Felicity Buchan | |
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Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Housing and Homelessness | |
In office 30 October 2022 – 5 July 2024 | |
Prime Minister | Rishi Sunak |
Preceded by | Andrew Stephenson |
Succeeded by | Matthew Pennycook (Housing) Rushanara Ali (Homelessness) |
Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury | |
In office 8 September 2022 – 28 October 2022 | |
Prime Minister | Liz Truss |
Preceded by | Alan Mak |
Succeeded by | James Cartlidge |
Member of Parliament for Kensington | |
In office 12 December 2019 – 30 May 2024 | |
Preceded by | Emma Dent Coad |
Succeeded by | Constituency abolished |
Personal details | |
Born | 1970 (age 53–54) Fraserburgh, Aberdeenshire, Scotland |
Political party | Conservative |
Alma mater | Christ Church, Oxford |
Website | felicitybuchan |
Felicity Christiana Buchan (born 1970) is a British politician and former banker who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Kensington in London from 2019 until the seat's abolition in 2024. A member of the Conservative Party, she served as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Housing and Homelessness in the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities from October 2022 to July 2024. Prior to this, Buchan served as Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury from September to October 2022.
Prior to her political career, Buchan worked in investment banking for JPMorgan Chase and Bank of America. Buchan stood unsuccessfully in two separate constituencies in the 2015 and 2017 elections.[1][2] She was first elected to the House of Commons in the 2019 election, defeating incumbent Labour MP Emma Dent Coad.