Jane Hunt (politician)

Jane Hunt
Official portrait, 2020
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Small Business, Consumers and Labour Markets
In office
8 July 2022 – 8 September 2022
Prime MinisterBoris Johnson
Preceded byPaul Scully
Succeeded byDean Russell
Member of Parliament
for Loughborough
Assumed office
12 December 2019
Preceded byNicky Morgan
Majority7,125 (13.1%)
Personal details
Born (1966-06-04) 4 June 1966 (age 57)
NationalityBritish
Political partyConservative
Children2

Jane Marion Hunt (born 4 June 1966) is a British politician who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Loughborough in Leicestershire since 2019. A member of the Conservative Party, she briefly served as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Small Business, Consumers and Labour Markets from July to September 2022 under Prime Minister Boris Johnson following the July 2022 government crisis.

Career

Hunt served on Charnwood Borough Council from 2003 until 2015 for Loughborough Nanpantan, and from 2018 for Quorn and Mountsorrel Castle. She worked as an adviser to her predecessor, Nicky Morgan, in Morgan's role as MP for Loughborough from 2010 to 2019. She was the unsuccessful Conservative prospective parliamentary candidate for several safe Labour seats prior to 2019, initially contesting Leicester East at the 2010 general election and the neighbouring Leicester South at the 2011 by-election. She also unsuccessfully contested Nottingham South at the 2015 and 2017 general elections. Hunt finished second in all bar one of the contests, coming third in Leicester South behind the Liberal Democrats.

Hunt was elected at the 2019 general election; it was her fourth attempt to enter Parliament. She made her maiden speech to the House of Commons on 20 January 2020. She was appointed Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Cabinet Office. On 8 July 2022 she was appointed Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Small Business, Consumers and Labour Markets.

In October 2022, following the resignation of Liz Truss as Prime Minister, Hunt announced that she would be supporting previous Prime Minister Boris Johnson in the subsequent leadership election.

Personal life

Hunt is married and has two children.


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