Jeremy Wright

Jeremy Wright was first elected to parliament in 2005 in the subsequently abolished seat of Rugby and Kenilworth. He was born in Taunton in 1972 and studied law at the University of Exeter. Prior to his political career, he was called to the Bar at the Inner Temple, where he specialised in criminal law. Following his 2005 election he set up the APPG on dementia in 2007. That year, Wright was appointed as an opposition whip and became a government whip after the formation of the Coalition government in 2010. In 2012, he was appointed parliamentary under-secretary of state in the MoJ with responsibility for prisons and rehabilitation. In 2014, he replaced Dominic Grieve as attorney general. Initially a Remainer, he has since backed government efforts to leave the EU. Wright acted as campaign manager for Stephen Crabb in the ensuing Conservative Party leadership contest, but later transferred his support to Theresa May after Crabb’s withdrawal. After the resignations that followed May’s Chequers Deal, Wright was appointed as culture secretary, a position he held until Boris Johnson became PM in July 2019, when he left the government.