Jo Johnson

The Right Honourable
The Lord Johnson of Marylebone
PC
The Right Honourable The Lord Johnson of Marylebone PC
	Official portrait, 2024
Minister of State for Universities, Science, Research and Innovation
	In office; 24 July 2019 – 5 September 2019
Prime Minister	Boris Johnson
Preceded by	Chris Skidmore
Succeeded by	Chris Skidmore
	In office; 11 May 2015 – 9 January 2018
Prime Minister	David Cameron; Theresa May
Preceded by	Greg Clark
Succeeded by	Sam Gyimah
Minister for London
	In office; 9 January 2018 – 9 November 2018
Prime Minister	Theresa May
Preceded by	Greg Hands
Succeeded by	Nick Hurd
Minister of State for Transport
	In office; 9 January 2018 – 9 November 2018
Prime Minister	Theresa May
Preceded by	John Hayes
Succeeded by	Jesse Norman
Minister of State at the Cabinet Office
	In office; 15 July 2014 – 11 May 2015
Prime Minister	David Cameron
Preceded by	Greg Clark
Succeeded by	Chris Skidmore
Director of the Number 10 Policy Unit
	In office; 25 April 2013 – 21 May 2015
Prime Minister	David Cameron
Preceded by	Nick Pearce
Succeeded by	Camilla Cavendish
Preceded by
Parliamentary offices
Member of the House of Lords
	Lord Temporal
	Life Peerage ; 29 October 2020
Member of Parliament; for Orpington
	In office; 6 May 2010 – 6 November 2019
Preceded by	John Horam
Succeeded by	Gareth Bacon
Personal details
Born	Joseph Edmund Johnson; 23 December 1971 (age 52); London, England
Political party	Conservative
Spouse	Amelia Gentleman (m. 2005)
Children	2
Parents	Stanley Johnson (father); Charlotte Fawcett (mother);
Relatives	Boris Johnson (brother); Rachel Johnson (sister); Julia Johnson (half-sister); Carrie Symonds (sister-in-law); David Gentleman (father-in-law); James Fawcett (grandfather); Edmund Fawcett (uncle); Ali Kemal (great grandfather); Elias Avery Lowe (great grandfather); Helen Tracy Lowe-Porter (great grandmother); Pfeffel family (ancestors);
Education	Balliol College, Oxford (BA); Université libre de Bruxelles; INSEAD (MBA)
Website	Official website

Joseph Edmund Johnson, Baron Johnson of Marylebone, PC (born 23 December 1971) is a British politician and peer who was Minister of State for Universities, Science, Research and Innovation from 2015 to 2018, and from July to September 2019. A member of the Conservative Party, he was Member of Parliament (MP) for Orpington from 2010 to 2019. He currently sits in the House of Lords. His older brother, Boris Johnson, was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom between 2019 and 2022.

Johnson was appointed Director of the Number 10 Policy Unit in 2013 by Prime Minister David Cameron. He became Minister of State for the Cabinet Office in 2014 and Universities Minister in 2015. Following the January 2018 cabinet reshuffle, Johnson served as Minister of State for Transport and Minister for London; he resigned in November the same year, citing the failure of the Brexit negotiations to achieve what had been promised by the Vote Leave campaign and his wish to campaign for a referendum on the Brexit withdrawal agreement. In July 2019, he became part of his brother's Cabinet, again as Minister of State for Universities. Johnson and his brother became the third set of brothers to have served simultaneously in Cabinet – following Edward and Oliver Stanley in 1938, and David and Ed Miliband in 2007 – with Johnson being the first to serve as the brother of an incumbent prime minister.

In September 2019, he resigned from the Cabinet and announced that he would stand down as an MP at the next United Kingdom general election.^[1] In July 2020, he was elevated to the House of Lords in the 2019 Dissolution Honours. He is Chairman of the House of Lords Select Committee on Education for 11-16 year olds.^[2] ^[3]

Since leaving Government, Johnson has focused on the role of technology in widening access to education. He was appointed non-executive chairman at Tes in December 2019. He is also now chairman of Access Creative College,^[4] the largest independent provider of further education and training for the creative industries, and of FutureLearn, the global digital learning platform.^[5] He is also a senior fellow at the Harvard Kennedy School,^[6] and President's Professorial Fellow at King's College London.^[7] He has since returned to his work as a journalist at outlets including the Financial Times.^[8]

Johnson resigned^[9] his directorship after 8 months service, at Elara Capital PLC on the 1 February 2023.^[10]^[11]^[12] His resignation statement, (by email) acknowledged recognition that his former role "requires greater domain expertise in specialised areas of financial regulation than I anticipated and, accordingly, I have resigned from the board."^[11]

^ Elgot, Jessica; Walker, Peter (5 September 2019). "Jo Johnson quits as MP and minister, citing 'national interest'". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Archived from the original on 8 September 2019. Retrieved 10 September 2019.
^ https://committees.parliament.uk/committee/647/education-for-1116-year-olds-committee/membership/ ^{[bare URL]}
^ "Inquiry launched into secondary curriculum and assessment".
^ "Jo Johnson and Steve Stanley appointed at Access Creative College". 10 September 2020.
^ "FutureLearn partners with Global University Systems to enhance career opportunities for millions of learners. Jo Johnson appointed chairman of the board". December 2022.
^ "Former Senior Fellows".
^ "Jo Johnson". 13 September 2023.
^ Johnson, Jo (26 January 2020). "Narendra Modi's culture war storms India's elite universities". Financial Times.
^ "ELARA CAPITAL PLC people - Find and update company information - GOV.UK". find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk. Retrieved 7 March 2023.
^ Barrett, Jonathan; reporter, Jonathan Barrett Senior business (2 February 2023). "Adani Group abandons share offer as crisis triggered by fraud claims escalates". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 7 March 2023. {{cite news}}: |first2= has generic name (help)
^ ^a ^b Neate, Rupert (2 February 2023). "Jo Johnson resigns as director of firm linked to Adani allegations". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 7 March 2023.
^ "Jo Johnson quits as director of UK firm with Adani ties". Financial Times. 2 February 2023. Retrieved 7 March 2023.

[1] Elgot, Jessica; Walker, Peter (5 September 2019). "Jo Johnson quits as MP and minister, citing 'national interest'". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Archived from the original on 8 September 2019. Retrieved 10 September 2019.

[2] ttps://committees.parliament.uk/committee/647/education-for-1116-year-olds-committee/membership/ ^{[bare URL]}

[3] "Inquiry launched into secondary curriculum and assessment".

[4] "Jo Johnson and Steve Stanley appointed at Access Creative College". 10 September 2020.

[5] "FutureLearn partners with Global University Systems to enhance career opportunities for millions of learners. Jo Johnson appointed chairman of the board". December 2022.

[6] "Former Senior Fellows".

[7] "Jo Johnson". 13 September 2023.

[8] Johnson, Jo (26 January 2020). "Narendra Modi's culture war storms India's elite universities". Financial Times.

[9] "ELARA CAPITAL PLC people - Find and update company information - GOV.UK". find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk. Retrieved 7 March 2023.

[10] Barrett, Jonathan; reporter, Jonathan Barrett Senior business (2 February 2023). "Adani Group abandons share offer as crisis triggered by fraud claims escalates". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 7 March 2023. {{cite news}}: |first2= has generic name (help)

[:0-11] Neate, Rupert (2 February 2023). "Jo Johnson resigns as director of firm linked to Adani allegations". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 7 March 2023.

[12] "Jo Johnson quits as director of UK firm with Adani ties". Financial Times. 2 February 2023. Retrieved 7 March 2023.

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