Ministerial role

Lord President of the Council

Organisations: Office of the Leader of the House of Commons
Current role holder: The Rt Hon Sir Alan Campbell MP

Responsibilities

The Privy Council is one of the oldest parts of the government and advises on the exercise of prerogative business and certain functions assigned to The King and the Council by Acts of Parliament. It is, therefore, the mechanism through which interdepartmental agreement is reached on those items of government business which, for historical or other reasons, fall to ministers as Privy Counsellors rather than as departmental ministers.

The Lord President of the Council has ministerial responsibility for the Privy Council Office which manages Privy Council business.

Current role holder

The Rt Hon Sir Alan Campbell MP

Sir Alan Campbell was appointed Lord President of the Council, and Leader of the House of Commons on 5 September 2025. He was previously Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury (Chief Whip) between 5 July 2024 and 5 September 2025. He was elected as the MP for Tynemouth in May 1997.

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Previous holders of this role

  1. The Rt Hon Lucy Powell MP

    2024 to 2025

  2. The Rt Hon Penny Mordaunt

    2022 to 2024

  3. The Rt Hon Sir Mark Spencer

    2022 to 2022

  4. The Rt Hon Jacob Rees-Mogg

    2019 to 2022

  5. The Rt Hon Mel Stride MP

    2019 to 2019

  6. The Rt Hon Andrea Leadsom

    2017 to 2019

  7. The Rt Hon David Lidington CBE

    2016 to 2017

  8. The Rt Hon Chris Grayling

    2015 to 2016

  9. The Rt Hon Nick Clegg

    2010 to 2015