Speakers

Mike O'Brien MP
Minister of State for the
Department of Energy and Climate Change

Mike O'Brien is the Member of Parliament for the West Midlands constituency of North Warwickshire. He was first elected at the 1992 general election.

He served as a junior minister in the Home Office from 1997 to 2001, then as a Minister of State at the Foreign Office until 9 September 2004, when he became Minister of State for E-commerce, Energy and Competitiveness at the Department for Trade and Industry. In 2005 he replaced Harriet Harman as Solicitor General.

In 2007 Mike was appointed as Minister of State for Pensions Reform at The Department for Work and Pensions.

Mike is married to Alison, and they have two children.