Minister without portfolio (United Kingdom)

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United Kingdom
Minister without Portfolio
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Incumbent
Vacant

since 24 June 2022
Cabinet Office
Style The Right Honourable
Reports to The Prime Minister
Nominator The Prime Minister
Appointer The British Monarch
on the advice of the Prime Minister
Term length No fixed term
Website GOV.UK

In the United Kingdom, the Minister without portfolio is often a cabinet position, and is sometimes used to enable people such as the Chairman of the Conservative Party or the Chair of the Labour Party to attend cabinet meetings (if so, they hold the title of "Party chairman"). The sinecure positions of Lord Privy Seal and Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster which have few responsibilities and have a higher rank in the Order of Precedence than Minister without Portfolio can also be used to similar effect.

The corresponding shadow minister is the Shadow Minister without Portfolio.

List of office holders

18th century

19th century

Name Portrait Concurrent office(s) Tenure Political party Prime Minister
William Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland 75px January 1805 – February 1806 Whig William Pitt the Younger
William Fitzwilliam, 4th Earl Fitzwilliam 2ndEarlFitzwilliam.jpg October 1806 – March 1807 William Grenville
(Ministry of All the Talents)
William Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland 75px 4 – 30 October 1809 Tory Spencer Perceval
Dudley Ryder, 1st Earl of Harrowby 1stEarlOfHarrowby.jpg November 1809 – June 1812 Tory (Pittite)
John Pratt, 2nd Earl Camden (created 1st Marquess Camden, August 1812) 1stMarquessCamden.JPG 8 April – December 1812 Tory
Robert Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool
Henry Phipps, 1st Earl of Mulgrave Henry Phipps, 1st Earl of Mulgrave by Sir William Beechey.jpg January 1819 – May 1820
Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice, 3rd Marquess of Lansdowne Lord Henry Petty.jpg April – July 1827 Whig George Canning
William Bentinck, 4th Duke of Portland 75px July – September 1827 Tory (Canningite)
George Howard, 6th Earl of Carlisle 22 November 1830 – 5 June 1834 Whig Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey
Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington Sir Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington.png 3 September 1841 – July 1846 Conservative Robert Peel
Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice, 3rd Marquess of Lansdowne Lord Henry Petty.jpg 28 December 1852 – 21 February 1858 Whig George Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen
(until February 1855)
Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston
Lord John Russell 75px February 1853 – June 1854 George Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen
Spencer Horatio Walpole Spencer Horatio Walpole.JPG May 1867 – February 1868 Conservative Edward Smith-Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby
Michael Hicks Beach St Aldwyn Michael Edward Hicks-Beach (1st Earl).jpg 7 March 1887 – 20 February 1888 Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury

Edwardian and wartime

Name Portrait Concurrent office(s) Tenure Political party Prime Minister
Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice, 5th Marquess of Lansdowne 75px 25 May 1915 – December 1916 Liberal Unionist H. H. Asquith
(Coalition)
Arthur Henderson 1910 Arthur Henderson.jpg Member of the War Cabinet 10 December 1916 – 12 August 1917 Labour David Lloyd George
(Coalition)
Alfred Milner, 1st Viscount Milner Lord Milner.jpg 10 December 1916 – 18 April 1918 Conservative
Jan Smuts Jan Smuts 1947.jpg 22 June 1917 – 10 January 1919 South African Party
Edward Carson 75px 17 July 1917 – 21 January 1918 Ulster Unionist Party (Irish Unionist)
George Barnes George Nicoll Barnes in 1916.jpg Member of the War Cabinet (until October 1919) 13 August 1917 – 27 January 1920 Labour
Austen Chamberlain 75px Member of the War Cabinet 18 April 1918 – 10 January 1919 Conservative
Eric Campbell Geddes 75px 10 January – 31 October 1919
Laming Worthington-Evans 75px Member of the War Cabinet (until October 1919) 10 January 1919 – 13 February 1921
Christopher Addison Christopher Addison, 1st Viscount Addison.jpg 1 April – 14 July 1921 Liberal
Anthony Eden 75px Minister for League of Nations affairs 7 June – 22 December 1935 Conservative Stanley Baldwin
(Coalition)
Eustace Percy Portrait of Lord Eustace Percy.jpg 7 June 1935 – 31 March 1936
Leslie Burgin 75px Minister of Supply-designate 21 April – 14 July 1939 National Liberal Party Neville Chamberlain
(Coalition)
Maurice Hankey 75px Member of the War Cabinet September 1939 – 10 May 1940 no party Neville Chamberlain
(Coalition)
Arthur Greenwood 75px 11 May 1940 – 22 February 1942 Labour Winston Churchill
(Coalition)
William Jowitt 75px 30 December 1942 – 8 October 1944

Post-war

Name Portrait Concurrent office(s) Tenure Political party Prime Minister
A. V. Alexander 75px 4 October – 20 December 1946 Labour Co-operative Clement Attlee
Arthur Greenwood 75px 17 April – 29 September 1947 Labour
Geoffrey FitzClarence, 5th Earl of Munster 18 October 1954 – 1957 Conservative Winston Churchill
Anthony Eden
Stormont Mancroft, 2nd Baron Mancroft 11 June 1957 – 1958 Harold Macmillan
Henry Scrymgeour-Wedderburn, 11th Earl of Dundee 75px 23 October 1958 – 1961 Unionist
Percy Mills, 1st Baron Mills Deputy Leader of the House of Lords 9 October 1961 – 13 July 1962 Conservative
Bill Deedes 13 July 1962 – 16 October 1964
Alec Douglas-Home
Peter Carington, 6th Baron Carrington 75px Leader of the House of Lords 20 October 1963 – 16 October 1964
Eric Fletcher 19 October 1964 – 6 April 1966 Labour Harold Wilson
Arthur Champion, Baron Champion Deputy Leader of the House of Lords 21 October 1964 – 7 January 1967
Douglas Houghton 6 April 1966 – 7 January 1967
Edward Shackleton, Baron Shackleton Deputy Leader of the House of Lords 7 January 1967 – 16 January 1968
Patrick Gordon Walker 75px 7 January – 21 August 1967
George Thomson 17 October 1968 – 6 October 1969
Peter Shore 6 October 1969 – 19 June 1970
Niall Macpherson, 1st Baron Drumalbyn 15 October 1970 – 1974 Unionist Edward Heath
Morys Bruce, 4th Baron Aberdare 8 January – March 1974 Conservative
David Young, Baron Young of Graffham 75px advising on unemployment 11 September 1984 – 3 September 1985 Margaret Thatcher
Jeremy Hanley Chairman of the Conservative Party 20 July 1994 – 5 July 1995 John Major
Brian Mawhinney 5 July 1995 – 2 May 1997
Peter Mandelson[1] Peter Mandelson, September 2008.jpg called the "Dome Secretary"[2] 5 May 1997 – 26 July 1998 Labour Tony Blair

21st century

Name Portrait Concurrent office(s) Term of office Length of term of office Political party Prime Minister
Charles Clarke[3] CharlesClarke2014.jpg Labour Party Chair 8 June 2001 24 October 2002 Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. Labour Tony Blair
John Reid[4] 75px 24 October 2002 4 April 2003 Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist.
Ian McCartney[5] 75px 4 April 2003 5 May 2006 Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist.
Hazel Blears[6] Hazel Blears, June 2009 2 cropped.jpg 5 May 2006 28 June 2007 Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist.
no appointment 28 June 2007 12 May 2010 Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. Gordon Brown
Sayeeda Warsi, Baroness Warsi[7][8] 75px Co-Chairman of the Conservative Party 12 May 2010 6 September 2012 Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. Conservative David Cameron
(Coalition)
Grant Shapps[9] 75px 6 September 2012 8 May 2015 Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist.
Kenneth Clarke[10] 75px Trade envoy 6 September 2012 14 July 2014 Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist.
John Hayes[11] 75px Senior Parliamentary Adviser to the Prime Minister (Cabinet Office) 28 March 2013 15 July 2014 Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist.
Robert Halfon[12] 75px Deputy Chairman of the Conservative Party 8 May 2015 17 July 2016 Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. David Cameron
no appointment 17 July 2016 8 January 2018 Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. Theresa May
Brandon Lewis[13] 75px Chairman of the Conservative Party 8 January 2018 24 July 2019 Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist.
James Cleverly[14] 75px 24 July 2019 13 February 2020 Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. Boris Johnson
Amanda Milling[15] 75px 13 February 2020 15 September 2021 Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist.
Oliver Dowden[16] 75px 15 September 2021 24 June 2022 9 months and 9 days

See also

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