James Duddridge

Sir James Duddridge KCMG
Official portrait, 2020
Minister of State for International Trade
In office 8 September 2022 – 26 October 2022
Prime Minister	Liz Truss
Preceded by	Ranil Jayawardena
Succeeded by	Nigel Huddleston
Lord Commissioner of the Treasury
In office 8 July 2022 – 6 September 2022
Prime Minister	Boris Johnson
Preceded by	Michael Tomlinson
In office 11 May 2010 – 4 September 2012
Prime Minister	David Cameron
Preceded by	Tony Cunningham
Succeeded by	Robert Goodwill
Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Prime Minister
In office 8 February 2022 – 8 July 2022 Serving with Joy Morrissey Lia Nici
Prime Minister	Boris Johnson
Preceded by	Andrew Griffith Sarah Dines
Succeeded by	Alexander Stafford
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Africa
In office 13 February 2020 – 16 September 2021
Prime Minister	Boris Johnson
Preceded by	Andrew Stephenson
Succeeded by	Vicky Ford
In office 11 August 2014 – 16 July 2016
Prime Minister	David Cameron
Preceded by	Mark Simmonds
Succeeded by	Tobias Ellwood
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union
In office 27 July 2019 – 31 January 2020
Prime Minister	Boris Johnson
Preceded by	Robin Walker
Succeeded by	Office abolished
Member of Parliament for Rochford and Southend East
In office 5 May 2005 – 30 May 2024
Preceded by	Teddy Taylor
Succeeded by	TBC
Personal details
Born	(1971-08-26) 26 August 1971 (age 52) Bristol, England
Political party	Conservative
Spouse	Katy Thompson
Alma mater	University of Essex
Profession	Banker
Website	jamesduddridge.com

Sir James Philip Duddridge, KCMG (born 26 August 1971) is a British politician and former banker. A member of the Conservative Party, he served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Rochford and Southend East from 2005 to 2024. Duddridge previously held several ministerial positions under prime ministers David Cameron, Boris Johnson and Liz Truss.^[1]

Duddridge first served under David Cameron as a Lord Commissioner of the Treasury from May 2010 to September 2012 and as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Africa at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office from 2014 to 2016. Following Theresa May’s appointment as Prime Minister in July 2016, he returned to the backbenches.

He was appointed by May’s successor, Boris Johnson, as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union in July 2019, and served in the position until 31 January 2020 when the United Kingdom left the European Union and the office was abolished. Duddridge returned to his former role as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Africa in February 2020 and served in this position until a government reshuffle in September 2021, when he left the government. He later served as a Parliamentary Private Secretary to Johnson from February to July 2022 and as a Lord Commissioner of the Treasury from July 2022 to September 2022.

Duddridge most recently served as Minister of State for International Trade in the Truss government.^[2] He left government for a third time in October 2022, when newly appointed prime minister Rishi Sunak dismissed him.