First Johnson ministry

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This article is about the people in Boris Johnson's administration. For the events of Boris Johnson's tenure as Prime Minister, see Premiership of Boris Johnson.
First Johnson ministry
July–December 2019
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Boris Johnson (2019)
Date formed 24 July 2019
Date dissolved 13 December 2019
People and organisations
Head of government Boris Johnson,
Prime Minister
Head of government's history 2019–present
Head of state Elizabeth II,
Monarch
Member party
Status in legislature
298 / 650 (46%)
Opposition cabinet Corbyn Shadow Cabinet
Opposition party
Opposition leader Jeremy Corbyn
History
Outgoing election 2019 general election
Legislature term(s) 57th UK Parliament[note 1]
Predecessor Second May ministry
Successor Second Johnson ministry

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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 previous Prime Minister Theresa May.[2] 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 Dr 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.

History

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Further information: List of departures from the first Johnson ministry

Theresa May announced on 24 May 2019 that she would resign as Leader of the Conservative Party and therefore Prime Minister, after failing three times to secure passage through the House of Commons of her Withdrawal Agreement and Implementation Bill, which would have seen the United Kingdom leave the European Union. Her announcement also followed the Conservative Party's very poor showing in the 2019 European Parliament elections in the UK. Her resignation as Conservative leader took effect on 7 June 2019.

The former London Mayor and Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson was elected to succeed May on 23 July 2019. He was appointed Prime Minister on the following day by Queen Elizabeth II. Johnson inherited a minority government, supported by a confidence and supply agreement with the Democratic Unionist Party of Northern Ireland.

Johnson appointed his cabinet on 24 July 2019, describing it as a "Cabinet for modern Britain",[3] with The Guardian branding it "an ethnically diverse but ideologically homogeneous statement of intent".[4] While forming his government, Johnson dismissed 11 senior ministers and accepted the resignation of six others, a purge described by Johnson's ally Nigel Evans as "not so much a reshuffle as a summer's day massacre".[5][6] The mass dismissal was the most extensive Cabinet reorganisation without a change in ruling party in postwar British political history, exceeding the seven Cabinet ministers dismissed in the "Night of the Long Knives" of 1962,[7] and was dubbed the "Night of the Blond Knives" by The Sun.[8]

Among other appointments, Johnson made Dominic Raab the First Secretary of State and Foreign Secretary, and appointed Sajid Javid and Priti Patel as Chancellor of the Exchequer and Home Secretary respectively. Johnson increased the number of ministers attending the Cabinet to 33, four more than had attended the May Cabinet. One quarter of those appointed were women, proportionally less than the May and Cameron ministries. The Cabinet set a new record for ethnic minority representation, with four secretaries of state and two additional ministers coming from minority backgrounds; 17% of the Cabinet were from BAME backgrounds, compared to 14% of the UK population.[3] Nearly two-thirds of those appointed went to fee-paying schools, and almost half had attended Oxford or Cambridge universities.[3] Johnson also created a new ministerial title to be held by himself, Minister for the Union, fulfilling a campaign pledge he had made in the leadership election.[9]

Loss of majority and ministerial resignations

Johnson lost his working majority on 3 September 2019, when Dr Phillip Lee crossed the floor to join the Liberal Democrats.[10][11] This was reduced further later the same day when 21 Conservative MPs had the whip removed after voting against the Government in order to enable Parliament to take control of the order paper and to debate a back bench bill designed to prevent a no-deal Brexit.[12]

On 5 September 2019, Johnson's brother and Orpington MP Jo Johnson announced his intention to resign both his ministerial position and parliamentary seat, stating “In recent weeks I’ve been torn between family loyalty and the national interest — it’s an unresolvable tension & time for others to take on my roles as MP & Minister.”[13] On 7 September 2019, Amber Rudd announced she was resigning as Secretary of State for Work and Pensions and Minister for Women and Equalities, and leaving the Conservative Party.[14]

Amid an impasse in parliament over Brexit, an election was called for 12 December 2019 by virtue of the passage of the Early Parliamentary General Election Act 2019 on 31 October 2019. The Conservatives won a majority, leading to the formation of the second Johnson ministry.

Every minister in post when the election was called remained in the same post after the election up until the February 2020 reshuffle, with the exception of the Secretary of State for Wales.

Cabinet

July – December 2019

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Changes

  • Jo Johnson quit the government on 5 September 2019 and said that he would resign as an MP.[15] His spot in the cabinet was filled by Zac Goldsmith, who was made Minister of State at the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs and at the Department for International Development on 10 September 2019.[16]
  • Amber Rudd resigned from the cabinet and from the Conservative Party on 7 September 2019.[14] She was replaced as Secretary of State for Work and Pensions by Therese Coffey on 8 September 2019, and as Minister for Women and Equalities by Liz Truss on 10 September 2019.[17][18]
  • Alun Cairns resigned from his post of Welsh Secretary on 6 November 2019.[19]

List of ministers

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

Cabinet Office
Post Minister Term
The Rt Hon Boris Johnson MP July 2019 – present
The Rt Hon Michael Gove MP July 2019 – present
The Rt Hon The Baroness Evans of Bowes Park PC July 2016 – present
Minister without Portfolio The Rt Hon James Cleverly TD VR MP
(unpaid; also Chairman of the Conservative Party)		 July 2019 – February 2020
The Rt Hon Jacob Rees-Mogg MP July 2019 – present
The Rt Hon Oliver Dowden CBE MP July 2019 – February 2020
Parliamentary Secretary (Minister for Implementation) Simon Hart MP July 2019 – December 2019
Minister of State (Minister for the Northern Powerhouse and Local Growth) The Rt Hon Jake Berry MP
(jointly with Housing, Communities and Local Government)		 July 2019 –
Parliamentary Secretary (Minister for the Constitution) Chloe Smith MP January 2018 – present
Interim Parliamentary Secretary (Minister for the Constitution) Kevin Foster MP
(jointly with Wales Office and Whips Office)		 April 2019 – October 2019
Parliamentary Secretary (Minister for Defence People and Veterans) Johnny Mercer MP
(jointly with Defence)		 July 2019 – present

Departments of State

Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy The Rt Hon Andrea Leadsom MP July 2019 – present
Minister of State for Business, Energy & Clean growth The Rt Hon Kwasi Kwarteng MP July 2019 – present
Minister of State for Universities, Science, Research & Innovation The Rt Hon Jo Johnson MP
(jointly with Education)		 July 2019 – September 2019
The Rt Hon Chris Skidmore MP
(jointly with Education)		 September 2019 – present
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Small Business, Consumers and Corporate Responsibility Kelly Tolhurst MP July 2018 – present
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Minister for Business & Industry Nadhim Zahawi MP July 2019 – present
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Minister for Climate Change) The Rt Hon The Lord Duncan of Springbank
(jointly with Northern Ireland Office)		 July 2019 – present
Defence
Secretary of State for Defence The Rt Hon Ben Wallace MP July 2019 – present
Minister of State for the Armed Forces The Rt Hon Mark Lancaster TD VR MP July 2017 – present
Minister of State for Defence The Rt Hon The Baroness Goldie DL PC (unpaid) July 2019 – present
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Minister for Defence Procurement) Anne-Marie Trevelyan MP July 2019 – present
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Minister for Defence People and Veterans) Johnny Mercer MP
(jointly with Cabinet Office)		 July 2019 – present
Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport The Rt Hon Nicky Morgan MP July 2019 – present
Minister of State for Sport, Media and Creative Industries Nigel Adams MP July 2019 – present
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Arts. Heritage and Tourism Rebecca Pow MP May 2019 – September 2019
Helen Whately MP September 2019 – present
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Digital and Broadband Matt Warman MP July 2019 – present
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Minister for Civil Society & DCMS) The Rt Hon The Baroness Barran MBE PC (Unpaid) July 2019 – present
Education
Secretary of State for Education The Rt Hon Gavin Williamson CBE MP July 2019 – present
Minister of State for School Standards The Rt Hon Nick Gibb MP May 2015 – present
Minister of State for Universities, Science, Research & Innovation The Rt Hon Jo Johnson MP
(jointly with BEIS)		 July 2019 – September 2019
The Rt Hon Chris Skidmore MP
(jointly with BEIS)		 September 2019 – present
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Minister for Children and Families) Kemi Badenoch MP July 2019 – present
Michelle Donelan MP (Maternity Cover) Sep 2019 – present
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Minister for the School System) The Rt Hon The Lord Agnew of Oulton DL (unpaid) July 2019 – present
Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs The Rt Hon Theresa Villiers MP July 2019 – present
Minister of State for Environment and Rural Opportunity Thérèse Coffey MP July 2019 – September 2019
Rebecca Pow MP September 2019 – present
Minister of State for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food George Eustice MP July 2019 – present
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State Zac Goldsmith MP
(jointly with International Development)		 July 2019 – September 2019
Minister of State The Rt Hon Zac Goldsmith MP
(jointly with International Development)		 September 2019 – present
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Minister for Rural Affairs and Biosecurity) The Rt Hon The Lord Gardiner of Kimble PC July 2019 – present
Equalities Office
Minister for Women and Equalities The Rt Hon Amber Rudd MP
(jointly with Work and Pensions)		 July 2019 – September 2019
The Rt Hon Liz Truss MP
(jointly with International Trade)		 September 2019 – present
Minister of State (Minister for Equalities) The Rt Hon The Baroness Williams of Trafford PC
(jointly with Work and Pensions to September 2019, International Trade from September 2019)		 July 2016 – present
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Minister for Women) Victoria Atkins MP
(jointly with Work and Pensions to September 2019, International Trade from September 2019)		 January 2018 – present
Exiting the European Union
Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union The Rt Hon Stephen Barclay MP November 2018 – January 2020
Minister of State The Rt Hon The Lord Callanan PC October 2017 – January 2020
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State James Duddridge MP July 2019 – January 2020
Foreign and Commonwealth Office
The Rt Hon Dominic Raab MP July 2019 – present
Minister of State for Europe and the Americas The Rt Hon Christopher Pincher MP July 2019 – present
Minister of State for the Middle East and North Africa Commander The Rt Hon Dr Andrew Murrison MP
(jointly with International Development)		 May 2019 – present
Minister of State for Africa Andrew Stephenson MP
(jointly with International Development)		 July 2019 – present
Minister of State for the Commonwealth, the UN and South Asia The Rt Hon The Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon PC June 2017 – present
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Minister for Asia and the Pacific) Heather Wheeler MP July 2019 – present
Health and Social Care
Secretary of State for Health and Social Care The Rt Hon Matt Hancock MP July 2018 – present
Minister of State for Health The Rt Hon Chris Skidmore MP July 2019 – September 2019
Edward Argar MP September 2019 – present
Minister of State for Care Caroline Dinenage MP January 2018 – present
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Prevention, Public Health & Primary Care Jo Churchill MP July 2019 – present
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Mental Health, Suicide Prevention & Patient Safety Nadine Dorries MP July 2019 – present
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State The Rt Hon The Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford January 2019 – present
Home Office
Secretary of State for the Home Department The Rt Hon Priti Patel MP July 2019 – present
Deputy Home Secretary and Minister of State for Security The Rt Hon Brandon Lewis CBE MP July 2019 – present
Minister of State for Crime, Policing & the Fire Service Kit Malthouse MP July 2019 – present
Minister of State for Countering Extremism The Rt Hon The Baroness Williams of Trafford PC
(jointly with Equalities Office)		 July 2016 – present
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Minister for Crime, Safeguarding and Vulnerability) Victoria Atkins MP
(jointly with Equalities Office)		 November 2017 – present
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Immigration Seema Kennedy OBE MP July 2019 – present
Housing, Communities & Local Government
Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government The Rt Hon Robert Jenrick MP July 2019 – present
Minister of State for Housing The Rt Hon Esther McVey MP July 2019 – present
Minister of State for the Northern Powerhouse and Local Growth The Rt Hon Jake Berry MP
(jointly with Cabinet Office)		 July 2019 – present
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Minister for Local Government and Homelessness) Luke Hall MP July 2019 – present
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Minister for Faith and Communities) The Rt Hon The Viscount Younger of Leckie July 2019 – present
International Development
Secretary of State for International Development The Rt Hon Alok Sharma MP July 2019 – present
Minister of State for International Development Commander The Rt Hon Dr Andrew Murrison MP
(jointly with the FCO)		 May 2019 – present
Minister of State Andrew Stephenson MP
(jointly with the FCO)		 July 2019 – present
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State Zac Goldsmith MP
(jointly with DEFRA)		 July 2019 – September 2019
Minister of State The Rt Hon Zac Goldsmith MP
(jointly with DEFRA)		 September 2019 – present
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for International Development The Rt Hon The Baroness Sugg CBE July 2019 – present
International Trade
The Rt Hon Liz Truss MP
(also Minister for Women and Equalities from Sept 2019)		 July 2019 – present
Minister of State for International Trade The Rt Hon Conor Burns MP July 2019 – present
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Minister for Investment) Graham Stuart MP July 2019 – present
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Minister for Women) Victoria Atkins MP
(also with Equalities)		 September 2019 – present
Minister for Equalites The Rt Hon The Baroness Williams of Trafford PC
(also with Equalities)		 September 2019 – present
Justice
The Rt Hon Robert Buckland QC MP July 2019 – present
Advocate General for Scotland
Spokesperson for the Lords		 The Rt Hon The Lord Keen of Elie QC PC May 2015 – present
Minister of State for Prisons and Probation Lucy Frazer QC MP July 2019 – present
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State Wendy Morton MP July 2019 – present
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State Edward Argar MP June 2018 – September 2019
Chris Philp MP September 2019 – present
Northern Ireland Office
Secretary of State for Northern Ireland The Rt Hon Julian Smith CBE MP July 2019 – present
Minister of State for Northern Ireland (Minister for London) The Rt Hon Nick Hurd MP July 2019 – present
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State The Hon Robin Walker MP
(jointly with Scotland Office)		 July 2019 – present
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Northern Ireland The Rt Hon The Lord Duncan of Springbank PC
(jointly with BEIS)		 October 2017 – present
Scotland Office
Secretary of State for Scotland The Rt Hon Alister Jack MP July 2019 – present
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Scotland Colin Clark MP
(jointly with Whips Office)		 July 2019 – present
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State The Hon Robin Walker MP
(jointly with Northern Ireland Office)		 July 2019 – present
Transport
Secretary of State for Transport The Rt Hon Grant Shapps MP July 2019 – present
Minister of State for Transport Chris Heaton-Harris MP July 2019 – present
Minister of State for Transport George Freeman MP July 2019 – present
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Transport Nusrat Ghani MP
(jointly with Whips Office)		 January 2018 – present
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Transport Paul Maynard MP July 2019 – present
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Transport The Rt Hon The Baroness Vere of Norbiton July 2019 – present
Treasury
The Rt Hon Sajid Javid MP July 2019 – present
Chief Secretary to the Treasury The Rt Hon Rishi Sunak MP July 2019 – present
Financial Secretary to the Treasury The Rt Hon Dr Jesse Norman MP May 2019 – present
Economic Secretary to the Treasury John Glen MP (Paid as a Parliamentary Secretary) January 2018 – present
Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury Simon Clarke MP (Paid as a Parliamentary Secretary) July 2019 – present
Wales Office
Secretary of State for Wales The Rt Hon Alun Cairns MP March 2016 – November 2019
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State Kevin Foster MP
(jointly with Cabinet Office until Oct 2019, and Whips Office) (unpaid)		 April 2019 – present
Work and Pensions
Secretary of State for Work and Pensions The Rt Hon Amber Rudd MP
(jointly with Equalities Office)		 July 2019 – September 2019
The Rt Hon Therese Coffey MP September 2019 – present
Minister of State for Disabled People, Health and Work Justin Tomlinson MP April 2019 – present
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Pensions and Financial Innclusion Guy Opperman MP June 2017 – present
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Welfare Delivery Will Quince MP April 2019 – present
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Minister for Employment) Mims Davies MP July 2019 – present
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Minister for Work and Pensions) The Rt Hon The Baroness Stedman-Scott OBE DL July 2019 – present
Minister of State for Equalities The Rt Hon The Baroness Williams of Trafford PC
(jointly with Equalities Office)		 July 2019 – September 2019
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Minister for Women) Victoria Atkins MP
(jointly with Equalities Office)		 July 2019 – September 2019

Law officers

Attorney General's Office
Attorney General for England and Wales The Rt Hon Geoffrey Cox QC MP July 2018 – present
Solicitor General for England and Wales The Rt Hon Michael Ellis QC MP July 2019 – present
Office of the Advocate General
Advocate General for Scotland The Rt Hon The Lord Keen of Elie QC PC May 2015 – present

Parliament

House Leaders
The Rt Hon The Baroness Evans of Bowes Park PC July 2016 – present
The Rt Hon Jacob Rees-Mogg MP July 2019 – present
The Rt Hon The Earl Howe PC (Unpaid) May 2015 – present
House of Commons Whips
The Rt Hon Mark Spencer MP July 2019 – present
Amanda Milling MP July 2019 – present
Jeremy Quin MP July 2019 – present
Stuart Andrew MP July 2019 – present
Colin Clark MP
(jointly with Scotland Office) (unpaid)		 July 2019 – present
Michelle Donelan MP July 2019 – present
Mike Freer MP July 2019 – present
Rebecca Harris MP July 2019 – present
David Rutley MP July 2019 – present
Nusrat Ghani MP
(jointly with Transport)		 July 2019 – present
Maggie Throup MP
(unpaid)		 September 2019 – present
Assistant Whips Kevin Foster MP
(jointly with Cabinet Office until Oct 2019, and Wales)		 July 2019 – present
Leo Docherty MP July 2019 – present
Nigel Huddleston MP July 2019 – present
Marcus Jones MP July 2019 – present
James Morris MP July 2019 – present
Tom Pursglove MP July 2019 – present
Iain Stewart MP July 2019 – present
House of Lords Whips
The Rt Hon The Lord Ashton of Hyde PC July 2019 – present
The Rt Hon The Earl of Courtown July 2016 – present
The Rt Hon The Baroness Berridge (unpaid) July 2019 – present
The Rt Hon The Baroness Bloomfield of Hinton Waldrist (unpaid) July 2019 – present
The Rt Hon Lord Young of Cookham PC July 2016 – August 2019
The Rt Hon The Lord Bethell July 2019 – present
The Rt Hon The Baroness Chisholm of Owlpen August 2019 – present

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ Although the 57th Parliament was due to last until 2022, Johnson successfully sought the backing of Parliament for a snap election on 29 October 2019.[1]

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Preceded by Government of the United Kingdom
2019		 Succeeded by
Second Johnson ministry
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