Second Cameron ministry

This article is about the people in David Cameron's second government. For the events of David Cameron's second term as Prime Minister, see Premiership of David Cameron § Second term (May 2015 – July 2016).

David Cameron formed the second Cameron ministry, the first Conservative majority government since 1996,^[1] following the 2015 general election. Prior to the election Cameron had led his first ministry, the Cameron–Clegg coalition, a coalition government that consisted of members of the Conservatives and the Liberal Democrats, with Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg as deputy prime minister.

Second Cameron ministry
Cabinet of the United Kingdom
2015–2016
President Barack Obama and Prime Minister David Cameron holding bilateral meetings in April 2016
Date formed	8 May 2015 (2015-05-08)
Date dissolved	13 July 2016 (2016-07-13)
People and organisations
Monarch	Elizabeth II
Prime Minister	David Cameron
Prime Minister's history	Premiership of David Cameron
First Secretary	George Osborne
Member party	Conservative Party
Status in legislature	Majority 330 / 650 (51%)
Opposition cabinet	Harman Shadow Cabinet Corbyn Shadow Cabinet
Opposition party	Labour Party
Opposition leader	Harriet Harman (2015) Jeremy Corbyn (2015–2016)
History
Election	2015 general election
Legislature terms	2015–2017
Budgets	July 2015 budget 2016 budget
Outgoing formation	2016 Conservative leadership election
Predecessor	Cameron–Clegg coalition
Successor	First May ministry

Following the vote to leave at the EU referendum on the morning of 24 June, Cameron said that he would resign as prime minister after a new Leader of the Conservative Party was chosen after the party conference in the autumn. It was announced on 11 July 2016 that he would resign on 13 July and be succeeded by Home Secretary, Theresa May.^[2]

History

Cameron announced his choice for Chancellor of the Exchequer, Home Secretary, Foreign Secretary and Defence Secretary on the afternoon of 8 May 2015, with George Osborne, Theresa May, Philip Hammond and Michael Fallon retaining their posts. Osborne was also given the honorific title of First Secretary of State, which had been held by William Hague in the preceding ministry.^[3][4]

Cameron's choices for other ministers were announced through the week.^[5][6] Eric Pickles, previously the Communities Secretary left the Cabinet and received a knighthood, being replaced by Greg Clark. Michael Gove moved to the position of Justice Secretary, replacing Chris Grayling, who became the new Leader of the House of Commons.

Several vacant Cabinet posts previously held by Liberal Democrats were subsequently filled by Conservative ministers – the positions of Business Secretary, Energy Secretary, Scottish Secretary and Chief Secretary to the Treasury were given to Sajid Javid, Amber Rudd, David Mundell and Greg Hands respectively, with John Whittingdale replacing Javid as Culture Secretary.

Mark Harper replaced Gove as Chief Whip, whilst Matthew Hancock became the new Minister for the Cabinet Office, being replaced by Anna Soubry as Minister of State for Small Business, Industry and Enterprise. Priti Patel became the new Minister of State for Employment and Robert Halfon became a Minister without Portfolio.

The Minister of State for Social Care portfolio was downgraded to a Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State in 2016 under this ministry. It would not regain its former stature until 24 January 2018, under the Second May ministry's 2018 British cabinet reshuffle.^[7]

Cabinet

Second Cameron Cabinet^[8][9]

Portfolio	Portrait	Minister	Term
Cabinet ministers
Prime Minister First Lord of the Treasury Minister for the Civil Service		David Cameron	2010–16
First Secretary of State Chancellor of the Exchequer Second Lord of the Treasury		George Osborne	2010–16
Secretary of State for the Home Department		Theresa May	2010–16
Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs		Philip Hammond	2014–16
Secretary of State for Justice Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain		Michael Gove	2015–16
Secretary of State for Defence		Michael Fallon	2014–16
Secretary of State for Work and Pensions		Iain Duncan Smith	2010–16
		Stephen Crabb	2016
Secretary of State for Health		Jeremy Hunt	2012–16
Leader of the House of Commons Lord President of the Council		Chris Grayling	2015–16
Secretary of State for International Development		Justine Greening	2012–16
Secretary of State for Education Minister for Women and Equalities		Nicky Morgan	2014–16
Leader of the House of Lords Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal		Tina Stowell, Baroness Stowell of Beeston	2014–16
Secretary of State for Transport		Patrick McLoughlin	2012–16
Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills President of the Board of Trade		Sajid Javid	2015–16
Secretary of State for Northern Ireland		Theresa Villiers	2012–16
Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs		Liz Truss	2014–16
Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government		Greg Clark	2015–16
Secretary of State for Wales		Stephen Crabb	2014–16
		Alun Cairns	2016
Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster		Oliver Letwin	2014–16
Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport		John Whittingdale	2015–16
Secretary of State for Scotland		David Mundell	2015–16
Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change		Amber Rudd	2015–16
Also attending cabinet meetings
Minister of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs		Joyce Anelay, Baroness Anelay of St John's	2014–16
Minister without Portfolio		Robert Halfon	2015–16
Minister for the Cabinet Office Paymaster General		Matthew Hancock	2015–16
Chief Secretary to the Treasury		Greg Hands	2015–16
Chief Whip in the House of Commons Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury		Mark Harper	2015–16
Minister of State for Employment		Priti Patel	2015–16
Minister of State for Small Business, Industry and Enterprise		Anna Soubry	2015–16
Attorney General		Jeremy Wright	2014–16

Changes

• On 19 March 2016, Iain Duncan Smith resigned from his post of Secretary of State for Work and Pensions over plans by Chancellor George Osborne to cut disability benefits.^[10] He was replaced by Welsh Secretary Stephen Crabb. Alun Cairns filled the vacancy left by Crabb's promotion.^[11] His post was filled by Guto Bebb.

List of ministers

Prime Minister and the Cabinet Office

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

Prime Minister and Cabinet Office
Post		Minister	Term
	Prime Minister of the United Kingdom First Lord of the Treasury Minister for the Civil Service	David Cameron	May 2015 – July 2016
	Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster	Oliver Letwin	May 2015 – July 2016
	Minister for the Cabinet Office Paymaster General	Matthew Hancock	May 2015 – July 2016
	Lord President of the Council	Chris Grayling	May 2015 – July 2016
	Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Civil Society	Rob Wilson	May 2015 – July 2016
	Parliamentary Secretary for Constitutional Reform (unpaid) (also Government Whip)	John Penrose	May 2015 – July 2016
	Parliamentary Secretary for the Cabinet Office	George Bridges, Baron Bridges of Headley	May 2015 – July 2016
	Minister without Portfolio (also Co-Chairman of the Conservative Party)	Robert Halfon	May 2015 – July 2016
	Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Prime Minister	Gavin Williamson	May 2015 – July 2016

Departments of State

Business, Innovation and Skills
	Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills President of the Board of Trade	Sajid Javid	May 2015 – July 2016
	Minister of State for Small Business, Industry and Enterprise	Anna Soubry	May 2015 – July 2016
	Minister of State for Universities and Science	Jo Johnson	May 2015 – July 2016
	Minister of State for Trade and Investment (jointly with Foreign Office)	Francis Maude, Baron Maude of Horsham	May 2015 – Mar 2016
		Joyce Anelay, Baroness Anelay of St John's	Mar 2016 – April 2016 (Acting)
		Mark Price, Baron Price	April 2016 – July 2016
	Minister of State for Skills (jointly with Education)	Nick Boles	May 2015 – July 2016
	Minister of State for Culture and the Digital Economy (jointly with Culture)	Ed Vaizey	May 2015 – July 2016
	Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Life Sciences (jointly with Health)	George Freeman	May 2015 – July 2016
	Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Intellectual Property (jointly with Culture)	Lucy Neville-Rolfe, Baroness Neville-Rolfe	May 2015 – July 2016

Communities and Local Government
	Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government	Greg Clark	May 2015 – July 2016
	Minister of State for Communities and Resilience Minister for Portsmouth	Mark Francois	May 2015 – July 2016
	Minister of State for Housing and Planning	Brandon Lewis	May 2015 – July 2016
	Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Local Government	Marcus Jones	May 2015 – July 2016
	Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Local Growth Minister for the Northern Powerhouse	James Wharton	May 2015 – July 2016
	Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Syrian Refugees (jointly with Home Office & International Development)	Richard Harrington	Sep 2015 – July 2016
	Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government	Susan Williams, Baroness Williams of Trafford	May 2015 – July 2016

Culture, Media and Sport
	Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport	John Whittingdale	May 2015 – July 2016
	Minister of State for Culture and the Digital Economy (jointly with Business)	Ed Vaizey	May 2015 – July 2016
	Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Sport and Tourism	Tracey Crouch	May 2015 – Feb 2016 July 2016
		David Evennett	Feb 2016 – July 2016 (Acting while Tracey Crouch was on Maternity Leave)
	Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Intellectual Property (jointly with Business)	Lucy Neville-Rolfe, Baroness Neville-Rolfe	May 2015 – July 2016
	Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Internet Safety and Security ( jointly with the Home Office since Dec 2015)	Joanna Shields, Baroness Shields	May 2015 – July 2016

Defence[12]
	Secretary of State for Defence	Michael Fallon	May 2015 – July 2016
	Minister of State for Defence Procurement	Philip Dunne	May 2015 – July 2016
	Minister of State for the Armed Forces	Penny Mordaunt	May 2015 – July 2016
	Minister of State for Defence	Frederick Curzon, 7th Earl Howe	May 2015 – July 2016
	Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Defence Personnel, Welfare and Veterans	Mark Lancaster	May 2015 – July 2016
	Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Reserves	Julian Brazier	May 2015 – July 2016

Education and Equalities
	Secretary of State for Education Minister for Women and Equalities	Nicky Morgan	May 2015 – July 2016
	Minister of State for Schools	Nick Gibb	May 2015 – July 2016
	Minister of State for Skills (jointly with Business)	Nick Boles	May 2015 – July 2016
	Minister of State for Children and Families	Edward Timpson	May 2015 – July 2016
	Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Childcare and Education	Sam Gyimah	May 2015 – July 2016
	Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Women and Equalities (jointly with Justice)	Caroline Dinenage	May 2015 – July 2016
	Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Schools (unpaid)	John Nash, Baron Nash	May 2015 – July 2016

Energy and Climate Change
	Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change	Amber Rudd	May 2015 – July 2016
	Minister of State for Energy	Andrea Leadsom	May 2015 – July 2016
	Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Climate Change (jointly with Wales Office)	Nick Bourne, Baron Bourne of Aberystwyth	May 2015 – July 2016

Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs	Liz Truss	May 2015 – July 2016
	Minister of State for Farming, Food and Marine Environment	George Eustice	May 2015 – July 2016
	Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Water, Forestry, Rural Affairs and Resource Management	Rory Stewart	May 2015 – July 2016

Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs	Philip Hammond	May 2015 – July 2016
	Minister of State for Europe and NATO	David Lidington	May 2015 – July 2016
	Minister of State for the Commonwealth, the Americas, Asia Pacific and South Asia	Hugo Swire	May 2015 – July 2016
	Minister of State for Africa and the Caribbean	Grant Shapps	July 2015 – Oct 2015 (Standing in for James Duddridge due to ill health)
	Minister of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs	Joyce Anelay, Baroness Anelay of St John's	May 2015 – July 2016
	Minister of State for Trade and Investment (jointly with Business)	Francis Maude, Baron Maude of Horsham	May 2015 – Mar 2016
		Joyce Anelay, Baroness Anelay of St John's	Mar 2016 – April 2016 (Acting)
		Mark Price, Baron Price	April 2016 – July 2016
	Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for the Middle East, North Africa and Central Asia	Tobias Ellwood	May 2015 – July 2016
	Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Africa and the Caribbean	James Duddridge	May 2015 – Jul 2015 Oct 2015 – July 2016

Government Equalities Office
	Minister for Women and Equalities (Jointly with Education)	Nicky Morgan	May 2015 – July 2016
	Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Women and Equalities (Jointly with Education)	Caroline Dinenage	May 2015 – July 2016

Health
	Secretary of State for Health	Jeremy Hunt	May 2015 – July 2016
	Minister of State for Community and Social Care	Alistair Burt	May 2015 – July 2016
	Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Care Quality	Ben Gummer	May 2015 – July 2016
	Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Public Health	Jane Ellison	May 2015 – July 2016
	Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Life Sciences (jointly with Business)	George Freeman	May 2015 – July 2016
	Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for NHS Productivity	David Prior, Baron Prior of Brampton	May 2015 – July 2016

Home Office
	Secretary of State for the Home Department	Theresa May	May 2015 – July 2016
	Minister of State for Policing, Fire, Crime, Criminal Justice, and Victims (jointly with Justice)	Mike Penning	May 2015 – July 2016
	Minister of State for Security	John Hayes	May 2015 – July 2016
	Minister of State for Immigration	James Brokenshire	May 2015 – July 2016
	Minister of State for Home Affairs	Michael Bates, Baron Bates	May 2015 – March 2016
		Richard Keen, Baron Keen of Elie (jointly with Scottish Office)	March 2016 – July 2016
	Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Preventing Abuse and Exploitation	Karen Bradley	May 2015 – July 2016
	Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Syrian Refugees (jointly with Communities & International Development)	Richard Harrington	Sep 2015 – July 2016
	Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Countering Extremism (jointly with Transport)	Tariq Ahmad, Baron Ahmad of Wimbledon	May 2015 – July 2016
	Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Internet safety & security (jointly with Culture)	Joanna Shields, Baroness Shields	Dec 2015 – July 2016

International Development[13]
	Secretary of State for International Development	Justine Greening	May 2015 – July 2016
	Minister of State for International Development	Desmond Swayne	May 2015 – July 2016
	Minister of State for International Development	Grant Shapps	May 2015 – Nov 2015
	Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for International Development	Nick Hurd	Nov 2015 – July 2016
	Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Syrian Refugees (jointly with Communities & Home Office)	Richard Harrington	Sep 2015 – July 2016
	Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for International Development	Sandip Verma, Baroness Verma	May 2015 – July 2016

Justice
	Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain Secretary of State for Justice	Michael Gove	May 2015 – July 2016
	Minister of State for Police, Crime, Criminal Justice and Victims (jointly with Home Office)	Mike Penning	May 2015 – July 2016
	Minister of State for Civil Justice and Legal Policy (unpaid)	Edward Faulks, Baron Faulks	May 2015 – July 2016
	Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for the Courts and Legal Aid	Shailesh Vara	May 2015 – July 2016
	Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Prisons, Probation, Rehabilitation and Sentencing	Andrew Selous	May 2015 – July 2016
	Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Human Rights	Dominic Raab	May 2015 – July 2016
	Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Family Justice (jointly with Education)	Caroline Dinenage	May 2015 – July 2016

Northern Ireland
	Secretary of State for Northern Ireland	Theresa Villiers	May 2015 – July 2016
	Minister of State for Northern Ireland	Ben Wallace	May 2015 – July 2016

Scotland
	Secretary of State for Scotland	David Mundell	May 2015 – July 2016
	Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Scotland	Andrew Dunlop, Baron Dunlop	May 2015 – July 2016

Transport
	Secretary of State for Transport	Patrick McLoughlin	May 2015 – July 2016
	Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for HS2, Aviation, Maritime and Cycling	Robert Goodwill	May 2015 – Dec 2015
	Minister of State for HS2, Aviation, Maritime and Cycling	Robert Goodwill	Dec 2015 – July 2016
	Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Rail	Claire Perry	May 2015 – July 2016
	Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Roads and the Northern Powerhouse	Andrew Jones	May 2015 – July 2016
	Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Security and Regulation (jointly with the Home Office)	Tariq Ahmad, Baron Ahmad of Wimbledon	May 2015 – July 2016

Treasury
	Chancellor of the Exchequer Second Lord of the Treasury First Secretary of State	George Osborne	May 2015 – July 2016
	Chief Secretary to the Treasury	Greg Hands	May 2015 – July 2016
	Financial Secretary to the Treasury	David Gauke	May 2015 – July 2016
	Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury	Damian Hinds	May 2015 – July 2016
	Economic Secretary to the Treasury (City Minister)	Harriett Baldwin	May 2015 – July 2016
	Commercial Secretary to the Treasury (unpaid)	Jim O'Neill, Baron O'Neill of Gatley	May 2015 – July 2016

Wales
	Secretary of State for Wales	Stephen Crabb	May 2015 – March 2016
		'Alun Cairns	March 2016 – July 2016
	Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Wales (unpaid) (also Government Whip)	Alun Cairns (jointly with Whips Office)	May 2015 – March 2016
		Guto Bebb (jointly with Whips Office)	March 2016 – July 2016
	Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Wales (unpaid) (jointly with Energy)	Nick Bourne, Baron Bourne of Aberystwyth	May 2015 – July 2016

Work and Pensions[14]
	Secretary of State for Work and Pensions	Iain Duncan Smith	May 2015 – March 2016
		Stephen Crabb	March 2016 – July 2016
	Minister of State for Employment	Priti Patel	May 2015 – July 2016
	Minister of State for Welfare Reform	David Freud, Baron Freud	May 2015 – July 2016
	Minister of State for Pensions and Child Maintenance	Ros Altmann, Baroness Altmann	May 2015 – July 2016
	Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Disabled People	Justin Tomlinson	May 2015 – July 2016
	Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State	Shailesh Vara	July 2015 – July 2016

Law Officers

Attorney General's Office
	Attorney General Advocate General for Northern Ireland	Jeremy Wright	May 2015 – July 2016
	Solicitor General	Robert Buckland	May 2015 – July 2016

Office of the Advocate General for Scotland
	Advocate General for Scotland	Richard Keen, Baron Keen of Elie (jointly with Home Office)	May 2015 – July 2016

Parliament

House Leaders
	Leader of the House of Commons Lord President of the Council	Chris Grayling	May 2015 – July 2016
	Deputy Leader of the House of Commons	Thérèse Coffey	May 2015 – July 2016
	Leader of the House of Lords Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal	Tina Stowell, Baroness Stowell of Beeston	May 2015 – July 2016
	Deputy Leader of the House of Lords (unpaid)	Frederick Curzon, 7th Earl Howe	May 2015 – July 2016

House of Commons Whips
	Chief Whip of the House of Commons Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury	Mark Harper	May 2015 – July 2016
	Deputy Chief Whip of the House of Commons Treasurer of HM Household	Anne Milton	May 2015 – July 2016
	Government Whip Comptroller of HM Household	Gavin Barwell	May 2015 – July 2016
	Government Whip Vice Chamberlain of HM Household	Kris Hopkins	May 2015 – July 2016
	Whips Lords Commissioner of HM Treasury	David Evennett	May 2015 – July 2016
		John Penrose (jointly with Cabinet Office)	May 2015 – July 2016
		Alun Cairns (jointly with Wales Office)	May 2015 – March 2016
		Charlie Elphicke	May 2015 – July 2016
		Mel Stride	May 2015 – July 2016
		George Hollingbery (unpaid)	May 2015 – July 2016
		Guto Bebb (jointly with Wales Office)	March 2016 – July 2016
	Assistant Government Whips	Guy Opperman	May 2015 – July 2016
		Julian Smith	May 2015 – July 2016
		Margot James (unpaid)	May 2015 – July 2016
		Sarah Newton	May 2015 – July 2016
		Steve Barclay	May 2015 – July 2016
		Simon Kirby	May 2015 – July 2016
		Jackie Doyle-Price	May 2015 – July 2016
		Andrew Selous	May 2015 – July 2016

House of Lords Whips
	Captain of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms Chief Whip of the House of Lords	John Taylor, Baron Taylor of Holbeach	May 2015 – July 2016
	Captain of the Queen's Bodyguard of the Yeomen of the Guard Deputy Chief Whip of the House of Lords	John Gardiner, Baron Gardiner of Kimble	May 2015 – July 2016
	Whips Lords and Baronesses in Waiting	Henry Ashton, 4th Baron Ashton of Hyde	May 2015 – July 2016
		Nick Bourne, Baron Bourne of Aberystwyth (also with Wales and Energy)	May 2015 – July 2016
		James Younger, 5th Viscount Younger of Leckie	May 2015 – July 2016
		Patrick Stopford, 9th Earl of Courtown	May 2015 – July 2016
		Carlyn Chisholm, Baroness Chisholm of Owlpen (unpaid)	May 2015 – July 2016
		Natalie Evans, Baroness Evans of Bowes Park	May 2015 – July 2016

See also

• Premiership of David Cameron

Notes