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Tom Pursglove
Official portrait, 2020
Minister of State for Legal Migration and the Border[a]
Incumbent
Assumed office 7 December 2023
Prime Minister
Rishi Sunak
Preceded by
Robert Jenrick[b]
In office 7 September 2022 – 25 October 2022
Prime Minister
Liz Truss
Preceded by
Kevin Foster
Succeeded by
Robert Jenrick
Minister of State for Disabled People, Health and Work
In office 28 October 2022 – 7 December 2023
Prime Minister
Rishi Sunak
Preceded by
Claire Coutinho
Succeeded by
Mims Davies
Minister of State for Crime and Policing[c]
In office 7 July 2022 – 7 September 2022
Prime Minister
Boris Johnson
Preceded by
Kit Malthouse
Succeeded by
Jeremy Quin
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Justice and Tackling Illegal Migration[d]
In office 17 September 2021 – 7 July 2022
Prime Minister
Boris Johnson
Preceded by
Chris Philp
Succeeded by
Simon Baynes
Vice Chairman of the Conservative Party for Youth
In office 27 July 2018 – 15 January 2019
Chairman
Brandon Lewis
Preceded by
Ben Bradley
Succeeded by
Nigel Huddleston
Member of Parliament for Corby
In office 7 May 2015 – 30 May 2024
Preceded by
Andy Sawford
Majority
10,268 (17.0%)
Personal details
Born
(1988-11-05) 5 November 1988 (age 35) Kettering, England
Political party
Conservative
Education
Sir Christopher Hatton School
Alma mater
Queen Mary University of London
Thomas Christopher John Pursglove (born 5 November 1988)[1] is a British Conservative Party politician serving as Minister of State for Legal Migration and the Border since December 2023. A member of the Conservative Party, he has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Corby since May 2015.[2]
Pursglove has previously served as Minister of State for Disabled People, Health and Work, Minister of State for Immigration, and Minister of State for Crime and Policing.[3][4][5] Aged 26 at the time of his election, he was the youngest Conservative MP of the 2015–17 Parliament.
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^"Corby parliamentary constituency - Election 2015 - BBC News". bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 9 September 2016.
^"Ministerial Appointments commencing: 25 October 2022". GOV.UK. Retrieved 28 October 2022.
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^"Minister of State (Minister for Migration) - GOV.UK". www.gov.uk. Retrieved 27 September 2022.
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