James Brokenshire

**James Peter Brokenshire** (8 January 1968 – 7 October 2021) was a British politician. He was Minister of State for Security at the Home Office from 2020 to 2021. He was a member of the Conservative Party. He was part of Theresa May's Cabinet as Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government from 2018 to 2019 and Secretary of State for Northern Ireland from 2016 to 2018.

Brokenshire was a Member of Parliament (MP) for Old Bexley and Sidcup from 2010 until his death.

In December 2017, Brokenshire was diagnosed with early-stage lung cancer. He died from the disease on 7 October 2021 at a hospital in Dartford, England at the age of 53.

## Other websites

- Official website
- Profile  on the Conservative Party website
- Guardian Unlimited Politics – Ask Aristotle: James Brokenshire MP

## Infobox (officeholder)

- **embed**: yes
- **office**: Minister of State for Security
- **primeminister**: Boris Johnson
- **term start**: 13 February 2020
- **term end**: 7 July 2021
- **predecessor**: Brandon Lewis
- **successor**: Damian Hinds
- **primeminister1**: David Cameron
- **term start1**: 11 May 2011
- **term end1**: 14 July 2016
- **predecessor1**: Pauline Neville-Jones, Baroness Neville-Jones, The Baroness Neville-Jones
- **successor1**: John Hayes (British politician), John Hayes
- **office2**: Minister of State for Immigration
- **primeminister2**: David Cameron
- **term start2**: 8 February 2014
- **term end2**: 14 July 2016
- **predecessor2**: Mark Harper
- **successor2**: Robert Goodwill
- **office3**: Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Crime Reduction
- **primeminister3**: David Cameron
- **term start3**: 11 May 2010
- **term end3**: 11 May 2011
- **predecessor3**: Alan Campbell (politician), Alan Campbell
- **successor3**: Angela Browning, The Baroness Browning


## Infobox (officeholder)

- **honorific-prefix**: The Right Honourable
- **name**: James Brokenshire
- **image**: Official portrait of Rt Hon James Brokenshire MP crop 2.jpg
- **office**: Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government
- **primeminister**: Theresa May
- **term start**: 30 April 2018
- **term end**: 24 July 2019
- **predecessor**: Sajid Javid
- **successor**: Robert Jenrick
- **office1**: Secretary of State for Northern Ireland
- **primeminister1**: Theresa May
- **term start1**: 14 July 2016
- **term end1**: 8 January 2018
- **predecessor1**: Theresa Villiers
- **successor1**: Karen Bradley
- **office3**: Member of Parliament (United Kingdom), Member of Parliament
for Old Bexley and Sidcup (UK Parliament constituency), Old Bexley and Sidcup
- **term start3**: 6 May 2010
- **term end3**: 7 October 2021
- **predecessor3**: Derek Conway
- **successor3**: Louie French
- **office4**: Member of Parliament (United Kingdom), Member of Parliament
for Hornchurch (UK Parliament constituency), Hornchurch
- **term start4**: 5 May 2005
- **term end4**: 6 May 2010
- **predecessor4**: John Cryer
- **successor4**: _Constituency abolished_
- **birth name**: James Peter Brokenshire
- **birth place**: Southend-on-Sea, Essex, England
- **death place**: Dartford, Kent, England
- **party**: Conservative Party (UK), Conservative
- **children**: 3
- **alma mater**: University of Exeter
London Guildhall University
- **caption**: Brokenshire in 2020