Party leaders are getting younger, but Cabinet Ministers arenot

摘要

During the 20th Century, the average age of Prime Ministers upon assuming office has trended downwards.udHowever, according to Judi Atkins, Timothy Heppell and Kevin Theakston, the same is not true of CabinetudMinisters, with the average age remaining relatively consistent since 1945 across both main parties. Theudauthors argue that the claim that we are witnessing the rise of the novice Cabinet minister is perhaps more audconsequence of the personalisation of politics than evidence of an emerging ‘cult of youth’.