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

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Rishi Sunak and Sajid Javid quit Boris Johnson's cabinet on Tuesday night, unleashing a flurry of resignations from government roles.

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

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  • 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

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Michael Ellis, Mark Spencer, Kwasi Kwarteng, Michael Gove, Priti Patel, Steve Barclay, Dominic Raab, Liz Truss and Ben Wallace at a cabinet meeting

  • 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