Edward Argar | |
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.jpg) Official portrait, 2022 | |
| Shadow Secretary of State for Health and Social Care | |
| Assumed office 5 November 2024 | |
| Leader | Kemi Badenoch |
| Preceded by | Victoria Atkins |
| Shadow Secretary of State for Justice Shadow Lord Chancellor | |
| In office 8 July 2024 – 4 November 2024 | |
| Leader | Rishi Sunak |
| Preceded by | Shabana Mahmood |
| Succeeded by | Robert Jenrick |
| Minister of State for Prisons, Parole and Probation | |
| In office 13 November 2023 – 5 July 2024 | |
| Prime Minister | Rishi Sunak |
| Preceded by | Damian Hinds |
| Succeeded by | The Lord Timpson |
| Minister of State for Victims and Sentencing | |
| In office 27 October 2022 – 13 November 2023 | |
| Prime Minister | Rishi Sunak |
| Preceded by | Rachel Maclean |
| Succeeded by | Laura Farris (Victims) Gareth Bacon (Sentencing) |
| Chief Secretary to the Treasury | |
| In office 14 October 2022 – 25 October 2022 | |
| Prime Minister | Liz Truss |
| Preceded by | Chris Philp |
| Succeeded by | John Glen |
| Minister for the Cabinet Office Paymaster General | |
| In office 6 September 2022 – 14 October 2022 | |
| Prime Minister | Liz Truss |
| Preceded by | Michael Ellis |
| Succeeded by | Chris Philp |
| Minister of State for Health | |
| In office 10 September 2019 – 6 July 2022 | |
| Prime Minister | Boris Johnson |
| Preceded by | Chris Skidmore |
| Succeeded by | Maria Caulfield |
| Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Justice | |
| In office 14 June 2018 – 10 September 2019 | |
| Prime Minister | |
| Preceded by | Phillip Lee |
| Succeeded by | Chris Philp |
| Member of Parliament for Melton and Syston Charnwood (2015–2024) | |
| Assumed office 7 May 2015 | |
| Preceded by | Stephen Dorrell |
| Majority | 5,396 (11.7%) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 9 December 1977 Ashford, Kent, England |
| Political party | Conservative |
| Alma mater | Oriel College, Oxford |
| Website | www |
Edward John Comport Argar (born 9 December 1977) is a British politician who was Shadow Secretary of State for Justice and Shadow Lord Chancellor from July to November 2024.[1] He most recently served as Minister of State for Prisons, Parole and Probation from November 2023 to July 2024 and as Chief Secretary to the Treasury in October 2022.
A member of the Conservative Party, he previously served as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Justice from 2018 to 2019, Minister of State for Health from 2019 to 2022, and as Paymaster General from September to October 2022. Argar was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Charnwood from the 2015 general election until the seat was abolished for the 2024 general election.
He subsequently stood for election in the newly formed Melton and Syston seat in which he was elected.[2]
- ^ "UK politics live: Lord Cameron resigns as Rishi Sunak announces interim shadow cabinet". BBC News. Retrieved 8 July 2024.
- ^ "Melton and Syston results". BBC News. 5 July 2024. Retrieved 5 July 2024.