Minister for Civil Society

Not to be confused with Minister for Sport and Civil Society.

Minister for Civil Society
Royal Arms of His Majesty's Government
Cabinet Office
Style	Minister
Nominator	Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
Appointer	The Monarch on advice of the Prime Minister
Term length	At His Majesty's pleasure
Formation	6 May 2006
First holder	Ed Miliband
Final holder	The Baroness Barran
Abolished	17 September 2021

The Minister for Civil Society was a position within the Department for Culture, Media and Sport in the Government of the United Kingdom. It concerned and directly supported charities, volunteering and social enterprise.

The office was established during the third Blair ministry as Minister for the Third Sector.[1] The office was renamed to support the Big Society manifesto-committed agenda of the first and second Cameron ministries.[2][3] Before the new commitments and Cabinet reshuffle on formation of the May Ministry in 2016 the Office for Civil Society supporting the Minister was part of the Cabinet Office. Some responsibilities were moved to the office of Minister for Sport and Civil Society after the 2017 general election.[4]

List of ministers

Name		Portrait	Took office	Left office	Political party	Prime Minister
Minister for the Third Sector
		Ed Miliband	6 May 2006	28 June 2007	Labour		Tony Blair
		Phil Hope	28 June 2007	5 October 2008	Labour		Gordon Brown
		Kevin Brennan	5 October 2008	8 June 2009	Labour
Minister of State for the Third Sector
		Angela Smith	8 June 2009	11 May 2010	Labour		Gordon Brown
Minister for Civil Society
		Nick Hurd	15 May 2010	14 July 2014	Conservative		David Cameron
		Brooks Newmark	15 July 2014	27 September 2014	Conservative
		Rob Wilson	27 September 2014	8 June 2017	Conservative
							Theresa May
		Henry Ashton	8 June 2017	26 July 2019	Conservative
		Diana Barran	26 July 2019	17 September 2021	Conservative		Boris Johnson
Role merged into Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Sport, Tourism, Heritage and Civil Society Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Civil Society, Heritage, Tourism and Growth
		Syed Kamall	20 September 2022	28 October 2022	Conservative		Liz Truss
Role merged into Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Sport, Tourism and Civil Society

Shadow Ministers for Civil Society

Shadow Minister			Term of office		Party	Opposition Leader
Shadow Minister for Civil Society
		Roberta Blackman-Woods	8 October 2010	7 October 2011	Labour	Ed Miliband
		Gareth Thomas	7 October 2011	7 October 2013	Labour	Ed Miliband
		Lisa Nandy	7 October 2013	14 September 2015	Labour	Ed Miliband
		Anna Turley	18 September 2015	27 June 2016	Labour	Jeremy Corbyn
Shadow Minister for Trade Unions and Civil Society
		Ian Lavery	18 September 2015	7 October 2016	Labour	Jeremy Corbyn
Shadow Minister for Civil Society
		Steve Reed	3 October 2016	24 June 2019	Labour	Jeremy Corbyn
		Vicky Foxcroft	24 June 2019	10 April 2020	Labour	Jeremy Corbyn
Shadow Minister for Voluntary Sector and Charities
		Rachael Maskell	10 April 2020	4 December 2021	Labour	Keir Starmer
Shadow Minister for Arts, Civil Society and Youth
		Rachael Maskell	4 December 2021	14 December 2021	Labour	Keir Starmer
Shadow Minister for Arts and Civil Society
		Barbara Keeley	11 March 2022	Incumbent	Labour	Keir Starmer

References

1. Colebrook, Charley (3 July 2012). Ministers in the Labour Governments: 1997–2010. House of Commons Library.
2. Priddy, Sarah (15 October 2017). Ministers in the 2010 Coalition Government. House of Commons Library.
3. Nick Hurd, Minister for Civil Society | Cabinet Office
4. Colebrook, Andrew; Priddy, Sarah (10 February 2022). Ministers in 2015, 2017 and 2019 Conservative Governments. House of Commons Library.