Jo Churchill
Johanna Peta Churchill[1] (born 18 March) is a British Conservative Party politician who has served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Bury St. Edmunds since the 2015 general election. She has served as Minister of State in the Department for Work and Pensions since November 2023.[2] She previously served as Vice-Chamberlain of the Household from 2022 to 2023.[3] In that role, she took part in the 2023 Coronation,[4] and the 2023 State Opening of Parliament.[5]
Jo Churchill | |
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Official portrait, 2020 | |
| Minister of State for Employment | |
| Assumed office 13 November 2023 | |
| Prime Minister | Rishi Sunak |
| Preceded by | Guy Opperman |
| Vice-Chamberlain of the Household | |
| In office 8 September 2022 – 13 November 2023 | |
| Prime Minister | Liz Truss Rishi Sunak |
| Preceded by | Michael Tomlinson |
| Succeeded by | Stuart Anderson |
| Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Agri-Innovation and Climate Adaptation | |
| In office 16 September 2021 – 6 July 2022 | |
| Prime Minister | Boris Johnson |
| Preceded by | Victoria Prentis |
| Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Prevention, Public Health and Primary Care | |
| In office 26 July 2019 – 16 September 2021 | |
| Prime Minister | Boris Johnson |
| Preceded by | Seema Kennedy |
| Succeeded by | Maria Caulfield |
| Member of Parliament for Bury St Edmunds | |
| Assumed office 7 May 2015 | |
| Preceded by | David Ruffley |
| Majority | 24,988 (40.3%) |
| Personal details | |
| Political party | Conservative |
| Website | Official website |
Early life edit
Johanna Churchill was privately educated at Dame Alice Harpur School.[6]
Career edit
Churchill was the finance director of a scaffolding company and served on Lincolnshire County Council.[7]
Churchill is the member of parliament (MP) for the constituency of Bury St Edmunds in Suffolk, which encompasses Bury St Edmunds and Stowmarket, having first taken her seat at the 2015 general election.[8] She has previously sat on the Women and Equalities Committee and the Environmental Audit Select Committee.[9]
Churchill was opposed to Brexit prior to the 2016 referendum.[10] She has since stated that the EU referendum result must be respected and therefore supported Theresa May in triggering Article 50 (the formal process of leaving the EU).
She entered government when she was made an assistant government whip during the reshuffle on 9 January 2018, having previously served as PPS to Jeremy Hunt, Secretary of State for the Department of Health.[11]
In July 2019, Churchill was appointed Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Prevention, Public Health and Primary Care at the Department for Health and Social Care in the first Johnson ministry.
In September 2021, Churchill was appointed Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Agri-Innovation and Climate Adaptation at the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs during the second cabinet reshuffle of the second Johnson ministry.[12] She resigned from this position in 2022 in protest at Boris Johnson's conduct in the Chris Pincher scandal.[13]
References edit
- ^ "No. 61230". The London Gazette. 18 May 2015. p. 9125.
- ^ "Ministerial appointments: November 2023". GOV.UK. Retrieved 13 November 2023.
- ^ "Ministerial Appointments: September 2022". GOV.UK. Retrieved 9 September 2022.
- ^ "Coronation order of service in full". BBC News. Retrieved 6 May 2023.
- ^ Edgington, Tom; Clarke, Jennifer (7 November 2023). "King's Speech: What is it and why is it important?". BBC News. BBC. Retrieved 7 November 2023.
- ^ "Churchill, Johanna Peta". Who's Who. A & C Black. doi:10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.U283969. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
- ^ "Director selected as Tory candidate for Bury St Edmunds". BBC News. 4 November 2014. from the original on 18 May 2019. Retrieved 10 January 2020.
- ^ "Bury St Edmunds". BBC News. 8 May 2015. from the original on 8 May 2015. Retrieved 8 May 2015.
- ^ "Environmental Audit Committee". UK Parliament. from the original on 16 October 2015. Retrieved 10 October 2015.
- ^ Goodenough, Tom (16 February 2016). "Which Tory MPs back Brexit, who doesn't and who is still on the fence?". The Spectator. from the original on 2 May 2019. Retrieved 11 October 2016.
- ^ Walker, Peter (9 January 2018). "Theresa May's junior ministerial reshuffle: who's in and who's out". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. from the original on 16 January 2018. Retrieved 9 January 2018.
- ^ "Ministerial appointments: September 2021". 16 September 2021.
- ^ Geater, Paul (6 July 2022). "Jo Churchill quits as minister over Boris Johnson's leadership". East Anglian Daily Times. Retrieved 6 July 2022.
External links edit
- Profile at Parliament of the United Kingdom
- Contributions in Parliament at Hansard
- Voting record at Public Whip
- Record in Parliament at TheyWorkForYou
- Appearances on C-SPAN