Ploy Radford

I would firstly like to say that I am neutral on the subject of whether it is a good idea that the vast majority of our Cabinet attended Oxford or Cambridge. I am much more worried about the lack of representation for women and some of the views held by people in the new Cabinet. This is just meant to be a one-stop source of information on the interesting subject of the education of our cabinet.

• David Cameron – Brasenose College, Oxford – PPE (Politics, Philosophy and Economics)
• Nick Clegg – Robinson College, Cambridge – Arch & Anth
• George Osbourne – Magdalen College, Oxford – Modern History
• Theresa May – St Hugh’s College, Oxford – Geography
• William Hague – Magdalen College, Oxford – PPE
• Vince Cable –  Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge -Natural Sciences, switched to Economics
• Andrew Mitchell – Jesus College, Cambridge – History
• Philip Hammond – University College, Oxford – PPE
• Michael Gove – Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford – English
• Ed Davey – Jesus College, Oxford – PPE
• Owen Paterson – Corpus Christi College, Cambridge – History
• Jeremy Hunt – Magdalen College, Oxford – PPE
• Chris Grayling – Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge – History
• Theresa Villiers – (first degree in law at Bristol), then Bachelor of Civil Law from Jesus College, Oxford
• Danny Alexander – St Anne’s College, Oxford – PPE
• Ken Clarke – Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge – Law
• Dominic Grieve – Magdalen College, Oxford – History

• Eric Pickles – Leeds Polytechnic – Law
• Grant Shapps – Manchester Polytechnic  – Business and Finance
• Maria Miller – London School of Economics – Economics
• Justine Greening – University of Southampton – Economics
• Michael Moore – Edinburgh University –Politics and Modern History
• Patrick McLoughlin – Staffordshire College of Agriculture
• David Jones – University College London – Law
• Iain Duncan Smith – Royal Military Academy Sandhurst
• Andrew Lansley – University of Exeter – Politics
• Lord Strathclyde – University of East Anglia – ?

Oxbridge alumni – 17/27 (or 16, if you don’t count Villiers as her undergrad was at Bristol)

Cambridge Alumni – 6/27

Oxford alumni – 11/27 (or ten, if you don’t count Villiers as her undergrad was at Bristol)

PPE graduates – 6/27

Magdalen College, Oxford graduates – 4/27

There are more Oxford PPE graduates on our Cabinet than women.