Government resignations: Who resigned, who stayed?
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As Boris Johnson decides to step down as prime minister, who resigned from his government ahead of the announcement?
Resigned
Cabinet
Chancellor Rishi Sunak
Health Secretary Sajid Javid
Welsh Secretary Simon Hart
Northern Ireland Secretary Brandon Lewis
Education Secretary Michelle Donelan
Ministers
Will Quince, education minister
Alex Chalk, solicitor general
Robin Walker, education minister
John Glen, Treasury minister
Victoria Atkins, justice minister
Jo Churchill, environment minister
Stuart Andrew, housing minister
Kemi Badenoch, levelling up minister
Neil O'Brien, levelling up minister
Alex Burghart, education minister
Lee Rowley, business minister
Julia Lopez, culture minister
Mims Davies, work and pensions minister
Rachel Maclean, Home Office minister
Mike Freer, equalities minister
Edward Argar, health minister
Helen Whately, treasury minister
Damian Hinds, security minister
George Freeman, science minister
Guy Opperman, pensions minister
Chris Philp, technology minister
James Cartlidge, courts minister
Caroline Johnson, Conservative Party vice-chair
Luke Hall, deputy chair of the Conservative Party
Rebecca Pow, environment minister
Parliamentary private secretaries
Jonathan Gullis, Northern Ireland Office
Saqib Bhatti, Department of Health and Social Care
Nicola Richards, Department of Transport
Virginia Crosbie, Welsh Office
Laura Trott, Department of Transport
Felicity Buchan, Department of Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Selaine Saxby, Treasury
Claire Coutinho, Treasury
David Johnston, Department for Education
Duncan Baker, Department for Levelling Up
Craig Williams, Treasury
Mark Logan, Northern Ireland Office
Sara Britcliffe, Department for Education
Ruth Edwards, Scottish Office
Peter Gibson, Department for International Trade
James Sunderland, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Jacob Young, Department for Levelling Up
Mark Fletcher, Department of Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
James Daly, Department for Work and Pensions
Danny Kruger, Department for Levelling Up
Dr James Davies, Department of Health and Social Care
Gareth Davies, Department of Health and Social Care
Rob Butler, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Others
Bim Afolami, vice-chairman of the Conservative Party for youth
Andrew Murrison, trade envoy to Morocco
Theodora Clarke, trade envoy to Kenya
David Duguid, trade envoy to Angola and Zambia
David Mundell, trade envoy for New Zealand
Richard Graham, trade envoy for South East Asia
Sacked
Levelling Up Secretary Michael Gove
Still undeclared
Cabinet Office Minister Michael Ellis
Home Office Minister Kit Malthouse
Cabinet Office Minister Nigel Adams
Leader of the House of Lords Baroness Evans
Staying in the cabinet - but urging PM to go
Home Secretary Priti Patel
Transport Secretary Grant Shapps
Attorney General Suella Braverman
Business Secretary Kwasi Kwarteng
New Chancellor Nadhim Zahawi
Staying in the cabinet
New Health Secretary Steve Barclay
Deputy PM and Justice Secretary Dominic Raab
Defence Secretary Ben Wallace
Foreign Secretary Liz Truss
Scotland Secretary Alister Jack
Environment Secretary George Eustice
Leader of the House Mark Spencer
Culture Secretary Nadine Dorries
Work and Pensions Secretary Therese Coffey
Brexit opportunities minister Jacob Rees-Mogg
Chief Whip Chris Heaton-Harris
Chief Secretary to the Treasury Simon Clarke
International Trade Secretary Anne-Marie Trevelyan
- Published5 July 2022
- Published5 July 2022
- Published5 July 2022