Starmer ministry

Starmer Ministry
Cabinet of the United Kingdom
5 July 2024 – present
Starmer hosts his first cabinet meeting on 6 July 2024
Date formed	5 July 2024 (2024-7-5)
People and organisations
Monarch	Charles III
Prime Minister	Keir Starmer
Prime Minister's history	Premiership of Keir Starmer
Deputy Prime Minister	Angela Rayner
Ministers removed	4 resigned
Member party	Labour Party
Status in legislature	Majority 406 / 650 (62%)
Opposition cabinet	Sunak Shadow Cabinet Badenoch Shadow Cabinet
Opposition party	Conservative Party
Opposition leader	Rishi Sunak (July – November 2024) Kemi Badenoch (November 2024 – present)
History
Election	2024 general election
Legislature terms	2024–present
Budgets	October 2024 budget March 2025 spring statement
Predecessor	Sunak ministry

This article is part of a series about Keir Starmer
Personal Early life and education Legal career Victoria Starmer (wife) Leadership of the Opposition Leadership election Shadow Cabinet Opposition frontbench May 2021 reshuffle November 2021 reshuffle 2023 reshuffle Antisemitism in the Labour Party Dossier Vote of confidence in the Boris Johnson ministry Beergate Election date betting scandal 2024 Labour manifesto Prime Minister of the United Kingdom Premiership Ministry 2024 State Opening of Parliament October 2024 budget March 2025 spring statement International trips English Channel migrant crossings Border Security Command Cost-of-living crisis Industrial disputes postal workers strikes Great British Energy Freebies controversy Winter fuel payment abolition backlash Farmers' tax protests Plan for Change War in Ukraine 2025 London Summit on Ukraine Coalition of the willing War in Israel Policies Political positions "New New Labour" Electoral history Elections 2021 local elections 2022 local elections 2023 local elections 2024 local elections 2024 general election endorsements 2025 local elections Next general election
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The Starmer ministry began on 5 July 2024 when Keir Starmer was invited by King Charles III to form a government, following the resignation of Rishi Sunak after the general election on 4 July 2024.

Starmer formed his government throughout 5–7 July, after his party won 411 seats in the 2024 general election, with the new Cabinet first meeting on 6 July and the new Parliament being called to meet on 9 July.^[1][2][3] It has been noted for its female political representation, appointing women to a record half of the Cabinet (including Rachel Reeves as the first female Chancellor of the Exchequer in British history) and three of the five top positions in the British government, including Angela Rayner as Deputy Prime Minister and Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government.^{[4][5][failed verification]}

Starmer also appointed three politically independent experts: scientist Patrick Vallance as Minister of State for Science, rehabilitation campaigner James Timpson as Minister of State for Prisons, Parole and Probation, and international law expert Richard Hermer as Attorney General for England and Wales.^[6] The government includes a few ministers from the New Labour governments of Tony Blair and Gordon Brown, including Hilary Benn, Yvette Cooper, David Lammy and Ed Miliband in the Cabinet, and Jacqui Smith and Douglas Alexander as junior ministers.^[7][8][9]

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Starmer Cabinet^[10][11]

Post	Portrait	Incumbent	Seat	Term
Cabinet ministers
Prime Minister First Lord of the Treasury Minister for the Civil Service Minister for the Union		The Rt Hon Sir Keir Starmer KCB KC MP	Holborn and St Pancras	5 July 2024 – present
Deputy Prime Minister Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government		The Rt Hon Angela Rayner MP	Ashton-under-Lyne	5 July 2024 – present
Chancellor of the Exchequer Second Lord of the Treasury		The Rt Hon Rachel Reeves MP	Leeds West and Pudsey	5 July 2024 – present
Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster Minister for Intergovernmental Relations		The Rt Hon Pat McFadden MP	Wolverhampton South East	5 July 2024 – present
Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs		The Rt Hon David Lammy MP	Tottenham	5 July 2024 – present
Secretary of State for the Home Department		The Rt Hon Yvette Cooper MP	Pontefract, Castleford and Knottingley	5 July 2024 – present
Secretary of State for Defence		The Rt Hon John Healey MP	Rawmarsh and Conisbrough	5 July 2024 – present
Secretary of State for Justice Lord Chancellor		The Rt Hon Shabana Mahmood KC MP	Birmingham Ladywood	5 July 2024 – present
Secretary of State for Health and Social Care		The Rt Hon Wes Streeting MP	Ilford North	5 July 2024 – present
Secretary of State for Education		The Rt Hon Bridget Phillipson MP	Houghton and Sunderland South	5 July 2024 – present
Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero		The Rt Hon Ed Miliband MP	Doncaster North	5 July 2024 – present
Secretary of State for Work and Pensions		The Rt Hon Liz Kendall MP	Leicester West	5 July 2024 – present
Secretary of State for Business and Trade President of the Board of Trade		The Rt Hon Jonathan Reynolds MP	Stalybridge and Hyde	5 July 2024 – present
Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology		The Rt Hon Peter Kyle MP	Hove and Portslade	5 July 2024 – present
Secretary of State for Transport		The Rt Hon Louise Haigh MP	Sheffield Heeley	5 July 2024 – 29 November 2024
		The Rt Hon Heidi Alexander MP	Swindon South	29 November 2024 – present
Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs		The Rt Hon Steve Reed OBE MP	Streatham and Croydon North	5 July 2024 – present
Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport		The Rt Hon Lisa Nandy MP	Wigan	5 July 2024 – present
Secretary of State for Northern Ireland		The Rt Hon Hilary Benn MP	Leeds South	5 July 2024 – present
Secretary of State for Scotland		The Rt Hon Ian Murray MP	Edinburgh South	5 July 2024 – present
Secretary of State for Wales		The Rt Hon Jo Stevens MP	Cardiff East	5 July 2024 – present
Leader of the House of Commons Lord President of the Council		The Rt Hon Lucy Powell MP	Manchester Central	5 July 2024 – present
Leader of the House of Lords Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal		The Rt Hon The Baroness Smith of Basildon PC	Life peer	5 July 2024 – present
Also attending Cabinet
Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury Chief Whip of the House of Commons		The Rt Hon Sir Alan Campbell MP	Tynemouth	5 July 2024 – present
Chief Secretary to the Treasury		The Rt Hon Darren Jones MP	Bristol North West	5 July 2024 – present
Attorney General for England and Wales Advocate General for Northern Ireland		The Rt Hon The Lord Hermer PC KC	Life peer	5 July 2024 – present
Minister of State for Development Minister of State for Women and Equalities		The Rt Hon Anneliese Dodds MP	Oxford East	8 July 2024 – 28 February 2025
Minister of State for International Development, Latin America and Caribbean		The Rt Hon The Baroness Chapman of Darlington	Life peer	28 February 2025 – present
Minister without Portfolio Chair of the Labour Party		Ellie Reeves MP (unpaid)	Lewisham West and East Dulwich	2 December 2024 – present

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Changes from Starmer's final Shadow Cabinet to Cabinet.

• Thangam Debbonaire (Shadow Culture Secretary) lost her seat and Lisa Nandy was appointed in her place.
• Nandy's role (Shadow International Development Cabinet Minister) was a full member of Shadow Cabinet despite the department having merged into the Foreign Office under the previous government and not reformed by Starmer. Anneliese Dodds attends Cabinet as Minister of State for Development.
• Dodds served in Shadow Cabinet as Shadow Women and Equalities Secretary and party chair, and she is also the junior Minister of State for Women and Equalities, while Bridget Phillipson succeeds her as the senior Minister for Women and Equalities.^[12][13]
• Ellie Reeves (Deputy National Campaign Coordinator) was a member of Shadow Cabinet in her previous role that has no government counterpart, and was appointed to succeed Dodds' role as party chair and Minister without Portfolio outside Cabinet.
• Jonathan Ashworth (Shadow Paymaster General) lost his seat. Nick Thomas-Symonds (Shadow Minister without Portfolio) was appointed Minister for the Cabinet Office as well as Minister for the Constitution and European Union Relations, but will not attend Cabinet.^[13]
• Emily Thornberry (Shadow Attorney General) was not appointed to Cabinet nor any junior ministerial role and returns to the backbenches. Richard Hermer was appointed Attorney General from outside parliament and will be given a life peerage to the House of Lords to serve.
• Hermer (Attorney General), Alan Campbell (Commons Chief Whip) and Darren Jones (Chief Secretary to the Treasury) merely attend Cabinet, roles that were full members of the Shadow Cabinet.
• The Lord Kennedy of Southwark (Lords Chief Whip) was a member of Shadow Cabinet, but he not was appointed to Cabinet while remaining in the same role.

  Changes from Autumn 2024 reshuffle.

• Louise Haigh resigned as Transport Secretary on 28 November 2024, and was replaced by Heidi Alexander the following day.^[14]
• Ellie Reeves was promoted to attend Cabinet in her existing role as Minister without Portfolio on 2 December 2024.^[15]
• Anneliese Dodds resigned as Minister of State for Development and Minister for Women and Equalities on 28 February 2025.^[16]

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This is a list of departures from the Starmer ministry since forming a government on 6 July 2024.

Minister (Cabinet members shown in bold)		Office	Date of resignation	Reason
	Louise Haigh	Secretary of State for Transport	29 November 2024	Resigned after admitting she had pleaded guilty to a criminal offence relating to misleading police in 2014[19]
	Tulip Siddiq	Economic Secretary to the Treasury	14 January 2025	Resigned over corruption investigation and links to the government of Sheikh Hasina[20]
	Andrew Gwynne	Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Public Health and Prevention	8 February 2025	Sacked over comments posted on a WhatsApp group.[21]
	Anneliese Dodds	Minister of State for Development & Minister of State for Women and Equalities	28 February 2025	Resigned over Keir Starmer's decision to cut the foreign aid budget to 0.3% of GNI.[22]

Name		Office	Date of resignation	Reason
	Sue Gray	Downing Street Chief of Staff	6 October 2024	Resigned amid intense commentary around her position[23]