{{Short description|Senior ministerial position in the Government of the United Kingdom}} {{distinguish|Minister without portfolio (United Kingdom)|Secretary of State for Constitutional Affairs|Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union}} {{Infobox official post | post = United Kingdom<br> Minister for the Constitution and European Union Relations | body = | flag = | flagsize = | flagcaption = | insignia = Coat of arms of the United Kingdom (2022, lesser arms).svg | insigniacaption = Royal Arms of His Majesty's Government | department = Cabinet Office | image = Nick Thomas Symonds official portrait 7 Jul 2024 (cropped).jpg | alt = Nick Thomas–Symonds | incumbent = Nick Thomas-Symonds | incumbentsince = 8 July 2024 | style = The Right Honourable<br />(within the UK and Commonwealth) | type = Minister of the Crown | status = Minister of State | member_of = {{ubl|Cabinet (not attending)|Privy Council}} | reports_to = {{ubl|Prime Minister of the United Kingdom|Deputy Prime Minister|}} | seat = Westminster | nominator = Prime Minister | appointer = The Monarch | appointer_qualified = (on the advice of the Prime Minister) | termlength = At His Majesty's pleasure | salary = £115,824 per annum (2022)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Salaries of Members of His Majesty's Government – Financial Year 2022–23 |url=https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1124173/2022-12-07-Ministerial-Salaries-22-23-table.pdf |date=15 December 2022}}</ref><br />(including £86,584 MP salary)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Pay and expenses for MPs |url=https://www.parliament.uk/about/mps-and-lords/members/pay-mps/ |access-date=15 December 2022 |website=parliament.uk}}</ref> | website = }}

The office of the '''minister for the constitution and European Union relations''', previously known as '''minister of state without portfolio''' and sometimes the '''constitution minister''', is a ministerial role in the Government of the United Kingdom.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Minister for the Cabinet Office (Minister for the Constitution and European Union Relations) - GOV.UK |url=https://www.gov.uk/government/ministers/minister-for-the-constitution-and-european-union-relations#responsibilities |access-date=2024-07-15 |website=www.gov.uk |language=en}}</ref> The current postholder since 8 July 2024 is Nick Thomas-Symonds, who also serves as Paymaster General and Minister for the Cabinet Office.

==List of ministers==

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" |- !colspan=2|Name !Portrait !colspan=2 |Term of office !Party !colspan=2|Ministry |- ! colspan="8" |Parliamentary Secretary for Political and Constitutional Reform |- ! style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | |Mark Harper |frameless|70x70px |11 May 2010 |4 September 2012 |Conservative ! rowspan=2 style="background-color:#ddd" | | rowspan=2 |Cameron–Clegg |- ! style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | |Chloe Smith |frameless|84x84px |4 September 2012 |6 October 2013 |Conservative |- ! colspan="8" |Minister of State for Cities and Constitution |- ! style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | |Greg Clark |frameless|57x57px |7 October 2013 |15 July 2014 |Conservative ! style="background-color:#ddd" | |Cameron–Clegg |- ! colspan="8" |Parliamentary Secretary for the Constitution |- ! style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | |Sam Gyimah |frameless|74x74px |15 July 2014 |12 May 2015 |Conservative ! style="background-color:#ddd" | |Cameron–Clegg |- ! style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | |John Penrose |frameless|74x74px |12 May 2015 |17 July 2016 |Conservative ! style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | |Cameron<br>(II) |- ! rowspan=2 style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | | rowspan=2 | Chris Skidmore | rowspan=2 | frameless|75x75px | rowspan=2 | 17 July 2016 | rowspan=2 |8 January 2018 | rowspan=2 |Conservative ! style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | | May<br>(I) |- ! rowspan=2 style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | | rowspan=2 | May<br>(II) |- ! rowspan=3 style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | | rowspan=3 | Chloe Smith | rowspan=3 | frameless|74x74px | rowspan=3 | 8 January 2018 | rowspan=3 | 13 February 2020 | rowspan=3 | Conservative |- ! style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | | Johnson<br>(I) |- ! style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | |Johnson<br>(II) |- ! colspan="8" |Minister of State for the Constitution and Devolution |- ! style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | |Chloe Smith |frameless|75x75px |13 February 2020 |16 September 2021 |Conservative ! style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | |Johnson<br>(II) |- ! colspan="8" |Minister of State without Portfolio |- ! style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | |Nigel Adams |frameless|75x75px |16 September 2021 |5 September 2022 |Conservative ! style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | |Johnson<br>(II) |- ! style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | |Sir Gavin Williamson |frameless|74x74px |25 October 2022 |8 November 2022 |Conservative ! rowspan=2 style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | | rowspan=2 | Sunak |- ! style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | |Esther McVey |frameless|74x74px | 13 November 2023 | 5 July 2024 |Conservative |- ! colspan="8" |Minister for the Constitution and European Union Relations |- ! style="background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" | |Nick Thomas-Symonds |alt=Portrait of Nick Thomas-Symonds|frameless|73x73px |8 July 2024 |''Incumbent'' |Labour | style="background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" | |Starmer |}

==References== {{reflist| {{refs=<ref>{{Cite book |last=Priddy |first=Sarah |title=Ministers in the 2010 Coalition Government |date=15 October 2017 |publisher=House of Commons Library}}</ref> <ref>{{Cite book |last1=Colebrook |first1=Andrew |last2=Priddy |first2=Sarah |title=Ministers in 2015, 2017 and 2019 Conservative Governments |date=10 February 2022 |publisher=House of Commons Library}}</ref> }} }}

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