Nicky Morgan: 7 Things You Need To Know About The New Education Secretary

7 Things You Need To Know About New Education Secretary Nicky Morgan
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Nicky Morgan, the new education secretary, who is also now women and equalities minister, has had a meteoric rise. The Loughborough MP has gone from backbencher to secretary of state in just four years, which is a pretty impressive climb up the greasy pole. Here are seven things you need to know about Michael Gove's replacement.

7 Facts About Nicky Morgan
She was only elected to parliament in 2010(01 of07)
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She is one of only two mothers in the new cabinet(02 of07)
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(credit:Oli Scarff via Getty Images)
She voted against gay marriage(03 of07)
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Morgan explained: "I totally support civil partnerships and that same-sex relationships are recognised in law. But marriage, to me, is between a man and a woman." (credit:CARL COURT via Getty Images)
... So she won't be handling gay marriage(04 of07)
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Downing Street hastily announced Nick Boles, the new education and skill minister who is also gay, would be taking charge of implementing same-sex marriage. (credit:Dominic Lipinski/PA Archive)
She famously said the Tories need to 'hate' less(05 of07)
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Morgan said in January the party needed to have a more constructive message than simply: 'we're against this, we're anti-that, we don't like them, we don't want them here, we don't want them doing this.' (credit:Oli Scarff via Getty Images)
She supported a reduction in the upper limit for abortion from 24 weeks to 20(06 of07)
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She is one of 14 Oxbridge graduates out of a cabinet of 23(07 of07)
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(credit:Rob Stothard via Getty Images)

WHO'S IN AND WHO'S OUT: THE FULL LIST

Reshuffle 2014: The Results
MOVED: New leader of the house William Hague(01 of30)
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Hague has left the Foreign Office to be leader of the House of Commons and First Secretary of State, planning to leave Parliament outright next year.
OUT: Leader of the House Andrew Lansley(02 of30)
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SAFE: Chancellor George Osborne(03 of30)
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SAFE: Home secretary Theresa May(04 of30)
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IN: New defence secretary Michael Fallon(05 of30)
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SAFE: Work and pensions secretary Iain Duncan Smith(06 of30)
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SAFE: Justice secretary Chris Grayling(07 of30)
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IN: New education secretary Nicky Morgan (08 of30)
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SAFE: Communities secretary Eric Pickles(09 of30)
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SAFE: Health secretary Jeremy Hunt(10 of30)
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OUT: Environment secretary Owen Paterson(11 of30)
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IN: New environment secretary Liz Truss(12 of30)
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SAFE: International development secretary Justine Greening(13 of30)
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SAFE: Transport secretary Patrick McLoughlin(14 of30)
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SAFE: Culture secretary Sajid Javid(15 of30)
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SAFE: Northern Ireland secretary Theresa Villiers(16 of30)
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OUT: Welsh Secretary David Jones(17 of30)
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IN: New welsh secretary Stephen Crabb (18 of30)
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OUT: House of Lords leader Jonathan Hill (19 of30)
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Lord Hill has been sent to Brussels to be the UK's new EU commissioner.
IN: New House of Lords leader Tina Stowell(20 of30)
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MOVED: New foreign secretary Philip Hammond(21 of30)
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Hammond has moved from defence secretary to foreign secretary to replace William Hague.
MOVED: New chief whip Michael Gove(22 of30)
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Gove has been demoted from education secretary to chief whip. (Attending cabinet only.)
SAFE: Cabinet office minister Francis Maude(23 of30)
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(Attending cabinet only.)
SAFE: Cabinet office minister Oliver Letwin(24 of30)
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He also gets the job of Lord Privy Seal from Andrew Lansley. (Attending cabinet only.)
SAFE: Senior minister of state Baroness Warsi(25 of30)
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Baroness Warsi keeps Foreign Office and community briefs. (Attending cabinet only.)
IN: New universities minister Greg Clark(26 of30)
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Clark (on left) replaces David Willetts as universities minister. (Attending cabinet only.)
IN: New attorney general Jeremy Wright (27 of30)
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Wright has been brought in as attorney general to replace Dominic Grieve. (Attending cabinet only.)
IN: Employment minister Esther McVey(28 of30)
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(Attending cabinet only.)
SAFE: Tory chair Grant Shapps(29 of30)
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(Attending cabinet only)
IN: Business minister Matthew Hancock(30 of30)
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Hancock has been promoted so he now attends cabinet as business and energy minister, as well as minister for Portsmouth.