The letters of resignation have been coming thick and fast since Chancellor Rishi Sunak and Health Secretary Sajid Javid quit on Tuesday evening. As of Prime Minister's Questions at noon on Wednesday, Johnson had seen two cabinet ministers and five other ministers resign over his handling of the Chris Pincher allegations.
However, even as Johnson was facing off against Keir Starmer over the dispatch box, another MP quit their Government post. With 15 ministerial resignations (as of 2.45pm) in less than 24 hours, as well as nine private parliamentary secretaries and two trade envoys also going, how does the number of resignations from Johnson's Government compare to other recent PMs?
Since he took over as PM in July 2019, Johnson has had 33 ministers quit, including eight cabinet ministers, more than Thatcher, Major, Blair, and Brown and Cameron. However, that is still a way off the numbers that resigned while May was Prime Minister, when rows over Brexit contributed to 41 ministers quitting, including 10 cabinet ministers.
