James Cleverly
British politician
Follow James Cleverly on Notably News to receive short updates to your email — rarely!
| April 2025 | Received a knighthood for political and public service. |
| 2024 | Re-elected to Parliament with a decreased vote share of 35.5% and a reduced majority of 3,670. |
| 2024 | Announced he would not take a frontbench role in Kemi Badenoch's or Robert Jenrick's Shadow Cabinet, choosing to return to the backbenches. |
| 2024 | Performed strongly in the third round of the leadership election, jumping to first place with 39 votes after an impactful speech at the Party Conference arguing the Conservative Party should become 'more normal'. |
| 2024 | Eliminated in the final round of MP voting with 37 votes, a result considered a shock after his previous strong performance. |
| 2024 | Became Shadow Home Secretary after Labour's victory in the general election. |
| July 23 2024 | Announced his candidacy for the Conservative Party leadership election, pledging to reform the party and Conservative Campaign Headquarters. |
| 2023 | Received the King Charles III Coronation Medal. |
| December 23 2023 | Faced calls to resign after making a controversial joke about spiking his wife's drink with Rohypnol, for which he later apologized through a spokesperson. |
| November 2023 | Appointed Home Secretary in a cabinet reshuffle, succeeding David Cameron as Foreign Secretary. |
| November 22 2023 | Faced accusations from Labour MP Alex Cunningham of using inappropriate language in the House of Commons, which he denied but apologized for using 'unparliamentary language'. |
| November 13 2023 | Appointed Home Secretary by Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, succeeding Suella Braverman in a cabinet reshuffle. |
| October 11 2023 | Visited Israel to show solidarity, rejecting ceasefire calls but supporting humanitarian pauses in the Gaza conflict. |
| September 13 2023 | Met with Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan in Ankara, affirming Turkey's importance to NATO. |
| August 2023 | Made first visit to China as the first UK Government minister to visit since 2018, focusing on bilateral trade and climate change policy. |
| April 2023 | Susannah Cleverly completed her cancer treatment, which included a single mastectomy, chemotherapy, radiotherapy, and immunotherapy. |
| January 2023 | Met with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken in Washington, DC to discuss Ukraine, Iran, and UK-US relations. |
| 2022 | Awarded the Queen Elizabeth II Platinum Jubilee Medal. |
| 2022 | James Cleverly created a private YouTube channel dedicated to painting Warhammer 40,000 miniatures. |
| October 25 2022 | Re-appointed as Foreign Secretary by Prime Minister Rishi Sunak. |
| October 20 2022 | Announced UK would pursue sanctions against Iran for supplying drones to attack civilian targets in Ukraine. |
| September 22 2022 | Attended UN Security Council meeting, calling on countries to reject annexation referendums in Russian-occupied areas of Ukraine. |
| September 6 2022 | Promoted to Foreign Secretary by incoming Prime Minister Liz Truss. |
| July 7 2022 | Succeeded Michelle Donelan as Secretary of State for Education, holding the post for almost two months. |
| March 2022 | Commented on Saudi Arabia, stating that attempts to compare it to Russia were 'ridiculously distasteful'. |
| February 2022 | Appointed Minister of State for Europe and North America. |
| December 2021 | Susannah Cleverly was diagnosed with triple positive breast cancer. |
| December 2021 | Became Minister of State for Middle East, North Africa and North America. |
| March 2021 | Described the situation in Yemen as one of the worst humanitarian crises in the world. |
| 2020 | Removed from Johnson's cabinet and appointed Minister of State for the Middle East and North Africa. |
| September 2020 | Expressed concern about a 'looming' famine in Yemen. |
| 2019 | Re-elected as a Member of Parliament with an increased vote share of 67.5% and an increased majority of 24,673. |
| October 8 2019 | Sworn into the Privy Council of the United Kingdom at Buckingham Palace, appointed as Minister without portfolio and Conservative Party Chairman in the Johnson ministry. |
| July 2019 | Served as co-chairman of the Conservative Party alongside Ben Elliot. |
| June 4 2019 | Withdrew from the Conservative leadership election race. |
| May 29 2019 | Announced his candidacy in the Conservative leadership election to replace Theresa May. |
| April 2019 | Became Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union. |
| October 2018 | Defended Conservative London mayoral candidate Shaun Bailey over potentially controversial comments about faith and crime. |
| January 2018 | Appointed as a deputy chairman of the Conservative Party. |
| 2017 | Re-elected as MP for Braintree with an increased vote share of 62.8% and a majority of 18,422. |
| 2016 | Stood down from the London Assembly. |
| March 2016 | Asked to step down as patron of Advocacy for All charity due to his vote to cut Employment and Support Allowance. |
| January 2016 | Voted against a Labour Party amendment requiring private landlords to make rental homes 'fit for human habitation'. |
| 2015 | Elected to the House of Commons as MP for Braintree. |
| November 2015 | Criticized for pushing through the closure of 10 fire stations in London following the death of an elderly man in Camden. |
| January 2015 | Cleverly was selected as the Conservative parliamentary candidate for Braintree after the sitting MP Brooks Newmark stood down. |
| 2012 | Received the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal. |
| January 2012 | Awarded the Efficiency Decoration (TD) for 12 years of commissioned service in the Territorial Army. |
| 2011 | Became the Conservative Party leader in the London Assembly. |
This contents of the box above is based on material from the Wikipedia article James Cleverly, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.