Anthony Browne (politician)
British journalist, businessman and politician (born 1967) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Anthony Howe Browne (born 19 January 1967) is a British politician who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for South Cambridgeshire from the 2019 general election until the dissolution of the 58th Parliament in May 2024. He was appointed the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State of Transport, responsible for aviation, decarbonisation and the future of transport in November 2023.[1] He is a member of the Conservative Party.[2][3]
Anthony Browne | |
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Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Decarbonisation and Technology | |
In office 13 November 2023 – 5 July 2024 | |
Prime Minister | Rishi Sunak |
Preceded by | Jesse Norman |
Member of Parliament for South Cambridgeshire | |
In office 12 December 2019 – 30 May 2024 | |
Preceded by | Heidi Allen |
Succeeded by | Pippa Heylings |
Personal details | |
Born | Anthony Howe Browne (1967-01-19) 19 January 1967 (age 57) Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England |
Political party | Conservative |
Education | The Perse School Hills Road Sixth Form College |
Alma mater | Trinity Hall, Cambridge |
Website | anthonybrowne |
Browne was previously a journalist at The Times, BBC and The Observer; an adviser to Boris Johnson when he was Mayor of London; chief executive of the British Bankers' Association and chairman of the UK Government's Regulatory Policy Committee.[4] He sat on the Boards of the International Banking Federation, the European Banking Federation and TheCityUK, and a range of financial technology companies.[5][6] As an MP, he served three years on the Treasury Select Committee and two years on the Public Accounts Commission as well as Chair of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on the Environment. Browne was appointed as the Prime Minister’s first Anti-Fraud Champion.[7]