The new British Cabinet in numbers
Size:
Old Cabinet 23, new Cabinet: 22
Women:
Old Cabinet 8, new Cabinet 5
Scots:
Old Cabinet 5, new Cabinet 4
Ministers over 60:
Old Cabinet 5, new Cabinet 1
Ministers under 40:
Old Cabinet 2, new Cabinet 5
Average age:
Old Cabinet 54, new Cabinet 49
Number that I have met:
Old Cabinet 12, new Cabinet 8
Note: Many of Blair’s Cabinet were contemporaries of mine but, as the Cabinet becomes younger, I’m becoming less connected.