MP Esher and Walton

Dominic Raab is the new Housing Minister

The cabinet shuffle continues at No 10 Downing Street, so we now know the identity of our new Housing Minister: Dominic Raab MP for Esher and Walton, in Surrey. He will work in the newly-named Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, which is headed by Sajid Javid. How their respective roles will converge is not yet clear. Aged 43, ‘Dom’ (to his friends) was an international lawyer at Linklaters before joining the Diplomatic Service. He was elected to Parliament in 2009, as a Conservative MP with 59% of the vote. In June 2017, he was re-elected and appointed Minister of State for Justice. Away from the House, he may be found wearing a black belt or training at his local boxing club, so we’d best keep friendly with our new Minister – the 16th in 20 years. Raab’s appointment will make him the 16th holder of the title of Housing Minister in just over 20 years, taking over from Alok Sharma, whose tenure of the title has been just six months. The average term of each housing minister has been approximately 16 months. Alok Sharma, has now been appointed Employment Minister, in recognition of ‘the difficult work he undertook in…

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