Felicity Buchan

Felicity Buchan
Official portrait, 2019
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Housing and Homelessness
In office
30 October 2022 – 5 July 2024
Prime MinisterRishi Sunak
Preceded byAndrew Stephenson
Succeeded byMatthew Pennycook (Housing)
Rushanara Ali (Homelessness)
Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury
In office
8 September 2022 – 28 October 2022
Prime MinisterLiz Truss
Preceded byAlan Mak
Succeeded byJames Cartlidge
Member of Parliament
for Kensington
In office
12 December 2019 – 30 May 2024
Preceded byEmma Dent Coad
Succeeded byConstituency abolished
Personal details
Born1970 (age 53–54)
Fraserburgh, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Political partyConservative
Alma materChrist Church, Oxford
Websitefelicitybuchan.com

Felicity Christiana Buchan (born 1970) is a British politician and former banker who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Kensington in London from 2019 until the seat's abolition in 2024. A member of the Conservative Party, she served as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Housing and Homelessness in the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities from October 2022 to July 2024. Prior to this, Buchan served as Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury from September to October 2022.

Prior to her political career, Buchan worked in investment banking for JPMorgan Chase and Bank of America. Buchan stood unsuccessfully in two separate constituencies in the 2015 and 2017 elections.[1][2] She was first elected to the House of Commons in the 2019 election, defeating incumbent Labour MP Emma Dent Coad.

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