Jane Hunt (politician)

Jane Marion Hunt[1] is a British Conservative Party politician who has served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Loughborough since 2019. She is currently the Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Cabinet Office.

Jane Hunt

MP
Hunt in 2020
Member of Parliament
for Loughborough
Assumed office
12 December 2019
Preceded byNicky Morgan
Majority7,125 (13.2%)
Personal details
NationalityBritish
Political partyConservative
Children2

Career

Hunt served on Charnwood Borough Council from 2003 until 2015 for Loughborough Nanpantan and from 2018 for Quorn and Mountsorrel Castle.[2] She worked as an adviser to her predecessor, Nicky Morgan, in Morgan's role as MP for Loughborough from 2010 to 2019.[3] She was the Conservative prospective parliamentary candidate for Leicester East in the 2010 general election, plus later standing in the 2011 by-election in neighbouring Leicester South.[4] She also unsuccessfully contested Nottingham South in the 2015 and 2017 general elections.

Hunt was elected at the 2019 general election.[5] She made her maiden speech to the House of Commons on 20 January 2020.[6] She was appointed Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Cabinet Office.[7]

Personal life

Hunt is married and has two children.[2]

References
  1. "Members Sworn". Hansard.parliament.uk. 18 December 2019. Retrieved 28 January 2020.
  2. "About Jane Hunt". Jane Hunt.
  3. Orton, Amy (10 December 2019). "Who has been elected as the new MP for Loughborough?". leicestermercury. Retrieved 13 December 2019.
  4. Isaby, Jonathan (28 March 2011). "Jane Hunt selected as Conservative candidate for Leicester South by-election". ConservativeHome. Retrieved 28 June 2020.
  5. "Loughborough parliamentary constituency - Election 2019". BBC.com. Retrieved 13 December 2019.
  6. "Jane Hunt – 2020 Maiden Speech in the House of Commons". UKPOL. 20 January 2020. Retrieved 11 February 2020.
  7. "PARLIAMENTARY PRIVATE SECRETARIES – APRIL 2020" (PDF). gov.uk. Retrieved 12 April 2020.
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
Nicky Morgan		 Member of Parliament
for Loughborough
2019-present		 Incumbent


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