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Sir Oliver Dowden

Rt Hon Sir Oliver Dowden MP

Conservative · Hertsmere · WD7 9EW

Key facts

Party Conservative (Con)
ConstituencyHertsmere
First elected7 May 2015
ResultCon Hold
GenderM
Emailoliver.dowden.mp@parliament.uk
Phone020 7219 3415
Websitehttp://www.oliverdowden.com/

Election results

Results for Hertsmere at the most recent general election.

Oliver Dowden
Conservative 21451 44.7%
Josh Tapper
Labour 13459 28.0%
Darren Selkus
Reform UK 6584 13.7%
Emma Matanle
Liberal Democrat 3710 7.7%
John Humphries
Green Party 2267 4.7%
Ray Bolster
Independent 536 1.1%

Government posts

PostFromTo
Deputy Prime Minister 21 April 2023 5 July 2024
Secretary of State in the Cabinet Office 9 February 2023 5 July 2024
Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster 25 October 2022 5 July 2024
Minister without Portfolio (Cabinet Office) 16 September 2021 24 June 2022
Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport 13 February 2020 15 September 2021
Paymaster General (HM Treasury) 24 July 2019 13 February 2020
Minister of State (Cabinet Office) 24 July 2019 13 February 2020
Parliamentary Secretary (Cabinet Office) 9 January 2018 24 July 2019

Opposition posts

PostFromTo
Shadow Deputy Prime Minister 8 July 2024 5 November 2024
Shadow Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster 8 July 2024 5 November 2024

Committees

CommitteeFromTo
Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee 6 July 2015 31 October 2016
Petitions Committee 20 July 2015 3 May 2017

Constituencies represented

ConstituencyFromTo
Hertsmere Present
Hertsmere Present

Party affiliations

PartyFromTo
Conservative 7 May 2015 Present