Jeremy Hunt

The Right Honourable Jeremy Hunt MP
Official portrait, 2022
Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer
Incumbent
Assumed office 8 July 2024
Leader	Rishi Sunak
Preceded by	Rachel Reeves
Chancellor of the Exchequer
In office 14 October 2022 – 5 July 2024
Prime Minister	Liz Truss Rishi Sunak
Preceded by	Kwasi Kwarteng
Succeeded by	Rachel Reeves
Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
In office 9 July 2018 – 24 July 2019
Prime Minister	Theresa May
Preceded by	Boris Johnson
Succeeded by	Dominic Raab
Secretary of State for Health and Social Care[a]
In office 4 September 2012 – 9 July 2018
Prime Minister	David Cameron Theresa May
Preceded by	Andrew Lansley
Succeeded by	Matt Hancock
Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport
In office 12 May 2010 – 4 September 2012
Prime Minister	David Cameron
Preceded by	Ben Bradshaw
Succeeded by	Maria Miller
Shadow Cabinet posts (2005-2010) Shadow Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport In office 2 July 2007 – 11 May 2010 Leader David Cameron Preceded by Hugo Swire Succeeded by Ben Bradshaw Shadow Minister for the Olympics In office 2 July 2007 – 11 May 2010 Leader David Cameron Preceded by Hugo Swire Succeeded by Tessa Jowell Shadow Minister for Disabled People In office 6 December 2005 – 2 July 2007 Leader David Cameron Preceded by Paul Goodman Succeeded by Mark Harper
Further offices held Chair of the Health and Social Care Select Committee In office 29 January 2020 – 14 October 2022 Preceded by Sarah Wollaston Succeeded by Steve Brine
Member of Parliament for Godalming and Ash
Incumbent
Assumed office 5 July 2024
Preceded by	Constituency established
Member of Parliament for South West Surrey
In office 5 May 2005 – 30 May 2024
Preceded by	Virginia Bottomley
Succeeded by	Constituency abolished
Personal details
Born	Jeremy Richard Streynsham Hunt (1966-11-01) 1 November 1966 (age 57) London, England
Political party	Conservative
Spouse	Lucia Guo ​ (m. 2009)​
Children	3
Parent	Nicholas Hunt (father)
Relatives	Agnes Hunt (cousin)
Education	Magdalen College, Oxford (BA)
Signature
Website	jeremyhunt.org
Jeremy Hunt's voice Hunt announces changes to the September 2022 United Kingdom mini-budget Recorded 17 October 2022

Jeremy Richard Streynsham Hunt (born 1 November 1966) is a British politician who is the current Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer since 2024. He previously served as Chancellor of the Exchequer between 2022 and 2024. He was also the Cabinet as Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport from 2010 to 2012, Secretary of State for Health and Social Care from 2012 to 2018^[a] and Foreign Secretary from 2018 to 2019. A member of the Conservative Party, he served as Member of Parliament (MP) for South West Surrey from 2005 to 2024. Following boundary changes, he is now serving as Member of Parliament (MP) for Godalming and Ash since July 2024.

The son of an Admiral of the Royal Navy, Hunt was born in Kennington and studied philosophy, politics and economics at Magdalen College, Oxford, where he was President of the Oxford University Conservative Association. He was first elected to the House of Commons in 2005 and was promoted to the Shadow Cabinet as Shadow Minister for Disabled People and later as Shadow Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport. Hunt served in the coalition government as Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, in which post he led the drive for local TV, resulting in Ofcom awarding local TV broadcasting licences in respect of several cities and towns. Hunt also oversaw the 2012 London Olympics, which received widespread acclaim. His previous business interests mean that he is one of the UK's richest politicians.

Hunt served as Secretary of State for Health, later Health and Social Care, under both the premierships both of David Cameron and of Theresa May, and became the longest-serving health secretary in British political history. During his tenure, Hunt oversaw the imposition of a controversial new junior doctors' contract in England after a dispute in which junior doctors undertook multiple strikes, the first such industrial action for 40 years.

Following the resignation of Boris Johnson as foreign secretary over the Chequers Agreement, Hunt was appointed Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs in July 2018. He was a candidate for the Conservative Party leadership election in 2019, finishing second to Johnson, and resigned as Foreign Secretary following Johnson's appointment as prime minister. He served as Chair of the Health and Social Care Select Committee from 2020 to 2022, a prominent role due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Following Johnson's resignation in July 2022, Hunt launched a second Conservative leadership bid, but was eliminated in the first ballot of Conservative MPs. Hunt was appointed Chancellor of the Exchequer by Liz Truss on 14 October 2022, following the dismissal of Kwasi Kwarteng, and retained the post in Rishi Sunak's ministry following Truss's resignation. During his time in the position, Hunt presented two budgets in 2023 and 2024 and two autumn statements in 2022 and 2023.

In the 2024 general election, he retained his seat in the new Godalming and Ash constituency, winning a majority of 891 votes over Paul Follows, the Liberal Democrat candidate. For Hunt, this was a huge win given many polls predicted he would lose his seat. After the Conservatives lost the election in a landslide to the opposition Labour Party led by Keir Starmer, Hunt was succeeded as chancellor by Rachel Reeves. The New Statesman named him as the third most powerful right-wing figure of 2023, behind only Nigel Farage and Rishi Sunak.^[1]

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