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.

Minister for Civil Society
Cabinet Office
StyleMinister
NominatorPrime Minister of the United Kingdom
AppointerThe Monarch
on advice of the Prime Minister
Term lengthAt His Majesty's pleasure
Formation6 May 2006
First holderEd Miliband
Final holderThe Baroness Barran
Abolished17 September 2021

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

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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

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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

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  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.