As of 2019, who was the UK’s longest-serving Minister of State for Security and Economic Crime?

Robert Ben Lobban Wallace (born 15 May 1970) is a British politician serving as Secretary of State for Defence since 24 July 2019. He previously was the UK’s longest-serving Minister of State for Security and Economic Crime from 2016 to 2019.

A member of the Conservative Party, he has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Wyre and Preston North since the 2010 United Kingdom general election. Wallace was first elected as the MP for Lancaster and Wyre in the 2005 United Kingdom general election, having previously served as a Captain in the British Army.