Cabinet reshuffle: Who is in Boris Johnson's new cabinet?

Prime Minister Boris Johnson has carried out a reshuffle of ministers in cabinet positions, two months after winning the general election.

14 February 2020

There was speculation ahead of the reshuffle about how diverse the new Cabinet would be, particularly considering women and people from ethnic minority backgrounds.

Who's in what job? Here's a guide to the people that make up Mr Johnson's cabinet, with the latest new faces and who's changed places.

Boris Johnson's cabinet

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• Boris Johnson

  

  Prime Minister@BorisJohnson

  Boris Johnson's election win in December secured him the largest Tory majority in Parliament since 1987.

• Rishi Sunak

  

  Chancellor@rishisunak

  Rishi Sunak replaces Sajid Javid, who resigned as Chancellor during the reshuffle on Thursday.

• Priti Patel

  

  Home Secretary@patel4witham

  Priti Patel was appointed home secretary in Boris Johnson’s first cabinet and has kept her position since then.

• Dominic Raab

  

  Foreign Secretary@DominicRaab

  Dominic Raab was appointed foreign secretary and first secretary of state in Boris Johnson's first cabinet in July and remains in post.

• Michael Gove

  

  Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster@michaelgove

  Michael Gove is the cabinet minister with the most experience - but his aspirations for the top job are well known. He lost out to Boris Johnson in the Conservative leadership campaign in summer 2019.

• Ben Wallace

  

  Defence Secretary@BWallaceMP

  Appointed defence secretary by Boris Johnson last July, Ben Wallace previously served as security minister.

• Liz Truss

  

  International Trade Secretary, Women and Equalities@trussliz

  Liz Truss was made international trade secretary and also women and equalities minister when Boris Johnson took office and remains in that role.

• Matt Hancock

  

  Health & Social Care Secretary@MattHancock

  Mr Hancock remains in post as health secretary.

• Gavin Williamson

  

  Education Secretary@GavinWilliamson

  Gavin Williamson made a swift return to the cabinet last July following his sacking by Theresa May two months earlier after row over the leaking of information from the National Security Council.

• Oliver Dowden

  

  Culture Secretary@oliverdowden

  The 41-year old MP for Hertsmere is a rising star in the Conservative ranks and replaces Nicky Morgan as Culture Secretary.

• Alok Sharma

  

  Business Secretary@AlokSharma_RDG

  The former International Development Secretary replaces Andrea Leadsom.

• Robert Jenrick

  

  Housing, Communities and Local Government@RobertJenrick

  Former Treasury Minister Robert Jenrick represented the Conservatives on the under 30s Question Time debate during the general election campaign.

• Therese Coffey

  

  Work & Pensions@theresecoffey

  Former environment minister Therese Coffey was appointed after Amber Rudd resigned over the government's approach to Brexit.

• Robert Buckland

  

  Justice Secretary@RobertBuckland

  The former solicitor general moved to be prisons minister in the justice department in May 2019. He supported Boris Johnson for the leadership describing him as a "moderate, open-minded, one-nation Conservative".

• Anne-Marie Trevelyan

  

  International Development Secretary@annietrev

  The MP for Berwick-upon-Tweed replaces Alok Sharma as International Development Secretary.

• Grant Shapps

  

  Transport Secretary@grantshapps

  The former international development minister Grant Shapps became transport secretary in July 2019.

• George Eustice

  

  Environment Secretary@DefraGovUK

  George Eustice replaces Theresa Villiers as environment secretary.

• Brandon Lewis

  

  Secretary of State for Northern Ireland@BrandonLewis

  Brandon Lewis replaces Julian Smith as Northern Ireland Secretary.

• Alister Jack

  

  Scottish Secretary@ScotSecOfState

  Businessman Alister Jack was elected MP for Dumfries and Galloway in 2017 and has supported what he calls "a successful Brexit for Scotland".

• Simon Hart

  

  Secretary of State for Wales@Simonhartmp

  Simon Hart was appointed as Welsh secretary to replace Alun Cairns last November.

• Baroness Evans

  

  Leader of Lords@UKHouseofLords

  Baroness Evans was appointed Lords Leader in 2016, her first ministerial role since being ennobled by David Cameron in 2014.

• Amanda Milling

  

  Party Chairman and minister without portfolio@amandamilling

  Amanda Milling replaces James Cleverly as Conservative Party chairman and will attend Cabinet as minister without portfolio.

• Jacob Rees-Mogg

  

  Leader of the Commons@HouseofCommons

  Jacob Rees Mogg is one of the Conservative Party's highest profile Brexiteers and a key member of party's European Research Group (ERG).

• Mark Spencer

  

  Chief Whip@Mark_Spencer

  Boris Johnson's chief enforcer, in theory, has an easier job now the party has a large majority.

• Suella Braverman

  

  Attorney General@SuellaBraverman

  Suella Braverman replaces Geoffrey Cox as attorney general.

• Stephen Barclay

  

  Chief Secretary to the Treasury@SteveBarclay

  Stephen Barclay will attend Cabinet in a new role as chief secretary to the Treasury.

Note: BAME (Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic) is a term widely used in the UK to describe people of non-white descent, as defined by the Institute of Race Relations.

This is the second reshuffle for Mr Johnson, who became prime minister last July after winning a Conservative leadership election.

Big names to have left cabinet on Thursday included Chancellor Sajid Javid, Attorney General Geoffrey Cox and Business Secretary Andrea Leadsom.

The make-up of the cabinet has also changed. The proportion of women in it has increased - but the actual number has fallen from eight to seven because some positions were closed.

Private education

Members of the cabinet are more than 10 times more likely to have gone to a private school than members of the public.

Under Mr Johnson's predecessor, Theresa May, 70% of cabinet had not been privately educated, whereas almost 70% of Mr Johnson's new cabinet have.

University background

According to the Sutton Trust social mobility charity, every prime minister since 1937 who attended university was educated at Oxford - except for Gordon Brown. Half of Mr Johnson's cabinet went to Oxford or Cambridge universities.

This compares with 27% of all Conservative MPs and 18% of Labour MPs.

Sir Peter Lampl, founder and chairman of the Sutton Trust, said December's election led to a seismic shift in the political landscape and Conservative MPs now represent a more diverse range of constituencies than before.

"Yet in terms of educational background, the make-up of Johnson's cabinet is still over 60% from independent schools," he said. "Today's findings underline how unevenly spread the opportunities are to enter the elites and this is something Boris Johnson must address."

Cabinet experience

Michael Gove is by far the most experienced of Mr Johnson's new top team. The ministers who have had 204 days of cabinet experience are new faces appointed by the PM when he took power in July last year.

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Reshuffle: Mordaunt back as Boris Johnson reshuffles non-cabinet ministers

• 14 February 2020

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Former Defence Secretary Penny Mordaunt has made a return to the government, six months after being sacked by Prime Minister Boris Johnson.

She takes on the role of paymaster general, as part of Mr Johnson's ongoing ministerial reshuffle.

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-51497160