Jane Hunt
MP
Official portrait, 2020
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Small Business, Consumers and Labour Markets
In office
8 July 2022 – 8 September 2022
Prime MinisterBoris Johnson
Preceded byPaul Scully
Succeeded byDean Russell
Member of Parliament
for Loughborough
Assumed office
12 December 2019
Preceded byNicky Morgan
Majority7,125 (13.1%)
Personal details
Born (1966-06-04) 4 June 1966 (age 57)
NationalityBritish
Political partyConservative
Children2

Jane Marion Hunt[1] (born 4 June 1966)[2] is a British politician who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Loughborough in Leicestershire since 2019. A member of the Conservative Party, she briefly served as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Small Business, Consumers and Labour Markets from July to September 2022 under Prime Minister Boris Johnson following the July 2022 government crisis.[3][4]

Career

Hunt served on Charnwood Borough Council from 2003 until 2015 for Loughborough Nanpantan, and from 2018 for Quorn and Mountsorrel Castle.[5] She worked as an adviser to her predecessor, Nicky Morgan, in Morgan's role as MP for Loughborough from 2010 to 2019.[6] She was the unsuccessful Conservative prospective parliamentary candidate for several safe Labour seats prior to 2019, initially contesting Leicester East at the 2010 general election and the neighbouring Leicester South at the 2011 by-election.[7] She also unsuccessfully contested Nottingham South at the 2015 and 2017 general elections. Hunt finished second in all bar one of the contests, coming third in Leicester South behind the Liberal Democrats.

Hunt was elected at the 2019 general election; it was her fourth attempt to enter Parliament.[8] She made her maiden speech to the House of Commons on 20 January 2020.[9] She was appointed Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Cabinet Office.[10] On 8 July 2022 she was appointed Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Small Business, Consumers and Labour Markets.[11]

In October 2022, following the resignation of Liz Truss as Prime Minister, Hunt announced that she would be supporting previous Prime Minister Boris Johnson in the subsequent leadership election.[12]

Personal life

Hunt is married and has two children.[5]

References

  1. ^ "Members Sworn". Hansard.parliament.uk. 18 December 2019. Retrieved 28 January 2020.
  2. ^ Brunskill, Ian (19 March 2020). The Times guide to the House of Commons 2019 : the definitive record of Britain's historic 2019 General Election. ISBN 978-0-00-839258-1. OCLC 1129682574.
  3. ^ "Ministerial appointments: July 2022". GOV.UK. 7 July 2022. Retrieved 10 July 2022.
  4. ^ "Jane Hunt MP". GOV.UK. Retrieved 25 September 2022.
  5. ^ a b "About Jane Hunt". Jane Hunt.
  6. ^ Orton, Amy (10 December 2019). "Who has been elected as the new MP for Loughborough?". leicestermercury. Retrieved 13 December 2019.
  7. ^ Isaby, Jonathan (28 March 2011). "Jane Hunt selected as Conservative candidate for Leicester South by-election". ConservativeHome. Retrieved 28 June 2020.
  8. ^ "Loughborough parliamentary constituency - Election 2019". BBC.com. Retrieved 13 December 2019.
  9. ^ "Jane Hunt – 2020 Maiden Speech in the House of Commons". UKPOL. 20 January 2020. Retrieved 11 February 2020.
  10. ^ "PARLIAMENTARY PRIVATE SECRETARIES – APRIL 2020" (PDF). gov.uk. Retrieved 12 April 2020.
  11. ^ bighospitality.co.uk (12 July 2022). "Jane Hunt replaces Paul Scully to oversee Government's hospitality remit". bighospitality.co.uk. Retrieved 16 July 2022.
  12. ^ "Who is backing Boris Johnson in the Conservative leadership race?". ITV News. 21 October 2022. Retrieved 21 October 2022.

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Parliament of the United Kingdom Preceded byNicky Morgan Member of Parliamentfor Loughborough 2019-present Incumbent Preceded byPaul Scully Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Small Business, Consumers and Labour Markets 2022-present Incumbent
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