Unknown
Francis Maude	2 July 2007	11 May 2010	Conservative	Cameron
Tessa Jowell	11 May 2010	8 October 2010	Labour	Harman
Liam Byrne	8 October 2010	20 January 2011	Labour	Miliband
Tessa Jowell	20 January 2011	7 October 2011	Labour
Jon Trickett	7 October 2011	7 October 2013	Labour
Michael Dugher	7 October 2013	5 November 2014	Labour
Lucy Powell	5 November 2014	14 September 2015	Labour
Lucy Powell	5 November 2014	14 September 2015	Labour	Harman
Tom Watson	14 September 2015	7 October 2016	Labour	Corbyn
Ian Lavery	7 October 2016	Incumbent	Labour	Corbyn

Scottish National Party

Name		Portrait	Term of office	Frontbench team
	Tommy Sheppard		May 2015 – present	Robertson

Liberal Democrats

	Term of office		Shadow Cabinet
Alan Beith	bef. April 2003	aft. April 2003	Kennedy
Richard Allan	bef. August 2003	aft. April 2004	Kennedy
David Heath	April 2006	January 2006	Campbell
Norman Baker	bef. July 2007	December 2007	Campbell
Norman Baker	bef. July 2007	December 2007	Cable (LD)
Susan Kramer	December 2007	May 2010	Clegg
May 2010 – May 2015, the Liberal Democrats were in a coalition government, so did not have a shadow ministry
no appointment announced	July 2015	present	Farron

References

↑ Brown, Colin (12 October 1999). "Mowlam's real job – minister for the Today programme". The Independent. Retrieved 31 January 2010.
↑ Kampfner, John (6 November 2000). "My life in spin city". The Guardian. Retrieved 31 January 2010.

External links

Cabinet Office

Ministers for the Cabinet Office

David Clark Jack Cunningham Mo Mowlam Gus Macdonald Douglas Alexander Alan Milburn John Hutton Jim Murphy (acting) Hilary Armstrong Ed Miliband Liam Byrne Tessa Jowell Francis Maude

All but Murphy, Jowell and Maude have served concurrently as Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster

Downing Street

Buildings	9 Downing Street (Chief Whip's Office) 10 Downing Street 11 Downing Street 12 Downing Street Cabinet Office Foreign and Commonwealth Office Privy Council Office

Residence	First Lord of the Treasury (Prime Minister) Second Lord of the Treasury (Chancellor of the Exchequer) Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury (Government Chief Whip) Chief Mouser to the Cabinet Office

Prime Minister's Office	Parliamentary Private Secretary Principal Private Secretary Chief of Staff Press Secretary Director of Communications Prime Minister's Spokesman Policy Unit

Cabinet Office	Deputy Prime Minister Minister for the Cabinet Office Cabinet Secretary Cabinet Office Permanent Secretary National Security Council Joint Intelligence Committee Parliamentary Counsel Office Head of the Home Civil Service Government Cabinet Cabinet Committees Cabinet Office Briefing Room Civil Contingencies Secretariat Efficiency and Reform Group Government Digital Service

Incidents	Provisional IRA mortar attack (1991) Plebgate (2012)

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