Collective responsibility examples

What is collective ministerial responsibility

every government minister should publicly support every aspect of government policy if they do not they are expected to resign

What is individual ministerial responsibility

A convention that states individuals are responsible for their own conduct and performance and for the work of their departments if they do not they are expected to resign

What is collective responsibility not always

observed

Example of Howe who followed CMR

felt he could not longer support Thatcher’s europe policy so resigned as deputy PM

What did Ian Duncan smith do

In 2014 he resigned in protest of George Osborne decision to cut benefits payments

What did David Davis and Boris Johnson do

resigned after the Chequers summit in September 2018 over May having too many concessions to the EU

What did JO Johnson do

resigned as a minister in the department of Business and education in 2018 over Boris choice to prorogue parliament

What did Robert Jenrick do

reigned as immigration Minister in November 2023 over Rishi immigration policy

Who are the 3 people where CMR was not observed

Michael Gove

Boris Johnson

Penny Mordant

What did Michael Gove do?

played a leading role in the leave campaign during David Cameron’s opposition

What did Boris Johnson do?

He wrote a column in the telegraph ‘ ten steps to a successful Brexit’ where some directly opposed Mays policy

What did Penny Mordant do

She disagreed with Truss decision not to increase benefits in line with inflation but faced no sanction

What was Penny Mordant position

International development secretary