The following appointments and changes have been made since
October 10
Government appointments
- Dr Alan Whitehead was appointed
Minister for Energy Security and Net Zero and elevated to the
House of Lords
Select Committees
- Business and Trade - Daniel Aldridge and
Justin Madders replaced
Gregor Poynton and
Rosie Wrighting
- Culture, Media and Sport - Vicky Foxcroft, Anneliese Midgley and Jeff
Smith replaced
James Frith, Tom Rutland and Paul Waugh
- Education Committee - Peter Swallow and
Chris Vince replaced
Amanda Martin and
Marie Tidball
- Energy Security and Net Zero - Graeme Downie and Lizzie
Collinge replaced Luke Murphy and Anneliese Midgley
- Environment, Food and Rural Affairs - Terry Jermy replaced
Andrew Pakes
- Environmental Audit - Carla Denyer replaced
Ellie Chowns
- Foreign Affairs - Fleur Anderson replaced
Blair McDougall
- Home Affairs - Lewis Atkinson, Peter Prinsley and
Jo White replaced
Jake Richards, Shaun Davies and Conor
Rand
- Housing, Communities and Local Government - Sean Woodcock and
Andrew Cooper replaced
Naushabah Khan and
Joe Powell
- International Development - Janet Daby replaced
Alice MacDonald
- Justice - Tony Vaughan replaced
Mike Tapp
- Public Accounts - Catherine McKinnell and
Tristan Osborne,
Rupert Lowe and Dan Tomlinson replaced
Nesil Caliskan, Luke Charters, Peter Fortune and
James Murray
- Science, Innovation and Technology - Samantha Niblett and
Daniel Zeichner replaced
Steve Race and Jon Pearce
- Transport - Jacob Collier replaced
Catherine Atkinson
- Treasury - Jim Dickson, Luke Murphy and Catherine West replaced
Lola McEvoy, Jeevun Sandher and
Rachel Blake
- Women and Equalities - Kevin McKenna, Kim Leadbeater, Dame
Nia Griffith and
Nadia Whittome replaced
Kirith Entwistle,
Natalie Fleet, Catherine Fookes and
Samantha Niblett
- Work and Pensions - Joy Morrissey, Lee Barron, David Baines and Rushanara
replaced Danny Kruger, David Pinto-Duschinsky,
Gill German and Frank McNally
Labour Party
Liberal Democrats reshuffle (September 30)
-
Max Wilkinson appointed as
spokesperson for home affairs, previously spokesperson for
culture, media and sport
-
Lisa Smart appointed as
spokesperson for Cabinet Office, previously spokesperson for
home affairs and women and equalities
-
Sarah Olney no longer
spokesperson for the Cabinet Office, continues as spokesperson
for business
-
Joshua Reynolds appointed
as spokesperson for investment and trade
-
Charlie Maynard appointed
as shadow chief secretary to the Treasury
-
Jess Brown-Fuller
appointed as spokesperson for Justice, previously spokesperson
for Hospitals and Primary Care
-
Will Forster appointed as
spokesperson for immigration and asylum
-
Marie Goldman appointed as
spokesperson for women and equalities, previously shadow leader
of the House of Commons
-
James MacCleary appointed
as spokesperson for defence, previously spokesperson for Europe
-
Al Pinkerton appointed as
spokesperson for Europe, previously spokesperson for Northern
Ireland
-
Helen Maguire appointed as
spokesperson for primary care and cancer, previously
spokesperson for defence
-
Anna Sabine appointed as
spokesperson for culture, media and sport
-
Caroline Voaden appointed
as spokesperson for schools.
Olly Glover appointed as
spokesperson for transport
-
Gideon Amos appointed as
spokesperson for communities, previously spokesperson for
planning, continues as spokesperson for housing
-
Zöe Franklin appointed as
spokesperson for local government
-
Sarah Dyke appointed as
spokesperson for rural affairs
-
Paul Kohler appointed as
spokesperson for Northern Ireland, previously spokesperson for
transport
-
Bobby Dean appointed as
shadow leader of the House of Commons
-
Josh Babarinde no longer
spokesperson for justice
-
Clive Jones no longer
spokesperson for trade
-
Vikki Slade no longer
spokesperson for housing, communities and local government
House of Lords
-
Lord McFall of
Alcluith has announced he will stand down as Leader of the
House on 1 February 2026
-
Lord Sugar (Crossbench)
granted a leave of absence on 6 October
- Lord Barwell's (Conservative) leave of absence ended on 13
October
- Professor Dame Clare Gerada and
Polly Neate CBE were
nominated on October 22 to be non-party-political peers by the
independent House of Lords Appointments Commission
-
Baroness Meacher retired
- Lord (Dick) Taverne, who retired earlier in the year, died on
October 25
Wales
Civil Service
-
Jeremy Pocklington
(currently permanent secretary at the Department for Energy
Security and Net Zero) appointed as Permanent Secretary at the
Ministry of Defence
Advisers
-
Ben Szreter appointed
Special Adviser to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food
and Rural Affairs
- Calum Munro appointed Special Adviser to Darren Jones, Chancellor of
the Duchy of Lancaster and Chief Secretary to the Prime Minister
-
Shadi Brazell appointed
Special Adviser to James Murray, Chief
Secretary to the Treasury
-
Richard Howarth
(Richard Thwaite-Howarth) resigned as Special Adviser to
Lisa Nandy (DCMS)
