First May ministry

First May ministry
First May ministry
; Cabinet of the United Kingdom
2016–2017
	May holding her first cabinet meeting
Date formed	13 July 2016
Date dissolved	11 June 2017
People and organisations
Monarch	Elizabeth II
Prime Minister	Theresa May
Prime Minister's history	2016–2019
Member party	Conservative Party;
Status in legislature	Majority (2016–2017); Caretaker (June 2017); 330 / 650 (51%) (2016–2017); 317 / 650 (49%) (June 2017);
Opposition cabinet	Corbyn Shadow Cabinet
Opposition party	Labour Party;
Opposition leader	Jeremy Corbyn
History
Outgoing election	2017 general election
Legislature terms	2015–2017
Budget	March 2017 budget
Predecessor	Second Cameron ministry
Successor	Second May ministry

Theresa May formed the first May ministry in the United Kingdom on 13 July 2016, after having been invited by Queen Elizabeth II to form a government. Then the Home Secretary, May's appointment followed the resignation of then Prime Minister David Cameron.^[2]^[3] The ministry, a Conservative majority government, succeeded the second Cameron ministry which had been formed following the 2015 general election. Cameron'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.

After the 2017 snap general election resulted in a hung parliament, May formed a new minority government with support from the Democratic Unionist Party.^[4]

History

May announced her choices for Chancellor of the Exchequer, Home Secretary, Foreign Secretary and Defence Secretary in the evening of 13 July: Philip Hammond, Amber Rudd, and Boris Johnson were respectively appointed to the first three posts, while Michael Fallon continued as Defence Secretary.^[5]^[6] David Davis was appointed to the new post of Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, while Liam Fox became Secretary of State for International Trade and President of the Board of Trade.^[5] Greg Clark, who was made business secretary, was mistakenly appointed as President of the Board of Trade by the Privy Council, and held the appointment for four days before the mistake was corrected.^[7]

May's choices for the remaining cabinet posts were announced on 14 July.^[8] Justine Greening, previously international development secretary, was promoted to education secretary, and the vacancy left by Greening was filled by Priti Patel. Liz Truss, formerly environment secretary, was given the justice portfolio. Andrea Leadsom, previously a junior energy minister, and also the final opponent of Theresa May in the 2016 Conservative leadership election, was made environment secretary. James Brokenshire and Karen Bradley, both formerly junior ministers at the Home Office, were given the posts of Northern Ireland and culture, media and sport respectively. Damian Green took the post of work and pensions secretary, and Chris Grayling was made transport secretary. Finally, Sajid Javid was given the communities and local government brief, The Baroness Evans of Bowes Park became Lords Leader and David Lidington became Commons Leader.^[8]

Jeremy Hunt, Alun Cairns, and David Mundell retained the posts of health secretary, Welsh secretary, and Scottish secretary, respectively, which they had held during the second Cameron ministry.^[8] In contrast, May sacked six ministers from Cameron's Cabinet: Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne, Justice Secretary Michael Gove, Culture Secretary John Whittingdale, Education Secretary Nicky Morgan, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster Oliver Letwin and Leader of the House of Lords Baroness Stowell of Beeston.^[8]

In addition, May appointed Fiona Hill and Nick Timothy as Downing Street Chiefs of Staff.^[9] Both had been political advisers to her at the Home Office, then worked outside government for a brief period before coming back to work on her leadership campaign.^[10]^[11]

Cabinet

First May cabinet ^[12]^[13]^[14]
Portfolio	Minister	Term
Cabinet ministers
Prime Minister First Lord of the Treasury Minister for the Civil Service	The Rt Hon Theresa May MP	2016–2019
Chancellor of the Exchequer Second Lord of the Treasury	The Rt Hon Philip Hammond MP	2016–2019
Secretary of State for the Home Department	The Rt Hon Amber Rudd MP	2016–2018
Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs	The Rt Hon Boris Johnson MP	2016–2018
Secretary of State for Defence	The Rt Hon Michael Fallon KCB MP	2014–2017
Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain Secretary of State for Justice	The Rt Hon Liz Truss MP	2016–2017
Secretary of State for Education Minister for Women and Equalities	The Rt Hon Justine Greening MP	2016–2018
Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union	The Rt Hon David Davis MP	2016–2018
Secretary of State for International Trade President of the Board of Trade	The Rt Hon Dr Liam Fox MP	2016–2019
Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy	The Rt Hon Dr Greg Clark MP	2016–2019
Secretary of State for Health	The Rt Hon Jeremy Hunt MP	2012–2018
Secretary of State for Work and Pensions	The Rt Hon Damian Green MP	2016–2017
Leader of the House of Lords Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal	The Rt Hon The Baroness Evans of Bowes Park PC	2016–2022
Secretary of State for Transport	The Rt Hon Chris Grayling MP	2016–2019
Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government	The Rt Hon Sajid Javid MP	2016–2018
Leader of the House of Commons Lord President of the Council	The Rt Hon Dr David Lidington CBE MP	2016–2017
Secretary of State for Scotland	The Rt Hon David Mundell MP	2015–2019
Secretary of State for Wales	The Rt Hon Alun Cairns MP	2016–2019
Secretary of State for Northern Ireland	The Rt Hon James Brokenshire MP	2016–2018
Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs	The Rt Hon Andrea Leadsom MP	2016–2017
Secretary of State for International Development	The Rt Hon Priti Patel MP	2016–2017
Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport	The Rt Hon Karen Bradley MP	2016–2018
Also attending cabinet meetings
Chief Secretary to the Treasury	The Rt Hon David Gauke MP	2016–2017
Minister for the Cabinet Office Paymaster General	The Rt Hon Ben Gummer MP	2016–2017
Attorney General	The Rt Hon Jeremy Wright QC MP	2014–2018
Chief Whip in the House of Commons Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury	The Rt Hon Gavin Williamson CBE MP	2016–2017
Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster Chairman of the Conservative Party (Unpaid)	The Rt Hon Patrick McLoughlin MP	2016–2018

List of ministers

	Minister in the House of Commons		Minister in the House of Lords
Ministers that attend cabinet are listed in bold

Prime Minister and the Cabinet Office

Prime Minister and Cabinet Office
Post		Minister	Term
	Prime Minister of the United Kingdom First Lord of the Treasury Minister for the Civil Service	The Rt Hon Theresa May MP	July 2016–June 2017
	Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Prime Minister	George Hollingbery MP	July 2016–June 2017
	Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster Chairman of the Conservative Party (unpaid)	The Rt Hon Sir Patrick McLoughlin MP	July 2016–June 2017
	Minister for the Cabinet Office Paymaster General	The Rt Hon Ben Gummer MP	July 2016–June 2017
	Leader of the House of Commons Lord President of the Council	The Rt Hon David Lidington CBE MP	July 2016–June 2017
	Parliamentary Secretary at the Cabinet Office Minister for the Constitution	Chris Skidmore MP	July 2016–June 2017

Departments of state


Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (President of the Board of Trade 15–19 July 2016)	The Rt Hon Greg Clark MP	July 2016–June 2017
Minister of State for Universities, Science, Research and Innovation	Jo Johnson MP (jointly with Education)	May 2015–June 2017
Minister of State for Climate Change and Industry	The Hon Nick Hurd MP	July 2016–June 2017
Minister of State for Energy and Intellectual Property	The Rt Hon The Baroness Neville-Rolfe DBE CMG	July 2016 – Dec 2016
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Energy and Intellectual Property	The Rt Hon The Lord Prior of Brampton PC	Dec 2016–June 2017
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State Minister for Small Business, Consumers and Corporate Responsibility	Margot James MP	July 2016–June 2017
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State Minister for Industry and Energy	Jesse Norman MP	July 2016–June 2017


Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government	The Rt Hon Sajid Javid MP	July 2016–June 2017
Minister of State for Housing and Planning Minister for London	The Rt Hon Gavin Barwell MP	July 2016–June 2017
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State Minister for Local Government	Marcus Jones MP	May 2015–June 2017
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State Minister for the Northern Powerhouse	Andrew Percy MP	July 2016–June 2017
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Communities	The Rt Hon The Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth, (also with Wales)	July 2016–June 2017


Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport	The Rt Hon Karen Bradley MP	July 2016–June 2017
Minister of State for Digital and Culture	The Rt Hon Matt Hancock MP	July 2016–June 2017
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State Minister for Sport, Heritage, and Tourism	Tracey Crouch MP	May 2015–June 2017
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State Minister for Civil Society	Rob Wilson MP	July 2016–June 2017
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State	The Rt Hon The Lord Ashton of Hyde (also Lord-in-Waiting)	July 2016–June 2017
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State Minister for Internet Safety and Security	The Rt Hon The Baroness Shields OBE (with Home Office until Dec 2016) (unpaid)	May 2015 – Dec 2016


Secretary of State for Defence	The Rt Hon Sir Michael Fallon KCB MP	July 2014–June 2017
Minister of State for the Armed Forces	The Rt Hon Mike Penning MP	July 2016–June 2017
Minister of State for Defence	The Rt Hon The Earl Howe PC (also Deputy Lords Leader) (unpaid)	May 2015–June 2017
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Defence Procurement	Harriett Baldwin MP	July 2016–June 2017
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Defence Veterans, Reserves and Personnel	Lt Col Mark Lancaster TD MP	May 2015–June 2017


Secretary of State for Education Minister for Women and Equalities	The Rt Hon Justine Greening MP	July 2016–June 2017
Minister of State for Apprenticeships and Skills	The Rt Hon Robert Halfon MP	July 2016–June 2017
Minister of State for Universities, Science, Research and Innovation	Jo Johnson MP (jointly with BEIS)	July 2016–June 2017
Minister of State for School Standards	The Rt Hon Nick Gibb MP	July 2014–June 2017
Minister of State for Vulnerable Children and Families	Edward Timpson MP	May 2015–June 2017
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Women, Equalities and Early Years	Caroline Dinenage MP	May 2015–June 2017
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for the School System	The Rt Hon The Lord Nash (unpaid)	Oct 2013–June 2017


Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs	The Rt Hon Andrea Leadsom MP	July 2016–June 2017
Minister of State for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food	George Eustice MP	October 2013–June 2017
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for the Environment and Rural Life Opportunities	Dr Thérèse Coffey MP	July 2016–June 2017
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Rural Affairs and Biosecurity	The Rt Hon The Lord Gardiner of Kimble	July 2016–June 2017


Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union	The Rt Hon David Davis MP	July 2016–June 2017
Minister of State	The Rt Hon David Jones MP	July 2016–June 2017
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State	The Hon. Robin Walker MP	July 2016–June 2017
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State	The Rt Hon The Lord Bridges of Headley MBE	July 2016–June 2017


Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs	The Rt Hon Boris Johnson MP	July 2016–June 2017
Minister of State for Europe and the Americas	The Rt Hon Sir Alan Duncan KCMG MP	July 2016–June 2017
Minister of State for the Commonwealth and the UN	The Rt Hon The Baroness Anelay of St John's DBE PC (with International Development until October 2016)	July 2016–June 2017
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State Minister for Asia and the Pacific	Alok Sharma MP	July 2016–June 2017
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State Minister for the Middle East and Africa	The Rt Hon Tobias Ellwood MP	July 2016–June 2017

Government Equalities Office
	Minister for Women and Equalities (Jointly with Education)	The Rt Hon Justine Greening MP	July 2016-June 2017
	Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Women, Equalities and Early Years (Jointly with Education)	Caroline Dinenage MP	May 2015-June 2017


Secretary of State for Health	The Rt Hon Jeremy Hunt MP	September 2012–June 2017
Minister of State for Health	Philip Dunne MP	July 2016–June 2017
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Public Health and Innovation	Nicola Blackwood MP	July 2016–June 2017
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Community Health and Care	David Mowat MP	July 2016–June 2017
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State	The Rt Hon The Lord Prior of Brampton PC	May 2015 – Dec 2016
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State	The Rt Hon The Lord O'Shaughnessy (also a whip)	Dec 2016–June 2017


Secretary of State for the Home Department	The Rt Hon Amber Rudd MP	July 2016–June 2017
Minister of State for Security	The Rt Hon Ben Wallace MP	July 2016–June 2017
Minister of State for Policing and the Fire Services	Brandon Lewis MP	July 2016–June 2017
Minister of State for Immigration	Robert Goodwill MP	July 2016–June 2017
Minister of State for Countering Extremism	The Rt Hon The Baroness Williams of Trafford	July 2016–June 2017
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Vulnerability, Safeguarding and Countering Extremism	Sarah Newton MP	July 2016–June 2017
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Internet Safety and Security	The Rt Hon The Baroness Shields OBE (with Culture until Dec 2016) (unpaid)	July 2016–June 2017


Secretary of State for International Development	The Rt Hon Priti Patel MP	July 2016–June 2017
Minister of State	Rory Stewart OBE MP	July 2016–June 2017
Minister of State	The Rt Hon The Baroness Anelay of St John's DBE PC (with Foreign Office)	July–October 2016
Minister of State	The Rt Hon The Lord Bates PC	October 2016–June 2017
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State	James Wharton MP	July 2016–June 2017


Secretary of State for International Trade President of the Board of Trade (19 July-	The Rt Hon Dr Liam Fox MP	July 2016–June 2017
Minister of State for Trade and Investment	The Rt Hon Greg Hands MP	July 2016–June 2017
Minister of State for Trade Policy	The Rt Hon The Lord Price CVO	July 2016–June 2017
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State	Mark Garnier MP	July 2016–June 2017


Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain Secretary of State for Justice	The Rt Hon Liz Truss MP	July 2016–June 2017
Minister of State for Courts and Justice	Sir Oliver Heald QC MP	July 2016–June 2017
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Prisons and Probation	Sam Gyimah MP	July 2016–June 2017
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Victims, Youth and Family Justice	Dr Phillip Lee MP	July 2016–June 2017
MoJ Spokesperson for the Lords	The Rt Hon The Lord Keen of Elie QC	July 2016–June 2017


Secretary of State for Northern Ireland	The Rt Hon James Brokenshire MP	July 2016–June 2017
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State	Kris Hopkins MP	July 2016–June 2017
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State	The Rt Hon The Lord Dunlop (with Scotland)	July 2016–June 2017

Scotland
	Secretary of State for Scotland	The Rt Hon David Mundell MP	July 2016–June 2017
	Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State	The Rt Hon The Lord Dunlop (with Northern Ireland)	July 2016–June 2017


Secretary of State for Transport	The Rt Hon Chris Grayling MP	July 2016–June 2017
Minister of State	The Rt Hon John Hayes CBE MP	July 2016–June 2017
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State	Paul Maynard MP	July 2016–June 2017
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State	Andrew Jones MP	May 2015–June 2017
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State	The Rt Hon The Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon	May 2015–June 2017


Chancellor of the Exchequer Second Lord of the Treasury	The Rt Hon Philip Hammond MP	July 2016–June 2017
Chief Secretary to the Treasury	The Rt Hon David Gauke MP	July 2016–June 2017
Financial Secretary to the Treasury	Jane Ellison MP	July 2016–June 2017
Economic Secretary to the Treasury (City Minister)	Simon Kirby MP	July 2016–June 2017
Commercial Secretary to the Treasury	The Rt Hon The Lord O'Neill of Gatley (unpaid)	July 2016 – Sept 2016
Commercial Secretary to the Treasury	The Rt Hon The Baroness Neville-Rolfe DBE CMG	Dec 2016–June 2017


Secretary of State for Wales	The Rt Hon Alun Cairns MP	March 2016–June 2017
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State	Guto Bebb MP (also a Whip) (unpaid)	March 2016–June 2017
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State	The Rt Hon The Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth (also with Communities & Local Government)	May 2015–June 2017


Secretary of State for Work and Pensions	The Rt Hon Damian Green MP	July 2016–June 2017
Minister of State for Disabled People, Work and Health	Penny Mordaunt MP	July 2016–June 2017
Minister of State for Employment	Damian Hinds MP	July 2016–June 2017
Minister of State for Welfare Reform	The Rt Hon The Lord Freud PC (unpaid)	May 2015–31 Dec 2016
Parliamentary under-Secretary of State	The Rt Hon The Lord Henley PC (also a whip) (unpaid)	21 Dec 2016–June 2017
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Welfare Delivery	Caroline Nokes MP	July 2016–June 2017
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Pensions	Richard Harrington MP	July 2016–June 2017

Law officers

Attorney General's Office
	Attorney General for England and Wales	The Rt Hon Jeremy Wright QC MP	July 2014–June 2017
	Solicitor General for England and Wales	Robert Buckland QC MP	July 2014–June 2017

Office of the Advocate General for Scotland
	Advocate General for Scotland	The Rt HonThe Lord Keen of Elie QC	May 2015–June 2017

Parliament


Leader of the House of Lords Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal	The Rt Hon The Baroness Evans of Bowes Park PC	July 2016 – June 2017
Deputy Leader of the House of Lords	The Rt Hon The Earl Howe PC (unpaid; also with Defence)	May 2015 – June 2017
Leader of the House of Commons Lord President of the Council	The Rt Hon David Lidington CBE MP	July 2016 – June 2017
Parliamentary Secretary Deputy Leader of the House of Commons (also a Whip)	Michael Ellis MP (unpaid)	July 2016 – June 2017


Chief Whip of the House of Commons Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury	The Rt Hon Gavin Williamson CBE MP	July 2016 – June 2017
Deputy Chief Whip of the House of Commons Treasurer of the Household	The Rt Hon Anne Milton MP	May 2015 – June 2017
Comptroller of the Household Whip	The Rt Hon Mel Stride MP	July 2016 – June 2017
Vice-Chamberlain of the Household Whip	Julian Smith MP	July 2016 – June 2017
Lords Commissioners of the Treasury Whips	The Rt Hon David Evennett MP	September 2012 – June 2017
	Steve Barclay MP	July 2016 – June 2017
	Guto Bebb MP (also with Wales Office)	March 2016 – June 2017
	Guy Opperman MP	July 2016 – June 2017
	Andrew Griffiths MP (unpaid)	July 2016 – June 2017
	Robert Syms MP	July 2016 – June 2017
Assistant Whips	Chris Heaton-Harris MP	July 2016 – June 2017
	Heather Wheeler MP	July 2016 – June 2017
	Graham Stuart MP	July 2016 – June 2017
	Steve Brine MP (unpaid)	July 2016 – June 2017
	Mark Spencer MP	July 2016 – June 2017
	Christopher Pincher MP	July 2016 – June 2017
	Jackie Doyle-Price MP	May 2015 – June 2017
	Michael Ellis MP (also Deputy Commons Leader)	July 2016 – June 2017


Chief Whip of the House of Lords Captain of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms	The Rt Hon The Lord Taylor of Holbeach CBE PC	August 2014 – June 2017
Deputy Chief Whip of the House of Lords Captain of the Queen's Bodyguard of the Yeomen of the Guard	The Rt Hon The Earl of Courtown	July 2016 – June 2017
Lords and Baronesses in Waiting Whips	The Rt Hon The Lord Ashton of Hyde	July 2014 – June 2017
	The Rt Hon The Baroness Chisholm of Owlpen (unpaid)	May 2015 – December 2016
	The Rt Hon The Baroness Goldie DL (unpaid from Dec 2016)	July 2016 – June 2017
	The Rt Hon The Baroness Buscombe (unpaid)	December 2016 – June 2017
	The Rt Hon The Baroness Vere of Norbiton (unpaid)	December 2016 – June 2017
	The Rt Hon The Baroness Mobarik CBE (unpaid)	July 2016 – April 2017
	The Rt Hon The Viscount Younger of Leckie Bt	May 2015 – June 2017
	The Rt Hon The Lord Young of Cookham Bt CH PC	July 2016 – June 2017
	The Rt Hon The Lord Henley PC (also with Work & Pensions from Dec 2016)	November 2016 – June 2017
	The Rt Hon The Lord O'Shaughnessy (also with Health)	December 2016 – June 2017

Notes

^ Although the 56th Parliament was due to last until 2020, May successfully sought the backing of Parliament for a snap election on 19 April 2017.^[1]

References

^ "General election campaigning begins as MPs back June poll". BBC News. 19 April 2017. Archived from the original on 4 July 2017. Retrieved 21 July 2017.
^ "David Cameron says being PM 'the greatest honour' in final Downing Street speech". BBC News. 13 July 2016. Archived from the original on 13 July 2016. Retrieved 13 July 2016.
^ Stewart, Heather (13 July 2016). "Theresa May becomes Britain's prime minister". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 13 July 2016. Retrieved 13 July 2016.
^ "May to form 'government of certainty' with DUP backing". BBC News. 9 June 2017. Retrieved 20 January 2022.
^ ^a ^b "Boris Johnson made foreign secretary by Theresa May". BBC News. 13 July 2016. Retrieved 20 January 2022.
^ "Ministerial appointments: July 2016". gov.uk. Prime Minister's Office. 13 July 2016. Archived from the original on 13 July 2016. Retrieved 13 July 2016.
^ May, Callum (22 July 2016). "Minister Greg Clark was briefly given wrong job". BBC News. Retrieved 20 January 2022.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Theresa May shakes up government with new-look cabinet". BBC News. 14 July 2016. Archived from the original on 14 July 2016. Retrieved 14 July 2016.
^ Parker, George (14 July 2016). "Nick Timothy: Theresa May's political 'brain'". Financial Times. Archived from the original on 17 July 2016. Retrieved 15 July 2016.
^ Hardman, Isabel (16 July 2016). "Beware the aides of May! The people who'll really run the new government". The Spectator. Archived from the original on 29 September 2019. Retrieved 1 October 2019.
^ "Downing Street political advisers". Gov.uk (Press release). 14 July 2016. Archived from the original on 10 October 2020. Retrieved 17 September 2020.
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Preceded by Second Cameron ministry	Government of the United Kingdom 2016–2017	Succeeded by Second May ministry

[2] Although the 56th Parliament was due to last until 2020, May successfully sought the backing of Parliament for a snap election on 19 April 2017.^[1]

[1] "General election campaigning begins as MPs back June poll". BBC News. 19 April 2017. Archived from the original on 4 July 2017. Retrieved 21 July 2017.

[BBC16J-3] "David Cameron says being PM 'the greatest honour' in final Downing Street speech". BBC News. 13 July 2016. Archived from the original on 13 July 2016. Retrieved 13 July 2016.

[GD13JUL-4] Stewart, Heather (13 July 2016). "Theresa May becomes Britain's prime minister". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 13 July 2016. Retrieved 13 July 2016.

[BBC-5] "May to form 'government of certainty' with DUP backing". BBC News. 9 June 2017. Retrieved 20 January 2022.

[BBC3J43-6] "Boris Johnson made foreign secretary by Theresa May". BBC News. 13 July 2016. Retrieved 20 January 2022.

[GOV13J1stap-7] "Ministerial appointments: July 2016". gov.uk. Prime Minister's Office. 13 July 2016. Archived from the original on 13 July 2016. Retrieved 13 July 2016.

[8] May, Callum (22 July 2016). "Minister Greg Clark was briefly given wrong job". BBC News. Retrieved 20 January 2022.

[BBC14JUL16-9] "Theresa May shakes up government with new-look cabinet". BBC News. 14 July 2016. Archived from the original on 14 July 2016. Retrieved 14 July 2016.

[Nick_Timothy:_Theresa_May’s_political_‘brain’-10] Parker, George (14 July 2016). "Nick Timothy: Theresa May's political 'brain'". Financial Times. Archived from the original on 17 July 2016. Retrieved 15 July 2016.

[Beware_the_aides_of_May!-11] Hardman, Isabel (16 July 2016). "Beware the aides of May! The people who'll really run the new government". The Spectator. Archived from the original on 29 September 2019. Retrieved 1 October 2019.

[Press_Release:_Downing_Street_political_advisers-12] "Downing Street political advisers". Gov.uk (Press release). 14 July 2016. Archived from the original on 10 October 2020. Retrieved 17 September 2020.

[GOV20JUL-13] "Full list of new ministerial and government appointments: July 2016". gov.uk. Prime Minister's Office. 18 July 2016. Retrieved 20 July 2016.

[GOV14JUL-14] "Her Majesty's Government". www.parliament.uk. Parliament of the United Kingdom. 14 July 2016. Retrieved 15 July 2016.

[BBC14JUL-15] "Theresa May shakes up government with new-look cabinet". BBC News. 14 July 2016. Retrieved 14 July 2016.

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v t e First May Cabinet
Cabinet members	Theresa May Karen Bradley James Brokenshire Alun Cairns Greg Clark David Davis Baroness Evans of Bowes Park Michael Fallon Liam Fox Chris Grayling Damian Green Justine Greening Philip Hammond Jeremy Hunt Sajid Javid Boris Johnson Andrea Leadsom David Lidington Patrick McLoughlin David Mundell Priti Patel Amber Rudd Liz Truss
Also attended meetings	David Gauke Ben Gummer Robert Halfon Gavin Williamson Jeremy Wright

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Current ministry

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Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (2016–2019) Leader of the Conservative Party (2016–2019) Home Secretary (2010–2016) MP for Maidenhead (1997–2024)
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Elections	2016 (party leadership) 2017 (local) 2017 (general) 2018 (local) 2019 (local) 2019 (European)
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