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 their respective parliaments.

The head of the British government is referred to as the prime minister, whilst the head of the Northern Ireland Executive, Scottish Government and Welsh Government 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
Keir Starmer 5 July 2024
(17 months ago)
 (2024-07-05)
Labour

Devolved governments

Note: As England does not have a devolved government, all English affairs are governed by the UK government.
Country Position Name Portrait Since Party Ref
Northern Ireland First Minister Michelle O'Neill 3 February 2024
(22 months ago)
 (2024-02-03)
Sinn Féin
Deputy First Minister Emma Little-Pengelly Democratic Unionist Party
Scotland First Minister John Swinney 8 May 2024
(19 months ago)
 (2024-05-08)
Scottish National Party
Wales First Minister Eluned Morgan 6 August 2024
(16 months ago)
 (2024-08-06)
Welsh Labour

Crown Dependencies

Crown dependency Position Name Portrait Since Party Ref
Bailiwick of Guernsey P&RC President Lindsay de Sausmarez 1 July 2025
(5 months ago)
 (2025-07-01)
Independent
Bailiwick of Jersey Chief Minister Lyndon Farnham 30 January 2024
(22 months ago)
 (2024-01-30)
Independent
Isle of Man Chief Minister Alfred Cannan 12 October 2021
(4 years ago)
 (2021-10-12)

Overseas Territories

Overseas Territory Position Name Portrait Since Party Ref
Anguilla Premier Cora Richardson-Hodge
27 February 2025
(9 months ago)
 (2025-02-27)
Anguilla United Front
Bermuda Premier Edward David Burt 19 July 2017
(8 years ago)
 (2017-07-19)
Progressive Labour Party
British Virgin Islands Premier Natalio Wheatley 5 May 2022
(3 years ago)
 (2022-05-05)
Virgin Islands Party
Cayman Islands Premier André Ebanks 6 May 2025
(7 months ago)
 (2025-05-06)
Caymanian Community Party
Falkland Islands Chief Executive Andrea Clausen 1 April 2025
(8 months ago)
 (2025-04-01)
Independent
Gibraltar Chief Minister Fabian Picardo 9 December 2011
(14 years ago)
 (2011-12-09)
Gibraltar Socialist Labour Party
Montserrat Premier Reuben Meade
25 October 2024
(13 months ago)
 (2024-10-25)
United Alliance
Pitcairn Islands Mayor Simon Young 1 January 2023
(2 years ago)
 (2023-01-01)
Independent
Saint Helena Chief Minister Rebecca Cairns-Wicks
10 September 2025
(3 months ago)
 (2025-09-10)
Turks and Caicos Islands Premier Washington Misick 20 February 2021
(4 years ago)
 (2021-02-20)
Progressive National Party

See also

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

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