House of Parliament
House of Lords
- Jeremy Heywood has been appointed a member of the House of Lords, and will be known as Lord Heywood of Whitehall
- European Union Committee – Lord Ricketts replaced Lord Crisp as a member.
Government departments
- Cabinet Office: Jeremy Heywood stood down as Cabinet secretary and head of the civil service, and Mark Sedwill will take the role on a permanent basis, having been in the role on an interim basis and will continue as national security adviser
- House of Lords Appointments Commission: Lord Bew named as chair.
- Committee on Standards in Public Life: Lord Evans of Weardale appointed as chair.
- Senior Salaries Review Body: Pippa Lambert appointed as a member.
- Department for Transport: Civil Aviation Authority: Deirdre Hutton reappointed as chair.
- Attorney General’s Office: HM Crown Prosecution Service Inspectorate – Kevin McGinty reappointed as Her Majesty's Chief Inspector.
- Department for International Trade: Pauline Latham has been appointed as the Prime Minister's Trade Envoy to Kenya and Andrew Rosindell as the Prime Minister's Trade Envoy to Tanzania.
- Foreign and Commonwealth Office: Westminster Foundation for Democracy - Mark Babington named as Independent Governor; Brian Olley has been appointed Her Majesty’s Ambassador to the Republic of Lithuania; Martyn Roper has been appointed Governor of the Cayman Islands.
- Ministry of Justice: Prison Service Pay Review Body - Jerry Cope appointed as acting chair.
- Ministry of Defence:Joint Forces Command – Alison Stevenson named as director of overseas bases.
Cabinet Committees:
National Security Council (Strategic Defence and Security Review Implementation) sub-committee: Chancellor of the exchequer Philip Hammond has replaced the home secretary Sajid Javid as chair; New sub-committee – National Security Council (Cross-Government Funds) Sub-committee – minister for the Cabinet Office and chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster David LIdington appointed as chair.
Devolved authorities
- National Assembly for Wales: Sian Gwenllian and Rhun ap Iorwerth appointed as deputy leaders of the Plaid Cymru Assembly group.
Local Authorities
- Hertfordshire County Council – Owen Mapley has been appointed chief executive and will take up the role early next year.
- By-election Results 25 October: North Lanarkshire Council – Geraldine Woods elected for Coatbridge South – Labour hold; South Derbyshire Council – Dan Pegg elected for Linton – was Conservative hold; Suffolk County Council – Kay Oakes elected for Bosmere – Conservative hold; Hertfordshire County Council – Phil Williams elected for Three Rivers Rural – Liberal Democrat gain from Conservative; Sutton Council – Neil Garratt elected for Belmont – Conservative hold; Ashford Council – Nathan Iliffe elected for Kennington – Conservative hold; Basingstoke and Deane Council – Carolyn Wooldridge elected for Norden – Labour hold; Mendip Council – Caroline McKinnell elected for Wells St Thomas’ – Liberal Democrat hold; Dorset County Council – Mike Parkes elected for Ferndown – Conservative hold; East Dorset Council – Mike Parkes elected for Ferndown Central – Conservative hold.
Corporates
- Legal and General Affordable Homes - Michael Dempsey named as director of development and investment and Shaun Holdcroft as director of operations.
Interest Groups
- Citizens Advice – Warren Buckley elected as chair.
- The Imperial Health Charity – Hayley Pannick named as director of development.
- MS Society – Nick Moberly appointed as chief executive.