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Rachel Maclean confirmed as sixth housing minister in a year
Redditch MP Rachel Maclean has been officially confirmed as the new housing minister – making her the sixth person to hold the role in the past 12 months.
Ms Maclean confirmed her appointment on Twitter late yesterday after initially being named as a minister of state at the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities.
She is a replacement for Lucy Frazer, who was promoted to culture secretary in Rishi Sunak’s mini-reshuffle earlier this week.
Ms Frazer held the job of housing minister for 91 days. Her predecessor, Lee Rowley, was in post for 49 days.
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Ms Maclean is the 15th housing minister since the Conservatives came to power in 2010 and the 23rd person to have the role since 1997.
A former banker, she has held various junior ministerial positions since becoming an MP in 2017, most recently a brief stint as minister of state for victims and vulnerability under Liz Truss.
She was a vice-chair of the Conservative Party for just over two months up until her appointment this week as housing minister.
On Twitter, Ms Maclean wrote: “Thank you to everyone for their kind messages following my appointment as housing minister.
“I’m looking forward to working with everyone on one of the most important issues – housing – facing our country at this time.”
