Second Johnson ministry

Second Johnson ministry
Cabinet of the United Kingdom
2019–2022
Johnson's cabinet in July 2022
Date formed	16 December 2019
Date dissolved	6 September 2022
People and organisations
Monarch	Elizabeth II
Prime Minister	Boris Johnson
Prime Minister's history	Premiership of Boris Johnson
Deputy Prime Minister	Dominic Raab (2021–2022)
First Secretary	Dominic Raab (2019–2021)
No. of ministers	120[1]
Member party	Conservative Party
Status in legislature	Majority 365 / 650 (56%)
Opposition cabinet	Corbyn Shadow Cabinet Starmer Shadow Cabinet
Opposition party	Labour Party
Opposition leader	Jeremy Corbyn (2019–2020) Keir Starmer (2020–2022)
History
Election	2019 general election
Legislature terms	2019–2024
Budgets	2020 budget March 2021 budget October 2021 budget
Predecessor	First Johnson ministry
Successor	Truss ministry

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The second Johnson ministry began on 16 December 2019, three days after Boris Johnson's audience with Queen Elizabeth II where she invited him to form a new government following the 2019 general election. The Conservative Party was returned to power with a majority of 80 seats in the House of Commons. Initially the ministers were largely identical to those at the end of the first Johnson ministry, but changed significantly in cabinet reshuffles in February 2020 and September 2021.

In July 2022, following a government crisis as a result of dozens of resignations from his government, Johnson announced his resignation as leader of the Conservative Party. Johnson pledged to remain as Prime Minister and lead a 'caretaker' government until a new Conservative Party leader had been elected. The election results were revealed on Monday 5 September 2022, and the new leader Liz Truss became prime minister on 6 September, resulting in the cabinet's dissolution.^[2][3]