Cabinet of the United Kingdom

In the government of the United Kingdom, the Cabinet is a group of 22 people led and chosen by the Prime Minister who are the main decision-makers in the British government. People in the cabinet have to be members of either the House of Commons or the House of Lords.

All the Cabinet members are also members of the governing Conservative Party.

Cabinet Ministers

As of 8 January 2021:

Portfolio	Minister	Term
Cabinet ministers
Prime Minister First Lord of the Treasury Minister for the Civil Service	Boris Johnson MP	2019–present
First Secretary of State Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs	Dominic Raab MP	2019–present
Chancellor of the Exchequer Second Lord of the Treasury	Rishi Sunak MP	2020–present
Secretary of State for the Home Department	Priti Patel MP	2019–present
Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster Minister for the Cabinet Office	Michael Gove MP	2019–present
Secretary of State for Defence	Ben Wallace MP	2019–present
Lord Chancellor Secretary of State for Justice	Robert Buckland QC MP	2019–present
Secretary of State for Health and Social Care	Matthew Hancock MP	2018–present
Secretary of State for Education	Gavin Williamson CBE MP	2019–present
Secretary of State for International Trade President of the Board of Trade Minister for Women and Equalities	Liz Truss MP	2019–present
Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy	Kwasi Kwarteng MP	2021–present
Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs	George Eustice MP	2020–present
Secretary of State for Transport	Grant Shapps MP	2019–present
Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government	Robert Jenrick MP	2019–present
Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport	Oliver Dowden CBE MP	2020–present
Secretary of State for Work and Pensions	Thérèse Coffey MP	2019–present
Leader of the House of Lords Lord Privy Seal	Natalie Evans, Baroness Evans of Bowes Park PC	2016–present
Secretary of State for Scotland	Alister Jack MP	2019–present
Secretary of State for Wales	Simon Hart MP	2019–present
Secretary of State for Northern Ireland	Brandon Lewis CBE MP	2020–present
President for COP26	Alok Sharma MP	2021–present
Conservative Party Co-Chair Minister without Portfolio	Amanda Milling MP	2020–present
Also attending cabinet meetings
Chief Secretary to the Treasury	Stephen Barclay MP	2020–present
Lord President of the Council Leader of the House of Commons	Jacob Rees-Mogg MP	2019–present
Chief Whip Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury	Mark Spencer MP	2019–present
Attorney General	Suella Braverman MP	2020–present