Brandon Lewis

The Right Honourable Sir Brandon Lewis CBE
Official portrait, 2022
Secretary of State for Justice Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain
In office 6 September 2022 – 25 October 2022
Prime Minister	Liz Truss
Preceded by	Dominic Raab
Succeeded by	Dominic Raab
Secretary of State for Northern Ireland
In office 13 February 2020 – 7 July 2022
Prime Minister	Boris Johnson
Preceded by	Julian Smith
Succeeded by	Shailesh Vara
Minister of State for Security and Deputy for EU Exit and No Deal Preparation
In office 24 July 2019 – 13 February 2020
Prime Minister	Boris Johnson
Preceded by	Ben Wallace[a]
Succeeded by	James Brokenshire[b]
Chairman of the Conservative Party
In office 8 January 2018 – 24 July 2019
Leader	Theresa May
Preceded by	Patrick McLoughlin
Succeeded by	James Cleverly
Minister without Portfolio
In office 8 January 2018 – 24 July 2019
Prime Minister	Theresa May
Preceded by	Robert Halfon[c]
Succeeded by	James Cleverly
Minister of State for Immigration
In office 11 June 2017 – 8 January 2018
Prime Minister	Theresa May
Preceded by	Robert Goodwill
Succeeded by	Caroline Nokes
Minister of State for Policing and the Fire Service
In office 16 July 2016 – 11 June 2017
Prime Minister	Theresa May
Preceded by	Mike Penning
Succeeded by	Nick Hurd
Minister of State for Housing and Planning[d]
In office 15 July 2014 – 16 July 2016
Prime Minister	David Cameron
Preceded by	Kris Hopkins
Succeeded by	Gavin Barwell
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government
In office 4 September 2012 – 15 July 2014
Prime Minister	David Cameron
Preceded by	Bob Neill
Succeeded by	Kris Hopkins
Member of Parliament for Great Yarmouth
In office 6 May 2010 – 30 May 2024
Preceded by	Tony Wright
Succeeded by	Rupert Lowe
Local government offices Leader of Brentwood Borough Council In office 23 June 2004 – 18 March 2009 Preceded by Vicky Cook Succeeded by Louise McKinlay Member of Brentwood Borough Council for Hutton South In office 7 May 1998 – 2009 Preceded by E. Nicholson Succeeded by Roger Hirst
Personal details
Born	Brandon Kenneth Lewis (1971-06-20) 20 June 1971 (age 53) Harold Wood, London, England
Political party	Conservative
Spouse	Justine Rappolt ​ (m. 1999)​
Children	2
Alma mater	University of Buckingham King's College London Inns of Court School of Law Inner Temple
Website	brandonlewis.co

Sir Brandon Kenneth Lewis CBE (born 20 June 1971) is a British politician who served as Secretary of State for Justice and Lord Chancellor from September to October 2022.^[1] He previously served as Chairman of the Conservative Party from 2018 to 2019 and Secretary of State for Northern Ireland from 2020 to 2022. A member of the Conservative Party, he was Member of Parliament (MP) for Great Yarmouth from 2010 to 2024.

Born in Harold Wood, Lewis attended the independent Forest School. He studied economics at the University of Buckingham, switching to King's College London for his master's degree. He then began a career as a barrister. He was a councillor on Brentwood Borough Council from 1998 to 2009 and served as leader of the council from 2004 to 2009. He was elected as the MP for Great Yarmouth at the 2010 general election.

Lewis served under Prime Minister David Cameron as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government from 2012 to 2014 and Minister of State for Housing and Planning from 2014 to 2016. Lewis served under Cameron’s successor, Theresa May, as Minister of State for Policing and the Fire Service from 2016 to 2017 and Minister of State for Immigration from 2017 to 2018. He was appointed to May’s Cabinet as Chairman of the Conservative Party and Minister without Portfolio in the 2018 cabinet reshuffle. After May resigned in 2019, Lewis was appointed Minister of State for Security and Deputy for EU Exit and No Deal Preparation by Prime Minister Boris Johnson. In the 2020 cabinet reshuffle, he was promoted by Johnson to Secretary of State for Northern Ireland. He resigned from this post during the July 2022 government crisis. Following the appointment of Liz Truss as Prime Minister, Lewis was appointed as Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice. He returned to the backbenches the following month after being dismissed by Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and stood down from parliament at the 2024 general election.

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