The Lord Benyon | |
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![]() Official portrait, 2017 | |
Minister of State for Climate, Environment and Energy | |
In office 14 November 2023 – 5 July 2024 | |
Prime Minister | Rishi Sunak |
Preceded by | The Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park |
Succeeded by | TBC |
Minister of State for Biosecurity, Marine and Rural Affairs[a] | |
In office 30 October 2022 – 14 November 2023 | |
Prime Minister | Rishi Sunak |
Preceded by | Scott Mann |
Succeeded by |
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In office 13 May 2021 – 20 September 2022 | |
Prime Minister | Boris Johnson |
Preceded by | The Lord Gardiner of Kimble |
Succeeded by | Scott Mann |
In office 6 June 2010 – 7 October 2013 | |
Prime Minister | David Cameron |
Preceded by | Dan Norris |
Succeeded by | Dan Rogerson |
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for International Environment | |
In office 20 September 2022 – 25 October 2022 | |
Prime Minister | Liz Truss |
Preceded by | The Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park |
Succeeded by | Vacant |
Member of the House of Lords Lord Temporal | |
Assumed office 2 February 2021 Life peerage | |
Member of Parliament for Newbury | |
In office 5 May 2005 – 6 November 2019 | |
Preceded by | David Rendel |
Succeeded by | Laura Farris |
Personal details | |
Born | Reading, Berkshire, England | 21 October 1960
Political party | Conservative[b] |
Spouse(s) | Emma Villiers (divorced) Zoe Robinson |
Children | 5 sons |
Residence | Englefield House |
Education | Bradfield College |
Alma mater | Royal Agricultural College |
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Website | richardbenyon.com parliament..richard-benyon |
Military service | |
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Years of service | 1981–85 |
Rank | Lieutenant |
Unit | Royal Green Jackets |
Richard Henry Ronald Benyon, Baron Benyon PC[1][2] (born 21 October 1960) is a British politician who served as Minister of State for Climate, Environment and Energy from 2023 to 2024.[3] A member of the Conservative Party, he was Member of Parliament (MP) for Newbury from 2005 to 2019.
Benyon studied at the Royal Agricultural College and Royal Military Academy Sandhurst before serving in the British Army, being posted to Northern Ireland and the Far East with the Royal Green Jackets. He was elected to Newbury Council in 1991 and became Conservative group leader in 1994.
Benyon became MP for Newbury at the 2005 general election. In opposition, he served on the Home Affairs Select Committee, as an opposition whip and as a shadow minister for the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA). Under David Cameron, he first served as a government minister at DEFRA from May 2010 to October 2013. He had the Conservative whip removed on 3 September 2019 by Prime Minister Boris Johnson, after voting against the government, and sat as an independent MP until he had the whip restored on 28 October 2019.
In December 2020, it was announced Benyon would have a life peerage conferred after a nomination by Prime Minister Boris Johnson.[4] Following the resignation of Lord Gardiner of Kimble in May 2021, he was again made Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.[5]
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