Dan Jarvis

Major Dan Jarvis MBE MP
Official portrait, 2024
Secretary of State for Defence
Incumbent
Assumed office 11 June 2026
Prime Minister	Keir Starmer
Preceded by	John Healey
Junior ministerial offices Minister of State in the Cabinet Office In office 6 September 2025 – 11 June 2026 Preceded by Douglas Alexander Succeeded by TBA Minister of State for Security In office 6 July 2024 – 11 June 2026 Preceded by Tom Tugendhat Succeeded by TBA
Member of Parliament for Barnsley North Barnsley Central (2011–2024)
Incumbent
Assumed office 3 March 2011
Preceded by	Eric Illsley
Majority	7,811 (21.1%)
Shadow portfolios 2023–2024 Minister for Security 2015–2015 Foreign Affairs 2013–2015 Youth Justice and Victims 2011–2013 Culture
Mayor of South Yorkshire Sheffield City Region (2018–2021)
In office 7 May 2018 – 8 May 2022
Preceded by	Office established
Succeeded by	Oliver Coppard
Personal details
Born	Daniel Owen Woolgar Jarvis (1972-11-30) 30 November 1972 Nottingham, England
Political party	Labour Co-op
Spouse(s)	Caroline (died 2010) Rachel Jarvis ​ (m. 2013)​
Children	3
Alma mater	Aberystwyth University (BA) Royal Military Academy Sandhurst King's College London (MA)
Website	Official website
Military service
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Branch/service	British Army
Rank	Major
Unit	Parachute Regiment
Battles/wars	Operation Banner Kosovo War Operation Telic Operation Herrick

Daniel Owen Woolgar Jarvis, MBE (born 30 November 1972) is a British Labour Party politician who has been the Secretary of State for Defence since 2026.

From 1997 to 2011, he was in the Parachute Regiment, before being elected as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Barnsley Central in a by-election in 2011.^[1]

He was elected as Mayor of the Sheffield City Region in 2018.

In June 2026, following the resignation of John Healey, Jarvis was appointed as Secretary of State for Defence by Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer.^[2]