# 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 and social enterprise.
The office was established during the third Blair ministry as Minister for the Third Sector. The office was renamed to support the Big Society manifesto-committed agenda of the first and second Cameron ministries. 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.

## 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 | Gordon Brown |
| 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 | David Cameron |
| | Rob Wilson | 27 September 2014 | 8 June 2017 | Conservative | David Cameron |
| | Rob Wilson | 27 September 2014 | 8 June 2017 | Conservative | Theresa May |
| | Henry Ashton | 8 June 2017 | 26 July 2019 | Conservative | Theresa May |
| | 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 | Shadow Minister | Term of office | 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 |