| Minister | Office | Date of resignation | Reason |
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| Rt Hon The Lord Agnew of Oulton DL | Minister of State for Efficiency and Transformation | 24 January | Unable to defend the government's track record on tackling fraud in Covid business schemes.[16] |
| Angela Richardson MP | Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities | 31 January | Criticised Boris Johnson for his mishandling of the partygate affair.[17] |
| Rt Hon The Lord Wolfson of Tredegar QC | Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Justice | 13 April | Accused Boris Johnson of undermining the rule of law, following his decision not to resign in response to criminal sanctions imposed on him by the Metropolitan Police.[18] |
| Paul Holmes MP | Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Home Office | 27 May | Concerns around "toxic culture" at the heart of government following the publication of the Sue Gray report.[19] |
| John Lamont MP | Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office | 6 June | Resigned in order to vote against Boris Johnson in a vote of confidence as leader of the Conservative Party.[20] |
| Rt Hon Oliver Dowden CBE MP | Chairman of the Conservative Party
Minister without Portfolio | 24 June | Resigned over poor results at the Tiverton and Honiton and Wakefield by-elections.[21] |
| Rt Hon Chris Pincher MP | Government Deputy Chief Whip
Treasurer of the Household | 30 June | Reports that he drunkenly groped two men at the Carlton Club on 29 June.[22] |
| Rt Hon Sajid Javid MP | Secretary of State for Health and Social Care | 5 July | See main article: July 2022 United Kingdom government crisis. An historic mass resignation (the largest number of ministerial resignations in a 24-hour period, more than tripling the previous record of 11 resignations, set in 1932 during the 2nd National Government),[23] following a statement by the Prime Minister, in which he confirmed that he had been aware of sexual misconduct allegations against Chris Pincher before appointing him to the government.[24] <
| -- link to footnote added here as it is likely that not all readers will find the other link, while the reason given here suggests that these were all resignations --> This contributed to the resignation of Johnson as leader of the Conservative Party and later Prime Minister, with him replaced by Liz Truss as party leader on 5 September and as Prime Minister the following day.[25] |
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| Rt Hon Rishi Sunak MP | Chancellor of the Exchequer |
| Saqib Bhatti MBE MP | Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Department for Health and Social Care |
| Jonathan Gullis MP | Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Northern Ireland Office |
| Nicola Richards MP | Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Department for Transport |
| Virginia Crosbie MP | Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Office of the Secretary of State for Wales |
| Alex Chalk QC MP | Solicitor General for England and Wales |
| Will Quince MP | Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Children and Families | 6 July |
| Laura Trott MP | Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Department for Transport |
| Robin Walker MP | Minister of State for School Standards |
| John Glen MP | Economic Secretary to the Treasury |
| Felicity Buchan MP | Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy |
| Victoria Atkins MP | Minister of State for Prisons and Probation |
| Jo Churchill MP | Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Agri-Innovation and Climate Adaption |
| Stuart Andrew MP | Minister of State for Housing |
| Selaine Saxby MP | Parliamentary Private Secretary to HM Treasury |
| David Johnston MP | Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Department for Education |
| Claire Coutinho MP | Parliamentary Private Secretary to HM Treasury |
| Lee Rowley MP | Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Business and Industry |
| Kemi Badenoch MP | Minister of State for Local Government, Faith and Communities
Minister of State for Equalities |
| Neil O'Brien MP | Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Levelling Up, The Union and Constitution |
| Alex Burghart MP | Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Apprenticeships and Skills |
| Julia Lopez MP | Minister of State for Media, Data, and Digital Infrastructure |
| Mims Davies MP | Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Employment |
| Duncan Baker MP | Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities |
| Craig Williams MP | Parliamentary Private Secretary to HM Treasury |
| Mark Logan MP | Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Northern Ireland Office |
| Rachel Maclean MP | Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Safeguarding |
| Mike Freer MP | Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Exports |
| Mark Fletcher MP | Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy |
| Sara Britcliffe MP | Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Department for Education |
| Ruth Edwards MP | Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Office of the Secretary of State for Scotland |
| Peter Gibson MP | Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Department for International Trade |
| James Sunderland MP | Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs |
| Jacob Young MP | Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities |
| Rt Hon Michael Gove MP | Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities |
| James Daly MP | Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Department for Work and Pensions |
| Danny Kruger MBE MP | Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities |
| Rt Hon Simon Hart MP | Secretary of State for Wales |
| Edward Argar MP | Minister of State for Health |
| Gareth Davies MP | Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Department of Health and Social Care |
| James Davies MP | Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Department of Health and Social Care |
| Rt Hon Brandon Lewis CBE MP | Secretary of State for Northern Ireland | 7 July |
| Helen Whately MP | Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury |
| Rt Hon Damian Hinds MP | Minister of State for Security and Borders |
| George Freeman MP | Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Science, Research and Innovation |
| Guy Opperman MP | Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Pensions and Financial Inclusion |
| Chris Philp MP | Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Tech and the Digital Economy |
| James Cartlidge MP | Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Justice |
| Rt Hon Michelle Donelan MP | Secretary of State for Education |
| Rob Butler MP | Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office |
| Rebecca Pow MP | Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Nature Recovery and the Domestic Environment |
| Jack Brereton MP | Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Secretary of State for International Trade |
| Fay Jones MP | Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Leader of the House of Commons |
| Rt Hon The Lord Grimstone | Minister of State for Investment | Quit because Johnson had decided to leave Number 10 rather than fighting to remain in his post[26] |
| Rt Hon The Lord Greenhalgh | Minister of State for Building Safety and Fire | 8 July | Stated "now that the die has been cast I have decided that this is the right time for me to resign" [27] |
| Rt Hon The Lord Harrington | Minister of State for Refugees | 4 September | Resigned from government prior to the announcement of the result of the July–September 2022 Conservative Party leadership election[28] |
| Rt Hon Nigel Adams MP | Minister of State without Portfolio | 5 September | Announced that they did not intend to serve in the incoming government[29] | |
