Our editors will review what you’ve submitted and determine whether to revise the article.When voters went to the polls, they punished May. Not only did she not receive her sought-after mandate, but the Conservatives lost their governing majority in the House of Commons, dropping at least 12 seats from their previous representation to fall to 318 seats.
Theresa May’s cabinet lacks dissenting voices.
This column was corrected on 10 May 2017 to restore David Cameron (prime minister 2010-16) …
Theresa May suffers defeat in parliament over EU (Withdrawal) Bill on 13 December 2017. At the start of the day, Prime Minister Theresa May’s cabinet had 23 full members and another six ministers who attended meetings. Theresa May - Theresa May - 2017 U.K. general election results and “confidence and supply” support from the DUP: When voters went to the polls, they punished May. On 18 April 2017, Prime Minister Theresa May announced she would seek an election on 8 June, despite previously ruling out an early election. Theresa May was forced to intervene on Tuesday after two of her most important Brexit Cabinet ministers appeared to fall out over the terms of Britain’s exit from the European Union. For further details of our complaints policy and to make a complaint please click Comments are subject to our community guidelines, which can be viewed Michael Gove was brought back into the fold as he became Environment Secretary following the cabinet reshuffle Jeremy Hunt remained as Health Secretary as Theresa May chopped and changed the Cabinet Chris Grayling also retained his role - he stayed as Transport Secretary The previous Environment Secretary, Andrea Leadsom, became the Leader of the House of Commons
May, however, chose to soldier on and sought to form a minority government (rather than a formal On June 26 May’s government and the DUP leadership came to an agreement under which the DUP would support the government on votes of confidence and votes related to Brexit, security legislation, the budget, and NATO defense spending.
Johnson then stepped down as foreign secretary the next day, writing in his letter of resignation that the dream of Brexit was dying, “suffocated by needless self-doubt.” May replaced Davis with