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The newly-elected United Kingdom, UK, Prime Minister, Keir Starmer made his first set of cabinet appointments on Friday, July 5.
This follows the centre-left Labour Party’s sweeping general election victory, which ended 14 years of Conservative rule.
Starmer, the first Labour Prime Minister since Gordon Brown in 2010, was invited by King Charles III to form a government during a meeting at Buckingham Palace on the same Friday.
Here is the list of the new cabinet members:
Angela Rayner – Deputy Prime Minister
Rachel Reeves – Chancellor
David Lammy – Foreign Secretary
Yvette Cooper – Home Secretary
Pat McFadden– Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
Shabana Mahmood – Justice Secretary
Wes Streeting – Health Secretary
Bridget Phillipson – Education Secretary
Ed Miliband – Energy Secretary
Peter Kyle – Science, Innovation and Technology Secretary
Louise Haigh – Transport Secretary
Liz Kendall – Work and Pensions Secretary
Jonathan Reynolds – Business and Trade Secretary
John Healey – Defence Secretary
Steve Reed – Environment Secretary
Lisa Nandy – Culture, Media and Sport Secretary
Hilary Benn – Northern Ireland Secretary
Ian Murray – Scotland Secretary
Jo Stevens – Wales Secretary
Recall that the UK’s Labour Party surged to power early on Friday, after winning the general election, surpassing the 326-seat threshold required for a working majority in the House of Commons.
“A mandate like this comes with great responsibility,” Starmer said.
Rishi Sunak conceded defeat and stated that he called Starmer to congratulate him.
The new Prime Minister has pledged to begin a period of national renewal in the UK following his Labour Party’s victory over the ruling Conservatives in the general election.