Hamish Falconer was elected as the MP for Lincoln in July 2024 and was appointed Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State at the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office on 18 July 2024. He is a former member of Britain’s diplomatic service. He has led the Foreign Office’s Terrorism Response Team, UK efforts to start a peace process in Afghanistan and served in Pakistan and South Sudan. He has worked for the UK's Department for International Development and National Crime Agency on humanitarian response, state building, and human trafficking investigations.