Guy Opperman MP
Biography
Guy Opperman was appointed Minister for Roads and Local Transport at the Department for Transport on 13 November 2023.
He was previously Minister of State at the Department for Work and Pensions between 13 November 2023 and 27 October 2022, and Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the same department between 14 June 2017 and 8 September 2022.
He served as a Government Whip (Lord Commissioner of HM Treasury) from 12 May 2015 to 14 June 2017. He was elected Conservative MP for Hexham in May 2010.
Education
Guy was educated at Harrow School, he went on to read law at the University of Buckingham. He also gained a first class diploma from the University of Lille.
Political career
Guy previously served as Private Parliamentary Secretary to Mark Harper, the then Immigration Minister. He served as an Assistant Government Whip from May 2015 until July 2016.
Career before politics
Guy was called to the bar in 1989. He spent 20 years as a barrister and was also Director of his family’s engineering business until 2009.
Personal life
Guy is an amateur jockey and rode his first win in 1985.
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State
Guy Opperman has responsibility for:
- roads maintenance and infrastructure delivery (including National Highways)
- road safety
- motoring agencies (DVLA, DVSA, VCA)
- local transport including buses, taxis, light rail
- active travel (cycling and walking)
- Kent including BROCK, TAP
- EES and borders
- haulage
- Future of Freight
- women’s safety
- accessibility (cross-cutting lead as Ministerial Disability Champion)