Oliver Letwin, born on May nineteenth, nineteen fifty-six, is a prominent British politician and merchant banker. He served as the Member of Parliament for West Dorset from nineteen ninety-seven until two thousand nineteen, representing the Conservative Party for the majority of his tenure.
Letwin held several significant positions within the government, including Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer under Michael Howard and Shadow Home Secretary under Iain Duncan Smith. His role as Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster from two thousand fourteen to two thousand sixteen marked a pivotal point in his political career, as he became a full member of the Cabinet following the two thousand fifteen general election.
In two thousand nineteen, during the Second May ministry, Letwin took a stand against leading Eurosceptics in his party by proposing a cross-party motion for