Minister for European Relations (United Kingdom)

United Kingdom
Minister for European Relations
United Kingdom; Minister for European Relations
	Royal Arms of His Majesty's Government
	Incumbent; Hamish Falconer; since 20 July 2026
	Cabinet Office; Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Style	The Right Honourable; (within the UK and Commonwealth)
Type	Minister of the Crown
Status	Minister of State
Member of	Cabinet (not attending); Privy Council;
Reports to	Prime Minister of the United Kingdom; Deputy Prime Minister;
Seat	Westminster
Nominator	Prime Minister
Appointer	The Monarch; (on the advice of the Prime Minister)
Term length	At His Majesty's pleasure
Salary	£115,824 per annum (2022); (including £86,584 MP salary)
Website	www.gov.uk/government/ministers/minister-of-state-minister-for-intergovernmental-relations-and-european-relations

The office of the Minister for European Relations, previously minister for the constitution and European Union relations, 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 20 July 2026 is Hamish Falconer, who also serves as Minister for Intergovernmental Relations.

List of ministers

Name		Term of office		Party
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	Cameron–Clegg
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)
	Chris Skidmore	17 July 2016	8 January 2018	Conservative	May (II)
	Chloe Smith	8 January 2018	13 February 2020	Conservative	May (II)
					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 for EU Relations
	David Frost, Baron Frost	1 March 2021	18 December 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	Sunak
Minister for the Constitution and European Union Relations
	Nick Thomas-Symonds	8 July 2024	20 July 2026	Labour	Starmer
Minister for European Relations
	Hamish Falconer	20 July 2026	incumbent	Labour	Burnham

References

↑ "Salaries of Members of His Majesty's Government – Financial Year 2022–23" (PDF). 15 December 2022.
↑ "Pay and expenses for MPs". parliament.uk. Retrieved 15 December 2022.
↑ "Minister for the Cabinet Office (Minister for the Constitution and European Union Relations) - GOV.UK". www.gov.uk. Retrieved 2024-07-15.
Priddy, Sarah (15 October 2017). Ministers in the 2010 Coalition Government. House of Commons Library.
Colebrook, Andrew; Priddy, Sarah (10 February 2022). Ministers in 2015, 2017 and 2019 Conservative Governments. House of Commons Library.

[1] "Salaries of Members of His Majesty's Government – Financial Year 2022–23" (PDF). 15 December 2022.

[2] "Pay and expenses for MPs". parliament.uk. Retrieved 15 December 2022.

[3] "Minister for the Cabinet Office (Minister for the Constitution and European Union Relations) - GOV.UK". www.gov.uk. Retrieved 2024-07-15.

[4] Priddy, Sarah (15 October 2017). Ministers in the 2010 Coalition Government. House of Commons Library.

[5] Colebrook, Andrew; Priddy, Sarah (10 February 2022). Ministers in 2015, 2017 and 2019 Conservative Governments. House of Commons Library.

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