Alex Burghart

Alex Burghart MP
Official portrait, 2017
Shadow Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
Incumbent
Assumed office 5 November 2024
Leader	Kemi Badenoch
Preceded by	Oliver Dowden
Shadow Secretary of State for Northern Ireland
Incumbent
Assumed office 8 July 2024
Leader	Rishi Sunak Kemi Badenoch
Preceded by	Hilary Benn
Parliamentary Secretary for the Cabinet Office
In office 27 October 2022 – 5 July 2024
Prime Minister	Rishi Sunak
Preceded by	Brendan Clarke-Smith
Succeeded by	Georgia Gould
Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Prime Minister
In office 26 July 2019 – 16 September 2021 Serving with James Heappey (2019) & Trudy Harrison (2019–2021)
Prime Minister	Boris Johnson
Preceded by	Andrew Bowie
Succeeded by	Andrew Griffith Sarah Dines
Member of Parliament for Brentwood and Ongar
Incumbent
Assumed office 8 June 2017
Preceded by	Sir Eric Pickles
Majority	5,980 (12.4%)
Personal details
Born	(1977-09-07) 7 September 1977 (age 47) Wimborne Minster, Dorset, England
Political party	Conservative
Spouse	Hermione Eyre ​ (m. 2012)​
Children	2
Alma mater	Christ Church, Oxford (MA) King's College London (PhD)
Profession	Teacher
Website	www.alexburghart.org.uk

Michael Alex Burghart^[1] (born 7 September 1977)^[2] is a British Conservative Party politician, academic and former teacher who has served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Brentwood and Ongar since 2017.

He has served as Shadow Secretary of State for Northern Ireland since 8 July 2024,^[3] and is currently also Shadow Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster (since 5 November 2024).