The Lord Gascoigne | |
|---|---|
 Official portrait, 2023 | |
| Lord-in-Waiting Government Whip | |
| In office 14 November 2023 – 5 July 2024 | |
| Prime Minister | Rishi Sunak |
| Member of the House of Lords Lord Temporal | |
| Assumed office 11 July 2023 Life peerage | |
| Political Secretary to the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom | |
| In office 2019–2020 | |
| Prime Minister | Boris Johnson |
| Preceded by | Danny Kruger |
| Succeeded by | Declan Lyons |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Benjamin Alexander Gascoigne 5 March 1983 |
| Nationality | British |
| Political party | Conservative |
| Education | Nelson and Colne College |
| Alma mater | University of Hull |
| Occupation | Special adviser |
Benjamin Alexander Gascoigne, Baron Gascoigne (born 5 March 1983)[1][2] is a British political adviser and life peer. He served as Political Secretary to the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 2019 to 2020 and the deputy chief of staff to Prime Minister Boris Johnson from 2021 to 2022.[3] Gascoigne had also been his private secretary when Johnson was Mayor of London, and also served as an adviser when Johnson was Foreign Secretary.[4]
He was given a life peerage in the 2022 Prime Minister's Resignation Honours.[5]
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