List of current heads of government in the United Kingdom and dependencies

In the United Kingdom, various titles are used for the head of government of each of the countries of the United Kingdom, Crown Dependencies, and Overseas Territories. Following elections to the assembly or parliament, the party (or coalition) with a majority of seats is invited to form a government. The monarch (in the United Kingdom) or governor / lieutenant governor (in the Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies) appoints the head of government, whose council of ministers are collectively responsible to the assembly.

Map showing governing parties of UK administrations by political party as of July 2017 (click to enlarge)

The head of the British government is referred to as the prime minister, the leader of one of the constituent countries is referred to as a first minister, and the terms chief minister and premier are used in the Overseas Territories. In the Crown Dependencies, the term chief minister is used in all apart from Guernsey, where the leader is referred to as the president of the Policy and Resources Committee.

Government of the United Kingdom

Prime Minister	Portrait	Since	Party		Ref
Rishi Sunak		25 October 2022 (15 months ago) (2022-10-25)		Conservative	^[1]

Devolved governments

Main article: Devolution in the United Kingdom

Note: As England does not have a devolved government, all English affairs are governed by the UK government.

Country	Position	Name	Portrait	Since	Party^[note 1]		Ref
Northern Ireland^[2]	First Minister	Michelle O'Neill		3 February 2024 (12 days ago) (2024-02-03)		Sinn Féin	^[3]
	deputy First Minister	Emma Little-Pengelly				Democratic Unionist Party
Scotland	First Minister	Humza Yousaf		29 March 2023 (10 months ago) (2023-03-29)		Scottish National Party	^[4]
Wales	First Minister	Mark Drakeford		13 December 2018 (5 years ago) (2018-12-13)		Welsh Labour	^[5]

Crown Dependencies

Main article: Crown Dependencies

Crown dependency	Position	Name	Portrait	Since	Party		Ref
Bailiwick of Guernsey	P&RC President	Lyndon Trott		13 December 2023 (2 months ago) (2023-12-13)		Future Guernsey	^[6]
Bailiwick of Jersey	Chief Minister	Lyndon Farnham		30 January 2024 (16 days ago) (2024-01-30)		Independent
Isle of Man	Chief Minister	Alfred Cannan		12 October 2021 (2 years ago) (2021-10-12)		Independent	^[7]

Overseas Territories

Main article: British Overseas Territories

Overseas Territory	Position	Name	Portrait	Since	Party		Ref
Anguilla	Premier	Ellis Webster		30 June 2020 (3 years ago) (2020-06-30)		Anguilla Progressive Movement	^[8]
Bermuda	Premier	Edward David Burt		19 July 2017 (6 years ago) (2017-07-19)		Progressive Labour Party	^[9]
British Virgin Islands	Premier	Natalio Wheatley		5 May 2022 (21 months ago) (2022-05-05)		Virgin Islands Party	^[10]
Cayman Islands	Premier	Julianna O'Connor-Connolly		15 November 2023 (3 months ago) (2023-11-15)		United People's Movement	^[11]
Falkland Islands
Gibraltar	Chief Minister	Fabian Picardo		9 December 2011 (12 years ago) (2011-12-09)		Gibraltar Socialist Labour Party	^[12]
Montserrat	Premier	Easton Taylor-Farrell		19 November 2019 (4 years ago) (2019-11-19)		Movement for Change and Prosperity	^[13]
Pitcairn Islands	Mayor	Simon Young		1 January 2023 (13 months ago) (2023-01-01)		Independent	^[14]
Saint Helena	Chief Minister	Julie Thomas		25 October 2021 (2 years ago) (2021-10-25)		Independent	^[15]
Turks and Caicos Islands	Premier	Washington Misick		20 February 2021 (2 years ago) (2021-02-20)		Progressive National Party

Timeline

Notes

1. This column names only the leader's party. The executive they are heading may be a coalition of parties and independents; those are not listed here.

See also

•  United Kingdom portal
•  Politics portal

• List of current viceregal representatives of the Crown
• List of rulers of the United Kingdom and predecessor states

References

1. "Sunak officially becomes prime minister after meeting King". BBC News. 25 October 2022. Retrieved 2022-10-25.
2. The First Minister and deputy First Minister of Northern Ireland is a diarchy.
3. "Michelle O'Neill appointed Northern Ireland's first nationalist first minister". BBC News. 2024-02-03.
4. Torrance, David (27 Mar 2023). "How is a First Minister of Scotland appointed?". House of Commons Library. Retrieved 28 Mar 2023.
5. "Wales new First Minister is sworn in". BBC News. 13 December 2018. Retrieved 16 January 2021.
6. "Guernsey States elects Lyndon Trott as senior politician". BBC News. 16 October 2020. Retrieved 19 December 2023.
7. Cannan, Alf (12 October 2021). "Isle of Man: Alfred Cannan elected new chief minister". BBC News.
8. "Dr. Ellis Lorenzo Webster sworn in, as APM takes over in Anguilla". Anguilla News. 1 July 2020. Retrieved 8 August 2020.
9. "Bermuda profile". BBC News. 24 July 2017. Retrieved 17 September 2017.
10. "Dr Wheatley sworn in as Premier! New cross-party gov't also installed". BVINews. 5 May 2022. Retrieved 5 May 2022.
11. "United People's Movement Secures the Government". Cayman Islands Government. 16 November 2023. Retrieved 16 November 2023.
12. "Gibraltar profile – Leaders". BBC News. 17 February 2016. Retrieved 17 September 2017.
13. . Archived from the original on 2019-12-03. Retrieved 2020-01-11.
14. "Approved Council Minutes" (PDF). Pitcairn Island Council. 18 March 2015. Retrieved 17 September 2017.
15. Inaugural Meeting of Legislative Council – Councillor Julie Thomas elected as Chief Minister Government of Saint Helena