Sunak ministry

Sunak ministry

Cabinet of the United Kingdom
20222024
Sunak's cabinet in January 2024
Date formed25 October 2022
Date dissolved5 July 2024
People and organisations
MonarchCharles III
Prime MinisterRishi Sunak
Prime Minister's historyPremiership of Rishi Sunak
Deputy Prime Minister
Ministers removed11 resigned
Member party  Conservative Party
Status in legislatureMajority
342 / 650 (53%)
Opposition cabinetStarmer Shadow Cabinet
Opposition party  Labour Party
Opposition leaderKeir Starmer
History
Outgoing election2024 general election
Legislature term2019–2024
Budgets
PredecessorTruss ministry
SuccessorStarmer ministry

The Sunak ministry began on 25 October 2022 when Rishi Sunak was invited by King Charles III to succeed Liz Truss as prime minister of the United Kingdom. Truss resigned as leader of the Conservative Party the previous day after Sunak was elected unopposed as her successor. The Sunak ministry was formed from the 2019 Parliament of the United Kingdom, as a Conservative majority government. Sunak reshuffled his cabinet twice, first in February 2023 and later in November 2023.

On 22 May 2024, Sunak announced a general election on 4 July,[1] in which the Labour Party won a landslide victory, leading to the formations of the Starmer ministry and the Sunak shadow cabinet.[2]

  1. ^ "UK general election: Rishi Sunak calls snap July vote — as it happened". POLITICO. 22 May 2024. Retrieved 22 May 2024.
  2. ^ "UK general election results live: Labour set for landslide as results come in across country". BBC News. 4 July 2024. Archived from the original on 4 July 2024. Retrieved 4 July 2024.