Geoffrey Cox (British politician)

Sir Geoffrey Cox
Attorney General for England and Wales
Advocate General for Northern Ireland
In office
9 July 2018 – 13 February 2020
Prime MinisterTheresa May
Boris Johnson
Preceded byJeremy Wright
Succeeded bySuella Braverman
Member of Parliament
for Torridge and Tavistock
Torridge and West Devon (2005–2024)
Assumed office
5 May 2005
Preceded byJohn Burnett
Majority3,950 (7.8%)
Personal details
Born
Charles Geoffrey Cox

(1960-04-30) 30 April 1960 (age 64)
Wroughton, Wiltshire, England
Political partyConservative
Spouse
Jeanie MacDonald
(m. 1985)
Children3
Residence(s)West Devon, England
London, England
Alma materDowning College, Cambridge
Websitewww.geoffreycox.co.uk

Sir Charles Geoffrey Cox KC[1] (born 30 April 1960) is a British Conservative Party politician and barrister who has been the member of parliament (MP) for Torridge and Tavistock, previously Torridge and West Devon, since 2005. Cox worked as a barrister from 1982 onwards and was appointed a Queen's Counsel in 2003, two years before his election to Parliament. He served as Attorney General for England and Wales and Advocate General for Northern Ireland under Theresa May and Boris Johnson from 2018 to 2020.

In January 2023 it was reported that Cox had, since the 2019 general election, earnt more than £2 million in addition to his salary as an MP – the second-highest amount of any MP, with only former prime minister Theresa May having earnt more.

  1. ^ "No. 59418". The London Gazette. 13 May 2010. p. 8741.