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  • Sir Mike Penning was appointed Minister of State for the Ministry of Defence on 15 July 2016. He was elected Conservative MP for Hemel Hempstead in 2005. Education Mike was educated at Appleton and King Edmund comprehensive …

  • Sir Oliver Heald was appointed Minister of State at the Ministry of Justice on 16 July 2016. He was elected the Conservative MP for North East Hertfordshire in 1992. Education Oliver studied law at Pembroke College, Cambridg…

  • Sir Patrick McLoughlin was appointed Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster on 14 July 2016. He was elected the Conservative MP for Derbyshire Dales in 2010. Education Patrick studied at Staffordshire College of Agriculture. P…

  • Sir Stephen Timms was appointed Minister of State in the Department for Work and Pensions, and the Department for Education, on 8 July 2024. He was elected as the MP for East Ham in July 2024.

  • Tony Blair served as Prime Minister between 1997 to 2007. Read more about the life and achievements of Tony Blair in our past Prime Ministers section.

  • Stephen Crabb served as Secretary of State for Work and Pensions from 19 March 2016 until 14 July 2016. He previously served as Secretary of State for Wales from July 2014 until March 2016 and as Parliamentary Under Secretar…

  • Steve Baker was Minister of State at the Northern Ireland Office from 7 September 2022 to 5 July 2024. He was previously Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Department for Exiting the European Union from June 2017 …

  • Steve Barclay was Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs between 13 November 2023 and 5 July 2024. He was previously Secretary of State for Health and Social Care between 25 October 2022 and 13 November 2…

  • Steve Reed OBE was appointed Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs on 5 July 2024. He was elected as the MP for Streatham and Croydon North in July 2024.

  • Steve Webb was appointed Minister of State for Pensions in May 2010. He was elected Liberal Democrat MP for Thornbury and Yate in May 2010. Education Steve studied philosophy, politics and economics at Hertford College, Oxfo…

  • The Rt Hon Stuart Andrew was Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, and Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Minister for Equalities) for the Equality Hub from 27 O…

  • Suella Braverman was Secretary of State for the Home Department between 25 October 2022 and 13 November 2023. She previously held the same role between 6 September 2022 and 19 October 2022. She was Attorney General between 1…

  • Theresa May was Prime Minister from 13 July 2016 to 24 July 2019. She served as Home Secretary from May 2010 until July 2016. She was elected Conservative MP for Maidenhead in May 1997. Education Theresa had a varied educati…

  • Theresa Villiers was Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs from 24 July 2019 to 13 February 2020. She was also Secretary of State for Northern Ireland from September 2012 until July 2016 and served as Mi…

  • Thérèse Coffey was previously Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs between 25 October 2022 and 13 November 2023. She was previously Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, and Deputy Prime Minist…

  • Tobias Ellwood was Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Ministry of Defence from June 2017 to July 2019. Tobias served as Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office from July 2014 …

  • Tom Brake became Deputy Leader of the House of Commons in October 2012 and was also appointed as an Assistant Government Whip in November 2014. He was elected the Liberal Democrat MP for Carshalton and Wallington in 1997. Ed…

  • Tom Tugendhat was Minister of State (Minister for Security) between 6 September 2022 and 5 July 2024 and attended cabinet. He previously served as the Chair of the Foreign Affairs Select Committee from 2017 to 2022. He was e…

  • Victoria Atkins was Secretary of State for Health and Social Care between 13 November 2023 and 5 July 2024. She was previously Financial Secretary to the Treasury between 27 October 2022 and 13 November 2023, and Minister of…

  • Victoria Prentis was Attorney General from 25 October 2022 to 5 July 2024. She was previously Minister of State at the Department for Work and Pensions from 7 September 2022 to 25 October 2022. Victoria was previously Minist…

  • Wes Streeting was appointed Secretary of State for Health and Social Care on 5 July 2024. He was elected as the MP for Ilford North in July 2024.

  • The Rt Hon William Hague was appointed First Secretary of State and Leader of the House of Commons on 15 July 2014. He was elected to Parliament in 1989 as the Conservative MP for Richmond (Yorks). Education William was educ…

  • Yvette Cooper was appointed Secretary of State for the Home Department on 5 July 2024. She was elected as the MP for Pontefract, Castleford and Knottingley in July 2024.

  • The Very Revd Dr Graham Forbes CBE is a Scot and has been Provost of St Mary’s Cathedral, Edinburgh since 1990. After degrees in Russian and theology he was ordained in 1976 in Edinburgh and has served as an Anglican priest …

  • Theo Rycroft was the Minister and Deputy Head of Mission at the British Embassy in Paris from July 2021 to January 2025. From 2018 he was the EU Director in the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) in London, …

  • Mrs Theresa Bernice Bubbear was appointed Her Majesty’s Ambassador to the Republic of Finland in August 2021. Previously she was Ambassador in Estonia. Curriculum Vitae Dates Role 2016 to 2021 Tallinn, Her Majesty’s Ambassad…

  • Theresa O’Mahony has been British Deputy High Commissioner to Sri Lanka since July 2025. Prior to taking up her current position, she was Deputy Envoy for the Just Energy Transition Partnerships, based in London. Theresa joi…

  • Tom Barry has been Counsellor for Europe and Global Issues at the British Embassy in Paris since August 2018. He was the Deputy Head of Mission in Paris till July 2021. Before his posting to Paris, Tom was the British Deputy…

  • Thomas Carter joined the FCO in 1976 and most recently was Her Majesty´s Ambassador to Guatemala. Previously he was responsible for the FCO’s global consular policy and worked on the London 2012 Olympic Games, following a fo…

  • Thomas Codrington arrived in Vancouver as the British Consul General in February 2022. He is the UK Government’s representative in British Columbia, the Yukon, and the Northwest Territories. Tom was previously Deputy Directo…

  • Thomas Edward Coward was the British High Commissioner to Solomon Islands and Nauru from 2021 to 2024. Before this, Tom worked as a Team Leader for the Inclusive Growth and Livelihoods Team at the British Embassy Yangon in M…

  • Thomas Nemes was appointed the Consul to Belo Horizonte in 2016 and served in this role until 2019. Nemes graduated in Political Sciences by Warwick University, in Coventry, England. He has vast experience in social communic…

  • Thomas Pelham-Holles 1st Duke of Newcastle served as Prime Minister between 1754 to 1756 and 1757 to 1762. Read more about the life and achievements of Thomas Pelham-Holles 1st Duke of Newcastle in our past Prime Ministers s…

  • Thomas Reilly was the British Ambassador to Morocco from June 2017 to August 2020. He was also Her Majesty’s non-resident Ambassador to the Islamic Republic of Mauritania from June 2017 until May 2018, when the first ever re…

  • Tom is currently Chair of the NHS Counter Fraud Authority, an Independent Member of His Majesty’s Revenue & Customs Audit Committee, and a Board Mentor for Criticaleye Ltd. From 2023 to 2024, Tom was a Non-Executive Dire…

  • Tiffany Kirlew has been the British Deputy High Commissioner to Uganda since August 2024. She joined the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office in 2006. Most recently Tiffany served overseas at the British High Commi…

  • Tiffany Sadler is Special Envoy to the Great Lakes and Head of Central and Southern Africa Department in the FCDO. She took up her appointment in July 2024. Tiffany most recently served as His Majesty’s Ambassador to the Rep…

  • Tijs is a senior communications and public policy professional with over 20 years of experience working in both public and private organisations with a background in the criminal justice sector, transport infrastructure and …

  • Tim joined the SIA in June 2024 as Executive Director of Licensing and Standards. Career Prior to joining the SIA, Tim worked at the Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS) for thirteen years, most latterly as Ombudsman Director, …

  • Tim joined the Oil and Pipelines Agency in April 2012 as the Financial Controller in charge of a small finance function. Since the sale of the GPSS in 2015 he took on the additional responsibility of the procurement and IT d…

  • Tim Banfield has a long career at senior levels in central government and has been working at Sellafield Ltd for the last three and a half years. His previous role within the organisation was leading the Portfolio, Programme…

  • Tim Besley is School Professor of Economics and Political Science and W. Arthur Lewis Professor of Development Economics at the LSE. He was a co-chair of the LSE growth commission and a member of the IFS’s Mirrlees Review pa…

  • Tim Blackmore was commissioned into the Royal Corps of Transport in 1992 after graduating from the Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst. He was promoted to Colonel in 2014 and assumed the role of the Head of British Forces Post…

  • Tim Breedon was a non-executive board member of the Ministry of Justice between 2012 and 2015.

  • Tim Burt is vice-chair of Teneo, an international strategic advisory firm. Since joining Teneo in 2015, he has provided senior counsel to leading global corporations on critical issues including reputation management, merger…

  • Tim is a senior executive transport professional, with 25 years’ experience across the UK rail industry in both the public and private sector. He has held director level posts in railway operations, commercial management, go…

  • Tim Campbell, who was awarded the MBE for Enterprise Culture in the 2012 New Year’s Honours List, is the founder of his own entrepreneurial social enterprise, Bright Ideas Trust, small business owner and co-author of one of …

  • Tim Cole was the Foreign & Commonwealth Office ( FCO ) Migration Envoy from October 2017 until January 2019. He previously served as Head of the International Organisations Department, Commonwealth Envoy and, from 2012 t…

  • Tim Colley took up the post of Head of Mission at the British Embassy in Riga in April 2016. He was previously Deputy Director in the Foreign and Commonwealth Office responsible for the UK’s Overseas Territories. Tim was app…

  • Tim retired from Sainsbury’s in 2024 having joined as Company Secretary and General Counsel in 2001 and being appointed to the Operating Board in September 2004. Tim was responsible for governance and risk management, leadin…