| THERESA | ___ May, Conservative politician who succeeded David Cameron as prime minister in 2016 (7) |
| ALLEN | Conservative politician who succeeded Andrew Lansley as MP for South Cambridgeshire in 2015 (5,5) |
| HEIDI | Conservative politician who succeeded Andrew Lansley as MP for South Cambridgeshire in 2015 (5,5) |
| HOWARD | Michael, Conservative politician who succeeded Iain Duncan Smith as leader in 2003 (6) |
| HIPKINS | Chris, New Zealand politician who succeeded Jacinda Ardern as prime minister in 2023 (7) |
| MUBARAK | Hosni, Egyptian politician who succeeded Sadat in 1981 (7) |
| OSBORNE | George, Conservative politician who was David Cameron's Chancellor from 2010 to 2016 (7) |
| HAMMOND | Philip, Conservative politician who served as Chancellor to Theresa May (7) |
| REDWOOD | John, Conservative politician who challenged John Major in a party leadership contest in 1995 (7) |
| ETONIAN | Student with the same background as David Cameron and Boris Johnson (7) |
| QUINTIN | Late Conservative politician who disclaimed the title 2nd Viscount Hailsham in 1963 (7,4) |
| RIFKIND | Malcolm, Conservative politician who served as Defence and Foreign Secretary under John Major (7) |
| WALLACE | Ben, Conservative politician who was appointed Defence Secretary in 2019 (7) |
| PROBLEM | David Cameron about to steal from the French? That's a worry (7) |
| DOMINIC | --- Grieve, Conservative politician who was Attorney General 2010-2014 (7) |
| YOUNGER | George ___ (1931- 2003) Stirling-born Conservative politician who was Scottish Secretary (1979 -86) (7) |
| SUEBARKER | British tennis player who succeeded David Coleman as the presenter of A Question of Sport in 1997 |
| OLMERT | Ehud ****** , politician who succeeded Ariel Sharon as Israeli prime minister in 2006 (6) |
| BRUCE | Fiona, TV news presenter who succeeded David Dimbleby as Question Time host (5) |
| CRABB | Stephen, Conservative politician who served as Welsh Secretary under David Cameron (5) |
