A member of the Conservative Party, she was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Loughborough from the 2010 United Kingdom general election until 2019.
Morgan served as Secretary of State for Education and Minister for Women and Equalities from 2014 until 2016; the then-new Prime Minister Theresa May removed her from these positions.She previously served as Economic Secretary to the Treasury from October 2013 to April 2014 and as Financial Secretary to the Treasury from April to July 2014.
In July 2017, Morgan was elected Chair of the Treasury Select Committee following the 2017 general election, and served until her appointment as Culture Secretary in July 2019.
In October 2019, Morgan announced that she would stand down as an MP at the 2019 general election.
In December 2019, it was announced she would be created a life peer and would continue in her role as Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport.