Esther McVey
Esther Louise McVey (born 24 October 1967) is a British Conservative Party politician serving as Minister without Portfolio in the Cabinet Office since 2023. In July 2019, McVey became the Minister of State for Housing and Planning for the Boris Johnson ministry. She resigned in February 2020. She is the Member of Parliament (MP) for Tatton. She was Secretary of State for Work and Pensions from January 2018 to November 2018.
McVey first entered parliament as the MP for Wirral West in the House of Commons at the 2010 general election.
In the 2015 general election, she lost her seat and spent two years as the Chair of the British Transport Police before returning to parliament in 2017.
In May 2019, McVey announced her intention to run for the leadership of the Conservative Party when Theresa May resigns, claiming that she already had "enough support" to stand.[2] However, she was eliminated on the first ballot from the race on 13 June.
References
- ↑ Shipman, Tim (15 July 2018). "The odd couple clicked at last, but Tory plotters won't be pacified as easily as Donald Trump". The Sunday Times. https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/the-odd-couple-clicked-at-last-but-tory-plotters-won-t-be-pacified-as-easily-as-trump-3l26nkgcd. Retrieved 13 August 2018.
- ↑ McVey: I'll run for Tory leadership. 9 May 2019. https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-48212755. Retrieved 9 May 2019.