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Minister without portfolio (United Kingdom)

In the United Kingdom, the minister without portfolio is often a cabinet position, and is sometimes used to enable the chairman of the governing party, contemporarily either 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, Paymaster General, 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 office is currently held by Richard Holden.

United Kingdom
Minister without Portfolio
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Incumbent
Richard Holden
since 13 November 2023
Cabinet Office
StyleThe Right Honourable
Reports toThe Prime Minister
NominatorThe Prime Minister
AppointerThe British Monarch
on the advice of the Prime Minister
Term lengthNo fixed term
Salary£159,038 per annum (2022)[1]
(including £86,584 MP salary)[2]
WebsiteGOV.UK

The corresponding shadow minister is the Shadow Minister without Portfolio.

List of office holders

18th century

19th century

MinisterConcurrent office(s)TenurePolitical partyPrime Minister
William Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd Duke of PortlandJanuary 1805 –
February 1806		WhigWilliam Pitt the Younger
William Fitzwilliam, 4th Earl FitzwilliamOctober 1806 –
March 1807		William Grenville
(Ministry of All the Talents)
William Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland4 –
30 October 1809		TorySpencer Perceval
Dudley Ryder, 1st Earl of HarrowbyNovember 1809 –
June 1812		Tory (Pittite)
John Pratt, 2nd Earl Camden (created 1st Marquess Camden, August 1812)8 April – December 1812Tory
Robert Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool
Henry Phipps, 1st Earl of MulgraveJanuary 1819 –
May 1820
Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice, 3rd Marquess of LansdowneApril – July 1827WhigGeorge Canning
William Bentinck, 4th Duke of PortlandJuly – September 1827Tory (Canningite)
George Howard, 6th Earl of Carlisle22 November 1830 –
5 June 1834		WhigCharles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey
Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington3 September 1841 –
July 1846		ConservativeRobert Peel
Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice, 3rd Marquess of Lansdowne28 December 1852 –
21 February 1858		WhigGeorge Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen
(until February 1855)
Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston
Lord John RussellFebruary 1853 –
June 1854		George Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen
Spencer Horatio WalpoleMay 1867 –
February 1868		ConservativeEdward Smith-Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby
Michael Hicks Beach7 March 1887 –
20 February 1888		Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury

20th century (first half)

MinisterConcurrent office(s)TenurePolitical partyPrime Minister
Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice, 5th Marquess of Lansdowne25 May 1915 –
December 1916		Liberal UnionistH. H. Asquith
(Coalition)
Arthur HendersonMember of the War Cabinet10 December 1916 –
12 August 1917		LabourDavid Lloyd George
(Coalition)
Alfred Milner, 1st Viscount Milner10 December 1916 –
18 April 1918		Conservative
Jan Smuts22 June 1917 –
10 January 1919		South African Party
Edward Carson17 July 1917 –
21 January 1918		Ulster Unionist Party (Irish Unionist)
George BarnesMember of the War Cabinet (until October 1919)13 August 1917 –
27 January 1920		Labour
Austen ChamberlainMember of the War Cabinet18 April 1918 –
10 January 1919		Conservative
Eric Campbell Geddes10 January –
31 October 1919
Laming Worthington-EvansMember of the War Cabinet (until October 1919)10 January 1919 –
13 February 1921
Christopher Addison1 April –
14 July 1921		Liberal
Anthony EdenMinister for League of Nations affairs7 June –
22 December 1935		ConservativeStanley Baldwin
(Coalition)
Eustace Percy7 June 1935 –
31 March 1936
Leslie BurginMinister of Supply-designate21 April –
14 July 1939		National Liberal PartyNeville Chamberlain
(Coalition)
Maurice HankeyMember of the War CabinetSeptember 1939 –
10 May 1940		no partyNeville Chamberlain
(Coalition)
Arthur Greenwood11 May 1940 –
22 February 1942		LabourWinston Churchill
(Coalition)
William Jowitt30 December 1942 –
8 October 1944

20th century (second half)

MinisterConcurrent office(s)TenurePolitical partyPrime Minister
A. V. Alexander4 October –
20 December 1946		Labour Co-operativeClement Attlee
Arthur Greenwood17 April –
29 September 1947		Labour
Geoffrey FitzClarence, 5th Earl of Munster18 October 1954 –
1957		ConservativeWinston Churchill
Anthony Eden
Stormont Mancroft, 2nd Baron Mancroft11 June 1957 –
1958		Harold Macmillan
Henry Scrymgeour-Wedderburn, 11th Earl of Dundee23 October 1958 –
1961		Unionist
Percy Mills, 1st Baron MillsDeputy Leader of the House of Lords9 October 1961 –
13 July 1962		Conservative
Bill Deedes13 July 1962 –
16 October 1964
Alec Douglas-Home
Peter Carington, 6th Baron CarringtonLeader of the House of Lords20 October 1963 –
16 October 1964
Eric Fletcher19 October 1964 –
6 April 1966		LabourHarold Wilson
Arthur Champion, Baron ChampionDeputy Leader of the House of Lords21 October 1964 –
7 January 1967
Douglas Houghton6 April 1966 –
7 January 1967
Edward Shackleton, Baron ShackletonDeputy Leader of the House of Lords7 January 1967 –
16 January 1968
Patrick Gordon Walker7 January –
21 August 1967
George Thomson17 October 1968 –
6 October 1969
Peter Shore6 October 1969 –
19 June 1970
Niall Macpherson, 1st Baron Drumalbyn15 October 1970 –
1974		UnionistEdward Heath
Morys Bruce, 4th Baron Aberdare8 January – March 1974Conservative
David Young, Baron Young of Graffhamadvising on unemployment11 September 1984 –
3 September 1985		Margaret Thatcher
Jeremy HanleyChairman of the Conservative Party20 July 1994 –
5 July 1995		John Major
Brian Mawhinney5 July 1995 –
2 May 1997
Peter Mandelson[3]called the "Dome Secretary"[4]5 May 1997 –
26 July 1998		LabourTony Blair

21st century

MinisterConcurrent office(s)Term of officePolitical partyPrime Minister
Charles Clarke[5]Labour Party Chair8 June 200124 October 2002LabourTony Blair
John Reid[6]24 October 20024 April 2003
Ian McCartney[7]4 April 20035 May 2006
Hazel Blears[8]5 May 200628 June 2007
no appointment28 June 200712 May 2010Gordon Brown
Sayeeda Warsi, Baroness Warsi[9][10]Co-Chairman of the Conservative Party12 May 20106 September 2012ConservativeDavid Cameron
(Coalition)
Grant Shapps[11]6 September 20128 May 2015
Kenneth Clarke[12]Trade envoy6 September 201214 July 2014
John Hayes[13]Senior Parliamentary Adviser to the Prime Minister (Cabinet Office)28 March 201315 July 2014
Robert Halfon[14]Deputy Chairman of the Conservative Party8 May 201517 July 2016David Cameron
no appointment17 July 20168 January 2018Theresa May
Brandon Lewis[15]Chairman of the Conservative Party8 January 201824 July 2019
James Cleverly[16]24 July 201913 February 2020Boris Johnson
Amanda Milling[17]13 February 202015 September 2021
Oliver Dowden[18]15 September 202124 June 2022
no appointment24 June 20227 July 2022
Andrew StephensonChairman of the Conservative Party7 July 20226 September 2022
Sir Jake Berry6 September 202225 October 2022Liz Truss
Nadhim Zahawi25 October 202229 January 2023Rishi Sunak
Greg Hands7 February 202313 November 2023
Richard Holden13 November 2023Incumbent

See also

References

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