Danny Kruger

Danny Kruger

MBE MP
Official portrait, 2019
Shadow Minister for Work and Pensions
In office
5 November 2024 – 15 September 2025
LeaderKemi Badenoch
Preceded byAlison McGovern
Shadow Minister for Defence
In office
19 July 2024 – 5 November 2024
LeaderRishi Sunak
Kemi Badenoch
Preceded byLuke Pollard
Succeeded byMark Francois
Member of Parliament
for East Wiltshire
Devizes (2019–2024)
Assumed office
12 December 2019
Preceded byClaire Perry O'Neill
Majority4,716 (10.0%)
Political Secretary to the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
In office
23 July 2019 – 12 December 2019
Prime MinisterBoris Johnson
Preceded byStephen Parkinson
Succeeded byBen Gascoigne
Personal details
Born
Daniel Rayne Kruger

(1974-10-23) 23 October 1974 (age 52)
Westminster, London, England
Political partyReform UK (since 2025)
Children3
MotherPrue Leith
FatherRayne Kruger
RelativesSam Leith (cousin)
EducationUniversity of Edinburgh (MA)
University of Oxford (DPhil)

Daniel Rayne Kruger (born 23 October 1974) is a British politician who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for East Wiltshire, previously Devizes, since 2019. Kruger was elected as a member of the Conservative Party, but switched to Reform UK in September 2025.

References

  1. ↑ "Tory MP fined after puppy caused stampede of deer in London park". The Independent. 8 June 2021. Archived from the original on 9 July 2021. Retrieved 7 July 2021.
  2. ↑ Leith, Sam (29 August 2017). "What it was like to be taught to cook by my aunt – and GBBO judge – Prue Leith". Evening Standard. Retrieved 18 May 2023.
  3. ↑ "Members Sworn". parliament.uk. 18 December 2019. Archived from the original on 19 December 2019. Retrieved 6 February 2020.
  4. ↑ Brunskill, Ian (19 March 2020). The Times guide to the House of Commons 2019 : the definitive record of Britain's historic 2019 General Election. HarperCollins Publishers Limited. p. 168. ISBN 978-0-00-839258-1. OCLC 1129682574.
  5. ↑ "Conservative MP Danny Kruger defects to Reform UK". BBC News. 15 September 2025. Retrieved 15 September 2025.
  6. ↑ Kruger, Danny (15 September 2025). "The Tories are done, the voters aren't coming back". The Times.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)

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