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Nigel HuddlestonMP
Official portrait, 2024
Co-Chairman of the Conservative Party
Incumbent
Assumed office 4 November 2024Serving with The Lord Johnson of Lainston
Leader	Kemi Badenoch
Preceded by	Richard Fuller
Shadow Financial Secretary to the Treasury
In office 19 July 2024 – 4 November 2024
Leader	Rishi Sunak
Preceded by	James Murray
Financial Secretary to the Treasury
In office 13 November 2023 – 5 July 2024
Prime Minister	Rishi Sunak
Preceded by	Victoria Atkins
Succeeded by	Lord Livermore
Minister of State for International Trade
In office 30 October 2022 – 13 November 2023
Prime Minister	Rishi Sunak
Preceded by	James Duddridge
Succeeded by	Greg Hands
Lord Commissioner of the Treasury
In office 20 September 2022 – 7 February 2023
Prime Minister	Liz Truss Rishi Sunak
Succeeded by	Stuart Anderson
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Sport, Tourism, Heritage and Civil Society
In office 13 February 2020 – 7 September 2022
Prime Minister	Boris Johnson Liz Truss
Preceded by	Nigel Adams Helen Whately
Succeeded by	Stuart Andrew
Member of Parliament for Droitwich and Evesham Mid Worcestershire (2015–2024)
Incumbent
Assumed office 7 May 2015
Preceded by	Peter Luff
Majority	8,995 (18.1%)
Personal details
Born	(1970-10-13) 13 October 1970 (age 54) Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England
Political party	Conservative
Residence(s)	Badsey, Worcestershire, England
Alma mater	Christ Church, Oxford University of California, Los Angeles (MBA)
Website	nigelhuddleston.com

Nigel Paul Huddleston (born 13 October 1970) is a British politician who has served as co-chairman of the Conservative Party since November 2024, serving alongside The Lord Johnson of Lainston. He has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Droitwich and Evesham, previously Mid Worcestershire, since 2015 and was Shadow Financial Secretary to the Treasury from July to November 2024. He served as Financial Secretary to the Treasury from November 2023 to July 2024. He previously served as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State at the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport from 2020 to 2022 and as Minister of State for International Trade from February to November 2023.

Early life and career

Nigel Huddleston was born on 13 October 1970 in Lincoln. He was educated at the Sir Robert Pattinson Academy, a state secondary school in North Hykeham in Lincolnshire, followed by Christ Church, Oxford, where he studied politics and economics. He received an MBA from the UCLA Anderson School of Management in Los Angeles, California.

Huddleston started his career as a consultant for Arthur Andersen. He continued his career at Deloitte, and later worked as the industry head of travel for Google.

Parliamentary career

At the 2010 general election, Huddleston was the Conservative candidate for Luton South, coming second with 29.4% of the vote behind the Labour candidate Gavin Shuker.

In 2014, he was selected as the prospective parliamentary candidate in Mid Worcestershire in a primary election in which anyone on the constituency's electoral register was eligible to vote. The constituency association did not publish the votes that each candidate received. Huddleston was elected as MP for Mid Worcestershire at the 2015 general election with 57% of the vote and a majority of 20,532.

Huddleston is a board member of the Tory Reform Group. In Parliament, he sat on the Culture, Media and Sport Select Committee.

Huddleston was opposed to Brexit prior to the 2016 referendum on EU membership.

At the snap 2017 general election, Huddleston was re-elected as MP for Mid Worcestershire with an increased vote share of 65.3% and an increased majority of 23,326.

In February 2019, Huddleston was appointed as the Conservatives' new vice chairman for youth. He was responsible for attracting young people to the party's ranks. After Boris Johnson became Prime Minister in July 2019, Huddleston was appointed as an assistant whip, leaving his role as vice chairman.

Huddleston was again re-elected at the 2019 general election with an increased vote share of 66.7% and an increased majority of 28,018.

In the 2020 cabinet reshuffle, Huddleston was appointed Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Sport, Tourism and Heritage, replacing Nigel Adams and Helen Whately. During 2021, he served as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Sport and Tourism. On 8 October 2021, Huddleston took over the duties of the former role of Parliamentary under-secretary of state for civil society, held by The Baroness Barran until the role was abolished. Huddleston then became Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Sport, Tourism, Heritage and Civil Society.

Due to the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, Huddleston's constituency of Mid Worcestershire was abolished, and replaced with Droitwich and Evesham. At the 2024 general election, Huddleston was elected to Parliament as MP for Droitwich and Evesham with 40.1% of the vote and a majority of 8,995.

Personal life

Huddleston lives in Badsey, Worcestershire, with his American wife Melissa, and their two children.

Notes

1. Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (2022–2023).
2. As Minister of State for Trade Policy
3. As Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Sport, Tourism and Heritage from 2020 to 2021. Huddleston served as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Sport and Tourism from February to October 2021. The former role of Minister for Civil Society was held by The Baroness Barran until the role was abolished.
4. As Minister of State for Sport, Media and Creative Industries.
5. As Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Arts, Heritage and Tourism.

References

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8. "Nigel Huddleston, MP for Mid Worcestershire". Mid Worcestershire Conservative Association. Retrieved 15 October 2015.
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10. Statement of Persons Nominated Archived 4 May 2010 at the Wayback Machine Luton Borough Council
11. "Mid-Worcestershire public pick Nigel as Tory candidate in 2015 after 'primary' selection". Mid Worcestershire Conservative Association. 23 November 2013. Retrieved 9 December 2013.
12. "Election Data 2015". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
13. "Membership – Culture, Media and Sport Committee". UK Parliament. Retrieved 28 August 2016.
14. Goodenough, Tom (16 February 2016). "Which Tory MPs back Brexit, who doesn't and who is still on the fence?". The Spectator. Archived from the original on 2 May 2019. Retrieved 11 October 2016.
15. "Candidates confirmed for General Election". Stratford-upon-Avon Herald. 11 May 2017. Retrieved 12 May 2017.
16. Cowburn, Ashley (12 February 2019). "Conservatives appoint 48-year-old MP as youth spokesman". The Independent. Archived from the original on 20 June 2022. Retrieved 15 February 2019.
17. "Worcestershire Mid Parliamentary constituency". BBC News. BBC. Retrieved 30 November 2019.
18. "Tourism Minister's speech at the Extraordinary G20 Tourism Ministers' Meeting on Covid-19". GOV.UK. 24 April 2020. Retrieved 26 April 2020.
19. Ricketts, Andy (8 October 2021). "Sector loses dedicated minister as charities brief is reintegrated back into sport role". Third Sector. Retrieved 1 June 2022.
20. "Droitwich and Evesham - General election results 2024". BBC News. Retrieved 18 August 2024.

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