General Election 2017
Houses of Parliament:
- House of Lords: Lord MacDonald of Tradeston (Labour life Peer) retired on 27 April; Baroness Worthington left the Labour Whip and now sits as non-affiliated.
Government departments
- Department for Education: Equality and Human Rights Commission – Lord Shinkwin appointed as a new commissioner.
- Foreign and Commonwealth Office: Michael Davenport has been appointed Her Majesty's Ambassador to the State of Kuwait; Westminster Foundation for Democracy – Thomas Hughes and Susan Inglish appointed as independent governors.
- Department of Health: NHS Blood and Transport – Millie Banerjee appointed as chair, replacing John Pattullo in June.
- Department for Culture, Media and Sport: UK Sport – Lis Astall appointed as Interim chair until July, when Katherine Grainger will become chair; British Museum – Patricia Cumper, Deryck Maughan and Lord Sassoon reappointed as trustees; National Portrait Gallery – Andrew Roberts reappointed as trustee; VisitEngland – Sarah Stewart reappointed as trustee; Theatres Trust – Pam Bone, Paul Cartwright, David Ian, Gary Kemp, Richard Johnston and Simon Ricketts appointed to the board; British Film Institute – Pete Czernin, Jonathan Ross and Andrea Wong reappointed as board members; Arts Council England – Rosemary Squire reappointed as member; UK Anti-Doping – John Brewer, Janice Shardlow and Justin Turner have had their terms extended until September; Office of Communications – Nick Pollard appointed as member of the board.
- Ministry of Justice: Youth Justice Board – Alan Wood appointed as a member; Legal Services Board – Helen Phillips appointed as Interim Chair; David Eveleigh and Marina Gibbs reappointed to the board.
- HM Treasury: National Infrastructure Commission – Lord Adonis appointed as chair and John Armitt as deputy chair.
- Department for Work and Pensions: Health and Safety Executive – Martin Esom appointed as a non-executive director.
- Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy: Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service Council – Jane McNeill, Mike Gooddie, Neil Carberry and Paul Nowak reappointed as members; Innovate UK - Gerard Grech, Priya Guha and Simon Devonshire named as non-executive directors; Research England – David Sweeney appointed as executive chair designate.
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Natural England – Julia Aglionby, Andy Clements, Teresa Dent and Simon Lyster reappointed to the board.
Non-Ministerial Departments
- Competition and Markets Authority – Robert Stewart appointed as the new representative in Northern Ireland.
Devolved Authorities
- Scottish Parliament: John Lamont is to resign as Conservative MSP for Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire on 4 May.
Interest Groups
- National Foundation for Educational Research in England and Wales – Lorna Cocking appoints as chair, replacing Richard Bunker.
Media
- The Sunday Times – Caroline Wheeler to become deputy political editor in July.
Trade Unions
- Unite – Len McCluskey elected as general secretary.
Consultancies
- Portman Group – John Timothy named as the new chief executive from June.
- InHouse - Michelle Di Leo is joining as a partner.
- GK Strategy – Justin Ash to become the first chair.