List of resignations from the second May ministry
2018

List of resignations from the second May ministry

Section Title: 2018
Table Section Text: None

Minister (Cabinet members shown in bold)	Office	Date of resignation	Reason

-	Rt Hon James Brokenshire MP	Secretary of State for Northern Ireland	8 January	Resigned on health grounds, due to an upcoming lung operation.

-	Rt Hon Justine Greening MP	Secretary of State for Education	8 January	Refused to accept a new position at DWP during the 2018 cabinet reshuffle.

-	Rt Hon Amber Rudd MP	Home Secretary	29 April	Misled the Home Affairs Select Committee during a hearing on the Windrush scandal.

-	Phillip Lee MP	Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Justice	12 June	Opposition to the government's approach to Brexit.

-	Rt Hon Greg Hands MP	Minister of State for International Trade	21 June	Opposition to the expansion of Heathrow Airport; voted against the Airports National Policy Statement.

-	Rt Hon David Davis MP	Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union	8 July	Opposition to the Chequers Agreement.

-	Steve Baker MP	Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union	9 July	Opposition to the Chequers Agreement.

-	Rt Hon Boris Johnson MP	Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs	9 July	Opposition to the Chequers Agreement.

-	Conor Burns MP	Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Foreign Office	9 July	Opposition to the Chequers Agreement.

-	Chris Green MP	Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Department for Transport	9 July	Opposition to the Chequers Agreement.

-	Andrew Griffiths MP	Minister of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy	13 July	Allegations of sexual misconduct.

-	Robert Courts MP	Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Foreign Office	15 July	Opposition to the Chequers Agreement.

-	Scott Mann MP	Parliamentary Private Secretary to HM Treasury	16 July	Opposition to the Chequers Agreement.

-	Guto Bebb MP	Minister for Defence Procurement	16 July	Opposition to government-backed amendments to the Taxation (Cross-border Trade) Bill.

-	Tracey Crouch MP	Minister for Sport, Civil Society and Loneliness	1 November	Opposition to policy rollout delays announced in the 2018 budget.

-	Jo Johnson MP	Minister of State for Transport Minister for London	9 November	Opposition to the government’s handling of Brexit negotiations.

-	Shailesh Vara MP	Minister of State for Northern Ireland	15 November	Opposition to the Draft Withdrawal Agreement.

-	Rt Hon Dominic Raab MP	Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union	15 November	Opposition to the Draft Withdrawal Agreement.

-	Rt Hon Esther McVey MP	Secretary of State for Work and Pensions	15 November	Opposition to the Draft Withdrawal Agreement.

-	Suella Braverman MP	Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union	15 November	Opposition to the Draft Withdrawal Agreement.

-	Anne-Marie Trevelyan MP	Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Department for Education	15 November	Opposition to the Draft Withdrawal Agreement.

-	Ranil Jayawardena MP	Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Department for Work and Pensions	15 November	Opposition to the Draft Withdrawal Agreement.

-	Rehman Chishti MP	Prime Ministerial Trade Envoy to Pakistan	15 November	Opposition to the Draft Withdrawal Agreement and the government's handling of the Asia Bibi blasphemy case.

-	Sam Gyimah MP	Minister of State for Universities, Science, Research and Innovation	30 November	Opposition to the Withdrawal Agreement and Political Declaration.

-	Will Quince MP	Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Ministry of Defence	8 December	Opposition to the Withdrawal Agreement and Political Declaration.

-	Rt Hon The Lord O'Shaughnessy	Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Health	31 December	Resigned due to "family circumstances."

Sentence(s)

On 29 April 2018, Rudd resigned as Home Secretary, stating in her letter of resignation that she had "misled the Home Affairs Select Committee".

final_sentence: On 29 April 2018, Rudd resigned as Home Secretary, stating in her letter of resignation that she had "misled the Home Affairs Select Committee".