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Sir John Whittingdale

Rt Hon Sir John Whittingdale MP

Conservative · Maldon · CM3 4HW

Key facts

Party Conservative (Con)
ConstituencyMaldon
First elected9 April 1992
ResultCon Hold
GenderM
Emailjohn.whittingdale.mp@parliament.uk
Phone020 7219 3557
Websitehttp://www.johnwhittingdale.org.uk

Election results

Results for Maldon at the most recent general election.

John Whittingdale
Conservative 19374 38.9%
Pamela Walford
Reform UK 12468 25.0%
Onike Gollo
Labour 9817 19.7%
Simon Burwood
Liberal Democrat 5882 11.8%
Isobel Doubleday
Green Party 2300 4.6%

Government posts

PostFromTo
Minister of State (Department for Science, Innovation and Technology) 9 May 2023 20 December 2023
Minister of State (Department for Culture, Media and Sport) 9 May 2023 20 December 2023
Minister of State (Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport) 13 February 2020 16 September 2021
Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport 8 May 2015 14 July 2016

Opposition posts

PostFromTo
Shadow Minister (Health and Social Care) 19 July 2024 6 November 2024
Shadow Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport 1 July 2004 5 May 2005
Shadow Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 1 November 2003 1 July 2004
Shadow Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport 23 July 2002 15 November 2003
Shadow Secretary of State (Trade and Industry) 18 September 2001 23 July 2002
Shadow Spokesperson (Treasury) 1 June 1998 1 June 1999
Opposition Whip (Commons) 1 June 1997 1 June 1998

Committees

CommitteeFromTo
Consolidation etc. Bills (Joint Committee) 27 April 1992 21 March 1997
Health and Social Care Committee 5 July 1993 21 March 1997
Trade & Industry 16 July 2001 29 October 2001
Liaison Committee (Commons) 11 July 2005 30 March 2015
Privacy and Injunctions (Joint Committee) 8 September 2011 12 March 2012
Privacy and Injunctions (Joint Committee) 14 July 2011 12 March 2012
Committee on the Future Relationship with the European Union 11 September 2017 6 November 2019
Committee on the Future Relationship with the European Union 31 October 2016 3 May 2017
Data Protection and Digital Information (No. 2) Bill 9 May 2023 23 May 2023
Media Bill 29 November 2023 12 December 2023
Zoological Society of London (Leases) Bill 21 February 2024 28 February 2024
Strategic Litigation Against Public Participation Bill 1 May 2024 8 May 2024
Foreign Affairs Committee 21 October 2024 Present

Constituencies represented

ConstituencyFromTo
Maldon Present
Maldon Present
Maldon and East Chelmsford Present
South Colchester and Maldon Present

Party affiliations

PartyFromTo
Conservative 9 April 1992 Present