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Gareth Alan Johnson (born 12 October 1969) is a British politician and former lawyer who served as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Courts from September to October 2022.
A member of the
Conservative Party, he previously served as a
Lord Commissioner of the Treasury
In the United Kingdom there are at least six Lords Commissioners of His Majesty's Treasury, serving as a commission for the ancient office of Treasurer of the Exchequer. The board consists of the First Lord of the Treasury, the Second Lord of the ...
from February to September 2022 and
Assistant Government Whip from 2018 to 2019 and 2021 to 2022.
Johnson was first elected at the
2010 general election as the
Member of Parliament
A member of parliament (MP) is the representative in parliament of the people who live in their electoral district. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, this term refers only to members of the lower house since upper house members o ...
(MP) for
Dartford, winning the seat from
Labour. He has been supportive of
Leave Means Leave
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, a
Eurosceptic pressure group.
Early life and career
Johnson was born in
Bromley
Bromley is a large town in Greater London, England, within the London Borough of Bromley. It is south-east of Charing Cross, and had an estimated population of 87,889 as of 2011.
Originally part of Kent, Bromley became a market town, c ...
on 12 October 1969, the son of a milkman. He attended
Dartford Grammar School. Before entering politics, Johnson worked in the Magistrates Court Service and as a solicitor in Dartford. He served for a time on the Board of Governors of
Dartford Grammar School for Girls.
Political career
In local elections Johnson stood unsuccessfully as the Conservative candidate in the Danson ward of the
London Borough of Bexley
The London Borough of Bexley () is a London borough in south-east London, forming part of Outer London. It has a population of 248,287. The main settlements are Sidcup, Erith, Bexleyheath, Crayford, Welling and Old Bexley. The London Boro ...
in 1994, before being elected in the Christchurch ward in 1998. He served one term of four years and did not stand for re-election in 2002. He served as Constituency chairman for the Conservative Party in Bexley.
In the
2001 general election Johnson unsuccessfully stood in the
Labour-held seat of
Lewisham West in London; the Conservative Party suffered a swing of 0.6% against it. He was unsuccessful again when he stood in
Dartford at the
2005 general election, but this time achieved a swing in his favour of 0.5%. However, standing again in Dartford at the
2010 general election, Johnson was elected as Member of Parliament (MP), winning the seat from Labour with a 10,628 majority.
In the 2014 reshuffle he became
PPS to
David Gauke
David Michael Gauke (; born 8 October 1971) is a British political commentator, solicitor and former politician who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for South West Hertfordshire from 2005 to 2019. He served in the Cabinet under Theresa May, ...
, newly promoted Financial Secretary to the Treasury.
In the 2015 general election, Johnson retained his seat and increased his majority to 12,345. Following the election, he was made PPS to
Matt Hancock
Matthew John David Hancock (born 2 October 1978) is a British politician who served as Minister for the Cabinet Office and Paymaster General from 2015 to 2016, Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport from January to July 201 ...
,
Paymaster General
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History
The post was created in 1836 by the merger of the posi ...
of the
Cabinet Office.
Johnson is listed as being the chair of the
All Party Parliamentary Group
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Description and functions
All-part ...
on the
Dominican Republic
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in December 2015. He previously served as the vice-chairman of both the Retail APPG and the British Sikhs
APPG
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Description and functions
All-party ...
. Johnson has also previously been a member of both the Child and Youth Crime APPG and the
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APPG.
In January 2016, Johnson led a Westminster Hall debate on congestion at the
Dartford Crossing
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.
Johnson has previously served on the
Justice Select Committee
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, the Human Rights (Joint Committee) and the
Science and Technology Select Committee
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The original Science and Technology Committee was abolished upon the creation of the Innovation, Universities, Sci ...
.
Since the 27 June 2017, he has served as Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union.
He was re-elected at the
2017 general election, with an increased majority of 13,186.
He was appointed Assistant Government
Whip in November 2018, resigning on 14 January 2019 in disagreement with Prime Minister
Theresa May
Theresa Mary May, Lady May (; née Brasier; born 1 October 1956) is a British politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and Leader of the Conservative Party from 2016 to 2019. She previously served in David Cameron's cabi ...
's policy for
Britain leaving the European Union
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.
Johnson was re-elected at the
2019 General Election, with an increased majority of 19,160.
Following this, he served as Parliamentary Private Secretary to the
First Secretary of State
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and
Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab
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.
He was appointed Assistant Government Whip in the
September 2021 cabinet reshuffle. On 9 February 2022, he was appointed
Lord Commissioner of the Treasury
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, succeeding
Craig Whittaker
Craig Whittaker (born 30 August 1962) is a British politician who served as Government Deputy Chief Whip and Treasurer of the Household from September to October 2022. A member of the Conservative Party, he previously served as a Lord Commissi ...
.
He endorsed
Liz Truss
Mary Elizabeth Truss (born 26 July 1975) is a British politician who briefly served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and Leader of the Conservative Party from September to October 2022. On her fiftieth day in office, she stepped down ...
in the
July–September 2022 Conservative Party leadership election
The July–September 2022 Conservative Party leadership election was triggered by Boris Johnson's announcement on 7 July 2022 that he would resign as Leader of the Conservative Party after a series of political controversies. The leadership ele ...
.
On 20 September 2022, he was appointed
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Justice
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N ...
in the
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Lists of current ministries of justice
Named "Ministry"
* Ministry of Justice (Abkhazia)
* Ministry of Justice (Afghanistan)
* Ministry of Just ...
by Prime Minister
Liz Truss
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.
He endorsed
Boris Johnson
Alexander Boris de Pfeffel Johnson (; born 19 June 1964) is a British politician, writer and journalist who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and Leader of the Conservative Party from 2019 to 2022. He previously served as F ...
in the
October 2022 Conservative Party Leadership Election
The October 2022 Conservative Party leadership election was triggered by Liz Truss's announcement that she would resign as Leader of the Conservative Party and Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, amid an economic and political crisis. Rishi ...
, but he did not end up standing.
On 27 October, he was dismissed by Prime Minister
Rishi Sunak.
Personal life
Johnson lives in the village of
Hartley with his wife Wendy and their two children.
Johnson employs his wife as a part-time Parliamentary Assistant on a salary up to £25,000. He was listed in a 2015 article in ''
The Daily Telegraph
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It was f ...
'' criticising the practice of MPs employing family members, on the lines that it promotes
nepotism. Although MPs who were first elected in
2017
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have been banned from employing family members, the restriction is not retrospective – meaning that Johnson's employment of his wife is lawful.
Notes
References
External links
Gareth Johnson MP Official constituency website
Gareth Johnson MP Conservative Party profile
Gareth Johnson on FacebookFacebook page
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1969 births
Alumni of The University of Law
Living people
People from Bromley
Conservative Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies
UK MPs 2010–2015
UK MPs 2015–2017
UK MPs 2017–2019
UK MPs 2019–present