Jake Berry

The Right Honourable Sir

Jake Berry

MP
Official portrait, 2019
Chairman of the Conservative Party
Minister without Portfolio
In office
6 September 2022 – 25 October 2022
Prime MinisterLiz Truss
Preceded byAndrew Stephenson
Ben Elliot
Succeeded byNadhim Zahawi
Minister of State for the Northern Powerhouse and Local Growth[a]
In office
14 June 2017 – 13 February 2020
Prime MinisterTheresa May
Boris Johnson
Preceded byAndrew Percy
Succeeded bySimon Clarke
Member of Parliament
for Rossendale and Darwen
Assumed office
6 May 2010
Preceded byJanet Anderson
Majority9,522 (19.5%)
Personal details
Born
James Jacob Gilchrist Berry

(1978-12-29) 29 December 1978 (age 46)[1]
Liverpool, England
NationalityBritish
Political partyConservative
Spouse(s)
Charlotte Alexa
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​
(m. 2009; div. 2016)​

Alice Robinson
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(m. 2018)​
Children3
ResidenceRossendale
Alma materUniversity of Sheffield and College of Law
ProfessionPolitician
WebsiteOfficial website

Sir James Jacob Gilchrist Berry (born 29 December 1978) is a British Conservative Party politician and former solicitor who was Chairman of the Conservative Party and Minister without Portfolio from 6 September to 25 October 2022. He was Minister for the Northern Powerhouse, from 2017 to 2020, in the governments of Theresa May and Boris Johnson.[2]

He is the Member of Parliament (MP) for Rossendale and Darwen since 2010.[3][4]

Notes

  1. ↑ Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (2017–19)

References

  1. ↑ Berry, James Jacob Gilchrist, (Jake)', Who's Who 2012, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 2012; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2011 ; online edn, Nov 2011 accessed 30 November 2012
  2. ↑ "Jake Berry MP". GOV.UK. Archived from the original on 23 July 2019. Retrieved 25 July 2019.
  3. ↑ Jake Berry MP Archived 5 January 2014 at the Wayback Machine, Westminster Parliamentary Record. Retrieved 30 November 2012.
  4. ↑ Jake Berry Archived 2 January 2013 at the Wayback Machine, www.parliament.uk. Retrieved 30 November 2012.