UK Government
- Department for Business and Trade: Central Arbitration Committee – Alan Bogg, Benjimin Burgher, Susan Cox, Jonathan Gray, Andrew James and Paul Swann appointed as deputy chairs for five years from 7 May; Amanda Ashworth, Deborah England, Joe Corcos, John Rawling, Julia Buck, Mark Pennifold and Robert Light appointed as employer members for five years from 7 May; Christopher Burrows, Nigel Cotgrove, Brian Hooper, Stephan Jary, Joanne Kaye, Andy Peart, Sean Starbuck, Tim Rose and Morris Stemp appointed as worker members for five years from 7 May. Insolvency Service – Lorcan O’Connor appointed as non-executive member to the board.
- Cabinet Office – Rebecca Hilsenrath appointed as acting parliamentary and health service ombudsman.
- Department for Culture, Media and Sport: Historic England – Sue Wilkinson re-appointed as commissioner for three years and three months from 1 June until 31 August 2027.
- Department for Energy Security and Net Zero: Civil Nuclear Police Authority – Kerry Smith appointed as assistant chief constable of the Civil Nuclear Constabulary. National Energy System Operator – Dr Paul Golby appointed as chair from 6 May.
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew – Faye Cooke appointed as trustee for three years; Professor Christopher Gilligan and Sir Paul Nurse and re-appointed as trustee for four years; Judith Batchelar and David Richardson re-appointed as trustee for three years.
- Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office – Ramin Navai appointed as His Majesty’s ambassador to the Republic of El Salvador from December, succeeding David Lelliott who will be transferring to another Diplomatic Service appointment. Patrick Lynch appointed as His Majesty’s ambassador to the Republic of Madagascar from August, succeeding David Ashley who will be transferring to another Diplomatic Service appointment. Danielle Dunne appointed as His Majesty’s ambassador to the Republic of Paraguay from January 2025, succeeding Ramin Navai who will be transferring to another Diplomatic Service appointment. Samantha Job appointed as His Majesty’s ambassador to the Kingdom of Sweden from August, succeeding Judith Gough. Malcolm Green appointed as His Majesty’s ambassador to the Oriental Republic of Uruguay from August, succeeding Faye O’Connor. Alison Blackburne appointed as UK special envoy to the Horn of Africa and Red Sea.
- Ministry of Justice: Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service – Rohan Sivanandan re-appointed as member until 23 December; Helen Jones and Professor Eileen Munro re-appointed as members for four years until 31 March 2028. Judicial Appointments Commission – Her Honour Judge Angela Rafferty KC appointed as judicial commissioner for three years from 9 June; Nicolina Andall and Tom Cross appointed as professional commissioners for three years from 1 July. Legal Services Board – Dr Gary Kildare re-appointed as Lay member for four years from 1 April 2025.
- Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities: Spelthorne Borough Council – Lesley Seary appointed as lead best value inspector. Warrington Borough Council – Paul Najsarek appointed as lead best value inspector.
Houses of Parliament
House of Commons
- Natalie Elphicke, MP for Dover, defected from the Conservatives to Labour on 8 May.
- Kate Osamor, MP for Edmonton, had the Labour whip restored on 8 May.
- Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee – Jackie Doyle-Price elected as chair with 161 votes on 7 May.
- Energy Security and Net Zero Committee – Therese Coffey added; Dan Poulter discharged.
- Liaison Committee – Jackie Doyle-Price added.
- Committee of Public Accounts – Richard Fuller added; Flick Drummond discharged.
House of Lords
- Dr Alexandra Freeman and Professor Lionel Tarassenko announced as new crossbench peers on 7 May.
- Baroness Porter of Fulwood (Con) and Baroness Hazarika (Lab) introduced in the Lords on 9 May.
- Conduct Committee – Lord Kennedy of Southwark and Baroness Kidron added; Baroness Mallalieu and Lord Blair of Boughton discharged.
- Delegated Powers and Regulatory Reform Committee – Lord Goodman of Wycombe added.
- International Agreements Committee – Lord Etherton added; Lord Geidt discharged.
- Justice and Home Affairs Committee – Baroness Hughes of Stretford added.
Parties
Scottish National Party
- John Swinney appointed as leader on 6 May, succeeding Humza Yousaf.
Devolved Administrations
Scottish Government
Humza Yousaf stood down as first minister of Scotland on 7 May; John Swinney confirmed as first minister of Scotland.
Scottish Government reshuffle:
Scottish Cabinet:
- Shona Robison stood down as deputy first minister on 8 May and was appointed as cabinet secretary for Finance and Local Government, previously cabinet secretary for finance
- Kate Forbes appointed as deputy first minister and cabinet secretary for economy and Gaelic
- Màiri McAllan appointed as cabinet secretary for net zero and energy, previously cabinet secretary for wellbeing economy, net zero and energy
- Neil Gray appointed as cabinet secretary for health and social care, previously cabinet secretary for NHS recovery, health and social care
- Jenny Gilruth re-appointed as cabinet secretary for education and skills
- Angela Constance re-appointed as cabinet secretary for justice and home affairs
- Fiona Hyslop re-appointed as cabinet secretary for transport
- Shirley-Anne Somerville re-appointed as cabinet secretary for social justice
- Angus Robertson re-appointed as cabinet secretary for constitution, external affairs and cCulture
- Mairi Gougeon re-appointed as cabinet secretary for rural affairs, land reform and islands
Scottish ministers:
- Jamie Hepburn appointed as minister for parliamentary business, previously minister for independence
- Richard Lochhead appointed as minister for business, previously minister for small business, innovation, tourism and trade
- Tom Arthur appointed as minister for employment and investment, previously minister for community wealth and public finance
- Ivan McKee appointed as minister for public finance
- Gillian Martin appointed as minister for climate action, previously minister for energy, just transition and fair work
- Kaukab Stewart appointed as minister for equalities, previously minister for culture, Europe and international development
- Natalie Don re-appointed as minister for children, young people and The Promise
- Graeme Dey re-appointed minister for higher and further education; and minister for veterans
- Siobhian Brown re-appointed minister for victims and community safety
- Jim Fairlie re-appointed minister for agriculture and connectivity (reporting to the cabinet secretary for rural affairs, land reform and islands and for transport)
- Jenni Minto re-appointed minister for public health and women's health
- Maree Todd re-appointed minister for social care, mental wellbeing and sport
- Christina McKelvie re-appointed minister for drugs and alcohol policy (now reporting to the cabinet secretary for health and social care, previously to the first minister)
- Paul McLennan re-appointed minister for housing
- Leaving government: George Adam, minister for parliamentary business; Emma Roddick minister for equalities, migration and refugees; and Joe FitzPatrick, minister for local government empowerment and planning
Northern Ireland Assembly
- Steve Aiken to be excluded for two sitting days on 13-14 May, following a report of the Committee on Standards and Privileges from the last Assembly.
- Business Committee – Robbie Butler added; John Stewart discharged.
Northern Ireland Executive
- Conor Murphy (Sinn Féin) stood down as minister for the Economy on 8 May; Deirdre Hargey (Sinn Féin) appointed as interim minister for the Economy.
- Northern Ireland Blood Transfusion Service – Brendan Garland appointed as non-executive chair for four years until 21 April 2028.
London Assembly
2 May election results:
- Sadiq Khan (Lab) re-elected as mayor of London
- Barnet and Camden – Anne Clarke (Lab/Co-op) re-elected as assembly member
- Bexley and Bromley – Thomas Turrell (Con) elected as assembly member
- Brent and Harrow – Krupesh Hirani (Lab/Co-op) re-elected as assembly member
- City and East – Unmesh Desai (Lab) re-elected as assembly member
- Croydon and Sutton – Neil Garratt (Con) re-elected as assembly member
- Ealing and Hillingdon – Bassam Mahfouz (Lab) elected as assembly member
- Enfield and Haringey – Joanne McCartney (Lab/Co-op) re-elected as assembly member
- Greenwich and Lewisham – Len Duvall (Lab/Co-op) re-elected as assembly member
- Havering and Redbridge – Keith Prince (Con) re-elected as assembly member
- Lambeth and Southwark – Marina Ahmad (Lab/Co-op) re-elected as assembly member
- Merton and Wandsworth – Leonie Cooper (Lab) re-elected as assembly member
- North East – Sem Moema (Lab/Co-op) re-elected as assembly member
- South West – Gareth Roberts (Lib Dem) elected as assembly member, previously Nick Rogers (Con)
- West Central – James Small-Edwards (Lab) elected as assembly member, previously Tony Devenish (Con)
Londonwide:
- Shaun Bailey (Con) re-elected as assembly member
- Elly Baker (Lab) re-elected as assembly member
- Emma Best (Con) re-elected as assembly member
- Andrew Boff (Con) re-elected as assembly member
- Hina Bokhari (Lib Dem) re-elected as assembly member
- Siân Berry (Green) re-elected as assembly member
- Alessandro Georgiou (Con) elected as assembly member
- Susan Hall (Con) re-elected as assembly member
- Zack Polanski (Green) re-elected as assembly member
- Caroline Russell (Green) re-elected as assembly member
- Alex Wilson (RefUK) elected as assembly member
- Siân Berry (Green) resigned as AM for the Londonwide region on 7 May; Zoë Garbett (Green) appointed as AM for the Londonwide region.
Local Authorities
- Arun District Council – Dawn Hudd appointed as chief executive.
- East Devon District Council – Tracy Hendren confirmed as chief executive on 8 May.
- Edinburgh City Council – Paul Lawrence appointed as chief executive from17 June.
- Leeds City Council – Tom Riordan to step down at the end of the year.
- Walsall Council – Council leader Mike Bird suspended by the Conservative Party.
Combined Authorities
2 May election results:
East Midlands Combined Authority – Claire Ward (Lab) elected as mayor
Greater Manchester Combined Authority – Andy Burnham (Lab) re-elected as mayor
Liverpool City Region Combined Authority – Steve Rotheram (Lab) re-elected as mayor
North East Combined Authority – (Lab) Kim McGuinness elected as mayor
South Yorkshire mayoral Combined Authority – Oliver Coppard (Lab) re-elected as mayor
Tees Valley Combined Authority – Ben Houchen (Con) re-elected as mayor
West Midlands Combined Authority – Richard Parker (Lab) elected as mayor, previously Andy Street (Con)
West Yorkshire Combined Authority – Tracy Brabin (Lab/Co-op) re-elected as mayor
York and North Yorkshire Combined Authority – David Skaith (Lab) elected as mayor
Police and crime commissioners
2 May election results:
- Avon and Somerset – Clare Moody (Lab/Co-op) elected as police and crime commissioner, previously Mark Shelford (Con)
- Bedfordshire – John Tizard (Lab/Co-op) elected as police and crime commissioner, previously Festus Akinbusoye (Con)
- Cambridgeshire and Peterborough – Darryl Preston (Con) re-elected as police and crime commissioner
- Cheshire – Dan Price (Lab) elected as police and crime commissioner, previously John Dwyer (Con)
- Cleveland – Matt Storey (Lab/Co-op) elected as police and crime commissioner, previously Steve Turner (Con)
- Cumbria – David Allen (Lab/Co-op) elected as police, fire and crime commissioner, previously Peter McCall (Con)
- Derbyshire – Nicolle Ndiweni (Lab/Co-op) elected as police and crime commissioner, previously Angelique Foster (Con)
- Devon and Cornwall – Alison Hernandez (Con) re-elected as police and crime commissioner
- Dorset – David Sidwick (Con) re-elected as police and crime commissioner
- Durham – Joy Allen (Lab/Co-op) re-elected as police and crime commissioner
- Dyfed-Powys – Dafydd Llywelyn (PlC) re-elected as police and crime commissioner
- Essex – Roger Hirst (Con) re-elected as police, fire and crime commissioner
- Gloucestershire – Chris Nelson (Con) re-elected as police and crime commissioner
- Gwent – Jane Mudd (Lab/Co-op) elected as police and crime commissioner
- Hampshire and Isle of Wight – Donna Jones (Con) re-elected as police and crime commissioner
- Hertfordshire – Jonathan Ash-Edwards (Con) elected as police and crime commissioner
- Humberside – Jonathan Evison (Con) re-elected as police and crime commissioner
- Kent – Matthew Scott (Con) re-elected as police and crime commissioner
- Lancashire – Clive Grunshaw (Lab/Co-op) elected as police and crime commissioner, previously Andrew Snowden (Con)
- Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland – Rupert Matthews (Con) re-elected as police and crime commissioner
- Lincolnshire – Marc Jones (Con) re-elected as police and crime commissioner
- Merseyside – Emily Spurrell (Lab/Co-op) re-elected as police and crime commissioner
- Norfolk – Sarah Taylor (Lab/Co-op) elected as police and crime commissioner, previously Giles Orpen-Smellie (Con)
- Northamptonshire – Danielle Stone (Lab/Co-op) elected as police, fire and crime commissioner, previously Stephen Mold (Con)
- Northumbria – Susan Dungworth (Lab/Co-op) elected as police and crime commissioner
- Nottinghamshire – Gary Godden (Lab/Co-op) elected as police and crime commissioner, previously Caroline Henry (Con)
- Staffordshire – Ben Adams (Con) re-elected as police, fire and crime commissioner
- Suffolk – Tim Passmore (Con) re-elected as police and crime commissioner
- Surrey – Lisa Townsend (Con) re-elected as police and crime commissioner
- Sussex – Katy Bourne (Con) re-elected as police and crime commissioner
- Thames Valley – Matthew Barber (Con) re-elected as police and crime commissioner
- North Wales – Andy Dunbobbin (Lab/Co-op) re-elected as police and crime commissioner
- South Wales – Emma Wools (Lab/Co-op) elected as police and crime commissioner
- Warwickshire – Philip Seccombe (Con) re-elected as police and crime commissioner
- West Mercia – John Campion (Con) re-elected as police and crime commissioner
- West Midlands – Simon Foster (Lab) re-elected as police and crime commissioner
- Wiltshire and Swindon – Philip Wilkinson (Con) re-elected as police and crime commissioner
Industry
Interest Groups
- Carers Trust – Dan Corry appointed as chair.
- Corporate Justice Coalition – Eleanor Rosenbach appointed as director from 7 May.
- Horniman Museum and Gardens – Gordon Seabright appointed as chief executive from June.
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