Robert Courts

Robert Courts KC
Official portrait, 2019
Solicitor General for England and Wales
In office 7 December 2023 – 5 July 2024
Prime Minister	Rishi Sunak
Preceded by	Michael Tomlinson
Succeeded by	Sarah Sackman
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
In office 20 October 2016 – 30 May 2024
Preceded by	David Cameron
Succeeded by	Charlie Maynard
Personal details
Born	(1978-10-21) 21 October 1978 (age 45)[1] Stockport, Greater Manchester, England[2]
Political party	Conservative
Spouse	Kathryn
Children	2
Residence(s)	Bladon, Oxfordshire, England
Alma mater	University of Sheffield
Website	robertcourts.co.uk

Robert Alexander Courts KC (born 21 October 1978) is a British Conservative politician and barrister who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Witney from 2016 to 2024. He served as Solicitor General for England and Wales from December 2023 to the dissolution of parliament in May 2024. 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, but was defeated in the 2024 general election.

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