The Lord Mott | |
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Lord-in-Waiting Government Whip | |
In office 2 June 2023 –14 November 2023 | |
Prime Minister | Rishi Sunak |
Preceded by | The Baroness Bloomfield of Hinton Waldrist |
Member of the House of Lords Lord Temporal | |
Assumed office 19 June 2023 Life peerage | |
Personal details | |
Born | Darren James Mott 15 January 1973 |
Political party | Conservative |
Darren James Mott,Baron Mott, OBE (born 15 January 1973), [1] is a British Conservative politician and member of the House of Lords. [2] In November 2022,he stood down as chief executive of the Conservative Party, [3] after having worked for the party for more than 30 years. [4]
Mott was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2017 New Year Honours for political service. [5]
In the 2023 Special Honours,Mott was made a life peer and appointed as a lord-in-waiting and whip for the Sunak ministry in the House of Lords,alongside former MEP Kay Swinburne,on 2 June. [6] He was created Baron Mott,of Chatteris in the County of Cambridgeshire ,on 19 June 2023, [7] and was introduced to the House of Lords on 22 June. [8]
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