About your Member of Parliament

Your MP (Oliver Dowden) represents you, and all of the people who live in Hertsmere, at the UK Parliament in Westminster.

MPs split their time between Parliament and their constituency. In Parliament, they debate and vote on new laws, review existing laws, and question the Government. In the constituency, their focus is on supporting local people and championing local issues. They have a small staff team who help with casework, maintain their diaries, and monitor their inbox.

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Profile

Conservative MP for Hertsmere

Entered the House of Commons on 8 May 2015 — General election

• Personal website
• Wikipedia page

Social Media

• Facebook
• UK Parliament Profile

Expenses

• Expenses from 2010 onwards

Topics of interest

Oliver Dowden campaigned to remain in the European Union Source: BBC

• Ministry of Housing
• Communities and Local Government
• Department for Communities and Local Government
• Department of Health and Social Care
• Department for Levelling Up
• Housing and Communities
• Department for Transport
• Green Belt
• Railways: Elstree
• Planning: Reform
• Health Services: Hertfordshire
• Planning

Other offices held in the past

• Shadow Deputy Prime Minister ( 8 Jul 2024 to 5 Nov 2024)
• Shadow Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster ( 8 Jul 2024 to 5 Nov 2024)
• Deputy Prime Minister (21 Apr 2023 to 5 Jul 2024)
• Secretary of State in the Cabinet Office ( 9 Feb 2023 to 5 Jul 2024)
• Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster (25 Oct 2022 to 5 Jul 2024)
• Minister without Portfolio (16 Sep 2021 to 24 Jun 2022)
• Co-Chair, Conservative Party (15 Sep 2021 to 24 Jun 2022)
• The Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (13 Feb 2020 to 15 Sep 2021)
• Paymaster General (HM Treasury) (24 Jul 2019 to 13 Feb 2020)
• Minister of State (Cabinet Office) (24 Jul 2019 to 13 Feb 2020)
• The Parliamentary Secretary, Cabinet Office ( 9 Jan 2018 to 24 Jul 2019)
• Member, Petitions Committee (20 Jul 2015 to 3 May 2017)
• Member, Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee ( 6 Jul 2015 to 31 Oct 2016)

Previous MPs in this constituency

• James Clappison
• Cecil Parkinson

Public bill committees (Sittings attended)

• Energy BILL Committee (7 out of 14)

Recent appearances

• Written Answers — Department of Health and Social Care: Care Homes: Standards 2 Apr 2025

  To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department plans to take to (a) tackle, (b) prevent and (c) monitor poor quality care in council-commissioned care homes.

• Home Department: Shoplifting 31 Mar 2025

  Many of my constituents are exasperated by the fact that the police are unable to turn up when there is shoplifting or a burglary, yet they were able to send six officers to get themselves involved in a dispute with a local school and to warn off local elected representatives from getting involved. Sadly, that misallocation of resources and unwarranted police overreach is not an isolated...

• Health and Social Care: Community Hospitals 25 Mar 2025

  Following the Government’s regrettable decision not to fund Watford general hospital’s refurbishment in this Parliament, providing community care facilities in a town such as Borehamwood in my constituency—a significant town without its own dedicated facilities—is more important than ever. Will the Secretary of State undertake to use his offices to urge the ICB and others to get their...

More of Oliver Dowden’s recent appearances

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