23 Facts About James Cartlidge

James Roger Cartlidge was born on 30 April 1974 and is a British Conservative Party politician.

James Cartlidge has been the Member of Parliament for South Suffolk since 2015, and has been serving as Minister of State for Defence Procurement since 2023.

James Cartlidge served as Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury from 2022 to 2023 and Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Justice between 2021 and 2022.

James Cartlidge stood for parliament in Lewisham Deptford in the 2005 general election finishing third.

James Cartlidge was an elected member of Babergh District Council before his election to the House of Commons in May 2015.

James Cartlidge won 2,996 more votes than the last election of his predecessor, the veteran MP Tim Yeo, who retired before James Cartlidge's election having been de-selected.

James Cartlidge has championed South Suffolk produce and one of his first political acts was to bring a barrel of beer from Suffolk into the House of Commons, which he drank with his new parliamentary colleagues.

James Cartlidge held a South Suffolk Food Day in the House of Commons which featured businesses such as Jimmy's Farm, Suffolk Food Hall and Gifford's Hall Vineyard.

James Cartlidge has worked to improve mobile phone signal in the constituency and launched a campaign in Boxford for greater efforts to provide mobile telephone signal in 'not-spots'.

James Cartlidge has taken a train journey from Sudbury to Marks Tey with Rail Executives from Abellio Greater Anglia, Network Rail and the Department for Transport to highlight issues for people travelling by train in the constituency.

In March 2016, James Cartlidge called an Adjournment debate in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom on flexible rail ticketing.

James Cartlidge has continued to campaign for part-time season tickets, writing an article for Politics Home in February 2020.

James Cartlidge has stated that COVID-19 has exacerbated the need for part-time season tickets.

James Cartlidge was elected to the Public Accounts Commission in November 2015 and the Work and Pensions Committee in October 2016.

James Cartlidge was opposed to Brexit prior to the 2016 referendum.

In 2019 James Cartlidge was one of 73 MPs to vote against equal marriage in Northern Ireland.

James Cartlidge has publicly expressed his strong support for equal marriage but voted against imposing this law in Northern Ireland 'in absentia'.

On 17 September 2021, James Cartlidge was appointed Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Justice and an Assistant Government Whip in the cabinet reshuffle.

On 7 July 2022, James Cartlidge resigned from government in the wake of widespread criticism of Boris Johnson's handling of the Chris Pincher scandal, following a large number of other ministerial resignations.

James Cartlidge replaced Alex Chalk as Minister of State for Defence Procurement in April 2023, following a mini-reshuffle.

James Cartlidge is married to Emily, with whom he has four children.

James Cartlidge's father-in-law is the former Conservative MP, Gerald Howarth, Member of Parliament for Aldershot until 2017.

James Cartlidge performed a drum solo on Times Radio in September 2020, as part of Times Radio presenter Matt Chorley's coverage of MPs' hobbies and pastimes.