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Alex Burghart
Alex Burghart in 2023
Parliamentary Secretary for the Cabinet Office
Assumed office
27 October 2022
Prime MinisterRishi Sunak
Preceded byBrendan Clarke-Smith
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Pensions and Growth
In office
20 September 2022 – 27 October 2022
Prime MinisterLiz Truss
Preceded byGuy Opperman
Succeeded byLaura Trott
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Apprenticeships and Skills
In office
17 September 2021 – 6 July 2022
Prime MinisterBoris Johnson
Preceded byGillian Keegan
Succeeded byAndrea Jenkyns
Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Prime Minister
In office
26 July 2019 – 16 September 2021
Serving with James Heappey (2019) & Trudy Harrison (2019 - 2021)
Prime MinisterBoris Johnson
Preceded byAndrew Bowie
Succeeded byAndrew Griffith
Sarah Dines
Member of Parliament
for Brentwood and Ongar
Assumed office
8 June 2017
Preceded bySir Eric Pickles
Majority29,065 (54.9%)
Personal details
Born1977 (age 46–47)
Wimborne Minster, Dorset, England
Political partyConservative
Spouse
(m. 2012)
Children2
Alma materChrist Church, Oxford (MA)
King's College London (PhD)
ProfessionTeacher
Websitewww.alexburghart.org.uk

Michael Alex Burghart[1] (born 1977)[2] is a British politician, academic and former teacher who has served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Brentwood and Ongar since 2017. A member of the Conservative Party, he was formerly a special adviser to Theresa May. He has been serving as Parliamentary Secretary for the Cabinet Office since October 2022.[3]

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Early life

Burghart was born in Wimborne Minster, Dorset in 1977, the son of two state school teachers.[2][4] He attended the independent Millfield School in Somerset, having gained a scholarship to the school. Burghart read History at Christ Church, Oxford. He completed his PhD at King's College London in 2007 entitled "The Mercian polity, 716–918".[5]

Career

Academia

After university, Burghart taught history at Warwick School before becoming a history tutor at King's College London.[6] In 2005 he was the lead researcher for the King's College London project on interrogating Anglo-Saxon charters using digital technologies.[7]

Policy adviser

Burghart became a political and policy adviser to Tim Loughton, who was the then Shadow Minister for Children and Young People in 2008. He moved on to the Department for Education, where he worked on the Munro Review of Child Protection[8]

In 2012 Burghart became Director of Policy at the Centre for Social Justice.[9] In February 2016 he was appointed Director of Strategy and Advocacy for the Children's Commissioner for England, Anne Longfield.[10] Later that year he became part of Prime Minister Theresa May's policy team.[11]

Parliamentary

Burghart stood against Jeremy Corbyn in Islington North in 2015. He told the Islington Gazette that, if elected, the first thing he would do would be to "[d]ance a jig (and try to resuscitate Jeremy Corbyn)."[12] Although he was not elected, Burghart came second, increasing the Conservative share of the vote from 14.2% to 17.2%.[13]

He was selected for the Brentwood and Ongar safe seat on 28 April 2017 following the decision by Sir Eric Pickles to stand down at the 2017 general election.[14] At the election, Burghart was elected as MP for Brentwood and Ongar, winning 65.8% of the vote and a majority of 24,002.[15]

Burghart has been a member of the Joint Committee on Human Rights and the Work and Pensions Select Committee. He chairs the APPG on Adverse Childhood Experiences and was made PPS to the prime minister Boris Johnson in July 2019. He was previously Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Attorney General, Geoffrey Cox, and to the Northern Ireland Secretary of State, Karen Bradley.

In July 2019, at the formation of the first Johnson ministry, Burghart was appointed Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Prime Minister Boris Johnson.

At the 2019 general election, Burghart was re-elected as the MP for Brentwood and Ongar with an increased vote share of 68.6% and an increased majority of 29,065.[16]

On 17 September 2021, Burghart was appointed Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Apprenticeships and Skills at the Department for Education during the second cabinet reshuffle of the second Johnson ministry.[17]

On 6 July 2022, Burghart resigned from government, citing Boris Johnson's handling of the Chris Pincher scandal in a joint statement with fellow Ministers Kemi Badenoch, Neil O'Brien, Lee Rowley and Julia Lopez.[18]

On 21 September 2022, Burghart was appointed Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Pensions and Growth at the Department for Work and Pensions. He was appointed Parliamentary Secretary for the Cabinet Office on 27 October 2022, with responsibilities including the Grenfell Tower Inquiry, the Covid-19 Inquiry, the Government Digital Service and the Central Digital and Data Office.[19]

On 25 February 2023, Burghart was reselected by the Brentwood and Ongar Conservative Association to represent the seat at the next general election.[20]

Writing

Burghart is the author of A Better Start in Life: Long-term approaches for the most vulnerable children, published by Policy Exchange in 2013.[21] He has written extensively about early medieval England, writing for The Times Literary Supplement for over 12 years, The Spectator and BBC History.[22]

Personal life

Burghart has sat on the Board of the Yarlington Housing Group[23] and was Vice Chair of Governors at Queensmill School for children with autism.[24] In 2012, he married the journalist and novelist Hermione Eyre.[25] They have one daughter, Sybilla, born in 2013.[26]

References

  1. ^ "No. 61961". The London Gazette. 19 June 2017. p. 11781.
  2. ^ a b Carr, Tim; Dale, Iain; Waller, Robert (7 September 2017). The Politicos Guide to the New House of Commons 2017. Biteback Publishing. p. 169. ISBN 978-1-78590-278-9.
  3. ^ "Ministerial Appointments commencing: 25 October 2022". GOV.UK. Retrieved 28 October 2022.
  4. ^ "Alex Burghart". Brentwood & Ongar. Archived from the original on 26 October 2017. Retrieved 18 May 2017.
  5. ^ "EThOS". British Library. Retrieved 25 October 2017.
  6. ^ "Michael Burghart – Research Portal, King's College, London". kclpure.kcl.ac.uk.
  7. ^ "AsChart: Anglo-Saxon Charters". Completed projects A-Z. King's College London. Retrieved 9 June 2017.
  8. ^ "Munro review reports – GOV.UK". www.gov.uk.
  9. ^ "Alex Burghart, Director of Policy, Centre for Social Justice". socialintegrationcommission.org.uk. Archived from the original on 30 March 2018. Retrieved 18 May 2017.
  10. ^ "Children's Commissioner appoints Alex Burghart as new strategy chief". 1 February 2016. Archived from the original on 28 April 2017. Retrieved 18 May 2017.
  11. ^ "Who is Who in Theresa May's Downing Street". The Debate. 30 September 2016. Archived from the original on 12 October 2017. Retrieved 18 May 2017.
  12. ^ Dean, Jon. "Alex Burghart".
  13. ^ "Islington Council: 2015 General Election results for Islington". www.islington.gov.uk.[permanent dead link]
  14. ^ "Alex Burghart wins the Brentwood and Ongar selection contest". Conservative Home. 28 April 2017.
  15. ^ "Karen Chilvers announced as snap General Election candidate". 20 April 2017. Retrieved 28 April 2017.
  16. ^ "Your Council - Electoral Services - 2019 UK Parliamentary El..." Archived from the original on 24 December 2019.
  17. ^ "Ministerial appointments: September 2021". 16 September 2021.
  18. ^ Brown, Faye (6 July 2022). "Boris Johnson's government crumbles after six more ministers quit in one go". Metro. Retrieved 6 July 2022.
  19. ^ "Alex Burghart MP". Gov.uk. 28 October 2022. Retrieved 29 June 2023.
  20. ^ "Alex Burghart MP Re-Adopted as Conservative Candidate". Brentwood & Ongar Conservatives. Retrieved 30 November 2023.
  21. ^ Alex Burghart (September 2016). Matthew Oakley (ed.). "A better start in life" (PDF). Policy Exchange. Retrieved 2 December 2022.
  22. ^ "August issue out now". Archived from the original on 18 March 2017. Retrieved 18 May 2017.
  23. ^ "New members join Yarlington Housing Group Board". 16 December 2015.
  24. ^ "Welcome to Queensmill School". www.queensmillschool.info. Archived from the original on 21 September 2017. Retrieved 18 May 2017.
  25. ^ "Golden Touch". Brides Magazine. 4 February 2012. Retrieved 16 June 2015.
  26. ^ "Who will marry Prince George?". Tatler. 31 October 2013. Archived from the original on 30 March 2014. Retrieved 16 June 2015.

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for Brentwood and Ongar

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