Wendy Morton

The Right Honourable Wendy Morton MP
Official portrait, 2020
Chief Whip of the House of Commons Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury
In office 6 September 2022 – 25 October 2022
Prime Minister	Liz Truss
Preceded by	Chris Heaton-Harris
Succeeded by	Simon Hart
Minister of State for Transport[a]
In office 19 December 2021 – 6 September 2022
Prime Minister	Boris Johnson
Preceded by	Chris Heaton-Harris
Succeeded by	Kevin Foster
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for European Neighbourhood and the Americas
In office 13 February 2020 – 19 December 2021
Prime Minister	Boris Johnson
Preceded by	Chris Pincher
Succeeded by	Chris Heaton-Harris[b]
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Justice
In office 26 July 2019 – 13 February 2020
Prime Minister	Boris Johnson
Preceded by	Paul Maynard
Succeeded by	Alex Chalk
Assistant Government Whip
In office 9 January 2018 – 26 July 2019
Prime Minister	Theresa May
Member of Parliament for Aldridge-Brownhills
Incumbent
Assumed office 7 May 2015
Preceded by	Richard Shepherd
Majority	4,231 (10.3%)
Personal details
Born	(1967-11-09) 9 November 1967 (age 56) Yorkshire, England
Political party	Conservative
Alma mater	Open University
Website	wendymorton.co.uk

Wendy Morton (born 9 November 1967) is a British Conservative politician who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Aldridge-Brownhills since 2015.^[1][2] She served as Chief Whip of the House of Commons and Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury from September to October 2022.^[3]

Morton served as an Assistant Government Whip under Theresa May from 2018 to 2019. After Boris Johnson became Prime Minister in July 2019, Morton was appointed Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Justice. In the February 2020 reshuffle, she was appointed Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for European Neighbourhood and the Americas. In December 2021, she was appointed Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Transport; she was promoted to Minister of State in February 2022.^[4]

Following Johnson's resignation in July 2022, Morton supported Liz Truss’s candidacy in the subsequent Conservative leadership election. Morton was chosen by Truss to serve as Chief Whip of the Conservative Party following her appointment as Prime Minister. However, Morton did not retain the position after Rishi Sunak succeeded Truss as Prime Minister in October 2022.

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