2021 in United Kingdom politics and government
overview of the events of 2021 in the United Kingdom
Events
January
8 January – Kwasi Kwarteng is appointed Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, replacing Alok Sharma who became the new President for COP26. Kwarteng is replaced as Minister of State for Business, Energy and Clean Growth by Anne-Marie Trevelyan, the former Secretary of State for International Development. He also became the first black politician of any party to have been appointed Secretary of State.
11 January – James Brokenshire takes a leave of absence as Minister for Security.
11 January – Michelle Ballantyne becomes the Leader of Reform UK Scotland.
21 January – Former Brexit Party Member of the European Parliament Robert Rowland dies in a diving accident.
23 January – Paul Davies resigns as leader of the Welsh Conservatives following a possible breach of COVID-19 regulations. Darren Miller also resigns from the Conservative front bench over the same issue.
24 January – Andrew RT Davies is appointed leader of the Welsh Conservatives following a short discussion between Conservative Senedd members.
February
3 February – Neale Hanvey is appointed as the Scottish National Party's Shadow Minister for COVID Vaccine Deployment.
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