Joanna Penn, Baroness Penn
British politician (born 1985) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Joanna Carolyn Penn, Baroness Penn (born 1985), known as JoJo Penn,[1] is a British political advisor. She was a baroness-in-waiting (a government whip) from March 2020 to September 2022.[2] Since 1 March 2024 she has been a Minister on Leave.[3]
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The Baroness Penn | |
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Minister on Leave | |
Assumed office 1 March 2024 | |
Prime Minister | Rishi Sunak |
Interim | The Baroness Swinburne[lower-alpha 1] |
In office 15 September 2021 – 26 January 2022 | |
Prime Minister | Boris Johnson |
Interim | The Baroness Chisholm of Owlpen[lower-alpha 2] |
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Housing and Communities | |
In office 13 November 2023 – 1 March 2024 | |
Prime Minister | Rishi Sunak |
Preceded by | Office established |
Succeeded by | The Baroness Swinburne |
Parliamentary Secretary for the Treasury | |
In office 26 October 2022 – 13 November 2023 | |
Prime Minister | Rishi Sunak |
Preceded by | Office established |
Succeeded by | The Baroness Vere of Norbiton |
Baroness-in-waiting Government Whip | |
In office 4 February 2022 – 26 October 2022 | |
Prime Minister | Boris Johnson |
Preceded by | The Baroness Chisholm of Owlpen |
In office 19 March 2020 – 15 September 2021 | |
Prime Minister | Boris Johnson |
Preceded by | The Lord Bethell |
Succeeded by | The Baroness Chisholm of Owlpen |
Member of the House of Lords Lord Temporal | |
Assumed office 21 October 2019 Life Peerage | |
Personal details | |
Born | 1985 (age 38–39) |
Political party | Conservative |
Alma mater | University of Oxford (BA) Harvard Kennedy School (MPA) |
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From November 2023 to March 2024, she was Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Housing and Communities in the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, which she has been temporarily replaced by Baroness Swinburne while she is a Minister on Leave. [4]