Minister of State without Portfolio
United Kingdom Minister of State without Portfolio | |
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Cabinet Office | |
Style | The Right Honourable (within the UK and Commonwealth) |
Type | Minister of the Crown |
Status | Minister of State |
Member of |
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Reports to | |
Seat | Westminster |
Nominator | Prime Minister |
Appointer | The Monarch (on the advice of the Prime Minister) |
Term length | At His Majesty's pleasure |
Salary | £115,824 per annum (2022)[1] (including £86,584 MP salary)[2] |
The office of Minister of State without Portfolio, sometimes previously known as constitution minister, is a ministerial role in the Government of the United Kingdom. The officeholder currently supports the office of Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster with public appointments and government communications.[3] The post is currently held by Esther McVey since November 2023.
List of ministers
Name | Portrait | Term of office | Party | Ministry | |||
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Parliamentary Secretary for Political and Constitutional Reform | |||||||
Mark Harper | 11 May 2010 | 4 September 2012 | Conservative | Cameron–Clegg | |||
Chloe Smith | 4 September 2012 | 6 October 2013 | Conservative | ||||
Minister of State for Cities and Constitution | |||||||
Greg Clark | 7 October 2013 | 15 July 2014 | Conservative | Cameron–Clegg | |||
Parliamentary Secretary for the Constitution | |||||||
Sam Gyimah | 15 July 2014 | 12 May 2015 | Conservative | Cameron–Clegg | |||
John Penrose | 12 May 2015 | 17 July 2016 | Conservative | Cameron (II) | |||
Chris Skidmore | 17 July 2016 | 8 January 2018 | Conservative | May (I) | |||
May (II) | |||||||
Chloe Smith | 8 January 2018 | 13 February 2020 | Conservative | ||||
Johnson (I) | |||||||
Johnson (II) | |||||||
Minister of State for the Constitution and Devolution | |||||||
Chloe Smith | 13 February 2020 | 16 September 2021 | Conservative | Johnson (II) | |||
Minister of State without Portfolio | |||||||
Nigel Adams | 16 September 2021 | 5 September 2022 | Conservative | Johnson (II) | |||
Sir Gavin Williamson | 25 October 2022 | 8 November 2022 | Conservative | Sunak | |||
Esther McVey | 13 November 2023 | Incumbent | Conservative |
References
- ^ "Salaries of Members of His Majesty's Government – Financial Year 2022–23" (PDF). 15 December 2022.
- ^ "Pay and expenses for MPs". parliament.uk. Retrieved 15 December 2022.
- ^ "The Rt Hon Nigel Adams MP". GOV.UK. Retrieved 2022-06-11.
- ^ Priddy, Sarah (15 October 2017). Ministers in the 2010 Coalition Government. House of Commons Library.
- ^ Colebrook, Andrew; Priddy, Sarah (10 February 2022). Ministers in 2015, 2017 and 2019 Conservative Governments. House of Commons Library.