Gagan Mohindra
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Gagan Mohindra | |
|---|---|
 Official portrait, 2024 | |
| Opposition Deputy Chief Whip in the House of Commons | |
| Assumed office 6 November 2024 | |
| Leader | Kemi Badenoch |
| Preceded by | Mark Tami |
| Shadow Minister for Education | |
| In office 19 July 2024 – 4 November 2024 | |
| Leader | Rishi Sunak |
| Preceded by | Catherine McKinnell |
| Succeeded by | Neil O'Brien |
| Assistant Government Whip | |
| In office 18 September 2023 – 5 July 2024 | |
| Prime Minister | Rishi Sunak |
| Essex County Councillor for Chigwell and Loughton Broadway | |
| In office 4 May 2017 – 13 April 2021 | |
| Preceded by | John Knapman |
| Succeeded by | Lee Scott |
| Member of Parliament for South West Hertfordshire | |
| Assumed office 12 December 2019 | |
| Preceded by | David Gauke |
| Majority | 4,456 (9.23%) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 7 April 1978 |
| Party | Conservative |
| Alma mater | King's College London |
| Website | gaganmohindra |
Gagan Mohindra (born 7 April 1978)[1] is a British politician who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for South West Hertfordshire since 2019. A member of the Conservative Party, he has been Opposition Deputy Chief Whip in the House of Commons since November 2024, serving alongside Joy Morrissey.[2]
Gagan Mohindra was born on 7 April 1978 into a Punjabi Hindu family.[3] His parents were both from Punjab, and immigrated to the United Kingdom before Mohindra was born. His paternal grandfather served in the British Indian Army.[4] Mohindra was raised as a Hindu.[3]
Mohindra read Mathematics at King's College London and worked in financial services, before founding the Chromex Group four years after graduating, where he worked until 2015.[5]
Political career
Mohindra was elected as a Conservative Party councillor for the Grange Hill Ward of Epping Forest District Council in May 2006, and served as a councillor for the Chigwell and Loughton Broadway division on Essex County Council till 2021.[6] He continued in these roles, unpaid, after being elected to Parliament until 2021.[7] Mohindra was also previously Chairman of Essex Conservatives.
At the 2010 general election, Mohindra stood in North Tyneside, coming third with 18.3% of the vote behind the Labour candidate Mary Glindon and the Liberal Democrat candidate.[8][9]
He was also shortlisted to become MP for Brentwood and Ongar in 2017, but lost the nomination to Alex Burghart.[7]
