David Johnston | |
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| Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Children, Families and Wellbeing | |
| In office 31 August 2023 – 5 July 2024 | |
| Prime Minister | Rishi Sunak |
| Preceded by | Claire Coutinho |
| Succeeded by | Janet Daby |
| Member of Parliament for Wantage | |
| In office 12 December 2019 – 30 May 2024 | |
| Preceded by | Ed Vaizey |
| Succeeded by | Constituency abolished |
| Personal details | |
| Born | David Mervyn Johnston 27 November 1981 Whitechapel, London, England |
| Political party | Conservative |
| Education | Balliol College, Oxford[1] |
| Website | www |
David Mervyn Johnston OBE (born 27 November 1981) is a British politician who served as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Children, Families and Wellbeing from August 2023 to the general election of July 2024.[2] A member of the Conservative Party, he was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Wantage from 2019 until 2024 when the seat was abolished.[3][4]
On 6 July 2022, he resigned from his position as Parliamentary Private Secretary at the Department for Education amid the Chris Pincher scandal which led to Boris Johnson’s resignation as Prime Minister.
- ^ "Class of 2019: Meet the new MPs". Politics Home. 25 February 2020.
- ^ "Ministerial Appointments: 31 August 2023". GOV.UK. Retrieved 31 August 2023.
- ^ "Johnston, David Mervyn, (born 27 Nov. 1981), MP (C) Wantage, since 2019". WHO'S WHO & WHO WAS WHO. 2020. doi:10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.u294103. ISBN 978-0-19-954088-4. Retrieved 5 May 2021.
- ^ "Wantage parliamentary constituency - Election 2019". BBC News. Retrieved 13 December 2019.