Lisa Nandy Named New U.K. Culture Minister
variety.comLisa Nandy has been named the U.K.’s new culture minister or, to give the title its full name, secretary of state for culture, media and sport.
Nandy was appointed as part of the new cabinet by Keir Starmer, the new U.K. prime minister following the Labour Party’s history landslide election win on July 4, where it won 412 seats and ended 14 years of Conservative rule.
Nandy takes over from the Conservative minister Lucy Frazer, who was appointed in February 2023 by outgoing Prime Minister Rishi Sunak.
Frazer was one of several cabinet ministers who lost their seats in the election. Another to lose their seat was Labour’s shadow secretary of state for culture, media and sport, Thangam Debbonaire, who had been expected to assume the role in government but lost heavily to her local Green Party rival.
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