UK Elections Info

Data Last Updated: 7 August 2025
Application Last Amended: 20 July 2024
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Priti Patel

Born: 29 March 1972, Harrow, Middlesex

Knighted - 9 June 2023

Member of Privy Council - 14 May 2015

daughter of Sushil Patel

wife of Alex Sawyer

Watford Grammar School for Girls

Keele University

Essex University

Exchequer Secretary	15 July 2014	11 May 2015	(Reshuffled)
Minister of State, Department for Work and Pensions	11 May 2015	14 July 2016	(Reshuffled)
Secretary of State for International Development	14 July 2016	8 November 2017	(Dismissed)
Secretary of State for the Home Department	24 July 2019	5 September 2022	(Resigned)

5 May 2005	Nottingham North	Conservative & Unionist Party	5,671	18.67
6 May 2010	Witham	Conservative & Unionist Party	24,448	52.20
7 May 2015	Witham	Conservative & Unionist Party	27,123	57.50
8 June 2017	Witham	Conservative & Unionist Party	31,670	64.32
12 December 2019	Witham	Conservative & Unionist Party	32,876	66.63
4 July 2024	Witham	Conservative & Unionist Party	18,827	37.21