Dan Poulter

Dan Poulter
Poulter in 2013
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Health Services
In office
4 September 2012  12 May 2015
Prime MinisterDavid Cameron
Preceded bySimon Burns
Succeeded byBen Gummer
Member of Parliament
for Central Suffolk and North Ipswich
In office
6 May 2010  30 May 2024
Preceded byMichael Lord
Succeeded byPatrick Spencer
Personal details
Born
Daniel Leonard James Poulter

(1978-10-30) 30 October 1978
Beckenham, London, England
Political partyLabour (since 2024)
Other political
affiliations
Conservative (until 2024)
EducationUniversity of Bristol (LLB)
King's College London (MBBS)
Websitewww.drdanielpoulter.com

Daniel Leonard James Poulter (born 30 October 1978) is a British politician who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Central Suffolk and North Ipswich from 2010 to 2024. Poulter is a psychiatrist, and served as a Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State in the Department of Health between September 2012 and May 2015. Initially elected as a Conservative, he defected to Labour in April 2024.