Keir Starmer has appointed a number of Welsh MPs to his ministerial teams. The highest ranking MP is Jo Stevens, who has been named Welsh secretary, you can read more about her here.

The Prime Minister can appoint MPs to sit his cabinet, which meets every week and is where key decisions are made, but also ministers. They are, the Government website says, responsible for the actions, successes and failures of their departments.

The appointments are all approved by the King. Sir Keir Starmer began appointing his cabinet in the hours after he was appointed Prime Minister.

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The list of Welsh MPs is being updated below as announcements are made:

Nick Thomas–Symonds MP (Torfaen)

Nick Thomas-Symonds, Labour candidate for Torfaen
Nick Thomas-Symonds MP

Paymaster General and minister for the cabinet office (minister for the constitution and European relations) in the Cabinet Office

Stephen Doughty MP (Cardiff South and Penarth)

Stephen Doughty, Labour candidate for Cardiff South and Penarth
Stephen Doughty MP

Minister in the foreign, commonwealth and development Office

Stephen Kinnock MP (Aberafon and Maesteg)

Stephen Kinnock, Labour candidate for Aberafan Maesteg
Stephen Kinnock

Minister in the department of health and social care

Chris Bryant MP (Rhondda and Ogmore)

Chris Bryant, Labour candidate for Rhondda and Ogmore
Chris Bryant MP

Minister in the department for science, innovation and technology and the department for culture, media and sports.

Alex Davies-Jones (Pontypridd)

Pontypridd MP Alex Davies-Jones

Alex Davies-Jones MP has been named a parliamentary under-secretary of state in the Ministry of Justice.

Nia Griffith (Llanelli)


Nia Griffith is parliamentary under-secretary of state in the Wales Office.

Mark Tami MP (Alyn and Deeside)

Mark Tami, Alyn and Deeside

Named deputy chief whip in the House of Commons.

Chris Elmore MP (Bridgend)

Appointed as a government whip

Anna McMorrin MP (Cardiff North)

Anna McMorrin

Named an assistant whip

Gerald Jones MP (Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney)

Gerald Jones, Labour candidate for Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney
Gerald Jones

He has been named as an assistant whip.

David Hanson

Delyn MP David Hanson in the chamber of the House of Commons after judges at the Supreme Court ruled that Prime Minister Boris Johnson's advice to the Queen to suspend Parliament for five weeks was unlawful.
Delyn MP David Hanson in the chamber in 2019 before he lost the election

David Hanson, former Labour MP for Delyn, has been appointed as a minister in the Home Office and he will receive a peerage from the King.

The King has been pleased to signify His intention of conferring a Peerage on him.