Press release
Resignations from government: 8 May 2015
The Queen has approved a number of resignations from government following the 2015 general election.
The Queen has approved the following resignations from government:
Deputy Prime Minister, Lord President of the Council
- Rt Hon Nick Clegg MP
Office of the Leader of the House of Commons
- First Secretary of State, and Leader of the House of Commons – Rt Hon William Hague
- Parliamentary Under Secretary of State – Rt Hon Tom Brake MP and Assistant Government Whip
HM Treasury
- Chief Secretary to the Treasury – Rt Hon Danny Alexander
Home Office
- Minister of State – Rt Hon Lynne Featherstone
Ministry of Justice
- Minister of State – Rt Hon Simon Hughes
Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
- Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills; and President of the Board of Trade – Rt Hon Dr Vincent Cable
- Parliamentary Under Secretary of State – Jo Swinson (jointly with the Department for Education)
Department for Work and Pensions
- Minister of State – Rt Hon Steve Webb
Department of Health
- Minister of State – Rt Hon Norman Lamb MP
Department for Communities and Local Government
- Parliamentary Under Secretary of State – Stephen Williams
Department for Education
- Minister of State – Rt Hon David Laws (jointly with the Cabinet Office)
Department for International Development
- Parliamentary Under Secretary of State – Baroness Northover
Scotland Office
- Secretary of State for Scotland – Rt Hon Alistair Carmichael MP
Department of Energy and Climate Change
- Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change – Rt Hon Edward Davey
Department for Transport
- Minister of State – Baroness Kramer
Wales Office
- Parliamentary Under Secretary of State – Baroness Randerson
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Parliamentary Under Secretary of State – Dan Rogerson
Office of the Advocate General for Scotland
- Advocate General for Scotland – Rt Hon Lord Wallace of Tankerness QC (and Deputy Leader of the House of Lords)
Whips – House of Commons
- Deputy Chief Whip (Comptroller of HM Household) – Rt Hon Don Foster
- Assistant Government Whip – Lorely Burt
Whips – House of Lords
- Deputy Chief Whip (Captain of The Queen’s Bodyguard of the Yeomen of the Guard) – Lord Newby OBE
- Baroness in Waiting – Baroness Garden of Frognal
- Baroness in Waiting – Baroness Jolly
- Lord in Waiting – Lord Wallace of Saltaire
Read Election 2015: Prime Minister and ministerial appointments for updates on ministerial appointments.