Daniel Zeichner MP

Daniel Zeichner MP

Minister for Food Security and Rural Affairs

Daniel Zeichner was appointed Minister of State at the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs on Monday 8 July. He was elected as the MP for Cambridge in July 2024.

Daniel was previously Shadow Minister for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs from 2020 to 2024. Prior to this, he was Shadow Minister for Transport.

Daniel founded and chairs the All Party Parliamentary Group on Data Analytics, is chair of the All Party Parliamentary University Group and the All Party Parliamentary Group for Life Sciences, and is Co-Chair of the All Party Parliamentary Group for the East of England among others.

Daniel has a History degree from the University of Cambridge, and on leaving university ran a small nursery with his partner in rural Norfolk before embarking on a career in computer programming.