Darren Mott, Baron Mott
British politician (born 1973)
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Darren James Mott, Baron Mott, OBE (born 15 January 1973)[2] is a British Conservative politician and member of the House of Lords.[3] In November 2022, he stood down as chief executive of the Conservative Party,[4] after having worked for the party for more than 30 years.[5]
15 January 1973
The Lord Mott | |
|---|---|
Official portrait, 2025 | |
| 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 | |
| Life peerage 19 June 2023 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Darren James Mott 15 January 1973 |
| Party | Conservative |
| Spouse | Olivia Leechman (m. 2024)[1] |
Mott was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2017 New Year Honours for political service.[6]
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.[7] He was created Baron Mott, of Chatteris in the County of Cambridgeshire, on 19 June 2023,[8] and was introduced to the House of Lords on 22 June.[9]
In October 2024, Mott was given a paid trip to Azerbaijan by an Azerbaijani group with connections to the authoritarian regime in the country. Mott was pictured laying a wreath at the grave of Azerbaijan's dictator Heydar Aliyev.[10][11]
