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searchaux" style="display:none">British politician (1968–2021)</div> <p class="mw-empty-elt"> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1257001546">.mw-parser-output .infobox-subbox{padding:0;border:none;margin:-3px;width:auto;min-width:100%;font-size:100%;clear:none;float:none;background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .infobox-3cols-child{margin:auto}.mw-parser-output .infobox .navbar{font-size:100%}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme)>div:not(.notheme)[style]{background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme) div:not(.notheme){background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media(min-width:640px){body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table{display:table!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>caption{display:table-caption!important}body.skin--responsive 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#202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;"><a href="/wiki/Secretary_of_State_for_Housing,_Communities_and_Local_Government" title="Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government">Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />30 April 2018 – 24 July 2019</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/Theresa_May" title="Theresa May">Theresa May</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/Sajid_Javid" title="Sajid Javid">Sajid Javid</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/Robert_Jenrick" title="Robert Jenrick">Robert Jenrick</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/Secretary_of_State_for_Northern_Ireland" title="Secretary of State for Northern Ireland">Secretary of State for Northern Ireland</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />14 July 2016 – 8 January 2018</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">Theresa May</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/Theresa_Villiers" title="Theresa Villiers">Theresa Villiers</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/Karen_Bradley" title="Karen Bradley">Karen Bradley</a> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"> <table class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="margin-bottom:-.65em; ; width:100%;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="2" style="line-height:normal; padding:0.2em; border:1px dashed lightgrey;;"><div style="text-align: center; padding: 0 0.4em; margin: 0 3.3em">Junior ministerial offices </div></th> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></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:#eee;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;"><a href="/wiki/Minister_of_State_for_Security" title="Minister of State for Security">Minister of State for Security</a><sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />13 February 2020 – 7 July 2021</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/Boris_Johnson" title="Boris Johnson">Boris Johnson</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/Brandon_Lewis" title="Brandon Lewis">Brandon Lewis</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/Damian_Hinds" title="Damian Hinds">Damian Hinds</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />11 May 2011 – 14 July 2016<div style="line-height:normal; padding-top:0.2em; padding-bottom:0.1em">Serving with <a href="/wiki/John_Hayes_(British_politician)" title="John Hayes (British politician)">John Hayes</a> (2015–16)</div></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/Pauline_Neville-Jones,_Baroness_Neville-Jones" title="Pauline Neville-Jones, Baroness Neville-Jones">The Baroness Neville-Jones</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/Ben_Wallace_(politician)" title="Ben Wallace (politician)">Ben Wallace</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:#eee;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;"><a href="/wiki/Minister_of_State_for_Immigration" class="mw-redirect" title="Minister of State for Immigration">Minister of State for Immigration</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />8 February 2014 – 14 July 2016</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">David Cameron</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/Mark_Harper" title="Mark Harper">Mark Harper</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/Robert_Goodwill" title="Robert Goodwill">Robert Goodwill</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:#eee;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;"><a href="/wiki/Parliamentary_Under-Secretary_of_State_for_Crime_Reduction" class="mw-redirect" title="Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Crime Reduction">Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Crime Reduction</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />11 May 2010 – 11 May 2011</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">David Cameron</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/Alan_Campbell_(politician)" title="Alan Campbell (politician)">Alan Campbell</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/Angela_Browning" title="Angela Browning">The Baroness Browning</a> </td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below" style="border-top: 1px solid right;"><div></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2"> <table class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="margin-bottom:-.65em; ; width:100%;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="2" style="line-height:normal; padding:0.2em; border:1px dashed lightgrey;;"><div style="text-align: center; padding: 0 0.4em; margin: 0 3.3em">Parliamentary offices </div></th> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></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:#eee;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/Old_Bexley_and_Sidcup_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Old Bexley and Sidcup (UK Parliament constituency)">Old Bexley and Sidcup</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 – 7 October 2021</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/Derek_Conway" title="Derek Conway">Derek Conway</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/Louie_French" title="Louie French">Louie French</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:#eee;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;">Member of Parliament<br />for <a href="/wiki/Hornchurch_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Hornchurch (UK Parliament constituency)">Hornchurch</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />5 May 2005 – 12 April 2010</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_Cryer" title="John Cryer">John Cryer</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></tbody></table></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below" style="border-top: 1px solid right;"><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </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">James Peter Brokenshire</div><br /><span style="display:none">(<span class="bday">1968-01-08</span>)</span>8 January 1968<br /><a href="/wiki/Southend-on-Sea" title="Southend-on-Sea">Southend-on-Sea</a>, Essex, England</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Died</th><td class="infobox-data">7 October 2021<span style="display:none">(2021-10-07)</span> (aged 53)<br /><a href="/wiki/Dartford" title="Dartford">Dartford</a>, Kent, 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">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;">Cathrine Anne Mamelok</div> <div class="marriage-line-margin2px"></div> <div style="display:inline-block;margin-bottom:1px;"></div>(<abbr title="married">m.</abbr> 1999)<wbr /></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Children</th><td class="infobox-data">3</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"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/University_of_Exeter" title="University of Exeter">University of Exeter</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/London_Guildhall_University" title="London Guildhall University">London Guildhall University</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="official-website"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="//web.archive.org/web/20210126051449/http://www.jamesbrokenshire.com/">Official website</a></span></span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below" style="border-top: 1px solid right;"><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>James Peter Brokenshire</b> (8 January 1968 – 7 October 2021) was a British politician. A member of the <a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative Party</a>, he served in <a href="/wiki/Theresa_May" title="Theresa May">Theresa May</a>'s cabinet as <a href="/wiki/Secretary_of_State_for_Northern_Ireland" title="Secretary of State for Northern Ireland">Secretary of State for Northern Ireland</a> from 2016 to 2018 and then as <a href="/wiki/Secretary_of_State_for_Housing,_Communities_and_Local_Government" title="Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government">Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government</a> from 2018 to 2019. He also served as a minister at the <a href="/wiki/Home_Office" title="Home Office">Home Office</a> under <a href="/wiki/David_Cameron" title="David Cameron">David Cameron</a> and <a href="/wiki/Boris_Johnson" title="Boris Johnson">Boris Johnson</a>. Brokenshire was <a href="/wiki/Member_of_Parliament_(United_Kingdom)" title="Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)">Member of Parliament</a> (MP) for <a href="/wiki/Hornchurch_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Hornchurch (UK Parliament constituency)">Hornchurch</a> from <a href="/wiki/2005_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="2005 United Kingdom general election">2005</a> to <a href="/wiki/2010_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="2010 United Kingdom general election">2010</a>, and for <a href="/wiki/Old_Bexley_and_Sidcup" class="mw-redirect" title="Old Bexley and Sidcup">Old Bexley and Sidcup</a> from 2010 until his death in 2021. </p><p>Born in <a href="/wiki/Southend-on-Sea" title="Southend-on-Sea">Southend-on-Sea</a>, Essex, Brokenshire studied law at the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Exeter" title="University of Exeter">University of Exeter</a> before beginning work with a large international law firm. Deciding on a career in politics, he stood successfully as the Conservative candidate for the parliamentary constituency of Hornchurch in the 2005 general election. When his constituency was to be abolished in the <a href="/wiki/Fifth_Periodic_Review_of_Westminster_constituencies" class="mw-redirect" title="Fifth Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies">boundary changes</a>, he sought out another constituency to represent, failing to be selected in six until being selected for Old Bexley and Sidcup. He was elected MP for the seat in 2010. </p><p>In David Cameron's <a href="/wiki/Cameron%E2%80%93Clegg_coalition" title="Cameron–Clegg coalition">first government</a>, Brokenshire was initially <a href="/wiki/Parliamentary_Under-Secretary" class="mw-redirect" title="Parliamentary Under-Secretary">Parliamentary Under-Secretary</a> for Crime Reduction; in May 2011, he was transferred to the position of Parliamentary Under-Secretary for Crime and Security. He oversaw the closure and privatisation of the <a href="/wiki/Forensic_Science_Service" title="Forensic Science Service">Forensic Science Service</a> and championed the <a href="/wiki/Modern_Slavery_Act_2015" title="Modern Slavery Act 2015">Modern Slavery Bill</a>. He served as <a href="/wiki/Minister_for_Security_and_Immigration" title="Minister for Security and Immigration">Minister for Security and Immigration</a> at the Home Office from 2014 to 2016. In July 2016, he was appointed Northern Ireland Secretary in Theresa May's <a href="/wiki/First_May_ministry" title="First May ministry">new cabinet</a>. He <a href="/wiki/List_of_departures_from_the_second_May_ministry" title="List of departures from the second May ministry">resigned</a> in January 2018 on health grounds and was replaced by <a href="/wiki/Karen_Bradley" title="Karen Bradley">Karen Bradley</a>. In April 2018, he was appointed Communities Secretary, following <a href="/wiki/Sajid_Javid" title="Sajid Javid">Sajid Javid</a>'s appointment as <a href="/wiki/Home_Secretary" title="Home Secretary">Home Secretary</a> as a result of <a href="/wiki/Amber_Rudd" title="Amber Rudd">Amber Rudd</a>'s resignation. In 2020 he was appointed by Boris Johnson as <a href="/wiki/Minister_of_State_for_Security" title="Minister of State for Security">Minister of State for Security</a> at the Home Office. He stepped down from this post in July 2021 due to lung cancer and died in October of the same year. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life_and_career">Early life and career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=James_Brokenshire&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early life and career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>James Peter Brokenshire<sup id="cite_ref-Full_name_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Full_name-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> was born on 8 January 1968,<sup id="cite_ref-BBC_DemocracyLive_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BBC_DemocracyLive-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> in <a href="/wiki/Southend-on-Sea" title="Southend-on-Sea">Southend-on-Sea</a>, Essex.<sup id="cite_ref-HuffPost_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HuffPost-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His father was a council chief executive.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>He was educated at <a href="/wiki/Davenant_Foundation_Grammar_School" class="mw-redirect" title="Davenant Foundation Grammar School">Davenant Foundation Grammar School</a> in <a href="/wiki/Loughton" title="Loughton">Loughton</a> and then at the <a href="/wiki/Cambridge_Centre_for_Sixth-form_Studies" title="Cambridge Centre for Sixth-form Studies">Cambridge Centre for Sixth-form Studies</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-HuffPost_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HuffPost-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After this he studied Law at the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Exeter" title="University of Exeter">University of Exeter</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-HuffPost_4-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HuffPost-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Brokenshire subsequently worked at the international law firm <a href="/wiki/Jones_Day" title="Jones Day">Jones Day</a>. In this position, he advised on <a href="/wiki/Company_law" class="mw-redirect" title="Company law">company law</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mergers_and_acquisitions" title="Mergers and acquisitions">mergers and acquisitions</a>, and corporate finance transactions.<sup id="cite_ref-HuffPost_4-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HuffPost-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>b<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=James_Brokenshire&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Political career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="MP_for_Hornchurch">MP for Hornchurch</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=James_Brokenshire&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: MP for Hornchurch"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Brokenshire was elected at the <a href="/wiki/2005_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="2005 United Kingdom general election">2005 general election</a> to the parliamentary constituency of <a href="/wiki/Hornchurch_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Hornchurch (UK Parliament constituency)">Hornchurch</a>, defeating the Labour candidate and incumbent member <a href="/wiki/John_Cryer" title="John Cryer">John Cryer</a> by 480 votes.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The election itself resulted in a third successive term for Prime Minister <a href="/wiki/Tony_Blair" title="Tony Blair">Tony Blair</a> and the Labour government. From 2005 to 2006, Brokenshire was a member of the House of Commons <a href="/wiki/Constitutional_Affairs_Select_Committee" class="mw-redirect" title="Constitutional Affairs Select Committee">Constitutional Affairs Select Committee</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-HuffPost_4-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HuffPost-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> From 2006 to 2010, he then served as the Shadow Minister for Crime Reduction.<sup id="cite_ref-HuffPost_4-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HuffPost-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Brokenshire knew that his constituency, Hornchurch, would be dissolved for the next election. In November 2006, he applied for selection as the Conservative <a href="/wiki/Parliamentary_candidate" class="mw-redirect" title="Parliamentary candidate">parliamentary candidate</a> for <a href="/wiki/Witham_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Witham (UK Parliament constituency)">Witham</a> in Essex, but was defeated by <a href="/wiki/Priti_Patel" title="Priti Patel">Priti Patel</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He simultaneously campaigned to be selected as Conservative candidate for the constituency of <a href="/wiki/Hornchurch_and_Upminster" class="mw-redirect" title="Hornchurch and Upminster">Hornchurch and Upminster</a>, but in March 2007 was defeated there by <a href="/wiki/Angela_Watkinson" title="Angela Watkinson">Angela Watkinson</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>He next applied for <a href="/wiki/Gillingham_and_Rainham" class="mw-redirect" title="Gillingham and Rainham">Gillingham and Rainham</a> in July 2007, <a href="/wiki/Grantham_and_Stamford" class="mw-redirect" title="Grantham and Stamford">Grantham and Stamford</a> in October 2007, <a href="/wiki/North_East_Cambridgeshire" class="mw-redirect" title="North East Cambridgeshire">North East Cambridgeshire</a> in January 2008, and <a href="/wiki/Maidstone_and_The_Weald" class="mw-redirect" title="Maidstone and The Weald">Maidstone and The Weald</a> later that same month. He was unsuccessful in all of these attempts.<sup id="cite_ref-Serial_Carpetbagger_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Serial_Carpetbagger-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="MP_for_Old_Bexley_and_Sidcup">MP for Old Bexley and Sidcup</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=James_Brokenshire&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: MP for Old Bexley and Sidcup"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:OldBexleySidcup2007Constituency.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6c/OldBexleySidcup2007Constituency.svg/170px-OldBexleySidcup2007Constituency.svg.png" decoding="async" width="170" height="134" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6c/OldBexleySidcup2007Constituency.svg/255px-OldBexleySidcup2007Constituency.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6c/OldBexleySidcup2007Constituency.svg/340px-OldBexleySidcup2007Constituency.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="427" data-file-height="337" /></a><figcaption>Old Bexley and Sidcup in Greater London</figcaption></figure> <p><a href="/wiki/Derek_Conway" title="Derek Conway">Derek Conway</a>, the member for the Conservative <a href="/wiki/Safe_seat" title="Safe seat">safe seat</a> of <a href="/wiki/Old_Bexley_and_Sidcup" class="mw-redirect" title="Old Bexley and Sidcup">Old Bexley and Sidcup</a> in southeast London, was <a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom_parliamentary_expenses_scandal" title="United Kingdom parliamentary expenses scandal">embroiled in an expenses scandal</a> and resigned, after which Brokenshire put his name forward as a potential replacement. His competitors for the seat were <a href="/wiki/Rebecca_Harris" title="Rebecca Harris">Rebecca Harris</a>, Katie Lindsay, and Julia Manning,<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and he was successful in gaining the selection for the seat in June 2008.<sup id="cite_ref-Bexley_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Bexley-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was described as a "serial <a href="/wiki/Carpetbagger" title="Carpetbagger">carpetbagger</a>" by a local <a href="/wiki/Single_issue_party" class="mw-redirect" title="Single issue party">single issue party</a>, Independents to Save Queen Mary's Hospital.<sup id="cite_ref-Serial_Carpetbagger_11-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Serial_Carpetbagger-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In the <a href="/wiki/2010_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="2010 United Kingdom general election">2010 general election</a>, Brokenshire was elected for Old Bexley and Sidcup with 24,625 votes (53.93%), beating the Labour candidate Rick Everitt, in second place with 8,768 votes (19.21%). Voter turnout was 69.13%.<sup id="cite_ref-BBC_DemocracyLive_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BBC_DemocracyLive-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-2010_election_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2010_election-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Upon victory, Brokenshire announced that his priority would be to prevent the proposed closure of <a href="/wiki/Accident_and_emergency" class="mw-redirect" title="Accident and emergency">accident and emergency</a> services at local <a href="/wiki/Queen_Mary%27s_Hospital,_Sidcup" title="Queen Mary's Hospital, Sidcup">Queen Mary's Hospital, Sidcup</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-2010_election_14-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2010_election-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Parliamentary_Under_Secretary_for_Crime_Reduction">Parliamentary Under Secretary for Crime Reduction</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=James_Brokenshire&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Parliamentary Under Secretary for Crime Reduction"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:JamesBrokenshireHomeOffice.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/34/JamesBrokenshireHomeOffice.jpg/170px-JamesBrokenshireHomeOffice.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="206" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/34/JamesBrokenshireHomeOffice.jpg/255px-JamesBrokenshireHomeOffice.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/34/JamesBrokenshireHomeOffice.jpg/340px-JamesBrokenshireHomeOffice.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1948" data-file-height="2362" /></a><figcaption>Official portrait, 2010</figcaption></figure> <p>With no party gaining an overall majority in the <a href="/wiki/House_of_Commons_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="House of Commons of the United Kingdom">House of Commons</a>, the 2010 election resulted in the <a href="/wiki/2010_United_Kingdom_government_formation" title="2010 United Kingdom government formation">formation of a coalition government</a> consisting of the Conservative and <a href="/wiki/Liberal_Democrats_(UK)" title="Liberal Democrats (UK)">Liberal Democrat</a> parties, led by Conservative prime minister <a href="/wiki/David_Cameron" title="David Cameron">David Cameron</a>. The new prime minister appointed Brokenshire as <a href="/wiki/Parliamentary_Under-Secretary_of_State_for_Crime_Reduction" class="mw-redirect" title="Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Crime Reduction">Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Crime Reduction</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Home_Office" title="Home Office">Home Office</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-HuffPost_4-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HuffPost-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> One of his first moves was to initiate the closing of the UK's <a href="/wiki/Forensic_Science_Service" title="Forensic Science Service">Forensic Science Service</a>; it had been making operational losses of £2 million a month and was predicted to go into <a href="/wiki/Administration_in_United_Kingdom_law" title="Administration in United Kingdom law">administration</a> in early 2011. Brokenshire stated his desire that there would be "no continuing state interest in a forensics provider by March 2012", with the service's role being taken on by <a href="/wiki/Private_enterprise" class="mw-redirect" title="Private enterprise">private enterprise</a>. Critics asserted that this move would result in the loss of hundreds of jobs and the degradation of forensic research and <a href="/wiki/Criminal_justice" title="Criminal justice">criminal justice</a>, with an MPs enquiry chaired by Labour MP <a href="/wiki/Andrew_Miller_(politician)" title="Andrew Miller (politician)">Andrew Miller</a> criticising how the closure had been overseen.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In August 2010, Brokenshire called for the government to adopt a new approach to the "<a href="/wiki/War_on_drugs" title="War on drugs">war on drugs</a>" in Britain; he argued that they should focus on getting addicts off drugs rather than minimising the effects of drug use as the preceding Labour government had focused on.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Parliamentary_Under_Secretary_for_Crime_and_Security">Parliamentary Under Secretary for Crime and Security</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=James_Brokenshire&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Parliamentary Under Secretary for Crime and Security"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In May 2011, Brokenshire's Home Office brief was changed from Crime Reduction to <a href="/wiki/Parliamentary_Under-Secretary_of_State" class="mw-redirect" title="Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State">Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State</a> for Crime and Security following the resignation of <a href="/wiki/Baroness_Neville-Jones" class="mw-redirect" title="Baroness Neville-Jones">Baroness Neville-Jones</a>. However, he was not appointed to the more senior rank of <a href="/wiki/Minister_of_State_(UK)" class="mw-redirect" title="Minister of State (UK)">Minister of State</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Brokenshire_appoint_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Brokenshire_appoint-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In this position, he was responsible for updating plans to tackle terror content online. This move was seen as controversial by broadband companies and freedom of speech groups.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In the buildup to the <a href="/wiki/2012_Summer_Olympics" title="2012 Summer Olympics">2012 Summer Olympics</a> in London, he stated his belief that the games would be a "great success", largely due to the government's security measures. He also commented that "I think it will bring Bexley together and the <a href="/wiki/2012_Summer_Olympics_torch_relay" title="2012 Summer Olympics torch relay">torch relay</a> will be a fantastic event for the community ... I'm quite sure it will have a lasting impression."<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In October 2013, Brokenshire published a draft of a proposed Modern Slavery Bill,<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> designed to tackle <a href="/wiki/Slavery_in_the_21st_century" title="Slavery in the 21st century">slavery</a> in the UK. He said the bill will "send the strongest possible message to criminals that if you are involved in this disgusting trade in human beings, you will be arrested, you will be prosecuted and you will be locked up."<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Experts in the issue were sceptical of the bill, believing that it had many shortcomings and was mainly designed to enhance <a href="/wiki/Theresa_May%27s_tenure_as_Home_Secretary" class="mw-redirect" title="Theresa May's tenure as Home Secretary">Theresa May's career</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The bill was subsequently enacted as the <a href="/wiki/Modern_Slavery_Act_2015" title="Modern Slavery Act 2015">Modern Slavery Act 2015</a>. </p><p>In January 2014, Brokenshire called on <a href="/wiki/National_Rail" title="National Rail">National Rail</a> to improve its services after statistics were published revealing that rail services across <a href="/wiki/Bexley_Borough" class="mw-redirect" title="Bexley Borough">Bexley Borough</a> had worsened throughout 2013.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Minister_of_State_for_Security_and_Immigration_(1st_term)"><span id="Minister_of_State_for_Security_and_Immigration_.281st_term.29"></span>Minister of State for Security and Immigration (1st term)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=James_Brokenshire&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Minister of State for Security and Immigration (1st term)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Brokenshire assumed the enlarged role of <a href="/wiki/Minister_for_Security_and_Immigration" title="Minister for Security and Immigration">Minister for Security and Immigration</a> on 8 February 2014 following the resignation of <a href="/wiki/Mark_Harper" title="Mark Harper">Mark Harper</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Northern_Ireland_Secretary">Northern Ireland Secretary</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=James_Brokenshire&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Northern Ireland Secretary"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Official_portrait_of_James_Brokenshire.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d3/Official_portrait_of_James_Brokenshire.jpg/170px-Official_portrait_of_James_Brokenshire.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="238" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d3/Official_portrait_of_James_Brokenshire.jpg/255px-Official_portrait_of_James_Brokenshire.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d3/Official_portrait_of_James_Brokenshire.jpg/340px-Official_portrait_of_James_Brokenshire.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3796" data-file-height="5315" /></a><figcaption>Parliamentary portrait by <a href="/wiki/Chris_McAndrew" title="Chris McAndrew">Chris McAndrew</a>, 2017</figcaption></figure> <p>In July 2016, under <a href="/wiki/Theresa_May" title="Theresa May">Theresa May</a>'s <a href="/wiki/First_May_ministry" title="First May ministry">new cabinet</a>, Brokenshire was appointed the <a href="/wiki/Northern_Ireland_Secretary" class="mw-redirect" title="Northern Ireland Secretary">Northern Ireland Secretary</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-2016-cabinet_27-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2016-cabinet-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 16 January 2017, the <a href="/wiki/Northern_Ireland_Executive" title="Northern Ireland Executive">Northern Ireland Executive</a> collapsed following the resignation of <a href="/wiki/Martin_McGuinness" title="Martin McGuinness">Martin McGuinness</a> as <a href="/wiki/First_Minister_and_deputy_First_Minister_of_Northern_Ireland" class="mw-redirect" title="First Minister and deputy First Minister of Northern Ireland">deputy First Minister</a> one week earlier in protest of the DUP's handling of the <a href="/wiki/Renewable_Heat_Incentive_scandal" title="Renewable Heat Incentive scandal">Renewable Heat Incentive scandal</a>. Brokenshire, as Northern Ireland Secretary, temporarily assumed the powers of the Executive and called for <a href="/wiki/2017_Northern_Ireland_Assembly_election" title="2017 Northern Ireland Assembly election">snap elections</a> for the <a href="/wiki/Northern_Ireland_Assembly" title="Northern Ireland Assembly">Northern Ireland Assembly</a>, which took place on 2 March 2017.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Brokenshire's comments in <i><a href="/wiki/The_Sunday_Telegraph" title="The Sunday Telegraph">The Sunday Telegraph</a></i> of 28 January 2017 sparked consternation in Northern Ireland: </p> <blockquote><p> Writing in the <i>Telegraph</i>, James Brokenshire, the Northern Ireland Secretary, concedes there is an apparent "imbalance" that has led to a "disproportionate" focus on criminal inquiries involving former soldiers. "I am clear the current system is not working and we are in danger of seeing the past rewritten."<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p></blockquote> <p>Following a question from MP <a href="/wiki/Sylvia_Hermon" title="Sylvia Hermon">Sylvia Hermon</a>, Brokenshire offered his "clear and unequivocal" support for the <a href="/wiki/Lord_Chief_Justice_of_Northern_Ireland" title="Lord Chief Justice of Northern Ireland">Lord Chief Justice of Northern Ireland</a>, Sir <a href="/wiki/Declan_Morgan" title="Declan Morgan">Declan Morgan</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Sir Declan had earlier criticised Brokenshire for refusing funding for cases and thereby adding to case backlogs<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> when Brokenshire refused to grant £10 million to pay for an inquest into the deaths of eleven civilians shot dead by British forces in 1971 in the <a href="/wiki/Ballymurphy_massacre" title="Ballymurphy massacre">Ballymurphy massacre</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Brian Feeney in <i><a href="/wiki/The_Irish_News" title="The Irish News">The Irish News</a></i> accused Brokenshire of "ineptitude ... [though] no one would give him the credit of even being aware of the coincidence of the date he chose, when British soldiers killed most innocent victims in Ireland." (<a href="/wiki/Bloody_Sunday_(1972)" title="Bloody Sunday (1972)">Bloody Sunday</a>),<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> while the <i><a href="/wiki/Belfast_Telegraph" title="Belfast Telegraph">Belfast Telegraph</a></i> editorial accused the minister of "playing a dangerous game".<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Brokenshire resigned as Northern Ireland Secretary on 8 January 2018 on health grounds due to an upcoming lung operation.<sup id="cite_ref-BBC080118_36-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BBC080118-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 20 January 2018, it was announced that he had the operation and had been discharged from hospital.<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In September 2019, Brokenshire said that his best advice to people becoming Northern Ireland Secretary was to "get yourself a history book and read it."<sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Housing,_Communities_and_Local_Government_Secretary"><span id="Housing.2C_Communities_and_Local_Government_Secretary"></span>Housing, Communities and Local Government Secretary</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=James_Brokenshire&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Housing, Communities and Local Government Secretary"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In April 2018, Brokenshire was appointed <a href="/wiki/Secretary_of_State_for_Housing,_Communities_and_Local_Government" title="Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government">Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government</a> following <a href="/wiki/Sajid_Javid" title="Sajid Javid">Sajid Javid</a>'s appointment as <a href="/wiki/Home_Secretary" title="Home Secretary">Home Secretary</a> in the light of <a href="/wiki/Amber_Rudd" title="Amber Rudd">Amber Rudd</a>'s resignation after the <a href="/wiki/Windrush_scandal" title="Windrush scandal">Windrush scandal</a>. After his appointment, Brokenshire said he was "looking forward to taking the Government's agenda forward especially on building the homes our country needs".<sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In this role, Brokenshire was responsible for regional growth, <a href="/wiki/Local_government_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Local government in the United Kingdom">local government</a>, <a href="/wiki/Housing_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Housing in the United Kingdom">housing</a>, <a href="/wiki/Planning_in_the_United_Kingdom" class="mw-redirect" title="Planning in the United Kingdom">planning</a>, <a href="/wiki/Rough_sleeping" class="mw-redirect" title="Rough sleeping">rough sleeping</a>, building safety and communities. Hours after taking on the new role, Brokenshire appeared in Parliament and stated, after a question from <a href="/wiki/Andrew_Gwynne" title="Andrew Gwynne">Andrew Gwynne</a> (Labour's <a href="/w/index.php?title=Shadow_communities_secretary&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Shadow communities secretary (page does not exist)">shadow communities secretary</a>), that "local government is in my blood".<sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>He piloted the Tenant Fees Act (2019) through Parliament, which, among other regulations, caps the deposit a landlord or a letting agency may take from a new tenant and largely abolishes administration fees.<sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In April 2019, Brokenshire sacked philosopher Sir <a href="/wiki/Roger_Scruton" title="Roger Scruton">Roger Scruton</a> from his unpaid role as chair of the British government's "Building Better, Building Beautiful" commission. The dismissal followed the publication of an interview with Scruton by <a href="/wiki/George_Eaton_(journalist)" title="George Eaton (journalist)">George Eaton</a> in the <i><a href="/wiki/New_Statesman" title="New Statesman">New Statesman</a></i> magazine, in which Eaton had suggested that Scruton had made unsavoury remarks.<sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A series of online comments from Eaton suggested that he had set out to present Scruton, a former contributor to the <i>New Statesman</i>, in a poor light.<sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Following a campaign from <a href="/wiki/Douglas_Murray_(author)" title="Douglas Murray (author)">Douglas Murray</a> of <i><a href="/wiki/The_Spectator" title="The Spectator">The Spectator</a></i>, the tapes of the interview were eventually leaked, which prompted the <i>New Statesman</i> to publish a correction of its original article and an apology.<sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Brokenshire apologised to Scruton for his sacking and invited him to rejoin the commission.<sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Minister_of_State_for_Security_(2nd_term)"><span id="Minister_of_State_for_Security_.282nd_term.29"></span>Minister of State for Security (2nd term)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=James_Brokenshire&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Minister of State for Security (2nd term)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 2020, Brokenshire returned to government as the <a href="/wiki/Minister_for_Security" class="mw-redirect" title="Minister for Security">Minister for Security</a>. On 11 January 2021, he announced that he would take a <a href="/wiki/Leave_of_absence" title="Leave of absence">leave of absence</a> to prepare for a cancer operation.<sup id="cite_ref-leave_46-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-leave-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 7 July 2021, Brokenshire tendered his resignation to Prime Minister <a href="/wiki/Boris_Johnson" title="Boris Johnson">Boris Johnson</a>, stating his recovery from lung cancer was "taking longer than expected".<sup id="cite_ref-47" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Political_views">Political views</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=James_Brokenshire&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Political views"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:James_Brokenshire_MP_(20839148114).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6b/James_Brokenshire_MP_%2820839148114%29.jpg/170px-James_Brokenshire_MP_%2820839148114%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="255" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6b/James_Brokenshire_MP_%2820839148114%29.jpg/255px-James_Brokenshire_MP_%2820839148114%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6b/James_Brokenshire_MP_%2820839148114%29.jpg/340px-James_Brokenshire_MP_%2820839148114%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2480" data-file-height="3716" /></a><figcaption>Official portrait, 2015</figcaption></figure> <p>On <a href="/wiki/Brexit" title="Brexit">Brexit</a>, Brokenshire was believed to have voted to remain in the EU in the <a href="/wiki/2016_United_Kingdom_European_Union_membership_referendum" title="2016 United Kingdom European Union membership referendum">2016 referendum</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-48" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> but by April 2019, his position on the "<a href="/wiki/Soft_Brexit" class="mw-redirect" title="Soft Brexit">soft Brexit</a> v <a href="/wiki/No-deal_Brexit" title="No-deal Brexit">no deal</a>" debate was described by reporters in <i><a href="/wiki/The_Guardian" title="The Guardian">The Guardian</a></i> as unclear.<sup id="cite_ref-49" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-49"><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=James_Brokenshire&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Personal life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Brokenshire married Cathrine Anne Mamelok in 1999.<sup id="cite_ref-50" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>c<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> They had two daughters and a son.<sup id="cite_ref-HuffPost_4-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HuffPost-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>He had expressed support for the charity <a href="/wiki/Cancer_Research_UK" title="Cancer Research UK">Cancer Research UK</a> and in March 2013 publicly backed their <i><a href="/wiki/Cell_Slider" class="mw-redirect" title="Cell Slider">Cell Slider</a></i> website, calling on all of his constituents to get involved in the initiative.<sup id="cite_ref-51" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Illness_and_death">Illness and death</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=James_Brokenshire&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Illness and death"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In December 2017, Brokenshire noted blood in his cough, and testing disclosed <a href="/wiki/Lung_cancer_staging" title="Lung cancer staging">early-stage lung cancer</a>. The following month, he had the upper lobe of his right lung removed at <a href="/wiki/Guy%27s_Hospital" title="Guy's Hospital">Guy's Hospital</a> and returned to Parliament five weeks later. Brokenshire said he wanted to end the <a href="/wiki/Social_stigma" title="Social stigma">social stigma</a> around lung cancer because he, like 15% of people with the disease, had never smoked.<sup id="cite_ref-52" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In January 2021, he took a leave of absence from his ministerial post in preparation for a <a href="/wiki/Pneumonectomy" title="Pneumonectomy">pneumonectomy</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-leave_46-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-leave-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 3 October 2021, Brokenshire was admitted to <a href="/wiki/Darent_Valley_Hospital" title="Darent Valley Hospital">Darent Valley Hospital</a> in Kent because of a further deterioration in his condition; he died there on 7 October, aged 53.<sup id="cite_ref-53" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Many political figures, including Prime Minister Boris Johnson and Leader of the Opposition <a href="/wiki/Keir_Starmer" title="Keir Starmer">Keir Starmer</a>, memorialised him.<sup id="cite_ref-bbc_54-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bbc-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-55" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The House of Commons held tributes to him on 20 October;<sup id="cite_ref-56" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> his funeral took place the next day at St John the Evangelist Church in Bexley.<sup id="cite_ref-57" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-57"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Robert_Buckland" title="Robert Buckland">Robert Buckland</a>, <a href="/wiki/Cressida_Dick" title="Cressida Dick">Cressida Dick</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bob_Neill" title="Bob Neill">Bob Neill</a>, Priti Patel and <a href="/wiki/Rishi_Sunak" title="Rishi Sunak">Rishi Sunak</a> were named as some of those in attendance. Former prime minister Theresa May gave a <a href="/wiki/Bible_reading" class="mw-redirect" title="Bible reading">Bible reading</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-58" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-58"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Honours">Honours</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=James_Brokenshire&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Honours"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>He was sworn in as a member of <a href="/wiki/Her_Majesty%27s_Most_Honourable_Privy_Council" class="mw-redirect" title="Her Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council">Her Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council</a> on 8 October 2015 at <a href="/wiki/Buckingham_Palace" title="Buckingham Palace">Buckingham Palace</a>. This gave him the <a href="/wiki/Style_(form_of_address)" title="Style (form of address)">honorific title</a> "<a href="/wiki/The_Right_Honourable" title="The Right Honourable">The Right Honourable</a>" for life.<sup id="cite_ref-59" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-59"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-60" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-60"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=James_Brokenshire&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Notes"><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 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Under-Secretary for Crime and Security (2011–2014)</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-7">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">His <i>Who's Who</i> entry says "Solicitor with Jones Day Gouldens, 1991–2005".<sup id="cite_ref-ukwhoswho_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ukwhoswho-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-50"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-50">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Marriage – information from <i>Who's Who</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-ukwhoswho_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ukwhoswho-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a 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/>2023–2024</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0;line-height:1.5;"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Tom_Pursglove" title="Tom Pursglove">Pursglove</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="First_May_Cabinet" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks hlist mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="3"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li 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Bradley">Karen Bradley</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">James Brokenshire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alun_Cairns" title="Alun Cairns">Alun Cairns</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greg_Clark" title="Greg Clark">Greg Clark</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Davis_(British_politician)" title="David Davis (British politician)">David Davis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Natalie_Evans,_Baroness_Evans_of_Bowes_Park" title="Natalie Evans, Baroness Evans of Bowes Park">Baroness Evans of Bowes Park</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michael_Fallon" title="Michael Fallon">Michael Fallon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Liam_Fox" title="Liam Fox">Liam Fox</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chris_Grayling" title="Chris Grayling">Chris Grayling</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Damian_Green" title="Damian Green">Damian Green</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Justine_Greening" title="Justine Greening">Justine Greening</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Philip_Hammond" title="Philip Hammond">Philip Hammond</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jeremy_Hunt" title="Jeremy Hunt">Jeremy Hunt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sajid_Javid" title="Sajid Javid">Sajid Javid</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boris_Johnson" title="Boris Johnson">Boris Johnson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Andrea_Leadsom" title="Andrea Leadsom">Andrea Leadsom</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Lidington" title="David Lidington">David Lidington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Patrick_McLoughlin" title="Patrick McLoughlin">Patrick McLoughlin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Mundell" title="David Mundell">David Mundell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Priti_Patel" title="Priti Patel">Priti Patel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Amber_Rudd" title="Amber Rudd">Amber Rudd</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Liz_Truss" title="Liz Truss">Liz Truss</a></li></ul></div></td><td class="noviewer navbox-image" rowspan="2" style="width:1px;padding:0 0 0 2px"><div><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Royal_Coat_of_Arms_of_the_United_Kingdom_(HM_Government)_(St_Edwards_Crown).svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Government Coat of Arms." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/59/Royal_Coat_of_Arms_of_the_United_Kingdom_%28HM_Government%29_%28St_Edwards_Crown%29.svg/100px-Royal_Coat_of_Arms_of_the_United_Kingdom_%28HM_Government%29_%28St_Edwards_Crown%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="82" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/59/Royal_Coat_of_Arms_of_the_United_Kingdom_%28HM_Government%29_%28St_Edwards_Crown%29.svg/150px-Royal_Coat_of_Arms_of_the_United_Kingdom_%28HM_Government%29_%28St_Edwards_Crown%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/59/Royal_Coat_of_Arms_of_the_United_Kingdom_%28HM_Government%29_%28St_Edwards_Crown%29.svg/200px-Royal_Coat_of_Arms_of_the_United_Kingdom_%28HM_Government%29_%28St_Edwards_Crown%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1530" data-file-height="1256" /></a></span></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Also attended meetings</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0;text-align:center;"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Gauke" title="David Gauke">David Gauke</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ben_Gummer" title="Ben Gummer">Ben Gummer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Halfon" title="Robert Halfon">Robert Halfon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gavin_Williamson" title="Gavin Williamson">Gavin Williamson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jeremy_Wright" title="Jeremy Wright">Jeremy Wright</a></li> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Second_May_Cabinet" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks hlist mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-inner" 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Cabinet</a></div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Cabinet members</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0;text-align:center;"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><b><a href="/wiki/Theresa_May" title="Theresa May">Theresa May</a></b> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Steve_Barclay" title="Steve Barclay">Steve Barclay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Karen_Bradley" title="Karen Bradley">Karen Bradley</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">James Brokenshire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alun_Cairns" title="Alun Cairns">Alun Cairns</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greg_Clark" title="Greg Clark">Greg Clark</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Natalie_Evans,_Baroness_Evans_of_Bowes_Park" title="Natalie Evans, Baroness Evans of Bowes Park">Baroness Evans of Bowes Park</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Liam_Fox" title="Liam Fox">Liam Fox</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Gauke" title="David Gauke">David Gauke</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michael_Gove" title="Michael Gove">Michael Gove</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chris_Grayling" title="Chris Grayling">Chris Grayling</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Philip_Hammond" title="Philip Hammond">Philip Hammond</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Matt_Hancock" title="Matt Hancock">Matt Hancock</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Damian_Hinds" title="Damian Hinds">Damian Hinds</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jeremy_Hunt" title="Jeremy Hunt">Jeremy Hunt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sajid_Javid" title="Sajid Javid">Sajid Javid</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brandon_Lewis" title="Brandon Lewis">Brandon Lewis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Lidington" title="David Lidington">David Lidington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Penny_Mordaunt" title="Penny Mordaunt">Penny Mordaunt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Mundell" title="David Mundell">David Mundell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Amber_Rudd" title="Amber Rudd">Amber Rudd</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rory_Stewart" title="Rory Stewart">Rory Stewart</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jeremy_Wright" title="Jeremy Wright">Jeremy Wright</a></li></ul></div></td><td class="noviewer navbox-image" rowspan="3" style="width:1px;padding:0 0 0 2px"><div><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Royal_Coat_of_Arms_of_the_United_Kingdom_(HM_Government)_(St_Edwards_Crown).svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Government Coat of Arms." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/59/Royal_Coat_of_Arms_of_the_United_Kingdom_%28HM_Government%29_%28St_Edwards_Crown%29.svg/100px-Royal_Coat_of_Arms_of_the_United_Kingdom_%28HM_Government%29_%28St_Edwards_Crown%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="82" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/59/Royal_Coat_of_Arms_of_the_United_Kingdom_%28HM_Government%29_%28St_Edwards_Crown%29.svg/150px-Royal_Coat_of_Arms_of_the_United_Kingdom_%28HM_Government%29_%28St_Edwards_Crown%29.svg.png 1.5x, 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Stride</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Liz_Truss" title="Liz Truss">Liz Truss</a></li> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_departures_from_the_second_May_ministry" title="List of departures from the second May ministry">Departures</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0;text-align:center;"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/David_Davis_(British_politician)" title="David Davis (British politician)">David Davis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michael_Fallon" title="Michael Fallon">Michael Fallon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Damian_Green" title="Damian Green">Damian Green</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Justine_Greening" title="Justine Greening">Justine Greening</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boris_Johnson" title="Boris Johnson">Boris Johnson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Andrea_Leadsom" title="Andrea Leadsom">Andrea Leadsom</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Patrick_McLoughlin" title="Patrick McLoughlin">Patrick McLoughlin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Esther_McVey" title="Esther McVey">Esther McVey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Priti_Patel" title="Priti Patel">Priti Patel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dominic_Raab" title="Dominic Raab">Dominic Raab</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gavin_Williamson" title="Gavin Williamson">Gavin Williamson</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Northern_Ireland_Office" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="3"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link 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title="London">London</a> and <a href="/wiki/Stormont_House" title="Stormont House">Stormont House</a>, <a href="/wiki/Belfast" title="Belfast">Belfast</a></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Secretary_of_State_for_Northern_Ireland" title="Secretary of State for Northern Ireland">Secretary of State</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>The Rt Hon. <a href="/wiki/Hilary_Benn" title="Hilary Benn">Hilary Benn</a> MP</li></ul> </div></td><td class="noviewer navbox-image" rowspan="5" style="width:1px;padding:0 0 0 2px"><div><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Coat_of_arms_of_the_United_Kingdom_(2022,_lesser_arms).svg" class="mw-file-description"><img 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navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>vacant</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Parliamentary_Under-Secretary_of_State_for_Northern_Ireland" title="Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Northern Ireland">Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Fleur_Anderson" title="Fleur Anderson">Fleur Anderson</a> MP</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Advocate_General_for_Northern_Ireland" title="Advocate General for Northern Ireland">Advocate General</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>The Rt Hon. <a href="/wiki/Richard_Hermer,_Baron_Hermer" title="Richard Hermer, Baron Hermer">The Lord Hermer</a> PC KC</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Non-departmental_public_body" title="Non-departmental public body">Non-departmental<br />public bodies</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/East%E2%80%93West_Council" title="East–West Council">East–West Council</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Intertrade_UK" title="Intertrade UK">Intertrade UK</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="23x15px&#124;border_&#124;alt=United_Kingdom&#124;link=United_Kingdom_Secretaries_of_state_for_Northern_Ireland" style="padding:3px"><table 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