Dan Tomlinson

Daniel Mark Tomlinson (born July 1992) is a British Labour Party politician who has been Member of Parliament (MP) for Chipping Barnet in north London since 2024.^[3] He defeated the Conservative Party incumbent Theresa Villiers.^[4]

Dan Tomlinson MP
Official portrait, 2024
Member of Parliament for Chipping Barnet
Incumbent
Assumed office 4 July 2024
Preceded by	Theresa Villiers
Majority	2,914 (5.7%)
Tower Hamlets Councillor for Bromley North
In office 3 May 2018 – 5 May 2022
Personal details
Born	Daniel Mark Tomlinson July 1992 (age 33)[1][2]
Political party	Labour
Education	Wood Green School
Alma mater	University of Oxford (BA)
Website	dantomlinson.org.uk

Early life and education

Tomlinson was educated at Wood Green School, a state comprehensive school in the market town of Witney, in Oxfordshire, followed by the University of Oxford, where he studied Philosophy, politics and economics.^[5] Tomlinson worked for HM Treasury and for the Resolution Foundation between 2015 and 2022, and became a senior economist for the foundation.^[6] He also worked at the Joseph Rowntree Foundation.^[7]

Political career

Tomlinson was a councillor in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets from 2018 until 2022.^[8] He did not stand for reelection in 2022 and Labour subsequently lost control of the council to Aspire.^[9]

Inside Housing listed Tomlinson as one of eight newly elected MPs who would be advocates for the cause of social housing in the new Labour government.^[7]