Which Liberal Democrat has been appointed Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, in David Cameron's first Cabinet?
"the jury were discharged by the judge. A re-trial began on 25 February 2013 and led to the conviction of Pryce on 7 March 2013. Huhne had been the Liberal Democrat MP for Eastleigh since 2005. On 12 May 2010 he was appointed to the cabinet office of Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change under the Conservative-Liberal Democrat coalition formed after the 2010 general election. In June 2010, Huhne announced that he was leaving his wife of 26 years after he confirmed that he had been having a long-term affair with a media adviser. The couple divorced in"
"Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change Her Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change was a British government cabinet position from 2008 to 2016. The Department for Energy and Climate Change was created on 3 October 2008 when former Prime Minister Gordon Brown reshuffled his Cabinet. The Energy and Climate Change Secretary revived the earlier post of the Secretary of State for Energy as head of the Department of Energy, existing from 1974 to 1992. After which, the Department of Energy was merged into the Department of Trade and Industry under the Conservative government of"
"licence. The post was taken over by Ed Davey on the same day. The post was formed into the new Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy in July 2016. Colour key Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change Her Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change was a British government cabinet position from 2008 to 2016. The Department for Energy and Climate Change was created on 3 October 2008 when former Prime Minister Gordon Brown reshuffled his Cabinet. The Energy and Climate Change Secretary revived the earlier post of the Secretary of State for Energy"
"actor Patrick Gilmore is Catherine's brother-in-law. McKenna is the past Vice-President of the Glebe Community Association and has served as a board member of the Elizabeth Fry Society of Ottawa and the Good Morning Creative Arts and Preschool. Catherine McKenna Catherine Mary McKenna (born August 5, 1971) is a Canadian Liberal politician, who was elected to represent the riding of Ottawa Centre in the House of Commons of Canada in the 2015 federal election. She was appointed as Minister of Environment and Climate Change in the Cabinet, headed by Justin Trudeau, on November 4, 2015. She holds a master's degree"
"Andrea Leadsom Andrea Jacqueline Leadsom (; ; 13 May 1963) is a British Conservative Party politician, who became Leader of the House of Commons on 11 June 2017. She had previously, since 14 July 2016, been Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs in the First May ministry. Before this, under David Cameron she had held the post of Minister of State for Energy at the Department of Energy and Climate Change since 11 May 2015, and before that had been Economic Secretary to the Treasury and City Minister under the Cameron–Clegg coalition from 9 April 2014. After"
"more impartial people and groups. Climate change is included in the scope of a new Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy. Upon becoming Prime Minister, May appointed former Mayor of London Boris Johnson to Foreign Secretary, former Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change Amber Rudd to Home Secretary, and former Shadow Home Secretary David Davis to the newly created office of ""Brexit Secretary."" Her choice of Boris Johnson for foreign secretary raised eyebrows, and drew some criticism from the press. Liam Fox and Philip Hammond, both of whom had previously served as Secretary of State for Defence"
"Department of Energy and Climate Change The Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) was a British government department created on 3 October 2008, by then Prime Minister Gordon Brown to take over some of the functions related to energy of the Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, and those relating to climate change of the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs. It was led at time of closure by the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, Amber Rudd MP. Following Theresa May's appointment as Prime Minister in July 2016, the department was disbanded and merged"
"from the ""Mail""s website without an admission of fault. Damian Green Damian Howard Green (born 17 January 1956) is a British politician who has been the Conservative Member of Parliament for Ashford since 1997 and was the First Secretary of State and Minister for the Cabinet Office from 11 June 2017 to 20 December 2017. Green was born in Barry, Vale of Glamorgan, South Wales and studied PPE at Balliol College, Oxford. Before entering politics, Green worked as a journalist for the BBC, Channel 4 and ""The Times"". Green entered Parliament in the 1997 election by winning the seat of"
"Minister for the Cabinet Office, being replaced by Anna Soubry as Minister of State for Small Business, Industry and Enterprise. Also Priti Patel became the new Minister of State for Employment and Robert Halfon became a Minister without Portfolio. Second Cameron ministry David Cameron formed the second Cameron ministry, the first Conservative Party majority government since 1996, following the 2015 general election after being invited by Queen Elizabeth II to begin a new government. Prior to the election, Cameron led the Cameron–Clegg coalition, a coalition government that consisted of members of the Conservatives and the Liberal Democrats, alongside Deputy Prime"
"Catherine McKenna Catherine Mary McKenna (born August 5, 1971) is a Canadian Liberal politician, who was elected to represent the riding of Ottawa Centre in the House of Commons of Canada in the 2015 federal election. She was appointed as Minister of Environment and Climate Change in the Cabinet, headed by Justin Trudeau, on November 4, 2015. She holds a master's degree from the London School of Economics and a law degree from McGill University. McKenna holds a master's degree from the London School of Economics where she studied International Relations, and a law degree from McGill University. She also"
"the website of the all party parliamentary group Christians in Parliament. Andrea Leadsom Andrea Jacqueline Leadsom (; ; 13 May 1963) is a British Conservative Party politician, who became Leader of the House of Commons on 11 June 2017. She had previously, since 14 July 2016, been Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs in the First May ministry. Before this, under David Cameron she had held the post of Minister of State for Energy at the Department of Energy and Climate Change since 11 May 2015, and before that had been Economic Secretary to the Treasury and"
"returned a hung parliament, the Conservatives and Liberal Democrats agreed to form a coalition government. As leader of the smaller of the two parties in the coalition, Nick Clegg was appointed Deputy Prime Minister on the advice of the new Prime Minister, Conservative leader David Cameron. Clegg was the last person to officially hold the post as, following the subsequent 2015 election, in which the Conservatives won an overall majority in the House of Commons, Cameron decided not to appoint a replacement. He chose instead to appoint the Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne as First Secretary of State –"
"Damian Green Damian Howard Green (born 17 January 1956) is a British politician who has been the Conservative Member of Parliament for Ashford since 1997 and was the First Secretary of State and Minister for the Cabinet Office from 11 June 2017 to 20 December 2017. Green was born in Barry, Vale of Glamorgan, South Wales and studied PPE at Balliol College, Oxford. Before entering politics, Green worked as a journalist for the BBC, Channel 4 and ""The Times"". Green entered Parliament in the 1997 election by winning the seat of Ashford in Kent. He served in several shadow ministerial"
"saw both the Conservatives and Liberal Democrats enter government together, with Conservative leader David Cameron as Prime Minister and Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg as Deputy Prime Minister. The parties continued to contest by-elections and local elections against each other. The coalition lasted until the 2015 general election, which saw the Conservatives win a majority of seats and form a government, while the Liberal Democrats lost 49 of their 57 seats. In January 2017, the leader of the Liberal Democrats, Tim Farron, ruled out an electoral pact between Labour and the Liberal Democrats, citing ""electorally toxic"" Jeremy Corbyn as the"
"from his position as the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change in February 2012 when first charged. Mike Thornton retained the seat for the Liberal Democrats, though with a reduced majority compared with the 2010 general election. UKIP came second with a greatly increased share of the vote, the Conservatives came third, and Labour fourth. Following the election result, UKIP leader Nigel Farage and Conservative candidate Maria Hutchings each blamed the other party for splitting the vote and allowing the Liberal Democrats to win. The Statement of Persons Nominated was published on 13 February and confirmed 14 candidates"
"policy would cause blackouts. Luxembourgian MEP and environmentalist Claude Turmes alleged in his 2017 book ""Energy Transformation"" that Davey's Green Growth Group was actually a front for British nuclear interests. Conversely, Davey's promotion to the role of Energy Secretary was hailed by ""The Economist"" which viewed him favourably as a “pragmatic” and “free-market liberal”. In ""'The Liberal Democrats and supply-side economics""', published in an issue of the Institute of Economic Affairs' ""Economic Affairs"" journal, Davey was identified as the Liberal Democrat who had achieved the most in terms of supply-side reforms. Conservative MP and former coalition minister Sir Oliver Letwin"
"climate change commission to ensure that emissions reductions targets are met. However, Cameron's claim of leading the ""greenest government ever"" has been repudiated by Green Party MP Caroline Lucas, who argued that Cameron had ""shown little interest in green policy and the sustainability agenda."" Zac Goldsmith, who was the Conservative candidate for London Mayor in 2016, describes himself as an environmentalist. He had received the ""Global Green Award for International Environmental Leadership"" in 2004. Bright Blue, a liberal conservative think tank launched the Green Conservatism project to create conservative support for policies that address climate change. The first significant Green"
"the Conservative Party and Prime Minister, David Cameron. This clear party preference led to controversy after Shaun Woodward succeeded the retiring Hurd as Conservative candidate: Woodward was elected in the 1997 General Election, but switched allegiance to the Labour Party in 1999. In the 2001 General Election Woodward stood as the Labour candidate for the more left-friendly seat of St Helens South and David Cameron retook Witney for the Conservatives. He became Prime Minister in coalition with the Liberal Democrats in May 2010 and continued after the 2015 elections in which his Conservative Party gained an absolute majority, but retired"
"Ed Davey Sir Edward Jonathan Davey (born 25 December 1965) is a British Liberal Democrat politician. He is the Member of Parliament (MP) for Kingston and Surbiton since the 2017 general election, having previously been MP for the constituency from 1997 to 2015. He served in the Conservative-Liberal Democrat coalition as Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change from 2012 to 2015, having previously served as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State at the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, with responsibility for Employment Relations, Consumer and Postal Affairs, since 2010. Davey was born in Annesley Woodhouse, Nottinghamshire. His father John"
"Spelman was made a Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire for political and public service as part of the Resignation Honours of the outgoing Prime Minister David Cameron. Caroline Spelman Dame Caroline Alice Spelman (; born 4 May 1958) is a British Conservative Party politician who has served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Meriden in the West Midlands since 1997. From May 2010 to September 2012 she was the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs in David Cameron's coalition cabinet, and was sworn as a Privy Counsellor on 13 May 2010. Born"
"the Palace, the coalition agreement was still being completed and signed. Shortly after midnight on 12 May 2010, the Liberal Democrats emerged from a meeting of their Parliamentary party and Federal Executive to announce that the coalition deal had been ""approved overwhelmingly"", meaning that David Cameron would lead a coalition government of Conservatives and Liberal Democrats. Later that day, the two parties jointly published the Conservative – Liberal Democrat coalition agreement specifying the terms of the deal. Cameron appointed his first Cabinet, which included several senior Conservative and Liberal Democrat figures. From the Conservatives, George Osborne became Chancellor of the"
"Chief Secretary to the Treasury Danny Alexander; Business Secretary and former interim leader Vince Cable; Energy and Climate Change Secretary Ed Davey; Charles Kennedy, who had been party leader from 1999 to 2006 and had been a member of Parliament for 32 years; and former deputy party leader Simon Hughes, who had also served in Parliament for 32 years. Ministers Jo Swinson, Lynne Featherstone, Paul Burstow and Jenny Willott were also among the Lib Dem MPs who lost their seats. Nick Clegg, the party's leader and Deputy Prime Minister in the Conservative-Lib Dem coalition government of 2010 to 2015, was"
"day. Brown resigned as Prime Minister on the evening of 11 May, and the Conservative–Liberal Democrat Coalition government led by David Cameron took office shortly thereafter. The Liberal Democrats emerged from a meeting of their Parliamentary party and Federal Executive to announce that the coalition deal had been ""approved overwhelmingly"" shortly after midnight on 12 May, and later the same day the two parties published the Conservative – Liberal Democrat coalition agreement setting out the terms of their deal. While Cameron became Prime Minister, Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg was appointed as Deputy Prime Minister. The Labour Party came into"
"the new post of Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, a position he held from 2008-10. After the Labour Party was defeated at the 2010 general election, Brown resigned as Leader of the Labour Party; in September 2010, Miliband was elected to replace him. His tenure as Labour leader was characterised by a leftward shift in his party's policies, and by opposition to the Conservative–Liberal Democrat coalition government's cuts to the public sector. He led his party into several elections, including the 2014 European Parliament election. Following Labour's defeat by the Conservative Party at the 2015 general election,"
"first cabinet. After the 2004 election, the portfolio was given to Mauril Bélanger, who was the deputy government house leader. When Belinda Stronach crossed the floor from the Conservative Party to Liberals on May 17, 2005, she assumed responsibilities for the portfolio along with the post of Minister of Human Resources and Skills Development. At this point the title was changed from ""Democratic Reform"" to ""Democratic ""Renewal"""". Under the premiership of Stephen Harper, the post was first held by his first two House Leaders (Rob Nicholson and Peter Van Loan) as ""Leader of the House of Commons and Minister for"
"nuclear power but in 2013 he urged fellow Lib Dem members to support nuclear power, stating, ""I've changed my mind because of climate change."" Davey took up several business appointments after leaving his role as Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change in May 2015. Davey married Emily Gasson (Lib Dem candidate in North Dorset) in summer 2005 and their first child, John Alban Davey, was born in December 2007. Their son has speech difficulties, leading to Davey's interest in speech therapy. They live in Surbiton, London; Davey lived there before his election as an MP in 1997. Emily"
"Minister for Climate Change and Energy. In July 2018, a Labor factional deal saw Butler move to the seat of Hindmarsh for the next federal election due to the abolition of his seat of Port Adelaide in a federal redistribution. The redistributed Hindmarsh absorbed most of Port Adelaide's former territory. The member for Hindmarsh, Steve Georganas, will move to the seat of Adelaide in place of retiring MP Kate Ellis. Butler was born in Canberra on 8 July 1970 to Lindsay Nicholson, who worked on the campaign for Bob Hawke and Paul Keating, and David Butler, a Vietnam conscript. He"
"was chosen. It was announced on 11 July 2016 that he would resign on 13 July and was to be succeeded by Home Secretary Theresa May. Cameron announced his choice for Chancellor of the Exchequer, Home Secretary, Foreign Secretary and Defence Secretary on the afternoon of 8 May 2015, with George Osborne, Theresa May, Philip Hammond and Michael Fallon retaining their posts. Osborne was also given the honorific title of First Secretary of State, which had been held by William Hague in the preceding ministry. Cameron's choices for other ministers were announced through the week. Eric Pickles, previously the Communities"
"David Cameron David William Donald Cameron (born 9 October 1966) is a British politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 2010 to 2016. He was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Witney from 2001 to 2016. Cameron served as Leader of the Conservative Party from 2005 to 2016. He identifies as a one-nation conservative, and has been associated with both economically liberal and socially liberal policies. Born in London to an upper middle-class family, Cameron was educated at Heatherdown School, Eton College, and Brasenose College, Oxford. From 1988 to 1993 he worked at the Conservative Research"
"Danczuk made a criminal complaint to Essex Police about Liberal Democrat MP and Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, Chris Huhne after it was alleged that Huhne had asked his wife, economist Vicky Pryce, to take his penalty points for a speeding offence in 2003. On 3 February 2012, Huhne became the first Cabinet Minister in British political history to be forced from office as a result of criminal proceedings. Huhne was later tried and imprisoned, as was Vicky Pryce. In the wake of the 2013 Labour Party Falkirk candidate selection controversy, Danczuk compared some on the left"
"a one nation conservative. May's early cabinet appointments were interpreted both as ""centrist and conciliatory"", an effort to reunite the party in the wake of the UK's vote to leave the European Union, and as ""a shift to the right"" according to ""The Guardian"". May appointed former Mayor of London Boris Johnson as Foreign Secretary, former Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change Amber Rudd as Home Secretary, and former Shadow Home Secretary David Davis to the newly created office of Brexit Secretary. Liam Fox and Philip Hammond, who had both previously served as Secretary of State for Defence"
"waste of public money. We cannot go on bearing the cost of segregation and I don't see why the British taxpayer should continue to subsidise segregation."" Paterson was the first cabinet member to publicly oppose the Coalition Government's Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill, defying David Cameron and ministerial convention. Paterson was appointed Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs in September 2012. Despite his voting record ""moderately for"" laws to stop climate change, he is a climate change sceptic, and has not accepted David MacKay's offer of a briefing on climate change science. During his time in office,"
"coalition government with the Liberal Democrats, with David Cameron as Prime Minister. Cameron appointed Duncan Smith to the Cabinet as Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with responsibility for seeing through changes to the welfare state. Outlining the scale of the problem, Duncan Smith said almost five million people were on unemployment benefits, 1.4 million of whom had been receiving support for nine or more of the last 10 years. In addition, 1.4 million under-25s were neither working nor in full-time education. He said; ""This picture is set against a backdrop of 13 years of continuously increasing expenditure, which"