In the United Kingdom, various titles are used for the head of government of each of the countries of the United Kingdom, Crown Dependencies, and Overseas Territories. Following elections to the assembly or parliament, the party (or coalition) with a majority of seats is invited to form a government. The monarch (in the United Kingdom) or governorlieutenant governor (in the Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies) appoints the head of government, whose council of ministers are collectively responsible to their respective parliaments.

The head of the British government is referred to as the prime minister, whilst the head of the Northern Ireland Executive, Scottish Government and Welsh Government is referred to as a first minister, and the terms chief minister and premier are used in the Overseas Territories. In the Crown Dependencies, the term chief minister is used in all apart from Guernsey, where the leader is referred to as the president of the Policy and Resources Committee.

Government of the United Kingdom Country Position Name Portrait Since Party Ref Prime Minister Andy Burnham Labour

Devolved governments

Country Position Name Portrait Since Party Ref Northern IrelandThe First Minister and deputy First Minister of Northern Ireland is a diarchy. First MinisterMichelle O'Neill Sinn Féin Deputy First Minister Emma Little-Pengelly Democratic Unionist Party First Minister John Swinney Scottish National Party First Minister Rhun ap Iorwerth Plaid Cymru

Crown Dependencies

Crown dependency Position Name Portrait Since Party Ref P&RC President Lindsay de Sausmarez Independent Chief Minister Lyndon Farnham Independent Chief Minister Alfred Cannan

Overseas Territories

Overseas Territory Position Name Portrait Since Party Ref Premier Cora Richardson-Hodge Anguilla United Front Premier Edward David Burt Progressive Labour Party Premier Natalio Wheatley Virgin Islands Party Premier André Ebanks Caymanian Community Party Chief Executive Andrea Clausen Independent Chief Minister Fabian Picardo Gibraltar Socialist Labour Party Premier Reuben Meade United Alliance Mayor Shawn Christian Independent Chief Minister Rebecca Cairns-Wicks Premier Washington Misick Progressive National Party

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See also

List of current viceregal representatives of the Crown List of rulers of the United Kingdom and predecessor states

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