Press release
Ministerial Appointments: July 2024
The King has been pleased to approve the following appointments.
The King has been pleased to approve the following appointments:
- Rt Hon Keir Starmer as Prime Minister and First Lord of the Treasury
- Rt Hon Angela Rayner MP as Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities. She will also be Deputy Prime Minister
- Rt Hon Rachel Reeves MP as Chancellor of the Exchequer
- Rt Hon Pat McFadden MP as Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
- Rt Hon David Lammy MP as Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs
- Rt Hon Yvette Cooper MP as Secretary of State for the Home Department
- Rt Hon John Healey MP as Secretary of State for Defence
- Shabana Mahmood MP as Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice
- Wes Streeting MP as Secretary of State for Health and Social Care
- Bridget Phillipson MP as Secretary of State for Education and Minister for Women and Equalities
- Rt Hon Ed Miliband MP as Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero
- Liz Kendall MP as Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
- Jonathan Reynolds MP as Secretary of State for Business and Trade and President of the Board of Trade
- Peter Kyle MP as Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology
- Louise Haigh MP as Secretary of State for Transport
- Steve Reed OBE MP as Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Lisa Nandy MP as Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport
- Rt Hon Hilary Benn MP as Secretary of State for Northern Ireland
- Ian Murray MP as Secretary of State for Scotland
- Jo Stevens MP as Secretary of State for Wales
- Lucy Powell MP as Lord President of the Council, and Leader of the House of Common
- Rt Hon Baroness Smith of Basildon as Lord Privy Seal, and Leader of the House of Lords
- Rt Hon Sir Alan Campbell MP as Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury (Chief Whip);
- Darren Jones MP as Chief Secretary to the Treasury
- Richard Hermer KC as Attorney General*
- Sir Patrick Vallance KCB as a Minister of State (Minister for Science) in the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology *
- James Timpson OBE as a Minister of State (Minister for Prisons, Parole and Probation) in the Ministry of Justice *
- Ellie Reeves MP as a Minister of State in the Cabinet Office (Minister without Portfolio)
- Dan Jarvis MBE MP as a Minister of State in the Home Office
- Jim McMahon OBE MP as a Minister of State in the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
- Matthew Pennycook MP as a Minister of State in the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
- Rt Hon Douglas Alexander MP as a Minister of State in the Department for Business and Trade
- Rt Hon Jacqui Smith as a Minister of State in the Department for Education*
- Anneliese Dodds MP as a Minister of State in the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office and as a Minister of State (Minister for Women and Equalities) in the Department for Education
- Rt Hon Nick Thomas–Symonds MP as Paymaster General and Minister for the Cabinet Office (Minister for the Constitution and European Relations) in the Cabinet Office
- Lord Livermore as Financial Secretary to the Treasury
- Stephen Doughty MP as a Minister of State in the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
- Dame Angela Eagle DBE MP as a Minister of State in the Home Office
- Rt Hon Dame Diana Johnson DBE MP as a Minister of State in the Home Office
- Lord Coaker as a Minister of State in the Ministry of Defence
- Rt Hon Maria Eagle MP as a Minister of State in the Ministry of Defence
- Heidi Alexander MP as a Minister of State in the Ministry of Justice
- Karin Smyth MP as a Minister of State in the Department of Health and Social Care
- Stephen Kinnock MP as a Minister of State in the Department of Health and Social Care
- Catherine McKinnell MP as a Minister of State in the Department for Education
- Sarah Jones MP as a Minister of State in the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero and the Department for Business and Trade
- Alison McGovern MP as a Minister of State in the Department for Work and Pensions
- Rt Hon Sir Stephen Timms MP as a Minister of State in the Department for Work and Pensions
- Sir Chris Bryant MP as a Minister of State in the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology and the Department for Culture, Media and Sport
- Lord Hendy of Richmond Hill CBE as a Minister of State in the Department for Transport
- Daniel Zeichner MP as a Minister of State in the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Rt Hon Lord Hunt of Kings Heath OBE as Minister of State in the Department of Energy Security and Net Zero
- Rt Hon Sir David Hanson as a Minister of State in the Home Office*
- Georgia Gould MP as a Parliamentary Secretary in the Cabinet Office
- Abena Oppong-Asare MP as a Parliamentary Secretary in the Cabinet Office
- James Murray MP as a Parliamentary Secretary (Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury) in His Majesty’s Treasury
- Tulip Siddiq MP as a Parliamentary Secretary (Economic Secretary to the Treasury and City Minister) in His Majesty’s Treasury
- Emma Reynolds MP as a Parliamentary Secretary in His Majesty’s Treasury and the Department for Work and Pensions
- Catherine West MP as a Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State in the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
- Lord Collins of Highbury as a Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State in the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, Deputy Leader of the House of Lords, and Lord in Waiting (Government Whip)
- Seema Malhotra MP as a Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State in the Home Office;
- Jess Phillips MP as a Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State in the Home Office;
- Luke Pollard MP as a Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State in the Ministry of Defence
- Alistair Carns MP as a Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State in the Ministry of Defence (Minister for Veterans)
- Alex Davies-Jones MP as a Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State in the Ministry of Justice
- Lord Ponsonby of Shulbrede as a Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State in the Ministry of Justice and as a Lord in Waiting (Government Whip)
- Alex Norris MP as a Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State in the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
- Rushanara Ali MP as a Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State in the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
- Baroness Taylor of Stevenage as a Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State in the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government and as a Baroness in Waiting (Government Whip)
- Lord Khan of Burnley as a Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State in the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
- Andrew Gwynne MP as a Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State in the Department of Health and Social Care
- Baroness Merron as a Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State in the Department of Health and Social Care
- Stephen Morgan MP as a Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State in the Department for Education
- Janet Daby MP as a Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State in the Department for Education
- Kerry McCarthy MP as a Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State in the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
- Michael Shanks MP as a Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State in the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
- Miatta Fahnbulleh MP as a Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State in the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
- Andrew Western MP as a Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State in the Department for Work and Pensions
- Baroness Sherlock OBE as a Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State in the Department for Work and Pensions
- Justin Madders MP as a Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State in the Department for Business and Trade
- Gareth Thomas MP as a Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State in the Department for Business and Trade
- Feryal Clark MP as a Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State in the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
- Baroness Jones of Whitchurch as a Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State in the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology and the Department for Business and Trade, and as a Baroness in Waiting (Government Whip)
- Simon Lightwood MP as a Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State in the Department for Transport
- Lilian Greenwood MP as a Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State in the Department for Transport
- Mike Kane MP as a Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State in the Department for Transport
- Emma Hardy MP as a Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State in the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Baroness Hayman of Ullock as a Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State in the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Stephanie Peacock MP as a Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State in the Department for Culture, Media and Sport
- Fleur Anderson MP as a Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State in the Northern Ireland Office
- Kirsty McNeill MP as a Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State in the Scotland Office
- Dame Nia Griffith DBE MP as a Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State in the Wales Office
- Sarah Sackman MP as Solicitor General
- Rt Hon Mark Tami MP as Treasurer of HM Household (Commons Deputy Chief Whip)
- Samantha Dixon MP as Vice-Chamberlain of HM Household (Government Whip)
- Chris Elmore MP as Comptroller of HM Household (Government Whip)
- Nic Dakin MP as a Junior Lord of the Treasury (Government Whip), and Parliamentary Under Secretary of State in the Ministry of Justice
- Vicky Foxcroft MP as a Junior Lord of the Treasury (Government Whip)
- Jeff Smith MP as a Junior Lord of the Treasury (Government Whip)
- Anna Turley MP as a Junior Lord of the Treasury (Government Whip)
- Taiwo Owatemi MP as a Junior Lord of the Treasury (Government Whip)
- Christian Wakeford MP as an Assistant Whip, House of Commons
- Gen Kitchen MP as an Assistant Whip, House of Commons
- Keir Mather MP as an Assistant Whip, House of Commons
- Gerald Jones MP as an Assistant Whip, House of Commons
- Anna McMorrin MP as an Assistant Whip, House of Commons
- Rt Hon Lord Kennedy of Southwark as Captain of the Honourable Corps of Gentleman at Arms (Lords Chief Whip)
- Baroness Wheeler MBE as Captain of The King’s Bodyguard of the Yeoman of the Guard (Lords Deputy Chief Whip)
- Baroness Anderson of Stoke-on-Trent as a Baroness in Waiting (Government Whip)
- Lord Leong CBE as a Lord in Waiting (Government Whip)
- Baroness Twycross as a Baroness in Waiting (Government Whip) and Parliamentary Under Secretary of State in the Department for Culture, Media and Sport
- Baroness Blake of Leeds as a Baroness in Waiting (Government Whip)
- Hamish Falconer MP as a Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State in the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
- Baroness Chapman of Darlington as a Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State in the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
- Mary Creagh CBE MP as a Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State in the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Martin McCluskey MP as an Assistant Government Whip
- Kate Dearden MP as an Assistant Government Whip
- *The King has been pleased to signify His intention of conferring a Peerage of the United Kingdom for Life.