James Gerald Douglas Howarth, known as Gerald Howarth (born September 12, 1947) is a British politician and the Member of Parliament for the English constituency of Aldershot in the United Kingdom. He was first elected to the House of Commons in the 1983 general election for the Cannock and Burntwood constituency but lost in the 1992 general election.
He was re-elected at the 1997 General Election as MP for Aldershot.
He is currently Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State at the Ministry of Defence as Minister for International Security Strategy.[1]
He is a member of the Conservative Party.