This is a list of the current members of the
Privy Council of the United Kingdom, along with the roles they fulfil and the date when they were sworn of the council. , there are 742 members on the council.
Throughout this article, the prefix ''The Rt Hon.'' is omitted, because every counsellor bears it, as is the postnominal ''PC'', as every counsellor who is also a peer uses it.
The council is composed mostly of politicians (be they from the British government, other parties, or Commonwealth governments) and civil servants, both current and retired (since membership is for life). Among those politicians generally sworn of the council are ministers of the Crown, the few most senior figures of the
Loyal Opposition
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, the parliamentary leader of the third-largest party (currently
SNP Westminster Leader), and a couple of the most senior figures in the devolved British governments, including the first ministers. Besides these, the council includes a very few members of the
Royal Family (usually the
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and
heir apparent
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only), a few dozen judges (the
Supreme Court justices, the
senior judges of England and Wales, and the
senators of the College of Justice
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of the
Inner House
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in Scotland) and a few clergy (the three most senior
Church of England bishops).
List of counsellors
See also
*
List of Royal members of the Privy Council
*
Privy Council of the United Kingdom
*
List of Commonwealth heads of government
Notes
References
External links
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Current
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