Roles for brand new MPs after just four days as Starmer fills government
Sir Keir Starmer has handed a host of ministerial jobs to MPs who entered parliament for the first time just five days ago as he continues to fill his administration.
The Prime Minister has rewarded five new MPs with government roles, including those with strong links to the New Labour movement.
Under the appointments, former Camden council leader Georgia Gould, the MP for Queen’s Park and Maida Vale and daughter of New Labour architect Lord Philip Gould, has been given the job of parliamentary secretary to the Cabinet Office.
Lord Gould, who died in 2011, was credited with leading the modernisation of the Labour Party and widely viewed as being instrumental in helping secure three general election victories.
Another New Labour figure to be given a job is Kirsty McNeill, who is a new junior minister in the Scottish Office. Ms McNeill previously worked as an adviser to Gordon Brown during his time in No 10.
The member of the new intake given the most senior job by Sir Keir is fellow human rights barrister Sarah Sackman, who will become the new Solicitor General.
The Government has also confirmed that there will be a dedicated veterans minister, with another of the new intake Alistair Carns, the MP for Birmingham Selly Oak and a former Royal Marine, handed the role.
However, the position will be in the Ministry of Defence, not the Cabinet Office, unlike under the Conservatives and it will not attend Cabinet.
Miatta Fahnbulleh, MP for Camberwell and Peckham, a former adviser to Ed Miliband during his time as Labour leader, has been given a role as junior energy minister.
The latest appointments are here:
● Lord Hunt of Kings Heath OBE as Minister of State in the Department of Energy Security and Net Zero.
● Sir David Hanson as a Minister of State in the Home Office.
The King has been pleased to signify His intention of conferring a Peerage of the United Kingdom for Life on Sir David Hanson.
● Georgia Gould MP as a Parliamentary Secretary in the Cabinet Office;
● Abena Oppong-Asare MP as a Parliamentary Secretary in the Cabinet Office;
● James Murray MP as a Parliamentary Secretary (Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury) in His Majesty’s Treasury;
● Tulip Siddiq MP as a Parliamentary Secretary (Economic Secretary to the Treasury and City Minister) in His Majesty’s Treasury;
● Emma Reynolds MP as a Parliamentary Secretary in His Majesty’s Treasury and the Department of Work and Pensions;
● Catherine West MP as a Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State in the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office;
● Lord Collins of Highbury as a Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State in the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, Deputy Leader of the House of Lords, and Lord in Waiting (Government Whip)
● Seema Malhotra MP as a Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State in the Home Office;
● Jess Phillips MP as a Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State in the Home Office;
● Luke Pollard MP as a Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State in the Ministry of Defence;
● Alistair Carns MP as a Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State in the Ministry of Defence (Minister for Veterans);
● Alex Davies-Jones MP as a Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State in the Ministry of Justice;
● Lord Ponsonby of Shulbrede as a Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State in the Ministry of Justice and as a Lord in Waiting (Government Whip);
● Alex Norris MP as a Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State in the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government;
● Rushanara Ali MP as a Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State in the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government;
● Baroness Taylor of Stevenage as a Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State in the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government and as a Baroness in Waiting (Government Whip);
● Lord Khan of Burnley as a Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State in the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government;
● Andrew Gwynne MP as a Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State in the Department of Health and Social Care;
● Baroness Merron as a Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State in the Department of Health and Social Care;
● Stephen Morgan MP as a Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State in the Department for Education;
● Janet Daby MP as a Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State in the Department for Education;
● Kerry McCarthy MP as a Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State in the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero;
● Michael Shanks MP as a Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State in the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero;
● Miatta Fahnbulleh MP as a Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State in the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero;
● Andrew Western MP as a Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State in the Department of Work and Pensions;
● Baroness Sherlock OBE as a Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State in the Department of Work and Pensions;
● Justin Madders MP as a Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State in the Department for Business and Trade;
● Gareth Thomas MP as a Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State in the Department for Business and Trade;
● Feryal Clark MP as a Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State in the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology;
● Baroness Jones of Whitchurch as a Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State in the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology and the Department for Business and Trade, and as a Baroness in Waiting (Government Whip);
● Simon Lightwood MP as a Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State in the Department for Transport;
● Lilian Greenwood MP as a Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State in the Department for Transport;
● Mike Kane MP as a Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State in the Department for Transport;
● Emma Hardy MP as a Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State in the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs;
● Baroness Hayman of Ullock as a Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State in the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs;
● Stephanie Peacock MP as a Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State in the Department for Culture, Media and Sport;
● Fleur Anderson MP as a Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State in the Northern Ireland Office;
● Kirsty McNeill MP as a Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State in the Scotland Office;
● Dame Nia Griffith DBE MP as a Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State in the Wales Office
● Sarah Sackman MP as Solicitor General.
