2022 in the United Kingdom

2022 in the United Kingdom

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Events from the year 2022 in the United Kingdom. This year is the Platinum Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II.

Incumbents

• Monarch – Elizabeth II
• Prime Minister – Boris Johnson (Conservative) (until 5 September)
• Parliament – 58th

Events

January

• 1 January – The warmest New Year's Day on record is reported, with temperatures of 16.2 °C (61.2 °F) in St James's Park, Central London.
• 3 January – COVID-19 in the United Kingdom: A critical incident is declared at several hospitals in Lincolnshire after the increased spread of COVID-19 causes "extreme and unprecedented" staff shortages.
• 4 January – COVID-19 in the United Kingdom: The daily infection number exceeds 200,000 for the first time, with a total of 218,724 cases, partly caused by a backlog in reporting over the New Year.
• 5 January – Four defendants (known as 'the Colston 4') accused of pulling down the Statue of Edward Colston in Bristol in June 2020 as part of the Black Lives Matter protests are found not guilty of criminal damage in a jury trial.
• 6 January – COVID-19 in the United Kingdom: A survey by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) reveals that 1.3 million people in the UK are living with long COVID, about 506,000 (40%) of whom caught the virus over a year ago, and still have symptoms such as fatigue, loss of smell, shortness of breath, and difficulty concentrating.
• 8 January – COVID-19 in the United Kingdom: The number of deaths within 28 days of a positive Covid test exceeds 150,000.
• 10 January – The Met Police contacts the government over "widespread reporting relating to alleged breaches" of Covid rules, following an email obtained by ITV News dated 20 May 2020, in which 100 people were invited to a "bring-your-own-booze" event in the Downing Street garden during the first lockdown. Boris Johnson declines to say whether he was among those there.
• 12 January
  • The High Court rules that the government's use of a "VIP lane" to award contracts for personal protective equipment (PPE) to two companies was unlawful.
  • At Prime Minister's Questions, Johnson confirms he did attend a party in the No 10 garden during the first lockdown in May 2020 and offers his "heartfelt apology". Opposition MPs and the leader of the Scottish Conservatives Douglas Ross call for his resignation.
  • Prince Andrew fails in his bid to dismiss a US civil sex assault case brought against him by Virginia Giuffre.
• 13 January
  • MI5 warns that a Chinese spy, who they identify as Christine Ching Kui Lee, has been active in the British Parliament.
  • Prince Andrew's military affiliations and royal patronages, which includes the use of "His Royal Highness", are returned to the Queen. It is announced that he will defend the Giuffre lawsuit as a "private citizen".
• 14 January
  • The Daily Telegraph reports that two parties were held at Downing Street the night before Prince Philip's funeral, at a time when Covid restrictions banned indoor mixing. Downing Street issues an apology to the Queen.
  • The Daily Telegraph also reports that Kate Josephs, who was the head of the Covid taskforce, was given a leaving do on 17 December 2020. Josephs apologises for the event, saying she is 'truly sorry.'
  • Tortoise Media reports Boris Johnson commuted between Downing Street and his second home, Chequers, between 16 March and 27 March 2020, when non-essential travel was banned. This is confirmed by Downing Street.
  • The Daily Mirror reports that Number 10 staff had 'wine-time Fridays' throughout the pandemic, with pictures of a wine fridge bought especially for it being released alongside the story.
• 16 January – Two teenagers are arrested in Manchester as part of the investigation into a hostage-taking incident at a synagogue in Colleyville, Texas, US.
• 17 January –
  • GB News announces it will play God Save the Queen at the start of live programming every day.
  • A 50-year-old woman from Brighton is reported among the fatalities in the Hunga Tonga eruption and tsunami.
• 19 January
  • Inflation reaches 5.4%, the highest level since March 1992.
  • Tory MP Christian Wakeford defects to Labour, after submitting a letter of no confidence in Boris Johnson in light of the "partygate" scandal.
• 20 January
  • Tory MP William Wragg accuses whips of blackmail against Conservative MPs who are believed to support the ousting of Johnson. The Speaker, Sir Lindsay Hoyle, tells the Commons that potentially criminal offences would be a matter for the police. A Downing Street spokesperson says: "We are not aware of any evidence to support what are clearly serious allegations."
  • 30 elite British troops are sent to Ukraine amid fears of an imminent Russian invasion. The troops deliver 2,000 NLAW anti-tank missile launchers to Ukrainian forces to bolster their defences.
• 21 January – COVID-19 in the United Kingdom: The UK Health Security Agency formally designates BA.2 as a "variant under investigation".
• 24 January
  • Johnson orders an inquiry into allegations by Conservative MP Nusrat Ghani that she was sacked as a minister after being told her "Muslim-ness” was "making colleagues uncomfortable".
  • Conservative peer Lord Agnew publicly resigns in the House of Lords after criticising the government's handling of fraudulent Covid business loans.
  • ITV News reports that Johnson attended a party to celebrate his 56th birthday on 20 June 2020, despite Covid rules forbidding social gatherings indoors at the time.
  • The murder of Yasmin Chkaifi in Maida Vale, London.
• 25 January – At a London Assembly committee meeting, Cressida Dick confirms that the Metropolitan Police are now investigating "potential breaches of Covid-19 regulations" in Downing Street and Whitehall since 2020, as a "result of the information provided by the Cabinet Office inquiry team", led by Sue Gray.
• 27 January – COVID-19 in the United Kingdom: The government's "Plan B" restrictions in England come to an end, meaning that face masks and Covid passes are no longer legally required.
• 29 January – Storm Malik hits the UK, killing a 9-year-old boy and a 60-year-old woman and leaving tens of thousands of homes in Scotland and England without power.
• 30 January – Manchester United footballer Mason Greenwood is arrested on suspicion of raping and assaulting his girlfriend. The club suspends him "until further notice".
• 31 January – The initial findings of a report by Sue Gray into Downing Street parties are published. She notes that, "At least some of the gatherings in question represent a serious failure to observe not just the high standards expected of those working at the heart of Government but also of the standards expected of the entire British population at the time," and concludes that "a number of these gatherings should not have been allowed to take place or to develop in the way that they did. There is significant learning to be drawn from these events which must be addressed immediately across Government."

February

• 1 February – Johnson travels to Kyiv for talks with President Zelensky, amid rising concerns over the Russo-Ukrainian crisis.
• 2 February
  • The government publishes a white paper on its "levelling up" strategy, which aims to reduce the gap between rich and poor parts of the country by 2030. This includes a 40% increase in research and development spending for the North, Midlands, South West, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland.
  • COVID-19 in the United Kingdom: 534 coronavirus-related deaths are reported, the highest daily figure since February 2021.
• 3 February
  • Ofgem announces a lifting of the energy price cap from £1,277 to £1,971, an increase of 54%. The regulator estimates that nearly 18 million households in England, Wales and Scotland will pay an average of £693 extra a year for gas and electricity.
  • The Bank of England raises the interest rate from 0.25 to 0.5%, in a bid to restrain inflation.
  • Munira Mirza resigns as Director of the Number 10 Policy Unit, saying it was in protest at Johnson's comments about Keir Starmer being responsible for the failure to prosecute serial sex offender Jimmy Savile. Three other senior aides resign hours later – Director of Communications Jack Doyle, Chief of Staff Dan Rosenfield, and Principal Private Secretary to the Prime Minister Martin Reynolds.
  • Paul Givan resigns as First Minister of Northern Ireland in protest over Brexit checks in the Irish Sea, which are part of the Northern Ireland protocol.
  • The Southend West by-election, following the murder of Sir David Amess, is won by the Conservative candidate, Anna Firth. The by-election is not contested by the major opposition parties out of respect for Amess.
• 4 February
  • Policy adviser Elena Narozanski becomes the fifth of Johnson's aides to resign within 24 hours.
  • Peer Nazir Ahmed is jailed for sexual offences against children.
• 6 February – The Platinum Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II marks the 70th anniversary of her accession to the throne as Queen of the United Kingdom.
• 7 February
  • The football associations of the four nations of the United Kingdom and Ireland announce they have agreed not to bid for the 2030 World Cup, and will instead attempt a joint bid to host Euro 2028.
  • Footage emerges of West Ham United player Kurt Zouma kicking and punching his pet cat. Essex Police announce they are liaising with the RSPCA and "urgent enquiries are ongoing".
  • Police arrest two people after protesters shouting "traitor" surround Keir Starmer in Westminster.
• 8 February
  • In the Commons, Speaker Lindsay Hoyle condemns the abuse of Starmer, while Shadow Foreign Secretary David Lammy links the incident to Johnson's recent comments. Hoyle tells MPs: "Those sorts of comments only inflame opinions and generate disregard for the house and it is not acceptable. Our words have consequences. And we should always be mindful of that fact."
  • Johnson implements a cabinet reshuffle, which includes Jacob Rees-Mogg becoming Minister of State for Brexit Opportunities and Government Efficiency, with Mark Spencer replacing him as Leader of the House.
  • Health Secretary Sajid Javid sets out the government's plans to reduce the NHS backlog resulting from the pandemic, including new facilities paid for by an extra £8bn of investment over the next three years.
• 9 February
  • Ian Stewart, already convicted for the murder of children's author Helen Bailey, is sentenced to a whole-life order for the killing of his previous wife, Diane Stewart, six years earlier.
  • The UK's terror threat level is lowered from severe to substantial, meaning a terror attack on British soil is considered "likely".
  • Partygate: Another new photo of Johnson is leaked, this time appearing to show him next to a bottle of champagne, with a tinsel-wearing official and other staff members, apparently taken on 15 December 2020.
  • The biggest breakthrough in fusion energy since 1997 is reported by Oxford's JET lab, with 59 megajoules produced over five seconds (11 megawatts of power), more than double the previous record.
• 10 February
  • Foreign Secretary Liz Truss meets her Russian counterpart in Moscow, Sergey Lavrov. Her visit, the first by a UK foreign secretary in four years, sees her urge Russia to "respect the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Ukraine".
  • At a visit to NATO in Brussels, Boris Johnson says that Europe faces "the most dangerous moment" in its "biggest security crisis" for decades. He tells reporters that he hopes "strong deterrence" and "patient diplomacy" can solve the crisis, but the stakes are "very high".
  • Cressida Dick stands down as Met police commissioner after losing the confidence of Sadiq Khan, the Mayor of London, hours after stating she had no intention of resigning.
• 11 February
  • The UK records its fastest economic growth since 1941, with new figures showing a 7.5% rise in GDP during 2021. However, this follows the collapse of 9.4% during 2020.
  • The Foreign Office advises UK nationals to leave Ukraine.
• 12 February – 13 people are injured, three seriously, when a mezzanine floor collapses at an East London pub.
• 13 February – Defence Secretary Ben Wallace tells the Sunday Times that Russia is now "highly likely" to invade Ukraine and says there is a "whiff of Munich in the air", a reference to the appeasement of Germany during the late 1930s.
• 14 February – An inquiry begins into the Post Office scandal, the most widespread miscarriage of justice in British legal history.
• 15 February – Prince Andrew and Virginia Giuffre reach an out-of-court settlement over her civil sex assault claim.
• 16 February
  • Inflation increases to 5.5% according to Office for National Statistics (ONS) figures.
  • Storm Dudley hits Scotland, England, and Northern Ireland, bringing widespread disruption.
• 17 February – The Met Office issues a rare red weather alert for parts of South West England and Wales ahead of the onset of Storm Eunice the following day.
• 18 February – Storm Eunice becomes one of the most powerful storms to hit the UK in decades, which includes the fastest wind gusts ever recorded in England, blowing at 122 miles per hour (196 km/h) on the Isle of Wight. Millions of people are urged to avoid travel and to stay indoors, with red weather alerts extended to southern and eastern England, and for the first time London. Three people are killed, and widespread damage is reported, which includes the iconic O2 Arena rooftop being partially blown away.
• 20 February – COVID-19 in the United Kingdom: The Queen tests positive for COVID-19. Buckingham Palace says she has "mild cold-like symptoms" but expects to continue "light duties" at Windsor over the coming week.
• 21 February
  • Storm Franklin becomes the third major storm to hit the UK in less than a week, bringing strong winds and widespread flooding.
  • COVID-19 in the United Kingdom: The Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) recommends an additional booster dose be offered to all adults over-75 and the most vulnerable over-12s in the spring.
• 22 February – In response to Russia's incursion into Ukraine, the UK announces sanctions on five Russian banks and three individuals.
• 24 February
  • As Russia escalates to a full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Johnson condemns Putin and promises "a massive package of sanctions" that will "hobble the Russian economy".
  • The FTSE 100 and other markets around the world fall sharply, amid concerns over Russia and Ukraine. Oil prices exceed $100 a barrel for the first time since 2014.
• 25 February – All British airlines are banned by Russia from landing at its airports and from crossing its airspace, in response to the previous day's banning of Aeroflot from landing in Britain.
• 26 February
  • Chelsea F.C.'s Russian owner Roman Abramovich says he is "giving trustees of Chelsea's charitable foundation the stewardship and care" of the club.
  • The UK and its allies commit to removing Russian banks from the SWIFT payment system, as well as imposing measures on the Russian Central Bank and further restrictions on Russian elites.
• 27 February
  • Thousands of people gather in cities across the UK to show their support for Ukraine.
  • BP announces it will offload its 19.75% stake in Russian state-owned oil firm Rosneft after Russia's "act of aggression in Ukraine".
  • The FA announces that the England national football team will not play against Russia (at any level, age, men or women) for the foreseeable future.
  • Liverpool wins the 2022 EFL Cup Final, defeating Chelsea 11–10 on penalties following a 0–0 draw after extra time. This is Liverpool's 9th League Cup trophy.
• 28 February – The media regulator Ofcom launches 15 separate investigations into the Russian state owned television news channel RT UK for its coverage of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

March

• 1 March
  • Southend-on-Sea becomes the newest city in the UK.
  • 2021–22 Russo-Ukrainian crisis: Following criticism of the response to Ukrainian refugees, Johnson extends the government's visa scheme to allow potentially 200,000 people to stay in the UK.
• 3 March
  • 2021–22 Russo-Ukrainian crisis: Russia Today is removed from all broadcast platforms in the UK as part of a Europe-wide crackdown on Russian propaganda.
  • 2021–22 Russo-Ukrainian crisis: The UK announces sanctions against two more Russian oligarchs, Alisher Usmanov and Igor Shuvalov, following Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
  • Paulette Hamilton wins the 2022 Birmingham Erdington by-election for Labour with 55.5% of the votes in a turnout of 27% of the electorate.
• 4 March – 2021–22 Russo-Ukrainian crisis: Two large tankers containing Russian gas, the Boris Vilkitsky and Fedor Litke, are prevented from unloading their cargos at the Grain LNG Terminal in Kent and are forced to go elsewhere. Similar action is undertaken by dockworkers at a Merseyside refinery who refuse to unload Russian oil.
• 10 March – 2021–22 Russo-Ukrainian crisis: Billionaire Roman Abramovich and six other Russian oligarchs are sanctioned by the government over their links to the Kremlin. Chelsea F.C. is left unable to sell tickets for football games, unable to buy or sell players on the transfer market, and unable to operate its merchandise shop.
• 12 March – COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom: the death rate from COVID-19 in the UK is shown to be below the average for western Europe in an international comparison by The Lancet. The report also shows that the differences in excess deaths per 100,000 population between the UK, France, and Germany is not statistically significant.
• 14 March
  • 2021–22 Russo-Ukrainian crisis: Squatters occupy the £50m Belgravia mansion of Russian oligarch Oleg Deripaska.
  • 2022 British barristers' industrial action: the Criminal Bar Association (CBA) in England and Wales voted to undertake industrial action protesting against stagnant fees with 94 percent of criminal barristers in favour.
• 15 March
  • 2021–22 Russo-Ukrainian crisis: Additional sanctions are announced, with an export ban on luxury goods to Russia, alongside a 35% import duty hike on £900m worth of products such as Russian vodka, metals, fertilisers and other commodities. All export finance support to both Russia and Belarus is also withdrawn, meaning the UK will no longer issue any new guarantees, loans, and insurance for exports to the countries.
  • A new T-shaped design of electricity pylon begins to be installed on the National Grid in England and Wales, the first new design since 1927.
• 16 March – Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, detained by Iran in 2016, is freed and allowed to return to the UK.
• 17 March
  • The Bank of England raises the interest rate from 0.5 to 0.75%, in a further bid to restrain inflation.
  • P&O Ferries abruptly suspends its services and makes 800 employees redundant in a video call, saying they are to be replaced by cheaper agency staff. The move prompts outrage from trade unions, as well as MPs on both sides of the House, as the government announces it will review its contracts with the company.
• 21 March
  • COVID-19 vaccination in the United Kingdom: A spring booster program begins in England, offering a fourth vaccine dose for over 75s and the most vulnerable.
  • At the Old Bailey, the trial begins of Ali Harbi Ali, 26, accused of murdering Conservative MP Sir David Amess in October 2021.
  • Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe holds her first press conference, with husband Richard Ratcliffe and their MP, Tulip Siddiq, at Westminster. Siddiq calls for an inquiry by the foreign affairs committee into why her release took so long.
• 23 March
  • Inflation rises again, up from 5.5% the previous month to 6.2%.
  • The Chancellor, Rishi Sunak, delivers his Spring statement to the House, which includes a raising of the National Insurance threshold and a cut in fuel duty.
• 24 March – The Fixed-term Parliaments Act 2011 is repealed after the Dissolution and Calling of Parliament Act receives royal assent, meaning that the Prime Minister will again be able to request the monarch to dissolve Parliament and call an early election, with 25 working days' notice.
• 29 March – Partygate: The Met Police announces that 20 fixed penalty notices will be issued as part of the inquiry into Downing Street parties that allegedly breached Covid rules, but declines to say who the notices are being sent to or which events they relate.
• 30 March
  • A report by maternity expert Donna Ockenden into practices at Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust finds catastrophic failings that led to hundreds of baby and mother deaths over two decades. Health Secretary Sajid Javid tells the Commons that an active police investigation, Operation Lincoln, is looking at 600 cases.
  • Jamie Wallis comes out as the UK's first openly transgender MP.
• 31 March
  • Nationwide reports a 14.7% rise in house prices, the highest annual increase since 2004, with a typical UK home now costing £265,312.
  • COVID-19 in the United Kingdom: The provision of free lateral flow tests comes to an end in England.

April

• 1 April –
  • The energy price cap for domestic gas and electricity in Great Britain rises by 54%, from £1,278 to £1,971. Bank of England governor Andrew Bailey warns that the country is facing the biggest single shock from energy prices since the 1970s. It is the largest increase, by far, in the price cap since it was introduced.
  • COVID-19 in the United Kingdom: The ONS Infection Survey reports that 4.9 million people in the UK currently have the virus, the highest figure since the pandemic began, driven by the Omicron BA.2 sub-variant and people mixing more.
• 2 April – COVID-19 vaccination in the United Kingdom: Low-dose vaccines for COVID-19 become available for children aged five to 11 in England, with five million eligible. A second dose is recommended after 12 weeks.
• 3 April – Conservative MP David Warburton is admitted to a psychiatric hospital, following his suspension from the parliamentary party amid allegations of sexual harassment and drug taking.
• 6 April –
  • The rise in National Insurance comes into effect, adding an extra 1.25% in contributions paid by employees, businesses and the self-employed.
  • The biggest reform of divorce laws for 50 years comes into effect, ending the need for couples to first separate for two or more years and introducing a "no-fault" rule, bringing England and Wales into line with Scotland's laws. Lawyers predict a surge in divorce applications as a result of the change.
  • New rules requiring calorie information to be displayed on menus and food labels come into force.
  • COVID-19 in the United Kingdom: The final REACT study is published by Imperial College London, as the government withdraws funding as part of its "Living with Covid" strategy.
• 7 April –
  • The government's plan to introduce a photo ID requirement for elections is defeated in the House of Lords by 199 votes to 170.
  • The government's new energy strategy is published, which includes a plan for eight new nuclear reactors and 95% of the UK's electricity coming from low-carbon sources by 2030.
• 8 April –
  • Koci Selamaj is jailed for life, with a minimum term of 36 years, for the murder of primary school teacher Sabina Nessa in south-east London in September 2021.
  • The Home Secretary, Priti Patel, apologises for delays in accepting Ukrainian refugees, with only a quarter of the 41,000 granted visas having entered the UK so far.
  • Rishi Sunak's wife Akshata Murty announces she will pay UK taxes on her overseas income, following controversy over her non-dom status.
• 11 April –
  • Ali Harbi Ali, a 26-year-old Islamic extremist, is found guilty of murdering Conservative MP Sir David Amess on 15 October 2021.
  • Conservative MP for Wakefield, Imran Ahmad Khan, is found guilty of sexually assaulting a 15-year-old boy in 2008 and is expelled from the party.
  • The 2022 British barristers' industrial action begins with nearly 2,500 participants.
• 12 April – Partygate: Boris Johnson, his wife Carrie Johnson, and Rishi Sunak are among those issued with fixed penalty notices for breaches of lockdown rules at gatherings in Whitehall and Downing Street. This makes Johnson the first sitting Prime Minister to be sanctioned for breaking the law. 30 more penalties are announced, in addition to the 20 given by police on 29 March. Johnson and Sunak apologise, but resist calls from opposition parties including Labour, the Liberal Democrats and the SNP to resign.
• 13 April –
  • Inflation hits 7%, up from 6.2% the previous month and the highest level since 1992.
  • Ali Harbi Ali is given a rare whole life order, following his guilty verdict two days earlier. At the Old Bailey, Justice Sweeney describes it as "an exceptional case" that "struck at the heart of our democracy."
• 14 April –
  • COVID-19 vaccination in the United Kingdom: Valneva is approved as the UK's sixth vaccine.
  • COVID-19 vaccination in the United Kingdom: the Moderna vaccine is approved for use in 6 to 11-year olds.
  • The UK signs the Rwanda asylum plan, to fly thousands of migrants who cross the English Channel in lorries or on boats more than 4,000 miles on chartered planes to the African country. The plan is criticised by many charities, as well as opposition figures.
• 15 April –
  • Several road bridges in central London, including Waterloo, Blackfriars and Westminster, are blocked by Extinction Rebellion activists.
  • The UN refugee agency condemns the plan to send migrants to Rwanda, deeming it illegal and discriminatory under international law.
• 19 April – In a statement to the House of Commons, Prime Minister Johnson apologises following his receipt of a fixed penalty notice for breaching lockdown rules, and says that he did not realise he had breached rules at the time.
• 20 April – 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine: Russian and Belarusian players are banned from the Wimbledon tennis tournament.
• 21 April –
  • Johnson begins a two-day visit to India to discuss trade and security with the country's premier, Narendra Modi.
  • MPs debate a motion calling for an inquiry into claims that Johnson misled Parliament over Partygate.
• 23 April – Ospreys nesting in Poole Harbour produce an egg, the first in southern England in modern times.
• 24 April –
  • The Elections Act 2022 receives royal assent, The Act introduces voter photo identification for in-person voting to the United Kingdom for the first time. The requirement would apply to UK general elections, English local elections, and police and crime commissioner elections in England and Wales.
  • Labour's deputy leader Angela Rayner is accused by anonymous Tory MPs of "distracting" the Prime Minister in the Commons by crossing and uncrossing her legs. Rayner describes the claim as a "perverted smear" that shows women in politics continue to face misogyny. Her comments are echoed by Johnson, who says he "deplores" the comments directed at her.
• 25 April – A man is arrested on suspicion of murder after three women and a man are found stabbed to death in Bermondsey, south-east London.
• 26 April – DJ Tim Westwood is accused of predatory and unwanted sexual behaviour by seven women, as part of a joint BBC and Guardian investigation. He steps down from his Capital Xtra radio show the following day.
• 27 April –
  • In a statement, Conservative Chief Whip Chris Heaton-Harris says he is investigating reports that a Conservative MP watched pornography on his phone in the House of Commons chamber, after complaints from female Tory MPs. The MP is later revealed to be Neil Parish, Conservative MP for Tiverton and Honiton (see 29 April).
  • COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom: The High Court of England and Wales rules that the UK government's policies on discharging untested patients from hospital to care homes in England at the start of the pandemic was unlawful because they failed to take into account the potential risk of COVID-19 to elderly and vulnerable people.
• 28 April – 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine: Scott Sibley, aged 36, becomes the first British national confirmed to have died in the conflict. A second Briton is reported missing.
• 29 April
  • Conservative MP Neil Parish is suspended from the Conservative Whip over allegations that he watched pornography on his phone in the House of Commons.
  • Boris Becker, former tennis champion, is jailed for two and a half years following his trial at Southwark Crown Court for breaking UK insolvency laws after his 2017 bankruptcy.
• 30 April – Neil Parish admits to watching pornography twice in the House of Commons and says that he will resign as an MP.

May

• 2 May – The 2022 World Snooker Championship concludes with Ronnie O'Sullivan defeating Judd Trump 18–13 in the final. This is O'Sullivan's 7th world title, equalling the record held by Stephen Hendry.
• 4 May – 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine: A new set of sanctions is announced by the government, with Russia banned from using British management consulting, accounting and PR services.
• 5 May – The Bank of England raises the interest rate from 0.75 to 1.0%, its highest level since February 2009 and the fourth successive increase. The Bank also warns that inflation could reach 10% later in 2022.
• 6 May –
  • 2022 United Kingdom local elections: The Conservatives suffer a net loss of 485 seats, which includes the London boroughs of Barnet, Wandsworth, and Westminster, formerly considered Tory strongholds. Labour gain than 108 seats, while the Liberal Democrats gain 240. The Green Party has one of its best ever results, with a net gain of 87 seats. In Scotland, the SNP gains 22 seats, while in Northern Ireland, Sinn Féin receives the largest vote share.
  • Convenience store chain McColl's is placed into administration, putting more than 16,000 jobs at risk.
  • Durham Police launch an investigation into whether Sir Keir Starmer broke lockdown rules after he drank beer at an MP's constituency office during a visit to the area (dubbed 'Beergate').
• 7 May – 2022 monkeypox outbreak: Public Health England informs the World Health Organization that a case of monkeypox has been detected in an individual who travelled to Nigeria and returned to the UK, where they were hospitalised and isolated. In the following days and weeks, additional cases begin to be reported, both in the UK and other countries.
• 8 May
  • 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine: A new set of sanctions is announced by the government, targeting £1.7bn of trade with both Russia and Belarus. This includes import tariffs on platinum and palladium, alongside export bans on chemicals, plastics, rubber and machinery.
  • The Met Office warns that the probability of global average temperatures reaching 1.5 °C above pre-industrial levels over the next five years is now almost 50:50 (48%). It also predicts a more than 90% chance that a new record high will occur in at least one year from 2022–2026.
• 9 May – Meghan Gallacher is appointed Deputy Leader of the Scottish Conservatives.
• 10 May – 2022 State Opening of Parliament: Charles, Prince of Wales and Prince William, Duke of Cambridge open the third session of the 2019 Parliament on behalf of Queen Elizabeth II with the traditional Queen's Speech, the first time an heir-apparent to the throne has opened Parliament since George IV did so on behalf of his father, George III.
• 12 May – Partygate: Police issue another 50 fixed penalty notices for breaches of COVID-19 rules in Downing Street and other government buildings.
• 16 May – Blackpool player Jake Daniels becomes the first male football player to come out as gay since Justin Fashanu in 1990.
• 17 May
  • Unemployment falls to its lowest level since 1974, with more job vacancies (1.3 million) than unemployed people in the UK for the first time since records began.
  • Brexit: Foreign Secretary Liz Truss announces a plan to unilaterally abandon parts of the Northern Ireland protocol.
  • An unnamed Conservative MP is arrested for rape and sexual assault charges spanning seven years between 2002 and 2009.
  • The Queen visits Paddington Station to attend the official event to mark the completion of London Underground's Elizabeth line.
• 18 May – Inflation hits 9%, up from 7% the previous month and the highest level since 1982. The figure is the highest of any G7 nation.
• 19 May –
  • COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom: The Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation recommends adults over the age of 65, frontline health workers and people aged 16–64 who are classed as vulnerable should receive a COVID booster vaccine in the autumn.
  • Partygate: Downing Street confirms Prime Minister Johnson will not receive any further fines after police conclude their investigation into the Partygate affair.
• 20 May –
  • 2022 monkeypox outbreak: Following the initial case on 7 May, the number of confirmed infections in the UK reaches 20. Health Secretary Sajid Javid updates G7 health ministers on its spread, and says that the government has procured vaccines that are effective against the virus.
  • The Platinum Jubilee Civic Honours are announced, with eight towns being given city status.
• 21 May – Five people are injured after parts of spectator stands collapse during a rehearsal for the Trooping the Colour ceremony at Horse Guards Parade in central London.
• 23 May
  • Former Wakefield Conservative MP Imran Ahmad Khan is sentenced to 18 months in jail for sexually assaulting a 15-year-old boy.
  • 2022 monkeypox outbreak: The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) reports another 37 infections, including the first known case in Scotland, bringing the total to 57.
  • Partygate: Photos published by ITV News show Boris Johnson holding up a glass at a leaving do on 13 November 2020, when COVID-19 regulations meant such gatherings were only allowed if reasonably necessary for work purposes. The Met Police's decision-making process during the inquiry into events at No 10 and Whitehall is questioned by lawyers, while MPs suggest the photos prove Johnson lied at the dispatch box.
• 24 May –
  • The Elizabeth Line opens in London.
  • Partygate: Staff who attended events at Downing Street during lockdown tell the BBC's Panorama programme that people crowded together, sat on each other's laps and mocked those anxious about COVID-19. The programme also alleges that Johnson asked Sue Gray to scrap her report, although this is denied by Downing Street.
  • 2021–2022 global energy crisis: Ofgem chief executive Jonathan Brearley warns the average household energy bill is set to rise by about £800 a year in October.
  • Members of the National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers vote overwhelmingly in favour of strike action, paving the way for the first national rail strike since 1994.
• 25 May – Partygate: The full version of the Gray Report is published. In the 37-page document, Sue Gray concludes that senior Downing Street officials, both political and non-political, "bear responsibility" for the culture of partying during COVID lockdowns.
• 26 May
  • 2022 monkeypox outbreak: The first cases in Wales and Northern Ireland are reported.
  • Four Conservative MPs – John Baron, David Simmonds, Julian Sturdy and Stephen Hammond – join a growing list of MPs urging Johnson to resign.
  • Chancellor Rishi Sunak announces a £15 billion package of measures to address soaring energy costs, partly offset by a 25% windfall tax on oil and gas firms' profits. He tells the Commons that every UK household will get an energy bill discount of £400 in October, while the poorest households will also get a payment of £650 to ease living costs.
• 27 May
  • COVID-19 in the United Kingdom: The Office for National Statistics (ONS) reports that coronavirus infections have declined to around a million, from a peak of 4.9 million in early April, and are continuing to fall.
  • A new version of the Ministerial Code is published, removing the need for a minister to resign over breaches of its rules.
• 28 May –
  • Police declare a major incident after a superyacht catches fire and later sinks at Princess Pier in Torquay, Devon.
  • Partygate: A further two Conservative MPs – former health minister Steve Brine and Newton Abbot MP Anne Marie Morris – confirm they have submitted letters of no confidence in Johnson.
• 30 May –
  • Partygate: Former Attorney General Jeremy Wright becomes the latest Conservative MP to call for the resignation of Boris Johnson as Prime Minister, while backbench MPs Elliot Colburn and Andrew Bridgen are the latest Conservative to submit a letter of no confidence in Johnson.
  • 2022 monkeypox outbreak: A further 71 cases of monkeypox are reported in England, bringing the UK total to 179.
  • COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom: Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby confirms he will not be attending the Platinum Jubilee National Service of Thanksgiving on 3 June due to a positive COVID-19 test. His place will be taken by Archbishop of York Stephen Cottrell.
  • A 3.8 magnitude earthquake is recorded in Shropshire, with its epicentre at Wem in the north of the county.
• 31 May –
  • Partygate: John Stevenson becomes the latest Conservative MP to write a letter of no confidence in Boris Johnson. The Prime Minister is also criticised by Dame Andrea Leadsom, although she stops short of calling for his resignation.
  • Partygate: Lord Geidt, the Independent Adviser on Ministers' Interests, says there is a "legitimate question" over whether Johnson broke the ministerial code after being fined over the Partygate affair.
  • Beergate: It is confirmed that Labour Party leader Sir Keir Starmer and his deputy, Angela Rayner, have received questionnaires from Durham Constabulary as part of their investigation into the gathering both politicians attended on 30 April 2021.
  • Rwanda asylum plan: The Home Office confirms 14 June as the date on which the first flight carrying migrants who have crossed the English Channel will leave for Rwanda.
  • Bradford is named the 2025 UK City of Culture.

June

• 1 June
  • Recent disruption at airports continues to affect holidaymakers, with many flights being cancelled. The cause is attributed to staff shortages, as the industry struggles to recruit replacements for the workers laid off during the COVID-19 pandemic.
  • COVID-19 in the United Kingdom: The Office for National Statistics (ONS) reports that the number of people suffering from Long COVID now exceeds 2 million, or about 3% of the UK population.
  • West Ham United defender Kurt Zouma is sentenced to 180 hours of community service after pleading guilty to kicking and slapping his cat. He is also banned from keeping cats for five years.
• 2 June – Platinum Jubilee of Elizabeth II: The Queen attends the Trooping the Colour parade at Horse Guards Parade, a flypast by the Red Arrows and lights the first Platinum Jubilee Beacon at Windsor Castle, but it is announced she will not attend the Service of Thanksgiving at St Paul's Cathedral the following day after experiencing some discomfort during the flypast. The Duke of York will also be absent from the service after testing positive for COVID-19.
• 3 June –
  • The Platinum Jubilee National Service of Thanksgiving is held at St Paul's Cathedral, where the Queen is praised for "staying the course" by Archbishop of York Stephen Cottrell.
  • Buckingham Palace confirms the Queen will not attend the following day's Epsom Derby but will watch the event on television.
  • The government's plan to reintroduce imperial measurements is criticised by Asda chairman and Conservative peer Lord Rose, who says it will drive up costs for businesses and will only please a "small minority who hark for the past".
• 4 June – The Platinum Party at the Palace takes place. A pre-recorded sketch is shown of Elizabeth II and Paddington Bear acting together, and both of them tapping teaspoons on their cups to Queen's song We Will Rock You.
• 5 June
  • The Platinum Jubilee Pageant takes place in London, concluding the Jubilee weekend. Afterwards, the Queen releases a message of thanks in which she says she is "humbled and deeply touched" by the celebrations across the UK.
  • The British journalist Dom Phillips is reported missing in a remote part of Amazonas state in Brazil.
• 6 June –
  • Sir Graham Brady, Chairman of the 1922 committee of the Conservative Party, announces a vote of confidence in Boris Johnson's leadership of the party. A secret ballot is held from 6-8pm. The party's MPs decide that they have confidence in Johnson's leadership. However, more than 40% vote against him, with a result of 211 to 148.
  • 2022 monkeypox outbreak: The UK Health Security Agency confirms more cases of monkeypox have been identified in the UK, bringing the total detected to 302.
• 7 June – British cinema chain Cineworld cancels all showings of the historical drama The Lady of Heaven, following days of protests by Muslims who say that the movie is blasphemous and sectarian. Cineworld says that the decision to cancel showings was to "ensure the safety of our staff and customers".
• 8 June – The average price of petrol rises by two pence, to 180.73p per litre, the biggest daily jump in 17 years.
• 9 June – The Ministry of Defence acquires the government's first quantum computer.
• 10 June
  • The discovery is announced of Royal Navy warship HMS Gloucester, wrecked off the coast of Norfolk in 1682. The shipwreck was found in 2007, but the discovery only revealed today for security reasons.
  • Foreign Secretary Liz Truss speaks by phone to Dmytro Kuleba, her counterpart in Ukraine, following the capture and sentencing to death of two Britons fighting Russian forces in Donetsk. She calls it a "sham judgment" with "absolutely no legitimacy".
  • COVID-19 in the United Kingdom: The ONS reports that the number of infections has begun to increase again, for the first time in two months, likely caused by the original Omicron variant and newer variants BA.4 and BA.5.
• 12 June – The Queen becomes the second longest reigning monarch in history, behind only Louis XIV of France who became king at the age of four.
• 13 June
  • Rwanda asylum plan: The Court of Appeal gives the go-ahead for the first flight to Rwanda carrying asylum seekers to leave the UK the next day.
  • Brexit: The UK government publishes the Northern Ireland Protocol Bill, which will change aspects of the Northern Ireland Protocol to enable the easier flow of goods from Great Britain to Northern Ireland.
  • Figures released by the ONS show the economy contracted by 0.3% in April, prompting concerns that the UK is going into recession. The ONS says that the fall was driven by all main parts of the economy but accentuated by the effect that the winding down of COVID-19 testing had on the health sector.
  • At the High Court, Brexit campaigner Arron Banks loses a libel case against investigative journalist Carole Cadwalladr.
• 14 June –
  • Rwanda asylum plan: It is confirmed the first flight scheduled to depart for Rwanda and carrying seven asylum seekers will not depart following legal challenges in the European Court of Human Rights.
  • Russia publishes a list of UK journalists and public figures who it has banned from entering Russia in response to sanctions against that country. The list includes journalists working for the BBC, Sky, Channel Four and Channel 5.
  • Scotland's First Minister, Nicola Sturgeon, launches the first of a series of papers setting out the case for a second Scottish independence referendum.
• 15 June – Lord Geidt resigns as the UK government's Independent Adviser on Ministers' Interests, after being asked to advise on an issue he believed would be a deliberate breach of the Ministerial Code. A Downing Street spokesperson says he had been asked "to provide advice on a commercially sensitive matter in the national interest, which has previously had cross-party support. No decision had been taken pending that advice".
• 16 June
  • The Bank of England raises the interest rate from 1.0% to 1.25%, the fifth successive increase, in a bid to restrain inflation.
  • England's hospital waiting list reaches a new record high of 6.5 million people.
  • Researchers led by the UK's Institute of Cancer Research describe a new light-activated 'photoimmunotherapy' for brain cancer. They believe it could join surgery, chemotherapy, radiotherapy and immunotherapy as a fifth major form of cancer treatment.
• 17 June
  • Home Secretary Priti Patel approves the extradition of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange to the United States, where he faces up to 175 years in jail for violating the Espionage Act. He is given 14 days to appeal.
  • The hottest day of the year in the UK is recorded for a third consecutive day. Santon Downham, in Suffolk, is measured at 32.7°C (90°F), surpassing the previous day's high of 29.5°C (85.1°F) at Northolt, west London.
  • COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom: The latest Office for National Statistics figures indicate another rise in COVID-19 cases, with the Platinum Jubilee celebrations thought to have contributed to the increase. Figures show 1.4 million people with the virus, or one in 45, a rise from one in 65 the previous week.
  • A body found in the Vale do Javari in Amazonas, Brazil on 13 June is proved to be that of missing British journalist Dom Phillips.
• 18 June
  • The National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers confirms the rail and tube strikes planned for 21, 23 and 25 June will go ahead, after talks to resolve the situation ended without agreement.
  • Thousands of protesters march through London to demand action from the government on the cost of living crisis.
• 21 June – The biggest rail strike since 1989 takes place, affecting 80% of services across England, Scotland and Wales, including the London Underground. Unions claim that Network Rail is threatening to cut safety-critical jobs (a characterisation that Network Rail rejects) as part of its modernisation programme, which would also include an increase in working hours. Rail workers also demand pay rises to keep up with soaring inflation. However, critics of the strike point to changing commuter habits, such as ticket offices being nearly obsolete, as well as more working from home, and the need for efficiency improvements.
• 22 June
  • Inflation increases to 9.1%, from 9% last month.
  • The UK Health Security Agency declares a national incident after poliovirus is found in sewage samples collected from the Beckton Sewage Treatment Works, East London.
• 23 June
  • The UK is hit by a second day of rail strikes. RMT boss Mick Lynch warns that further strikes are "extremely likely" if talks to resolve the dispute continue to fail.
  • By-elections take place in Wakefield and Tiverton and Honiton. Labour win in Wakefield, while the Liberal Democrats win in Tiverton and Honiton, overturning a substantial Conservative majority.
• 24 June
  • COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom: The latest Office for National Statistics data suggests another rise in the number of people infected with COVID, with 1.7 million people with the virus in the week up to 18 June, roughly one in 38.
  • International chemicals firm Tata Chemicals Europe opens the UK's first industrial-scale carbon capture and utilisation plant in Northwich, Cheshire.
• 25 June – A third day of rail strikes are held across the country.
• 26 June
  • SNP MP Patrick Grady resigns party membership and will sit as an independent in the House of Commons.
  • A suspected gas explosion destroys a house in Kingstanding, Birmingham.
• 27 June – Barristers walk out of courts across England and Wales in a dispute over legal aid funding.
• 28 June
  • Scotland's First Minister Nicola Sturgeon proposes 19 October 2023 as the date for a second referendum on independence.
  • Initial results from the 2021 census are published, showing a 6.3% rise in the population of England and Wales since the previous census in 2011, one of the biggest increases on record. The population of England and Wales is 59,597,300, while the UK is estimated at 66,966,400. The figures show more people aged over 65 than ever before.
  • 2022 monkeypox outbreak: The number of cases recorded in the UK exceeds 1,000.
  • COVID-19 in the United Kingdom: A public inquiry begins into the UK's handling of the pandemic.
• 29 June – The Climate Change Committee publishes its largest UK climate progress report to date, warning that the UK will fail to achieve net zero by 2050 under current policies.
• 30 June
  • An additional £1 billion in funding for military aid to Ukraine is announced.
  • Former SNP MP Natalie McGarry is jailed for two years for embezzling £25,000.
  • 2022 monkeypox outbreak: Professor Kevin Fenton of Public Health England urges anyone with monkeypox symptoms – blisters, fevers, and swollen glands – not to attend Pride events over the weekend.
  • Tamworth MP Chris Pincher resigns as Conservative Party deputy chief whip, saying he "embarrassed myself and other people" and "drank far too much" following an incident at a party the previous evening.

July

• 1 July –
  • Chris Pincher has the Conservative Party Whip withdrawn and will sit in the House of Commons as an independent MP. A formal complaint about his conduct is also lodged with the Independent Complaints and Grievance Scheme (ICGS).
  • COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom: Office for National Statistics data suggests COVID-19 cases in the UK are rising again, with 2.3 million people infected with the virus, around one in 30, in the week ending 24 June. The statistics show a 32% rise on the previous week, with the Omicron BA.4 and BA.5 variants thought to be responsible for the rise.
• 2 July – Members of the ASLEF union stage their second strike in two weeks, in a dispute over pay, affecting 90% of train services operated by Greater Anglia.
• 3 July –
  • A further six allegations against Chris Pincher emerge, involving behaviour over a decade. One complainant is reported to have given 10 Downing Street details in February 2022 and expressed concerns over Pincher becoming a whip in charge of other MPs' welfare. Work and Pensions Secretary Therese Coffey tells the BBC Prime Minister Boris Johnson was not aware of "specific allegations" against Pincher at the time of his appointment ad Deputy Chief Whip in February 2022.
  • Carlos Sainz wins the 2022 British Grand Prix.
• 4 July – The number of pubs in England and Wales falls below 40,000 to its lowest level on record, driven by a combination of rising costs and changing social behaviours.
• 5 July –
  • 2022 United Kingdom government crisis:
    • In an interview with the BBC's Chris Mason, Johnson says he had been told about a misconduct complaint against Pincher before appointing him to the role of Deputy Chief Whip in February 2022. Johnson describes his decision as a "bad mistake".
    • Sajid Javid resigns as health secretary, saying he "can no longer, in good conscience, continue serving in this government."
    • Rishi Sunak, the chancellor, also resigns, saying the public expect government to be conducted "properly, competently and seriously."
    • Andrew Murrison resigns as Prime Ministerial Trade Envoy to Morocco.
    • Bim Afolami, Vice Chair of the Conservative party, resigns on air during an interview with TalkTV.
    • Jonathan Gullis resigns as Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, saying "we have been focused on dealing with our reputational damage rather than delivering for the people."
    • Saqib Bhatti, Parliamentary Private Secretary to now former health secretary Sajid Javid, also resigns.
    • Nicola Richards, Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Department for Transport, quits her role, describing the Conservative Party as "currently unrecognisable."
    • Virginia Crosbie, Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Wales Office, also resigns.
    • Alex Chalk resigns as Solicitor General, citing the Owen Paterson scandal, Partygate and the Chris Pincher scandal.
    • Saqib Bhatti resigns as Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Secretary of State.
    • Laura Trott resigns as Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Department for Transport, citing "trust in politics is – and must always be – of the utmost importance, but sadly in recent months this has been lost".
  • In the latest of a series of climate protests at art museums around the world, Just Stop Oil protestors glue themselves to paintings within the Royal Academy of Arts, including its depiction of The Last Supper.
• 6 July
  • The pound slides to a two-year low against the dollar.
  • The income threshold for paying National Insurance is raised from £9,880 to £12,570, meaning that two million workers will no longer pay it.
  • Will Quince an education minister, resigns after "accepting and repeating assurances to the media [from No 10] which have now been found to be inaccurate".
  • Robin Walker resigns as Minister of State for School Standards, saying he cannot "in good conscience" serve in Johnson's government.
  • John Glen resigns as Economic Secretary to the Treasury, citing "poor judgment" shown by Johnson.
  • Victoria Atkins resigns as Minister of State for Prisons and Probation, citing concerns with party leadership.
  • Jo Churchill resigns as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Agri-Innovation and Climate Adaptation, citing concerns over "integrity, competence, and judgement" by the Prime Minister.
  • Stuart Andrew resigns as Minister of State for Housing, saying "our great country deserve better."
  • Felicity Buchan resigns as Parliamentary Private Secretary in the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy.
  • Selaine Saxby resigns as Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Treasury, citing concerns over "trust, truth and integrity" in government.
  • Claire Coutinho resigns as Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Treasury, saying "events of recent weeks" are a distraction.
  • David Johnston resigns as Parliamentary Private Secretary in the Department for Education, citing concerns over Johnson's leadership.
  • Five ministers – Kemi Badenoch, Neil O'Brien, Alex Burghart, Lee Rowley and Julia Lopez – issue a joint resignation letter, saying "it has become increasingly clear that the government cannot function given the issues that have come to light" and calling on Johnson to resign.
  • Mims Davies resigns as Parliamentary Under-Secretary at the Department for Work and Pensions, saying Johnson has failed to uphold "the highest standards in public life".
  • Duncan Baker resigns as Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Department for Levelling Up, saying he does not have confidence in the Prime Minister.
  • Craig Williams resigns as Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Chancellor, saying that rebuilding public trust is now "impossible" for Johnson.
  • Rachel Maclean resigns as Minister for Safeguarding, saying "values, principles, integrity and decency matter more than anything".
  • Mark Logan resigns as a Parliamentary Private Secretary, saying "there is only so much anyone can expect my constituents to accept and ignore."
  • Mike Freer resigns as both Minister for Exports and Minister for Equalities in protest over Johnson's leadership.
  • Boris Johnson sacks Secretary of State for Levelling Up Michael Gove, due to Gove's calls for him to resign.
  • UEFA Women's Euro 2022 commences. The competition is hosted in England, and England win their first match against Austria 1–0.
  • In an interview with ITV's Robert Peston, Attorney General Suella Braverman announces that she will stand in a Conservative Party leadership election if one is called.
• 7 July
  • Education Secretary Michelle Donelan resigns after 36 hours in the post.
  • Boris Johnson resigns as Conservative Party leader as a result of the resignations from his ministry, prompting a leadership election.
  • Tom Tugendhat, Chair of the Foreign Affairs Select Committee, announces he will put his name forward for the 2022 Conservative Party leadership election.
• 8 July –
  • Former Chancellor Rishi Sunak launches his campaign for the 2022 Conservative Party leadership election.
  • Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer and deputy Angela Rayner are cleared of breaking lockdown rules over a Durham "beergate" meeting.
  • Sir Mark Rowley is appointed as Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police, succeeding Dame Cressida Dick.
  • COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom: The latest Office for National Statistics data for the week ending 1 July suggests 2.7 million people, or one in 25, were infected with COVID-19 as the number of cases continue to rise.
  • Stephen Greenhalgh resigns as Building Safety and Fire Minister, citing the events leading up to Johnson's resignation.
  • A heat health alert is issued for parts of the UK with temperatures expected to exceed 30°C in the coming days.
• 9 July –
  • Former Health Secretary Sajid Javid launches his campaign to be the next leader of the Conservative Party.
  • Jeremy Hunt, also a former Health Secretary, launches his bid to be the next Conservative Party leader.
  • Transport Secretary Grant Shapps launches his Conservative Party leadership campaign.
  • Chancellor Nadhim Zahawi announces his intention to run in the Conservative Party leadership election.
  • Former Equalities Minister Kemi Badenoch announces her candidacy for the 2022 Conservative Party leadership election.
• 10 July –
  • Secretary of State for Trade Policy Penny Mordaunt launches her Conservative Party leadership campaign.
  • Foreign Secretary Liz Truss becomes the tenth Conservative MP to launch a bid to succeed Johnson as leader.
  • Rehman Chishti declares his intention to enter the Conservative leadership race.
  • Novak Djokovic beats Nick Kyrgios to win the 2022 Wimbledon Championships.
• 11 July –
  • 2022 Conservative Party leadership election: 1922 Committee chair Sir Graham Brady unveils the timetable for the leadership election, with the election due to complete on 5 September.
  • As temperatures reach 32°C in some places, the Met Office issues an extreme weather warning for Sunday 17 July, when temperatures are expected to climb even higher.
  • Members of the Associated Society of Locomotive Engineers and Firemen (ASLEF) at eight train operators vote overwhelmingly to take strike action in a dispute over pay, while members of the Transport Salaried Staffs Association (TSSA) at South Western Railway also vote to take industrial action.
• 12 July –
  • A report from a three-year inquiry into the child sexual exploitation in Telford is released. It reveals more than 1,000 girls had been abused over a 40 year period, and that agencies blamed victims for the abuse they suffered, not the perpetrators, and exploitation was not investigated because of "nervousness about race" in the belief that investigation against Asian men would inflame "racial tensions". The report makes 47 recommendations for improvement by agencies involved. West Mercia Police apologise "unequivocally" for past events, as well as Telford and Wrekin Council. Victims were often blamed for "child prostitution" and offenders were emboldened by the lack of police action.
  • 2022 Conservative Party leadership election: Nominations for the election are confirmed, with eight candidates – Kemi Badenoch, Suella Braverman, Jeremy Hunt, Penny Mordaunt, Rishi Sunak, Tom Tugendhat, Liz Truss and Nadhim Zahawi – going into the leadership race.
  • 2022 United Kingdom railway strike: Network Rail makes a fresh pay offer worth more than 5%, but linked to workers accepting "modernising reforms".
• 13 July –
  • 2022 Conservative Party leadership election: Jeremy Hunt and Nadhim Zahawi are eliminated in the first round of voting, while Rishi Sunak and Penny Mordaunt are the frontrunners.
  • COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom: The number of confirmed deaths from the virus is reported to have exceeded 200,000. Omicron BA.4 and BA.5 are now the dominant subvariants.
  • 2022 United Kingdom railway strike: The National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers (RMT) announces another 24-hour strike for Wednesday 27 July.
  • The Met Office extends its severe weather warning to Tuesday 19 July, when temperatures are expected to peak at 36°C.
• 14 July –
  • 2022 Conservative Party leadership election: Suella Braverman is knocked out of the contest in the second round, with Sunak and Mordaunt remaining the front runners.
  • 2022 United Kingdom railway strike: ASLEF announces that train drivers at eight train companies – Arriva Rail London, Chiltern Railways, Great Western Railway, LNER, Greater Anglia, Southeastern, Hull Trains and West Midlands Trains – will strike on 30 July. The RMT also announces strikes at Network Rail and 14 train operators for 18 and 20 August.
• 15 July –
  • A national emergency is declared after a red extreme heat warning is issued by the Met Office for London, the south east and parts of central England as temperatures are expected to reach 40°C on 18 and 19 July, while the UK Health Security Agency increases its own warning to level four, indicating a risk to life among the fit and healthy.
  • COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom:
    • The latest Office for National Statistics data for the week ending 8 July indicates 3.5 million people, roughly one in 18, were infected with COVID-19 in that week, up from one in 25, or 2.7 million, the previous week.
    • The vaccine booster programme scheduled for the coming autumn is extended to cover all adults over 50, along with younger people considered to be vulnerable and health and social care workers.

Predicted and scheduled events

• 28 July – 2022 Commonwealth Games begin in Birmingham.
• 15 October – 2021 Rugby League World Cup. England is due to host and compete in the rescheduled tournaments, with Scotland, Wales and Ireland also expected to compete in the Men’s competition.
• 21 November – 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar. England and Wales have qualified to play in the tournament.

Unknown dates

• A variety of events designed to celebrate aspects of British society will take place throughout the year as part of a nationwide festival of creativity which is currently being referred to as 'UNBOXED: Creativity in the UK'.
• 2022 Conservative Party leadership election.

Deaths

January

Jack Dromey in 2019

Paul Myners, Baron Myners in 2007

David Cox in 1980

Barry Cryer in 2006

• 1 January – Gary Burgess, broadcaster and journalist (b. 1975).
• 5 January – George Rossi, Scottish actor (The Bill, Roughnecks, The Singing Detective) (b. 1961).
• 7 January
  • Jack Dromey, Labour MP for Birmingham Erdington (since 2010) and Shadow Minister, husband of Harriet Harman (b. 1948).
  • Bobby Harrison, rock drummer and singer (Procol Harum, Freedom, Snafu) (b. 1939).
  • Robert Hughes, Baron Hughes of Woodside, politician, MP (1970–1997) and chair of the Anti-Apartheid Movement (1976–1995) (b. 1932).
  • Jimmy Smith, English professional footballer (Chelsea, Leyton Orient) (b. 1930).
• 8 January – Keith Todd, Welsh professional footballer (Swansea Town) (b. 1941).
• 9 January
  • Fiona Denison, Scottish academic, COVID-19 (b. 1970).
  • Nicholas Donnelly, actor (Grange Hill, Dixon of Dock Green, Lifeforce) (b. 1938).
• 10 January
  • Glyn Jones, English professional footballer (Sheffield United, Rotherham United, Mansfield Town) (b. 1936).
  • Colin Slater, English sports commentator (BBC Radio Nottingham) (b. 1934).
  • Gary Waldhorn, English actor and comedian (The Vicar of Dibley, Brush Strokes, All at No 20) (b. 1943).
• 11 January – Jana Bennett, American-born British media consultant (BBC) (b. 1955).
• 12 January – Claire Tomlinson, polo player and polo pony breeder who coached the English national team she once captained (b. 1944).
• 14 January
  • Lol Morgan, English professional footballer (Huddersfield Town, Rotherham United, Darlington) and manager (Darlington, Norwich City) (b. 1931).
  • Sean Rice, Canadian pair skater (Dancing on Ice) (b. 1972).
  • John Sainsbury, Baron Sainsbury of Preston Candover, businessman, chief executive of Sainsbury's (1969–1992) (b. 1927).
• 15 January – Paul Hinshelwood, English footballer (Crystal Palace, Oxford United, Millwall, Colchester United) (b. 1956).
• 16 January – Paul Myners, Baron Myners, politician, member of the House of Lords (since 2008) (b. 1948).
• 17 January – Jackie Fisher, English footballer (Millwall, Bournemouth) (b. 1925).
• 18 January
  • Sir David Cox, statistician (Cox process, Point Processes) (b. 1924).
  • Jamie Vincent, English footballer (Bournemouth, Portsmouth, Swindon Town), heart attack (b. 1975).
• 19 January – Nigel Rogers, operatic tenor (b. 1935).
• 20 January – David Bramwell, botanist (b. 1942).
• 21 January – Howard Radford, Welsh professional footballer (Bristol Rovers)
• 24 January – Ronnie Fearn, Baron Fearn, politician, MP (1987–1992, 1997–2001), member of the House of Lords (2001–2018) (b. 1931).
• 25 January
  • Barry Cryer, English comedian (I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue) and screenwriter (Doctor in the House) (b. 1935).
  • Wim Jansen, Dutch professional football player and manager (Celtic) (b. 1946).
  • Sir Crispin Tickell, environmentalist and diplomat, permanent representative to the United Nations (1987–1990), pneumonia (b. 1930).
• 28 January – Sir Erik Bennett, RAF air vice marshal (b. 1928).
• 29 January
  • Leonard Fenton, English actor (EastEnders) (b. 1926).
  • Jo Kendall, British actress (Emmerdale) and writer (b. 1940).
• 30 January
  • Geoffrey Ashe, cultural historian and lecturer (b. 1923).
  • Norma Waterson, English singer and songwriter (The Watersons) (b. 1939).

February

Neil Faulkner in 2015

Bamber Gascoigne in 2006

Ian McDonald in 2009

David Chidgey, Baron Chidgey in 2019

Jamal Edwards in 2019

Veronica Carlson in 1995

• 3 February
  • Alex Ingram, Scottish professional footballer (Nottingham Forest), complications from dementia (b. 1945).
  • Sir Duncan Rice, Scottish academic (b. 1942).
• 4 February
  • Davie Cattanach, Scottish footballer (Stirling Albion, Celtic, Falkirk) (b. 1946).
  • Neil Faulkner, archaeologist, historian and writer, blood cancer (b. 1958).
  • Steve Finney, English professional footballer (Preston North End, Swindon Town, Carlisle United, Leyton Orient, Chester City) (b. 1973).
• 5 February – Ian Kennedy, Scottish comic artist (Dan Dare, Ro-Busters, Judge Dredd) (b. 1932).
• 7 February – Sir Christopher Slade, judge, Lord Justice of Appeal (1982–1991) (b. 1927).
• 8 February
  • Bamber Gascoigne, television presenter (University Challenge) and author (The Great Moghuls) (b. 1935).
  • Valentina Polukhina, Russian-born literary scholar (b. 1936).
• 9 February
  • Henry Danton, classical dancer (b. 1919).
  • Joseph Horovitz, Austrian-born composer (Captain Noah and His Floating Zoo) and conductor (b. 1926).
  • Ian McDonald, English multi-instrumental musician (King Crimson, Foreigner), colon cancer (b. 1946).
  • Peter Neilson, English-born New Zealand politician, minister of works and development (1990) and MP (1981–1990) (b. 1954).
• 10 February – Mick Newman, English amateur footballer (West Ham United) (b. 1932).
• 13 February
  • Aled Roberts, Welsh politician, AM (2011–2016) (b. 1962).
  • Beryl Vertue, English television producer (Men Behaving Badly, Sherlock), media executive and agent (b. 1931).
• 14 February
  • Geoff Barker, English footballer (Hull City, Darlington, Reading, Grimsby Town) (b. 1949).
  • Johnny Whiteley, English rugby league player (Hull F.C., Great Britain) (b. 1930).
• 15 February – David Chidgey, Baron Chidgey, politician, MP (1994–2005) and member of the House of Lords (since 2005) (b. 1942).
• 16 February
  • John Bowler, English football executive, chairman of Crewe Alexandra (1987–2021) (b. 1937).
  • Jack Smethurst, actor (Love Thy Neighbour, Man About the House, King Ralph) and comedian (b. 1932).
• 17 February
  • Steve Burtenshaw, English footballer (Brighton & Hove Albion) and manager (Sheffield Wednesday, Queens Park Rangers) (b. 1935).
  • Billy McEwan, Scottish footballer (Rotherham United, Chesterfield) and manager (Sheffield United) (b. 1951).
• 19 February
  • Doug Baillie, Scottish footballer (Falkirk, Airdrieonians, Rangers) (b. 1937).
  • Joey Beauchamp, English footballer (Oxford United, Swindon Town, West Ham United) (b. 1971).
  • Gary Brooker, English musician (Procol Harum), cancer (b. 1945).
  • Jan Pieńkowski, Polish-born author and illustrator of children's books (Meg and Mog) (b. 1936).
  • Sir Richard Shepherd, politician, MP (1979–2015) (b. 1942).
  • Christopher Stalford, Northern Irish politician, MLA (since 2016) (b. 1983).
• 20 February – Jamal Edwards, entrepreneur, author and DJ, founder of SB.TV (b. 1990).
• 22 February
  • David Banks, newspaper editor and broadcaster, editor of the Daily Mirror (1992–1994) (b. 1948).
  • Anna Karen, English actress (EastEnders, On the Buses, Carry On), house fire (b. 1936).
  • Josephine Veasey, mezzo-soprano (b. 1930).
• 24 February
  • Henry Lincoln, scriptwriter (Doctor Who), author (The Holy Blood and the Holy Grail) and actor (The Avengers) (b. 1930).
  • Cliff Stanford, entrepreneur, co-founder of Demon Internet, pancreatic cancer (b. 1954).
  • Sir Tony Wrigley, historian and demographer (b. 1931).
  • Catherine Wybourne, Benedictine nun, commentator, and blogger, cancer (b. 1954).
• 25 February – Shirley Hughes, English writer and illustrator (Dogger) (b. 1927).
• 27 February
  • Alan Anderson, Scottish footballer (Heart of Midlothian, Millwall, national team) (b. 1939).
  • Veronica Carlson, actress (Dracula Has Risen from the Grave, The Horror of Frankenstein, Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed) and model (b. 1944).
  • MC Skibadee, electronic music artist and MC (b. 1975).
• 28 February
  • Sir William Lithgow, 2nd Baronet, Scottish industrialist (b. 1934).
  • Sir Christopher Mallaby, diplomat, Ambassador to Germany (1988–1993) and Ambassador to France (1993–1996) (b. 1936).

March

Dai Jones in 2020

Vic Elford in 2010

Elspeth Howe, Baroness Howe of Idlicote in 2019

Barrington Patterson in 2015

Tom Parker in 2012

• 1 March
  • Clement Crisp, dance critic (Financial Times) (b. 1926).
  • Bob Wellings, television presenter and journalist (Nationwide) (b. 1934).
• 2 March
  • Roger Graef, American-born documentary filmmaker, cancer (b. 1936).
  • John Stahl, Scottish actor (Game of Thrones, Victoria & Abdul, Take the High Road) (b. 1953).
  • Tony Walton, set and costume designer (Pippin, All That Jazz, Mary Poppins), Oscar and Tony winner, complications from a stroke (b. 1934).
• 3 March
  • Frank Connor, Scottish footballer (St Mirren, Albion Rovers) and manager (Raith Rovers) (b. 1936).
  • Sir Charles Gray, English barrister and judge (b. 1942).
• 4 March
  • Ruth Bidgood, Welsh poet (b. 1922).
  • Iwan Edwards, Welsh-born choral conductor (b. 1937).
  • Dai Jones, Welsh television presenter (Cefn Gwlad) (b. 1943).
  • Colin Lewis, Olympic racing cyclist (1964), cancer (b. 1942).
  • James Remnant, 3rd Baron Remnant, hereditary peer, member of the House of Lords (1967–1999) (b. 1930).
• 5 March – Lynda Baron, actress (Open All Hours, Come Outside, EastEnders, Still Open All Hours) (b. 1939).
• 6 March
  • Robbie Brightwell, sprinter, Olympic silver medalist (1964) (b. 1939).
  • Kenneth Ives, actor (Doctor Who) and director (Poldark, Secret Army) (b. 1934).
  • John Parlett, Olympic runner (1948) (b. 1925).
• 7 March
  • Paul Anderson, sailor, Olympic bronze medalist (1968) (b. 1935).
  • Sir Jeremy Child, 3rd Baronet, actor (Privilege, The Stud, Darkest Hour) (b. 1944).
  • Geoffrey Thorndike Martin, Egyptologist (b. 1934).
• 8 March
  • Gordon Lee, English footballer (Aston Villa) and manager (Newcastle United, Everton) (b. 1934).
  • Ron Pember, English actor (Secret Army, Oh! What a Lovely War, Murder by Decree), stage director, and dramatist (b. 1934).
• 9 March – Joe D'Orazio, professional wrestler (b. 1922).
• 10 March – Sir John Elliott, historian and Hispanist, pneumonia (b. 1930).
• 11 March – Sir William Fittall, civil servant, secretary general of the Archbishops' Council (2002–2015) (b. 1953).
• 13 March
  • Vic Elford, English racing driver, cancer (b. 1935).
  • Mary Lee, Scottish singer (b. 1921).
• 15 March
  • Tom Barnett, English footballer (Romford, Crystal Palace, St Albans City) (b. 1936).
  • David Stephenson, rugby league player (Salford Red Devils, Wigan Warriors, Leeds Rhinos) (b. 1958).
• 16 March – Tony Marchi, English footballer (Tottenham Hotspur, Vicenza) and manager (Northampton Town) (b. 1933).
• 17 March – Peter Bowles, English actor (Rumpole of the Bailey, The Irish R.M., Executive Stress, To the Manor Born, The Bounder) (b. 1936).
• 18 March – Andy Lochhead, Scottish footballer (Burnley, Aston Villa, Leicester City) (b. 1941).
• 19 March – Dave Sims, English rugby union player (Gloucester, Exeter Chiefs, national team) (b. 1969).
• 20 March – Ralph Riach, Scottish actor (Hamish Macbeth, Lost Empires, Braveheart) (b. 1936).
• 22 March
  • Elspeth Howe, Baroness Howe of Idlicote, peer, member of the House of Lords (2001–2020) and wife of Geoffrey Howe, cancer (b. 1932).
  • Barrington Patterson, English kickboxer and mixed martial artist, heart attack (b. 1965).
• 23 March
  • Terry Darracott, English footballer (Everton, Tulsa Roughnecks, Wrexham) (b. 1950).
  • Jimmy Lindley, jockey (b. 1935).
• 24 March
  • Denise Coffey, actress (Waltz of the Toreadors, Georgy Girl, Sir Henry at Rawlinson End), comedian and writer (b. 1936).
  • John McLeod, Scottish composer (b. 1934).
• 25 March
  • Sir John Chapple, military officer, Commander-in-Chief, Land Forces (1987–1988), Chief of the General Staff (1988–1992) and Governor of Gibraltar (1993–1995) (b. 1931).
  • Philip Jeck, English composer (b. 1952).
• 26 March
  • Garry Leach, comic book artist (Judge Dredd, Tharg's Future Shocks, Dan Dare) (b. 1954).
  • Tina May, jazz singer, cancer (b. 1961).
• 29 March – Alan Wooler, English footballer (Aldershot, FinnPa, Boston Minutemen) and manager (b. 1953).
• 30 March – Tom Parker, English singer (The Wanted), brain tumour (b. 1988).

April

June Brown in 2009

David McKee in 2011

Henry Plumb, Baron Plumb in 2001

Harrison Birtwistle in 2008

• 3 April
  • June Brown, English actress (EastEnders, The Duchess of Duke Street, Bean) and author (b. 1927).
  • Gerald Coates, English evangelist (b. 1944).
  • Pamela Rooke, model and actress, bile duct cancer (b. 1953).
  • Desmond Seward, historian (b. 1935).
• 4 April – John McNally, Northern Ireland-born Irish boxer, Olympic silver medallist (1952) (b. 1932).
• 5 April – Edward Rayner, English footballer (Northwich Victoria, Stoke City, Macclesfield Town) (b. 1932).
• 6 April
  • Jill Knight, politician, MP (1966–1997), member of the House of Lords (1997–2016) (b. 1923).
  • David McKee, writer and illustrator (Elmer the Patchwork Elephant, Not Now, Bernard) (b. 1935).
  • Tom Smith, Scottish rugby union player (Northampton Saints, national team, British & Irish Lions), colorectal cancer (b. 1971).
• 7 April
  • Christopher Ball, composer (b. 1936).
  • Mary Green, Olympic athlete (1968) (b. 1943).
• 8 April – Brian Winston, journalist (b. 1941).
• 9 April
  • Jack Higgins, author (The Eagle Has Landed, Thunder Point, Angel of Death) (b. 1929).
  • Jeremy Young, actor (Doctor Who, Coronation Street, Crooks and Coronets) (b. 1934).
• 14 April – Con Sullivan, English footballer (Bristol City, Arsenal) (b. 1928).
• 15 April – Henry Plumb, Baron Plumb, politician, member (1979–1999) and president (1987–1989) of the European Parliament, member of the House of Lords (1987–2017) (b. 1925).
• 16 April – Sir Ray Tindle, entrepreneur and founder of Tindle (b. 1926).
• 17 April – Jimmy Harris, English footballer (Everton, Birmingham City, Oldham Athletic) (b. 1933).
• 18 April
  • Sir Harrison Birtwistle, composer (The Triumph of Time, The Mask of Orpheus, Gawain, The Minotaur) (b. 1934).
  • Wilfred Cass, German-born entrepreneur and arts philanthropist (b. 1924).
  • Graham Fyfe, Scottish footballer (Rangers, Hibernian, Dumbarton) (b. 1951).
  • Barbara Hall, crossword compiler and advice columnist (b. 1922).
• 19 April
  • Mike Gregory, English darts player (b. 1956).
  • John McKay, mathematician (McKay conjecture, McKay graph) (b. 1939).
  • Henry Scott-Stokes, journalist (Financial Times, The Times, The New York Times) (b. 1938).
  • Norman Surplus, Northern Irish adventurer, first person to circumnavigate the world in an autogyro (b. 1963).
• 21 April
  • Eric Chappell, English screenwriter (The Squirrels, Rising Damp, Home to Roost) (b. 1933).
  • Sir Geoffrey Howlett, Army general, commander-in-chief of the Allied Forces Northern Europe (1986–1989) (b. 1930).
• 24 April
  • Yvonne Blenkinsop, English fishing safety campaigner (b. 1938).
  • Ronald R. Van Stockum, English-born American military officer (b. 1916).
• 26 April – Ann Davies, English actress (Doctor Who, EastEnders, Peter's Friends) (b. 1934).
• 29 April – Tarsame Singh Saini, singer (b. 1967).
• 30 April – Neil Campbell, English footballer (Doncaster Rovers, Scarborough, Barrow) (b. 1977).

May

Robert Gillmor in 2010

Dennis Waterman in 2012

Pamela Sharples, Baroness Sharples in 2012

Lester Piggott in 1955

Craig Farrell in 2007

• 1 May – Ric Parnell, English drummer (Atomic Rooster, Spinal Tap) and actor (This Is Spinal Tap) (b. 1951).
• 3 May – Tony Brooks, racing driver (Formula One) (b. 1932).
• 5 May
  • Sir James Anderton, police officer, chief constable of Greater Manchester Police (1976–1991) (b. 1932).
  • Amanda Claridge, archaeologist, cancer (b. 1949).
• 7 May
  • Sir Paul Mellars, archaeologist (b. 1939).
  • Robin Parkinson, English actor ('Allo 'Allo!, Button Moon, Twisted Nerve) (b. 1929).
• 8 May
  • Syd Farrimond, English footballer (Bolton Wanderers, Tranmere Rovers, Halifax Town), complications from dementia (b. 1940).
  • Robert Gillmor, wildlife artist and illustrator (b. 1936).
  • Dennis Waterman, English actor (Minder, The Sweeney, New Tricks) and singer (b. 1948).
• 10 May – James A. Beckford, sociologist (b. 1942).
• 11 May – William Bennett, flautist (b. 1936).
• 13 May
  • Ricky Gardiner, Scottish guitarist and composer (b. 1948).
  • Sir Angus Grossart, Scottish merchant banker and newspaper executive (Daily Record, Sunday Mail) (b. 1937).
  • Simon Preston, English organist, conductor, and composer (b. 1938).
• 15 May
  • Sir Shane Blewitt, courtier and military officer (b. 1935).
  • Kay Mellor, English actress, scriptwriter and director (Children's Ward, Families, Fat Friends) (b. 1951).
• 17 May
  • Maurice Lindsay, sports administrator (Preston North End, Wigan Warriors) (b. 1941).
  • Rick Price, English bassist (The Move, Wizzard) (b. 1944).
• 18 May
  • Brian Bedford, Welsh professional footballer (Reading, Southampton, AFC Bournemouth, Queens Park Rangers, Scunthorpe United, Brentford) (b. 1933).
  • Cathal Coughlan, Irish singer and musician (Microdisney, The Fatima Mansions) (b. 1960).
  • Anne Howells, operatic mezzo-soprano (b. 1941).
• 19 May
  • Abdul Gaffar Chowdhury, Bangladeshi-born journalist and songwriter ("Ekusher Gaan") (b. 1934).
  • Pamela Sharples, Baroness Sharples, member of the House of Lords (1973–2017) and wife of Sir Richard Sharples (b. 1923).
• 20 May – Sir Colin Campbell, lawyer, vice-chancellor of the University of Nottingham (1988–2008) (b. 1944).
• 22 May
  • Les Dyl, English rugby league player (Leeds Rhinos, Bramley, national team) (b. 1952).
  • Colin Forbes, graphic designer (b. 1928).
  • Hazel Henderson, British-American futurist and economist (b. 1933).
• 24 May – Derek Stokes, English footballer (Huddersfield Town, Bradford City, Dundalk) (b. 1939).
• 26 May
  • Sir Arnold Burgen, physician, pharmacologist and academic (b. 1922).
  • John Dodson, 3rd Baron Monk Bretton, peer, member of the House of Lords (1948–1999) (b. 1924).
  • Andy Fletcher, keyboard player and DJ (Depeche Mode) (b. 1961).
  • Neil O'Donnell, Scottish professional footballer (Norwich City, Gillingham, Sheffield Wednesday) (b. 1949).
  • Alan White, drummer (Yes, Plastic Ono Band) (b. 1949).
  • Jimmy Whitehouse, English professional footballer (Reading, Coventry City, Millwall) (b. 1934).
• 28 May
  • Patricia Brake, English actress (Porridge, Going Straight, Manhunt), cancer (b. 1942).
  • Bob Hall, British sports journalist (Central News, Soccer Saturday, Black Country Radio) (b. 1945).
• 29 May – Lester Piggott, English jockey, nine-time Epsom Derby winner (b. 1935).
• 30 May – Craig Farrell, English footballer (Carlisle United, York City, Whitby Town) (b. 1982).
• 31 May – Jim Parks, English cricketer (Sussex, Somerset, national team), complications from a fall (b. 1931).

June

Richard Edwin Hills in 2014

Bruce Kent at the #StopTrident protest in London in 2016

Terry Sanderson

Frank Williams in 2011

• 3 June
  • Frank Clarke, English footballer (Shrewsbury Town, Queens Park Rangers, Ipswich Town, Carlisle United) (b. 1942).
  • Geoff Hunter, English footballer (Crewe Alexandra, Port Vale, Wrexham) (b. 1959).
• 4 June
  • Peter Neale, English footballer (Oldham Athletic, Scunthorpe United, Chesterfield F.C.) (b. 1934).
  • Sir David Nicholas, broadcast journalist, ITN editor and chief executive (1977–1989) (b. 1930).
• 5 June
  • John Bates, fashion designer, cancer (b. 1935).
  • Shaun Greatbatch, English darts player (b. 1969).
  • Richard Edwin Hills, astronomer (b. 1945).
  • Dom Phillips, journalist, murdered (b. 1964).
  • Roger Swinfen Eady, 3rd Baron Swinfen, politician and philanthropist, member of the House of Lords (since 1977) (b. 1938).
• 6 June – David Hughes, astronomer (b. 1941).
• 8 June
  • Revel Guest, filmmaker, journalist and author (b. 1931).
  • Bruce Kent, priest and activist (Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament) (b. 1929).
  • David Lloyd-Jones, orchestral conductor (b. 1934).
  • Dame Paula Rego, Portuguese-British visual artist (b. 1935).
• 9 June
  • Billy Bingham, Northern Irish footballer (Sunderland, national team) and manager (Plymouth Argyle) (b. 1931).
  • Ron Farmer, professional footballer (Coventry City, Nottingham Forest, Notts County) (b. 1936).
• 10 June
  • Zoltán Dörnyei, Hungarian-born linguist (b. 1960).
  • Bobby Hope, Scottish footballer (West Bromwich Albion, national team) and manager (Bromsgrove Rovers) (b. 1943).
• 11 June
  • Hilary Devey, English businesswoman and television personality (Dragons' Den) (b. 1957).
  • Peter Scupham, poet (b. 1933).
  • Donald Singer, clinical pharmacologist, president of the Fellowship of Postgraduate Medicine (b. 1954).
• 12 June
  • Phil Bennett, Welsh rugby union player (Barbarians, Llanelli, national team) (b. 1948).
  • Alex Russell, footballer (Southport, Blackburn Rovers, Tranmere Rovers) (b. 1944).
  • Terry Sanderson, secularist and gay rights activist, bladder cancer (b. 1946).
• 13 June – Maureen Hiron, games designer (Continuo) and bridge player (b. 1942).
• 14 June
  • Bill Ashurst, English rugby league footballer (Wigan, Penrith Panthers, Great Britain national team) and coach (b. 1948).
  • Davie Wilson, Scottish footballer (Rangers, Dundee United, national team) and manager (b. 1937).
• 16 June – Gordon Peters, actor (Dad's Army, Are You Being Served?, One Foot in the Grave) (b. 1926).
• 19 June – Colin Grainger, English footballer (Sheffield United, Sunderland, national team) (b. 1933).
• 20 June – Bruce Crawford, English footballer (Blackpool, Tranmere Rovers) (b. 1938).
• 22 June – Graham Tutt, English footballer (Charlton Athletic) (b. 1956).
• 23 June – Sally Greengross, Baroness Greengross, politician, member of the House of Lords (since 2000) and wife of Alan Greengross (b. 1935).
• 24 June – Harry Gration, English journalist and broadcaster (Look North) (b. 1950).
• 25 June – John Manningham-Buller, 2nd Viscount Dilhorne, peer and barrister (b. 1932).
• 26 June – Frank Williams, English actor (Dad's Army, You Rang, M'Lord?, Hi-de-Hi!) (b. 1931).
• 27 June
  • Sir Colin Blakemore, neurobiologist (b. 1944).
  • Jasmine Burkitt, English television personality (Small Teen, Bigger World) (b. 1993).
• 28 June – Dame Deborah James, English journalist (You, Me and the Big C), bowel cancer (b. 1981).

July

Peter Brook in 2009

Alain de Cadenet in 1975

Barbara Thompson in 2010

• 1 July
  • Drew Busby, Scottish footballer (Airdrieonians, Hearts, Toronto Blizzard) (b. 1947).
  • Gary Pearson, English footballer (York City, Darlington) and manager (Crook Town) (b. 1976).
• 2 July
  • Peter Brook, theatre and film director (Lord of the Flies, Ride of the Valkyrie, Marat/Sade), Tony winner (1966, 1971) (b. 1921).
  • Alain de Cadenet, English racing driver and television presenter (Legends of Motorsport, Victory by Design), bile duct cancer (b. 1945).
  • Andy Goram, Scottish footballer (Oldham Athletic, Rangers, national team), oesophageal cancer (b. 1964).
  • Brian Jackson, actor (Carry On Sergeant, Some Like It Cool, Revenge of the Pink Panther), cancer (b. 1931).
• 3 July
  • Len Casey, English footballer (Plymouth Argyle, Chelsea) (b. 1931).
  • Dave Shearer, Scottish footballer (Middlesbrough, Gillingham) (b. 1958).
• 4 July
  • Alan Blaikley, English songwriter ("Have I the Right?", "The Legend of Xanadu", "I've Lost You") and composer (b. 1940).
  • Mona Hammond, Jamaican-born actress (EastEnders, Desmonds, Us Girls) (b. 1931).
  • Clive Middlemass, English footballer (Leeds United, Workington) and manager (Carlisle United) (b. 1944).
• 5 July – Manny Charlton, Scottish rock guitarist (Nazareth) (b. 1941).
• 8 July
  • Harry Mowbray, Scottish footballer (Blackpool, Bolton Wanderers, Cowdenbeath) (b. 1947).
  • Phil Walker, English footballer (Boavista, Millwall, Charlton Athletic) (b. 1954).
• 9 July
  • John Gwynne, darts commentator (Sky Sports), cancer (b. 1945).
  • Davie Robb, Scottish footballer (Aberdeen, national team) (b. 1947).
  • Adam Strachan, Scottish footballer (Partick Thistle, Ross County, Clyde) (b. 1987).
  • Barbara Thompson, English jazz saxophonist (Colosseum, Manfred Mann's Earth Band, Keef Hartley Band), complications from Parkinson's disease (b. 1944).
• 10 July
  • Andrew Ball, pianist (b. 1950).
  • Michael Barratt, English television presenter (Nationwide) (b. 1928).
• 11 July – Monty Norman, English composer ("James Bond Theme") (b. 1928).
• 12 July
  • Joan Lingard, Scottish author (The Kevin and Sadie series) (b. 1932).
  • Bramwell Tovey, conductor (Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, Rhode Island Philharmonic Orchestra) and composer (Eighteen), sarcoma (b. 1953).

See also

• Politics in the United Kingdom
• 2020s in United Kingdom political history
• 2022 in United Kingdom politics and government
• Timeline of the COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom (January–June 2022)
• 2022 in British music
• 2022 in British television
• List of British films of 2022