Robert Courts

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Robert Courts KC MP
Official portrait, 2019
Solicitor General for England and Wales
Incumbent
Assumed office 7 December 2023
Prime Minister	Rishi Sunak
Preceded by	Michael Tomlinson
Chair of the Defence Select Committee
In office 25 October 2023 – 12 December 2023
Preceded by	Tobias Ellwood
Succeeded by	Jeremy Quin
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Transport
In office 8 September 2020 – 6 September 2022
Prime Minister	Boris Johnson
Preceded by	Kelly Tolhurst
Succeeded by	Anne-Marie Trevelyan[a]
Member of Parliament for Witney
Incumbent
Assumed office 20 October 2016
Preceded by	David Cameron
Majority	15,177 (24.8%)
Personal details
Born	(1978-10-21) 21 October 1978 (age 45)[1] Stockport, Greater Manchester, England[2]
Political party	Conservative
Spouse	Kathryn
Children	2
Alma mater	University of Sheffield
Website	robertcourts.co.uk

Robert Alexander Courts KC (born 21 October 1978) is a British politician and barrister serving as Solicitor General for England and Wales since December 2023. A member of the Conservative Party, he has been MP for Witney since 2016. He previously served as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Transport in the Johnson government from 2020 to 2022 and served as Chair of the Defence Select Committee from October to December 2023.

Courts was elected for Witney at a by-election in 2016, succeeding former Prime Minister David Cameron. He retained his seat in the 2017 and 2019 general elections.

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