Gareth Johnson

Gareth Alan Johnson (born 12 October 1969) is a British politician and former lawyer who served as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Courts from September to October 2022. A member of the Conservative Party, he previously served as a Lord Commissioner of the Treasury from February to September 2022 and Assistant Government Whip from 2018 to 2019 and 2021 to 2022. Johnson was first elected at the 2010 general election as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Dartford, winning the seat from Labour. He has been supportive of Leave Means Leave, a Eurosceptic pressure group.

This article is about the British politician. For the Irish hurler, see Gareth Johnson (hurler).

Gareth Johnson
MP
Official portrait, 2019
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Courts
In office
20 September 2022 – 27 October 2022
Prime MinisterLiz Truss
Preceded bySarah Dines
Succeeded byMike Freer
Whip offices
Lord Commissioner of the Treasury
In office
9 February 2022 – 20 September 2022
Prime MinisterBoris Johnson
Preceded byCraig Whittaker
Succeeded byTBC
Assistant Government Whip
In office
20 September 2021 – 9 February 2022
Prime MinisterBoris Johnson
Succeeded bySarah Dines
In office
5 November 2018 – 14 January 2019
Prime MinisterTheresa May
Preceded byJeremy Quin
Succeeded byAlister Jack
Member of Parliament
for Dartford
Assumed office
6 May 2010
Preceded byHoward Stoate
Majority19,160 (35.5%)
Personal details
Born (1969-10-12) 12 October 1969
Bromley, London, England
Political partyConservative
Spouse
Wendy Morris
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(m. 1997)​
Children2
ResidenceHartley, Kent
Alma materThe College of Law
ProfessionSolicitor
Websitewww.garethjohnsonmp.co.uk
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