James Duddridge | |
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 Official portrait, 2020 | |
| Minister of State for International Trade | |
| In office 8 September 2022 – 26 October 2022 | |
| Prime Minister | Liz Truss |
| Preceded by | Ranil Jayawardena |
| Succeeded by | Nigel Huddleston |
| Lord Commissioner of the Treasury | |
| In office 8 July 2022 – 6 September 2022 | |
| Prime Minister | Boris Johnson |
| Preceded by | Michael Tomlinson |
| In office 11 May 2010 – 4 September 2012 | |
| Prime Minister | David Cameron |
| Preceded by | Tony Cunningham |
| Succeeded by | Robert Goodwill |
| Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Prime Minister | |
| In office 8 February 2022 – 8 July 2022 | |
| Prime Minister | Boris Johnson |
| Preceded by | Andrew Griffith Sarah Dines |
| Succeeded by | Alexander Stafford |
| Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Africa | |
| In office 13 February 2020 – 16 September 2021 | |
| Prime Minister | Boris Johnson |
| Preceded by | Andrew Stephenson |
| Succeeded by | Vicky Ford |
| In office 11 August 2014 – 16 July 2016 | |
| Prime Minister | David Cameron |
| Preceded by | Mark Simmonds |
| Succeeded by | Tobias Ellwood |
| Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union | |
| In office 27 July 2019 – 31 January 2020 | |
| Prime Minister | Boris Johnson |
| Preceded by | Robin Walker |
| Succeeded by | Office abolished |
| Member of Parliament for Rochford and Southend East | |
| In office 5 May 2005 – 30 May 2024 | |
| Preceded by | Teddy Taylor |
| Succeeded by | Bayo Alaba |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 26 August 1971 Bristol, England |
| Political party | Conservative |
| Spouse | Katy Thompson |
| Alma mater | University of Essex |
| Profession | Banker |
| Website | jamesduddridge |
Sir James Philip Duddridge, KCMG (born 26 August 1971) is a British politician and former banker. A member of the Conservative Party, he served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Rochford and Southend East from 2005 to 2024. Duddridge previously held several ministerial positions under prime ministers David Cameron, Boris Johnson and Liz Truss.[1]
Duddridge first served under David Cameron as a Lord Commissioner of the Treasury from May 2010 to September 2012 and as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Africa at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office from 2014 to 2016. Following Theresa May’s appointment as Prime Minister in July 2016, he returned to the backbenches.
He was appointed by May’s successor, Boris Johnson, as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union in July 2019, and served in the position until 31 January 2020 when the United Kingdom left the European Union and the office was abolished. Duddridge returned to his former role as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Africa in February 2020 and served in this position until a government reshuffle in September 2021, when he left the government. He later served as a Parliamentary Private Secretary to Johnson from February to July 2022 and as a Lord Commissioner of the Treasury from July 2022 to September 2022.
Duddridge most recently served as Minister of State for International Trade in the Truss government.[2] He left government for a third time in October 2022, when newly appointed prime minister Rishi Sunak dismissed him.
- ^ "James Duddridge MP". GOV.UK. Retrieved 5 August 2022.
- ^ "Ministerial Appointments: September 2022". GOV.UK. Retrieved 9 September 2022.