Harriett Baldwin | |
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Chair of the Treasury Select Committee | |
Assumed office 9 November 2022 | |
Preceded by |
Mel Stride Angela Eagle (acting) |
Minister of State for Africa and International Development | |
In office 9 January 2018 – 25 July 2019 | |
Prime Minister | Theresa May |
Preceded by | Rory Stewart |
Succeeded by | Andrew Stephenson |
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Defence Procurement | |
In office 17 July 2016 – 9 January 2018 | |
Prime Minister | Theresa May |
Preceded by | Philip Dunne |
Succeeded by | Guto Bebb |
Economic Secretary to the Treasury | |
In office 11 May 2015 – 16 July 2016 | |
Prime Minister | David Cameron |
Preceded by | Andrea Leadsom |
Succeeded by | Simon Kirby |
Lord Commissioner of the Treasury | |
In office 14 July 2014 – 8 May 2015 | |
Prime Minister | David Cameron |
Preceded by | Sam Gyimah |
Succeeded by | Mel Stride |
Member of Parliament for West Worcestershire | |
Assumed office 6 May 2010 | |
Preceded by | Michael Spicer |
Majority | 24,499 (42.6%) [1] |
Personal details | |
Born | Harriett Mary Morison Eggleston 2 May 1960 Watford, Hertfordshire, England |
Political party | Conservative |
Spouse |
James Baldwin (
m. 2004) |
Education |
Friends' School, Saffron Walden Marlborough College |
Alma mater |
Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford McGill University |
Website | Official website |
Dame Harriett Mary Morison Baldwin DBE ( née Eggleston; born 2 May 1960) is a British Conservative Party politician serving as Member of Parliament (MP) for West Worcestershire since 2010. Baldwin was Minister of State for Africa and International Development between January 2018 and July 2019. In 2022, Baldwin was elected Chair of the Treasury Select Committee.
Prior to her parliamentary career, she worked for the investment bank JPMorgan Chase.
Harriett Eggleston was born on 2 May 1960 in Watford, Hertfordshire to Anthony Francis Eggleston and Jane Morison Buxton. [2] Her father was a former headmaster of Felsted School in Essex and the Campion School in Athens. [3] [4] Her childhood was spent in Cyprus and Felsted. [5] She was educated at two private schools, Friends' School, Saffron Walden, and Marlborough College in Wiltshire.
Baldwin studied French and Russian at Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford. [6] She also obtained an MBA from McGill University in Montreal, Canada. [7]
Baldwin joined the investment bank JPMorgan Chase in 1986, becoming managing director and head of currency management at their London office in 1998. She later became a pension fund manager at the bank before leaving in 2008. [6] [8] She served as vice-chair of Social Investment Business between 2008 and 2012. [9]
At the 2005 general election, Baldwin was the Conservative candidate in Stockton North, coming second with 20.8% of the vote behind the incumbent Labour MP Frank Cook. [10] [11]
Baldwin was elected at the 2010 general election as MP for West Worcestershire, winning with 50.4% of the vote and a majority of 6,754. [12] [13]
During the coalition government headed by Prime Minister David Cameron, she was a member of the Work and Pensions Select Committee until she was appointed Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Minister of State for Employment Mark Hoban at the Department of Work and Pensions in 2012. [6] Baldwin was also a member of the UK's delegation to the NATO Parliamentary Assembly. [14]
In February 2014, Baldwin became an assistant government whip and in the government reshuffle in July, she was promoted to the role of Government Whip, Lord Commissioner of HM Treasury. [8]
At the 2015 general election, Baldwin was re-elected as MP for West Worcestershire with an increased vote share of 56.1% and an increased majority of 22,578. [15] [16] [17] After the election, she was appointed Economic Secretary to the Treasury and City Minister. [18] Baldwin was also appointed as the Prime Minister's Trade Envoy to Russia. [8]
She supported the UK remaining within the EU in the 2016 membership referendum. [19]
In July 2016, Baldwin was appointed as the Parliamentary Under-Secretary and the Minister for Defence Procurement at the Ministry of Defence as part of the Government reshuffle by new Prime Minister Theresa May. [20] [21]
Baldwin was again re-elected at the snap 2017 general election, with an increased vote share of 61.5% and a decreased majority of 21,328. [22]
Baldwin was Minister of State for Africa and International Development between January 2018 and July 2019. [23] [24] She voted for then Prime Minister Theresa May's Brexit withdrawal agreement. [19] In the 2019 Conservative Party leadership election, Baldwin supported Jeremy Hunt. [19]
At the 2019 general election, Baldwin was again re-elected, with a decreased vote share of 60.7% and an increased majority of 24,499. [25]
Baldwin has been a member of the Treasury Select Committee since March 2020 and was elected its chair in 2022. [26] In this role, Baldwin opposed plans of the Sunak ministry to disestablish the Office of Tax Simplification. [27]
She is a steering committee member of the lockdown-sceptic COVID Recovery Group, a group of Conservative MPs who opposed the UK government's December 2020 lockdown. [28]
She supported Penny Mordaunt in the October 2022 Conservative Party leadership election. [29]
Harriett married James Stanley Baldwin in 2004; she has two stepdaughters and a son from a previous marriage. [2]
"Disbanding the office established to champion tax simplification risks signalling the government is not serious about the task at hand," said Harriett Baldwin, Conservative chair of the committee."
Harriett Baldwin | |
---|---|
Chair of the Treasury Select Committee | |
Assumed office 9 November 2022 | |
Preceded by |
Mel Stride Angela Eagle (acting) |
Minister of State for Africa and International Development | |
In office 9 January 2018 – 25 July 2019 | |
Prime Minister | Theresa May |
Preceded by | Rory Stewart |
Succeeded by | Andrew Stephenson |
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Defence Procurement | |
In office 17 July 2016 – 9 January 2018 | |
Prime Minister | Theresa May |
Preceded by | Philip Dunne |
Succeeded by | Guto Bebb |
Economic Secretary to the Treasury | |
In office 11 May 2015 – 16 July 2016 | |
Prime Minister | David Cameron |
Preceded by | Andrea Leadsom |
Succeeded by | Simon Kirby |
Lord Commissioner of the Treasury | |
In office 14 July 2014 – 8 May 2015 | |
Prime Minister | David Cameron |
Preceded by | Sam Gyimah |
Succeeded by | Mel Stride |
Member of Parliament for West Worcestershire | |
Assumed office 6 May 2010 | |
Preceded by | Michael Spicer |
Majority | 24,499 (42.6%) [1] |
Personal details | |
Born | Harriett Mary Morison Eggleston 2 May 1960 Watford, Hertfordshire, England |
Political party | Conservative |
Spouse |
James Baldwin (
m. 2004) |
Education |
Friends' School, Saffron Walden Marlborough College |
Alma mater |
Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford McGill University |
Website | Official website |
Dame Harriett Mary Morison Baldwin DBE ( née Eggleston; born 2 May 1960) is a British Conservative Party politician serving as Member of Parliament (MP) for West Worcestershire since 2010. Baldwin was Minister of State for Africa and International Development between January 2018 and July 2019. In 2022, Baldwin was elected Chair of the Treasury Select Committee.
Prior to her parliamentary career, she worked for the investment bank JPMorgan Chase.
Harriett Eggleston was born on 2 May 1960 in Watford, Hertfordshire to Anthony Francis Eggleston and Jane Morison Buxton. [2] Her father was a former headmaster of Felsted School in Essex and the Campion School in Athens. [3] [4] Her childhood was spent in Cyprus and Felsted. [5] She was educated at two private schools, Friends' School, Saffron Walden, and Marlborough College in Wiltshire.
Baldwin studied French and Russian at Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford. [6] She also obtained an MBA from McGill University in Montreal, Canada. [7]
Baldwin joined the investment bank JPMorgan Chase in 1986, becoming managing director and head of currency management at their London office in 1998. She later became a pension fund manager at the bank before leaving in 2008. [6] [8] She served as vice-chair of Social Investment Business between 2008 and 2012. [9]
At the 2005 general election, Baldwin was the Conservative candidate in Stockton North, coming second with 20.8% of the vote behind the incumbent Labour MP Frank Cook. [10] [11]
Baldwin was elected at the 2010 general election as MP for West Worcestershire, winning with 50.4% of the vote and a majority of 6,754. [12] [13]
During the coalition government headed by Prime Minister David Cameron, she was a member of the Work and Pensions Select Committee until she was appointed Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Minister of State for Employment Mark Hoban at the Department of Work and Pensions in 2012. [6] Baldwin was also a member of the UK's delegation to the NATO Parliamentary Assembly. [14]
In February 2014, Baldwin became an assistant government whip and in the government reshuffle in July, she was promoted to the role of Government Whip, Lord Commissioner of HM Treasury. [8]
At the 2015 general election, Baldwin was re-elected as MP for West Worcestershire with an increased vote share of 56.1% and an increased majority of 22,578. [15] [16] [17] After the election, she was appointed Economic Secretary to the Treasury and City Minister. [18] Baldwin was also appointed as the Prime Minister's Trade Envoy to Russia. [8]
She supported the UK remaining within the EU in the 2016 membership referendum. [19]
In July 2016, Baldwin was appointed as the Parliamentary Under-Secretary and the Minister for Defence Procurement at the Ministry of Defence as part of the Government reshuffle by new Prime Minister Theresa May. [20] [21]
Baldwin was again re-elected at the snap 2017 general election, with an increased vote share of 61.5% and a decreased majority of 21,328. [22]
Baldwin was Minister of State for Africa and International Development between January 2018 and July 2019. [23] [24] She voted for then Prime Minister Theresa May's Brexit withdrawal agreement. [19] In the 2019 Conservative Party leadership election, Baldwin supported Jeremy Hunt. [19]
At the 2019 general election, Baldwin was again re-elected, with a decreased vote share of 60.7% and an increased majority of 24,499. [25]
Baldwin has been a member of the Treasury Select Committee since March 2020 and was elected its chair in 2022. [26] In this role, Baldwin opposed plans of the Sunak ministry to disestablish the Office of Tax Simplification. [27]
She is a steering committee member of the lockdown-sceptic COVID Recovery Group, a group of Conservative MPs who opposed the UK government's December 2020 lockdown. [28]
She supported Penny Mordaunt in the October 2022 Conservative Party leadership election. [29]
Harriett married James Stanley Baldwin in 2004; she has two stepdaughters and a son from a previous marriage. [2]
"Disbanding the office established to champion tax simplification risks signalling the government is not serious about the task at hand," said Harriett Baldwin, Conservative chair of the committee."