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John Penrose
MP
Official portrait, 2020
United Kingdom Anti-Corruption Champion
In office 11 December 2017 – 6 June 2022
Prime Minister
Theresa May Boris Johnson
Preceded by
Eric Pickles
Succeeded by
Vacant
Minister of State for Northern Ireland
In office 16 November 2018 – 25 July 2019
Prime Minister
Theresa May
Preceded by
Shailesh Vara
Succeeded by
Nick Hurd
Parliamentary Secretary for the Constitution
In office 11 May 2015 – 17 July 2016
Prime Minister
David Cameron
Preceded by
Sam Gyimah
Succeeded by
Chris Skidmore
Lord Commissioner of the Treasury
In office 8 February 2014 – 17 July 2016
Prime Minister
David Cameron
Preceded by
Karen Bradley
Succeeded by
Guy Opperman
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Tourism and Heritage
In office 13 May 2010 – 4 September 2012
Prime Minister
David Cameron
Preceded by
Margaret Hodge
Succeeded by
Office abolished
Member of Parliament for Weston-super-Mare
Incumbent
Assumed office 5 May 2005
Preceded by
Brian Cotter
Majority
17,128 (30.8%)
Personal details
Born
(1964-06-22) 22 June 1964 (age 59) Sudbury, Suffolk, England
Political party
Conservative
Spouse
Dido Harding, Baroness Harding
(m. 1995)
Alma mater
Downing College, Cambridge Columbia Business School
Website
www.johnpenrose.org
John David Penrose (born 22 June 1964) is a British politician serving as Member of Parliament (MP) for Weston-super-Mare since 2005. A member of the Conservative Party, he was the United Kingdom Anti-Corruption Champion at the Home Office from 2017 until 2022.[1] He resigned on 6 June 2022 as the United Kingdom Anti-Corruption Champion due to the Boris Johnson Partygate scandal.[2]
Penrose previously served as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State at the Department for Culture, Media and Sport from 2010 to 2012 and Lord Commissioner of the Treasury from 2014 to 2016.[3] He was Minister of State for Northern Ireland from 2018 to 2019.[4]
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