Nicholas Richard Hurd was born on 13 May 1962 and is a British politician who served as Minister for London from 2018 to 2019 and Minister of State for Policing and the Fire Service from 2017 to 2019.
19 Facts About Nick Hurd
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Nick Hurd was first elected as the MP for Ruislip-Northwood in 2005.
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Nick Hurd served as Minister for Civil Society at the Department for Culture, Media and Sport in the Cameron Government from 15 May 2010 to 14 July 2014.
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Nick Hurd has subsequently served as Minister for London since 14 November 2018.
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Nick Hurd is the fourth generation in the male line of his family to be elected to the House of Commons as a Conservative, following his father, grandfather and great-grandfather.
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Nick Hurd served as the Convenor of the Climate Change working group of the Conservative Party's Quality of Life Policy Group from 2006 to 2008.
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Nick Hurd has served as a member of the Environmental Audit Select Committee before becoming a minister.
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Nick Hurd came top in the Private member's bill ballot in November 2006, and introduced the Sustainable Communities Bill into the House of Commons.
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In 2016, Nick Hurd supported remain at the 2016 United Kingdom European Union membership referendum.
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Nick Hurd was promoted by David Cameron to the Opposition Whips' office in July 2007.
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Nick Hurd served as Opposition Whip until his appointment as Shadow Minister for Charities, Social Enterprise and Volunteering in October 2008.
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Nick Hurd succeeded Amber Rudd as Minister for Climate Change and Industry, and served from July 2016 to June 2017.
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Nick Hurd was previously Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Department for International Development from November 2015 following the resignation of Grant Shapps until the reshuffle following the appointment of Theresa May as Prime Minister in July 2016.
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Nick Hurd announced his intention to not stand in the 2019 general election, citing personal reasons.
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Nick Hurd did not resign any of his ministerial roles and continued in them until the formation of the next government.
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Nick Hurd met his first wife Kim Richards at Oxford University, and they married at Eton Chapel in 1988.
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In 2010, Nick Hurd married Lady Clare Kerr, daughter of the Conservative politician the 13th Marquess of Lothian, after meeting at a party the previous year.
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On 17 May 2012, Lady Clare Nick Hurd gave birth to a baby girl, Leila.
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Nick Hurd is a governor of Coteford Junior School, a Freeman of the City of London and a Liveryman of the Worshipful Company of Grocers.