Nigel Paul Huddleston (born 13 October 1970) is a British politician serving as

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since September 2022 and as

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since October 2022. He served as

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at the

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from 2020 to 2022. A member of the

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, he has been

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(MP) for

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since 2015.

Early life and education

Nigel Paul Huddleston was born in

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, England, on 13 October 1970. He was educated at the Robert Pattinson Comprehensive School, a state secondary school in

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, followed by

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, where he studied politics and economics. He received an

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from the

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Career

Huddleston started his career as a consultant for

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. He continued his career at

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, and later worked as the industry head of travel for

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. In 2010, Huddleston was the

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candidate for

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, and lost by 2,329 votes to

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. In 2014, he was selected as a parliamentary candidate in a

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in which anyone on the constituency's electoral register was eligible to vote. The constituency association did not publish the votes that each candidate received. Since the 2015 general election, he has been the Conservative MP for

. Huddleston is a board member of the

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. In Parliament, he sat on the

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. Huddleston was opposed to Brexit prior to the 2016 referendum on EU membership. In February 2019, Huddleston was appointed as the Conservatives' new vice chairman for youth. He was responsible for attracting young people to the party's ranks. After

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became Prime Minister in July 2019, Huddleston was appointed as an assistant whip, leaving his role as vice chairman. In the 2020 cabinet reshuffle, Huddleston was appointed Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Sport, Tourism and Heritage, replacing

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and

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. During 2021, he served as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Sport and Tourism. On 8 October 2021, Huddleston took over the duties of the former role of Parliamentary under-secretary of state for civil society, held by The Baroness Barran until the role was abolished. Huddleston then became Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Sport, Tourism, Heritage and Civil Society.

Personal life

Huddleston lives in

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, with his wife Melissa, who is American, and their two children.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Huddleston, Nigel 1970 births Alumni of Christ Church, Oxford Google people Conservative Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies Living people People from Lincoln, England Politicians from Worcestershire UCLA Anderson School of Management alumni UK MPs 2015–2017 UK MPs 2017–2019 UK MPs 2019–present