Britain's new Coalition Government
12 May 2010

In a historic move, Prime Minister David Cameron today held the first joint press conference with Deputy Prime Minister, Nick Clegg at No 10 Downing Street, London. The move represents the first British coalition government in sixty-five years and was formed between The Conservative Party and The Liberal Democrat Party after the UK General Election held on Thursday 6th May 2010 resulted in a "hung parliament" with no party attaining an outright majority. The Conservative Party won 306 seats (36.1% of the votes), 20 seats short of an outright majority; the Labour Party won 258 seats (29% of votes), the Liberal Democrat Party won 57 seats (23% of votes) with other parties accounting for 28 seats (11.9%). Voter turnout was high with 65.1% of those registered voting. The Leaders of both parties, David Cameron and Nick Clegg, agreed to work together in "the national interest".

The New Cabinet

Prime Minister, First Lord of the Treasury and Minister for the Civil Service
The Rt Hon David Cameron MP

Deputy Prime Minister, Lord President of the Council (with special responsibility for political and constitutional reform)
The Rt Hon Nick Clegg MP

First Secretary of State, Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
The Rt Hon William Hague MP

Chancellor of the Exchequer
George Osborne MP

Lord Chancellor, Secretary of State for Justice
The Rt Hon Kenneth Clarke QC MP

Secretary of State for the Home Department; and Minister for Women and Equalities
The Rt Hon Theresa May MP

Secretary of State for Defence
Dr Liam Fox MP

Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills
Dr Vincent Cable MP

Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
The Rt Hon Iain Duncan Smith MP

Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change
Chris Huhne MP

Secretary of State for Health
Andrew Lansley CBE MP

Secretary of State for Education
Michael Gove MP

Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government
Eric Pickles MP

Secretary of State for Transport
Philip Hammond MP

Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Caroline Spelman MP

Secretary of State for International Development
Andrew Mitchell MP

Secretary of State for Northern Ireland
Owen Paterson MP

Secretary of State for Scotland (and providing ministerial support to the Deputy Prime Minister in the Cabinet Office)
Danny Alexander MP

Secretary of State for Wales
Cheryl Gillan MP

Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport
Jeremy Hunt MP

Chief Secretary to the Treasury
David Laws MP

Leader of the House of Lords, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
The Rt Hon Lord Strathclyde

Minister without Portfolio (Minister of State) * Unpaid
Baroness Warsi

Also attending Cabinet meetings:

Minister for the Cabinet Office, Paymaster General
The Rt Hon Francis Maude MP

Minister of State – Cabinet Office (providing policy advice to the Prime Minister in the Cabinet Office)
The Rt Hon Oliver Letwin MP

Minister of State (Universities and Science) – Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
David Willetts MP

Leader of the House of Commons, Lord Privy Seal
The Rt Hon Sir George Young Bt MP

Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury and Chief Whip
The Rt Hon Patrick McLoughlin MP

Also invited to attend Cabinet meetings when required:

Attorney-General
Dominic Grieve QC MP

Privy Council

The Queen has also been pleased to approve that the following be sworn of Her Majesty’s most honourable Privy Council: