Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
In office 13 February 2020 – 15 September 2021
Prime Minister
Boris Johnson
Preceded by
The Baroness Morgan of Cotes
Succeeded by
Nadine Dorries
Minister for the Cabinet Office
In office 24 July 2019 – 13 February 2020
Prime Minister
Boris Johnson
Preceded by
David Lidington
Succeeded by
Michael Gove
Paymaster General
In office 24 July 2019 – 13 February 2020
Prime Minister
Boris Johnson
Preceded by
Jesse Norman
Succeeded by
Penny Mordaunt
Parliamentary Secretary for the Cabinet Office
In office 9 January 2018 – 24 July 2019
Prime Minister
Theresa May
Preceded by
Caroline Nokes
Succeeded by
Simon Hart
Member of Parliament for Hertsmere
Incumbent
Assumed office 7 May 2015
Preceded by
James Clappison
Majority
21,313 (40.8%)
Personal details
Born
Oliver James Dowden
(1978-08-01) 1 August 1978 (age 45) Park Street, Hertfordshire, England
Political party
Conservative
Spouse
Blythe Dowden
(m. 2008)
Children
2
Education
Parmiter's School
Alma mater
Trinity Hall, Cambridge
Signature
Website
Parliamentary website
Oliver James DowdenCBE (born 1 August 1978) is a British politician and the current Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. A member of the Conservative Party, he is also Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Secretary of State in the Cabinet Office[1][2] and has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Hertsmere since 2015.
Dowden served in the Boris Johnson government as Minister for the Cabinet Office and Paymaster General from 2019 to 2020 and Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport from 2020 to 2021. In the 2021 cabinet reshuffle, he was moved to the posts of Co-Chairman of the Conservative Party, serving alongside Ben Elliot, and Minister without Portfolio. He resigned from these roles in June 2022.
Following a stint on the backbenches during Johnson's caretaker government and the premiership of Liz Truss, he was re-appointed to the Cabinet in October 2022 by new Prime Minister Rishi Sunak as Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster. He was made Secretary of State in the Cabinet office in February 2023 and, following the resignation of Dominic Raab, was appointed deputy prime minister in April of the same year.
^"The Rt Hon Oliver Dowden CBE MP". GOV.UK. Retrieved 15 February 2023.
^"Ministerial Appointments: February 2023". GOV.UK. Retrieved 15 February 2023.
Oliver James Dowden CBE (born 1 August 1978) is a British politician and the current Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. A member of the Conservative...
1950), English scholar OliverDowden (born 1978), British Conservative Party politician, MP for Hertsmere since May 2015 Richard Dowden (born 1949), English...
other secretaries of state in the United Kingdom. The incumbent is OliverDowden who also serves as deputy prime minister of the United Kingdom and chancellor...
election and co-wrote an article with fellow MPs Robert Jenrick and OliverDowden to advocate for Johnson during the campaign in June. Following Johnson's...
allegations of bullying. He was replaced as Deputy Prime Minister by OliverDowden and as Justice Secretary by Alex Chalk. Ben Wallace resigned as Defence...
responsibility for policy implementation. He replaced fellow Conservative OliverDowden and stood down as Chairman of the Countryside Alliance. In October 2019...
2019 alongside James Cleverly (2019–2020), Amanda Milling (2020–2021), OliverDowden (2021–2022), and Andrew Stephenson (2022) before resigning on 5 September...
role as Brexit minister was taken over by Foreign Secretary Liz Truss. OliverDowden resigned as Co-Chairman of the Conservative Party and Minister without...
performances for the test alert. Speaking on the morning of 23 April, OliverDowden, the Deputy Prime Minister, said that people would not need to take...
title of deputy prime minister. The incumbent deputy prime minister is OliverDowden who also serves as Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Secretary...
in September 2021. She continued to shadow Raab and his successor, OliverDowden, until her elevation to Shadow Deputy Prime Minister in September 2023...
General from Jowell to Gummer, and First Secretary of State with Green. OliverDowden, and all holders since Michael Ellis, including the incumbent John Glen...
additional responsibilities as Minister for the Cabinet Office, succeeding OliverDowden, who had been appointed Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media...
chairmanship from 13 February 2020 to 15 September 2021. Ben Elliot and OliverDowden jointly held the chairmanship from 15 September 2021 to 24 June 2022...
replaced in the Sunak Ministry as Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster by OliverDowden on the 25 October 2022. On 25 October 2022, Zahawi was made Chairman...
from the original on 5 April 2012. Retrieved 16 June 2021. "The Rt Hon OliverDowden CBE MP". GOV.UK. "Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial...
even if the results were poor for his party. Deputy Prime Minister OliverDowden insisted that this year's elections would be safe from cyber attacks...
September 2022, under the UK's shortest-serving Prime Minister, Liz Truss. OliverDowden was appointed to the role, in new Prime Minister Rishi Sunak's first...
ministers resign from cabinet". The Guardian. Retrieved 7 July 2022. "OliverDowden becomes new deputy PM and Alex Chalk new justice secretary after Raab...
for granted, says OliverDowden". The Telegraph. Archived from the original on 20 June 2021. Retrieved 21 June 2021. Dowden, Oliver (20 June 2021). "Secretary...
Government, joining the Cabinet Office as Paymaster General in succession to OliverDowden. She was the UK alternate co-chair of the EU Withdrawal Agreement Joint...
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shadow defence secretary and deputy leader of the party Michael Ancram, Oliver Letwin and former party leader William Hague. His campaign did not gain...
April 2023. "Dowden becomes deputy PM after Raab resigns over bullying". BBC News. 21 April 2023. Retrieved 21 April 2023. "OliverDowden named deputy...
modern times, a sinecure office in the government of the United Kingdom. OliverDowden has been chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster since 25 October 2022...
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