Philip Hammond,Baron Hammond of Runnymede is a British politician and life peer who served as Chancellor of the Exchequer from 2016 to 2019,Foreign Secretary from 2014 to 2016,and Defence Secretary from 2011 to 2014. 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 politician who has served as Secretary of State for Northern Ireland since 6 September 2022. A member of the Conservative Party,he has served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Daventry since 2010.
Gregory William Hands is a British politician serving as Minister for London and Minister of State for Trade Policy since November 2023. He has served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Chelsea and Fulham,previously Hammersmith and Fulham,since 2005. 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 is a British politician serving as Minister of State for Health and Secondary Care since November 2023. A member of the Conservative Party,he has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Pendle in Lancashire since 2010.
Wendy Morton is a British politician who served as Chief Whip of the House of Commons and Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury from September to October 2022. A member of the Conservative Party,she has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Aldridge-Brownhills in the West Midlands since 2015.
Nusrat Munir Ul-Ghani is a British Conservative Party politician who has been Member of Parliament (MP) for Wealden in East Sussex since 2015. She currently serves as Minister of State for Europe since 26 March 2024. She has previously served as Minister of State for Industry and Economic Security and Minister of State for the Investment Security Unit. In January 2018,she became the first female Muslim minister to speak from the House of Commons despatch box.
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 politician who has been Member of Parliament (MP) for Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland since 2017. A member of the Conservative Party,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 from Queen Elizabeth II to form a government,succeeding Theresa May,and ended on 6 September 2022 upon his resignation. As prime minister,Johnson served simultaneously as First Lord of the Treasury and Minister for the Civil Service. He also served as Minister for the Union,a position created by him to be held by the prime minister. Johnson's premiership was dominated by Brexit,the COVID-19 pandemic,the Russian invasion of Ukraine,and the cost of living crisis. His tenure was also characterised by several political controversies and scandals,being viewed as the most scandalous premiership of modern times by historians and biographers.
The first Johnson ministry began on 24 July 2019 when Queen Elizabeth II invited Boris Johnson to form a new administration,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 new administration 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.
