Chair of the Women and Equalities Select Committee
In office 18 June 2015 – 29 January 2020
Preceded by
Office established
Succeeded by
Caroline Nokes
Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport
In office 4 September 2012 – 9 April 2014
Prime Minister
David Cameron
Preceded by
Jeremy Hunt
Succeeded by
Sajid Javid
Minister for Women and Equalities
In office 4 September 2012 – 9 April 2014
Prime Minister
David Cameron
Preceded by
Theresa May
Succeeded by
Nicky Morgan
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Disabled People
In office 12 May 2010 – 4 September 2012
Prime Minister
David Cameron
Preceded by
Jonathan Shaw
Succeeded by
Esther McVey
Member of Parliament for Basingstoke
Incumbent
Assumed office 5 May 2005
Preceded by
Andrew Hunter
Majority
14,198 (25.9%)
Personal details
Born
Maria Frances Lewis
(1964-03-26) 26 March 1964 (age 60) Wolverhampton, England
Political party
Conservative
Spouse
Iain Miller
(m. 1990)
Children
3
Alma mater
London School of Economics
Website
mariamiller.co.uk
Dame Maria Frances Miller[1]DBE (née Lewis; born 26 March 1964) is a British politician who has been[update] the Member of Parliament (MP) for Basingstoke since 2005. A member of the Conservative Party, she served as Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport from 2012 to 2014 under Prime Minister David Cameron.[2]
In opposition Miller served as the Shadow Minister for Education from 2005 to 2006, Shadow Minister for Family Welfare from 2006 to 2007 and Shadow Minister for Families from 2007 to 2010.[3]
She served as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Minister for Disabled People) from 2010 to 2012 and later served in the Cabinet as Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport and Minister for Women and Equalities from 2012 to 2014.[4] She resigned from the Cabinet in April 2014 after reports she had over-claimed expenses.[5]
In June 2015 Miller was elected as Chair of the newly established Women and Equalities Select Committee. She was nominated for the position by MPs across the House in 2017 and was reelected unopposed. In 2019, Miller announced she would step down from the role.[6]
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