Election 2015: Prime Minister and ministerial appointments

Following the 2015 general election, David Cameron has formed a government.

Cabinet ministers and those also attending Cabinet

• The Rt Hon George Osborne MP becomes First Secretary of State and continues as Chancellor of the Exchequer
• The Rt Hon Theresa May continues as Home Secretary
• The Rt Hon Philip Hammond continues as Foreign Secretary
• The Rt Hon Michael Fallon continues as Secretary of State for Defence
• The Rt Hon Michael Gove becomes Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice
• The Rt Hon Chris Grayling becomes Lord President of the Council and Leader of the House of Commons
• The Rt Hon Nicky Morgan continues as Secretary of State for Education and Minister for Women and Equalities
• Mark Harper MP becomes Chief Whip (Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury)
• Baroness Stowell is promoted to Cabinet as Leader of the House of Lords and Lord Privy Seal
• Amber Rudd MP becomes Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change
• Priti Patel MP becomes Minister of State (Minister for Employment) and attends Cabinet
• Robert Halfon MP becomes Minister without Portfolio and attends Cabinet
• The Rt Hon Sajid Javid MP becomes Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills
• John Whittingdale MP becomes Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport
• The Rt Hon Iain Duncan Smith MP continues as Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
• The Rt Hon Patrick McLoughlin MP continues as Secretary of State for Transport
• The Rt Hon Liz Truss continues as Secretary of State for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
• Anna Soubry MP becomes Minister of State (Minister for Small Business) and attends Cabinet
• The Rt Hon Greg Clark MP becomes Secretary of State for Communities & Local Government
• The Rt Hon Justine Greening MP continues as Secretary of State for International Development
• The Rt Hon Theresa Villiers MP continues as Secretary of State for Northern Ireland
• The Rt Hon Jeremy Hunt MP continues as Secretary of State for Health
• The Rt Hon Stephen Crabb MP continues as Secretary of State for Wales
• The Rt Hon Greg Hands MP becomes Chief Secretary to the Treasury and will attend Cabinet
• The Rt Hon Matt Hancock MP becomes Minister for Cabinet Office and Paymaster General (Minister for Efficiency & Civil Service Reform)
• The Rt Hon David Mundell MP becomes Secretary of State for Scotland
• The Rt Hon Oliver Letwin MP is promoted to Cabinet as Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster in overall charge of Cabinet Office
• The Rt Hon Jeremy Wright QC continues as Attorney General
• Baroness Anelay continues as Minister of State at Foreign & Commonwealth Office and attends Cabinet

Other ministers

• Ros Altmann becomes Minister of State (Minister for Pensions) at the Department for Work and Pensions
• Mark Francois becomes Minister of State at Department for Communities and Local Government
• Penny Mordaunt becomes Minister of State (Minister for the Armed Forces) at Ministry of Defence
• The Rt Hon John Hayes is the new Minister of State for Security at the Home Office
• Alistair Burt is the new Minister of State at the Department of Health
• Jo Johnson becomes Minister of State (Minister for Universities and Science) at the Department of Business, Innovation and Skills
• Philip Dunne becomes Minister of State (Minister for Defence Procurement) at the Ministry of Defence
• Ed Timpson becomes Minister of State at the Department for Education
• Nick Boles continues as Minister of State at the Department for Education and the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills with additional responsibility for trade union and employment law
• Andrea Leadsom becomes Minister of State at the Department for Energy and Climate Change
• Anne Milton becomes Deputy Chief Whip (Treasurer of HM Household)
• George Eustice becomes Minister of State at the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
• Harriett Baldwin becomes Economic Secretary to the Treasury (City Minister)
• The Rt Hon Francis Maude becomes Minister of State at the Foreign Office and the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
• Therese Coffey becomes Deputy Leader of the House of Commons
• The Rt Hon Grant Shapps MP becomes a Minister of State at Department for International Development
• Ben Gummer becomes Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for the Department of Health
• Justin Tomlinson becomes Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Minister for Disabled People) at the Department for Work and Pensions
• Rory Stewart becomes Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
• James Wharton becomes Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Department for Communities and Local Government with responsibility for the Northern Powerhouse
• Marcus Jones becomes Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Minister for Local Government) at the Department for Communities and Local Government
• Ben Wallace becomes Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Northern Ireland Office
• Andrew Jones becomes Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Department for Transport
• Caroline Dinenage becomes Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Ministry of Justice and Minister for Equalities at the Department for Education
• Mark Lancaster becomes Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at Ministry of Defence (Minister for Defence Personnel, Welfare and Veterans)
• John Penrose becomes Parliamentary Secretary at Cabinet Office
• Damian Hinds becomes Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury
• Tracey Crouch becomes Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Minister for Sport) at the Department for Culture, Media and Sport
• Dominic Raab becomes Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Ministry of Justice

The Prime Minister’s speech

Read a transcript of the Prime Minister’s speech outside Downing Street.

Watch video of the Prime Minister speaking on his return to Number 10.