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Baroness Levitt

Labour Under-Secretary Peer Wikipedia ↗
Born
1963
School
City of London School for Girls
Independent
University
University of St Andrews
In office
0.9 years
Longer than 9% of ministers
OfficeOther workEducation

In government

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Appointed by Keir Starmer
1 post · 2025–2026
  • Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, MoJ
    Under-Secretary 2025/09 – 2026/07

Career

Before Parliament 7

1988–2009
Barrister
Law (barrister, solicitor)
1995
Chair of the Young Barristers' Committee
Bar Council
Law (barrister, solicitor)
2006–2007
Secretary
Criminal Bar Association
Law (barrister, solicitor)
2006–
Recorder
Law (barrister, solicitor)
2009–2014
Principal legal advisor to the Director of Public Prosecutions
Crown Prosecution Service
Civil service & diplomacy
2014–2018
Partner, head of white-collar crime group
Mishcon de Reya
Law (barrister, solicitor)
2021–2024
Circuit judge
Law (barrister, solicitor)

Voting record

377
votes since 2025
0
votes against their own party, 0.0% of 372 whipped votes
0
rebellions as a minister, from 235 votes
5
free votes, with no party line
Share of whipped votes cast against their own party
Baroness Levitt0.0%
Typical Labour0.1%
Typical Conservative0.3%
Whipped votes by year
With their partyAgainst
Votes by topic
With their partyAgainst

Free votes their own view

Commons and Lords votes since 2016. Topics are assigned from division titles by keyword rules.

Bills sponsored

2
government bills put forward as a minister
1
of them became law

Government bills 2

Taken from Parliament's own records of bills. A government bill carries the name of the minister who introduces it, so it says which brief they held, not that they wrote it. Private member's bills are the ones MPs and peers bring forward themselves, and very few become law.