Mr Davis told the BBC that he was not offered a job in the reshuffle and would not have expected to have been asked.

BBC: Pickles chairman in Tory shake-up

Moving her out of the job in a reshuffle of cabinet roles, expected soon, would look bad when there are few Tory women in top jobs.

ECONOMIST: The politics of Heathrow

Stephen Byers has alienated unions and displeased teachers - but wins a new job in the Cabinet reshuffle.

BBC: Special Report

There was an attempt to elbow Mr Duncan Smith out of his job during the ministerial reshuffle, which he resisted.

BBC: Welfare reform: A chance to curb fraudulent payments?

Mr Loughton lost his job in the last reshuffle.

BBC: Education & Family

Mrs Gandhi's son, Rahul, is the most likely choice as the next prime minister, though he did not take a government job in this week's reshuffle.

ECONOMIST: Indian politics

Agriculture Minister Dr Jack Cunningham is given a top job as the Cabinet "enforcer" in the government reshuffle.

BBC: Special Report

Popular minister Dr David Clark loses his job as Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster in the Cabinet reshuffle.

BBC: Special Report

Lord Mandelson dismissed newspaper stories that he had clashed with Ed Balls, the schools secretary who had been widely expected to become chancellor in the reshuffle - in the end Alistair Darling remained in the job.

BBC: Leaked Brown e-mail 'not hostile'

But, with the reshuffle looming, the author has taken the precaution of listing speakers by job titles rather than by name.

BBC: MPs and "armchair reshufflers" ponder cabinet changes