Anneliese Dodds

Anneliese Dodds
Official portrait, 2020
Minister of State for Development
Assumed office
8 July 2024
Prime MinisterKeir Starmer
Preceded byAndrew Mitchell
Minister of State for Women and Equalities
Assumed office
8 July 2024
Prime MinisterKeir Starmer
Preceded byStuart Andrew (Equalities)
Maria Caulfield (Women)
Chair of the Labour Party
In office
9 May 2021 – 6 July 2024
LeaderKeir Starmer
Preceded byAngela Rayner
Succeeded byEllie Reeves
Shadow Secretary of State for Women and Equalities
In office
21 September 2021 – 5 July 2024
LeaderKeir Starmer
Preceded byMarsha de Cordova
Succeeded byMims Davies
Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer
In office
5 April 2020 – 9 May 2021
LeaderKeir Starmer
Preceded byJohn McDonnell
Succeeded byRachel Reeves
Shadow Financial Secretary to the Treasury
In office
3 July 2017 – 5 April 2020
LeaderJeremy Corbyn
Preceded byPeter Dowd
Succeeded byDan Carden
Member of Parliament
for Oxford East
Assumed office
8 June 2017
Preceded byAndrew Smith
Majority14,465 (36.8%)
Member of the European Parliament
for South East England
In office
1 July 2014 – 8 June 2017
Preceded byPeter Skinner
Succeeded byJohn Howarth
Personal details
Born (1978-03-16) 16 March 1978 (age 46)
Aberdeen, Scotland
Political partyLabour and Co-operative
Residence(s)Rose Hill, Oxfordshire, England
EducationSt. Hilda's College, Oxford (BA)
University of Edinburgh (MA)
London School of Economics (PhD)
WebsiteOfficial website

Anneliese Jane Dodds (born 16 March 1978) is a British Labour and Co-operative politician and public policy analyst serving as Minister of State for Development and Minister of State for Women and Equalities since July 2024.[1][2] She previously served as Chair of the Labour Party from 2021 to 2024. She was Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer from April 2020 to May 2021, the first woman to hold the position, and Shadow Secretary of State for Women and Equalities from 2021 to 2024. She has been Member of Parliament (MP) for Oxford East since 2017 and was a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for South East England from 2014 to 2017.

Born in Aberdeen and privately educated at Robert Gordon's College, Dodds read Philosophy, Politics and Economics as an undergraduate at St Hilda's College, Oxford and subsequently took a master's degree in Social Policy at the University of Edinburgh and a PhD in government at the London School of Economics. She lectured in Public Policy at King's College London and Aston University. After joining the Labour Party, she unsuccessfully contested Billericay at the 2005 general election and Reading East at the 2010 general election.

Dodds was elected to the European Parliament at the 2014 European Parliament election. She resigned her South East England seat when she was elected to the House of Commons at the 2017 general election. She served in the Shadow Treasury Team of Shadow Chancellor John McDonnell as Shadow Financial Secretary to the Treasury from 2017 to 2020. In this role, she supported calls for a confirmatory referendum on Britain's withdrawal from the European Union. In April 2020, she was appointed Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer by new Labour leader Keir Starmer. She was demoted from the role in a reshuffle after the 2021 local elections, and appointed Chair of the Party and Policy Review. She gained the additional Shadow Women and Equalities Secretary brief in September 2021, following Marsha de Cordova's resignation.

  1. ^ "Ministerial Appointments: July 2024". GOV.UK. Retrieved 8 July 2024.
  2. ^ "Minister of State for Development - GOV.UK". www.gov.uk. Retrieved 26 July 2024.