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href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;"><a href="/wiki/Chairman_of_the_Conservative_Party" title="Chairman of the Conservative Party">Chairman of the Conservative Party</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />13 November 2023 – 8 July 2024</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">Leader</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Rishi_Sunak" title="Rishi Sunak">Rishi Sunak</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Greg_Hands" title="Greg Hands">Greg Hands</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Richard_Fuller_(Conservative_politician)" title="Richard Fuller (Conservative politician)">Richard Fuller</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;"><a href="/wiki/Minister_without_portfolio_(United_Kingdom)" title="Minister without portfolio (United Kingdom)">Minister without Portfolio</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />13 November 2023 – 5 July 2024</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Prime Minister</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Rishi_Sunak" title="Rishi Sunak">Rishi Sunak</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Greg_Hands" title="Greg Hands">Greg Hands</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Ellie_Reeves" title="Ellie Reeves">Ellie Reeves</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;"><a href="/wiki/Minister_of_State_for_Transport" title="Minister of State for Transport">Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Roads and Local Transport</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />28 October 2022 – 13 November 2023</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Prime Minister</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Rishi_Sunak" title="Rishi Sunak">Rishi Sunak</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Katherine_Fletcher" title="Katherine Fletcher">Katherine Fletcher</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Guy_Opperman" title="Guy Opperman">Guy Opperman</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;"><a href="/wiki/Member_of_Parliament_(United_Kingdom)" title="Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)">Member of Parliament</a> <br /> for <a href="/wiki/Basildon_and_Billericay" class="mw-redirect" title="Basildon and Billericay">Basildon and Billericay</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><div class="skin-nightmode-reset-color" style="width:100%; margin:0; color: black; background-color: lavender"><b><a href="/wiki/Incumbent" title="Incumbent">Incumbent</a></b></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>Assumed office</b></span> <br />4 July 2024</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/John_Baron_(politician)" title="John Baron (politician)">John Baron</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">Majority</th><td class="infobox-data">20 (0.1%)</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;"><a href="/wiki/Member_of_Parliament_(United_Kingdom)" title="Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)">Member of Parliament</a> <br /> for <a href="/wiki/North_West_Durham" class="mw-redirect" title="North West Durham">North West Durham</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />12 December 2019 – 30 May 2024</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Laura_Pidcock" title="Laura Pidcock">Laura Pidcock</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><i>Constituency abolished</i></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender">Personal details</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday">1985-03-11</span>) </span>11 March 1985<span class="noprint ForceAgeToShow"> (age 39)</span><br /><a href="/wiki/Blackburn" title="Blackburn">Blackburn</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lancashire" title="Lancashire">Lancashire</a>, England</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Political party</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Domestic partner</th><td class="infobox-data">Kate Ferguson<sup id="cite_ref-politico_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-politico-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Alma_mater" title="Alma mater">Alma mater</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/London_School_of_Economics" title="London School of Economics">London School of Economics</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.richardholden.org.uk/">Official website</a></span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below" style="border-top: 1px solid right;"><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Richard John Holden</b> (born 11 March 1985) is a British politician who has been the <a href="/wiki/Member_of_Parliament_(United_Kingdom)" title="Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)">Member of Parliament</a> (MP) for <a href="/wiki/Basildon_and_Billericay_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Basildon and Billericay (UK Parliament constituency)">Basildon and Billericay</a> and <a href="/wiki/Shadow_Paymaster_General" class="mw-redirect" title="Shadow Paymaster General">Shadow Paymaster General</a> since <a href="/wiki/2024_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="2024 United Kingdom general election">2024</a>. A member of the <a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative party</a>, he was previously the Member of Parliament for <a href="/wiki/North_West_Durham_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="North West Durham (UK Parliament constituency)">North West Durham</a> from <a href="/wiki/2019_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="2019 United Kingdom general election">2019</a> to <a href="/wiki/2024_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="2024 United Kingdom general election">2024</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-b_and_b_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-b_and_b-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Holden served as the <a href="/wiki/Chairman_of_the_Conservative_Party" title="Chairman of the Conservative Party">Chairman of the Conservative Party</a> and <a href="/wiki/Minister_without_portfolio_(United_Kingdom)" title="Minister without portfolio (United Kingdom)">Minister without Portfolio</a> from November 2023 to July 2024, and as <a href="/wiki/Minister_of_State_for_Transport" title="Minister of State for Transport">Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Roads and Local Transport</a> from 2022 to 2023. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life_and_political_career">Early life and political career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Richard_Holden_(British_politician)&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early life and political career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Richard Holden was born on 11 March 1985 in <a href="/wiki/Blackburn" title="Blackburn">Blackburn</a> to Mark and Joan Holden.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:0_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He grew up in <a href="/wiki/Grindleton" title="Grindleton">Grindleton</a>, a village in the <a href="/wiki/Ribble_Valley" title="Ribble Valley">Ribble Valley</a>, and attended Grindleton Primary School, <a href="/wiki/Ermysted%27s_Grammar_School" title="Ermysted's Grammar School">Ermysted's Grammar School</a> in <a href="/wiki/Skipton" title="Skipton">Skipton</a> and <a href="/wiki/Queen_Elizabeth%27s_Grammar_School,_Blackburn" title="Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School, Blackburn">Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School</a> in <a href="/wiki/Blackburn" title="Blackburn">Blackburn</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-CA_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CA-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He then went to St Mary's College in Blackburn, before studying at the <a href="/wiki/London_School_of_Economics" title="London School of Economics">London School of Economics</a>, graduating with a BSc in Government and History in 2007.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Holden was employed as a waiter and bar staff for Emporium Ltd in <a href="/wiki/Clitheroe" title="Clitheroe">Clitheroe</a> from 2002 to 2006.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_4-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Holden started work at <a href="/wiki/Conservative_Campaign_Headquarters" title="Conservative Campaign Headquarters">Conservative Campaign Headquarters</a> (CCHQ) in August 2007, initially as a Data Entry Officer. The following year, he became a Media Monitoring Officer, and was a Duty Press Officer from 2008 to 2010.<sup id="cite_ref-Bond_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Bond-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Holden was Political Press Advisor from 2010 to 2012, and promoted to Deputy Head of Press in 2012.<sup id="cite_ref-TES_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TES-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>After the <a href="/wiki/2015_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="2015 United Kingdom general election">2015 general election</a>, he became a <a href="/wiki/Special_adviser_(UK)" class="mw-redirect" title="Special adviser (UK)">special adviser</a> to <a href="/wiki/Lord_Privy_Seal" title="Lord Privy Seal">Lord Privy Seal</a> and <a href="/wiki/Leader_of_the_House_of_Lords" title="Leader of the House of Lords">Leader of the House of Lords</a> <a href="/wiki/Baroness_Stowell_of_Beeston" class="mw-redirect" title="Baroness Stowell of Beeston">Baroness Stowell of Beeston</a>, before leaving to work for <a href="/wiki/Theresa_May" title="Theresa May">Theresa May</a>'s <a href="/wiki/2016_Conservative_Party_leadership_election" title="2016 Conservative Party leadership election">2016 Conservative Party leadership election</a> campaign. He also worked for Stowell's successor as Leader of the House of Lords, <a href="/wiki/Baroness_Evans_of_Bowes_Park" class="mw-redirect" title="Baroness Evans of Bowes Park">Baroness Evans of Bowes Park</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> before becoming a special adviser to the <a href="/wiki/Secretary_of_State_for_Defence" title="Secretary of State for Defence">Secretary of State for Defence</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sir_Michael_Fallon" class="mw-redirect" title="Sir Michael Fallon">Sir Michael Fallon</a>, between October 2016 and April 2017.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Holden became a special adviser to former <a href="/wiki/Secretary_of_State_for_Transport" title="Secretary of State for Transport">Secretary of State for Transport</a> <a href="/wiki/Chris_Grayling" title="Chris Grayling">Chris Grayling</a> in December 2018,<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> before leaving to work on <a href="/wiki/Boris_Johnson" title="Boris Johnson">Boris Johnson</a>'s <a href="/wiki/2019_Conservative_Party_leadership_election" title="2019 Conservative Party leadership election">2019 Conservative Party leadership election</a> campaign. He then worked as a special adviser to <a href="/wiki/Secretary_of_State_for_Education" title="Secretary of State for Education">Secretary of State for Education</a> <a href="/wiki/Gavin_Williamson" title="Gavin Williamson">Gavin Williamson</a> from August to November 2019.<sup id="cite_ref-TES_9-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TES-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> When Parliament was dissolved for the election, Holden began working for CCHQ, before being selected as a <a href="/wiki/Prospective_parliamentary_candidate" title="Prospective parliamentary candidate">prospective parliamentary candidate</a> for <a href="/wiki/North_West_Durham" class="mw-redirect" title="North West Durham">North West Durham</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Parliamentary_career">Parliamentary career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Richard_Holden_(British_politician)&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Parliamentary career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>At the <a href="/wiki/2015_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="2015 United Kingdom general election">2015 general election</a>, Holden stood as the <a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> candidate in <a href="/wiki/Preston_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Preston (UK Parliament constituency)">Preston</a>, coming second with 20% of the vote behind the incumbent <a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> MP <a href="/wiki/Mark_Hendrick" title="Mark Hendrick">Mark Hendrick</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-electoralcalculus2015_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-electoralcalculus2015-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-gen2015_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-gen2015-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Holden was elected to Parliament at the <a href="/wiki/2019_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="2019 United Kingdom general election">2019 general election</a> as MP for <a href="/wiki/North_West_Durham" class="mw-redirect" title="North West Durham">North West Durham</a> with 41.9% of the vote and a majority of 1,144.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Holden was a member of the <a href="/wiki/Public_Accounts_Committee_(United_Kingdom)" title="Public Accounts Committee (United Kingdom)">Public Accounts Committee</a> between March 2020 and March 2022.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Since he became an MP he has written a fortnightly column for the political blog <a href="/wiki/ConservativeHome" title="ConservativeHome">ConservativeHome</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>He was elected to the <a href="/wiki/1922_Committee" title="1922 Committee">Executive of the 1922 Committee</a> in July 2021.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He is on the committee of the <a href="/wiki/All-Party_Parliamentary_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="All-Party Parliamentary Group">All-Party Parliamentary Group</a> on Gambling-Related Harm,<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and has spoken and written extensively about his view that there must be tighter regulation of online gambling.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In February 2020, he led a campaign to reverse the increase in <a href="/wiki/Vehicle_Excise_Duty" title="Vehicle Excise Duty">Vehicle Excise Duty</a> (VED) paid on new motorhomes.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The tax had been increased in September 2019 in response to EU regulation 2018/1832.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the March 2020 Budget the <a href="/wiki/Chancellor_of_the_Exchequer" title="Chancellor of the Exchequer">Chancellor of the Exchequer</a>, <a href="/wiki/Rishi_Sunak" title="Rishi Sunak">Rishi Sunak</a>, announced that the VED increase would be reversed, a tax cut worth £25 million a year to consumers and the industry.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In March 2021 Holden led a group of 80 <a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> MPs in writing to the <a href="/wiki/Chancellor_of_the_Exchequer" title="Chancellor of the Exchequer">Chancellor of the Exchequer</a> asking him to introduce a new lower duty for beer sold on draught in pubs.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He continued his campaign alongside fellow Conservative MP <a href="/wiki/Mike_Wood_(Conservative_politician)" title="Mike Wood (Conservative politician)">Mike Wood</a> in meetings with <a href="/wiki/HM_Treasury" title="HM Treasury">Treasury</a> Ministers, and in October 2021 he gathered more than 100 Conservative MPs to push the issues ahead of the <a href="/wiki/Budget_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Budget of the United Kingdom">2021 Budget</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the 2021 Budget the government announced a new Draught Beer Duty rate for pubs and clubs 5 per cent lower than standard beer duty, cutting the tax on beer and cider sold in pubs by £100 million a year.<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Rishi Sunak credited both Holden and Wood for campaigning on the issue in his Budget Speech.<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 22 April 2022 Holden called for <a href="/wiki/Durham_Constabulary" title="Durham Constabulary">Durham Constabulary</a> to investigate <a href="/wiki/Keir_Starmer" title="Keir Starmer">Keir Starmer</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Leader_of_the_Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Leader of the Labour Party (UK)">Leader of the Labour Party</a>, following reports in the media regarding potential breaches of COVID-19 regulations by attending a <a href="/wiki/Beergate" title="Beergate">staff gathering</a> during an election campaign that month.<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Durham Constabulary announced an investigation into the event on 6 May 2022.<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 8 July 2022, Durham Constabulary announced that they would not be issuing any <a href="/wiki/Fixed_penalty_notice" title="Fixed penalty notice">fixed penalty notices</a> as they determined the gathering was covered by the "reasonably necessary work" exception in the regulations.<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Holden endorsed <a href="/wiki/Rishi_Sunak" title="Rishi Sunak">Rishi Sunak</a> in the <a href="/wiki/July%E2%80%93September_2022_Conservative_Party_leadership_election" title="July–September 2022 Conservative Party leadership election">July–September 2022 Conservative Party leadership election</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was appointed as <a href="/wiki/Minister_of_State_for_Transport" title="Minister of State for Transport">Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Roads and Local Transport</a> in October 2022.<sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Holden became <a href="/wiki/Chairman_of_the_Conservative_Party" title="Chairman of the Conservative Party">Chairman of the Conservative Party</a> and <a href="/wiki/Minister_without_portfolio_(United_Kingdom)" title="Minister without portfolio (United Kingdom)">Minister without Portfolio</a> on 13 November 2023 as part of a <a href="/wiki/November_2023_British_cabinet_reshuffle" title="November 2023 British cabinet reshuffle">cabinet reshuffle</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>He was sworn in as a member of the <a href="/wiki/Privy_Council_(United_Kingdom)" title="Privy Council (United Kingdom)">Privy Council</a> on 13 December 2023 at <a href="/wiki/Buckingham_Palace" title="Buckingham Palace">Buckingham Palace</a> following his appointment, entitling him to the <a href="/wiki/Style_(form_of_address)" title="Style (form of address)">honorific prefix</a> "<i><a href="/wiki/The_Right_Honourable" title="The Right Honourable">The Right Honourable</a></i>" for life.<sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 5 June 2024, Holden was controversially made a <a href="/wiki/Parachute_candidate" title="Parachute candidate">parachute candidate</a> for the safe Tory seat of <a href="/wiki/Basildon_and_Billericay" class="mw-redirect" title="Basildon and Billericay">Basildon and Billericay</a>, to the strong opposition of local members.<sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This was despite Holden having stated he was "bloody loyal to the north-east" earlier in the year.<sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> At the <a href="/wiki/2024_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="2024 United Kingdom general election">2024 general election</a>, Holden was elected to Parliament as MP for Basildon and Billericay with 30.6% of the vote and a majority of 20.<sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 8 July 2024, Holden resigned as chairman of the Conservative Party, replaced by Richard Fuller as interim chairman.<sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He became <a href="/wiki/Shadow_Paymaster_General" class="mw-redirect" title="Shadow Paymaster General">Shadow Paymaster General</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Opposition_frontbench_of_Kemi_Badenoch" title="Opposition frontbench of Kemi Badenoch">Opposition Frontbench of Kemi Badenoch</a> in November 2024.<sup id="cite_ref-47" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Personal_life">Personal life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Richard_Holden_(British_politician)&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Personal life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Holden is a member of the <a href="/wiki/Carlton_Club" title="Carlton Club">Carlton Club</a> in London and the Steel Club in <a href="/wiki/Consett" title="Consett">Consett</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_4-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In May 2021 Holden was fined £100 for dropping a cigarette outside an election count venue during the <a href="/wiki/2021_United_Kingdom_local_elections" title="2021 United Kingdom local elections">2021 local elections</a>. He had previously led a litter-picking campaign in 2020.<sup id="cite_ref-48" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2018, Holden was unanimously acquitted by a jury of a charge of sexual assault made in 2016.<sup id="cite_ref-49" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The judge in the case told him he "left court without any stain on his character" and Holden received substantial damages and costs following the case.<sup id="cite_ref-50" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Following the conclusion of the trial, Holden gave interviews and wrote about the case and its impact on him.<sup id="cite_ref-51" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span 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Evans</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/John_Hayes_(British_politician)" title="John Hayes (British politician)">John Hayes</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Robert_Jenrick" title="Robert Jenrick">Robert Jenrick</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Caroline_Johnson" title="Caroline Johnson">Caroline Johnson</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Alicia_Kearns" title="Alicia Kearns">Alicia Kearns</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Edward_Leigh" title="Edward Leigh">Edward Leigh</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Neil_O%27Brien" title="Neil O'Brien">Neil O'Brien</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Shivani_Raja" title="Shivani Raja">Shivani Raja</a></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#0087DC; color:white;;width:1%">West Midlands</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Stuart_Anderson_(politician)" title="Stuart Anderson (politician)">Stuart Anderson</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Harriett_Baldwin" title="Harriett Baldwin">Harriett Baldwin</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Saqib_Bhatti" title="Saqib Bhatti">Saqib Bhatti</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Karen_Bradley" title="Karen Bradley">Karen Bradley</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Mark_Garnier" title="Mark Garnier">Mark Garnier</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Nigel_Huddleston" title="Nigel Huddleston">Nigel Huddleston</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Andrew_Mitchell" title="Andrew Mitchell">Andrew Mitchell</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Wendy_Morton" title="Wendy Morton">Wendy Morton</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Jesse_Norman" title="Jesse Norman">Jesse Norman</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Mark_Pritchard_(politician)" title="Mark Pritchard (politician)">Mark Pritchard</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Neil_Shastri-Hurst" title="Neil Shastri-Hurst">Neil Shastri-Hurst</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Bradley_Thomas_(British_politician)" title="Bradley Thomas (British politician)">Bradley Thomas</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Gavin_Williamson" title="Gavin Williamson">Gavin Williamson</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Mike_Wood_(Conservative_politician)" title="Mike Wood (Conservative politician)">Mike Wood</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Jeremy_Wright" title="Jeremy Wright">Jeremy Wright</a></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#0087DC; color:white;;width:1%">East of England</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Kemi_Badenoch" title="Kemi Badenoch">Kemi Badenoch</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Steve_Barclay" title="Steve Barclay">Steve Barclay</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Alex_Burghart" title="Alex Burghart">Alex Burghart</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/James_Cartlidge" title="James Cartlidge">James Cartlidge</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/James_Cleverly" title="James Cleverly">James Cleverly</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Lewis_Cocking" title="Lewis Cocking">Lewis Cocking</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Oliver_Dowden" title="Oliver Dowden">Oliver Dowden</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Mark_Francois" title="Mark Francois">Mark Francois</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/George_Freeman_(politician)" title="George Freeman (politician)">George Freeman</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Richard_Fuller_(Conservative_politician)" title="Richard Fuller (Conservative politician)">Richard Fuller</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Rebecca_Harris" title="Rebecca Harris">Rebecca Harris</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Richard Holden</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Neil_Hudson_(politician)" title="Neil Hudson (politician)">Neil Hudson</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Bernard_Jenkin" title="Bernard Jenkin">Bernard Jenkin</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Jerome_Mayhew" title="Jerome Mayhew">Jerome Mayhew</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Gagan_Mohindra" title="Gagan Mohindra">Gagan Mohindra</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Ben_Obese-Jecty" title="Ben Obese-Jecty">Ben Obese-Jecty</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Priti_Patel" title="Priti Patel">Priti Patel</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Patrick_Spencer" title="Patrick Spencer">Patrick Spencer</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Blake_Stephenson" title="Blake Stephenson">Blake Stephenson</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Nick_Timothy" title="Nick Timothy">Nick Timothy</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/John_Whittingdale" title="John Whittingdale">John Whittingdale</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/James_Wild_(politician)" title="James Wild (politician)">James Wild</a></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#0087DC; color:white;;width:1%">London</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Gareth_Bacon" title="Gareth Bacon">Gareth Bacon</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Bob_Blackman" title="Bob Blackman">Bob Blackman</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Iain_Duncan_Smith" title="Iain Duncan Smith">Iain Duncan Smith</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Peter_Fortune" title="Peter Fortune">Peter Fortune</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Louie_French" title="Louie French">Louie French</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Julia_Lopez_(politician)" title="Julia Lopez (politician)">Julia Lopez</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Chris_Philp" title="Chris Philp">Chris Philp</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Andrew_Rosindell" title="Andrew Rosindell">Andrew Rosindell</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/David_Simmonds" title="David Simmonds">David Simmonds</a></span></li></ul> 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Grant</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Andrew_Griffith" title="Andrew Griffith">Andrew Griffith</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Alison_Griffiths_(politician)" title="Alison Griffiths (politician)">Alison Griffiths</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Damian_Hinds" title="Damian Hinds">Damian Hinds</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Paul_Holmes_(Conservative_politician)" title="Paul Holmes (Conservative politician)">Paul Holmes</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Jeremy_Hunt" title="Jeremy Hunt">Jeremy Hunt</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Lincoln_Jopp" title="Lincoln Jopp">Lincoln Jopp</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Katie_Lam" title="Katie Lam">Katie Lam</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Julian_Lewis" title="Julian Lewis">Julian Lewis</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Alan_Mak_(politician)" 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