Michael Ellis (British politician)

The Right Honourable Sir Michael Ellis KBE KC MP
Official portrait, 2020
Attorney General for England and Wales Advocate General for Northern Ireland
In office 6 September 2022 – 25 October 2022
Prime Minister	Liz Truss
Preceded by	Suella Braverman
Succeeded by	Victoria Prentis
In office 2 March 2021 – 10 September 2021[a]
Prime Minister	Boris Johnson
Preceded by	Suella Braverman
Succeeded by	Suella Braverman
Minister for the Cabinet Office
In office 8 February 2022 – 6 September 2022
Prime Minister	Boris Johnson
Preceded by	Steve Barclay
Succeeded by	Edward Argar
Paymaster General
In office 16 September 2021 – 6 September 2022
Prime Minister	Boris Johnson
Preceded by	Penny Mordaunt
Succeeded by	Edward Argar
Solicitor General for England and Wales
In office 10 September 2021 – 16 September 2021
Prime Minister	Boris Johnson
Preceded by	Lucy Frazer
Succeeded by	Alex Chalk
In office 26 July 2019 – 2 March 2021
Prime Minister	Boris Johnson
Preceded by	Lucy Frazer
Succeeded by	Lucy Frazer
Minister of State for Transport
In office 23 May 2019 – 24 July 2019
Prime Minister	Theresa May
Preceded by	Jesse Norman
Succeeded by	Chris Heaton-Harris
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Arts, Heritage and Tourism
In office 9 January 2018 – 23 May 2019
Prime Minister	Theresa May
Preceded by	John Glen
Succeeded by	Rebecca Pow
Deputy Leader of the House of Commons
In office 17 July 2016 – 9 January 2018
Prime Minister	Theresa May
Preceded by	Thérèse Coffey
Succeeded by	Chris Heaton-Harris
Member of Parliament for Northampton North
Incumbent
Assumed office 6 May 2010
Preceded by	Sally Keeble
Majority	5,507 (13.9%)
Personal details
Born	Michael Tyrone Ellis (1967-10-13) 13 October 1967 (age 56) Northampton, England
Political party	Conservative
Alma mater	University of Buckingham City Law School
Website	Official website

Sir Michael Tyrone Ellis KBE KC (born 13 October 1967) is a British politician and barrister who served as Attorney General for England and Wales between September and October 2022, having previously served in the position from March to September 2021 during the maternity leave of Suella Braverman. A member of the Conservative Party, he previously served as Paymaster General from 2021 to 2022 and as Minister for the Cabinet Office from February to September 2022. Ellis has also served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Northampton North since 2010.

Ellis served in the May Government as Deputy Leader of the House of Commons from 2016 to 2018, as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Arts, Heritage and Tourism from 2018 to 2019, and as Minister of State for Transport from May to July 2019. When Boris Johnson became Prime Minister in July 2019, he was appointed Solicitor General and, in September 2019, he was appointed to the Privy Council.^[1] He also served as Acting Attorney General from March to September 2021 after Suella Braverman was designated as a Minister on Leave. On 15 September 2021, Ellis was appointed Paymaster General in Johnson's second cabinet reshuffle.^[2] In February 2022, he was promoted by Johnson to Minister for the Cabinet Office, a position with the right to attend Cabinet. Ellis was appointed Attorney General by Liz Truss on 6 September 2022, but was dismissed from the position by her successor, Rishi Sunak, the following month.

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