List of female cabinet members of the United Kingdom

Three women have led the cabinet as prime minister.

  denotes the first female minister of that particular department.

Image	Prime Minister	Party		Constituency	Year appointed[a]	Roles held concurrently	Ministry
	Margaret Thatcher		Conservative	Finchley	1979	First Lord of the Treasury Minister for the Civil Service	Thatcher I
							Thatcher II
							Thatcher III
	Theresa May		Conservative	Maidenhead	2016	First Lord of the Treasury Minister for the Civil Service	May I
							May II
	Liz Truss		Conservative	South West Norfolk	2022	First Lord of the Treasury Minister for the Civil Service Minister for the Union	Truss

  denotes the first female minister of that particular department.

Image	Member	Party		Constituency	Position	Year Appointed	Ministry	Ref
	Margaret Bondfield		Labour	Wallsend	Minister of Labour	1929	MacDonald II	[3]
	Ellen Wilkinson		Labour	Jarrow	Minister of Education	1945	Attlee I	[4]
	Florence Horsbrugh		Conservative	Manchester Moss Side	Minister of Education	1951	Churchill II	[5]
	Barbara Castle		Labour	Blackburn	Minister of Overseas Development	1964	Wilson I	[6]
					Minister of Transport	1965		[6]
							Wilson II	[6]
					Secretary of State for Employment and Productivity	1968		[6]
					First Secretary of State	1968		[6]
					Secretary of State for Health and Social Services	1974	Wilson III	[6]
							Wilson IV	[6]
	Judith Hart		Labour	Clydesdale	Paymaster General	1968	Wilson II	[7]
	Margaret Thatcher		Conservative	Finchley	Secretary of State for Education and Science	1970	Heath	[8]
	Shirley Williams		Labour	Hertford and Stevenage	Secretary of State for Prices and Consumer Protection	1974	Wilson III	[9]
							Wilson IV	[9]
							Callaghan	[9]
					Secretary of State for Education and Science	1976		[9]
	Baroness Young		Conservative	N/A (peeress)	Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster	1981	Thatcher I	[10]
					Lord Privy Seal	1982		[11]
	Virginia Bottomley		Conservative	South West Surrey	Secretary of State for Health	1992	Major II	[12]
					Secretary of State for National Heritage	1995		[12]
	Gillian Shephard		Conservative	South West Norfolk	Secretary of State for Employment	1992	Major II	[13]
					Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food	1993		[13]
					Secretary of State for Education	1994		[13]
					Secretary of State for Education and Employment	1995		[13]
	Margaret Beckett		Labour	Derby South	Secretary of State for Trade and Industry	1997	Blair I	[14]
					Lord President of the Council	1998		[14]
					Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs	2001	Blair II	[14]
							Blair III	[14]
					Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs	2006		[14]
	Harriet Harman		Labour	Camberwell and Peckham	Secretary of State for Social Security	1997	Blair I	[15]
					Lord Privy Seal	2007	Brown	[15]
	Mo Mowlam		Labour	Redcar	Secretary of State for Northern Ireland	1997	Blair I	[16]
					Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster	1999		[16]
	Baroness Jay		Labour	N/A (peeress)	Leader of the House of Lords	1998	Blair I	[17]
					Lord Privy Seal	1998		[18]
	Clare Short		Labour	Birmingham Ladywood	Secretary of State for International Development	1997	Blair I	[19]
							Blair II	[19]
	Ann Taylor		Labour	Dewsbury	Lord President of the Council	1997	Blair I	[20]
	Helen Liddell		Labour	Airdrie and Shotts	Secretary of State for Scotland	2001	Blair I	[21]
							Blair II	[21]
	Estelle Morris		Labour	Birmingham Yardley	Secretary of State for Education and Skills	2001	Blair II	[22]
	Patricia Hewitt		Labour	Leicester West	Secretary of State for Trade and Industry	2001	Blair II	[23]
					Secretary of State for Health	2005	Blair III	[23]
	Tessa Jowell		Labour	Dulwich and West Norwood	Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport	2001	Blair II	[24]
							Blair III	[24]
	Baroness Amos		Labour	N/A (peeress)	Secretary of State for International Development	2003	Blair II	[25]
					Lord President of the Council	2003	Blair II	[25]
							Blair III	[25]
	Ruth Kelly		Labour	Bolton West	Secretary of State for Education and Skills	2004	Blair II	[26]
							Blair III	[26]
					Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government	2006		[26]
					Secretary of State for Transport	2007	Brown	[26]
	Hilary Armstrong		Labour	North West Durham	Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster	2006	Blair III	[27]
	Hazel Blears		Labour	Salford and Eccles	Minister without portfolio	2006	Blair III	[28]
					Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government	2007	Brown	[28]
	Baroness Ashton of Upholland		Labour	N/A (peeress)	Lord President of the Council	2007	Brown	[29]
	Jacqui Smith		Labour	Redditch	Secretary of State for the Home Department	2007	Brown	[30]
	Yvette Cooper		Labour	Pontefract and Castleford	Chief Secretary to the Treasury	2008	Brown	[31]
					Secretary of State for Work and Pensions	2009		[31]
	Baroness Royall of Blaisdon		Labour	N/A (peeress)	Lord President of the Council	2008	Brown	[32]
					Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster	2009		[32]
	Cheryl Gillan		Conservative	Chesham and Amersham	Secretary of State for Wales	2010	Cameron–Clegg	[33]
	Theresa May		Conservative	Maidenhead	Secretary of State for the Home Department	2010	Cameron–Clegg	[34]
							Cameron II	[34]
	Caroline Spelman		Conservative	Meriden	Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs	2010	Cameron–Clegg	[35]
	Baroness Warsi		Conservative	N/A (peeress)	Minister without portfolio	2010	Cameron–Clegg	[36]
	Justine Greening		Conservative	Putney	Secretary of State for Transport	2011	Cameron–Clegg	[37]
					Secretary of State for International Development	2012		[37]
							Cameron II	[37]
					Secretary of State for Education	2016	May I	[37]
							May II	[37]
	Maria Miller		Conservative	Basingstoke	Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport	2012	Cameron–Clegg	[38]
	Theresa Villiers		Conservative	Chipping Barnet	Secretary of State for Northern Ireland	2012	Cameron–Clegg	[39]
							Cameron II	[39]
					Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs	2019	Johnson I	[39]
							Johnson II	[39]
	Nicky Morgan		Conservative	Loughborough	Secretary of State for Education	2014	Cameron–Clegg	[40]
							Cameron II	[40]
					Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport	2019	Johnson I	[40]
				N/A (peeress)			Johnson II	[40]
	Baroness Stowell of Beeston		Conservative	N/A (peeress)	Lord Privy Seal	2014	Cameron–Clegg	[41]
							Cameron II	[41]
	Liz Truss		Conservative	South West Norfolk	Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs	2014	Cameron–Clegg	[42]
							Cameron II	[42]
					Secretary of State for Justice	2016	May I	[42]
					Secretary of State for International Trade	2019	Johnson I	[42]
							Johnson II	[42]
					Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs	2021		[42]
	Amber Rudd		Conservative	Hastings and Rye	Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change	2015	Cameron II	[43]
					Secretary of State for the Home Department	2016	May I	[43]
							May II	[43]
					Secretary of State for Work and Pensions	2018		[43]
							Johnson I	[43]
	Karen Bradley		Conservative	Staffordshire Moorlands	Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport	2016	May I	[44]
							May II	[44]
					Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport	2017		[44]
					Secretary of State for Northern Ireland	2018		[44]
	Baroness Evans of Bowes Park		Conservative	N/A (peeress)	Lord Privy Seal	2016	May I	[45]
							May II	[45]
							Johnson I	[45]
							Johnson II	[45]
	Andrea Leadsom		Conservative	South Northamptonshire	Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs	2016	May I	[46]
					Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy	2019	Johnson I	[46]
							Johnson II	[46]
	Priti Patel		Conservative	Witham	Secretary of State for International Development	2016	May I	[47]
							May II	[47]
					Secretary of State for the Home Department	2019	Johnson I	[47]
							Johnson II	[47]
	Penny Mordaunt		Conservative	Portsmouth North	Secretary of State for International Development	2017	May II	[48]
					Secretary of State for Defence	2019		[48]
					Lord President of the Council	2022	Truss	[48]
							Sunak	[48]
					Leader of the House of Commons	2022	Truss	[48]
							Sunak	[48]
	Esther McVey		Conservative	Tatton	Secretary of State for Work and Pensions	2018	May II	[49]
	Thérèse Coffey		Conservative	Suffolk Coastal	Secretary of State for Work and Pensions	2019	Johnson I	[50]
							Johnson II	[50]
					Secretary of State for Health and Social Care	2022	Truss	[50]
					Deputy Prime Minister			[50]
					Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs	2022	Sunak	[50]
	Amanda Milling		Conservative	Cannock Chase	Minister without portfolio	2020	Johnson II	[51]
	Anne-Marie Trevelyan		Conservative	Berwick-upon-Tweed	Secretary of State for International Development	2020	Johnson II	[52]
					Secretary of State for International Trade	2021		[52]
					Secretary of State for Transport	2022	Truss	[52]
	Nadine Dorries		Conservative	Mid Bedfordshire	Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport	2021	Johnson II	[53]
	Michelle Donelan		Conservative	Chippenham	Secretary of State for Education	2022	Johnson II	[54]
					Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport	2022	Truss	[54]
							Sunak	[54]
					Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology[b]	2023		[54]
	Kemi Badenoch		Conservative	Saffron Walden	Secretary of State for International Trade	2022	Truss	[55]
							Sunak	[55]
					Secretary of State for Business and Trade	2023		[55]
	Suella Braverman		Conservative	Fareham	Secretary of State for the Home Department	2022	Truss	[56]
						2022	Sunak	[56]
	Chloe Smith		Conservative	Norwich North	Secretary of State for Work and Pensions	2022	Truss	[57]
					Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology	2023	Sunak	[57]
	Gillian Keegan		Conservative	Chichester	Secretary of State for Education	2022	Sunak	[58]
	Lucy Frazer		Conservative	South East Cambridgeshire	Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport	2023	Sunak	[59]
	Claire Coutinho		Conservative	East Surrey	Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero	2023	Sunak	[60]
	Victoria Atkins		Conservative	Louth and Horncastle	Secretary of State for Health and Social Care	2023	Sunak	[61]

Some roles, such as the Attorney General, can attend cabinet meetings without being a member of the cabinet.

  denotes the first female minister of that particular department.

Baroness Amos became the first black woman to be appointed to the cabinet in 2003.^[74] In 2011, Justine Greening became the first member of the cabinet who was publicly known to be a lesbian, although she was not openly lesbian until 2016.^[75][76]