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

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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.

Leaders from across the United Kingdom meet in Edinburgh for the Council of Nations and Regions. L–R: Morgan (Wales), Starmer (UK), Swinney (Scotland), McFadden (UK), O'Neill (Northern Ireland), and Little-Pengelly (Northern Ireland)

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

More information Country, Position ...
Country Position Name Portrait Since Party Ref
United Kingdom Prime Minister Keir Starmer 5 July 2024
(23 months ago)
 (2024-07-05)
Labour [1]
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Devolved governments

Note: As England does not have a devolved government, all English affairs are governed by the UK government.
More information Country, Position ...
Country Position Name Portrait Since Party[note 1] Ref
Northern Ireland[2] First Minister Michelle O'Neill 3 February 2024
(2 years ago)
 (2024-02-03)
Sinn Féin [3]
Deputy First Minister Emma Little-Pengelly Democratic Unionist Party
Scotland First Minister John Swinney 8 May 2024
(2 years ago)
 (2024-05-08)
Scottish National Party [4]
Wales First Minister Rhun ap Iorwerth 12 May 2026
(40 days ago)
 (2026-05-12)
Plaid Cymru
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Crown Dependencies

More information Crown dependency, Position ...
Crown dependency Position Name Portrait Since Party Ref
Bailiwick of Guernsey P&RC President Lindsay de Sausmarez 1 July 2025
(11 months ago)
 (2025-07-01)
Independent [5]
Bailiwick of Jersey Chief Minister Lyndon Farnham 30 January 2024
(2 years ago)
 (2024-01-30)
Independent
Isle of Man Chief Minister Alfred Cannan 12 October 2021
(4 years ago)
 (2021-10-12)
[6]
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Overseas Territories

More information Overseas Territory, Position ...
Overseas Territory Position Name Portrait Since Party Ref
Anguilla Premier Cora Richardson-Hodge
27 February 2025
(15 months ago)
 (2025-02-27)
Anguilla United Front [7]
Bermuda Premier Edward David Burt 19 July 2017
(8 years ago)
 (2017-07-19)
Progressive Labour Party [8]
British Virgin Islands Premier Natalio Wheatley 5 May 2022
(4 years ago)
 (2022-05-05)
Virgin Islands Party [9]
Cayman Islands Premier André Ebanks 6 May 2025
(13 months ago)
 (2025-05-06)
Caymanian Community Party
Falkland Islands Chief Executive Andrea Clausen 1 April 2025
(14 months ago)
 (2025-04-01)
Independent
Gibraltar Chief Minister Fabian Picardo 9 December 2011
(14 years ago)
 (2011-12-09)
Gibraltar Socialist Labour Party [10]
Montserrat Premier Reuben Meade
25 October 2024
(19 months ago)
 (2024-10-25)
United Alliance [11]
Pitcairn Islands Mayor Shawn Christian 1 January 2026
(5 months ago)
 (2026-01-01)
Independent [12]
Saint Helena Chief Minister Rebecca Cairns-Wicks
10 September 2025
(9 months ago)
 (2025-09-10)
[13]
Turks and Caicos Islands Premier Washington Misick 20 February 2021
(5 years ago)
 (2021-02-20)
Progressive National Party
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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.

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