Press release

Ministerial Appointments: July 2024

The King has been pleased to approve the following appointments.

• From: Prime Minister's Office, 10 Downing Street
• Published: 5 July 2024

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.

Published 5 July 2024