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Priti Patel

Rt Hon Priti Patel MP

Conservative · Witham · CO5 9GN

Key facts

Party Conservative (Con)
ConstituencyWitham
First elected6 May 2010
ResultCon Hold
GenderF
Emailwithammp@parliament.uk
Phone020 7219 3528
Websitehttps://www.priti4witham.co.uk/

Election results

Results for Witham at the most recent general election.

Priti Patel
Conservative 18827 37.2%
Rumi Chowdhury
Labour 13682 27.0%
Timothy Blaxill
Reform UK 9870 19.5%
James Abbott
Green Party 3539 7.0%
Ashley Thompson
Liberal Democrat 3439 6.8%
Chelsey Jay
Independent 1246 2.5%

Government posts

PostFromTo
Home Secretary 24 July 2019 6 September 2022
Secretary of State for International Development 14 July 2016 8 November 2017
Minister of State (Department for Work and Pensions) (Cabinet) 8 May 2015 14 July 2016
Exchequer Secretary (HM Treasury) 15 July 2014 8 May 2015

Opposition posts

PostFromTo
Shadow Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs 4 November 2024 Present

Committees

CommitteeFromTo
Members' Expenses Committee 18 July 2011 30 March 2015
Public Administration Committee 5 December 2011 23 June 2014
Draft Deregulation Bill (Joint Committee) 10 July 2013 11 December 2013
Foreign Affairs Committee 20 February 2018 6 November 2019
Committees on Arms Export Controls 27 February 2018 6 November 2019
Commonwealth Parliamentary Association and International Committee of the Red Cross (Status) Bill [HL] 6 November 2024 13 November 2024

Constituencies represented

ConstituencyFromTo
Witham Present
Witham Present

Party affiliations

PartyFromTo
Conservative 6 May 2010 Present