23 Facts About Justin Tomlinson

Justin Paul Tomlinson was born on 5 November 1976 and is a British politician and former marketing executive who served as Minister of State for Energy Security and Net Zero in 2024.

Justin Tomlinson served in Prime Minister David Cameron's government as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Disabled People from 2015 to 2016.

Justin Tomlinson was a junior minister during the second May ministry at the Department for Work and Pensions, as Parliamentary Under-Secretary for Family Support, Housing and Child Maintenance from 2018 to 2019.

Justin Tomlinson later served as Minister of State for Disabled People, Work and Health from 2019 to 2021.

Justin Tomlinson was born in Blackburn on 5 November 1976.

Justin Tomlinson studied at Harry Cheshire High School, a state comprehensive in Kidderminster, before going to Oxford Brookes University, where he was chairman of its Conservative Student Branch from 1995 to 1999.

Justin Tomlinson was national chairman of Conservative Future, the youth-wing of the Conservative Party, between 2002 and 2003.

Justin Tomlinson worked as the manager of a nightclub called Eros in Swindon, and later owned a marketing business.

Justin Tomlinson was elected as the Conservative Party candidate for Abbey Meads ward of Swindon Borough Council in 2000, then re-elected for the same ward in 2002 and 2006.

Justin Tomlinson said "those who make the laws should certainly not be above them".

Justin Tomlinson was appointed Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Disabled People following the general election, serving until the new prime minister, Theresa May, reshuffled the government in 2016.

Justin Tomlinson voted for the UK to leave the European Union in the 2016 referendum.

In September 2016, Justin Tomlinson apologised for leaking a draft of a public accounts committee report on the credit industry to someone he knew who worked for payday lender Wonga.

Justin Tomlinson was suspended from the House of Commons for two days for contempt of Parliament.

On 9 July 2018, Justin Tomlinson was appointed as a junior minister in the Department for Work and Pensions as Parliamentary Under-Secretary for Family Support, Housing and Child Maintenance.

In November 2018, Justin Tomlinson was criticised by Labour MP Ruth George after appearing to suggest that families facing a cap under the Universal Credit scheme could take in a lodger.

Justin Tomlinson was Parliamentary Under-Secretary for Family Support, Housing and Child Maintenance within the Department for Work and Pensions.

Justin Tomlinson left government during the cabinet reshuffle on 16 September 2021 and returned to the backbenches.

Justin Tomlinson was appointed Deputy Chair of the Conservative Party on 16 September 2021.

Justin Tomlinson resigned from this position on 9 July 2022 in order to support Kemi Badenoch's campaign in the July 2022 Conservative Party leadership election.

In February 2022 Justin Tomlinson was accused of bullying and sending inappropriate "unprofessional" and "belittling" messages to employees at Conservative Campaign Headquarters.

Justin Tomlinson announced his engagement to Jo Wheeler in August 2011, having proposed on The Peak, the highest point on Hong Kong Island.

In July 2016, Justin Tomlinson confirmed that he had divorced his wife and was in a relationship with his office manager, Kate Bennett.