Lee Rowley

Lee Rowley
Official portrait, 2019
Chief of Staff to the Leader of the Opposition
Assumed office
22 November 2024
LeaderKemi Badenoch
Minister of State for Housing, Planning and Building Safety
In office
13 November 2023  5 July 2024
Prime MinisterRishi Sunak
Preceded byRachel Maclean
Succeeded byMatthew Pennycook (Housing and Planning)
Rushanara Ali (Building Safety)
In office
8 September 2022  27 October 2022
Prime MinisterLiz Truss
Preceded byMarcus Jones
Succeeded byLucy Frazer
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Local Government and Building Safety
In office
27 October 2022  13 November 2023
Prime MinisterRishi Sunak
Preceded byPaul Scully
Succeeded bySimon Hoare
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Business and Industry
In office
17 September 2021  6 July 2022
Prime MinisterBoris Johnson
Preceded byNadhim Zahawi
Succeeded byJackie Doyle-Price
Lord Commissioner of the Treasury
In office
17 September 2021  6 July 2022
Prime MinisterBoris Johnson
Preceded byDavid Rutley
Succeeded byCraig Whittaker
Deputy Chairman of the Conservative Party
In office
5 May 2020  16 September 2021
LeaderBoris Johnson
Preceded byRanil Jayawardena
Succeeded byJustin Tomlinson
Member of Parliament
for North East Derbyshire
In office
8 June 2017  30 May 2024
Preceded byNatascha Engel
Succeeded byLouise Jones
Member of Westminster City Council
for Maida Vale
In office
May 2006  May 2014
Serving with Jan Prendergast
Alastair Moss
Preceded byJan Prendergast
Ronnie Raymond-Cox
Alastair Moss
Succeeded byJan Prendergast
Rita Begum
Thomas Crockett
Personal details
Born
Lee Benjamin Rowley

(1980-09-11) 11 September 1980
Chesterfield, Derbyshire, England
Political partyConservative
Alma materLincoln College, Oxford
University of Manchester
Websitelee4ned.com

Lee Benjamin Rowley (born 11 September 1980) is a British politician and former management consultant who has served as chief of staff to the Leader of the Opposition since November 2024. He previously served as Minister of State for Housing, Planning and Building Safety from November 2023 to July 2024. A member of the Conservative Party, he was the Member of Parliament (MP) for North East Derbyshire from 2017 to being voted out in 2024. He previously served as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Local Government and Building Safety between October 2022 and November 2023.