Esther McVey

**Esther Louise McVey** (born 24 October 1967) is a British Conservative Party politician serving as Minister without Portfolio in the Cabinet Office since 2023. In July 2019, McVey became the Minister of State for Housing and Planning for the Boris Johnson ministry. She resigned in February 2020. She is the Member of Parliament (MP) for Tatton. She was Secretary of State for Work and Pensions from January 2018 to November 2018.

McVey first entered parliament as the MP for Wirral West in the House of Commons at the 2010 general election.

In the 2015 general election, she lost her seat and spent two years as the Chair of the British Transport Police before returning to parliament in 2017.

In May 2019, McVey announced her intention to run for the leadership of the Conservative Party when Theresa May resigns, claiming that she already had "enough support" to stand. However, she was eliminated on the first ballot from the race on 13 June.

## Infobox (officeholder)

- **honorific-prefix**: The Right Honourable
- **name**: Esther McVey
- **image**: Official portrait of Esther McVey crop 2.jpg
- **office**: Minister of State without Portfolio, Minister without Portfolio in the Cabinet Office
- **primeminister**: Rishi Sunak
- **term start**: 13 November 2023
- **predecessor**: Gavin Williamson
- **office1**: Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, Minister of State for Housing and Planning
- **primeminister1**: Boris Johnson
- **term start1**: 24 July 2019
- **term end1**: 13 February 2020
- **predecessor1**: Kit Malthouse
- **successor1**: Christopher Pincher
- **office2**: Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
- **primeminister2**: Theresa May
- **termstart2**: 8 January 2018
- **termend2**: 15 November 2018
- **predecessor2**: David Gauke
- **successor2**: Amber Rudd
- **office3**: Chief Whip, Deputy Chief Government Whip
Treasurer of the Household
- **primeminister3**: Theresa May
- **term start3**: 2 November 2017
- **term end3**: 8 January 2018
- **predecessor3**: Julian Smith (politician), Julian Smith
- **successor3**: Christopher Pincher
- **term start4**: 19 November 2015
- **term end4**: 2 May 2017
- **predecessor4**: Millie Banerjee
- **successor4**: Ron Barclay-Smith
- **office5**: Department for Work and Pensions, Minister of State for Employment
- **primeminister5**: David Cameron
- **term start5**: 7 October 2013
- **term end5**: 8 May 2015
- **predecessor5**: Mark Hoban
- **successor5**: Priti Patel
- **office6**: Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State Department for Work and Pensions, for Disabilities
- **primeminister6**: David Cameron
- **term start6**: 4 September 2012
- **term end6**: 7 October 2013
- **predecessor6**: Maria Miller
- **successor6**: Mike Penning
- **office7**: Member of Parliament (United Kingdom), Member of Parliament
 for Tatton (UK Parliament constituency), Tatton
- **term start7**: 9 June 2017
- **predecessor7**: George Osborne
- **majority7**: 14,787 (30.1%)
- **office8**: Member of Parliament (United Kingdom), Member of Parliament
 for Wirral West (UK Parliament constituency), Wirral West
- **term start8**: 6 May 2010
- **term end8**: 7 May 2015
- **predecessor8**: Stephen Hesford
- **successor8**: Margaret Greenwood
- **birth name**: Esther Louise McVey
- **birth place**: Liverpool, England
- **party**: Conservative Party (UK), Conservative
- **alma mater**: Queen Mary, University of London
City, University of London
Liverpool John Moores University
- **partner**: Philip Davies