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HM Government

August 2019

A guide to the Cabinet and Ministerial appointees made during the reshuffle by

Prime Minister Boris Johnson in July 2019

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Contents Prime Minister and Cabinet Office ........................................................................................ 3

Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government ............................................... 3

HM Treasury ............................................................................................................................. 4

Department of Health and Social Care ................................................................................. 4

Department for Education ...................................................................................................... 4

Home Office .............................................................................................................................. 5

Department for Work and Pensions ...................................................................................... 5

Department for Exiting the EU ............................................................................................... 5

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs ........................................................ 6

Department for Transport ....................................................................................................... 6

Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport ............................................................... 7

Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy .................................................... 7

Ministry of Justice .................................................................................................................... 8

Ministry of Defence .................................................................................................................. 8

Department for International Trade ....................................................................................... 8

Attorney General’s Office ....................................................................................................... 9

Foreign and Commonwealth Office ...................................................................................... 9

Department for International Development .......................................................................... 9

Office of the Leader of the House of Commons ................................................................. 9

Office of the Leader of the House of Lords ........................................................................ 10

Northern Ireland Office .......................................................................................................... 10

Scotland Office ....................................................................................................................... 10

Wales Office ........................................................................................................................... 10

Whips Office Lords ................................................................................................................ 11

Whips Office Commons ........................................................................................................ 12

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Prime Minister and Cabinet Office

Prime Minister, First Lord of the Treasury and Minister for the Civil Service

Rt Hon Boris Johnson MP replaces Rt Hon Theresa May MP

Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster Rt Hon Michael Gove MP (was DEFRA Secretary) replaces Rt Hon David Lidington CBE MP

Minister without Portfolio (and Chairman of the Party) (also attends Cabinet)

James Cleverly MP (was junior DExEU Minister) replaces Brandon Lewis as Chairman, now Home Office Minister

Minister of State (Northern Powerhouse) (and MHCLG Minister) (also attends Cabinet)

Jake Berry MP (no change)

Paymaster General and Minister for the Cabinet Office (also attends Cabinet)

Oliver Dowden CBE MP (Was Minister for Implementation at Cabinet Office)

Parliamentary Secretary (Minister for the Constitution)

Chloe Smith MP (No change)

Interim Parliamentary Secretary (Minister for the Constitution – maternity cover) (and Government Whip)

Kevin Foster MP (no change)

Parliamentary Secretaries of State Simon Hart MP (from backbenches) Johnny Mercer MP (from backbenches) – Veterans jointly with MOD

Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government

Rt Hon Robert Jenrick MP (from Exchequer Secretary) replaces Rt Hon James Brokenshire MP

Minister of State for Housing and Planning (also attends Cabinet)

Rt Hon Esther McVey MP (from backbenches) replaces Kit Malthouse (now Minister for Policing and the Fire Service, Home Office)

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Minister for the Northern Powerhouse and Local Growth (also attends Cabinet)

Rt Hon Jake Berry MP (no change)

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State Luke Hall MP (from backbenches)

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State Viscount Younger of Leckie replaces Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth

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HM Treasury Chancellor of the Exchequer Rt Hon Sajid Javid MP (from Home

Secretary) replaces Rt Hon Philip Hammond MP

Chief Secretary to the Treasury (attends Cabinet)

Rishi Sunak MP (from MHCLG) replaces Rt Hon Elizabeth Truss MP (now International Trade Secretary)

Financial Secretary to the Treasury Jesse Norman MP (no change)

Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury Simon Clarke MP (from backbenches) replaces Robert Jenrick MP (now MHCLG Secretary)

Economic Secretary to the Treasury and City Minister

John Glen MP (no change)

Department of Health and Social Care Secretary of State for Health and Social Care

Rt Hon Matt Hancock MP (no change)

Minister of State for Health Chris Skidmore MP (was Universities Minister DfE and BEIS) replaces Stephen Hammond MP

Minister of State for Care Caroline Dinenage MP (no change)

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State Jo Churchill MP (was Assistant Government Whip) replaces Seema Kennedy MP (now Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Home Office)

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State Nadine Dorries MP (from backbenches)

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Lords)

Baroness Blackwood (no change)

Department for Education Secretary of State for Education Rt Hon Gavin Williamson MP (from

backbenches) replaces Rt Hon Damian Hinds MP

Minister of State for School Standards Rt Hon Nick Gibb MP (no change)

Minister of State for Universities, Science, Research and Innovation (also attends Cabinet)

Jo Johnson MP (from backbenches) replaces Chris Skidmore MP (now Health Minister)

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for the School System

Lord Agnew (no change)

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Children and Families

Kemi Badenoch MP (from backbenches) replaces Nadhim Zahawi MP (now PUS at BEIS)

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Home Office Secretary of State for the Home Department

Rt Hon Priti Patel MP (from backbenches) replaces Rt Hon Sajid Javid MP (now Chancellor)

Minister of State Rt Hon Brandon Lewis MP (from Party Chairman)

Minister for Policing and the Fire Service

Kit Malthouse MP (was Housing Minister, MHCLG) replaces Rt Hon Nick Hurd MP now at Northern Ireland Office)

Minister of State for Countering Extremism and Minister of State for Equalities (joint with DWP)

Baroness Williams of Trafford (no change)

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Crime, Safeguarding and Vulnerability and Minister for Women (joint with DWP)

Victoria Atkins MP (no change)

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State Seema Kennedy MP (was Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Public Health and Primary Care, DHSC)

Department for Work and Pensions Secretary of State for Work and Pensions and Minister for Women and Equalities

Rt Hon Amber Rudd MP (no change but gains Minister for Women and Equalities)

Minister of State for Disabled People, Health and Work

Justin Tomlinson MP (no change)

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Pensions and Financial Inclusion

Guy Opperman MP (no change)

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Family Support, Housing and Child Maintenance

Will Quince MP (no change)

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State Mims Davies MP (was Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Sport and Civil Society, DCMS)

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (Lords)

Baroness Stedman-Scott of Rolveden (from Whips Office) replaces Baroness Buscombe

Department for Exiting the EU Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union

Rt Hon Stephen Barclay MP (no change)

Minister of State Lord Callanan (no change)

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State James Duddridge MP (from backbenches)

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Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Rt Hon Theresa Villiers MP (from backbenches) replaces Rt Hon Michael Gove MP (now Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster)

Minister of State for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food

George Eustice MP (from backbenches) replaces Robert Goodwill MP

Minister of State Thérèse Coffey MP (promotion within Defra)

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State Zac Goldsmith MP (from backbenches) jointly with DfID

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Rural Affairs and Biosecurity

Lord Gardiner of Kimble (no change)

Department for Transport Secretary of State for Transport Rt Hon Grant Shapps MP (from

backbenches) replaces Rt Hon Chris Grayling MP

Minister of State for Transport Chris Heaton Harris MP (from backbenches)

Minister of State for Transport George Freeman MP (from backbenches) replaces Michael Ellis MP (now Solicitor General)

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (and Government Whip)

Nusrat Ghani MP (no change)

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State Paul Maynard MP (was Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Ministry of Justice)


Baroness Vere of Norbiton (no change)

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Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Rt Hon Nicky Morgan MP (from backbenches) replaces Rt Hon Jeremy Wright MP

Minister for Digital and Sport Nigel Adams MP (from backbenches) replaces Margot James MP

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for the Arts, Heritage and Tourism

Rebecca Pow MP (no change)

Parliamentary Under Secretaries of State

Matt Warman MP (was Assistant Whip) & Baroness Barran DBE (was Government Whip) replaces Mims Davies MP (now PUS at Department for Work and Pensions) and Lord Ashton of Hyde (now Lords Chief Whip)

Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Rt Hon Andrea Leadsom MP (from backbenches) replaces Rt Hon Greg Clark MP

Minister of State (also attends Cabinet)

Kwasi Kwarteng MP (from DExEU) replaces Rt Hon Claire Perry MP (now COP26 President)

Minister of State for Universities, Science, Research and Innovation (also attends Cabinet) (joint with DfE)

Jo Johnson MP (from backbenches) replaces Chris Skidmore MP (now Health Minister)

Minister for the Northern Powerhouse and Local Growth (also attends Cabinet)

Jake Berry MP (no change)

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Minister for Small Business, Consumers and Corporate Responsibility

Kelly Tolhurst MP (no change)

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State Nadhim Zahawi MP (was Children’s Minister at DfE) replaces Andrew Stephenson MP (now Minister of State at FCO)


Lord Duncan of Springbank (and PUS at NIO) (was PUS at Scotland and NIO) replaces Rt Hon Lord Henley

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Ministry of Justice Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice

Robert Buckland QC MP (was Prisons Minister) replaces Rt Hon David Gauke MP

HM Advocate General for Scotland and MoJ spokesperson for the Lords

Rt Hon Lord Keen of Elie QC (no change)

Minister of State Lucy Frazer MP (from Solicitor General) replaces Robert Buckland MP (now Secretary of State for Justice)

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State Wendy Morton MP (was Assistant Whip) replaces Paul Maynard MP (now PUS at Department for Transport)

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State Edward Argar MP (no change)

Ministry of Defence Secretary of State for Defence Rt Hon Ben Wallace MP replaces Rt

Hon Penny Mordaunt MP

Minister of State Baroness Goldie DL (from Baroness in Waiting (Government Whip)) replaces Rt Hon Earl Howe (remains Deputy Leader of the Lords)

Minister of State for the Armed Forces Rt Hon Mark Lancaster TD MP (no change)

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Minister for Defence People and Veterans (and Cabinet Office)

Johnny Mercer MP (from backbenches) replaces Rt Hon Tobias Ellwood MP

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Minister for Defence Procurement

Anne-Marie Trevelyan MP (from backbenches) replaces Stuart Andrew MP (to Whips’ Office)

Department for International Trade Secretary of State for International Trade and President of the Board of Trade

Rt Hon Elizabeth Truss MP replaces Rt Hon Dr Liam Fox MP

Minister of State for Trade Policy Conor Burns MP (from backbenches) replaces George Hollingbery MP

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Minister for Investment)

Graham Stuart MP (no change)

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Attorney General’s Office Attorney General (also attends Cabinet)

Rt Hon Geoffrey Cox QC MP (no change)

Solicitor General Michael Ellis MP (from Minister of State at Transport) replaces Lucy Frazer QC MP (now Prisons Minister at MoJ)

Foreign and Commonwealth Office Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs

Rt Hon Dominic Raab MP (from backbenches) replaces Rt Hon Jeremy Hunt MP

Minister of State for Europe and the Americas

Rt Hon Christopher Pincher MP (from Deputy Chief Whip) replaces Rt Hon Sir Alan Duncan MP

Minister of State for the Middle East (and DfID Minister)

Rt Hon Dr Andrew Murrison MP (no change)

Minister of State for Africa (and DfID Minister)

Andrew Stephenson MP (from BEIS) replaces Harriet Baldwin MP

Minister of State for the Commonwealth and the UN

Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon (no change)

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State Heather Wheeler MP (was Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, MHCLG)

Department for International Development Secretary of State for International Development

Alok Sharma MP (from DWP Minister) replaces Rt Hon Rory Stewart OBE MP

Minister of State Dr Andrew Murrison MP (no change)

Minister of State (FCO and International Development)

Andrew Stephenson MP (from BEIS) replaces Harriet Baldwin MP

Parliamentary Under Secretaries of State

Baroness Sugg CBE (no change) Zac Goldsmith MP (from backbenches) jointly with Defra

Office of the Leader of the House of Commons Leader of the House of Commons, Lord President of the Council (also attends Cabinet)

Jacob Rees-Mogg MP (from backbenches) replaces Rt Hon Mel Stride MP

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Office of the Leader of the House of Lords Lord Privy Seal, Leader of the House of Lords

Rt Hon Baroness Evans of Bowes Park (no change)

Deputy Leader of the House of Lords Rt Hon Earl Howe (no change)

Northern Ireland Office Secretary of State for Northern Ireland Rt Hon Julian Smith MP (from Chief

Whip) replaces Rt Hon Karen Bradley MP

Minister of State and Minister for London

Rt Hon Nick Hurd MP (from Policing Minister, Home Office) replaces John Penrose MP (new anti-corruption champion, replaces Lord Pickles)

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (joint with Scotland Office)

Robin Walker MP (was PUS at DExEU)


Lord Duncan of Springbank (no change) (now shared with BEIS)

Scotland Office Secretary of State for Scotland Rt Hon Alister Jack MP (from Whips’

Office) replaces Rt Hon David Mundell MP

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (joint with NIO)

Robin Walker MP (was PUS at DExEU) replaces Lord Duncan of Springbank (now PUS at BEIS and NIO)


Colin Clark MP (and Government Whip) (from backbenches)

Wales Office Secretary of State for Wales Rt Hon Alun Cairns MP (no change)

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth (no change)


Kevin Foster MP (no change)

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Whips Office Lords Lords Chief Whip and Captain of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen at Arms

Lord Ashton of Hyde (from junior DCMS Minister) replaces Rt Hon Lord Taylor of Holbeach CBE

Government Deputy Chief Whip and Captain of the Queen's Bodyguard of the Yeomen of the Guard

Earl of Courtown

Baroness in Waiting (Government Whip) Baroness Bloomfield of Hinton Waldrist (new)

Baroness in Waiting (Government Whip) Baroness Berridge of the Vale of Catnose (new)

Lord in Waiting (Government Whip) Rt Hon Lord Young of Cookham CH

Lord in Waiting (Government Whip) Lord Bethell (new)

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Whips Office Commons Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury (Chief Whip) (also attends Cabinet)

Mark Spencer MP (from Whip) replaces Rt Hon Julian Smith MP (now Northern Ireland Secretary)

Treasurer of HM Household (Deputy Chief Whip)

Amanda Milling MP (from Whip) replaces Christopher Pincher MP (now FCO)

Comptroller of HM Household (Government Whip)

Jeremy Quin MP (from Whip) replaces Mark Spencer MP (now Chief Whip)

Vice Chamberlain of HM Household (Government Whip)

Stuart Andrew MP (from MoD) replaces Craig Whittaker MP

Government Whip, Lord Commissioner of HM Treasury

Mike Freer MP (no change)


Colin Clark MP replaces Alister Jack MP (now Secretary of State for Scotland) also Minister in Scotland Office


Nusrat Ghani MP (no change) – also Minister at DfT


Rebecca Harris MP (no change)


Michelle Donelan MP (promoted within Whips Office)


David Ruttley MP (promoted within Whips Office but out of DEFRA)

Assistant Government Whip Iain Stewart MP (no change)

Assistant Government Whip Kevin Foster MP (no change) also Minister in Wales Office

Assistant Government Whip Leo Docherty MP (Aldershot - new)

Assistant Government Whip James Morris MP (Halesowen and Rowley Regis – new)

Assistant Government Whip Tom Pursglove MP (Cosby – new)

Assistant Government Whip Nigel Huddleston MP (Mid Worcestershire - new)

Assistant Government Whip Marcus Jones MP (Nuneaton – new)

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