Anthony Seldon - Cameron at 10 - From Election to Brexit

Chapter 20: David Cameron with his wife Samantha before delivering his speech on the last day of the Conservative party conference in Birmingham, 9 October 2012 (© Matt Cardy/Getty Images)

Chapter 21: David Cameron, Jeremy Heywood and Ed Llewellyn (standing) during a cabinet meeting in the Olympic handball arena, 9 January 2012 (© REX Shutterstock)

Chapter 22: Rainbow flag flies over Victoria Tower in support of gay marriage, June 2013 (© Nicolas Chinardet/Demotix/Corbis)

Chapter 23: David Cameron and Lynton Crosby (© Andrew Parsons/i-Images)

Chapter 24: Iain Duncan Smith leaves Number 10 after a Cabinet meeting, 19 March 2014 (© Paul Marriott/Alamy)

Chapter 25: George Osborne arrives at Downing Street with Rupert Harrison, 28 February 2011 (© Steve Back/REX Shutterstock)

Chapter 26: David Cameron and Margaret Thatcher outside Number 10, 8 June 2010 (© Suzanne Plunkett/Reuters/Corbis)

Chapter 27: David Cameron addresses the House of Commons during the Syria debate, 29 August 2013 (© Pool/Reuters/Corbis)

Chapter 28: David Cameron in Fordgate, Somerset, 7 February 2014 (© Tim Ireland/epa/Corbis)

Chapter 29: David Cameron and Vladimir Putin at the G8 summit at Lough Erne, 17 June 2013 (© Yves Herman/Reuters/Corbis)

Chapter 30: George Osborne delivers a speech in Salford on the Northern Powerhouse in May 2015 (© Christopher Furlong – WPA Pool/Getty Images)

Chapter 31: Douglas Carswell and Nigel Farage in Clacton-on-Sea, 10 October 2014 (© Leon Neal/AFP/Getty Images)

Chapter 32: Michael Gove leaves Downing Street on the day of the reshuffle, 15 July 2014 (© Oli Scarff/Getty Images)

Chapter 33: Cameron and his core team inside Number 10 on the morning after the Scottish Referendum at about 5 a.m., 19 September 2014. Chris Martin, Kate Fall and Ed Llewellyn standing (l–r), George Osborne sitting, Craig Oliver to the right of Cameron (© Crown Copyright/Arron Hoare)

Chapter 34: David Cameron and Jean-Claude Juncker at the EU summit in Brussels, 30 August 2014 (© John Thys/AFP/Getty Images)

Chapter 35: George Osborne leaves the Treasury for Parliament, 3 December 2014 (© WPA Pool/Getty Images)

Chapter 36: David Cameron delivers a speech on immigration in Rocester, 28 November 2014 (Oli Scarff/AFP/Getty Images)

Chapter 37: David Cameron and Barack Obama in the White House, 16 January 2015 (© Ron Sachs/Corbis)

Chapter 38: David Cameron at the NATO summit in Newport, 3 September 2014 (© Ben Gurr – WPA Pool/Getty Images)

Chapter 39: Oliver Letwin and Danny Alexander, 26 February 2013 (© REX Shutterstock)

Chapter 40: David Cameron campaigns in Carlisle, 6 May 2015 (© Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Chapter 41: David and Samantha Cameron celebrate the general election results, 8 May 2015 (© Andrew Parsons/i-Images)

Chapter 42: David Cameron delivers a speech on the EU at the British Museum, 9 May 2016 (© Jack Hill/WPA Pool/Getty Images)

Chapter 43: David Cameron resigns outside 10 Downing Street, 24 June 2016 (© Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)

The lists below are not exhaustive, and only contain names that appear in the book.

‘LD’ = Liberal Democrat

‘2015’ = Still in position at the time of the 2015 general election

The Quad

CAMERON, DAVID – Prime Minister of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, 2010–15. Leader of the Conservative Party, 2005–15.

CLEGG, NICK – Deputy Prime Minister, 2010–15. Leader of the Liberal Democrats, 2007–15.

OSBORNE, GEORGE – Chancellor of the Exchequer, 2010–15. Shadow Chancellor, 2005–10.

ALEXANDER, DANNY – Secretary of State for Scotland, 12–29 May 2010. Chief Secretary to the Treasury, 2010–15. LD.

No 10 (Officials and Political Staff)

BERTIN, GABBY – Press Secretary, 2005–12. Director of External Relations, 2013–15.

BOWLER, JAMES – Principal Private Secretary, 2010–12.

CASE, SIMON – Private Secretary to the Prime Minister, 2012–13. Deputy Principal Private Secretary, 2013–14. Executive Director, Implementation Group at the Cabinet Office, 2014–15.

CASEY, NIGEL – Foreign Affairs Private Secretary, 2014–15.

CASSON, JOHN – Foreign Affairs Private Secretary, 2011–14.

CHAMBERS, MAX – Policy Unit, 2014–15.

CHATWIN, TIM – Head of Strategic Communications, 2010–11.

COOPER, ANDREW – Director of Strategy, 2011–13.

COULSON, ANDY – Director of Communications, 2010–11.

DOWDEN, OLIVER – Political Adviser, 2010–13. Deputy Chief of Staff to the Prime Minister, 2013–14.

DUNLOP, ANDREW – Special Adviser to the Prime Minister on Scotland, 2011–15.

FALL, KATE – Deputy Chief of Staff to the Prime Minister, 2010–15

FELDMAN, ANDREW – Chairman of the Conservative Party, 2010–15.

FIELD, STEVE – Prime Minister’s Official Spokesman, 2010–12.

FLETCHER, TOM – Foreign Affairs Private Secretary, 2010–11.

FOGES, CLARE – Speechwriter, 2009–15.

GILBERT, STEPHEN – Political Secretary, 2010–15.

GILL, AMEET – Special Adviser, Head of ‘Grid’ Planning, 2010–15.

GLOVER, JULIAN – Speechwriter, 2011–12. Special Adviser, Department of Transport, 2012–15.

HEYWOOD, JEREMY – Downing Street Permanent Secretary, 2010–11. Cabinet Secretary, 2012–15.

HILTON, STEVE – Director of Strategy, 2010–12.

JOHNSON, JO – Head of the Policy Unit, 2013–15. Cabinet Office Minister, 2013–15.

KIDDELL, TIM – Private Secretary to the Prime Minister and Speechwriter, 2010–15.

KIRBY, PAUL – Head of Policy Unit, 2011–13.

KORSKI, DAN – Special Adviser, 2013–15.

LLEWELLYN, ED – Downing Street Chief of Staff, 2010–15.

LOCKWOOD, CHRIS – Deputy Head, Policy Unit, 2013–15.

MANN, LAURENCE – Political Private Secretary, 2010–15.

MARTIN, CHRIS – Principal Private Secretary to the Prime Minister, 2012–15.

MCDONALD, SIMON – Foreign Policy Adviser, 2010–11. Ambassador to Germany, 2011–15.

O’DONNELL, GUS – Cabinet Secretary, 2005–11.

O’SHAUGHNESSY, JAMES – Director of Policy, 2007–11.

OLIVER, CRAIG – Director of Communications, 2011–15.

SALTER, MICHAEL – Political Head of Broadcasting, 2010–15.

SCHOLAR, TOM – Second Permanent Secretary at the Treasury, 2009–13. Adviser, European and Global Issues, 2013–15.

SEDDON, NICK – Policy Unit, 2013–15.

SILVA, ROHAN – Senior Policy Adviser, 2010–13.

SUGG, LIZ – Head of Operations, 2010–15.

WILLIAMSON, GAVIN – Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Prime Minister, 2013–15.

WORTH, SEAN – Special Adviser, 2010–12. LD.

Cabinet

CABLE, VINCE – Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, 2010–15. LD.

CARMICHAEL, ALISTAIR – Secretary of State for Scotland, 2013–15. LD.

CLARKE, KENNETH – Lord Chancellor, Secretary of State for Justice, 2010–12. Minister without Portfolio, 2012–14. Chancellor, 1993–7.

DUNCAN SMITH, IAIN – Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, 2010–15. Leader of the Conservative Party, 2001–3.

FALLON, MICHAEL – Secretary of State for Defence, 2014–15.

FOX, LIAM – Secretary of State for Defence, 2010–11.

GOVE, MICHAEL – Secretary of State for Education, 2010–14. Chief Whip, 2014–15. Lord Chancellor, Secretary of State for Justice, 2015.

GRAYLING, CHRIS – Minister for Employment, 2010–12. Lord Chancellor, Secretary of State for Justice, 2012–15.

GREENING, JUSTINE – Secretary of State for Transport, 2011–12. Secretary of State for International Development, 2012–15.

HAGUE, WILLIAM – Foreign Secretary, 2010–14. First Secretary of State, 2010–15. Leader of the House of Commons, 2014–15. Leader of the Conservative Party, 1997–2001.