Laura Farris

Laura Farris
Official portrait, 2019
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Victims and Safeguarding
In office
13 November 2023 – 5 July 2024
Prime MinisterRishi Sunak
Preceded byEdward Argar (Victims)
Sarah Dines (Safeguarding)
Succeeded byJess Phillips (Safeguarding)
Alex Davies-Jones (Victims)
Member of Parliament
for Newbury
In office
12 December 2019 – 30 May 2024
Preceded byRichard Benyon
Succeeded byLee Dillon
Personal details
Born
Laura Rose McNair-Wilson

(1978-06-13) 13 June 1978 (age 46)
Bucklebury, Berkshire, England
Political partyConservative
Spouse
Henry Farris
(m. 2011)
Children2
Alma materLady Margaret Hall, Oxford
Profession
  • Barrister
  • journalist
WebsiteOfficial website

Laura Rose Farris[1] (née McNair-Wilson; born 13 June 1978)[2] is a British Conservative politician who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Newbury from 2019 until 2024. Prior to her parliamentary career, she worked as a journalist and later as a barrister. She was Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Victims and Safeguarding from November 2023 until July 2024.[3]

  1. ^ "Members Sworn". parliament.uk. 18 December 2019. Archived from the original on 19 December 2019. Retrieved 28 January 2020.
  2. ^ Brunskill, Ian (19 March 2020). The Times guide to the House of Commons 2019 : the definitive record of Britain's historic 2019 General Election. HarperCollins Publishers Limited. p. 280. ISBN 978-0-00-839258-1. OCLC 1129682574.
  3. ^ "Ministerial appointments: November 2023". GOV.UK. 14 November 2023. Retrieved 14 November 2023.