Justin Tomlinson

Justin Tomlinson
Official portrait, 2020
Minister of State for Energy Security and Net Zero
Assumed office
12 April 2024
Prime MinisterRishi Sunak
Preceded byGraham Stuart
Deputy Chairman of the Conservative Party
In office
16 September 2021 – 9 July 2022
LeaderBoris Johnson
Preceded byLee Rowley
Succeeded byMatt Vickers
Minister of State for Disabled People, Work and Health[a]
In office
4 April 2019 – 16 September 2021
Prime Minister
Preceded bySarah Newton
Succeeded byChloe Smith
In office
8 May 2015 – 15 July 2016
Prime MinisterDavid Cameron
Preceded byMark Harper
Succeeded byPenny Mordaunt
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Family Support, Housing and Child Maintenance
In office
9 July 2018 – 4 April 2019
Prime MinisterTheresa May
Preceded byKit Malthouse
Succeeded byWill Quince
Member of Parliament
for North Swindon
Assumed office
6 May 2010
Preceded byMichael Wills
Majority16,171 (29.3%)
Personal details
Born (1976-11-05) 5 November 1976 (age 47)[1]
Blackburn, England
Political partyConservative
Spouses
Joanne Wheeler
(m. 2012; div. 2016)
Kate Bennett
(m. 2018)
Children2
Alma materOxford Brookes
Websitewww.justintomlinson.com

Justin Paul Tomlinson[2] (born 5 November 1976) is a British politician and former marketing executive who has served as Minister of State for Energy Security and Net Zero since 2024.[3] A member of the Conservative Party, he has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for North Swindon since 2010.

A former councillor on Swindon Borough Council, Tomlinson previously served as Parliamentary Private Secretary to Ed Vaizey.[4] He served in Prime Minister David Cameron's government as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Disabled People from 2015 to 2016.[4] He was a junior minister during the second May ministry at the Department for Work and Pensions, as Parliamentary Under-Secretary for Family Support, Housing and Child Maintenance from 2018 to 2019.[5][6] He later served as Minister of State for Disabled People, Work and Health from 2019 to 2021.


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  1. ^ "Justin Tomlinson MP". BBC Democracy Live. BBC. Retrieved 25 July 2010.
  2. ^ "No. 59418". The London Gazette. 13 May 2010. p. 8745.
  3. ^ "Justin Tomlinson MP". GOV.UK. Retrieved 12 April 2024.
  4. ^ a b "Justin Tomlinson MP". UK.GOV. Retrieved 3 August 2016.
  5. ^ "Jeremy Hunt named new Foreign Secretary after Boris Johnson quits". PoliticsHome.com. Retrieved 22 November 2018.
  6. ^ UK Prime Minister (9 July 2018). "UK Prime Minister on Twitter: "The Queen has been pleased to approve the appointment of @JustinTomlinson MP as a Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Department for Work and Pensions."". Twitter.com. Retrieved 22 November 2018.

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