Caroline Dinenage
Caroline Julia Dinenage, Baroness Lancaster of Kimbolton, DBE (born 28 October 1971), also styled as Dame Caroline Dinenage, is a British Conservative Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Gosport since 2010. She was re-elected in 2015, 2017, and 2019.
The Right Honourable The Lady Lancaster of Kimbolton DBE MP | |
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Official portrait, 2019 | |
| Chair of the Culture, Media and Sport Committee | |
| Assumed office 17 May 2023 | |
| Preceded by | Damian Green (acting) |
| Minister of State for Digital and Culture | |
| In office 13 February 2020 – 15 September 2021 | |
| Prime Minister | Boris Johnson |
| Preceded by | Nigel Adams |
| Succeeded by | The Lord Parkinson of Whitley Bay |
| Minister of State for Social Care | |
| In office 9 January 2018 – 13 February 2020 | |
| Prime Minister | Theresa May Boris Johnson |
| Preceded by | David Mowat |
| Succeeded by | Helen Whately |
| Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Family Support, Housing and Child Maintenance | |
| In office 14 June 2017 – 9 January 2018 | |
| Prime Minister | Theresa May |
| Preceded by | Caroline Nokes |
| Succeeded by | Kit Malthouse |
| Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Women, Equalities and Early Years | |
| In office 8 May 2015 – 14 June 2017 | |
| Prime Minister | David Cameron Theresa May |
| Preceded by | Office established |
| Succeeded by | Office abolished |
| Member of Parliament for Gosport | |
| Assumed office 6 May 2010 | |
| Preceded by | Peter Viggers |
| Majority | 23,278 (48.0%) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Caroline Julia Dinenage 28 October 1971 Portsmouth, Hampshire, England |
| Political party | Conservative |
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| Children | 2 |
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| Alma mater | Swansea University |
| Website | caroline4gosport |
Dinenage served as a minister from May 2015 until September 2021 in six different government departments, under three successive prime ministers as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State at the Government Equalities Office, Ministry of Justice, Department for Education and Department for Work and Pensions. In January 2018 Minister of State at the Department of Health and Social Care, and in February 2020 at the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport.
Dinenage was appointed Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE) in the 2022 Political Honours.