Sir James Jacob Gilchrist Berry was born on 29 December 1978 and is a British Conservative Party politician and former solicitor who served as Chairman of the Conservative Party and Minister without Portfolio from 6 September to 25 October 2022.
17 Facts About Jake Berry
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Jake Berry previously served as Minister of State for the Northern Powerhouse and Local Growth from 2017 to 2020 in the governments of Theresa May and Boris Johnson.
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Jake Berry has been the Member of Parliament for Rossendale and Darwen in Lancashire since the 2010 general election, when he defeated the sitting Labour Party MP Janet Anderson by a majority of 4,493 votes.
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Jake Berry was born on 29 December 1978 in Liverpool and privately educated at Liverpool College, before studying for a law degree at Sheffield University.
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Jake Berry trained to be a solicitor in Chester and in the City of London, qualifying as a solicitor in 2003.
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Jake Berry worked for a number of legal practices, specialising in planning law.
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Jake Berry was elected in the general election of 2010 as MP for Rossendale and Darwen, beating incumbent MP Janet Anderson, who had held the seat for 18 years.
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From July 2015 until January 2017, Jake Berry served on the Parliamentary Finance Committee.
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In May 2016, it emerged that Jake Berry was one of a number of Conservative MPs being investigated by police in the United Kingdom general election, 2015 party spending investigation, for allegedly spending more than the legal limit on constituency election campaign expenses.
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Jake Berry was opposed to Brexit prior to the 2016 referendum.
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Jake Berry was again returned as MP in June 2017, but with a reduced majority of 3,216.
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Jake Berry was appointed to the Privy Council the next day.
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Jake Berry resigned from government in February 2020 after refusing a move to a ministerial office at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in a cabinet reshuffle.
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Jake Berry joined the Cabinet as Minister without Portfolio, and he was appointed to the party role of Chairman of the Conservative Party.
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On 25 October 2022, Jake Berry stood down as Chairman of the Conservative Party upon the ascension of Rishi Sunak to the premiership.
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Jake Berry has been married to Alice Robinson since May 2018.
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On 14 October 2022 it was announced that Jake Berry had been knighted.