Minister for Civil Society

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, social enterprise and the Big Society manifesto-committed agenda of the First Cameron ministry (2010–2015) and short-lived Second Cameron ministry.[1]

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. The post was merged with Minister of Sport to become Minister for Sport and Civil Society after the 2017 general election.

Ministers for Civil Society

Name		Portrait	Took office	Left office	Political party	Prime Minister
	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
	The Lord Ashton of Hyde		8 June 2017	26 July 2019	Conservative
	The Baroness Barran		26 July 2019	Incumbent	Conservative		Boris Johnson

Shadow Ministers for Civil Society

Name		Portrait	Term of office		Party
	Gareth Thomas[2]		October 2011	October 2013	Labour
	Lisa Nandy		October 2013	September 2015	Labour
	Ian Lavery[3]		September 2015	7 October 2016	Labour
	Steve Reed		3 October 2016	24 June 2019	Labour
	Vicky Foxcroft		24 June 2019	9 April 2020	Labour
Shadow Minister for the Voluntary Sector and Charities
	Rachael Maskell		9 April 2020	Incumbent	Labour

References

1. Nick Hurd, Minister for Civil Society | Cabinet Office
2. "Gareth Thomas". www.civilsociety.co.uk. Civil Society Media Limited. Archived from the original on 2014-07-25. Retrieved 2014-09-29.
3. http://www.civilsociety.co.uk/governance/news/content/20398/ian_lavery_appointed_shadow_minister_for_civil_society