Round-up of Members Lobby contact changes

Thursday, 1 November 2018 17:42

Appointments/contact changes since August 3 Front bench changes Tracey Crouch resigned as Sports Minister on November 1 over the government's decision to delay plans to cut the maximum stake for fixed odds betting terminals from £100 to £2. On September 3 David Rutley was appointed as (unpaid) Under Secretary of State at the Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, in addition to his current role as a Government Whip....Request free trial

Appointments/contact changes since August 3

Front bench changes

Tracey Crouch resigned as Sports Minister on November 1 over the government's decision to delay plans to cut the maximum stake for fixed odds betting terminals from £100 to £2.
On September 3 David Rutley was appointed as (unpaid) Under Secretary of State at the Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, in addition to his current role as a Government Whip.

Special advisers

The list of special advisers has been updated and can be found in the Members Lobby

Deaths of peers

Lord Browne-Wilkinson died on 25 July
Lord Mackay of Drumadoon died on 21 August
Lord Vincent of Coleshill died on 8 September

Retirements from the House of Lords

Baroness Blood and Lord Northbourne retired on September 4

Select Committees

Standards - Kate Green MP was elected unopposed as Chair
Administration - Marion Fellows replaced Patrick Grady
Education - Ben Bradley replaced Michelle Donelan
Public Accounts - Nigel Mills and Chris Davies replaced Bim Afolami and Luke Graham
Transport - Ruth Cadbury replaced Luke Pollard
Treasury - Colin Clark replaced Alister Jack
Scottish Affairs - Kirstene Hair replaced Paul Masterton
Welsh Affairs - Guto Bebb replaced Glyn Davies

Lords Select Committees

Rural Economy - Baroness Hodgson of Abinger replaced Baroness O’Cathain
European Union - Lord Polak and Lord Ricketts replaced Baroness Browning and Lord Crisp

Other changes

Frank Field resigned the Labour Party whip on August 30 and will now serve as an Independent Labour MP because of anti-Semitism and bullying within the party.
Lord Prior of Brampton resigned the Conservative Whip to sit as a Crossbencher due to his appointment as NHS Chair.
Paul Davies was elected as the new leader of the Welsh Conservatives on September 6
Adam Price was elected Leader of Plaid Cymru on September 28
Former MP Natascha Engel was announced as the new independent Commissioner for Shale Gas on October 5
Sir Mark Sedwill was appointed Cabinet Secretary & Head of the Civil Service on October 24 following the resignation due to ill health of Sir Jeremy Heywood, who was appointed to the House of Lords

Scottish Labour Party changes:

Jackie Baillie resigned as Shadow Cabinet Secretary for Economy, Jobs and Fair Work
Anas Sarwar resigned as shadow cabinet secretary for health and sport
Colin Smyth has been appointed shadow cabinet secretary for infrastructure, connectivity and transport
Alex Rowley has been appointed shadow cabinet secretary for communities and local government
Pauline McNeil has been appointed shadow cabinet secretary for equalities, housing and social security
Rhoda Grant has been appointed shadow cabinet secretary for rural economy
Monica Lennon has been appointed shadow cabinet secretary for health and sport
Richard Leonard assumed the economy brief