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Jake Berry is a former MP for Rossendale and Darwen.

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Profile

Former Conservative MP for Rossendale and Darwen

Entered the House of Commons on 6 May 2010 — General election

Left the House of Commons on 30 May 2024 — Dissolved for election

• Personal website
• Wikipedia page

Social Media

• @jakeberry
• https://facebook.com/jakeberryofficial

Expenses

• Expenses from 2010 onwards

Topics of interest

Jake Berry campaigned to remain in the European Union Source: BBC

• Business
• Innovation and Skills
• Cabinet Office
• Environment Food and Rural Affairs
• Education
• Department for Environment
• Food and Rural Affairs
• Agriculture: Subsidies
• Contact Orders: Grandparents
• Housing: Construction
• Cabinet Office: Pay
• Local Plans

Currently held offices

• Minister of State (Cabinet Office) (since 25 Jul 2019)

Other offices held in the past

• Minister without Portfolio ( 6 Sep 2022 to 25 Oct 2022)
• Minister of State (Cabinet Office) (jointly with the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government) (25 Jul 2019 to 13 Feb 2020)
• Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy) ( 7 Jun 2019 to 25 Jul 2019)
• Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Housing, Communities and Local Government) ( 8 Jan 2018 to 25 Jul 2019)
• The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government (14 Jun 2017 to 8 Jan 2018)
• Member, Finance Committee (Commons) (20 Jul 2015 to 16 Jan 2017)

Previous MPs in this constituency

• Janet Anderson
• David Trippier

Future MPs in this constituency

• Andy MacNae

Public bill committees (Sittings attended)

• Policing and Crime Bill Committee (7 out of 13)
• Finance Bill Committee (6 out of 6)
• National Insurance Contributions(Rate Ceilings) Bill Committee (2 out of 2)
• Local Government (Religious etc. Observances) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• PREVENTION OF SOCIAL HOUSING FRAUD BILL Committee (1 out of 1)

Recent appearances

• Tobacco and Vapes Bill 16 Apr 2024

  Before my right hon. Friend gets too furious about vaping, may I ask her to clarify two points on smoking? First, she said that because of the addictive nature of nicotine, it is extremely important that we stop people smoking from the age of 15. I do not support that, but if it is so important, why are we not starting at 17? It is already illegal for 17-year-olds to smoke. What is the magic...

• Tobacco and Vapes Bill 16 Apr 2024

  I start my speech by saying that there are some good parts of this Bill. The banning of disposable vapes and preventing children from starting smoking or vaping is something that anyone with a brain—there are perhaps more of them on the Government Benches than on the Opposition Benches—would support. I will address my remarks to whether banning all children who are now 15 from ever...

• Tobacco and Vapes Bill 16 Apr 2024

  My hon. Friend is quite right. That is the legal position under the law in this country if we have capacity, no matter how bad the decisions we make. Constituents have contacted me about elderly relatives who are making poor financial decisions, but because they have capacity they are free to make those decisions, albeit bad ones in some cases.

More of Jake Berry’s recent appearances