James Duddridge

James Duddridge
Official portrait, 2020
Minister of State for International Trade
In office
8 September 2022 – 26 October 2022
Prime MinisterLiz Truss
Preceded byRanil Jayawardena
Succeeded byNigel Huddleston
Lord Commissioner of the Treasury
In office
8 July 2022 – 6 September 2022
Prime MinisterBoris Johnson
Preceded byMichael Tomlinson
In office
11 May 2010 – 4 September 2012
Prime MinisterDavid Cameron
Preceded byTony Cunningham
Succeeded byRobert Goodwill
Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Prime Minister
In office
8 February 2022 – 8 July 2022
Prime MinisterBoris Johnson
Preceded byAndrew Griffith
Sarah Dines
Succeeded byAlexander Stafford
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Africa
In office
13 February 2020 – 16 September 2021
Prime MinisterBoris Johnson
Preceded byAndrew Stephenson
Succeeded byVicky Ford
In office
11 August 2014 – 16 July 2016
Prime MinisterDavid Cameron
Preceded byMark Simmonds
Succeeded byTobias Ellwood
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union
In office
27 July 2019 – 31 January 2020
Prime MinisterBoris Johnson
Preceded byRobin Walker
Succeeded byOffice abolished
Member of Parliament
for Rochford and Southend East
In office
5 May 2005 – 30 May 2024
Preceded byTeddy Taylor
Succeeded byBayo Alaba
Personal details
Born (1971-08-26) 26 August 1971 (age 53)
Bristol, England
Political partyConservative
SpouseKaty Thompson
Alma materUniversity of Essex
ProfessionBanker
Websitejamesduddridge.com

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.

  1. ^ "James Duddridge MP". GOV.UK. Retrieved 5 August 2022.
  2. ^ "Ministerial Appointments: September 2022". GOV.UK. Retrieved 9 September 2022.