Jake Berry


Jake Berry

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
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 47)
Liverpool, England
NationalityBritish
Political partyConservative
Spouse(s)
Charlotte Alexa
​
​
(m. 2009; div. 2016)​

Alice Robinson
​
(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.

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

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.