Thérèse is the MP for Suffolk Coastal, having first been elected in 2010 and subsequently re-elected in 2015, 2017 and 2019. Thérèse is currently the Secretary of State for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs, and formerly served as Secretary of State for the Departments of Health & Social Care and Work & Pensions. She was also Environment Minister, Deputy Leader of the House, Government Whip and Parliamentary Private Secretary. On entering Parliament, she was first a member of the Culture, Olympics, Media and Sports Committee.