Anneliese Dodds

Anneliese Dodds MP
Minister of State for Development and Africa Secretary of State for Woman and Equalities
Incumbent
Assumed office 8 July 2024
Leader	Keir Starmer
Preceded by	Andrew Mitchell Kemi Badenoch
Shadow Secretary of State for Women and Equalities
In office 21 September 2021 – 5 July 2024
Leader	Keir Starmer
Preceded by	Marsha de Cordova
Succeeded by	Kemi Badenoch
Chair of the Labour Party
In office 9 May 2021 – 6 July 2024
Leader	Keir Starmer
Preceded by	Angela Rayner
Succeeded by	Ellie Reeves
Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer
In office 5 April 2020 – 9 May 2021
Leader	Keir Starmer
Preceded by	John McDonnell
Succeeded by	Rachel Reeves
Shadow Financial Secretary to the Treasury
In office 3 July 2017 – 5 April 2020
Leader	Jeremy Corbyn
Preceded by	Peter Dowd
Succeeded by	Dan Carden
Member of Parliament for Oxford East
Incumbent
Assumed office 8 June 2017
Preceded by	Andrew Smith
Majority	17,832 (36.1%)
Member of the European Parliament for South East England
In office 1 July 2014 – 8 June 2017
Preceded by	Peter Skinner
Succeeded by	John Howarth
Personal details
Born	(1978-03-16) 16 March 1978 (age 46) Aberdeen, Scotland, UK
Political party	Labour and Co-operative
Education	St. Hilda's College, Oxford (BA) University of Edinburgh (MA) London School of Economics (PhD)
Website	Official website

Anneliese Jane Dodds (born 16 March 1978) is a British Labour and Co-operative politician and public policy analyst. She has been Secretary of State for Women and Equalities, and Minister of State for Development and Africa since 2024. ^[1]

She was president of Oxford University Student Union in 1999.^[2]