Jeremy Hunt

**Jeremy Richard Streynsham Hunt** <small>MP</small> (born November 1, 1966) is an English politician who was the Chancellor of the Exchequer from 2022 to 2024. He was born in Kennington, London. He is the Member of Parliament for South West Surrey. He was the Secretary of State for Health from 2012 - 2018. He was the longest-serving Health Secretary in British political history.

He gained a Bachelor of Arts degree in Philosophy, Politics and Economics from Magdalen College, Oxford. He is a member of the Conservative Party.   He was first elected in the 2005 general election.  He was appointed as a Privy Counsellor on 13 May 2010.

In July 2018 Hunt became the Foreign Secretary after Boris Johnson resigned from the government.

On 24 May 2019, Hunt announced his campaign to run for Leader of the Conservative Party in the 2019 election. On 20 June, Hunt and Boris Johnson became the final two candidates in the contest. He lost the election to Johnson on 22 July. He later quit as Foreign Secretary.

He was  Chair of the Health and Social Care Select Committee from 2020 to 2022,

In July 2022, Hunt announced his second candidacy for Conservative Party leader in the leadership race to replace Boris Johnson. He was eliminated from the election in the first round of voting on 13 July.

### Conservative Party leadership candidate (2019)

_Main articleː 2019 Conservative Party leadership election_

After Theresa May resigned as Prime Minister on the 24 May 2019, Hunt announced his campaign to become the next Leader of the Conservative Party,  On 20 June 2019, he was named one of the final two candidates. Hunt was defeated by Boris Johnson after the Conservative Party's members voted in the final round. Hunt got 33.6% of the vote, and Johnson got 66.4% of the vote. Hunt was criticised when his campaign was given £10,000 by a close associate to Saudi Arabian Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. This criticism was because Mohammed bin Salman has been accused of human right violations. Following Boris Johnson's election as party leader, Hunt was offered the role of Secretary of State for Defence in Johnson's Cabinet, but decided to decline the offer.

### Conservative Party leadership candidate (July–September 2022)

_Main articleː July–September 2022 Conservative Party leadership election_

Following the resignation of Boris Johnson as Leader of the Conservative Party, Hunt announce he would be participating in the Conservative Party leadership election to replace Johnson as Leader. He criticised Johnson for investing in infrastructure instead of "wealth creation", and proposed policies including a moratorium on  taxes for businesses in underdeveloped areas for five years, and a cut to corporation tax to 15% instead of a proposed rise to 25%. He also said he would retain the rise in National Insurance rates, and would not cut income tax until he "[got] the economy growing". Hunt said Esther McVey would be Deputy Prime Minister if he were to become prime minister. He was removed in the first round of voting on 13 July, receiving 18 votes. He endorsed Rishi Sunak after being removed.

## Infobox (officeholder)

- **embed**: yes
- **office5**: Shadow Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport
- **leader5**: David Cameron
- **term start5**: 2 July 2007
- **term end5**: 11 May 2010
- **predecessor5**: Hugo Swire
- **successor5**: Ben Bradshaw
- **office6**: Shadow Minister for the Olympics
- **leader6**: David Cameron
- **term start6**: 2 July 2007
- **term end6**: 11 May 2010
- **predecessor6**: Hugo Swire
- **successor6**: Tessa Jowell
- **office7**: Department for Work and Pensions, Shadow Minister for Disabled People
- **leader7**: David Cameron
- **term start7**: 6 December 2005
- **term end7**: 2 July 2007
- **predecessor7**: Paul Goodman (politician), Paul Goodman
- **successor7**: Mark Harper


## Infobox (officeholder)

- **embed**: yes
- **office8**: Chair of the Health and Social Care Select Committee
- **term start8**: 29 January 2020
- **term end8**: 14 October 2022
- **predecessor8**: Sarah Wollaston
- **successor8**: Steve Brine


## Infobox (officeholder)

- **honorific-prefix**: The Right Honourable
- **name**: Jeremy Hunt
- **honorific-suffix**: Member of Parliament, MP
- **image**: Jeremy Hunt Official Cabinet Portrait, October 2022 (cropped).jpg
- **caption**: Official portrait, 2022
- **office**: Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer
- **leader**: Rishi Sunak
- **term start**: 8 July 2024
- **term end**: 4 November 2024
- **predecessor**: Rachel Reeves
- **successor**: Mel Stride
- **office1**: Chancellor of the Exchequer
- **term start1**: 14 October 2022
- **term end1**: 5 July 2024
- **predecessor1**: Kwasi Kwarteng
- **successor1**: Rachel Reeves
- **office2**: Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
- **primeminister2**: Theresa May
- **term start2**: 9 July 2018
- **term end2**: 24 July 2019
- **predecessor2**: Boris Johnson
- **successor2**: Dominic Raab
- **office3**: Secretary of State for Health and Social Care
- **term start3**: 4 September 2012
- **term end3**: 9 July 2018
- **predecessor3**: Andrew Lansley
- **successor3**: Matt Hancock
- **office4**: Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport
- **primeminister4**: David Cameron
- **term start4**: 12 May 2010
- **term end4**: 4 September 2012
- **predecessor4**: Ben Bradshaw
- **successor4**: Maria Miller
- **office8**: Member of Parliament (United Kingdom), Member of Parliament
for Godalming and Ash (UK Parliament constituency), Godalming and Ash
- **term start8**: 5 July 2024
- **predecessor8**: Constituency established
- **majority8**: 891 (1.6%)
- **parliament9**: United Kingdom
- **constituency mp9**: South West Surrey
- **term start9**: 5 May 2005
- **term end9**: 30 May 2024
- **predecessor9**: Virginia Bottomley
- **successor9**: Constituency abolished
- **birth name**: Jeremy Richard Streynsham Hunt
- **birth place**: London, England
- **party**: Conservative Party (UK), Conservative
- **children**: 3
- **father**: Nicholas Hunt
- **relatives**: Agnes Hunt (cousin)
- **education**: Magdalen College, Oxford (Bachelor of Arts, BA)