Zac Goldsmith

The Tory peer cited the government's 'apathy' towards climate change in his resignation letter, but the move comes a day after he was called out by fellow MPs.

The newly appointed Lord criticised the system as ‘seedy lists of party apparatchiks appointed by power-hungry party leaders’.

There had been speculation as to how the role of environment minister would be filled after Goldsmith lost his seat, but he's kept his job.