The subject of this article is standing for re-election to the House of Commons of the United Kingdom on 4 July, and has not been an incumbent MP since Parliament was dissolved on 30 May. Some parts of this article may be out of date during this period. |
James Cartlidge | |
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Minister of State for Defence Procurement | |
Assumed office 21 April 2023 | |
Prime Minister | Rishi Sunak |
Preceded by | Alex Chalk |
Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury | |
In office 28 October 2022 –21 April 2023 | |
Prime Minister | Rishi Sunak |
Preceded by | Felicity Buchan |
Succeeded by | Gareth Davies |
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Justice | |
In office 17 September 2021 –7 July 2022 | |
Prime Minister | Boris Johnson |
Preceded by | Alex Chalk |
Succeeded by | Sarah Dines |
Member of Parliament for South Suffolk | |
Assumed office 7 May 2015 | |
Preceded by | Tim Yeo |
Majority | 22,897 (42.8%) |
Personal details | |
Born | London,England | 30 April 1974
Political party | Conservative |
Spouse | Emily |
Children | 4 |
Alma mater | University of Manchester |
Website | Official website |
James Roger Cartlidge (born 30 April 1974) is a British Conservative Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for South Suffolk since 2015. He has served as Minister of State for Defence Procurement since 2023. [1] He served as Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury from 2022 to 2023 and Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Justice between 2021 and 2022.
James Cartlidge was born on 30 April 1974 in London. He was educated at Queen Elizabeth's School, [2] which was a comprehensive when he attended but is now an all-boys grammar school in Chipping Barnet in north west London. Cartlidge then studied Economics at the University of Manchester. [2]
After university,Cartlidge ran an SME,having founded Share to Buy Ltd, [3] a shared ownership property portal and host of the London Home Show,a major event for first time buyers. [4]
At the 2005 general election,Cartlidge stood as the Conservative candidate in Lewisham Deptford,coming third with 12.4% of the vote behind the incumbent Labour MP Joan Ruddock and the Liberal Democrat candidate Columba Blango. [5]
Cartlidge was elected to Parliament at the 2015 general election as MP for South Suffolk with 53.1% of the vote and a majority of 17,545. [6]
In July 2015,in one of his first actions in Parliament,Cartlidge brought a barrel of beer from his constituency into the House of Commons,which he drank with his new parliamentary colleagues. [7]
Also in July 2015,Cartlidge took a train journey from Sudbury to Marks Tey with Rail Executives from Abellio Greater Anglia,Network Rail and the Department for Transport to highlight issues for people travelling by train in his constituency. [8]
In November 2015,he held a South Suffolk Food Day in the House of Commons which featured businesses such as Jimmy's Farm,Suffolk Food Hall and Gifford's Hall Vineyard. [9]
Cartlidge has worked to improve mobile phone signal in his constituency,launching in February 2016 a campaign in Boxford for greater efforts to provide mobile telephone signal in 'not-spots'. [10]
Cartlidge was elected to the Public Accounts Commission in November 2015 and the Work and Pensions Committee in October 2016. [11]
He was opposed to Brexit prior to the 2016 referendum. [12]
At the snap 2017 general election,Cartlidge was re-elected as MP for South Suffolk with an increased vote share of 60.5% and an increased majority of 17,749. [13]
In January 2018 he was appointed as PPS to the Health Secretary,Jeremy Hunt,and remained his PPS when Hunt was promoted as Foreign Secretary. [14] [15]
In July 2019 Cartlidge was one of 73 MPs to vote against equal marriage in Northern Ireland. [16] He has publicly expressed his strong support for equal marriage but voted against imposing this law in Northern Ireland 'in absentia'. [17]
Cartlidge was again re-elected at the 2019 general election with an increased vote share of 62.2% and an increased majority of 22,897. [18]
In October 2020,Cartlidge wrote in the East Anglian Daily Times that COVID-19 has exacerbated the need for part-time season tickets. [19]
On 17 September 2021,Cartlidge was appointed Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Justice and an Assistant Government Whip in the cabinet reshuffle. [20] During his time in office,he introduced the Statutory Instrument which raised Magistrates' sentencing powers in England and Wales from 6 to 12 months. [21] Cartlidge also delivered the Government's initial response to the Criminal Legal Aid Independent Review,which resulted in most criminal legal aid fees being increased by 15%. [22]
On 7 July 2022,Cartlidge resigned from government in the wake of widespread criticism of Boris Johnson's handling of the Chris Pincher scandal,following a large number of other ministerial resignations. [23]
Cartlidge served as Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury from 28 October 2022 to 21 April 2023. On his last day in the job,he oversaw clauses of the Finance Bill introducing a new lower rate of alcohol duty specifically for draught beer and cider. [24]
He replaced Alex Chalk as Minister of State for Defence Procurement in April 2023,following a mini-reshuffle. [25]
On 22 February 2024,Cartlidge launched the Defence Drone Strategy,committing the Ministry of Defence to its first comprehensive capability plan for uncrewed systems. [26] On 28 February 2024,in a Commons Oral Statement he set out plans to overhaul defence acquisition,introducing a new Integrated Procurement Model. [27]
Cartlidge is married to Emily,with whom he has four children. His father-in-law is the former Conservative MP,Gerald Howarth,who was MP for Cannock and Burntwood from 1983 to 1992 and MP for Aldershot from 1997 to 2017. [28]
Cartlidge performed a drum solo on Times Radio in September 2020,as part of Times Radio presenter Matt Chorley's coverage of MPs' hobbies and pastimes. [29]
In his contribution to the House of Commons debate on Friday 9th September 2022,the day after the death of Queen Elizabeth II,‘Tributes to Her late Majesty the Queen’,Cartlidge confessed to having spilt a bottle of red wine on one of the Queen’s carpets whilst working as a kitchen porter in the early 1990s,at the Buckingham Palace Staff Christmas Party,saying:“I pledge my loyalty to His Majesty,and I hope that he is merciful and resists the temptation to put an invoice for cleaning costs in the post". [30]
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