Rushanara Ali, the first and five-time MP of Bangladeshi origin, has been appointed as a parliamentary under secretary of state in the ministry of housing, communities and local government.
She was elected this time for the fifth time from the Bethnal Green and Stepney seat in Tower Hamlets with 15,896 votes.
Rushnara Ali has been elected MP for five consecutive terms since 2010. Rushnara Ali was born in Bhurki village of Bishwanath Upazila in Sylhet. She came to London with her parents.
The King has been pleased to approve the following appointments:
- Rt Hon Keir Starmer as Prime Minister and First Lord of the Treasury
- Rt Hon Angela Rayner MP as Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities. She will also be Deputy Prime Minister
- Rt Hon Rachel Reeves MP as Chancellor of the Exchequer
- Rt Hon Pat McFadden MP as Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
- Rt Hon David Lammy MP as Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs
- Rt Hon Yvette Cooper MP as Secretary of State for the Home Department
- Rt Hon John Healey MP as Secretary of State for Defence
- Shabana Mahmood MP as Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice
- Wes Streeting MP as Secretary of State for Health and Social Care
- Bridget Phillipson MP as Secretary of State for Education and Minister for Women and Equalities
- Rt Hon Ed Miliband MP as Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero
- Liz Kendall MP as Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
- Jonathan Reynolds MP as Secretary of State for Business and Trade and President of the Board of Trade
- Peter Kyle MP as Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology
- Louise Haigh MP as Secretary of State for Transport
- Steve Reed OBE MP as Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Lisa Nandy MP as Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport
- Rt Hon Hilary Benn MP as Secretary of State for Northern Ireland
- Ian Murray MP as Secretary of State for Scotland
- Jo Stevens MP as Secretary of State for Wales
- Lucy Powell MP as Lord President of the Council, and Leader of the House of Common
- Rt Hon Baroness Smith of Basildon as Lord Privy Seal, and Leader of the House of Lords
- Rt Hon Sir Alan Campbell MP as Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury (Chief Whip);
- Darren Jones MP as Chief Secretary to the Treasury
- Richard Hermer KC as Attorney General*
- Sir Patrick Vallance KCB as a Minister of State (Minister for Science) in the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology *
- James Timpson OBE as a Minister of State (Minister for Prisons, Parole and Probation) in the Ministry of Justice *
- Ellie Reeves MP as a Minister of State in the Cabinet Office (Minister without Portfolio)
- Dan Jarvis MBE MP as a Minister of State in the Home Office
- Jim McMahon OBE MP as a Minister of State in the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
- Matthew Pennycook MP as a Minister of State in the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
- Rt Hon Douglas Alexander MP as a Minister of State in the Department for Business and Trade
- Rt Hon Jacqui Smith as a Minister of State in the Department for Education*
- Anneliese Dodds MP as a Minister of State in the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office and as a Minister of State (Minister for Women and Equalities) in the Department for Education
- Rt Hon Nick Thomas–Symonds MP as Paymaster General and Minister for the Cabinet Office (Minister for the Constitution and European Relations) in the Cabinet Office
- Lord Livermore as Financial Secretary to the Treasury
- Stephen Doughty MP as a Minister of State in the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
- Dame Angela Eagle DBE MP as a Minister of State in the Home Office
- Rt Hon Dame Diana Johnson DBE MP as a Minister of State in the Home Office
- Lord Coaker as a Minister of State in the Ministry of Defence
- Rt Hon Maria Eagle MP as a Minister of State in the Ministry of Defence
- Heidi Alexander MP as a Minister of State in the Ministry of Justice
- Karin Smyth MP as a Minister of State in the Department of Health and Social Care
- Stephen Kinnock MP as a Minister of State in the Department of Health and Social Care
- Catherine McKinnell MP as a Minister of State in the Department for Education
- Sarah Jones MP as a Minister of State in the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero and the Department for Business and Trade
- Alison McGovern MP as a Minister of State in the Department for Work and Pensions
- Rt Hon Sir Stephen Timms MP as a Minister of State in the Department for Work and Pensions
- Sir Chris Bryant MP as a Minister of State in the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology and the Department for Culture, Media and Sport
- Lord Hendy of Richmond Hill CBE as a Minister of State in the Department for Transport
- Daniel Zeichner MP as a Minister of State in the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Rt Hon Lord Hunt of Kings Heath OBE as Minister of State in the Department of Energy Security and Net Zero
- Rt Hon Sir David Hanson as a Minister of State in the Home Office*
- Georgia Gould MP as a Parliamentary Secretary in the Cabinet Office;
- Abena Oppong-Asare MP as a Parliamentary Secretary in the Cabinet Office;
- James Murray MP as a Parliamentary Secretary (Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury) in His Majesty’s Treasury;
- Tulip Siddiq MP as a Parliamentary Secretary (Economic Secretary to the Treasury and City Minister) in His Majesty’s Treasury;
- Emma Reynolds MP as a Parliamentary Secretary in His Majesty’s Treasury and the Department for Work and Pensions;
- Catherine West MP as a Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State in the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office;
- Lord Collins of Highbury as a Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State in the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, Deputy Leader of the House of Lords, and Lord in Waiting (Government Whip)
- Seema Malhotra MP as a Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State in the Home Office;
- Jess Phillips MP as a Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State in the Home Office;
- Luke Pollard MP as a Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State in the Ministry of Defence
- Alistair Carns MP as a Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State in the Ministry of Defence (Minister for Veterans)
- Alex Davies-Jones MP as a Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State in the Ministry of Justice
- Lord Ponsonby of Shulbrede as a Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State in the Ministry of Justice and as a Lord in Waiting (Government Whip);
- Alex Norris MP as a Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State in the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government;
- Rushanara Ali MP as a Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State in the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government;
- Baroness Taylor of Stevenage as a Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State in the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government and as a Baroness in Waiting (Government Whip)
- Lord Khan of Burnley as a Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State in the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
- Andrew Gwynne MP as a Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State in the Department of Health and Social Care
- Baroness Merron as a Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State in the Department of Health and Social Care * Stephen Morgan MP as a Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State in the Department for Education
- Janet Daby MP as a Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State in the Department for Education
- Kerry McCarthy MP as a Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State in the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
- Michael Shanks MP as a Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State in the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
- Miatta Fahnbulleh MP as a Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State in the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
- Andrew Western MP as a Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State in the Department for Work and Pensions
- Baroness Sherlock OBE as a Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State in the Department for Work and Pensions
- Justin Madders MP as a Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State in the Department for Business and Trade * Gareth Thomas MP as a Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State in the Department for Business and Trade
- Feryal Clark MP as a Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State in the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
- Baroness Jones of Whitchurch as a Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State in the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology and the Department for Business and Trade, and as a Baroness in Waiting (Government Whip)
- Simon Lightwood MP as a Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State in the Department for Transport
- Lilian Greenwood MP as a Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State in the Department for Transport
- Mike Kane MP as a Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State in the Department for Transport
- Emma Hardy MP as a Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State in the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Baroness Hayman of Ullock as a Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State in the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Stephanie Peacock MP as a Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State in the Department for Culture, Media and Sport
- Fleur Anderson MP as a Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State in the Northern Ireland Office
- Kirsty McNeill MP as a Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State in the Scotland Office
- Dame Nia Griffith DBE MP as a Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State in the Wales Office
- Sarah Sackman MP as Solicitor General