Nicola Ann Morgan, Baroness Morgan of Cotes,PC(néeGriffith;born 10 October 1972) is a British politician who served asSecretary of State for EducationandMinister for Women and Equalitiesfrom 2014 to 2016 andSecretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sportfrom 2019 to 2020. She was the first woman to chair theTreasury Select Committee.A member of theConservative Party,she wasMember of Parliament(MP) forLoughboroughfrom2010to2019.
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| Prime Minister | Boris Johnson | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Preceded by | Jeremy Wright | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| In office 15 July 2014 – 14 July 2016 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Prime Minister | David Cameron | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Preceded by | Michael Gove | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Succeeded by | Justine Greening | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| In office 9 April 2014 – 14 July 2016 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Prime Minister | David Cameron | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Preceded by | Maria Miller | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Succeeded by | Justine Greening | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | Nicola Ann Griffith 10 October 1972 Kingston upon Thames,London, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Political party | Conservative | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Spouse | Jonathan Morgan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Children | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Alma mater | St Hugh's College, Oxford | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Born inKingston upon Thames,Morgan was raised inSurbiton.After graduating fromSt Hugh's College, Oxford,she worked as a solicitor and corporate lawyer. She was elected to themarginal seatofLoughboroughat the2010 general election.She served asEconomic Secretary to the Treasuryfrom October 2013 to April 2014 and asFinancial Secretary to the Treasuryfrom April to July 2014. Morgan first served in theCabinetasEducation SecretaryandMinister for Women and Equalitiesfrom 2014 until new Prime MinisterTheresa Mayremoved her from these positions in 2016. In July 2017, she was elected chair of theTreasury Select Committeefollowing the2017 general election.
Morgan accepted the appointment byBoris JohnsonofCulture Secretaryin July 2019, even though she had stated in 2018 she would not serve in a Johnson government. In October 2019, Morgan announced she would stand down as an MP at the2019 general electionbut retained her cabinet post as part of thesecond Johnson ministryafter being elevated to theHouse of Lordsas alife peer.She stood down from her ministerial position in Johnson's2020 cabinet reshuffle.
Early life and career
editMorgan was born inKingston upon Thamesin south-westLondonon 10 October 1972.[1][2]She grew up inSurbitonand was privately educated atSurbiton High School.Morgan joined the Conservative Party as a teenager in 1989.[3]She readjurisprudenceatSt Hugh's College, Oxford.[2]She twice stood unsuccessfully for president of theOxford University Conservative Association,on the second occasion being defeated byDaniel Hannan,later a Conservative Member of the European Parliament. She was also elected as treasurer of theOxford Union Society,but failed in her bid for its presidency.
Morgan qualified as a solicitor in 1994 and worked as acorporate lawyeratTravers Smithspecialising inmergers and acquisitionsbefore taking on anin-house counselrole advising on corporate law matters.[4]She was the chair ofWessexYoung Conservativesfrom 1995 to 1997 and vice-chair ofBatterseaConservatives from 1997 to 1999.[3]
Morgan unsuccessfully contested theIslington South and Finsburyconstituency in the2001 general election.She was selected as the Conservative Party candidate for the Loughborough parliamentary seat in 2004 but was defeated by the Labour incumbent in the2005 general election,although she achieved a 5% Labour to Conservative swing compared to a national average of 3.1%. This made Loughborough the mostmarginal seatin theEast Midlands.Morgan was reselected for the Loughborough seat in 2006.
Parliamentary career
editIn the2010 general election,Morgan was elected as the MP for Loughborough on a swing of 5.5% with a majority of 3,744 votes.[5]She made hermaiden speechin a debate on Economic Affairs and Work and Pensions on 8 June 2010.[6]In June 2010, she was selected as a Conservative member of theBusiness, Innovation and Skills Committeebut was replaced following promotion in September toParliamentary Private Secretaryto the Universities and Science Minister,David Willetts.[7]She was appointed as anassistant whipin September 2012 and asEconomic Secretary to the Treasuryon 7 October 2013.[8][9]
In July 2010, Morgan asked the Prime Minister to join her in congratulatingLoughborough University Student Union Rag Committeeon raising more money on behalf of theRoyal British Legionthan any other rag in the country.[10]Both agreed it was an example of theBig Societyin action.[10]
On 7 November 2010, Morgan appeared on thePolitics Showwith Lucy Hopkins,Loughborough Students' UnionPresident, to continue an earlier on-campus debate on the tripling ofstudent tuition fees.Morgan agreed costs could be daunting but said student numbers were unsustainable, it was fair to ask people to invest in their own education and people should ask more questions about how courses would improve prospects. Hopkins accepted that the Government had tried to find fair options but said students were taking on "excessive debts" which they would still be paying off when their own children went to university, they had no guarantee of a better job and those from poor homes would either have to choose an affordable university or not attend. In response, Morgan said that university was not a rite of passage, and that there were other ways of continuing education and she herself had taken eight years to pay off her debts.[11]
In 2022 Morgan advocated that women members of the House of Lords should be able to pass on their titles to their spouses; existing rules extend this right to male peers only.[12]
Minister for Women and Equalities
editIn 2013, Morgan voted against the introduction ofsame-sex marriage in England and Wales,citing, among other reasons, her Christian belief that marriage could only be between a man and a woman.[13]
Following the resignation ofMaria Millerfrom theCabinet,she becameMinister for Women(attending Cabinet) on 9 April 2014 and was appointed aPrivy Councillor.[14]However, the equalities brief went toSajid Javid,the culture secretary.[15]
The separation of the equalities portfolio was seen by some as a response to Morgan's vote against the government's proposal to introduce legislation allowing same-sex marriages. This led to accusations that Morgan was merely "minister for straight women".[13][16]On her promotion, she retained her post as Minister for Women and also added the equalities brief to it, thus also becomingMinister for Women and Equalities.[17]However, Downing Street announced that responsibility for implementing the rest of the changes to same-sex marriage would be driven byNick Boles,a new education minister who is himself gay and is in a civil partnership.[16]
In October 2014, she clarified her views saying she had previously voted against gay marriage as she believed her constituents were opposed to it. However she would now support it and she wished "supporters of same-sex marriage had been more vocal about their position before the vote in July last year."[18]She expressed support forIreland's "yes" vote on same-sex marriagein May 2015.[19]
Secretary of State for Education
editMorgan was appointedSecretary of State for Educationin Prime MinisterDavid Cameron's reshuffle in July 2014, replacingMichael Gove.[20]
In September 2014, Morgan was questioned by Parliament'sEducation Select Committeefollowing a report by London University'sInstitute of Educationon conflicts of interest between academies and their financial backers. The report failed to find evidence that academies were undertaking competitive tendering or that they were being properly monitored by theEducation Funding Agency (EFA).It also said that previous reports had also questioned the capability of the EFA to fund and finance academies.Graham Stuart,chairman of the committee, acknowledged that there were loopholes but said the public needed to be sure that sponsors acted exclusively in the interests of their school.[21]
Following concerns from business leaders that children were leaving school without good teamwork skills, Morgan stated that character development is as important as academic achievement. In December 2014, she announced £3.5 million of funding to promote the building of "grit" and "resilience". Some schemes were likely to involve ex-servicemen teaching pupils – particularly those with behaviour problems – the importance of discipline.The Daily Telegraphreported potential concerns about maths, English and science being effectively downgraded.[22]
Morgan was removed from her position of Education Secretary on 14 July 2016 under the new Prime MinisterTheresa May.[23]
Criticism by the UK Statistics Authority
editIn December 2014, Morgan was advised bySir Andrew Dilnot,chair of theUK Statistics Authority,that she should "reconsider her comments" and possibly "take advice" about misleading information given to parliament. Morgan had claimed that one third of children under the previous Labour government had left primary school unable to read or write. In fact 91% of 11-year-old pupils tested in May 2010 had reached at least level 3 ofKey Stage 2– defined as being able to "read a range of texts fluently and accurately" – whereas 83% achieved level 4, the expected level. The BBC noting that 64% achieved expected results in all subjects tested suggests Morgan had both misunderstood official literacy level definitions and confused literacy results with expected overall attainment levels.[24]
Relationship with Michael Gove
editIn an interview withThe Observerin December 2014, Morgan – who has been engaged in a long running "battle withMichael Gove"over policy – expounded her views on her relationship with her predecessor.[25]Her friends have denied that she is subservient to Gove,[25]whereas Morgan herself has rejected Gove's attitude to the educational establishment, which he had described as "a left wing blob".[26]Morgan toldThe Observerthat although Gove's combative style alienated teachers, she fully supports his key policies: the introduction offree schoolsand the expansion ofacademies.[25]
Writing inThe Timesthe following day, SirAnthony Seldon,headmaster ofWellington Collegeand a key Gove ally, claimed that Morgan knew little about schools and had accepted the education portfolio despite an initial lack of interest. She needed more radical policies to get schools to develop pupils who were "rounded, resilient citizens" but her "probable departure at the election" meant she was unlikely to make any sort of mark.[27]
In2016and2019,Morgan supported Gove for leadership of the Conservative Party.[28]
Row over 2014 school league tables
editThe 2014 school league tables published in January 2015 excluded some results from fee-paying schools usingInternational GCSEs(IGCSEs) which Morgan regards as not rigorous or challenging enough, a move which placed many of them, includingEton,near the bottom of the tables. Writing toThe Daily Telegraph,Simon Lebus, the chief executive ofCambridge assessment,said Morgan had been poorly advised and that admission tutors agreed that the exams were the best preparation for university. He said the Department of Education should encourage competition – a race to the top between the two exam types – rather than "trying to rig the race". Morgan appealed to the fee-paying schools to return to conventional GCSEs.[29]
2015 general election
editIn January 2014, speaking at a meeting of theBright BlueConservative think tank, Morgan said Conservatives would have to send out an optimistic message and not just "the language of hate" if they were to win the next general election. Her comments were thought to show concern at right-wing backbenchers' criticisms of Cameron on immigration, welfare, and the EU, although a party source insisted that she was talking about very few people.[30]
Professor Stephen Fisher of Oxford University, writing for the Higher Education Policy Institute think tank, observed in December 2014 that Loughborough was one of 10 or 11 constituencies where the student vote could affect the outcome. Loughborough was one of several Conservative marginals with a student population of more than 13% and he noted Morgan as being at risk of losing her seat in 2015.[31]
In May 2015,The Guardianhighlighted a donation of £3,220 from Paul Mercer, a Conservative activist, former councillor and constituent who runs a local radio campaign on Morgan's behalf. According toThe Guardian,Mercer is known to have worked for a "secretive corporate security firm" with a history of infiltrating and spying on political campaigners and had passed confidential legal advice to their opponents.[32]
In the event, Morgan increased her majority achieving a 5.25% swing compared to a −0.3% swing nationally.
Religious education in schools
editIn December 2015, Morgan declared that aHigh Courtruling that religious teaching should be pluralistic, and that therefore it was unlawful to exclude teaching aboutatheismandhumanism,should be ignored as UK religious traditions are mainly Christian.The Independentnewspaper noted that both she and her department had also ignored theCommission on Religion and Belief in British Public Lifereport that Britain is "no longer predominantly Christian."[33]TheBritish Humanist Association,which supported the legal battle against Morgan, called Morgan's decision to simply ignore the judgment against her "an affront to democracy".[34]
Morgan is a member of theConservative Christian Fellowship.[35]
Specialist school for deaf children
editIn December 2015,British Deaf Associationchairman Terry Riley expressed regret at the closing of theRoyal School for Deaf Childrenin Margate which closed despite an appeal to Morgan.[36][37]However, an inspection the previous month by theCare Quality Commissionhad uncovered what the inspectors called "shocking examples of institutionalised failings and abuse" at the nearby Westgate College for Deaf People for students aged 16 and over, which was run by the same educational trust. The trust running the schools subsequently went into administration.[38]
Conversion of all schools to academies
editIn March 2016, Morgan told aNASUWTconference that the government had made significant improvements to the education system and would not back down. Every school would become an academy by 2022 and she invited the unions to help shape the reforms. NASUWT General secretary,Chris Keatesasked her to listen to the concerns raised.[39]Her proposal was also criticised by her own backbenchers as likely to remove parental and local authority involvement, force small rural schools to close, reduce accountability and cost more than the £1.6 billion estimated in thebudget.Chairman of the1922 CommitteeGraham Bradysaid he would write to Morgan.[40]The plan was dropped days later, except for schools in "underperforming" local authorities.[41]
2016 EU referendum and May government
editMorgan supported the'Remain'campaign in the2016 referendum.[42]Following the vote to leave and Cameron's resignation, she announced she was considering running for the Conservative party leadership. She said the vote had split the country and parliament could not spend the next few years on the single issue of Europe. She wanted a grown up debate on immigration, which included the positive case and not simply problems relating to jobs and housing[43]and criticisedNigel Farage's campaign for "emboldening" racists and bigots.[44]In spite of her stance for Remain in the referendum, Morgan endorsed Leave campaignerMichael Goveas the party leadership candidate on 30 June 2016.[45]
FollowingTheresa May's policy statement advocating new grammar schools, Morgan joinedMichael Wilshawin saying the changes were a retrograde step and a distraction from six years of effort underDavid Cameronto improve the existing state system via academies and free school reforms.[46]
In early December 2016,Theresa Maywas interviewed and photographed by theSunday Times.Among the photos, May posed in a pair of brown leather trousers which cost £995. The photos and May's fashion choices were discussed widely in Conservative circles, with the cost of the trousers deemed excessive and giving May an air of being out of touch with the electorate. Morgan was among May's critics who expressed concerns about the leather trousers. Morgan said that she would feel concerned about how she would justify such expense to constituents in Loughborough Market. Morgan was disinvited from a meeting about Brexit at Number 10.[47]The falling-out became known on social media as #Trousergate. Following the falling-out, Morgan withdrew from a scheduled appearance onHave I Got News for You,explaining that she wished to "keep a low profile". She was replaced by a handbag, referring to an equally expensive handbag she owned.[48]
Following the2017 general election,Morgan defeated pro-Brexit MPJacob Rees-Mogg,her nearest rival, to be elected chair of theTreasury Select Committee.[49]
In December 2017, Morgan voted along with fellow ConservativeDominic Grieveand nine other Conservative MPs against the government, and in favour of guaranteeing Parliament a "meaningful vote"on any dealTheresa Mayagrees with Brussels overBrexit.[50]In May 2018, Morgan joinedNick CleggandDavid Milibandcalling for asoft Brexit.[51]
Morgan opposed delays until October 2019 in stake reduction forfixed odds betting terminals;she citedTracey Crouchthat two people commitsuicidedaily through gambling addiction. Morgan said, "It is the case that the government has prioritised the preservation of jobs in the gambling industry over the addiction of those who suffer from these machines." Morgan also said, "The trouble with that very rational analysis […] is that it doesn’t really help the expected 300 people who may end up taking their lives, suffering mental health problems from gambling addiction."[52]
In the2019 Conservative Party leadership election,she supportedMichael Gove.[53]Morgan during the campaign supported former Conservative Prime MinisterJohn Major's plan for legal action ifparliament were suspendedto deliverNo-deal Brexit.She commented that such a suspension 'would lead to a constitutional crisis' and that it was 'clearly a mad suggestion'.[54][55]
Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
editMorgan joinedBoris Johnson's government asSecretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sportin July 2019. She stood down from the House of Commons at theDecember general electionbut remained in cabinet.[56]On 6 January 2020, she was createdBaroness Morgan of Cotes,ofCotesin the County ofLeicestershire,allowing her to represent the government from theHouse of Lords.[57]
Post-government activities
editIn January 2020, she announced her intention to "step back from ministerial life" and did so when Boris Johnsonreshuffledhis cabinet in February.[58]
Morgan was understood to be under Boris Johnson's considerations for the position ofChairman of the BBCin August 2020.[59]
In May 2021, alongside celebrities and other public figures, Morgan was a signatory to an open letter fromStylistmagazine which called on the government to address what it described as an "epidemic of male violence" by funding an "ongoing, high-profile, expert-informed awareness campaign on men’s violence against women and girls".[60]
In July 2022, it was announced that Morgan would head the UK Commission on Covid Commemoration.[61]
Personal life
editMorgan lives in ruralLeicestershireandLondon.She is married to Jonathan Morgan, anarchitectand former leader ofCharnwood Borough Council.Her husband is the former Conservative Borough Councillor for Loughborough Outwoods Ward and current County Councillor for Loughborough South West. They have a son, Alex, who was born in 2008. Her hobbies include recreational running.[62][63]
Morgan is a Christian and has been achurchwardenofAll Saints Church, Loughborough,since 2023.[64]
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