Oliver Letwin, Minister of State, Cabinet Office

Oliver Letwin, Minister of State, Cabinet Office (Minister for Government Policy advice)

He leads on:

• The Coalition Partnership
• Strategic Reform Plans

Oliver Letwin has been Member of Parliament for West Dorset since May 1997.

Biography 

Oliver Letwin joined the Shadow Cabinet in 2000 and became:

• Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury (September 2000–September 2001)
• Shadow Home Secretary (September 2001–November 2003)
• Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer (November 2003–May 2005)
• Shadow Environment Secretary (May 2005–December 2005). 

In the 1980s, he worked for Margaret Thatcher in Downing Street.

Oliver has also been a philosophy don at the University of Cambridge, a civil servant and a bank director.

He has written several books, pamphlets and articles, including:

• Ethics, Emotion and the Unity of the Self
• Privatising the World
• The Purpose of Politics.

His father was an academic economist and his mother a political philosopher.

Oliver is married to Isabel, they have a twin daughter and son.

Contact details

Email Oliver Letwin
Telephone: 020 7276 1234
Fax: 020 7276 0514