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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She voted against gay marriage(03 of07)
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... So she won't be handling gay marriage(04 of07)
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She famously said the Tories need to 'hate' less(05 of07)
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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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WHO'S IN AND WHO'S OUT: THE FULL LIST
Reshuffle 2014: The Results
MOVED: New leader of the house William Hague(01 of30)
OUT: Leader of the House Andrew Lansley(02 of30)
SAFE: Chancellor George Osborne(03 of30)
SAFE: Home secretary Theresa May(04 of30)
IN: New defence secretary Michael Fallon(05 of30)
SAFE: Work and pensions secretary Iain Duncan Smith(06 of30)
SAFE: Justice secretary Chris Grayling(07 of30)
IN: New education secretary Nicky Morgan (08 of30)
SAFE: Communities secretary Eric Pickles(09 of30)
SAFE: Health secretary Jeremy Hunt(10 of30)
OUT: Environment secretary Owen Paterson(11 of30)
IN: New environment secretary Liz Truss(12 of30)
SAFE: International development secretary Justine Greening(13 of30)
SAFE: Transport secretary Patrick McLoughlin(14 of30)
SAFE: Culture secretary Sajid Javid(15 of30)
SAFE: Northern Ireland secretary Theresa Villiers(16 of30)
OUT: Welsh Secretary David Jones(17 of30)
IN: New welsh secretary Stephen Crabb (18 of30)
OUT: House of Lords leader Jonathan Hill (19 of30)
IN: New House of Lords leader Tina Stowell(20 of30)
MOVED: New foreign secretary Philip Hammond(21 of30)
MOVED: New chief whip Michael Gove(22 of30)
SAFE: Cabinet office minister Francis Maude(23 of30)
SAFE: Cabinet office minister Oliver Letwin(24 of30)
SAFE: Senior minister of state Baroness Warsi(25 of30)
IN: New universities minister Greg Clark(26 of30)
IN: New attorney general Jeremy Wright (27 of30)
IN: Employment minister Esther McVey(28 of30)
SAFE: Tory chair Grant Shapps(29 of30)
IN: Business minister Matthew Hancock(30 of30)