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style="line-height:normal;padding-top:0.2em;">Official portrait, 2020</div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;">Chair of the <a href="/wiki/Foreign_Affairs_Select_Committee" title="Foreign Affairs Select Committee">Foreign Affairs Select Committee</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />18 June 2015 – 12 July 2017</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/Richard_Ottaway" title="Richard Ottaway">Richard Ottaway</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/Tom_Tugendhat" title="Tom Tugendhat">Tom Tugendhat</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/Parliamentary_Under-Secretary_of_State_for_Prisons_and_Youth_Justice" class="mw-redirect" title="Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Prisons and Youth Justice">Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Prisons and Youth Justice</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />6 May 2010 – 4 September 2012</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/David_Cameron" title="David Cameron">David Cameron</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/Maria_Eagle" title="Maria Eagle">Maria Eagle</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/Jeremy_Wright" title="Jeremy Wright">Jeremy Wright</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/Reigate_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Reigate (UK Parliament constituency)">Reigate</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />1 May 1997 – 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/George_Gardiner_(politician)" title="George Gardiner (politician)">Sir George Gardiner</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/Rebecca_Paul_(British_politician)" title="Rebecca Paul (British politician)">Rebecca Paul</a></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"><div style="display:inline" class="nickname">Crispin Jeremy Rupert Blunt</div><br /><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday">1960-07-15</span>) </span>15 July 1960<span class="noprint ForceAgeToShow"> (age 64)</span><br />West Germany</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Nationality</th><td class="infobox-data">British</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Political party</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Independent_politician" title="Independent politician">Independent</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Other political<br />affiliations</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> (until 2023)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Spouse</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1151524712">.mw-parser-output .marriage-line-margin2px{line-height:0;margin-bottom:-2px}.mw-parser-output .marriage-line-margin3px{line-height:0;margin-bottom:-3px}.mw-parser-output .marriage-display-ws{display:inline;white-space:nowrap}</style> <div class="marriage-display-ws"><div style="display:inline-block;line-height:normal;margin-top:1px;white-space:normal;">Victoria Jenkins</div> <div class="marriage-line-margin2px"></div> <div style="display:inline-block;margin-bottom:1px;"></div>(<abbr title="married">m.</abbr> 1990; <abbr title="separated">sep.</abbr> 2010)<wbr /></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Children</th><td class="infobox-data">2</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Relatives</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Emily_Blunt" title="Emily Blunt">Emily Blunt</a> (niece)</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/Royal_Military_Academy_Sandhurst" title="Royal Military Academy Sandhurst">Royal Military Academy Sandhurst</a><br /><a href="/wiki/University_College,_Durham" title="University College, Durham">University College, Durham</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Cranfield_School_of_Management" title="Cranfield School of Management">Cranfield School of Management</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Occupation</th><td class="infobox-data">Politician</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Awards</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Royal_Military_Academy_Sandhurst" title="Royal Military Academy Sandhurst">Queen's Medal</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.blunt4reigate.com/">Personal Website</a><br /><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/commons/crispin-blunt/104">Commons Website</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender">Military service</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Allegiance</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom">United Kingdom</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Branch/service</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/Flag_of_the_British_Army.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_British_Army.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/Flag_of_the_British_Army.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_British_Army.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/Flag_of_the_British_Army.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_British_Army.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="710" data-file-height="406" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/British_Army" title="British Army">British Army</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Years of service</th><td class="infobox-data">1979–1990</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Rank</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Captain_(British_Army_and_Royal_Marines)" title="Captain (British Army and Royal Marines)">Captain</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Unit</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/13th/18th_Royal_Hussars_(Queen_Mary%27s_Own)" class="mw-redirect" title="13th/18th Royal Hussars (Queen Mary's Own)">13th/18th Royal Hussars (Queen Mary's Own)</a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below" style="border-top: 1px solid right;"><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Crispin Jeremy Rupert Blunt</b> (born 15 July 1960) is a British politician who served as the <a href="/wiki/Member_of_Parliament_(United_Kingdom)" title="Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)">Member of Parliament</a> (MP) for <a href="/wiki/Reigate_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Reigate (UK Parliament constituency)">Reigate</a> from <a href="/wiki/1997_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1997 United Kingdom general election">1997</a> to <a href="/wiki/2024_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="2024 United Kingdom general election">2024</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Formerly a member of the <a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative Party</a>, he was the <a href="/wiki/Parliamentary_Under-Secretary_of_State" class="mw-redirect" title="Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State">Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State</a> for Prisons and Youth Justice within the <a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Justice_(United_Kingdom)" title="Ministry of Justice (United Kingdom)">Ministry of Justice</a> from 2010 to 2012 and Chair of the <a href="/wiki/Foreign_Affairs_Select_Committee" title="Foreign Affairs Select Committee">Foreign Affairs Select Committee</a> from 2015 until 2017. </p><p>Blunt first entered the <a href="/wiki/House_of_Commons_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="House of Commons of the United Kingdom">House of Commons</a> at the 1997 general election, when he replaced the then MP <a href="/wiki/George_Gardiner_(politician)" title="George Gardiner (politician)">Sir George Gardiner</a>, who had been deselected by the Constituency Conservative Association Executive Council and joined the <a href="/wiki/Referendum_Party" title="Referendum Party">Referendum Party</a>. In 2013, Blunt was deselected by the Constituency Executive Council, with speculation that this was due to his public announcement that he was gay.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, after a ballot of party members in Reigate, the decision was overturned by a margin of 5–1 and Blunt was reselected as the Conservative candidate for the <a href="/wiki/2015_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="2015 United Kingdom general election">2015 general election</a>.<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> </p><p>On 1 May 2022, he announced he would be standing down at the <a href="/wiki/2024_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="2024 United Kingdom general election">2024 general election</a>.<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> In October 2023, he was arrested on suspicion of rape and possession of controlled substances, and released on conditional bail. He subsequently had the Conservative Party whip removed, continuing to sit as an <a href="/wiki/Independent_MP" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent MP">independent MP</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-arrest_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-arrest-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-bbcArrest_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bbcArrest-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life_and_education">Early life and education</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Crispin_Blunt&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early life and education"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Blunt was born on 15 July 1960 in <a href="/wiki/West_Germany" title="West Germany">West Germany</a>, one of three sons of English parents Adrienne (née Richardson) and Major-General <a href="/wiki/Peter_Blunt" title="Peter Blunt">Peter Blunt</a> (1923–2003).<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> He was educated at <a href="/wiki/Wellington_College_(Berkshire)" class="mw-redirect" title="Wellington College (Berkshire)">Wellington College</a>, an <a href="/wiki/Independent_school_(UK)" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent school (UK)">independent school</a> in Berkshire. He then attended the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Military_Academy_Sandhurst" title="Royal Military Academy Sandhurst">Royal Military Academy Sandhurst</a>, where he won the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Military_Academy_Sandhurst#King's_Medal" title="Royal Military Academy Sandhurst">Queen's Medal</a>, following which he gained a regular commission in the British Army. As an in-service degree, he studied politics at <a href="/wiki/University_College,_Durham" title="University College, Durham">University College, Durham</a> between 1981 and 1984, where he was elected president of the <a href="/wiki/List_of_social_activities_at_Durham_University#Durham_Union_Society" title="List of social activities at Durham University">Durham Union Society</a> in 1983.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He graduated with an <a href="/wiki/Upper_second-class_honours" class="mw-redirect" title="Upper second-class honours">upper second-class honours</a> degree.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1991, he gained an <a href="/wiki/Master_of_Business_Administration" title="Master of Business Administration">Master of Business Administration</a> (MBA) degree at the <a href="/wiki/Cranfield_School_of_Management" title="Cranfield School of Management">Cranfield School of Management</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> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Military_service">Military service</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Crispin_Blunt&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Military service"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Blunt was commissioned as an <a href="/wiki/Officer_(armed_forces)" title="Officer (armed forces)">officer</a> in the <a href="/wiki/British_Army" title="British Army">British Army</a> on 4 August 1979 as a <a href="/wiki/Second_lieutenant" title="Second lieutenant">second lieutenant</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-LG_5_November_1979_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LG_5_November_1979-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Having been commissioned into the General List, he transferred to the <a href="/wiki/13th/18th_Royal_Hussars_(Queen_Mary%27s_Own)" class="mw-redirect" title="13th/18th Royal Hussars (Queen Mary's Own)">13th/18th Royal Hussars (Queen Mary's Own)</a> on 8 March 1980, and his regular commission was confirmed.<sup id="cite_ref-LG_2_May_1980_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LG_2_May_1980-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was promoted to <a href="/wiki/Lieutenant_(British_Army_and_Royal_Marines)" title="Lieutenant (British Army and Royal Marines)">lieutenant</a> on 4 August 1981,<sup id="cite_ref-LG_17_August_1981_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LG_17_August_1981-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and to <a href="/wiki/Captain_(British_Army_and_Royal_Marines)" title="Captain (British Army and Royal Marines)">captain</a> on 4 February 1986.<sup id="cite_ref-LG_24_February_1986_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LG_24_February_1986-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> During the 1980s, he was stationed in <a href="/wiki/Cyprus" title="Cyprus">Cyprus</a>, Germany, and Britain, serving as a <a href="/wiki/Troop" title="Troop">troop</a> leader, regimental operations officer and <a href="/wiki/Armoured_reconnaissance" title="Armoured reconnaissance">armoured reconnaissance</a> squadron commander.<sup id="cite_ref-profile_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-profile-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><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> He resigned his commission on 24 September 1990, and was appointed to the Reserve of Officers.<sup id="cite_ref-LG_24_September_1990_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LG_24_September_1990-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Political_career">Political career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Crispin_Blunt&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Political career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Blunt contested his first Parliamentary seat at the <a href="/wiki/1992_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1992 United Kingdom general election">1992 general election</a>, as the <a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> candidate in <a href="/wiki/West_Bromwich_East" class="mw-redirect" title="West Bromwich East">West Bromwich East</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-kimber-1992_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-kimber-1992-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> From 1991 to 1992, Blunt was a representative of the <a href="/wiki/Forum_of_Private_Business" title="Forum of Private Business">Forum of Private Business</a>.<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> In 1993, he was appointed a special adviser to <a href="/wiki/Malcolm_Rifkind" title="Malcolm Rifkind">Malcolm Rifkind</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Secretary_of_State_for_Defence" title="Secretary of State for Defence">Secretary of State for Defence</a>, and worked in the same capacity when Rifkind became <a href="/wiki/Foreign_Secretary" title="Foreign Secretary">Foreign Secretary</a> from 1995 to 1997. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Member_of_Parliament">Member of Parliament</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Crispin_Blunt&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Member of Parliament"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>At the <a href="/wiki/1997_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1997 United Kingdom general election">1997 general election</a>, Blunt was elected to <a href="/wiki/Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Parliament of the United Kingdom">Parliament</a> as Member for <a href="/wiki/Reigate_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Reigate (UK Parliament constituency)">Reigate</a> in <a href="/wiki/Surrey" title="Surrey">Surrey</a>, succeeding the long-serving strongly <a href="/wiki/Eurosceptic" class="mw-redirect" title="Eurosceptic">Eurosceptic</a> MP <a href="/wiki/George_Gardiner_(politician)" title="George Gardiner (politician)">Sir George Gardiner</a>, who had been deselected by the local Conservative Party. Blunt was subsequently appointed to the <a href="/wiki/House_of_Commons_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="House of Commons of the United Kingdom">House of Commons</a> <a href="/wiki/Defence_Select_Committee" title="Defence Select Committee">Defence Select Committee</a>. </p><p>In July 1997, he was elected as Secretary of the Conservative Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs Committee and the Conservative Middle East Council. In May 2000, he joined the House of Commons Environment, Transport and Regional Affairs Select Committee and in July 2003 he was elected Chairman of the Conservative Middle East Council, a position he still occupies.<sup id="cite_ref-profile_15-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-profile-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The new Conservative Party leader <a href="/wiki/Iain_Duncan_Smith" title="Iain Duncan Smith">Iain Duncan Smith</a> appointed Blunt to the Opposition front bench as <a href="/wiki/Shadow_Minister" class="mw-redirect" title="Shadow Minister">Shadow Minister</a> for <a href="/wiki/Northern_Ireland" title="Northern Ireland">Northern Ireland</a> in September 2001. In July 2002, he was appointed as deputy to <a href="/wiki/Tim_Yeo" title="Tim Yeo">Tim Yeo</a>, <a href="/wiki/Shadow_Secretary_of_State_for_Trade_and_Industry" class="mw-redirect" title="Shadow Secretary of State for Trade and Industry">Shadow Secretary of State for Trade and Industry</a>.<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> On 1 May 2003 he resigned his position on the front bench, saying that Duncan Smith was a "handicap" to the Conservatives.<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> He decided to resign at that time in the expectation that the Conservative Party would make over 500 gains in the <a href="/wiki/2003_United_Kingdom_local_elections" title="2003 United Kingdom local elections">2003 local government elections</a>, but in the belief that these would be achieved in spite of, rather than because of, Duncan Smith's leadership. Blunt timed his resignation so that it became public after the polls closed but before the results were declared.<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>The following day he was unanimously reselected by his local party as their prospective parliamentary candidate, but in May 2003, he failed to persuade 25 of his fellow Conservative MPs to call for a vote of confidence. He accepted that no challenge for the party leadership would be immediately forthcoming and returned to the <a href="/wiki/Back_benches" class="mw-redirect" title="Back benches">back benches</a>.<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> In November 2003, <a href="/wiki/Michael_Howard" title="Michael Howard">Michael Howard</a> replaced Duncan Smith after a vote of no confidence. </p><p>Blunt became a party <a href="/wiki/Whip_(politics)" title="Whip (politics)">whip</a> under Howard, but on 9 June 2005, he took a leave of absence from that role to support the expected leadership bid of Malcolm Rifkind. However, when Rifkind was knocked out of the party leadership contest, Blunt returned to the Whips' office and wrote to all party members in his constituency asking them to rank the remaining contenders in order of preference so he could best represent his constituents.<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> </p><p>Blunt is a former joint chair of the <a href="/wiki/Council_for_the_Advancement_of_Arab-British_Understanding" class="mw-redirect" title="Council for the Advancement of Arab-British Understanding">Council for the Advancement of Arab-British Understanding</a>.<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> When the <a href="/wiki/Conservative_%E2%80%93_Liberal_Democrat_Coalition_Agreement" class="mw-redirect" title="Conservative – Liberal Democrat Coalition Agreement">Conservative and Liberal Democrat Coalition</a> formed a government in 2010, Blunt was appointed as the first <a href="/wiki/Minister_of_State_for_Prisons" class="mw-redirect" title="Minister of State for Prisons">Minister of State for Prisons</a> at the <a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Justice" class="mw-redirect" title="Ministry of Justice">Ministry of Justice</a>. His responsibilities included prisons and probation, youth justice, criminal law and sentencing policy, and criminal justice. He is also a member of the All-Party Parliamentary Humanist Group.<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 November 2013, Blunt was re-selected to stand in the 2015 general election for the Conservative Party, having undergone a postal ballot of constituency members. The postal ballot was triggered when the executive council came to a vote with a majority decision not to endorse his candidacy. Having won the postal ballot Blunt called for the executive council to consider their position.<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> The lack of support from a majority of the executive council was partly attributed to the allegedly homophobic views of some older Conservative voters in the area. Roger Newstead, the chairman of the Reigate South and Earlswood Branch, wrote a private letter to Ben Mearns, who had resigned from the branch committee after protesting the decision to force a postal ballot. In the letter, Newstead said: "I do not know what motivated my executive colleagues but I suspect that Crispin has been the author of his own misfortune. There is no doubt in my mind that his very public and totally unnecessary announcement that he was 'gay' was the final straw for some members, particularly those in the north of the borough, with whom there had been a number of previous disagreements on policy matters. A number of lady members were very offended by the manner in which his marriage broke down. Apparently Victoria's version was very different from Crispin's".<sup id="cite_ref-campaign_28-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-campaign-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Later clarifying his views to <i><a href="/wiki/The_Guardian" title="The Guardian">The Guardian</a></i>, Newstead said: "I still say it was unnecessary [for Crispin Blunt to come out]. To me it was an error of judgment. I wouldn't have done anything like that. I would have just said if anyone had asked me: politicians have a unique lifestyle, it doesn't suit everybody and there is a long history of parliamentary marriages breaking down. You don't have to go out and tell people you have got homosexual tendencies. It is a private matter and it shouldn't have been put in the public domain. He put it in the public domain".<sup id="cite_ref-campaign_28-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-campaign-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In May 2014, Blunt was one of seven unsuccessful candidates for the chairmanship of the House of Commons <a href="/wiki/Defence_Select_Committee" title="Defence Select Committee">Defence Select Committee</a>.<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> On 19 June 2015, it was announced that Blunt had been elected to the chairmanship of the <a href="/wiki/Foreign_Affairs_Select_Committee" title="Foreign Affairs Select Committee">Foreign Affairs Select Committee</a>,<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> a post he held until 12 July 2017 when he was defeated by Conservative candidate <a href="/wiki/Tom_Tugendhat" title="Tom Tugendhat">Tom Tugendhat</a>.<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> </p><p>Prior to the <a href="/wiki/2016_United_Kingdom_European_Union_membership_referendum" title="2016 United Kingdom European Union membership referendum">2016 EU Referendum</a>, Blunt supported <a href="/wiki/Brexit" title="Brexit">Brexit</a>. </p><p>In September 2017, Blunt was elected chair of the <a href="/wiki/All_Party_Parliamentary_Humanist_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="All Party Parliamentary Humanist Group">All Party Parliamentary Humanist Group</a>, the cross-party group which represents <a href="/wiki/Secular_humanism" title="Secular humanism">humanists</a> in Parliament.<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> In 2018, he became an honorary associate of the <a href="/wiki/National_Secular_Society" title="National Secular Society">National Secular Society</a>.<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 11 April 2022, after fellow MP <a href="/wiki/Imran_Ahmad_Khan" title="Imran Ahmad Khan">Imran Ahmad Khan</a> was found guilty of a child sex offence, Blunt issued a statement in defence of Ahmad Khan which criticised the verdict, describing it as an "international scandal, with dreadful wider implications for millions of LGBT+ Muslims around the world" and said that it "relied on lazy tropes about LGBT+ people". He also said that he hoped for Ahmad Khan to return to public service.<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> Blunt's intervention was strongly condemned and members of the all-party parliamentary group (APPG) on global LGBT+ affairs which was chaired by Blunt, resigned in protest.<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> Blunt later apologised for his comments and resigned as chair of the APPG.<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> In May 2022, Blunt backtracked on this apology and described Ahmad Khan's conviction as a "serious miscarriage of justice".<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> </p><p>On 1 May 2022, he announced he would be standing down at the <a href="/wiki/2024_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="2024 United Kingdom general election">2024 general election</a>.<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> </p><p>On 16 October 2022, he became the first Conservative MP to publicly call for <a href="/wiki/Liz_Truss" title="Liz Truss">Liz Truss</a> to resign, calling it "blindingly obvious" that she must go.<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> </p><p>Following his arrest on suspicion of rape and possession of controlled substances on 25 October 2023, Blunt had the Conservative Party whip removed, continuing to sit as an <a href="/wiki/Independent_MP" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent MP">independent MP</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-arrest_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-arrest-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-bbcArrest_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bbcArrest-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Blunt said that he expected to be cleared, and that he had previously reported an attempt of extortion to the police.<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> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Political_views">Political views</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Crispin_Blunt&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Political views"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>A long-term <a href="/wiki/Euroscepticism_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Euroscepticism in the United Kingdom">Eurosceptic</a>, Blunt issued a pamphlet in 1998 when first elected to parliament which called for an in-out referendum.<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> In 1998, Blunt argued against the equal age of consent for homosexuals and heterosexuals, stating that "It is also clear that there is a much greater strand of homosexuality than of heterosexuality which depends for its gratification on the exploitation of youth".<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> In 2004, he was also absent for votes on legalising (same-sex) civil partnerships and allowing marriages to remain valid if they became a same-sex marriage after the granting of a Gender Recognition Certificate.<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> In June 2016, Blunt championed <a href="/wiki/LGBT_rights_in_the_United_Kingdom" class="mw-redirect" title="LGBT rights in the United Kingdom">LGBT rights</a>, during the <a href="/wiki/Campaigning_in_the_United_Kingdom_European_Union_membership_referendum,_2016" class="mw-redirect" title="Campaigning in the United Kingdom European Union membership referendum, 2016">campaigning of the EU referendum</a>, stating that the UK would be the "world's leading proponents of LGBTI rights, in or out of the <a href="/wiki/EU" class="mw-redirect" title="EU">EU</a>".<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> </p><p>Blunt has been described as "a long-term critic of Israel".<sup id="cite_ref-Harpin_44-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Harpin-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He is a co-director of the International Centre of Justice for Palestinians, and in October 2023 he announced the group's intention to prosecute UK government leaders for "aiding and abetting war crimes in Gaza" amid the <a href="/wiki/2023_Israel%E2%80%93Hamas_war" class="mw-redirect" title="2023 Israel–Hamas war">2023 Israel–Hamas war</a>, warning his colleagues in Westminster of the peril of guilt through complicity.<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>He voted against the <a href="/wiki/Cameron%E2%80%93Clegg_coalition" title="Cameron–Clegg coalition">Cameron–Clegg coalition</a> government in 2013 on the issue of <a href="/wiki/Operation_Shader#Airstrikes_in_Syria" title="Operation Shader">British military intervention</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Syrian_civil_war" title="Syrian civil war">Syrian civil war</a>.<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> </p><p>Blunt has called attention to the presence of prayers as part of Parliament's formal business. He put forward an Early Day Motion on the issue in 2019, arguing that the practice was discriminatory against non-religious MPs since those MPs who choose to pray are able to reserve a seat for parliamentary business that day and are more likely to ask questions; there are 650 elected MPs in the UK Parliament, but only enough seating for 427 at any one time.<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> In 2020, he again raised the issue in the House, with new speaker <a href="/wiki/Lindsay_Hoyle" title="Lindsay Hoyle">Lindsay Hoyle</a> expressing sympathy with the need for reform.<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>Blunt is one of the most prominent Conservative advocates of <a href="/wiki/Transgender_rights_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Transgender rights in the United Kingdom">transgender rights</a>. He argues that supporting transgender individuals is an extension of the party's tradition of supporting individual liberty.<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> </p><p>On 16 October 2022, Blunt stated in his opinion that <a href="/wiki/Liz_Truss" title="Liz Truss">Liz Truss</a> would have to resign as Prime Minister. Blunt said, "I think the game is up and it's now a question as to how the succession is managed. If there is such a weight of opinion in the parliamentary party that we have to have a change, then it will be effected."<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> He was the first Conservative MP to openly call for Truss's resignation.<sup id="cite_ref-51" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<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=Crispin_Blunt&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Personal life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Blunt married Victoria Jenkins in September 1990 in Kensington and they have a daughter and son. His niece is the actress <a href="/wiki/Emily_Blunt" title="Emily Blunt">Emily Blunt</a>. In August 2010, he announced that he was leaving his wife in order "to come to terms with his homosexuality". They remain separated but have not divorced.<sup id="cite_ref-advocate_52-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-advocate-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-53" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Blunt's voting record in Parliament had previously been broadly unsympathetic towards gay rights.<sup id="cite_ref-54" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He later stated regret for that part of his voting record.<sup id="cite_ref-advocate_52-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-advocate-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In January 2016, he stated that he uses <a href="/wiki/Poppers" title="Poppers">poppers</a>, during a parliamentary debate that discussed banning them along with other legal highs. He stated, "I out myself as a user of poppers. I am astonished to find [the government] is proposing it to be banned and frankly so would many other gay men."<sup id="cite_ref-55" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Blunt is a cricketer, a former member of the Parliamentarians team.<sup id="cite_ref-56" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He is a member of the <a href="/wiki/Marylebone_Cricket_Club" title="Marylebone Cricket Club">Marylebone Cricket Club</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-57" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-57"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Crispin_Blunt&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist reflist-columns references-column-width" style="column-width: 30em;"> <ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.parliament.uk/biographies/commons/crispin-blunt/104">"Crispin Blunt MP"</a>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190812204008/https://www.parliament.uk/biographies/commons/crispin-blunt/104">Archived</a> from the original on 12 August 2019<span class="reference-accessdate">. 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