Nicky Morgan

The Right Honourable The Baroness Morgan of Cotes PC
Official portrait, 2023
Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
In office 24 July 2019 – 13 February 2020
Prime Minister	Boris Johnson
Preceded by	Jeremy Wright
Succeeded by	Oliver Dowden
Secretary of State for Education
In office 15 July 2014 – 14 July 2016
Prime Minister	David Cameron
Preceded by	Michael Gove
Succeeded by	Justine Greening
Minister for Women and Equalities[a]
In office 9 April 2014 – 14 July 2016
Prime Minister	David Cameron
Preceded by	Maria Miller
Succeeded by	Justine Greening
Junior ministerial offices Financial Secretary to the Treasury In office 9 April 2014 – 15 July 2014 Prime Minister David Cameron Preceded by Sajid Javid Succeeded by David Gauke Economic Secretary to the Treasury In office 7 October 2013 – 9 April 2014 Prime Minister David Cameron Preceded by Sajid Javid Succeeded by Andrea Leadsom
Further offices held Chair of the Treasury Select Committee In office 12 July 2017 – 24 July 2019 Preceded by Andrew Tyrie Succeeded by John Mann (acting) Member of the House of Lords Lord Temporal Assumed office 13 January 2020 Life peerage Member of Parliament for Loughborough In office 6 May 2010 – 6 November 2019 Preceded by Andy Reed Succeeded by Jane Hunt
Personal details
Born	Nicola Ann Griffith (1972-10-10) 10 October 1972 (age 51) Kingston upon Thames, London, England
Political party	Conservative
Spouse	Jonathan Morgan
Children	1
Alma mater	St Hugh's College, Oxford
Website	Official website

Nicola Ann Morgan, Baroness Morgan of Cotes, PC (née Griffith; born 10 October 1972) is a British politician who served as Secretary of State for Education and Minister for Women and Equalities from 2014 to 2016 and Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport from 2019 to 2020. She was the first woman to chair the Treasury Select Committee. A member of the Conservative Party, she was Member of Parliament (MP) for Loughborough from 2010 to 2019.

Born in Kingston upon Thames, Morgan was raised in Surbiton. After graduating from St Hugh's College, Oxford, she worked as a solicitor and corporate lawyer. She was elected to the marginal seat of Loughborough at the 2010 general election. She served as Economic Secretary to the Treasury from October 2013 to April 2014 and as Financial Secretary to the Treasury from April to July 2014. Morgan first served in the Cabinet as Education Secretary and Minister for Women and Equalities from 2014 until new Prime Minister Theresa May removed her from these positions in 2016. In July 2017, she was elected chair of the Treasury Select Committee following the 2017 general election.

Morgan accepted the appointment by Boris Johnson of Culture Secretary in July 2019, even though she had stated in 2018 she would not serve in a Johnson government. In October 2019, Morgan announced she would stand down as an MP at the 2019 general election but retained her cabinet post as part of the second Johnson ministry after being elevated to the House of Lords as a life peer. She stood down from her ministerial position in Johnson's 2020 cabinet reshuffle.

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