Rory Stewart

**Roderick James Nugent Stewart**  (born 3 January 1973), known as **Rory Stewart**, is a British politician. He was the Secretary of State for International Development from May 2019 to July 2019, and was a Member of Parliament (MP) for Penrith and The Border from 2010 through 2019.

From 2016 to 2018, Stewart was Minister of State at the Department for International Development and Minister of State for Africa, and on 9 January 2018 he was appointed Minister of State for Prisons.

Stewart was a candidate in the 2019 Conservative leadership election.

On 3 October 2019, Stewart announced he had resigned from the Conservative Party and would stand down as an MP at the next general election. He will stand as an independent candidate for Mayor of London in the 2020 election.

## Infobox (officeholder)

- **honorific prefix**: The Right Honourable
- **name**: Rory Stewart
- **image**: Official portrait of Rory Stewart crop 2.jpg
- **office**: Secretary of State for International Development
- **primeminister**: Theresa May
- **term start**: 1 May 2019
- **term end**: 24 July 2019
- **predecessor**: Penny Mordaunt
- **successor**: Alok Sharma
- **office1**: Ministry of Justice (United Kingdom), Minister of State for Prisons
- **primeminister1**: Theresa May
- **term start1**: 9 January 2018
- **term end1**: 1 May 2019
- **predecessor1**: Sam Gyimah
- **successor1**: Robert Buckland
- **office2**: Foreign and Commonwealth Office, Minister of State for Africa
- **primeminister2**: Theresa May
- **predecessor2**: Tobias Ellwood
- **successor2**: Harriett Baldwin
- **term start2**: 15 June 2017
- **term end2**: 9 January 2018
- **office3**: Department for International Development, Minister of State for International Development
- **primeminister3**: Theresa May
- **predecessor3**: Desmond Swayne, Sir Desmond Swayne
- **successor3**: Harriett Baldwin
- **term start3**: 17 July 2016
- **term end3**: 9 January 2018
- **office4**: Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- **primeminister4**: David Cameron
- **predecessor4**: Dan Rogerson
- **successor4**: Thérèse Coffey
- **term start4**: 12 May 2015
- **term end4**: 17 July 2016
- **office5**: Defence Select Committee, Chair of the Defence Select Committee
- **predecessor5**: James Arbuthnot
- **successor5**: Julian Lewis
- **term start5**: 14 May 2014
- **term end5**: 12 May 2015
- **office6**: Member of Parliament (United Kingdom), Member of Parliament
 for Penrith and The Border (UK Parliament constituency), Penrith and The Border
- **predecessor6**: David Maclean
- **successor6**: Neil Hudson (politician), Neil Hudson
- **term start6**: 6 May 2010
- **term end6**: 6 November 2019
- **birth name**: Roderick James Nugent Stewart
- **birth place**: Hong Kong
- **residence**: Dufton, Cumbria, England
- **children**: 2
- **father**: Brian Stewart (diplomat), Brian Stewart
- **party**: Independent politician, Independent (2019–present)
- **otherparty**: Conservative Party (UK), Conservative (until 2019)
- **education**: Eton College
- **alma mater**: Balliol College, Oxford
- **website**: [http://www.roryforlondon.co.uk www.roryforlondon.co.uk]
- **rank**:  Second Lieutenant (on probation)
- **serviceyears**: 1991 - 1992
- **unit**:  Black Watch