Who resigned, who stayed?

Who resigned, who stayed?

Sajid Javid and Rishi Sunak in Cabinet on 5 JulyImage source, PA Media

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.

  • Chancellor Rishi Sunak
  • Health Secretary Sajid Javid
  • Welsh Secretary Simon Hart
  • Northern Ireland Secretary Brandon Lewis
  • Education Secretary Michelle Donelan
  • 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
  • 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

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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

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