Javid Ministry

Sajid Javid formed the Javid ministry on 13 July 2016. Then the Home Secretary, Javid's appointment came after winning the Conservative Leader election following the resignation of then Prime Minister Theresa May. The ministry, a Conservative majority government of 6 seats, succeeded the May ministry which had been formed following the 2014 general election. May's government was dissolved as a result of his resignation in the immediate aftermath of the June 2016 referendum on British withdrawal from the European Union.

## **History**

1On the 9 July 2018, Boris Johnson (Foreign Secretary), David Davis (Brexit Secretary) and Steve Baker (Minister of State for Brexit) all quit the roles in the Cabinet in protest over Theresa May's Chequers Agreement which was criticized as being Brexit "in name only".

2Dominic Raab (Brexit Secretary) and Esther McVey quit their roles in the Cabinet in protest over May's publication of the draft proposed deal

*3*Gavin Williamson was asked to resign from his position as Defence Secretary, following the leaking of confidential National Security Council information related to Huawei's potential involvement in the UK's 5G network. He refused to resign because he felt this would incriminate him and be seen as an admission that he was responsible for the leak, and was therefore sacked. Theresa May said that she had "compelling evidence" that Williamson had leaked the information and that she had "lost confidence in his ability to serve in his role". Williamson vehemently denied the allegation, saying that he 'swore on his children's lives he was not responsible', and said that a "thorough and formal inquiry" would have vindicated his position. At the time, Opposition MPs called for a police investigation into the matter, but the matter was closed

*4*After the results of an inquiry into allegations that Damian Green sexually harassed a woman and viewed pornography on a work computer were published, it was found that he had breached the ministerial code and he was instructed to resign from the Cabinet and resign his seat amidst the 2017 Westminster sexual misconduct allegations

## **Cabinet**

88% of the Cabinet was made up of ethnic minorities

19/22 [out of 25]Downing Street Chief of Staff-Fiona Hill

### **(Where are they now?**

* Theresa May is still the MP for Maidenhead and is doing Lecture circuits.
* Amber Rudd decided not to seek re-election at the 2019 election and quit the Conservative Party
* Jeremy Wright lost his seat (Kenilworth and Southam) in the 2019 election, he later quit the Conservation Party.
* Jeremy Hunt announced his campaign to become the leader of the Conservative Party, the day after Theresa May's resigning. On 20 June 2019, he was named one of the final 2 candidates. Hunt was defeated by Boris Johnson, having secured only 1/3 of the vote. He remained as a backbench and is the new chair of the Health and Social Care Select Committee, he also founded Patient Safety Watch, a charity which seeks to establish data to report on patient safety and harm in care, continuing the work on safety he started as Health Secretary. He chairs the organisation and said he planned to invest considerable sums of money into it.
* Gavin Williamson lost his seat (South Staffordshire) in the 2019 election
* Matthew Hancock lost his seat (West Suffolk) in the 2019 election
* Greg Clarke lost his seat (Tunbridge Wells), Steve Brine, Dominic Grieve, David Willetts, Ros Altmann, Anne Milton, David Gauke, Anne Milton, Stephen Hammond, Caroline Nokes, Bob Neill, Gary Streeter, George Freeman, Jackie Doyle-Price, John Stevenson, Richard Graham, Rehman Chishti, Oliver Heald, Tobias Ellwood, Roger Gale all lost their seats in the 2019 election and later quit the Conservative Party
* Caroline Spelman decided not to seek re-election at the 2019 election.
* Kenneth Clarke and Andrea Leadsom both decided to not to seek re-election at the 2019 election and retire from politics.
* Jo Johnson decided not to seek re-election at the 2019 election.
* Later joined Liberal Democrats: Phillip Lee, Sam Gyimah, Sarah Wollaston, Antoinette Sandbach
* Later joined Renew Party: Anna Soubry
* Did not stand (quit politics): Richard Benyon, Alistair Burt, Greg Clark, Richard Harrington, Margot James, Oliver Letwin, Nicholas Soames, Ed Vaizey, David Lidington, Julian Smith, Guto Bebb, Wendy Morton and Sarah Newton)