22 Facts About Victoria Prentis

Victoria Prentis was Parliamentary Private Secretary to junior ministers in the Department for Transport between July 2016 and June 2017, and was the Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Leader of the House of Commons from June 2017 until February 2020.

Victoria Prentis was appointed Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Farming, Fisheries and Food in February 2020, and was promoted to become Minister of State for Farming, Fisheries and Food in September 2021, during the second cabinet reshuffle of the second Johnson ministry.

Victoria Prentis was appointed Minister of State for Work and Welfare by Prime Minister Liz Truss in September 2022.

Victoria Prentis was appointed to the Privy Council on 27 October 2022.

Victoria Prentis was re-elected as Banbury's MP in 2017 and 2019.

Victoria Prentis was educated at Royal Holloway, University of London and Downing College, Cambridge, gaining degrees in English and Law respectively.

Victoria Prentis is the daughter of Lord Boswell of Aynho, who was MP for Daventry from 1987 to 2010.

Victoria Prentis joined the Civil Service in 1997, leaving in November 2014.

In November 2014, Victoria Prentis was selected as the Conservative candidate for the Banbury constituency at the 2015 general election.

Victoria Prentis retained the safe seat for the Conservatives.

Victoria Prentis is an opponent of High Speed 2, believing it will affect her constituency.

Victoria Prentis rebelled against the Conservative government when the HS2 Bill received its second reading in the House of Commons in March 2016.

Victoria Prentis was a founding supporter of Conservatives for Reform in Europe, a group which campaigned in support of the UK's membership of a reformed European Union.

Victoria Prentis supported Theresa May's candidacy during the 2016 Conservative leadership contest.

Victoria Prentis was appointed Parliamentary Private Secretary to junior ministers in the Department for Transport in July 2016.

Victoria Prentis was re-elected as the MP for Banbury in the 2017 general election.

Victoria Prentis stated that she voted to remain in the European Union but has since given her support to Boris Johnson's deal.

In February 2020, Victoria Prentis joined the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs as the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Farming, Fisheries and Food.

Victoria Prentis voted in favour of the agreement in-line with government policy.

In March 2022, Victoria Prentis was the first British MP to take a Ukrainian refugee in her house amidst the War in Ukraine.

Victoria Prentis was appointed to the Privy Council on 27 October 2022 and sworn of it on 14 December 2022.

Victoria Prentis is married to Sebastian Victoria Prentis, an Insolvency and Companies Court Judge, whom she met when they were both students at the University of Cambridge.