Hamish Falconer | |
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.jpg) Falconer in 2025 | |
| Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan and Pakistan | |
| Assumed office 18 July 2024 | |
| Prime Minister | Keir Starmer |
| Preceded by | The Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon |
| Member of Parliament forLincoln | |
| Assumed office 4 July 2024 | |
| Preceded by | Karl McCartney |
| Majority | 8,793 (20.8%) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Hamish Nicholas Falconer (1985-12-20)20 December 1985 (age 39) |
| Political party | Labour |
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| Education | |
| Website | hamishfalconer |
Hamish Nicholas Falconer (born 20 December 1985[1]) is a BritishLabour Party politician and former diplomat, who has served asMember of Parliament (MP) forLincoln since2024.[2] He has served asParliamentary Under-Secretary of State for the Middle East, Afghanistan and Pakistan since July 2024.[3][4]
The son ofthe Baron Falconer of Thoroton, who served as the lastLord Chancellor with full power underTony Blair, Falconer attendedWestminster School and thenSt. John's College, Cambridge, graduating in 2008 in Human, Social and Political Science,[5] before joining the diplomatic service. Falconer worked in the UK government'sDepartment for International Development from 2009 to 2013, and then theForeign and Commonwealth Office until 2022.[6] His diplomatic career centred on national security and humanitarian relief, including hostage recovery.[7][8] Whilst in the Foreign Office, he spent a year atYale University as a "World Fellow".[9]
Since leaving the Foreign, Commonwealth, and Development Office, Falconer worked as an associate fellow at theIPPR,[7] and was a Policy Fellow at the think tankLabour Together alongside standing as a candidate for Parliament.[10][11]
| Parliament of the United Kingdom | ||
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| Preceded by | Member of Parliament forLincoln 2024–present | Incumbent |
