Robert Courts

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Person.png Robert Courts  Rdf-entity.pngRdf-icon.png
(politician, barrister)
Born21 October 1978

Employment.png UK/Member of Parliament for Witney

In office
12 October 2016 - Present

Robert Alexander Courts is a British Member of Parliament and barrister who has been Chair of the Defence Select Committee since 26 October 2023, when Tobias Ellwood stood down.

A member of the Conservative Party, Robert Courts has been MP for Witney since 2016. He previously served as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Transport in the Johnson government from 2020 to 2022.

Courts was elected MP for Witney at a by-election in September 2016, succeeding former Prime Minister David Cameron. He retained his seat in the 2017 and 2019 General Elections.[1]


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