Edward Timpson CBE KC MP

Biography

Edward Timpson was Solicitor General between 7 July 2022 and 7 September 2022.

Education

Edward studied political sciences at Durham University and law conversion at the College of Law, London. He sat his bar exams at the Inns of Court School of Law.

Political career

Edward was elected as MP for Eddisbury in 2019, having previously served as MP for Crewe & Nantwich from 2008 to 2017.

He has also served as:

  • Minister of State for Vulnerable Children & Families at the Department for Education (2016 to 2017)
  • Minster of State for Children & Families (2015 to 2016)
  • Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Children & Families (2012 to 2015)
  • Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Home Secretary (2010 to 2012)
  • Chair of CAFCASS (2018 to 2019)
  • Chair of the Child Safeguarding Practice Review Panel (2018 to 2020)

And was also:

  • A member of the Children, Schools and Families Select Committee
  • A member of the Joint Committee on Human Rights
  • Chairman of the All-Party Parliamentary Groups on Adoption and Fostering, Looked-after Children and Care Leavers
  • Vice Chairman for the Runaway and Missing Children Group

Career outside politics

Edward practised as a family law barrister in Cheshire courts, specialising in the cases of vulnerable children.

Previous roles in government