The Lord Barwell | |
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 Official portrait, 2019 | |
| Downing Street Chief of Staff | |
| In office 10 June 2017 – 24 July 2019 | |
| Prime Minister | Theresa May |
| Preceded by | Fiona Hill Nick Timothy |
| Succeeded by | Edward Lister |
| Minister of State for Housing and Planning | |
| In office 17 July 2016 – 9 June 2017 | |
| Prime Minister | Theresa May |
| Preceded by | Brandon Lewis |
| Succeeded by | Alok Sharma |
| Minister for London | |
| In office 17 July 2016 – 9 June 2017 | |
| Prime Minister | Theresa May |
| Preceded by | Tessa Jowell (2010) |
| Succeeded by | Greg Hands |
| Comptroller of the Household | |
| In office 11 May 2015 – 17 July 2016 | |
| Prime Minister | David Cameron |
| Preceded by | Don Foster |
| Succeeded by | Mel Stride |
| Lord Commissioner of the Treasury | |
| In office 15 July 2014 – 11 May 2015 | |
| Prime Minister | David Cameron |
| Preceded by | Anne Milton |
| Succeeded by | George Hollingbery |
| Member of the House of Lords Lord Temporal | |
| Assumed office 7 October 2019 Life Peerage | |
| Member of Parliament for Croydon Central | |
| In office 6 May 2010 – 3 May 2017 | |
| Preceded by | Andrew Pelling |
| Succeeded by | Sarah Jones |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 23 January 1972 Cuckfield, England |
| Political party | Conservative |
| Spouse | Karen McKenzie |
| Children | 3 sons |
| Alma mater | Trinity College, Cambridge |
Gavin Laurence Barwell, Baron Barwell PC (born 23 January 1972) is a British politician and former Downing Street Chief of Staff to Prime Minister Theresa May. A member of the Conservative Party, he was Member of Parliament for Croydon Central from 2010 until 2017.
Barwell worked for the Conservative Party headquarters from 1993 until his election in 2010 and was – between 2003 and 2006 – the party's chief operating officer, sitting on the party board and working closely with the party leaders Michael Howard and David Cameron. He was a councillor in the London Borough of Croydon between 1998 and 2010.
He served as Minister of State for Housing and Planning in the First May ministry.
Barwell was sworn into the Privy Council on 14 June 2017, alongside fellow Conservative minister Mel Stride. Shortly after losing his Parliamentary seat, he was appointed Downing Street Chief of Staff by Theresa May, following the resignations of Fiona Hill and Nick Timothy on 10 June 2017. He was awarded a life peerage in 2019.