14 Facts About Vicky Ford

Victoria Grace Ford is a British politician who was the Member of Parliament for Chelmsford from 2017 to 2024.

Vicky Ford served as a Minister in the Department for Education from 2020 to 2021 before moving to the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, in the government led by Boris Johnson.

Vicky Ford returned to the backbenches on 25 October 2022, resigning shortly after Liz Truss resigned as prime minister.

Vicky Ford lost her seat for Chelmsford to the Liberal Democrats in the 2024 General Election.

Vicky Ford first attended Omagh Academy in Omagh, but following her father's death, she went to schools in England.

Vicky Ford was educated at the independent St Paul's Girls' School and Marlborough College, before studying Maths and Economics at Trinity College, Cambridge.

Vicky Ford was promoted to vice-president in their loan syndication department.

Vicky Ford was elected as a Member of the European Parliament for East of England in the 2009 European Parliament election.

Vicky Ford was a lead negotiator on the Horizon 2020 fund for research and on bank capital requirements, deposit guarantee schemes and residential mortgages.

In 2016, Vicky Ford was ranked as one of the top ten most influential members of the European Parliament by Politico Europe, particularly for her work on digital policy.

On 21 June 2017, Vicky Ford made her maiden speech in the Queen's speech debate, the first of the 2017 intake to do so.

Vicky Ford was appointed Minister of State for Development, attending cabinet, by the incoming Prime Minister Liz Truss on 6 September 2022, and was appointed to the Privy Council on 13 September 2022 She left her post on 25 October when Rishi Sunak became Prime Minister and returned to the backbenches.

In 2024, Vicky Ford contested the Chelmsford constituency as the incumbent Member of Parliament, losing to Liberal Democrat Marie Goldman.

Vicky Ford is an oncologist and is the director of cancer services at Addenbrooke's Hospital in Cambridge.