Dan Tomlinson
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Dan Tomlinson | |
|---|---|
 Official portrait, 2024 | |
| Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury | |
| Assumed office 1 September 2025 | |
| Prime Minister | Keir Starmer |
| Preceded by | James Murray |
| Member of Parliament for Chipping Barnet | |
| Assumed office 4 July 2024 | |
| Preceded by | Theresa Villiers |
| Majority | 2,914 (5.7%) |
| Tower Hamlets Councillor for Bromley North | |
| In office 3 May 2018 – 5 May 2022 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Daniel Mark Tomlinson July 1992 (age 33)[1][2] |
| Party | Labour |
| Education | Wood Green School |
| Alma mater | University of Oxford (BA) |
| Website | dantomlinson |
Daniel Mark Tomlinson (born July 1992) is a British Labour Party politician who has served as the Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury since 1 September 2025. He has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Chipping Barnet in north London since 2024.[3] He defeated the Conservative Party incumbent Theresa Villiers.[4]
Tomlinson was educated at Wood Green School, a state comprehensive school in the market town of Witney, in Oxfordshire, followed by the University of Oxford, where he studied Philosophy, politics and economics.[5] Tomlinson worked for HM Treasury between 2015 and 2016 and for the Resolution Foundation between 2016 and 2022, and became a senior economist for the foundation.[6] He also worked at the Joseph Rowntree Foundation.[7]
Political career
Tomlinson was a councillor in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets from 2018 until 2022.[8] He did not stand for reelection in 2022 and Labour subsequently lost control of the council to Aspire.[9]
Inside Housing listed Tomlinson as one of eight newly elected MPs who would be advocates for the cause of social housing in the new Labour government.[7]
On 1 September 2025, Tomlinson was appointed as Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury in a ministerial reshuffle.[10] He replaced James Murray, who was promoted to Chief Secretary to the Treasury.[11]
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