Sebastian Payne

Will one of David Cameron’s female stars be our next PM?

The real winners of the reshuffle have been the 2010 intake of Tory MPs. Several star names — including Nick Boles, Matt Hancock and Sajid Javid — have been moved up to junior ministerial posts today. While David Cameron was criticised for removing several females as Secretaries of State, he has attempted to make up for this by appointing four female hopefuls as under secretaries.

All of these recruits are members of 2010 intake and look to be interesting members of the reshuffled government. Ladbrokes have gathered the odds for each minister’s chances as future Conservative leader, so here are the four female stars of Cameron’s reshuffle:

Liz Truss – 50/1

Education Minister responsible for early years education

Chairman of the Free Enterprise Group of MPs and the member for South West Norfolk. Similar to the other female appointees, Truss does not come from a traditional Tory background. She was once a member of the CND, a leading Liberal Democrat at university and her father refused to campaign for her in 2010 because of the clash between their politics.

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