Nigel Paul Huddleston (born 13 October 1970) is a British politician who has served as co-chairman of the Conservative Party since November 2024,serving alongside The Lord Johnson of Lainston. [1] He has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Droitwich and Evesham,previously Mid Worcestershire,since 2015 and was Shadow Financial Secretary to the Treasury from July to November 2024. [2] He served as Financial Secretary to the Treasury from November 2023 to July 2024. [3] He previously served as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State at the Department for Digital,Culture,Media and Sport from 2020 to 2022 and as Minister of State for International Trade from February to November 2023. [4]
Nigel Huddleston was born on 13 October 1970 in Lincoln. [5] [6] [7] He was educated at the Sir Robert Pattinson Academy,a state secondary school in North Hykeham in Lincolnshire, [8] followed by Christ Church,Oxford,where he studied politics and economics. [6] He received an MBA from the UCLA Anderson School of Management in Los Angeles,California. [6]
Huddleston started his career as a consultant for Arthur Andersen. He continued his career at Deloitte,and later worked as the industry head of travel for Google. [6]
At the 2010 general election,Huddleston was the Conservative candidate for Luton South,coming second with 29.4% of the vote behind the Labour candidate Gavin Shuker. [9] [10]
In 2014,he was selected as the prospective parliamentary candidate in Mid Worcestershire in a primary election in which anyone on the constituency's electoral register was eligible to vote. The constituency association did not publish the votes that each candidate received. [11] Huddleston was elected as MP for Mid Worcestershire at the 2015 general election with 57% of the vote and a majority of 20,532. [12]
Huddleston is a board member of the Tory Reform Group. [7] In Parliament,he sat on the Culture,Media and Sport Select Committee. [13]
Huddleston was opposed to Brexit prior to the 2016 referendum on EU membership. [14]
At the snap 2017 general election,Huddleston was re-elected as MP for Mid Worcestershire with an increased vote share of 65.3% and an increased majority of 23,326. [15]
In February 2019,Huddleston was appointed as the Conservatives' new vice chairman for youth. He was responsible for attracting young people to the party's ranks. [16] After Boris Johnson became Prime Minister in July 2019,Huddleston was appointed as an assistant whip,leaving his role as vice chairman.
Huddleston was again re-elected at the 2019 general election with an increased vote share of 66.7% and an increased majority of 28,018. [17]
In the 2020 cabinet reshuffle,Huddleston was appointed Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Sport,Tourism and Heritage,replacing Nigel Adams and Helen Whately. [18] During 2021,he served as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Sport and Tourism. On 8 October 2021,Huddleston took over the duties of the former role of Parliamentary under-secretary of state for civil society,held by The Baroness Barran until the role was abolished. Huddleston then became Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Sport,Tourism,Heritage and Civil Society. [19]
Due to the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies,Huddleston's constituency of Mid Worcestershire was abolished,and replaced with Droitwich and Evesham. At the 2024 general election,Huddleston was elected to Parliament as MP for Droitwich and Evesham with 40.1% of the vote and a majority of 8,995. [20]
Huddleston lives in Badsey,Worcestershire,with his American wife Melissa,and their two children. [6]
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