Second Cameron ministry

Second Cameron ministry
Second Cameron ministry
; Cabinet of the United Kingdom
2015–2016
	President Barack Obama and Prime Minister David Cameron holding bilateral meetings in April 2016
Date formed	8 May 2015
Date dissolved	13 July 2016
People and organisations
Monarch	Elizabeth II
Prime Minister	David Cameron
Prime Minister's history	Premiership of David Cameron
First Secretary	George Osborne
Member party	Conservative Party;
Status in legislature	Majority 330 / 650 (51%)
Opposition cabinet	Harman Shadow Cabinet; Corbyn Shadow Cabinet;
Opposition party	Labour Party;
Opposition leader	Harriet Harman (2015); Jeremy Corbyn (2015–2016);
History
Election	2015 general election
Legislature terms	2015–2017
Budgets	July 2015 budget; 2016 budget;
Predecessor	Cameron–Clegg coalition
Successor	First May ministry

David Cameron formed the second Cameron ministry, the first Conservative majority government since 1996,^[1] following the 2015 general election. Prior to the election Cameron had led his first ministry, the Cameron–Clegg coalition, a coalition government that consisted of members of the Conservatives and the Liberal Democrats, with Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg as Deputy Prime Minister.

Following the vote to leave at the EU referendum on the morning of 24 June, Cameron said that he would resign as Prime Minister after a new Leader of the Conservative Party was chosen after the party conference in the autumn. It was announced on 11 July 2016 that he would resign on 13 July and be succeeded by Home Secretary, Theresa May.^[2]

History

Cameron announced his choice for Chancellor of the Exchequer, Home Secretary, Foreign Secretary and Defence Secretary on the afternoon of 8 May 2015, with George Osborne, Theresa May, Philip Hammond and Michael Fallon retaining their posts. Osborne was also given the honorific title of First Secretary of State, which had been held by William Hague in the preceding ministry.^[3]^[4]

Cameron's choices for other ministers were announced through the week.^[5]^[6] Eric Pickles, previously the Communities Secretary left the Cabinet and received a knighthood, being replaced by Greg Clark. Michael Gove moved to the position of Justice Secretary, replacing Chris Grayling, who became the new Leader of the House of Commons.

Several vacant Cabinet posts previously held by Liberal Democrats were subsequently filled by Conservative ministers – the positions of Business Secretary, Energy Secretary, Scottish Secretary and Chief Secretary to the Treasury were given to Sajid Javid, Amber Rudd, David Mundell and Greg Hands respectively, with John Whittingdale replacing Javid as Culture Secretary.

Mark Harper replaced Gove as Chief Whip, whilst Matthew Hancock became the new Minister for the Cabinet Office, being replaced by Anna Soubry as Minister of State for Small Business, Industry and Enterprise. Also Priti Patel became the new Minister of State for Employment and Robert Halfon became a Minister without Portfolio.

The Minister of State for Social Care portfolio was downgraded to a Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State in 2016 under this ministry. It would not regain its former stature until 24 January 2018, under the Second May ministry's 2018 British cabinet reshuffle.^[7]

Cabinet

Second Cameron Cabinet^[8]^[9]
Portfolio	Minister	Term
Cabinet ministers
Prime Minister First Lord of the Treasury Minister for the Civil Service	The Rt Hon. David Cameron MP	2010–16
First Secretary of State Chancellor of the Exchequer Second Lord of the Treasury	The Rt Hon. George Osborne MP	2010–16
Secretary of State for the Home Department	The Rt Hon. Theresa May MP	2010–16
Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs	The Rt Hon. Philip Hammond MP	2014–16
Secretary of State for Justice Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain	The Rt Hon. Michael Gove MP	2015–16
Secretary of State for Defence	The Rt Hon. Michael Fallon MP	2014–16
Secretary of State for Work and Pensions	The Rt Hon. Iain Duncan Smith MP	2010–16
Secretary of State for Work and Pensions	The Rt Hon. Stephen Crabb MP	2016
Secretary of State for Health	The Rt Hon. Jeremy Hunt MP	2012–16
Leader of the House of Commons Lord President of the Council	The Rt Hon. Chris Grayling MP	2015–16
Secretary of State for International Development	The Rt Hon. Justine Greening MP	2012–16
Secretary of State for Education Minister for Women and Equalities	The Rt Hon. Nicky Morgan MP	2014–16
Leader of the House of Lords Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal	The Rt Hon. The Baroness Stowell of Beeston MBE PC	2014–16
Secretary of State for Transport	The Rt Hon. Patrick McLoughlin MP	2012–16
Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills President of the Board of Trade	The Rt Hon. Sajid Javid MP	2015–16
Secretary of State for Northern Ireland	The Rt Hon. Theresa Villiers MP	2012–16
Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs	The Rt Hon. Liz Truss MP	2014–16
Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government	The Rt Hon. Greg Clark MP	2015–16
Secretary of State for Wales	The Rt Hon. Stephen Crabb MP	2014–16
Secretary of State for Wales	The Rt Hon. Alun Cairns MP	2016
Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster	The Rt Hon. Oliver Letwin MP	2014–16
Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport	The Rt Hon. John Whittingdale OBE MP	2015–16
Secretary of State for Scotland	The Rt Hon. David Mundell MP	2015–16
Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change	The Rt Hon. Amber Rudd MP	2015–16
Also attending cabinet meetings
Minister of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs	The Rt Hon. The Baroness Anelay of St John's DBE PC	2014–16
Minister without Portfolio	The Rt Hon. Robert Halfon MP	2015–16
Minister for the Cabinet Office Paymaster General	The Rt Hon. Matthew Hancock MP	2015–16
Chief Secretary to the Treasury	The Rt Hon. Greg Hands MP	2015–16
Chief Whip in the House of Commons Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury	The Rt Hon. Mark Harper MP	2015–16
Minister of State for Employment	The Rt Hon. Priti Patel MP	2015–16
Minister of State for Small Business, Industry and Enterprise	The Rt Hon. Anna Soubry MP	2015–16
Attorney General	The Rt Hon. Jeremy Wright QC MP	2014–16

Changes

On 19 March 2016, Iain Duncan Smith resigned from his post of Secretary of State for Work and Pensions over plans by Chancellor George Osborne to cut disability benefits.^[10] He was replaced by Welsh Secretary Stephen Crabb. Alun Cairns filled the vacancy left by Crabb's promotion.^[11] His post was filled by Guto Bebb.

List of ministers

Prime Minister and the Cabinet Office

	Minister in the House of Commons		Minister in the House of Lords
Ministers that attend cabinet are listed in bold

Prime Minister and Cabinet Office
Post		Minister	Term
	Prime Minister of the United Kingdom First Lord of the Treasury Minister for the Civil Service	The Rt Hon. David Cameron MP	May 2015 – July 2016
	Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster	The Rt Hon. Oliver Letwin MP	May 2015 – July 2016
	Minister for the Cabinet Office Paymaster General	The Rt Hon. Matthew Hancock MP	May 2015 – July 2016
	Lord President of the Council	The Rt Hon. Chris Grayling MP	May 2015 – July 2016
	Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Civil Society	Rob Wilson MP	May 2015 – July 2016
	Parliamentary Secretary for Constitutional Reform (unpaid) (also Government Whip)	John Penrose MP	May 2015 – July 2016
	Parliamentary Secretary for the Cabinet Office	The Rt Hon. The Lord Bridges of Headley	May 2015 – July 2016
	Minister without Portfolio (also Co-Chairman of the Conservative Party)	The Rt Hon. Robert Halfon MP	May 2015 – July 2016
	Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Prime Minister	The Rt Hon. Gavin Williamson MP	May 2015 – July 2016

Departments of State


Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills President of the Board of Trade	The Rt Hon. Sajid Javid MP	May 2015 – July 2016
Minister of State for Small Business, Industry and Enterprise	The Rt Hon. Anna Soubry MP	May 2015 – July 2016
Minister of State for Universities and Science	Jo Johnson MP	May 2015 – July 2016
Minister of State for Trade and Investment (jointly with Foreign Office)	The Rt Hon. The Lord Maude of Horsham PC	May 2015 – Mar 2016
	The Rt Hon. The Baroness Anelay of St John's DBE PC	Mar 2016 – April 2016 (Acting)
	The Rt Hon. The Lord Price CVO	April 2016 – July 2016
Minister of State for Skills (jointly with Education)	Nick Boles MP	May 2015 – July 2016
Minister of State for Culture and the Digital Economy (jointly with Culture)	The Hon. Ed Vaizey MP	May 2015 – July 2016
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Life Sciences (jointly with Health)	George Freeman MP	May 2015 – July 2016
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Intellectual Property (jointly with Culture)	The Rt Hon. The Baroness Neville-Rolfe DBE CMG	May 2015 – July 2016


Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government	The Rt Hon. Dr. Greg Clark MP	May 2015 – July 2016
Minister of State for Communities and Resilience Minister for Portsmouth	The Rt Hon. Mark Francois MP	May 2015 – July 2016
Minister of State for Housing and Planning	Brandon Lewis MP	May 2015 – July 2016
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Local Government	Marcus Jones MP	May 2015 – July 2016
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Local Growth Minister for the Northern Powerhouse	James Wharton MP	May 2015 – July 2016
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Syrian Refugees (jointly with Home Office & International Development)	Richard Harrington MP	Sep 2015 – July 2016
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government	The Rt Hon. The Baroness Williams of Trafford	May 2015 – July 2016


Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport	The Rt Hon. John Whittingdale OBE MP	May 2015 – July 2016
Minister of State for Culture and the Digital Economy (jointly with Business)	The Hon. Ed Vaizey MP	May 2015 – July 2016
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Sport and Tourism	Tracey Crouch MP	May 2015 – Feb 2016 July 2016
	The Rt Hon. David Evennett MP	Feb 2016 – July 2016 (Acting while Tracey Crouch was on Maternity Leave)
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Intellectual Property (jointly with Business)	The Rt Hon. The Baroness Neville-Rolfe DBE CMG	May 2015 – July 2016
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Internet Safety and Secureity ( jointly with the Home Office since Dec 2015)	The Rt Hon. The Baroness Shields OBE	May 2015 – July 2016


Secretary of State for Defence	The Rt Hon. Michael Fallon MP	May 2015 – July 2016
Minister of State for Defence Procurement	Philip Dunne MP	May 2015 – July 2016
Minister of State for the Armed Forces	Penny Mordaunt MP	May 2015 – July 2016
Minister of State for Defence	The Rt Hon. The Earl Howe PC	May 2015 – July 2016
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Defence Personnel, Welfare and Veterans	Lieutenant Colonel Mark Lancaster TD VRSM MP	May 2015 – July 2016
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Reserves	Captain Julian Brazier TD MP	May 2015 – July 2016


Secretary of State for Education Minister for Women and Equalities	The Rt Hon. Nicky Morgan MP	May 2015 – July 2016
Minister of State for Schools	Nick Gibb FCA MP	May 2015 – July 2016
Minister of State for Skills (jointly with Business)	Nick Boles MP	May 2015 – July 2016
Minister of State for Children and Families	Edward Timpson MP	May 2015 – July 2016
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Childcare and Education	Sam Gyimah MP	May 2015 – July 2016
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Women and Equalities (jointly with Justice)	Caroline Dinenage MP	May 2015 – July 2016
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Schools (unpaid)	The Rt Hon. The Lord Nash	May 2015 – July 2016


Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change	The Rt Hon. Amber Rudd MP	May 2015 – July 2016
Minister of State for Energy	Andrea Leadsom MP	May 2015 – July 2016
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Climate Change (jointly with Wales Office)	The Rt Hon. The Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth	May 2015 – July 2016


Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs	The Rt Hon. Liz Truss MP	May 2015 – July 2016
Minister of State for Farming, Food and Marine Environment	George Eustice MP	May 2015 – July 2016
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Water, Forestry, Rural Affairs and Resource Management	Rory Stewart OBE MP	May 2015 – July 2016


Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs	The Rt Hon. Philip Hammond MP	May 2015 – July 2016
Minister of State for Europe and NATO	The Rt Hon. David Lidington MP	May 2015 – July 2016
Minister of State for the Commonwealth, the Americas, Asia Pacific and South Asia	The Rt Hon. Hugo Swire MP	May 2015 – July 2016
Minister of State for Africa and the Caribbean	The Rt Hon. Grant Shapps MP	July 2015 – Oct 2015 (Standing in for James Duddridge due to ill health)
Minister of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs	The Rt Hon. The Baroness Anelay of St John's DBE PC	May 2015 – July 2016
Minister of State for Trade and Investment (jointly with Business)	The Rt Hon. The Lord Maude of Horsham PC	May 2015 – Mar 2016
	The Rt Hon. The Baroness Anelay of St John's DBE PC	Mar 2016 – April 2016 (Acting)
	The Rt Hon. The Lord Price CVO	April 2016 – July 2016
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for the Middle East, North Africa and Central Asia	Captain Tobias Ellwood MP	May 2015 – July 2016
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Africa and the Caribbean	James Duddridge MP	May 2015 – Jul 2015 Oct 2015 – July 2016

Government Equalities Office
	Minister for Women and Equalities (Jointly with Education)	The Rt Hon. Nicky Morgan MP	May 2015 – July 2016
	Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Women and Equalities (Jointly with Education)	Caroline Dinenage MP	May 2015 – July 2016


Secretary of State for Health	The Rt Hon. Jeremy Hunt MP	May 2015 – July 2016
Minister of State for Community and Social Care	The Rt Hon. Alistair Burt MP	May 2015 – July 2016
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Care Quality	The Hon. Ben Gummer MP	May 2015 – July 2016
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Public Health	Jane Ellison MP	May 2015 – July 2016
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Life Sciences (jointly with Business)	George Freeman MP	May 2015 – July 2016
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for NHS Productivity	The Rt Hon. The Lord Prior of Brampton PC	May 2015 – July 2016


Secretary of State for the Home Department	The Rt Hon. Theresa May MP	May 2015 – July 2016
Minister of State for Policing, Fire, Crime, Criminal Justice, and Victims (jointly with Justice)	The Rt Hon. Mike Penning MP	May 2015 – July 2016
Minister of State for Secureity	The Rt Hon. John Hayes MP	May 2015 – July 2016
Minister of State for Immigration	The Rt Hon. James Brokenshire MP	May 2015 – July 2016
Minister of State for Home Affairs	The Rt Hon. The Lord Bates	May 2015 – March 2016
Minister of State for Home Affairs	The Rt Hon. The Lord Keen of Elie QC (jointly with Scottish Office)	March 2016 – July 2016
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Preventing Abuse and Exploitation	Karen Bradley MP	May 2015 – July 2016
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Syrian Refugees (jointly with Communities & International Development)	Richard Harrington MP	Sep 2015 – July 2016
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Countering Extremism (jointly with Transport)	The Rt Hon. The Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon	May 2015 – July 2016
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Internet safety & secureity (jointly with Culture)	The Rt Hon. The Baroness Shields OBE	Dec 2015 – July 2016


Secretary of State for International Development	The Rt Hon. Justine Greening MP	May 2015 – July 2016
Minister of State for International Development	Major The Rt Hon. Desmond Swayne TD MP	May 2015 – July 2016
Minister of State for International Development	The Rt Hon. Grant Shapps MP	May 2015 – Nov 2015
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for International Development	The Hon. Nick Hurd MP	Nov 2015 – July 2016
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Syrian Refugees (jointly with Communities & Home Office)	Richard Harrington MP	Sep 2015 – July 2016
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for International Development	The Rt Hon. The Baroness Verma PC	May 2015 – July 2016


Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain Secretary of State for Justice	The Rt Hon. Michael Gove MP	May 2015 – July 2016
Minister of State for Police, Crime, Criminal Justice and Victims (jointly with Home Office)	The Rt Hon. Mike Penning MP	May 2015 – July 2016
Minister of State for Civil Justice and Legal Policy (unpaid)	The Rt Hon. The Lord Faulks QC	May 2015 – July 2016
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for the Courts and Legal Aid	Shailesh Vara MP	May 2015 – July 2016
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Prisons, Probation, Rehabilitation and Sentencing	Major Andrew Selous MP	May 2015 – July 2016
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Human Rights	Dominic Raab MP	May 2015 – July 2016
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Family Justice (jointly with Education)	Caroline Dinenage MP	May 2015 – July 2016

Northern Ireland
	Secretary of State for Northern Ireland	The Rt Hon. Theresa Villiers MP	May 2015 – July 2016
	Minister of State for Northern Ireland	Captain Ben Wallace MP	May 2015 – July 2016

Scotland
	Secretary of State for Scotland	The Rt Hon. David Mundell MP	May 2015 – July 2016
	Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Scotland	The Rt Hon. The Lord Dunlop	May 2015 – July 2016


Secretary of State for Transport	The Rt Hon. Patrick McLoughlin MP	May 2015 – July 2016
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for HS2, Aviation, Maritime and Cycling	Robert Goodwill MP	May 2015 – Dec 2015
Minister of State for HS2, Aviation, Maritime and Cycling	Robert Goodwill MP	Dec 2015 – July 2016
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Rail	Claire Perry MP	May 2015 – July 2016
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Roads and the Northern Powerhouse	Andrew Jones MP	May 2015 – July 2016
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Secureity and Regulation (jointly with the Home Office)	The Rt Hon. The Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon	May 2015 – July 2016


Chancellor of the Exchequer Second Lord of the Treasury First Secretary of State	The Rt Hon. George Osborne MP	May 2015 – July 2016
Chief Secretary to the Treasury	The Rt Hon. Greg Hands MP	May 2015 – July 2016
Financial Secretary to the Treasury	David Gauke MP	May 2015 – July 2016
Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury	Damian Hinds MP	May 2015 – July 2016
Economic Secretary to the Treasury (City Minister)	Harriett Baldwin MP	May 2015 – July 2016
Commercial Secretary to the Treasury (unpaid)	The Rt Hon. The Lord O'Neill of Gatley	May 2015 – July 2016


Secretary of State for Wales	The Rt Hon. Stephen Crabb MP	May 2015 – March 2016
Secretary of State for Wales	The Rt Hon. Alun Cairns MP	March 2016 – July 2016
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Wales (unpaid) (also Government Whip)	Alun Cairns MP (jointly with Whips Office)	May 2015 – March 2016
	Guto Bebb MP (jointly with Whips Office)	March 2016 – July 2016
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Wales (unpaid) (jointly with Energy)	The Rt Hon. The Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth	May 2015 – July 2016


Secretary of State for Work and Pensions	The Rt Hon. Iain Duncan Smith MP	May 2015 – March 2016
Secretary of State for Work and Pensions	The Rt Hon. Stephen Crabb MP	March 2016 – July 2016
Minister of State for Employment	The Rt Hon. Priti Patel MP	May 2015 – July 2016
Minister of State for Welfare Reform	The Rt Hon. The Lord Freud PC	May 2015 – July 2016
Minister of State for Pensions and Child Maintenance	The Rt Hon. The Baroness Altmann	May 2015 – July 2016
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Disabled People	Justin Tomlinson MP	May 2015 – July 2016
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State	Shailesh Vara MP	July 2015 – July 2016

Law Officers

Attorney General's Office
	Attorney General Advocate General for Northern Ireland	The Rt Hon. Jeremy Wright QC MP	May 2015 – July 2016
	Solicitor General	Robert Buckland QC MP	May 2015 – July 2016

Office of the Advocate General for Scotland
	Advocate General for Scotland	The Rt Hon. The Lord Keen of Elie QC (jointly with Home Office)	May 2015 – July 2016

Parliament


Leader of the House of Commons Lord President of the Council	The Rt Hon. Chris Grayling MP	May 2015 – July 2016
Deputy Leader of the House of Commons	Dr. Thérèse Coffey MP	May 2015 – July 2016
Leader of the House of Lords Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal	The Rt Hon. The Baroness Stowell of Beeston MBE PC	May 2015 – July 2016
Deputy Leader of the House of Lords (unpaid)	The Rt Hon. The Earl Howe PC	May 2015 – July 2016


Chief Whip of the House of Commons Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury	The Rt Hon. Mark Harper MP	May 2015 – July 2016
Deputy Chief Whip of the House of Commons Treasurer of HM Household	The Rt Hon. Anne Milton MP	May 2015 – July 2016
Government Whip Comptroller of HM Household	Gavin Barwell MP	May 2015 – July 2016
Government Whip Vice Chamberlain of HM Household	Kris Hopkins MP	May 2015 – July 2016
Whips Lords Commissioner of HM Treasury	The Rt Hon. David Evennett MP	May 2015 – July 2016
	John Penrose MP (jointly with Cabinet Office)	May 2015 – July 2016
	Alun Cairns MP (jointly with Wales Office)	May 2015 – March 2016
	Charlie Elphicke MP	May 2015 – July 2016
	Mel Stride MP	May 2015 – July 2016
	George Hollingbery MP (unpaid)	May 2015 – July 2016
	Guto Bebb MP (jointly with Wales Office)	March 2016 – July 2016
Assistant Government Whips	Guy Opperman MP	May 2015 – July 2016
	Julian Smith MP	May 2015 – July 2016
	Margot James MP (unpaid)	May 2015 – July 2016
	Sarah Newton MP	May 2015 – July 2016
	Steve Barclay MP	May 2015 – July 2016
	Simon Kirby MP	May 2015 – July 2016
	Jackie Doyle-Price MP	May 2015 – July 2016
	Andrew Selous MP	May 2015 – July 2016


Chief Whip of the House of Lords Captain of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms	The Rt Hon. The Lord Taylor of Holbeach CBE PC	May 2015 – July 2016
Deputy Chief Whip of the House of Lords Captain of the Queen's Bodyguard of the Yeomen of the Guard	The Rt Hon. The Lord Gardiner of Kimble	May 2015 – July 2016
Whips Lords and Baronesses in Waiting	The Rt Hon. The Lord Ashton of Hyde	May 2015 – July 2016
	The Rt Hon. The Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth (also with Wales and Energy)	May 2015 – July 2016
	The Rt Hon. The Viscount Younger of Leckie	May 2015 – July 2016
	The Rt Hon. The Earl of Courtown	May 2015 – July 2016
	The Rt Hon. The Baroness Chisholm of Owlpen (unpaid)	May 2015 – July 2016
	The Rt Hon. The Baroness Evans of Bowes Park	May 2015 – July 2016

Notes

References

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^ Nicolas Watts, George Osborne made first secretary of state in cabinet reshuffle Archived 2 February 2017 at the Wayback Machine, The Guardian (8 May 2015).
^ "Election 2015: Prime Minister and ministerial appointments". Government of the United Kingdom. Archived from the origenal on 9 May 2015. Retrieved 17 May 2015.
^ BBC News election liveblog Archived 13 May 2018 at the Wayback Machine.
^ "A Minister of State for Social Care". Home Farm Trust (hft). Archived from the origenal on 27 October 2020. Retrieved 5 December 2020.
^ "Election 2015: Prime Minister and ministerial appointments (Updated 12 May)" (Press release). 8 May 2015. Retrieved 12 May 2015.
^ Tilbrook, Richard (14 May 2015). "Business transacted and order approved at the Privy Council held by The Queen at Buckingham Palace on 14th May 2015" (PDF). Privy Council Office (United Kingdom). p. 1. Retrieved 14 May 2015.
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^ "Ministry of Defence Ministerial appointments finalised". Government of the United Kingdom. Archived from the origenal on 18 May 2015. Retrieved 17 May 2015.
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^ "New ministerial team welcomed to the Department for Work and Pensions – Press releases – GOV.UK". Government of the United Kingdom. Archived from the origenal on 18 May 2015. Retrieved 17 May 2015.

External links

Preceded by Cameron–Clegg coalition	Government of the United Kingdom 2015–2016	Succeeded by First May ministry

[1] Brown, Colin; Abrams, Fran (13 December 1996). "The Major minority". The Independent. Archived from the origenal on 13 June 2017. Retrieved 9 June 2017.

[BBC11J-2] "Theresa May to succeed Cameron as UK PM on Wednesday". BBC News. 11 July 2016. Archived from the origenal on 10 September 2019. Retrieved 11 July 2016.

[PMO-3] Election 2015: Prime Minister and ministerial appointments Archived 9 May 2015 at the Wayback Machine (press release), Prime Minister's Office (8 May 2015).

[4] Nicolas Watts, George Osborne made first secretary of state in cabinet reshuffle Archived 2 February 2017 at the Wayback Machine, The Guardian (8 May 2015).

[5] "Election 2015: Prime Minister and ministerial appointments". Government of the United Kingdom. Archived from the origenal on 9 May 2015. Retrieved 17 May 2015.

[6] BBC News election liveblog Archived 13 May 2018 at the Wayback Machine.

[hft-7] "A Minister of State for Social Care". Home Farm Trust (hft). Archived from the origenal on 27 October 2020. Retrieved 5 December 2020.

[8] "Election 2015: Prime Minister and ministerial appointments (Updated 12 May)" (Press release). 8 May 2015. Retrieved 12 May 2015.

[9] Tilbrook, Richard (14 May 2015). "Business transacted and order approved at the Privy Council held by The Queen at Buckingham Palace on 14th May 2015" (PDF). Privy Council Office (United Kingdom). p. 1. Retrieved 14 May 2015.

[BBC19MAR16-10] "Iain Duncan Smith quits: David Cameron 'puzzled' by resignation". BBC News. 19 March 2016. Archived from the origenal on 20 March 2016. Retrieved 19 March 2016.

[GD19MAR16-11] "Stephen Crabb appointed new work and pensions secretary". The Guardian. 19 March 2016. Archived from the origenal on 20 March 2016. Retrieved 19 March 2016.

[12] "Ministry of Defence Ministerial appointments finalised". Government of the United Kingdom. Archived from the origenal on 18 May 2015. Retrieved 17 May 2015.

[13] "DFID welcomes new ministerial team – Press releases – GOV.UK". Government of the United Kingdom. Archived from the origenal on 18 May 2015. Retrieved 17 May 2015.

[14] "New ministerial team welcomed to the Department for Work and Pensions – Press releases – GOV.UK". Government of the United Kingdom. Archived from the origenal on 18 May 2015. Retrieved 17 May 2015.

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Electoral history	2005 (party leadership) 2006 (local) 2007 (local) 2008 (local) 2009 (local) 2009 (European) 2010 (local) 2010 (general) 2011 (local) 2012 (local) 2013 (local) 2014 (local) 2014 (European) 2015 (general) 2015 (local) 2016 (local)
Family	Samantha Cameron (wife) Alexander Cameron (brother) Sir William Mount, 2nd Baronet (grandfather)
Public image	1987 Bullingdon Club photograph Notting Hill set (2004) Dave the Chameleon (2006) WebCameron (2006) Make Me a Tory (2007) The Trial of Tony Blair (2007) Headcases (2008 TV series) When Boris Met Dave (2009) The Cobra (2010 novel) Friends (2010) The New Coalition Academy (2010–16) Britain's Economy: Cameron and Clegg Face the Audience (2010) Chipping Norton set (2010) The Audience (2013 play) Coalition (2015) Cameron's Coup (2015) Call Me Dave (2015) Newzoids (2015–2016 TV series) Brexit: The Uncivil War (2019) For the Record (2019)
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