Minister of State for Disabled People, Health and Work[a]
Incumbent
Assumed office 14 December 2023
Prime Minister
Rishi Sunak
Preceded by
Tom Pursglove
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Social Mobility, Youth and Progression
In office 27 October 2022 – 14 December 2023
Prime Minister
Rishi Sunak
Preceded by
Office established
Succeeded by
Office abolished
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Safeguarding
In office 20 September 2022 – 27 October 2022
Prime Minister
Liz Truss
Preceded by
Amanda Solloway
Succeeded by
Sarah Dines
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Employment
In office 25 July 2019 – 6 July 2022
Prime Minister
Boris Johnson
Preceded by
Alok Sharma
Succeeded by
Julie Marson
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Sport, Civil Society and Loneliness
In office 5 November 2018 – 25 July 2019
Prime Minister
Theresa May
Preceded by
Tracey Crouch
Succeeded by
Nigel Adams[b]
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Wales
In office 26 July 2018 – 5 November 2018
Prime Minister
Theresa May
Preceded by
Stuart Andrew
Succeeded by
Nigel Adams
Member of Parliament for Mid Sussex
Incumbent
Assumed office 12 December 2019
Preceded by
Nicholas Soames
Majority
18,197 (29.0%)
Member of Parliament for Eastleigh
In office 7 May 2015 – 6 November 2019
Preceded by
Mike Thornton
Succeeded by
Paul Holmes
Personal details
Born
Miriam Jane Alice Davies
(1975-06-02) 2 June 1975 (age 48)
Political party
Conservative
Children
2
Alma mater
Swansea University
Website
Official website
Miriam Jane Alice Davies[1] (born 2 June 1975), known as Mims Davies, is a British Conservative Party politician serving as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Mid Sussex since 2019. She has served as Minister of State for Disabled People, Health and Work since December 2023.[a][2] She previously served as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Social Mobility, Youth and Progression from October 2022 to December 2023 and [3][4] Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Safeguarding from September to October 2022.[5][6]
Davies was first elected as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Eastleigh in May 2015.[7] She was the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Sport, Civil Society and Loneliness in Theresa May's government from 2018 to 2019. After Boris Johnson became Prime Minister in July 2019, Davies was appointed Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Employment at the Department for Work and Pensions. She was elected in the 2019 election as the MP for Mid Sussex.[8] She resigned as Employment Minister in July 2022, after losing confidence in Johnson's leadership.[9]
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^"Ministerial Appointments: 12 April 2024". GOV.UK. Retrieved 12 April 2024.
^"Ministerial Appointments commencing: 25 October 2022". GOV.UK. Retrieved 28 October 2022.
^"Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Minister for Social Mobility, Youth and Progression) - GOV.UK". www.gov.uk. Retrieved 8 November 2022.
^"Ministerial Appointments: September 2022". GOV.UK. Retrieved 20 September 2022.
^"My Column for the Mid Sussex Times". Mims Davies. Retrieved 29 September 2022.
^Eastleigh parliamentary constituency – Election 2015, BBC News; accessed 8 May 2015.
^"Sussex Mid Parliamentary constituency". BBC election results 2019 GE. BBC News. Retrieved 13 December 2019.
^Brown, Faye (6 July 2022). "Boris Johnson's government crumbles after six more ministers quit in one go". Metro. Retrieved 6 July 2022.
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