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Government Whips

 

The Cabinet

 

Rt Hon Gordon Brown MP
Prime Minister, First Lord of the Treasury and Minister for the Civil Service
Rt Hon Alistair Darling MP
Chancellor of the Exchequer
Rt Hon David Miliband MP
Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
Rt Hon Jack Straw MP
Secretary of State for Justice and Lord Chancellor
Rt Hon Jacqui Smith MP
Secretary of State for the Home Department
Rt Hon John Hutton MP
Secretary of State for Defence
Rt Hon Alan Johnson MP
Secretary of State for Health
Rt Hon Hilary Benn MP
Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Rt Hon Douglas Alexander MP
Secretary of State for International Development
Lord Madelson of Foy and Hartlepool
Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform
Rt Hon Harriet HarmanQC MP
Leader of the House of Commons, Lord Privy Seal and Minister for Women and Equality
Rt Hon James Purnell MP
Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
Rt Hon Geoff Hoon MP
Secretary of State for Transport
Rt Hon Hazel Blears MP
Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government
Rt Hon Ed Balls MP
Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families
Rt Hon Edward Miliband MP
Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change
Rt Hon Andy Burnham MP
Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport
Rt Hon Shaun Woodward MP
Secretary of State for Northern Ireland
Rt Hon Baroness Royall of Blaisdon
Leader of the House of Lords and Lord President of the Council
Rt Hon Yvette Cooper MP
Chief Secretary to the Treasury
Rt Hon John Denham MP
Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills
Rt Hon Paul Murphy MP
Secretary of State for Wales
Jim Murphy MP
Secretary of State for Scotland
Also attending Cabinet meetings:
Rt Hon Nick Brown MP
Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury (Chief Whip)
Liam Byrne MP
Minister for the Cabinet Office and Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
Rt Hon Margaret Beckett MP
Minister of State (Housing) Department for Communities and Local Government
Rt Hon Tony McNulty MP
Minister of State (Employment) Department for Work and Pensions and Minister for London
Rt Hon Lord Malloch-Brown KCMG
Minister of State, Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Lord Drayson
Minister of State, Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills
Also attend Cabinet when their responsibility is on the agenda:
Rt Hon Tessa Jowell MP
Minister for the Olympics and Paymaster general
Rt Hon Beverley Hughes MP
Minister of State, Department for ChildrenSchools and Families
Rt Hon Baroness Scotland of AsthalQC
Attorney General
Rt Hon Caroline Flint MP
Minister of State (Europe) Foreign and Commonwealth Office