David Willetts

The Right Honourable
The Lord Willetts
PC FRS HonFRSC HonFREng FAcSS
The Right Honourable The Lord Willetts PC FRS HonFRSC HonFREng FAcSS
	Official portrait, 2020
Minister of State for Universities and Science
	In office; 11 May 2010 – 14 July 2014
Prime Minister	David Cameron
Preceded by	David Lammy
Succeeded by	Greg Clark
Paymaster General
	In office; 20 July 1996 – 21 November 1996
Leader	John Major
Preceded by	David Heathcoat-Amory
Succeeded by	Michael Bates
Lord Commissioner of the Treasury
	In office; 6 July 1995 – 28 November 1995
Prime Minister	John Major
Preceded by	Andrew Mitchell
Succeeded by	Liam Fox
Leader	In office; 2 July 2007 – 19 January 2009
Shadow Cabinet positions
Shadow Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills
	In office; 2 July 2007 – 19 January 2009
Leader	David Cameron
Preceded by	Position established
Succeeded by	Kenneth Clarke (Business, Innovation and Skills)
Shadow Secretary of State for Education and Skills
	In office; 8 December 2005 – 2 July 2007
Leader	David Cameron
Preceded by	David Cameron
Succeeded by	Michael Gove (Children, Schools and Families)
Shadow Secretary of State for Trade and Industry
	In office; 6 May 2005 – 8 December 2005
Leader	Michael Howard
Preceded by	James Arbuthnot (Trade); Stephen O'Brien (Industry);
Succeeded by	Alan Duncan
Shadow Secretary of State for Work and Pensions; Social Security (1999–2001)
	In office; 15 June 1999 – 6 May 2005
Leader	William Hague; Iain Duncan Smith; Michael Howard;
Preceded by	Iain Duncan Smith
Succeeded by	Malcolm Rifkind
Shadow Secretary of State for Education and Employment
	In office; 1 June 1998 – 15 June 1999
Leader	William Hague
Preceded by	Stephen Dorrell
Succeeded by	Theresa May
Member of the House of Lords; Lord Temporal
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 16 October 2015; Life Peerage
Member of Parliament; for Havant
	In office; 9 April 1992 – 30 March 2015
Preceded by	Ian Lloyd
Succeeded by	Alan Mak
Personal details
Born	David Linsay Willetts; 9 March 1956; Birmingham, England, UK
Political party	Conservative
Spouse	Sarah Butterfield
Education	King Edward's School, Birmingham
Alma mater	University of Oxford (BA)
Website	www.resolutionfoundation.org/about-us/team/david-willetts

David Linsay Willetts, Baron Willetts, PC, FRS, HonFRSC, HonFREng, FAcSS (born 9 March 1956) is a British politician and life peer. From 1992 to 2015, he was the Member of Parliament representing the constituency of Havant in Hampshire. He served as Minister of State for Universities and Science from 2010 until July 2014 and became a member of the House of Lords in 2015. He was appointed chair of the UK Space Agency's board in April 2022. He is president of the Resolution Foundation.

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