Maria Miller

Dame Maria Miller
Official portrait, 2020
Chair of the Women and Equalities Select Committee
In office
18 June 2015 – 29 January 2020
Preceded byOffice established
Succeeded byCaroline Nokes
Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport
In office
4 September 2012 – 9 April 2014
Prime MinisterDavid Cameron
Preceded byJeremy Hunt
Succeeded bySajid Javid
Minister for Women and Equalities
In office
4 September 2012 – 9 April 2014
Prime MinisterDavid Cameron
Preceded byTheresa May
Succeeded byNicky Morgan
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Disabled People
In office
12 May 2010 – 4 September 2012
Prime MinisterDavid Cameron
Preceded byJonathan Shaw
Succeeded byEsther McVey
Member of Parliament
for Basingstoke
In office
5 May 2005 – 30 May 2024
Preceded byAndrew Hunter
Succeeded byLuke Murphy
Personal details
Born
Maria Frances Lewis

(1964-03-26) 26 March 1964 (age 60)
Wolverhampton, England
Political partyConservative
Spouse
Iain Miller
(m. 1990)
Children3
Alma materLondon School of Economics
Websitemariamiller.co.uk

Dame Maria Frances Miller[1] DBE (née Lewis; born 26 March 1964) is a British politician who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Basingstoke from 2005 until the 2024 general election. A member of the Conservative Party, she served as Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport from 2012 to 2014 under Prime Minister David Cameron.[2]

In opposition Miller served as the Shadow Minister for Education from 2005 to 2006, Shadow Minister for Family Welfare from 2006 to 2007 and Shadow Minister for Families from 2007 to 2010.[3]

She served as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Minister for Disabled People) from 2010 to 2012 and later served in the Cabinet as Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport and Minister for Women and Equalities from 2012 to 2014.[4] She resigned from the Cabinet in April 2014 after reports she had over-claimed expenses.[5]

In June 2015 Miller was elected as Chair of the newly established Women and Equalities Select Committee. She was nominated for the position by MPs across the House in 2017 and was reelected unopposed. In 2019, Miller announced she would step down from the role.[6]

  1. ^ 'MILLER, Rt Hon. Maria (Frances Lewis)', Who's Who 2013, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 2013; online edn, Oxford University Press, December 2012; online edn, November 2012 accessed 13 December 2012
  2. ^ "WESC".
  3. ^ "gov.uk".
  4. ^ Maria Miller MP to head Culture, Media and Sport department in UK Government Archived 29 October 2013 at the Wayback Machine, Basingstoke Gazette, 4 September 2012. Retrieved 13 December 2012.
  5. ^ "Maria Miller quits as culture secretary after expenses row". BBC News. 9 April 2014. Archived from the original on 27 November 2018. Retrieved 20 June 2018.
  6. ^ "W&ESC".