Back فيكتوريا برينتس Arabic فيكتوريا برينتس ARZ ভিক্টোরিয়া প্রেন্টিস Bengali/Bangla Victoria Prentis German Victoria Prentis Spanish Victoria Prentis Estonian Victoria Prentis French Victoria Prentis Irish ויקטוריה פרנטיס HE Victoria Prentis Hungarian
Victoria Prentis | |
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 Official portrait, 2020 | |
| Attorney General for England and Wales Advocate General for Northern Ireland | |
| In office 25 October 2022 – 5 July 2024 | |
| Prime Minister | Rishi Sunak |
| Preceded by | Michael Ellis |
| Succeeded by | The Lord Hermer |
| Minister of State for Work and Welfare | |
| In office 7 September 2022 – 25 October 2022 | |
| Prime Minister | Liz Truss |
| Preceded by | Julie Marson |
| Succeeded by | Guy Opperman |
| Minister of State for Farming, Fisheries and Food[a] | |
| In office 14 February 2020 – 7 September 2022 | |
| Prime Minister | Boris Johnson |
| Preceded by | George Eustice |
| Succeeded by | Mark Spencer |
| Member of Parliament for Banbury | |
| In office 7 May 2015 – 30 May 2024 | |
| Preceded by | Tony Baldry |
| Succeeded by | Sean Woodcock |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Victoria Boswell 24 March 1971 Banbury, Oxfordshire, England |
| Political party | Conservative |
| Spouse | Sebastian Prentis |
| Parent |
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| Alma mater | Royal Holloway, University of London Downing College, Cambridge |
| Website | Official website |
Victoria Mary Prentis, KC (née Boswell; born 24 March 1971) is a British politician and barrister. A member of the Conservative Party, Prentis served as the Member of Parliament for Banbury from 2015 until her defeat in 2024.[1]
Prentis was appointed Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Farming, Fisheries and Food in February 2020, and was promoted to become Minister of State for Farming, Fisheries and Food in September 2021, during the second cabinet reshuffle of the second Johnson ministry. She was appointed Minister of State for Work and Welfare by Prime Minister Liz Truss in September 2022.[2][3][4] After Liz Truss resigned and Rishi Sunak became Prime Minister, Prentis was appointed Attorney General for England and Wales, a position in which she served until her defeat in the 2024 general election.[5] She was appointed to the Privy Council on 27 October 2022.[6]
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- ^ "Banbury parliamentary constituency 2015". BBC News Online. Archived from the original on 10 May 2015. Retrieved 15 May 2015.
- ^ "Ministerial Appointments: September 2022". GOV.UK. Retrieved 7 September 2022.
- ^ "Minister of State - GOV.UK". www.gov.uk. Retrieved 29 September 2022.
- ^ "Minister of State (Minister for Work and Welfare) - GOV.UK". www.gov.uk. Retrieved 12 October 2022.
- ^ "Rishi Sunak reshuffle: Braverman named home secretary, Gove returns as levelling up secretary, Mordaunt not promoted – live". the Guardian. 25 October 2022. Retrieved 25 October 2022.
- ^ "Orders Approved and Business Transacted at the Privy Council held by the King at Buckingham Palace on 27th October 2022". www.privycouncil.independent.gov.uk. Retrieved on 26 December 2022.