Centre for Advancement of Women in Politics

WOMEN MINISTERS IN THE UK GOVERNMENT

This page lists all current women members of the government as at October 2010; offices of cabinet rank are marked with †, and those who attend cabinet on occasion as non-members are marked with *. There are four women in David Cameron's 23-member cabinet (down from six under Gordon Brown and eight under Tony Blair). This is less than 20% of the cabinet, which compares poorly with many other European countries such as Spain (53%) or Sweden (50%).

Name	Office	Date
Theresa May (CON)	Secretary of State for the Home Department and Minister for Women and Equalities †	2010-date
Caroline Spelman (CON)	Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs †	2010-date
Cheryl Gillan (CON)	Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media & Sport; Secretary of State for Wales †	2010-date
Baroness Warsi (CON)	Minister without Portfolio (Minister of State) †	2010-date
Justine Greening (CON)	Economic Secretary, HM Treasury	2010- date
Baroness Neville-Jones (CON)	Minister for Security, Home Office	2010-date
Lynne Featherstone (LD)	Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, (jointly for Government Equalities Office and Home Office)	2010-date
Baroness Wilcox (CON)	Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department for Business, Innovation & Skills	2010-date
Maria Miller (CON)	Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department for Work and Pensions	2010-date
Anne Milton (CON)	Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department of Health	2010-date
Sarah Teather (LD)	Minister of State, Department for Education	2010-date
Baroness Hanham (CON)	Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department for Communities and Local Government	2010-date
Theresa Villiers (CON)	Minister of State, Department for Transport	2010-date

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