Maggie Throup

Maggie Throup
OBE
Official portrait, 2019
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Vaccines and Public Health
In office
16 September 2021 – 6 September 2022
Prime MinisterBoris Johnson
Preceded byNadhim Zahawi (Vaccines)
Jo Churchill (Public Health)
Succeeded byNeil O'Brien
Lord Commissioner of the Treasury
In office
19 September 2019 – 16 September 2021
Prime MinisterBoris Johnson
Preceded byAlister Jack
Succeeded byAmanda Solloway
Member of Parliament
for Erewash
In office
7 May 2015 – 30 May 2024
Preceded byJessica Lee
Succeeded byAdam Thompson
Personal details
Born (1957-01-27) 27 January 1957 (age 67)
Shipley, West Riding of Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom
Political partyConservative
Alma materUniversity of Manchester
WebsiteOfficial website

Margaret Ann Throup[1] OBE (born 27 January 1957)[2] is a British Conservative Party politician who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Erewash in Derbyshire from the 2015 general election to the 2024 general election. Prior to entering politics, Throup worked as a biomedical scientist and business consultant.

Throup was appointed Lord Commissioner of the Treasury in the Chief Whip's office in September 2019, during the first Johnson ministry. On 16 September 2021, during the cabinet reshuffle, she was appointed Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Vaccines and Public Health.[3]

  1. ^ "No. 61230". The London Gazette. 18 May 2015. p. 9120.
  2. ^ Brunskill, Ian (19 March 2020). The Times guide to the House of Commons 2019 : the definitive record of Britain's historic 2019 General Election. HarperCollins Publishers Limited. p. 195. ISBN 978-0-00-839258-1. OCLC 1129682574.
  3. ^ "Ministerial appointments: September 2021". 16 September 2021.