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The minister is deputised by two [[Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State|parliamentary under-secretaries of state]]; the '''parliamentary under-secretary of state for women''' and the '''parliamentary under-secretary of state for equalities'''.

 

[[Justine Greening]] replaced [[Nicky Morgan]] as both [[Secretary of State for Education]] and Minister for Women and Equalities when [[Theresa May]] was appointed Prime Minister on 13 July 2016. Morgan initially held the title of Minister for Women after the resignation of [[Maria Miller]] in April 2014, in conjunction with being [[Financial Secretary to the Treasury]], whilst the Equalities brief was given to [[Sajid Javid]] who had replaced Miller as [[Secretary of State for Culture]]. While the Women and Equalities briefs were recombined in July 2014, the responsibility for marriage equality was assigned to [[Nick Boles]], who held the title of Minister of State for Skills, Enterprise and Equalities and had a base in both the Education and Business departments. Both splits in responsibilities were due to Nicky Morgan having voted against the legalisation of gay marriage.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/society/2014/jul/15/equalities-minister-voted-against-gay-marriage-nicky-morgan|title=Nicky Morgan's gay-marriage stance causes equalities role confusion... again|work=The Guardian|first=Rowena|last=Mason|date=15 July 2014|access-date=17 July 2014}}</ref>

 

The two most recent female [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom|Prime Ministers]], [[Theresa May]] and [[Liz Truss]], served in this position.

==List of ministers==

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"

===Minister for Women===

 

|- style="height:1em"

! colspan=3 | Cabinet minister

! colspan=2 | Term of office

! Political party

 

|- style="height:1em"

| rowspan=5 | [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]]

| rowspan=5 style="background-color:{{Party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |

([[First Blair ministry|I]])

 

| '''[[Patricia Hewitt]]'''<br/>{{Small|MP for [[Leicester West (UK Parliament constituency)|Leicester West]]}}<br/>{{Small|[[Secretary of State for Trade and Industry|Trade and Industry Secretary]]}}

| style="background-color:{{Party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |

| 8 June 2001

| 5 May 2005

([[Second Blair ministry|II]])

 

| 5 May 2005

| [[2006 British cabinet reshuffle|5 May 2006]]

([[Third Blair ministry|III]])

 

 

|- style="height:1em"

 

===Minister for Women and Equality===

|- style="height:1em"

! colspan=3 | Cabinet Minister

! colspan=2 | Term of office

! Political party

 

|- style="height:1em"

| [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]]

| style="background-color:{{Party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |

 

|- style="height:1em"

 

===Minister for Women and Equalities===

! colspan=2 | Term of office

! Political party

 

|- style="height:1em"

! style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

| '''[[Theresa May]]'''<br/>{{Small|MP for [[Maidenhead (UK Parliament constituency)|Maidenhead]]<br/>[[Home Secretary]]}}

| style="background-color:{{Party color|Liberal Democrats (UK)}}" |

| 12 May 2010

| 4 September 2012

 

|- style="height:1em"

 

|- style="height:1em"

 

 

|- style="height:1em"

! colspan=3 | Cabinet Ministers

! colspan=2 | Term of office

! Political party

 

|- style="height:1em"

| rowspan=2 | 9 April 2014

| rowspan=2 | [[2014 British cabinet reshuffle|15 July 2014]]

 

|- style="height:1em"

 

|- style="height:1em"

 

===Minister for Women and Equalities===

|- style="height:1em"

! colspan=3 | Cabinet Minister

! colspan=2 | Term of office

! Political party

 

|- style="height:1em"

| height=50|[[2014 British cabinet reshuffle|15 July 2014]]

| 8 May 2015

 

|- style="height:1em"

| rowspan=8 | [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]

| style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

 

|- style="height:1em"

| 14 June 2017

| style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

 

|- style="height:1em"

| [[2018 British cabinet reshuffle|8 January 2018]]

| style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

 

|- style="height:1em"

| [[First Johnson ministry#Changes|7 September 2019]]

|rowspan=3 style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

 

|- style="height:1em"

|- style="height:1em"

| [[Kemi Badenoch]] (Equalities) (''until [[July 2022 United Kingdom government crisis|6 July 2022]]'')

| 14 February 2020

| 6 September 2022

 

|- style="height:1em"

|- style="height:1em"

! colspan=3 | Cabinet Minister

! colspan=2 | Term of office

! Political party

 

|- style="height:1em"

| [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]

! style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

 

|- style="height:1em"

 

===Minister for Women and Equalities===

|- style="height:1em"

! colspan=3 | Cabinet Minister

! colspan=2 | Term of office

! Political party

 

|- style="height:1em"

! style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

| [[Stuart Andrew]] (Equalities)<br/>[[Maria Caulfield]] (Women)

| height=50|25 October 2022

| [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]

| style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

 

|}

 

==See also==