Philip Hammond,Baron Hammond of Runnymede is a British politician and life peer who served as Chancellor of the Exchequer from 2016 to 2019 and Foreign Secretary from 2014 to 2016,having previously served as Defence Secretary from 2011 to 2014 and Transport Secretary from 2010 to 2011. A member of the Conservative Party,he was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Runnymede and Weybridge from 1997 to 2019.
Christopher Heaton-Harris is a British former politician who served in the Cabinet as Secretary of State for Northern Ireland from September 2022 to July 2024,and as Chief Whip of the House of Commons and Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury from February to September 2022. A member of the Conservative Party,he was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Daventry from 2010 to 2024.
Theresa Anne Villiers is a British politician who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Chipping Barnet from 2005 to 2024,having previously served as a Member of the European Parliament from 1999 to 2005. A member of the Conservative Party,Villiers was Minister of State for Rail and Aviation from 2010 to 2012,Secretary of State for Northern Ireland from 2012 to 2016 and Secretary of State for Environment,Food and Rural Affairs from 2019 to 2020.
Gregory William Hands is a British politician who served as Minister for London and Minister of State for Trade Policy from November 2023 to July 2024. He was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Chelsea and Fulham,previously Hammersmith and Fulham,from 2005 to 2024. A member of the Conservative Party,he served as its Chairman from February to November 2023. Hands has served as Minister of State for Trade Policy under four prime ministers,holding the office on four occasions,and also served as Minister of State for Business,Energy and Clean Growth from 2021 to 2022.
James Peter Brokenshire was a British politician. A member of the Conservative Party,he served in Theresa May's cabinet as Secretary of State for Northern Ireland from 2016 to 2018 and then as Secretary of State for Housing,Communities and Local Government from 2018 to 2019. He also served as a minister at the Home Office under David Cameron and Boris Johnson. Brokenshire was Member of Parliament (MP) for Hornchurch from 2005 to 2010,and for Old Bexley and Sidcup from 2010 until his death in 2021.
David George Hamilton Frost,Baron Frost is a former British diplomat,civil servant and politician who served as a Minister of State at the Cabinet Office between March and December 2021. Frost was Chief Negotiator of Task Force Europe from January 2020 until his resignation in December 2021.
Andrew George Stephenson FRSA is a former British politician who most recently served as Minister of State for Health and Secondary Care from November 2023 to July 2024. A member of the Conservative Party,he was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Pendle in Lancashire from 2010 until 2024.
Wendy Morton is a British Conservative Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Aldridge-Brownhills since 2015. She served as Chief Whip of the House of Commons and Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury from September to October 2022.
Nusrat Munir Ul-Ghani is a British Conservative Party politician and Member of Parliament (MP) for Sussex Weald since 2024,having previously represented Wealden in East Sussex from 2015 until the constituency was abolished in 2024. She has served as Chairman of Ways and Means,the senior Deputy Speaker of the House of Commons since 2024.
The 2016 Conservative Party leadership election was held due to Prime Minister David Cameron's resignation as party leader. He had resigned after losing the national referendum to leave the European Union. Cameron,who supported Britain's continued membership of the EU,announced his resignation on 24 June,saying that he would step down by October. Theresa May won the contest on 11 July 2016,after the withdrawal of Andrea Leadsom left her as the sole candidate.
Sir Simon Richard Clarke is a British Conservative politician who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland from 2017 to 2024. He briefly served as Secretary of State for Levelling Up,Housing and Communities from September to October 2022 and Chief Secretary to the Treasury from 2021 to 2022.
The second May ministry was formed on 11 June 2017 after Theresa May returned to office following the June 2017 snap general election. The election resulted in a hung parliament with the Conservative Party losing its governing majority in the House of Commons. On 9 June 2017,May announced her intention to form a Conservative minority government,reliant on the confidence and supply of the Democratic Unionist Party;a finalised agreement between the two parties was signed and published on 26 June 2017.
Boris Johnson's tenure as prime minister of the United Kingdom began on 24 July 2019 when he accepted an invitation of Queen Elizabeth II to form a government,succeeding Theresa May,and ended on 6 September 2022 upon his resignation. Johnson's premiership was dominated by Brexit,the COVID-19 pandemic,the Russian invasion of Ukraine,and the cost of living crisis. As prime minister,Johnson also served simultaneously as First Lord of the Treasury,Minister for the Civil Service,Minister for the Union and Leader of the Conservative Party.
The first Johnson ministry began on 24 July 2019 when Queen Elizabeth II invited Boris Johnson to form a government,following the resignation of the predecessor Prime Minister Theresa May. May had resigned as Leader of the Conservative Party on 7 June 2019;Johnson was elected as her successor on 23 July 2019. The Johnson ministry was formed from the 57th Parliament of the United Kingdom,as a Conservative minority government. It lost its working majority on 3 September 2019 when Tory MP Phillip Lee crossed the floor to the Liberal Democrats. An election was called for 12 December 2019,which led to the formation of a Conservative majority government,the second Johnson ministry.
The second Johnson ministry began on 16 December 2019,three days after Boris Johnson's audience with Queen Elizabeth II where she invited him to form a government following the 2019 general election. The Conservative Party was returned to power with a majority of 80 seats in the House of Commons. Initially the ministers were largely identical to those at the end of the first Johnson ministry,but changed significantly in cabinet reshuffles in February 2020 and September 2021.
Boris Johnson carried out the first significant reshuffle of his majority government on 13 February 2020. Following the December 2019 general election,there was considerable speculation that Johnson was planning a major reshuffle of the Cabinet,to take place after the United Kingdom's official withdrawal from the European Union on 31 January 2020. There were reports that up to a third of the Cabinet would be dismissed,Whitehall departments abolished and civil servants replaced by policy experts;however,the reshuffle was smaller than expected and no departments were abolished. The anticipated reshuffle was nicknamed "The St Valentine's Day Massacre" in the press,due to its proximity to St Valentine's Day,the name being a reference to the 1929 gangland shooting in Chicago.
In early July 2022,62 of the United Kingdom's 179 government ministers,parliamentary private secretaries,trade envoys,and party vice-chairmen resigned from their positions in the second administration formed by Boris Johnson as Prime Minister,culminating in Johnson's resignation on 7 July. Johnson's premiership had been considered in danger for months after several scandals,but it was the Chris Pincher scandal that was identified to have spurred on the resignations. Considered the "last straw" for the Prime Minister,the scandal arose after it was revealed that Johnson had promoted his Deputy Chief Government Whip Chris Pincher,who was publicly facing multiple allegations of sexual assault,to the position despite knowing of the allegations beforehand.
