Lee Rowley has been appointed as the new Housing Minister replacing Rachel Maclean who was sacked from her role earlier today. 

Since September 2022, Rowley has been serving as Parliamentary Under Secretary of State in the department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities – he now takes on this important role in the Governments housing agenda. 

Prior to this appointment, Rowley held the position of Parliamentary Under Secretary of State in the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial strategy as well as the role of Government Whip, Lord Commissioner of HM Treasury from September 2021 to July 2022. 

He becomes the 16th Minister to hold the post since 2010 and takes up the role on the evening of the Renters(Reform) Bill being introduced to committee. He was first elected as the Conservative MP for North East Derbyshire on 8th June 2017.