Mike Penning

Mike Penning
Official portrait, 2019
Minister of State for the Armed Forces
In office
15 July 2016 – 12 June 2017
Prime MinisterTheresa May
Preceded byPenny Mordaunt
Succeeded byMark Lancaster
Minister of State for Justice
In office
15 July 2014 – 15 July 2016
Prime MinisterDavid Cameron
Preceded byJeremy Wright
Succeeded byOliver Heald
Minister of State for Policing
In office
15 July 2014 – 15 July 2016
Prime MinisterDavid Cameron
Preceded byDamian Green
Succeeded byBrandon Lewis
Minister of State for Disabled People
In office
7 October 2013 – 15 July 2014
Prime MinisterDavid Cameron
Preceded byEsther McVey
Succeeded byMark Harper
Minister of State for Northern Ireland
In office
4 September 2012 – 7 October 2013
Prime MinisterDavid Cameron
Preceded byHugo Swire
Succeeded byAndrew Robathan
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Transport
In office
12 May 2010 – 4 September 2012
Prime MinisterDavid Cameron
Preceded byChris Mole
Succeeded byStephen Hammond
Member of Parliament
for Hemel Hempstead
In office
5 May 2005 – 30 May 2024
Preceded byTony McWalter
Succeeded byDavid Taylor
Personal details
Born (1957-09-28) 28 September 1957 (age 67)
Finchley, Middlesex, England
Political partyConservative
SpouseAngela Smith
Children2 daughters
Residence(s)Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, England
Military service
Allegiance United Kingdom
Branch/serviceGrenadier Guards
Years of service1974–1980
RankGuardsman
CommandsKenya
Germany
Northern Ireland

Sir Michael Alan Penning (born 28 September 1957) is a British Conservative Party politician, who served as the member of parliament (MP) for Hemel Hempstead from 2005 to 2024.

Penning was the minister of state for the Armed Forces from 2016 to 2017, having previously served as the minister of state for justice and minister of state for policing from 2014 to 2016, the minister for disabled people from 2013 to 2014, the minister of state for Northern Ireland from 2012 to 2013, and the minister of state for transport from 2010 to 2012.[1] Following his ministerial career he remained a backbencher until standing down in 2024.

  1. ^ "Michael Moore axed as Scottish secretary in coalition reshuffle". BBC News. Retrieved 23 October 2013.