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UK Cabinet reshuffle means 'Real Change'
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by liamssoft | September 4, 2012 at 03:32 am
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• Jeremy Hunt, the former culture secretary, has become health secretary.
• Andrew Mitchell has been made chief whip. Although the chief whip is usually not a full member of cabinet - he just attends - this is the post that Mitchell, the former international development secretary, has always wanted.
• Chris Grayling, the former welfare minister, has become justice secretary.
• Theresa Villiers, the former transport minister, has been made Northern Ireland secretary
• Maria Miller, the former disability minister, has become culture secretary.
• David Laws has reportedly been made an education minister. That’s a promotion from the backbenches, although he will not be as senior was he was when he was briefly in cabinet as chief secretary to the Treasury.
• Owen Paterson, the former Northern Ireland secretary, has become environment secretary.
• Patrick McLoughlin, the former chief whip, has been made transport secretary. This is more of a sideways move than a promotion, but McLoughlin will be a full member of the cabinet and he will have a public profile, which he never had as a whip.
• Grant Shapps appointed Conservative Party Chairman
• Michael Fallon Minister of State at the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills and a Member of the Privy Council
Demotions
• Andrew Lansley, the former health secretary, has become Leader of the Commons.
• Sir George Young, the former leader of the Commons, has left the cabinet
• Kenneth Clarke has lost his post as justice secretary. But he will remain in the cabinet as a minister without portfolio.
• Justine Greening, the former transport secretary, has become international development secretary.
• Lady Warsi has lost her post as Conservative co-chairman. Instead she has been made a minister of state at the Foreign Office, with the right to attend cabinet, as well as being made minister for faith and communities.
• Caroline Spelman has lost her job as environment secretary.
• Cheryl Gillan has been replaced as Welsh secretary
• Edward Garnier has lost his job as solicitor general.
No change
• Iain Duncan Smith has resisted an attempt to make him justice secretary. He remains as work and pensions secretary.
Fortunately
• George Osborne, William Hague, Theresa May, Philip Hammond, Ed Davey, Michael Gove, Eric Pickles, Michael Moore, Danny Alexander and Lord Strathclyde have all kept their posts. Source:guardian.co.uk
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Should they go or should thy stay, have your say: guardian.co.uk
William Hague, foreign secretary
66% Stay 34% Go 5052 results
George Osborne, chancellor of the exchequer
8% Stay 92% Go 5237 results
Kenneth Clarke, justice secretary
71% Stay 29% Go 5090 results
Theresa May, home secretary
17% Stay 83% Go 5135 results
Philip Hammond, defence secretary
51% Stay 49% Go 4976 results
Vince Cable, business secretary
74% Stay 26% Go 5086 results
Iain Duncan Smith, work and pensions secretary
35% Stay 65% Go 5082 results
Ed Davey, energy secretary
50% Stay 50% Go 4894 results
Andrew Lansley, health secretary
9% Stay 91% Go 5140 results
Michael Gove, education secretary
13% Stay 87% Go 5226 results
Eric Pickles, communities and local government secretary
25% Stay 75% Go 5058 results
Justine Greening, transport secretary
48% Stay 52% Go 4955 results
Caroline Spelman, environment, food and rural affairs secretary
45% Stay 55% Go 4882 results
Andrew Mitchell, international development secretary
60% Stay 40% Go 4783 results
Owen Paterson, Northern Irish secretary
65% Stay 35% Go 4688 results
Michael Moore, Scottish secretary
60% Stay 40% Go 4678 results
Cheryl Gillan, Welsh secretary
55% Stay 45% Go 4687 results
Jeremy Hunt, culture secretary
10% Stay 90% Go 5070 results
Danny Alexander, chief secretary to the Treasury
32% Stay 68% Go 4917 results
Lord Strathclyde, leader of the House of Lords
50% Stay 50% Go 4680 results
Baroness Warsi, minister without portfolio
21% Stay 79% Go 4962 results
Francis Maude, Cabinet Office minister
30% Stay 70% Go 4811 results
Oliver Letwin, minister of state in the Cabinet Office
31% Stay 69% Go 4801 results
David Willetts, universities minister
31% Stay 69% Go 4833 results
Sir George Young, leader of the House of Commons
60% Stay 40% Go 4657 results
Patrick McLoughlin, chief whip in the House of Commons
50% Stay 50% Go 4601 results
Dominic Grieve, attorney general
56% Stay 44% Go 4712 results
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