List of current members of the British Privy Council

This is a list of the members of the Privy Council of the United Kingdom, along with the roles they fulfil and the date when they were sworn of the council. , there are 740 members on the council. The prefix The Rt Hon. is omitted here, because every counsellor bears it, as is the postnominal PC, as every counsellor who is also a peer uses it.

The council is composed mostly of politicians (both members of the UK government and parliament, and members of the devolved governments and legislatures) and civil servants, both serving and retired (since membership is for life). Among those politicians generally sworn of the council are ministers of the Crown, the few most senior figures of the Loyal Opposition, the UK parliamentary leader of the third-largest party, the first ministers of the devolved governments (including, in the case of Northern Ireland, the deputy first minister), and the speakers or presiding officers of the UK parliament and the devolved legislatures. Besides these, the council includes a few members of the Royal family (usually the consort and heir apparent only), more than two hundred senior UK judges (the Supreme Court justices, the senior judges of England and Wales, as well as the senators of the College of Justice of the Inner House and Lord Advocate in Scotland) and a few clergy (the three most senior Church of England bishops, namely the Archbishop of Canterbury, the Archbishop of York and the Bishop of London).

Non-partisan (237) Royal Family/Household (10) Civil Service (5) Clergy (8) HM judiciary (206) Commonwealth judiciary (8) Partisan (503) Conservative politician (236) Labour politician (161) Lib. Dem. politician (30) Commonwealth politician (23) Other politician (53)

List of counsellors Affiliation Individual Appointed and swornMembers may be appointed "by order" or "by command". In the former case, two orders are recorded: one for the appointment and one reflecting the person has taken the oath (or affirmation). Members appointed by command are appointed at the meetings at which they are sworn, generating an order only for the oath. Where there is one date listed and it is preceded by "App.", the person has been appointed by order but not sworn. Where only one date is shown, from October 2000 forward it means the person was appointed by command. Full dates before October 2000 are gleaned from , and bare years from the Privy Council's list of current members. It is not clear whether these are dates of appointment or oath. Roles/reasons Labour politician Diane Abbott 15 February 2017 Shadow Home Secretary (2016–2020) HM judiciary John Cameron, Lord Abernethy 22 March 2005 Senator of the College of Justice, Inner House (2005–2007) Conservative politician Nigel Adams 29 September 2021 15 December 2021 Minister of State at the Cabinet Office (2021–2022) Labour politician Andrew Adonis, Baron Adonis 10 June 2009 Secretary of State for Transport (2009–2010) HM judiciary Sir Richard Aikens 10 December 2008 18 March 2009 Lord Justice of Appeal (2008–2015) Labour politician Bob Ainsworth 22 March 2005 Government Deputy Chief Whip in the Commons and Treasurer of the Household (2003–2007) Minister of State for the Armed Forces (2007–2009) Secretary of State for Defence (2009–2010) Royal Family/Household Sir Clive Alderton 13 September 2022 Private Secretary to the Sovereign (2022–present) Lib. Dem. politician Sir Danny Alexander 13 May 2010 Secretary of State for Scotland (2010) Chief Secretary to the Treasury (2010–2015) Labour politician Douglas Alexander 10 May 2005 7 June 2005 Minister of State for Europe (2005–2006) Secretary of State for Scotland and Secretary of State for Transport (2006–2007) Secretary of State for International Development (2007–2010) Shadow Foreign Secretary (2011–2015) Minister of State for Trade Policy and Economic Security (2024–2025) Secretary of State for Scotland (2025–present) Labour politician Heidi Alexander 4 December 2024 Transport Secretary (2024–present) Labour politician Valerie Amos, Baroness Amos 13 May 2003 Leader of the House of Lords; Lord President of the Council (2003–2007) High Commissioner to Australia (2009–2010) United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator (2010–2015) Labour politician Donald Anderson, Baron Anderson of Swansea 30 November 2000 14 February 2001 Long-serving MP (1966–1970; 1974–2005) Conservative politician Stuart Andrew 10 March 2021 26 May 2021 Government Deputy Chief Whip in the Commons and Treasurer of the Household (2020–2022) Minister of State for Housing (2022) Minister of State for Prisons and Probation (2022) Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Sport, Tourism and Civil Society (2022–2024) Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Equalities (2022–2024) Chief Whip of the Conservative Party (2024) Shadow Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport (2024–2025) Shadow Secretary of State for Health and Social Care (2025–2026) HM judiciary Dame Geraldine Andrews 11 November 2020 26 May 2021 Lady Justice of Appeal (2020–present) Conservative politician Joyce Anelay, Baroness Anelay of St Johns 8 July 2009 15 October 2009 Opposition Chief Whip in the Lords (2007–2010) Government Chief Whip in the Lords; Captain of the Gentlemen-at-Arms (2010–2014) Minister of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (2014–2017) Minister for Exiting the European Union (2017) HM judiciary Lady Elish Angiolini 14 November 2006 Lord Advocate (2006–2011) Lord Clerk Register (2023–present) Other politician Rhun ap Iorwerth 8 July 2026Privy Council MeetingPrivy Council Office First Minister of Wales (2026–present) Conservative politician James Arbuthnot, Baron Arbuthnot of Edrom 11 February 1998 Minister for Defence Procurement (1995–1997) Opposition Chief Whip in the Commons (1997–2001) Shadow Secretary of State for Trade and Industry & for Work and Pensions (2003–2005) Chairman of the House of Commons Defence Select Committee (2005–2014) HM judiciary Mary Arden, Lady Arden of Heswall 15 November 2000 14 February 2001 Lady Justice of Appeal (2000–2018) Justice of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom (2018–2022) Conservative politician Edward Argar 13 September 2022 12 October 2022 Minister for the Cabinet Office and Paymaster General (2022) Chief Secretary to the Treasury (2022) Minister of State for Victims and Sentencing (2022–2023) Minister of State for Prisons, Parole and Probation (2023–2024) Shadow Secretary of State for Justice (2024) Shadow Secretary of State for Health and Social Care (2024–2025) HM judiciary Iain Armstrong, Lord Armstrong 10 April 2024 Senator of the College of Justice, Inner House (2023–present) Labour politician Hilary Armstrong, Baroness Armstrong of Hill Top 10 March 1999 Minister of State for Local Government and Housing (1997–2001) Government Chief Whip in the Commons and Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury (2001–2006) Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster; Minister for the Cabinet Office; Minister for Social Exclusion (2006–2007) HM judiciary Sir Richard Arnold 17 December 2019 12 February 2020 Lord Justice of Appeal (2019–present) HM judiciary Paul Arthurson, Lord Arthurson 3 June 2026 Senator of the College of Justice, Inner House (2026–present) Conservative politician Michael Ashcroft, Baron Ashcroft 10 September 2012 7 November 2012 Deputy Chairman of the Conservative Party (2005–2010) Conservative politician Henry Ashton, 4th Baron Ashton of Hyde 28 August 2019 6 November 2019 Government Chief Whip in the Lords; Captain of the Gentlemen-at-Arms (2019–2022) Labour politician Catherine Ashton, Baroness Ashton of Upholland 24 May 2006Court Circular for 24 May 2006. Parliamentary Under-Secretary in the Department for Constitutional Affairs (2004–2007) Parliamentary Under-Secretary at the Ministry of Justice (2007) Leader of the House of Lords; Lord President of the Council (2007–2008) European Commissioner for Trade (2008–2009) High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy (2009–2014) First Vice-President of the European Commission (2010–2014) Labour politician Jonathan Ashworth 10 March 2021 26 May 2021 Shadow Secretary of State for Health and Social Care (2018–2021) Shadow Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (2021–2023) Shadow Paymaster General (2023–2024) HM judiciary Dame Sarah Asplin 15 November 2017 8 February 2018 Lady Justice of Appeal (2017–present) Conservative politician John Astor, 3rd Baron Astor of Hever 14 May 2015 Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State at Ministry of Defence (2010–2015) Conservative politician Sir Robert Atkins 28 June 1995 Minister of State for the Environment and the Countryside (1994–1995) Conservative politician Victoria Atkins 15 November 2023 Secretary of State for Health and Social Care (2023–2024) Shadow Secretary of State for Health and Social Care (2024) Shadow Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (2024–present) HM judiciary Sir Robin Auld 8 February 1995 Lord Justice of Appeal (1995–2007) Senior Presiding Judge for England and Wales (1995–1998) Conservative politician Kemi Badenoch 13 September 2022 Secretary of State for International Trade (2022–2023) President of the Board of Trade (2022–2024) Minister for Women and Equalities (2022–2024) Secretary of State for Business and Trade (2023–2024) Shadow Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government (2024) Leader of the Opposition (2024–present) HM judiciary Dorothy Bain 10 November 2021 15 December 2021 Lord Advocate (2021–2026) HM judiciary Sir Jeremy Baker 6 November 2024 Lord Justice of Appeal (2024–present) HM judiciary Sir Jonathan Baker 7 November 2018 Lord Justice of Appeal (2018–present) Conservative politician Kenneth Baker, Baron Baker of Dorking 8 February 1984 Minister of State for Industry and Information Technology (1981–1984) Minister of State for Local Government (1984–1985) Secretary of State for the Environment (1985–1986) Secretary of State for Education and Science (1986–1989) Chairman of the Conservative Party; Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster (1989–1990) Home Secretary (1990–1992) Lib. Dem. politician Norman Baker 16 July 2014 Minister of State for Crime Prevention (2013–2014) HM judiciary Sir Scott Baker 5 November 2002 20 November 2002 Lord Justice of Appeal (2002–2010) Conservative politician Steve Baker 15 November 2023 Minister of State for Northern Ireland (2022–2024) Minister of State at the Cabinet Office (2024) Conservative politician Sir Tony Baldry 11 December 2013 11 February 2014 Long-serving MP (1983–2015) Second Church Estates Commissioner (2010–2015) Labour politician Ed Balls 28 June 2007 Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families (2007–2010) Shadow Home Secretary (2010–2011) Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer (2011–2015) Conservative politician Steve Barclay 20 November 2018 Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union (2018–2020) Chief Secretary to the Treasury (2020–2021) Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office (2021–2022) Secretary of State for Health and Social Care (2022, 2022–2023) Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (2023–2024) Shadow Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (2024) Conservative politician Greg Barker, Baron Barker of Battle 10 September 2012 17 October 2012 Minister of State for Climate Change (2010–2014) Labour politician Sir Kevin Barron 19 September 2001 31 October 2001 Member of the Intelligence and Security Committee (1997–2005) Lord Commissioner (2006–2007) Minister of State for Apprenticeships and Consumer Affairs (2009–2010)