Cameron ministry
2010–2016
David Cameron
Date formed	11 May 2010 (2010-05-11)
Date dissolved	13 July 2016 (2016-07-13)
People and organisations
Monarch	Elizabeth II
Prime Minister	David Cameron
Prime Minister's history	2010–2016
Deputy Prime Minister	Nick Clegg (2010–15)
First Secretary	William Hague (2010–15) George Osborne (2015–16)
Member parties	Conservative Party   Liberal Democrats
Status in legislature	Majority (coalition) 363 / 650 (56%) Majority (2015–16) 330 / 650 (51%)
Opposition cabinet	Harman Shadow Cabinet Miliband Shadow Cabinet Harman Shadow Cabinet Corbyn Shadow Cabinet
Opposition party	Labour Party
Opposition leader	Harriet Harman (2010) Ed Miliband (2010–2015) Harriet Harman (2015) Jeremy Corbyn (2015–2016)
History
Election(s)	2010 general election 2015 general election
Legislature term(s)	55th UK Parliament 56th UK Parliament
Predecessor	Brown ministry
Successor	May ministry

The Cameron ministry was the Government of the United Kingdom from May 2010 to July 2016 under David Cameron. The first term of the administration was the UK’s first coalition government since World War II, it included both Conservative and Liberal Democrats ministers. The administration's second term of the was a majority Conservative government.

The 2010 general election resulted in a Hung parliament, meaning no political party had a majority in the House of Commons. The Lib Dems negotiated separately with the Conservative and Labour parties to see if they could form a coalition government.

After five days negotiation, the Conservatives and Lib Dems agreed to form a coalition government. Gordon Brown travelled to Buckingham Palace and tendered his resignation as Prime Minister to The Queen. David Cameron was appointed in Brown’s place and invited to form a new government. Nick Clegg became Deputy Prime Minister.

After the 2015 general election, Cameron formed a majority government. The government stayed in office until David Cameron resigned as Prime Minister on 13 July 2016 shortly after losing the EU referendum.

• David Laws resigned as Chief Secretary to the Treasury on 29 May 2010 because of an expenses irregularity dating from the previous Parliament. He was replaced by Danny Alexander, who was in turn replaced as Secretary of State for Scotland by Michael Moore.^[2]
• On 14 October 2011 Liam Fox resigned as Secretary of State for Defence following the procurement of high-level overseas meetings attendance for his friend and advisor, Adam Werrity, working for a private contractor, and stated that he had "mistakenly allowed the distinction between my personal interest and my government activities to become blurred"^[3] His successor was Philip Hammond who was replaced as Transport Secretary by Justine Greening, the Economic Secretary to the Treasury, who was in turn replaced by Chloe Smith, an assistant government whip: she was replaced in turn by Greg Hands.^[3][4]
• On 3 February 2012 Chris Huhne resigned as Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change following the decision of the Crown Prosecution Service to prosecute him and his former wife. His successor was Edward Davey, who was replaced as a Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State in the Department of Business, Innovation and Skills by Norman Lamb, replaced in his previous dual roles by Jenny Willott as an Assistant Whip and Jo Swinson as the Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Deputy Prime Minister.^[5]

• On 19 October 2012, Andrew Mitchell resigned as Government Chief Whip in the House of Commons following controversy surrounding an argument with police officers in Downing Street. He was replaced by Sir George Young.^[8]
• On 7 January 2013, Tom Strathclyde resigned as Leader of the House of Lords and Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster. He was replaced by Jonathan Hill.^[9]
• On 7 October 2013, Michael Moore was replaced as Secretary of State for Scotland by Alistair Carmichael, during a reshuffle which focused on junior ministerial ranks.
• On 9 April 2014, Maria Miller resigned as Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport and Minister for Women and Equalities. She was replaced as Culture Secretary and Minister for Equalities by Sajid Javid, and by Nicky Morgan as Minister for Women. Morgan, who succeeded Javid as Financial Secretary to the Treasury, was not a full cabinet member but attended meetings in her role as Minister for Women.^[10]

• On 5 August 2014, Sayeeda Warsi resigned as Minister of State at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, and as Minister for Faith and Community, in protest at the Government's response to the conflict in the Gaza Strip.^[13] She was replaced at the Foreign Office by Joyce Anelay, with Communities and Local Government Secretary Eric Pickles taking on Warsi's former Faith and Community brief.^[14]

Second Cameron Cabinet^[15][16] [edit]

Portfolio	Portrait	Minister	Term
Cabinet ministers
Prime Minister First Lord of the Treasury Minister for the Civil Service		The Rt Hon. David Cameron MP	2010–16
First Secretary of State Chancellor of the Exchequer Second Lord of the Treasury		The Rt Hon. George Osborne MP	2010–16
Secretary of State for the Home Department		The Rt Hon. Theresa May MP	2010–16
Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs		The Rt Hon. Philip Hammond MP	2014–16
Secretary of State for Justice Lord Chancellor		The Rt Hon. Michael Gove MP	2015–16
Secretary of State for Defence		The Rt Hon. Michael Fallon MP	2014–16
Secretary of State for Work and Pensions		The Rt Hon. Iain Duncan Smith MP	2010–16
		The Rt Hon. Stephen Crabb MP	2016
Secretary of State for Health		The Rt Hon. Jeremy Hunt MP	2012–16
Leader of the House of Commons Lord President of the Council		The Rt Hon. Chris Grayling MP	2015–16
Secretary of State for International Development		The Rt Hon. Justine Greening MP	2012–16
Secretary of State for Education Minister for Women and Equalities		The Rt Hon. Nicky Morgan MP	2014–16
Leader of the House of Lords Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal		The Rt Hon. The Baroness Stowell of Beeston MBE PC	2014–16
Secretary of State for Transport		The Rt Hon. Patrick McLoughlin MP	2012–16
Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills President of the Board of Trade		The Rt Hon. Sajid Javid MP	2015–16
Secretary of State for Northern Ireland		The Rt Hon. Theresa Villiers MP	2012–16
Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs		The Rt Hon. Liz Truss MP	2014–16
Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government		The Rt Hon. Greg Clark MP	2015–16
Secretary of State for Wales		The Rt Hon. Stephen Crabb MP	2014–16
		The Rt Hon. Alun Cairns MP	2016
Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster		The Rt Hon. Oliver Letwin MP	2014–16
Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport		The Rt Hon. John Whittingdale OBE MP	2015–16
Secretary of State for Scotland		The Rt Hon. David Mundell MP	2015–16
Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change		The Rt Hon. Amber Rudd MP	2015–16
Also attending cabinet meetings
Minister of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs		The Rt Hon. The Baroness Anelay of St John's DBE PC	2014–16
Minister without Portfolio		The Rt Hon. Robert Halfon MP	2015–16
Minister for the Cabinet Office Paymaster General		The Rt Hon. Matthew Hancock MP	2015–16
Chief Secretary to the Treasury		The Rt Hon. Greg Hands MP	2015–16
Chief Whip in the House of Commons Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury		The Rt Hon. Mark Harper MP	2015–16
Minister of State for Employment		The Rt Hon. Priti Patel MP	2015–16
Minister of State for Small Business, Industry and Enterprise		The Rt Hon. Anna Soubry MP	2015–16
Attorney General		The Rt Hon. Jeremy Wright QC MP	2014–16

• On 19 March 2016, Iain Duncan Smith resigned from his post of Secretary of State for Work and Pensions over plans by Chancellor George Osborne to cut disability benefits.^[17] He was replaced by Welsh Secretary Stephen Crabb. Alun Cairns filled the vacancy left by Crabb's promotion.^[18] His post was filled by Guto Bebb.

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