| Name of minister | Cabinet position |
| The Rt Hon Gordon Brown MP |
Prime Minister, First Lord of the Treasury and Minister for the Civil Service |
| The Rt Hon Harriet Harman QC MP |
Leader of the House of Commons, Lord Privy Seal and Minister for Women and Equality |
| The Rt Hon Lord Mandelson |
First Secretary of State, Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills and Lord President of the Council |
| The Rt Hon Alistair Darling MP |
Chancellor of the Exchequer |
| The Rt Hon David Miliband MP |
Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs |
| The Rt Hon Jack Straw MP |
Secretary of State for Justice and Lord Chancellor |
| The Rt Hon Alan Johnson MP |
Secretary of State for the Home Department |
| The Rt Hon Hilary Benn MP |
Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs |
| The Rt Hon Douglas Alexander MP |
Secretary of State for International Development |
| The Rt Hon John Denham MP |
Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government |
| The Rt Hon Ed Balls MP |
Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families |
| The Rt Hon Ed Miliband MP |
Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change |
| The Rt Hon Andy Burnham MP |
Secretary of State for Health |
| The Rt Hon Shaun Woodward MP |
Secretary of State for Northern Ireland |
| The Rt Hon Baroness Royall of Blaisdon |
Leader of the House of Lords and Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster |
| The Rt Hon Tessa Jowell MP |
Minister for the Cabinet Office and for the Olympics and Paymaster General |
| The Rt Hon Jim Murphy MP |
Secretary of State for Scotland |
| The Rt Hon Peter Hain MP |
Secretary of State for Wales |
| The Rt Hon Bob Ainsworth MP |
Secretary of State, Defence |
| The Rt Hon Lord Adonis |
Secretary of State, Transport |
| The Rt Hon Ben Bradshaw MP |
Secretary of State, Culture, Media and Sport |