Damian Hinds

Hinds resigned from his government position as Secretary of State for Education on 24 July 2019 following the appointment of Boris Johnson as Prime Minister.

In January 2018, he was appointed Education Secretary, following Justine Greening, who resigned, rather than changing position.

Hinds served as Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury from 12 May 2015 until he was made Employment Minister at the Department for Work and Pensions by Prime Minister Theresa May on 17 July 2016. Following the 2018 cabinet reshuffle, he was appointed Education Secretary, succeeding Justine Greening.

At the 2010 General Election, Hinds was elected Member of Parliament for East Hampshire, getting 56.8% of the vote (an increase of 9.7%) and achieving a swing from the Liberal Democrats to the Conservative Party of 6.6%. The previous Conservative MP, Michael Mates, stepped down at the 2010 General Election.

Hinds sat on the Education Select Committee between 2010 and 2012. He was also a member of the Public Bill Committee for the Defence Reform Act 2014

He stood in Stretford and Urmston at the 2005 general election, coming second to incumbent MP Beverley Hughes, gaining 30.4% of the vote (an increase for the Conservative Party of 3.3%).

Hinds was Chairman of the Bow Group in 2001–02.

Damian Patrick George Hinds (born 27 November 1969) is a British Conservative Party politician who served as Secretary of State for Education from 2018 to 2019. He has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for East Hampshire since the 2010 general election.