Philip Martin Dunne (born 14 August 1958) is a British politician who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for the Ludlow constituency in Shropshire from 2005 to 2024.

Philip Dunne was born in Ludlow, Shropshire, and has an ancestry of politicians and courtiers.

[4] Prior to the Conservative leadership election of 2005, he balloted his constituents about whom he should vote for in the contest.

[8] In this role, he was the minister responsible for, and one of the backers of, the bill which became the Defence Reform Act 2014.

[16] In November 2019, at a hustings held in Church Stretton, Dunne told the Labour candidate, Kuldip Sahota, that he was "talking through his turban".

[18] On 29 January 2020, Dunne was elected as chairman of the Environmental Audit Committee, spearheading the examination of government policies' impact on the environment.

[19] In this remit, he proposed a private member's bill aiming at sanctioning water companies "that discharge sewage into Britain's rivers".