2023 British cabinet reshuffle

Rishi Sunak

British prime minister Rishi Sunak carried out the first cabinet reshuffle of his premiership on 7 February 2023. The reshuffle saw a significant restructuring of a number of government departments, and gave Sunak the opportunity to fill the vacancy left by Nadhim Zahawi after he was dismissed as Chairman of the Conservative Party and Minister without Portfolio on 29 January 2023.

The reshuffle saw a significant restructuring of government departments. The Department for International Trade and the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) were merged to form the new Department for Business and Trade. The energy and climate policy responsibilities of BEIS were spun off to form the new Department for Energy Security and Net Zero. The science and innovation policies of BEIS were combined with the digital portfolio of the former Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) to form the new Department for Science, Innovation and Technology. The DCMS continues as the newly constituted Department for Culture, Media and Sport.

Cabinet-level changes

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Minister		Position before reshuffle	Position after reshuffle
	Rt Hon Greg Hands MP	Minister of State for Trade Policy	Chairman of the Conservative Party Minister without Portfolio
	Rt Hon Grant Shapps MP	Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy	Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero
	Rt Hon Kemi Badenoch MP	Secretary of State for International Trade President of the Board of Trade	Secretary of State for Business and Trade President of the Board of Trade
	Rt Hon Michelle Donelan MP	Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport	Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology
	Rt Hon Lucy Frazer KC MP	Minister of State for Housing and Planning	Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport
	Rt Hon Oliver Dowden MP	Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster	Secretary of State in the Cabinet Office Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster

Junior ministerial changes

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Minister		Department before reshuffle	Department after reshuffle
File:Official portrait of Rachel Maclean MP crop 2.jpg	Rachel Maclean MP	Backbench MP	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
File:Official portrait of Graham Stuart crop 2.jpg	Rt Hon Graham Stuart MP	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy	Energy Security and Net Zero
File:Official portrait of George Freeman MP crop 2.jpg	George Freeman MP		Science, Innovation and Technology
File:NusratGhaniMP.jpg	Nus Ghani MP		Business and Trade
File:Official portrait of Kevin Hollinrake MP crop 2.jpg	Kevin Hollinrake MP
File:Official portrait of Nigel Huddleston MP crop 2.jpg	Nigel Huddleston MP	International Trade
File:Official portrait of Maria Caulfield crop 2.jpg	Maria Caulfield MP
File:Official portrait of Andrew Bowie MP crop 2.jpg	Andrew Bowie MP		Energy Security and Net Zero
File:Official portrait of Paul Scully MP crop 2.jpg	Paul Scully MP	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport	Science, Innovation and Technology

Whips' Office appointments

Whip		Previous position	New position
File:Official portrait of Stuart Anderson MP crop 2, 2021.jpg	Stuart Anderson MP	Assistant Government Whip	Lord Commissioner of HM Treasury
File:Official portrait of Ruth Edwards MP crop 2.jpg	Ruth Edwards MP	Backbench MP	Assistant Government Whip

Conservative Party appointments

Appointee		Position before appointment	New party position
File:Official portrait of Lee Anderson MP crop 2.jpg	Lee Anderson MP	Backbench MP	Deputy Chairman of the Conservative Party

See also

• Sunak ministry
• Premiership of Rishi Sunak
• 2023 in politics and government

External Links

• Making Government Deliver: Updating the machinery of government for the world of today and of tomorrow policy paper forwarded by Rishi Sunak outlining the restructuring of the UK Government in February 2023.