David Cameron's Second Cabinet

According to the results of the parliamentary elections on May 7, 2015, the Conservative Party won an absolute majority, and on May 11, 2015, David Cameron formed a one-party government, which replaced his first cabinet ^[1] .

After the cabinet was formed, analysts noted that a member of the House of Commons from , who, like Morgan, voted against legalizing same-sex marriages (though later she declared a change in his point of view). In addition, the position of junior Minister of Employment was received by Eurosceptic Preity Patel , who also spoke in favor of restoring the death penalty by hanging ^[2] . The seat of the Minister of Foreign Affairs retained Philip Hammond , who advocated the withdrawal of Great Britain from the European Union in the event that its requirements were not met. It is expected that the government will seek from Brussels, among other things, a ban on receiving state benefits by immigrants for four years and abandoning the policy of further integration of the union ^[3] .

According to the observations of journalists, about half of the members of the new cabinet at one time graduated from Oxford or Cambridge ^[4] .

On August 23, 2015, the British Embassy was reopened in Tehran , which was closed after the attack of a group of radical demonstrators on November 29, 2011. Philip Hammond, who was visiting Iran, personally raised the national flag on the building ^[5] .

On December 2, 2015, the House of Commons, by a majority of 397 votes against 223, received thanks to the support of 66 Labor Party deputies , contrary to the position of their leader Jeremy Corbin , satisfied David Cameron’s request to expand ISIS aerial bombardment into Syria. On the night of December 3, the first blows were struck ^[6] .

On February 19, 2016, a two-day negotiating marathon in Brussels , during which David Cameron slept only three hours, ended with the signing of an agreement granting Great Britain special rights within the European Union . According to the Prime Minister, thanks to the achievement of this agreement, he will continue to oppose the country's withdrawal from the community ^[7] .

June 23, 2016 in the UK held a referendum on the issue of the country's withdrawal from the European Union . Turnout was 71.8% - the highest since 1992, 52% of voters voted for the exit. On June 24, immediately after the official debriefing, David Cameron announced his resignation in October ^[8] .

After a series of rating polls by conservative parliamentarians and phased out candidates who took the last place, Interior Minister Theresa May , enlisting the support of 199 deputies on July 7, 2016, and Junior Energy Minister Andrea Leds , who received 84 votes, became the finalists of the election race, going to general party elections elections ^[9] .

On July 11, 2016, Ledss announced the withdrawal of her candidacy, and, due to the termination of the election campaign, Cameron’s resignation was postponed from autumn to July 13, 2016, when May should be his successor ^[10] .

On March 19, 2016, Ian Duncan Smith resigned as Minister of Labor and Pensions to protest against government plans to cut benefits for people with disabilities, and David Cameron appointed Steven Crabbe, Minister for Wales, to replace him, transferring the previous Crabbe portfolio to Alan Cairns ^[11] .

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