Jeremy Wright

Sir Jeremy Wright
Official portrait, 2018
Shadow Attorney General
Assumed office
8 July 2024
LeaderRishi Sunak
Preceded byEmily Thornberry
Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
In office
9 July 2018 – 24 July 2019
Prime MinisterTheresa May
Preceded byMatt Hancock
Succeeded byNicky Morgan
Attorney General for England and Wales
Advocate General for Northern Ireland
In office
15 July 2014 – 9 July 2018
Prime Minister
Preceded byDominic Grieve
Succeeded bySir Geoffrey Cox
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Prisons and Rehabilitation
In office
6 September 2012 – 15 July 2014
Prime MinisterDavid Cameron
Preceded byCrispin Blunt
Succeeded byAndrew Selous
Lord Commissioner of the Treasury
In office
12 May 2010 – 6 September 2012
Prime MinisterDavid Cameron
Preceded bySteve McCabe
Succeeded byMark Lancaster
Member of Parliament
for Kenilworth and Southam
Rugby and Kenilworth (2005–2010)
Assumed office
5 May 2005
Preceded byAndy King
Majority6,574 (12.4%)
Personal details
Born (1972-10-24) 24 October 1972 (age 51)
Taunton, Somerset, England
Political partyConservative
Spouse
Yvonne Salter
(m. 1998)
Children2
Residence(s)Shrewley, Warwickshire, England
Alma materUniversity of Exeter
WebsiteGovernment website

Sir Jeremy Paul Wright KC (born 24 October 1972) is a British lawyer and politician who served as Attorney General for England and Wales from 2014 to 2018 and as Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport from 2018 to 2019. A member of the Conservative Party, he has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Kenilworth and Southam, previously Rugby and Kenilworth, since the 2005 general election and has served as Shadow Attorney General since July 2024.[1]

He served as Lord Commissioner of the Treasury from 12 May 2010 until his appointment as Minister of State for Prisons at the Ministry of Justice on 6 September 2012. He became Attorney General for England and Wales and Advocate General for Northern Ireland on 15 July 2014. Wright replaced Matt Hancock as Culture Secretary on 9 July 2018, serving in the post for a year until being sacked by incoming Prime Minister Boris Johnson in July 2019 and returning to the backbenches.[2]

  1. ^ "UK politics live: Lord Cameron resigns as Rishi Sunak announces interim shadow cabinet". BBC News. Retrieved 8 July 2024.
  2. ^ [1], Sky Sports report, 25 July 2019. Retrieved 21 January 2020.

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