The Lord Herbert of South Downs | |
|---|---|
 Official portrait, 2010 | |
| Minister of State for Policing and Criminal Justice | |
| In office 13 May 2010 – 4 September 2012 | |
| Prime Minister | David Cameron |
| Preceded by | David Hanson[a] |
| Succeeded by | Damian Green |
| Shadow Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs | |
| In office 19 January 2009 – 11 May 2010 | |
| Leader | David Cameron |
| Preceded by | Peter Ainsworth |
| Succeeded by | Hilary Benn |
| Shadow Secretary of State for Justice | |
| In office 2 July 2007 – 19 January 2009 | |
| Leader | David Cameron |
| Preceded by | Oliver Heald |
| Succeeded by | Dominic Grieve |
| Member of the House of Lords Lord Temporal | |
| Assumed office 8 September 2020 Life Peerage | |
| Member of Parliament for Arundel and South Downs | |
| In office 5 May 2005 – 6 November 2019 | |
| Preceded by | Howard Flight |
| Succeeded by | Andrew Griffith |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Nicholas Le Quesne Herbert 7 April 1963 Cambridge, England |
| Political party | Conservative |
| Domestic partner | Jason Eades |
| Alma mater | Magdalene College, Cambridge |
| Website | Official website |
Nicholas Le Quesne Herbert, Baron Herbert of South Downs, CBE, PC (born 7 April 1963) is a British Conservative Party politician and was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Arundel and South Downs from 2005 to 2019. He was Minister of State for Police and Criminal Justice, with his time split between the Home Office and the Ministry of Justice, from 2010 to 2012.[1] On 5 November 2019 he announced his decision not to stand for re-election in the 2019 general election.[2] On 31 July 2020 Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced that Herbert would enter the House of Lords.[3]
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- ^ "Ministers of State – Ministry of Justice". Justice.gov.uk. Retrieved 15 May 2010.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Resignation statement". Nick Herbert MP. 5 November 2019. Archived from the original on 5 November 2019. Retrieved 5 November 2019.
- ^ Payne, Sebastian (31 July 2020). "Boris Johnson loyalists rewarded with peerages". Financial Times. Archived from the original on 11 December 2022. Retrieved 21 August 2020.