Heather Wheeler

Heather Wheeler
OBE
Official portrait, 2020
Parliamentary Secretary for the Cabinet Office
In office
8 February 2022 – 7 September 2022
Prime MinisterBoris Johnson
Preceded byJulia Lopez
Succeeded byBrendan Clarke-Smith[1]
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Asia and the Pacific
In office
26 July 2019 – 13 February 2020
Prime MinisterBoris Johnson
Preceded byMark Field
Succeeded byNigel Adams
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Housing and Homelessness
In office
9 January 2018 – 26 July 2019
Prime MinisterTheresa May
Preceded byMarcus Jones
Succeeded byLuke Hall
Lord Commissioner of the Treasury
In office
15 June 2017 – 9 January 2018
Prime MinisterTheresa May
Preceded byGuy Opperman
Succeeded byRebecca Harris
Member of Parliament
for South Derbyshire
In office
6 May 2010 – 30 May 2024
Preceded byMark Todd
Succeeded bySamantha Niblett
Personal details
Born (1959-05-14) 14 May 1959 (age 65)[2]
Norwich, Norfolk, England[3]
Political partyConservative
SpouseRobert Wheeler (d. 2018)
Children1
Websiteheatherwheeler.org.uk

Heather Kay Wheeler[4] OBE (née Wilkinson; born 14 May 1959) is a British Conservative Party politician, who was first elected at the 2010 general election as the member of Parliament (MP) for South Derbyshire, taking the seat from the Labour Party after 13 years.[5] In the 2024 general election she lost the seat to the Labour party candidate, Samantha Niblett, on a swing of over 22% [6]

  1. ^ "Parliamentary Secretary - GOV.UK". www.gov.uk. Retrieved 9 September 2022.
  2. ^ "Heather Wheeler MP". BBC Democracy Live. BBC. Archived from the original on 2 February 2011. Retrieved 25 July 2010.
  3. ^ "Who's Who 2015: WHEELER, Heather". ukwhoswho.com. Who's Who (UK).
  4. ^ "No. 59418". The London Gazette. 13 May 2010. pp. 8740–8740.
  5. ^ "Election 2010: South Derbyshire". thisisderbyshire.co.uk. Archived from the original on 13 May 2010. Retrieved 7 May 2010.
  6. ^ "Derbyshire South | General Election 2024". Sky News. Retrieved 5 July 2024.