First May ministry

First May ministry
2016–2017
Date formed	13 July 2016
Date dissolved	11 June 2017
People and organisations
Head of state	Elizabeth II
Head of government	Theresa May
Head of government's history	2016–present
Member party	Conservative Party
Status in legislature	Majority
Opposition cabinet	Corbyn Shadow Cabinet
Opposition party	Labour Party
Opposition leader	Jeremy Corbyn
History
Outgoing election	2017 general election
Legislature term(s)	56th Parliament (UK)
Budget(s)	March 2017 budget
Predecessor	Second Cameron ministry
Successor	Second May ministry

Theresa May formed the first May ministry on 13 July 2016 after being invited by Queen Elizabeth II to begin a new government following the resignation of David Cameron from the post of Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. The ministry, a Conservative majority government, succeeded the second Cameron ministry, which was formed following the 2015 general election and had dissolved in the tumultuous aftermath of the June 2016 referendum on British withdrawal from the European Union.

After the 2017 snap general election resulted in a hung parliament, with no party holding an overall majority, May announced her intention to form a new minority government with support from the Democratic Unionist Party (see Conservative–DUP agreement).

May announced her choices for Chancellor of the Exchequer, Home Secretary, Foreign Secretary and Defence Secretary in the evening of 13 July: Philip Hammond, Amber Rudd and Boris Johnson were respectively appointed to the first three posts, while Michael Fallon continued as Defence Secretary.David Davis was appointed to the new post of Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, while Liam Fox became Secretary of State for International Trade and President of the Board of Trade.Greg Clark, who was made business secretary, was mistakenly appointed as President of the Board of Trade by the Privy Council, and held the appointment for four days before the mistake was corrected.

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