List of resignations from the second May ministry
2018

List of resignations from the second May ministry

Section Title: 2018
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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)

Boris Johnson was a Foreign Secretary in May's premiership, but resigned in criticism of the Chequers Agreement.

final_sentence: Boris Johnson was a Foreign Secretary in May's premiership, but resigned in criticism of the Chequers Agreement.