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 2017

The Rt Hon Dame Emily Thornberry DBE

The Rt Hon Dame Kathryn Thirlwall DBE

The Rt Hon Dame Sarah Asplin DBE

The Rt Hon Diane Abbott

The Rt Hon Ian Blackford

The Rt Hon Lord Stephens of Creevyloughgare

The Rt Hon Melvyn Stride

The Rt Hon Nicholas Hurd

The Rt Hon Penny Mordaunt

The Rt Hon Sammy Wilson

The Rt Hon Sir Andrew Moylan

The Rt Hon Sir Ben Wallace KCB

The Rt Hon Sir Donnell Deeny KC

The Rt Hon Sir Gary Hickinbottom

The Rt Hon Sir Guy Newey

The Rt Hon Sir Julian Flaux

The Rt Hon Sir Julian Smith KCB CBE

The Rt Hon Sir Keir Starmer KCB KC

The Rt Hon Sir Peter Jackson

The Rt Hon Sir Rabinder Singh

The Rt Hon Sir Timothy Holroyde

The Rt Hon The Baroness Laing of Elderslie DBE

The Rt Hon The Lord Barwell

The Rt Hon The Lord Benyon GCVO

The Rt Hon The Lord Keen of Elie

The Rt Hon The Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton TD

The Rt Hon The Lord Young of Old Windsor GCB GCVO

The Rt Hon Tobias Ellwood