Six out of 22 of David Cameron’s new Cabinet members are Cambridge alumni.

Nick Clegg, the Deputy Prime Minister, read Social Anthropology at Robinson. During his time at Cambridge, Clegg reportedly acted alongside Helena Bonham Carter and Sam Mendes.

Clegg is also said to have been a member of the Cambridge University Conservative Association (CUCA) .

Also involved with CUCA during his time here was Ken Clarke, the Justice Secretary, who served as chairman of the society. Clarke read Law at Gonville & Caius, and was also elected president of the Cambridge Union.

On the other end of the political spectrum was Vince Cable, who was president-elect of the Cambridge University Liberal Club. Cable, the Business Secretary, read Natural Sciences and Economics at Fitzwilliam.

Other Cambridge alumni on the cabinet include David Laws, Chief Secretary to the Treasury, who read Economics at King’s, Andrew Mitchell, Secretary of International Development, who read History at Jesus, and Francis Maude, the Cabinet Office Minister, who was at Corpus Christi.

In contrast, ten Cabinet members attended Oxford. Five of those ten were at Magdalen College.