TORY MPs from the York area have expressed delight and goodwill towards the coalition Government formed between the Conservatives and Liberal Democrats.

Julian Sturdy, the Conservative MP for York Outer said he was “delighted” that David Cameron had made it to Number 10.

He said: “Finally after 13 years we have got out of Labour and we have got a Conservative country.

“The most important thing is that we have a strong and stable Government. In the next two years, difficult decisions are going to have to be made.”

Mr Sturdy said it was right to make Lib Dem leader Nick Clegg deputy prime minister.

He said: “We wanted to get an outright majority but that wasn’t possible.

“It was part of the negotiations to get a stable Government that Nick Clegg become deputy and therefore, I think it was the right outcome. That’s what coalitions have to do. We have to put our differences aside and compromise.”

Nigel Adams, the Conservative MP for Selby and Ainsty, said: “It was only right that as leader of the Liberal Democrats, Nick Clegg should get a senior role.

“On our side, there is a lot of goodwill, and together we will work in the interest of the country, which is in a desperate financial state and it is important that is sorted. I am pleased the Liberals have agreed with our plans to sort the country’s deficit and start getting our country out of the mire this year.”

Hugh Bayley, Labour MP for York Central, said a lot now needed to be done to figure out how the coalition Government would work.

He said: “I’m glad that the shape of the Government is now clear. It removes uncertainty and I wish the new Government well.

“ There has not been a formal coalition since the Second World War so there’s a lot of work we will all have to do to devise new procedures both through the Government and the opposition to make the new system work.”


The Cabinet in full

Prime Minister - David Cameron
Deputy Prime Minister - Nick Clegg
Foreign Secretary - William Hague
Chancellor - George Osborne
Justice Secretary - Kenneth Clarke
Home Secretary - Theresa May
Defence Secretary - Liam Fox
Business, Innovation and Skills Secretary - Vince Cable
Work and Pensions Secretary - Iain Duncan Smith
Energy and Climate Change Secretary - Chris Huhne
Health Secretary - Andrew Lansley
Education Secretary - Michael Gove
Communities and Local Government - Eric Pickles
Transport Secretary - Philip Hammond
Environment Food and Rural Affairs Secretary - Caroline Spelman
International Development - Andrew Mitchell
Northern Ireland Secretary - Owen Paterson
Scottish Secretary - Danny Alexander
Welsh Secretary - Cheryl Gillan
Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport Secretary - Jeremy Hunt
Chief Secretary to the Treasury - David Laws
Leader of the House of Lords - Lord Strathclyde
Minister without Portfolio - Baroness Warsi

Also attending Cabinet:
Minister for the Cabinet Office, Paymaster General - Francis Maude
Minister of State - Cabinet Office - Oliver Letwin
Department for Business, Innovation and Skills - David Willetts
Leader of the House of Commons, Lord Privy Seal - Sir George Young
Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury and Chief Whip - Patrick McLoughlin
Attorney General - Dominic Grieve