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The 57 Tory ministers who resigned – forcing Boris to go

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Boris Johnson has announced that he is resigning as Prime Minister after facing a tide of ministerial resignations. Below is the full list of cabinet ministers, junior ministers and other government employees who resigned, forcing the Prime Minister to act.

Cabinet ministers who have resigned from Boris Johnson’s government:

1. Oliver Dowden, party chairman (5.35 a.m. 24 June)

2. Sajid Javid, health secretary (6.02 p.m. 5 July)

3. Rishi Sunak, chancellor (6.10 p.m. 5 July)

4. Simon Hart, Wales Secretary (10.30 p.m. 6 July)

5. Brandon Lewis, Northern Ireland Secretary (6.49 a.m. 7 July)

6. Michelle Donelan, Education Secretary, (8.53 a.m. 7 July)

Junior ministers, trade envoys and party officials who have resigned from Boris Johnson’s government:

1. Andrew Murrison, trade envoy to Tunisia and Morocco (7 p.m. 5 July)

2. Bim Afolami, party vice chairman (7.33 p.m. 5 July)

3. Theo Clarke, trade envoy to Kenya (10.02 p.m. 5 July)

4. Alex Chalk, solicitor general (10.47 p.m. 5 July)

5. Will Quince, children and families minister (8.25 a.m. 6 July)

6. Robin Walker, education minister (9.43 a.m. 6 July)

7. John Glen, city minister and economic secretary for the Treasury (11.06 a.m. 6 July)

8. Victoria Atkins, prisons minister (11.34 a.m. 6 July)

9. Jo Churchill, agri-innovation and climate adaptation minister (12.01 p.m. 6 July)

10. Stuart Andrew, housing minister (12.41 p.m. 6 July)

11. Lee Rowley, industry minister (2.24 p.m. 6 July)

12. Alex Burghart, education minister (2.24 p.m. 6 July)

13. Julie Lopez, culture minister (2.24 p.m. 6 July)

14. Kemi Badenoch, equalities minister (2.25 p.m. 6 July)

15. Neil O’Brien, levelling up minister (6 July)

16. Mims Davies, employment minister (2.26 p.m. 6 July)

17. Rachel Maclean, safeguarding minister (3.38 p.m. 6 July)

18. Mike Freer, exports minister (4.09 p.m. 6 July)

19. David Duguid, fisheries envoy and trade envoy for Angola and Zambia (6.09 p.m. 6 July)

20. Ed Argar, health minister (11.04 p.m. 6 July)

21. David Mundell, trade envoy for New Zealand (9.22 p.m, 6 July)

22. Helen Whately, Treasury minister (6.49 a.m. 7 July)

23. Damian Hinds, security minister (7.15 a.m. 7 July)

24. George Freeman, science minster (7.21 a.m. 7 July)

25. Guy Opperman, pensions minister (7.50 a.m. 7 July)

26. Chris Philp, technology minister (8.02 a.m. 7 July)

27. James Cartlidge, courts minster (8.09 a.m. 7 July)

28. Richard Graham, Trade Envoy to Malaysia and the Philippines (8.14 a.m 7 July)

29. Rebecca Pow, environment minister (10.13 a.m. 7 July)

Parliamentary private secretaries and others who have resigned from Boris Johnson’s government:

1. Jonathan Gullis, PPS to the Northern Ireland secretary (7.48 p.m. 5 July)

2. Saqib Bhatti, PPS to the Department for Health and Social Care (7.51 p.m. 5 July)

3. Nicola Richards, PPS to the Department for Transport (8.27 p.m. 5 July)

4. Virginia Crosbie, PPS to the Wales Office (9.02 p.m. 5 July)

5. Laura Trott, PPS to the Department for Transport (8.11 a.m. 6 July)

6. Felicity Buchan, PPS to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (11.05 a.m. 6 July)

7. David Johnston, PPS to the Department for Education (1.30 p.m. 6 July)

8. Claire Coutinho, PPS to the Treasury (1.30 p.m. 6 July)

9. Selaine Saxby, PPS to the Treasury (1.30 p.m. 6 July)

10. Duncan Baker, PPS to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (3.10 p.m. 6 July)

11. Craig Williams, PPS to the Chancellor (3.22 p.m. 6 July)

12. Mark Logan, PPS to the Northern Ireland Office (3.32 p.m. 6 July)

13. Mark Fletcher, PPS to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (4.33 p.m. 6 July)

14. James Sunderland, PPS to the Department for Education (4.40 p.m. 6 July)

15. Sara Britcliffe, PPS to the Department for Education (4.49 p.m. 6 July)

16. Ruth Edwards, PPS to the Scotland Office (4.52 p.m. 6 July)

17. Peter Gibson, PPS to the Department for International Trade (5.14 p.m. 6 July)

18. Jacob Young, PPS to the Ministry of Housing (8.40 p.m. 6 July)

19. James Daly, PPS to the Department for Work and Pensions (9.25 p.m. 6 July)

21. Danny Kruger, PPS to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (9.36 p.m. 6 July)

22. James Davies, PPS to the Department for Health and Social Care (11.25 p.m. 6 July)

23. Gareth Davies, PPS to the Department for Health and Social Care (11.54 p.m. 6 July)

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