Michael Gove
British politician (born 1967) · United Kingdom · Politicians
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Michael Andrew Gove, Baron Gove is a British politician and journalist. A member of the House of Lords since 2025, he previously held senior Cabinet positions in Conservative governments between 2010 and 2024.
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Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford, where Gove studied (pictured in 2017)
Official portrait, 2012
Official portrait, 2015
Pro-European Union protesters waving two banners depicting Gove (left) and UK Independence Party leader Nigel Farage (right)
Gove addressing a dinner audience on 15 July 2016, the day after his dismissal as Secretary of State for Justice
Gove with Fergus Ewing, the Scottish government's Rural Economy Secretary, in February 2019
Logo for Gove's leadership bidIn their orbit
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Michael Andrew Gove, Baron Gove is a British politician and journalist. A member of the House of Lords since 2025, he previously held senior Cabinet positions in Conservative governments between 2010 and 2024. He was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Surrey Heath from 2005 to 2024, during which he twice returned to the backbenches. He was a prominent figure in the 2016 referendum on the United Kingdom's membership of the European Union and stood for the Conservative leadership on two occasions. Gove has been editor of The Spectator since 2024.
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