Cameron unveils new cabinet after election victory

British Prime Minister David Cameron unveiled his new cabinet on May 11 after an unexpected election victory that gave his Conservative party a narrow majority in parliament for the first time in nearly 20 years.

Cameron named the mayor of London and potential leadership contender Boris Johnson, known for his bumbling image and mop-top hairstyle, to a senior political role but not a ministerial position.
 
"As promised, he will devote his attention to his final year as mayor of London," Cameron said.
 
Many ministers from the previous government held on to their jobs including finance minister George Osborne, another potential leader who was promoted to a post as Cameron's number two in government.
 
Theresa May has been re-appointed as home secretary and several women were promoted to more junior positions, after Cameron promised that a third of his cabinet would be made up of women.
 
Cameron also held talks with Conservative backbenchers amid concern that right-wingers in his party could play a disruptive role for the government, particularly over Britain's EU membership.
         
The British leader was expected to tell the influential 1922 Committee of backbenchers that his new five-year term would be about renewal, compared to a first term focused on "repair and recovery" to get the country out of a painful recession.
 
"It will be our task to renew a sense of fairness in our society -- where those who work hard and do the right thing are able to get on," Cameron was expected to tell the MPs, British newspapers reported.
 
The Conservatives won 331 out of the 650 seats in the House of Commons in May 7 election, which gave Labour 232, the pro-independence Scottish National Party 56 and...