Privy Council Members

Members of the Privy Council are appointed for life. Only Ministers of the current Government participate in its day-to-day business and they are accountable to Parliament for all matters conducted through the Privy Council.

Joined in 1998

The Rt Hon Alan Milburn

The Rt Hon Alun Michael OBE

The Rt Hon Andrew Mackay

The Rt Hon Dame Jennifer Shipley DNZM

The Rt Hon Sir Andrew Tipping KNZM

The Rt Hon Sir Douglas Graham KNZM

The Rt Hon Sir Kenneth Keith ONZ KBE KC

The Rt Hon Sir Peter Blanchard KNZM

The Rt Hon Sir Simon Tuckey

The Rt Hon Stephen Byers

The Rt Hon The Baroness Jay of Paddington

The Rt Hon The Baroness Liddell of Coatdyke

The Rt Hon The Baroness Quin

The Rt Hon The Lord Arbuthnot of Edrom

The Rt Hon The Lord Clarke of Stone-Cum-Ebony

The Rt Hon The Lord Janvrin GCB GCVO QSO

The Rt Hon The Lord Mandelson

The Rt Hon The Lord Reid of Cardowan

The Rt Hon Winston Peters