Second Major ministry

Second Major ministry
Cabinet of the United Kingdom
1992–1997
Major in 1996
Date formed	10 April 1992 (1992-04-10)
Date dissolved	2 May 1997 (1997-05-02)
People and organisations
Monarch	Elizabeth II
Prime Minister	John Major
Prime Minister's history	Premiership of John Major
Deputy Prime Minister	Michael Heseltine (1995–1997)
Total no. of members	274 appointments
Member party	Conservative Party
Status in legislature	Majority (1992–1996) Minority (1996–1997) (dependent on UUP support) 336 / 651 (52%) (1992–1996) 324 / 651 (50%) (1996–1997)
Opposition cabinet	Kinnock Shadow Cabinet Smith Shadow Cabinet Beckett Shadow Cabinet Blair Shadow Cabinet
Opposition party	Labour Party
Opposition leader	Neil Kinnock (1992) John Smith (1992–1994) Margaret Beckett (1994) Tony Blair (1994–1997)
History
Election	1992 general election
Outgoing election	1997 general election
Legislature terms	51st UK Parliament
Budgets	March 1993 budget November 1993 budget 1994 budget 1995 budget 1996 budget
Predecessor	First Major ministry
Successor	First Blair ministry

This article is part of a series about John Major
Electoral history MP for Huntingdon 1990 budget Prime Minister of the United Kingdom Premiership First ministry and term (November 1990 – April 1992) 1990 leadership election Ministry Citizen's Charter Charter Mark Cones Hotline Early 1990s recession Gulf War 1992 general election Second ministry and term (April 1992 – May 1997) Ministry Black Wednesday National Lottery Further and Higher Education Act 1992 Grant-maintained schools Maastricht Treaty rebels Northern Ireland peace process Downing Street mortar attack Downing Street Declaration 1993 reviews of the British honours system Council Tax Child Support Agency 1993 vote of confidence Back to Basics Privatisation of British Rail Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994 1995 Conservative Party leadership election The Cullen Reports Cash for Questions Committee on Standards in Public Life Arms-to-Iraq affair Scott Report United Kingdom BSE outbreak Wirral South by-election Resignation Honours Bibliography The Autobiography More Than a Game My Old Man
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John Major formed the second Major ministry following the 1992 general election after being invited by Queen Elizabeth II to begin a new government. His government fell into minority status on 13 December 1996.^[1]