Vicky Ford

The Right Honourable Vicky Ford
Official portrait, 2022
Minister of State for Development
In office 6 September 2022 – 25 October 2022
Prime Minister	Liz Truss
Preceded by	Office established[a]
Succeeded by	Andrew Mitchell
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean[b]
In office 16 September 2021 – 6 September 2022
Prime Minister	Boris Johnson
Preceded by	James Duddridge
Succeeded by	Gillian Keegan
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Children and Families
In office 14 February 2020 – 16 September 2021
Prime Minister	Boris Johnson
Preceded by	Kemi Badenoch
Succeeded by	Will Quince
Member of Parliament for Chelmsford
In office 8 June 2017 – 30 May 2024
Preceded by	Simon Burns
Succeeded by	Marie Goldman
Member of the European Parliament for East of England
In office 4 June 2009 – 12 June 2017
Preceded by	Christopher Beazley
Succeeded by	John Flack
Personal details
Born	Victoria Grace Pollock (1967-09-21) 21 September 1967 (age 56) Omagh, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland
Nationality	British
Political party	Conservative
Spouse	Hugo Ford ​ (m. 1996)​
Children	3
Alma mater	Trinity College, Cambridge
Website	www.vickyford.uk

Victoria Grace Ford (née Pollock, 21 September 1967) is a British politician who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Chelmsford from 2017 to 2024. A member of the Conservative Party, she briefly served as Minister of State for Development from 6 September to 25 October 2022.^[1]

Ford served as a Minister in the Department for Education from 2020 to 2021 before moving to the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, in the government led by Boris Johnson. In September 2022, she was promoted by new Prime Minister Liz Truss to Minister of State for Development. She returned to the backbenches on 25 October 2022, resigning shortly after Liz Truss resigned as prime minister. Ford lost her seat for Chelmsford to the Liberal Democrats in the 2024 General Election.

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