Harriett Baldwin

Dame Harriett Baldwin
Official portrait, 2024
Shadow Minister for Development
Assumed office
19 July 2024
LeaderRishi Sunak
Preceded byLisa Nandy
Chair of the Treasury Select Committee
In office
9 November 2022 – 30 May 2024
Preceded byMel Stride
Angela Eagle (acting)
Succeeded byMeg Hillier
Minister of State for Africa and International Development
In office
9 January 2018 – 25 July 2019
Prime MinisterTheresa May
Preceded byRory Stewart
Succeeded byAndrew Stephenson
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Defence Procurement
In office
17 July 2016 – 9 January 2018
Prime MinisterTheresa May
Preceded byPhilip Dunne
Succeeded byGuto Bebb
Economic Secretary to the Treasury
In office
11 May 2015 – 16 July 2016
Prime MinisterDavid Cameron
Preceded byAndrea Leadsom
Succeeded bySimon Kirby
Lord Commissioner of the Treasury
In office
14 July 2014 – 8 May 2015
Prime MinisterDavid Cameron
Preceded bySam Gyimah
Succeeded byMel Stride
Member of Parliament
for West Worcestershire
Assumed office
6 May 2010
Preceded byMichael Spicer
Majority6,547 (12.0%)[1]
Personal details
Born
Harriett Mary Morison Eggleston

(1960-05-02) 2 May 1960 (age 64)
Watford, Hertfordshire, England
Political partyConservative
Spouse
James Baldwin
(m. 2004)
EducationFriends' School, Saffron Walden
Marlborough College
Alma materLady Margaret Hall, Oxford
McGill University
WebsiteOfficial website

Dame Harriett Mary Morison Baldwin DBE (née Eggleston; born 2 May 1960), is a British Conservative Party politician who has served as Member of Parliament (MP) for West Worcestershire since 2010 and Shadow Minister for Development since July 2024.[2] She was Minister of State for Africa and International Development between January 2018 and July 2019. In 2022, Baldwin was elected Chair of the Treasury Select Committee.

Prior to entering parliament, Dame Harriett worked for the investment bank JPMorgan Chase.

  1. ^ "Worcestershire West Parliamentary constituency". Retrieved 8 July 2024.
  2. ^ "Conservative Party announces interim Opposition Front Bench". policymogul.com. Retrieved 25 July 2024.