UK/Minister/Without Portfolio

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(Minister without Portfolio)

UK sinecure position sometimes used to enable the chairman of the governing party to attend cabinet meetings.

In the United Kingdom, the minister without portfolio is often a cabinet position, and is sometimes used to enable the chairman of the governing party, contemporarily either the chairman of the Conservative Party or the chair of the Labour Party to attend cabinet meetings (if so, they hold the title of "Party chairman"). The sinecure positions of Lord Privy Seal, Paymaster General, and Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster which have few responsibilities and have a higher rank in the order of precedence than minister without portfolio can also be used to similar effect.


 

Office Holders on Wikispooks

NameFromTo
Kenneth Clarke4 September 201214 July 2014
Sayeeda Warsi12 May 20104 September 2012
Hazel Blears5 May 200627 June 2007
Ian McCartney4 April 20035 May 2006
Peter Mandelson2 May 199727 July 1998
Eustace Percy7 June 193531 March 1936
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