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Oliver Dowden

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Sir Oliver Dowden

Official portrait, 2022
Deputy Leader of the Opposition
Assumed office
8 July 2024
LeaderRishi Sunak
Preceded byAngela Rayner
Shadow Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
Assumed office
8 July 2024
LeaderRishi Sunak
Preceded byPat McFadden
Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
In office
21 April 2023 – 5 July 2024
Prime MinisterRishi Sunak
Preceded byDominic Raab
Succeeded byAngela Rayner
Ministerial and party offices
2018‍–‍2024
Secretary of State in the Cabinet Office
In office
9 February 2023 – 5 July 2024
Prime MinisterRishi Sunak
Preceded byOffice established
Succeeded byOffice abolished
Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
In office
25 October 2022 – 5 July 2024
Prime MinisterRishi Sunak
Preceded byNadhim Zahawi
Succeeded byPat McFadden
Chairman of the Conservative Party
In office
15 September 2021 – 24 June 2022
Serving with Ben Elliot
LeaderBoris Johnson
Preceded byAmanda Milling
Succeeded byAndrew Stephenson
Minister without Portfolio
In office
15 September 2021 – 24 June 2022
Prime MinisterBoris Johnson
Preceded byAmanda Milling
Succeeded byAndrew Stephenson
Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
In office
13 February 2020 – 15 September 2021
Prime MinisterBoris Johnson
Preceded byThe Baroness Morgan of Cotes
Succeeded byNadine Dorries
Minister for the Cabinet Office
In office
24 July 2019 – 13 February 2020
Prime MinisterBoris Johnson
Preceded byDavid Lidington
Succeeded byMichael Gove
Paymaster General
In office
24 July 2019 – 13 February 2020
Prime MinisterBoris Johnson
Preceded byJesse Norman
Succeeded byPenny Mordaunt
Parliamentary Secretary for the Cabinet Office
In office
9 January 2018 – 24 July 2019
Prime MinisterTheresa May
Preceded byCaroline Nokes
Succeeded bySimon Hart
Member of Parliament
for Hertsmere
Assumed office
7 May 2015
Preceded byJames Clappison
Majority7,992 (16.7%)
Personal details
Born
Oliver James Dowden

(1978-08-01) 1 August 1978 (age 46)
Park Street, Hertfordshire, England
Political partyConservative
Spouse(s)
Blythe Dowden
(m. 2008)
Children2
EducationParmiter's School
Alma materTrinity Hall, Cambridge
WebsiteParliamentary website

Sir Oliver James Dowden (born 1 August 1978) is a British politician who was the Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 2023 to 2024. He was also the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Secretary of State in the Cabinet Office. He has been Member of Parliament (MP) for Hertsmere since 2015.

Dowden was Minister of State at the Cabinet Office and Paymaster General in the government of Boris Johnson from 24 July 2019 to 13 February 2020. He also served as Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport from 13 February 2020 to 15 September 2021. He was also the Co-chairman of the Conservative Party and Co-Minister without Portfolio, alongside Ben Elliot. He joined the Privy Council of the United Kingdom in 2019.

In April 2023 he was also named Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom after Dominic Raab resigned.