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James Cleverly

MP for Braintree (Conservative).

Membership

  • MP for Braintree, Conservative (5 July 2024 – now)
  • MP for Braintree, Conservative (13 December 2019 – 30 May 2024)
  • MP for Braintree, Conservative (9 June 2017 – 6 November 2019)
  • MP for Braintree, Conservative (8 May 2015 – 3 May 2017)

Roles

  • Shadow Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government (22 July 2025 – 31 August 2026)
  • Shadow Home Secretary (8 July 2024 – 5 November 2024)
  • The Secretary of State for the Home Department (13 November 2023 – 5 July 2024)
  • Foreign Secretary, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (6 September 2022 – 13 November 2023)
  • The Secretary of State for Education (7 July 2022 – 6 September 2022)
  • Minister of State (Minister for Europe) (8 February 2022 – 7 July 2022)
  • Minister of State (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office) (2 September 2020 – 8 February 2022)
  • Minister of State (Foreign and Commonwealth Office) (Joint with the Department for International Development) (13 February 2020 – 2 September 2020)
  • Minister without Portfolio (24 July 2019 – 13 February 2020)
  • Co-Chair, Conservative Party (24 July 2019 – 13 February 2020)
  • The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union (4 April 2019 – 24 July 2019)
  • Deputy Chair, Conservative Party (8 January 2018 – 4 April 2019)

Braintree: 2024 general election: majority 3,670 (7.5%).

Braintree: 2019 general election: majority 24,673 (48.9%); 2017 general election: majority 18,422 (35.2%); 2015 general election: majority 17,610 (35.0%).