List of current members of the British Privy Council
This is a list of the current members of the Privy Council of the United Kingdom, along with the roles they fulfil and the date when they were sworn of the council. Throughout this article, the prefix The Rt Hon. is omitted, because every counsellor bears it, as is the postnominal PC, as every counsellor who is also a peer uses it.
The council is composed mostly of politicians and civil servants, both current and retired. Among those politicians generally sworn of the council are ministers of the Crown, the few most senior figures of the Loyal Opposition, the parliamentary leader of the third-largest party, and a couple of the most senior figures in the devolved British governments, including the first ministers. Besides these, the council includes a very few members of the Royal Family, a few dozen judges and a few clergy.
Non-partisan | Royal Family/Household | Civil Service | Clergy | HM judiciary | Commonwealth judiciary | |||||
Partisan | Conservative politician | Labour politician | Liberal/Lib. Dem. politician | Commonwealth politician | Other politician |
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Lord CommissionerMinister of State for Apprenticeships and Consumer Affairs
Chairman of the House of Commons Select Committee on Standards
Chair of the National Security Strategy Joint Select Committee
Chair of the Committee on the Future Relationship with the European Union
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Natural Environment Fisheries
Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport
Shadow Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
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Leader of the Liberal DemocratsDeputy Labour Chief Whip in the House of Commons
Chair of the Home Affairs Select Committee
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Captain of the Yeomen of the GuardShadow Spokesperson for HM Treasury
Secretary of State for Wales
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Shadow Attorney General for England and WalesShadow Advocate General for Northern Ireland
Chair of the Work and Pensions Select Committee
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Shadow Secretary of State for the EnvironmentShadow Home Secretary
Deputy Leader of the Labour Party
Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer
Shadow Secretary of State for Defence
Treasurer of the Household
Minister for Housing and Planning
Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Prime Minister
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Northern Ireland
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Minister of State for VeteransShadow Minister for the Armed Forces
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Merseyside Police and Crime CommissionerL
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Opposition Chief Whip in the LordsShadow Spokesperson for the Northern Ireland Office
Shadow Economic Secretary to the Treasury
Lord Commissioner of the Treasury
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Scotland
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Disabled People
Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Leader of the Opposition
Shadow Minister for Disabled People
Minister for Enterprise and Lifelong Learning
First Minister of Scotland
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Transport
Minister of State for Immigration, Citizenship and Nationality
Minister for Security, Counter-Terrorism, Crime and Policing
Minister for Employment and Welfare Reform
Minister for London
South Wales Police and Crime Commissioner
Chair of the Social Mobility Commission
Chancellor of Lancaster University
Shadow Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
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Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Foreign AffairsMinister of State for Trade
Minister of State for Trade and Industry
Solicitor General for England and Wales
Minister of State for Pensions
Minister of State for Energy
Minister of State for Health Services
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Opposition Paring WhipShadow Secretary of State for International Trade