Minister for the Constitution and European Union Relations should not be confused with Minister without portfolio (United Kingdom).
| Post: | United Kingdom Minister for the Constitution and European Union Relations |
| Insignia: | Coat of arms of the United Kingdom (2022, lesser arms).svg |
| Insigniacaption: | Royal Arms of His Majesty's Government |
| Department: | Cabinet Office |
| Incumbent: | Nick Thomas-Symonds |
| Incumbentsince: | 8 July 2024 |
| Style: | The Right Honourable (within the UK and Commonwealth) |
| Type: | Minister of the Crown |
| Status: | Minister of State |
| Reports To: | |
| 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)[1] (including £86,584 MP salary)[2] |
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.[3] The current postholder since 8 July 2024 is Nick Thomas-Symonds, who also serves as Paymaster General and Minister for the Cabinet Office.
| Name | Portrait | Term of office | Party | Ministry | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Parliamentary Secretary for Political and Constitutional Reform | ||||||||
| Mark Harper | 11 May 2010 | 4 September 2012 | Conservative | Cameron–Clegg | ||||
| Chloe Smith | 4 September 2012 | 6 October 2013 | Conservative | |||||
| Minister of State for Cities and Constitution | ||||||||
| Greg Clark | 7 October 2013 | 15 July 2014 | Conservative | Cameron–Clegg | ||||
| Parliamentary Secretary for the Constitution | ||||||||
| Sam Gyimah | 15 July 2014 | 12 May 2015 | Conservative | Cameron–Clegg | ||||
| John Penrose | 12 May 2015 | 17 July 2016 | Conservative | Cameron (II) | ||||
| Chris Skidmore | 17 July 2016 | 8 January 2018 | Conservative | May (I) | ||||
| May (II) | ||||||||
| Chloe Smith | 8 January 2018 | 13 February 2020 | Conservative | |||||
| Johnson (I) | ||||||||
| Johnson (II) | ||||||||
| Minister of State for the Constitution and Devolution | ||||||||
| Chloe Smith | 13 February 2020 | 16 September 2021 | Conservative | Johnson (II) | ||||
| Minister of State without Portfolio | ||||||||
| Nigel Adams | 16 September 2021 | 5 September 2022 | Conservative | Johnson (II) | ||||
| Sir Gavin Williamson | 25 October 2022 | 8 November 2022 | Conservative | Sunak | ||||
| Esther McVey | 13 November 2023 | 5 July 2024 | Conservative | |||||
| Minister for the Constitution and European Union Relations | ||||||||
| Nick Thomas-Symonds | 8 July 2024 | Incumbent | Labour | Starmer | ||||