Deputy Prime Minister
Deputy Prime Minister | |
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Cabinet Office | |
Style | Deputy Prime Minister (informal) The Honourable (within the Empire) |
Type | Minister of the Crown |
Status | Secretary of State |
Member of | Cabinet |
Reports to | Prime Minister |
Seat | Westminster |
Nominator | Prime Minister |
Appointer | The Sovereign (on the advice of the prime minister) |
Term length | At His Majesty's pleasure |
Formation | 20 October 2018 |
First holder | Victor Newton |
Salary | £13,500 per cycle (July 2024) |
Website | gbi |
The Deputy Prime Minister is the Second most Senior Minister of the Crown, deputizes for the Prime Minister, and is responsible for the Civil Service. They are appointed by the Sovereign on the advice of the Prime Minister and sit ex-officio as a Member of the Cabinet and Whitehall Foreign Affairs Council. The Deputy Prime Minister can be a Member of Parliament, but this is not always the case. The office is not always in use, and prime ministers may use other offices, such as First Secretary of State, to indicate the seniority.
This office, known as a vice president in other regions, was created by Prime Minister Colfax County on 20 October 2018, after the region had settled from moving from another region. While the purpose of the role has not changed over time, it specific duties and responsibilities have changed many times. The longest-serving Deputy Prime Minister is X, who held the post for over X days. The shortest-serving Deputy Prime Minister is X, who held the post for X days. On X, X became the first woman to hold the role. Currently the Deputy Prime Minister is the Viscount Sidmouth.
The office holder works alongside other Ministers to complete the goals set by the Prime Minister and the duties and responsibilities as set by law.
History
Authority, powers and constraints
Constitutional background
Modern Deputy Prime Minister
Appointment
Cabinet Office
Office and Residence
Resignation or Removal
Succession
Precedence, privileges and form of address
Deputy Prime Ministers
Portrait | Deputy Prime Minister | Term of Office | Party | Government | |||
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Start | End | Duration | |||||
Victor Newton x x |
20 October 2018 | 15 February 2019 | 119 days | Independent | Colfax County Premiership | ||
David J. Oh x x |
15 February 2019 | 3 June 2019 | 109 days | Independent | Hardie Premiership | ||
Menorica x x |
3 June 2019 | 19 January 2020 | 231 days | Independent | 1st Newton Premiership | ||
David J. Oh x x |
27 February 2020 | 28 March 2020 | 31 days | Independent | Flint Premiership | ||
Fabian Hardie x x |
2 June 2020 | 14 August 2020 | 74 days | Centre | Newman Premiership | ||
Victor Newton x x |
14 August 2020 | 18 September 2020 | 36 days | British Workers' | Stephenson Premiership | ||
Nicholas Hanover MP Halifax |
18 September 2020 | 23 October 2020 | 36 days | Imperial Labour | 1st Lomond Premiership | ||
Victor Newton x x |
23 October 2020 | 8 November 2020 | 17 days | British Workers' | Ross Premiership | ||
Philip Ross MP Melbourne Ports |
8 November 2020 | 15 November 2020 | 8 days | Independent | Pembroke Premiership | ||
Remile Talleyrand MP Indi |
15 November 2020 | 12 January 2021 | 59 days | Independent | Pembroke Premiership | ||
Scott A.E. Stewart KBE |
14 January 2021 | 14 March 2021 | 60 days | Conservative | Macmillan Premiership | ||
James Forsyte MP York Central |
15 March 2021 | 8 June 2021 | 86 days | British Workers' | A. Somerset Premiership | ||
Elizabeth Somerset MP St. James |
9 June 2021 | 20 June 2021 | 12 days | Independent | A. Somerset Premiership | ||
Grace de Orléans x x |
23 June 2021 | 30 October 2021 | 133 days | Liberal Democrats | Spencer Premiership | ||
30 October 2021 | 17 January 2022 | 80 days | SDLP-BWP Coalition | Manitoba Premiership | |||
Sirch SomersetMP
Vancouver Centre |
17 January 2022 | 23 April 2022 | 97 days | British Workers' | Grey Premiership | ||
Charles SomersetMP
x |
23 April 2022 | 26 June 2022 | 65 days | British Workers' | Hastings Premiership | ||
Charles Somerset
MP x |
26 June 2022 | 9 July 2022 | 14 days | British Workers' | Northumberland Premiership | ||
Sirch Somersetx
x |
9 July 2022 | 10 August 2022 | 33 days | British Workers' | Huntingdon Premiership | ||
10 August 2022 | 7 October 2022 | 60 days | British Workers' | J. Sherwood Premiership | |||
7 October 2022 | 7 December 2022 | 62 days | British Royalist | 1st Somerset Premiership | |||
Sirch Somerset | 7 December 2022 | 31 January 2023 | 56 days | British Federation of Labour | 2nd Lomond Premiership | ||
31 January 2023 | 5 April 2023 | 65 days | Liberal Progressive | Exeter Premiership | |||
5 April 2023 | 24 May 2023 | 50 days | Unity Coalition | 2nd Somerset Premiership | |||
Cameron Romefeller LT OM DBE CMG MP Viscountess Balloch West Dunbartonshire |
24 May 2023 | 27 July 2023 | 65 days | British Constitutionalist | Edinburgh Premiership | ||
Sirch Somerset GBE KCB CMG MVO Earl of Beaufort |
27 July 2023 | 19 August 2023 | 24 days | British Constitutionalist | Balloch Premiership | ||
Elio Somerset KT KCB MVO CBE Viscount Douglas |
19 August 2023 | 6 September | 19 days | Independent | Balloch Premiership | ||
Matthew Somerset VC KG KT KP OM Duke of Somerset |
6 September | 20 September 2023 | 15 days | Independent | Balloch Premiership | ||
William Somerset KCMG KBE LVO PC MP Viscount Douglas Kensington |
21 September 2023 | 20 November 2023 | 61 days | Heron | Stirling Premiership | ||
Thomas Carew OM KCB ONZ MP East Devon |
10 January 2024 | 5 March 2024 | 56 days | Heron | Douglas Premiership | ||
Cameron Romefeller LT OM DBE CMG MP Countess of Argyll West Dunbartonshire |
5 March 2024 | 21 April 2024 | 48 days | Liberal | Knightstone Premiership | ||
| Owain Carew-Grey LVO MBE MP Blyth & Ashington |
22 April 2024 | 5 May 2024 | 14 days | Heron Unionist |
Knightstone Premiership | |
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Josephine Carew-Grey DCB DCVO CH KC MP LLB Baroness Wilton Queen's Park and Maida Vale |
5 May 2024 | 1 July 2024 | 58 days | Unionist | Knightstone Premiership | ||
James Forsyte KG KT GCB MVO OC MBE MP Duke of Warwick York Central |
1 July 2024 | 2 August 2024 | 33 days | Unionist | Wilton Premiership | ||
August Carew-Grey CB CMG LVO CM MP Baron Calder County Clare |
2 August 2024 | 27 August 2024 | 26 days | Unionist | Warwick Premiership | ||
Llywellyn Evans-Jones OM KBE AO MP Baron St Brides Preseli Pembrokeshire |
27 August 2024 | 8 October 2024 | 43 days | Heron | Sidmouth Premiership | ||
Thomas Carew KP GCB OM GCVO ONZ PC MP BA Viscount Sidmouth East Devon |
13 November 2024 | 5 December 2024 | 23 days | Unionist | 3rd Somerset Premiership | ||
August Carew KCMG CB LVO CM MP Baron Calder & Wilton County Clare |
10 December 2024 | Present | 11 days | Unionist | 2nd Sidmouth Premiership |