Tom Pursglove

Tom Pursglove
Official portrait, 2020
Minister of State for Legal Migration and the Border[a]
In office
7 December 2023 – 5 July 2024
Prime MinisterRishi Sunak
Preceded byRobert Jenrick[b]
Succeeded bySeema Malhotra[c]
In office
7 September 2022 – 25 October 2022
Prime MinisterLiz Truss
Preceded byKevin Foster
Succeeded byRobert Jenrick
Minister of State for Disabled People, Health and Work
In office
28 October 2022 – 7 December 2023
Prime MinisterRishi Sunak
Preceded byClaire Coutinho
Succeeded byMims Davies
Minister of State for Crime and Policing[d]
In office
7 July 2022 – 7 September 2022
Prime MinisterBoris Johnson
Preceded byKit Malthouse
Succeeded byJeremy Quin
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Justice and Tackling Illegal Migration[e]
In office
17 September 2021 – 7 July 2022
Prime MinisterBoris Johnson
Preceded byChris Philp
Succeeded bySimon Baynes
Vice Chairman of the Conservative Party for Youth
In office
27 July 2018 – 15 January 2019
ChairmanBrandon Lewis
Preceded byBen Bradley
Succeeded byNigel Huddleston
Member of Parliament
for Corby
In office
7 May 2015 – 30 May 2024
Preceded byAndy Sawford
Succeeded byLee Barron
Personal details
Born (1988-11-05) 5 November 1988 (age 36)
Kettering, England
Political partyConservative
EducationSir Christopher Hatton School
Alma materQueen Mary University of London

Thomas Christopher John Pursglove (born 5 November 1988)[1] is a British Conservative Party politician who served as Minister of State for Legal Migration and the Border from December 2023 to July 2024. A member of the Conservative Party, he was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Corby from May 2015 until 2024 when he was defeated.[2]

Pursglove has previously served as Minister of State for Disabled People, Health and Work, Minister of State for Immigration, and Minister of State for Crime and Policing.[3][4][5] Aged 26 at the time of his election, he was the youngest Conservative MP of the 2015–17 Parliament.


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  1. ^ "Tom Pursglove, Conservative Party candidate to be MP for Corby – YourNextMP.com". Archived from the original on 24 March 2015. Retrieved 9 September 2016.
  2. ^ "Corby parliamentary constituency - Election 2015 - BBC News". bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 9 September 2016.
  3. ^ "Ministerial Appointments commencing: 25 October 2022". GOV.UK. Retrieved 28 October 2022.
  4. ^ "Ministerial Appointments: September 2022". GOV.UK. Retrieved 8 September 2022.
  5. ^ "Minister of State (Minister for Migration) - GOV.UK". www.gov.uk. Retrieved 27 September 2022.