Full list of Conservative and Liberal Democrat Cabinet appointments

Published on Wednesday 12 May 2010 17:26

PRIME MINISTER David Cameron and his Liberal Democrat partner Nick Clegg set about chosing the political figures that will make up the coalition cabinet.

• David Cameron pictured in the cabinet room on Number 10 last night

The appointments announced so far are:

• David Cameron (Conservative) as Prime Minister

• Nick Clegg (Liberal Democrat) Deputy Prime Minister

• Geogre Osbourne (Conservative) Chancellor

• William Hague (Conservative) Foreign Secretary

• Theresa May (Conservative) Home Secretary

• Andrew Lansley (Conservative) as Health Secretary

• Michael Gove (Conservative) as Education Secretary.

• Vince Cable (Liberal Democrats) Business Secretary

• Iain Duncan Smith (Conservative) Secretary for Work and Pensions

• Liam Fox (Conservative) Defence Secretary

• Kenneth Clarke (Conservative) as Justice Secretary and Lord Chancellor

• Danny Alexander (Liberal Democrats) Scottish Secretary

• David Laws (Liberal Democrats) Chief Secretary to the Treasury

• Eric Pickles (Conservative) Communities and Local Government Secretary

• Patrick McLoughlin (Conservative), the Tory chief whip while they were in opposition, will carry on as the Government Chief Whip.

• Owen Paterson (Conservative) Northern Ireland Secretary

• Jeremy Hunt (Conservative) - Secretary for Culture, Media and Sport

• Chris Huhne (Liberal Democrats) - Energy and Climate Change Secretary

• Andrew Mitchell (Conservative) - International Development Secretary

• Philip Hammond (Conservative) - Transport Secretary

• In full: The Conservative / Lib Dem coalition document