About Geoffrey Cox (British politician)
Sir Charles Geoffrey Cox (born 30 April 1960) is a British Conservative Party politician and barrister. He has been the member of parliament (MP) for Torridge and Tavistock, previously Torridge and West Devon, since 2005. Cox worked as a barrister from 1982 onwards and was appointed a Queen's Counsel in 2003, two years before his election to Parliament. He served as Attorney General for England and Wales and Advocate General for Northern Ireland under Theresa May and Boris Johnson from 2018 to 2020. In January 2023 it was reported that Cox had, since the 2019 general election, earned more than £2 million in addition to his salary as an MP – the second-highest amount of any MP, with only former prime minister Theresa May having earned more. In 1992 he co-founded Thomas More Chambers, as its Head of Chambers.
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