Neil O'Brien

Neil O'Brien
Official portrait, 2024
Shadow Minister for Education
Assumed office
4 November 2024
LeaderKemi Badenoch
Preceded byGagan Mohindra
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Primary Care and Public Health
In office
8 September 2022 – 13 November 2023
Prime MinisterLiz Truss
Rishi Sunak
Preceded byJames Morris (Primary Care)
Maggie Throup (Public Health)
Succeeded byAndrea Leadsom
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Levelling Up, The Union and Constitution
In office
17 September 2021 – 6 July 2022
Prime MinisterBoris Johnson
Preceded byOffice established
Succeeded byLia Nici
Member of Parliament
for Harborough, Oadby and Wigston
Harborough (2017–2024)
Assumed office
8 June 2017
Preceded bySir Edward Garnier
Majority2,378 (4.7%)
Personal details
Born
Neil John O'Brien

(1978-11-06) 6 November 1978 (age 46)[1]
Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, England
Political partyConservative
Residence(s)Harborough, Leicestershire, England
Alma materChrist Church, Oxford (BA)
Websitewww.neilobrien.org.uk

Neil John O'Brien[2] OBE (born 6 November 1978) is a British Conservative Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Harborough, Oadby and Wigston, previously Harborough, since 2017. He was the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Primary Care and Public Health from September 2022 to November 2023.[3][4] He was previously a special adviser to Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne from 2012 to 2016 and Theresa May during her tenure as Prime Minister.

  1. ^ "Members' Names Data Platform query". UK Parliament. Retrieved 24 April 2019.
  2. ^ "No. 61961". The London Gazette. 19 June 2017. p. 11783.
  3. ^ "Ministerial Appointments: September 2022". GOV.UK. Retrieved 9 September 2022.
  4. ^ "Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Minister for Primary Care and Public Health) - GOV.UK". www.gov.uk. Retrieved 3 November 2022.