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==Political career== |
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===Member of Parliament=== |
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On 28 May 2009, the serving MP for [[Bromsgrove]], [[Julie Kirkbride]], announced that she would be standing down at the following general election in light of the [[United Kingdom parliamentary expenses scandal|expenses scandal]]; Kirkbride had represented Bromsgrove since 1997. Her resignation was confirmed in December 2009, after she attempted to withdraw it.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/politics/article6962201.ece |title=Julie Kirkbride to stand down at election after expenses scandal |date=19 December 2009 |last=Jagger |first=Suzy |publisher=The Times |accessdate=8 May 2010 |location=London}}</ref> |
On 28 May 2009, the serving MP for [[Bromsgrove]], [[Julie Kirkbride]], announced that she would be standing down at the following general election in light of the [[United Kingdom parliamentary expenses scandal|expenses scandal]]; Kirkbride had represented Bromsgrove since 1997. Her resignation was confirmed in December 2009, after she attempted to withdraw it.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/politics/article6962201.ece |title=Julie Kirkbride to stand down at election after expenses scandal |date=19 December 2009 |last=Jagger |first=Suzy |publisher=The Times |accessdate=8 May 2010 |location=London}}</ref> |
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[[File:From left to right Stuart Popham and Sajid Javid MP.jpg|thumb|right|Javid (right) at the 2011 Conservative Party Conference]] |
[[File:From left to right Stuart Popham and Sajid Javid MP.jpg|thumb|right|Javid (right) at the 2011 Conservative Party Conference]] |
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After a selection contest held by the Bromsgrove Conservative Association on 6 February 2010, in which he received over 70% of the votes cast by its members, Javid was announced as the Conservative Parliamentary Candidate for the [[United Kingdom general election, 2010|2010 general election]]. In the election held on 6 May 2010, Javid received 22,558 votes, winning the seat by a majority of 11,308.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/election_2010/england/8663175.stm |title=Tory wins health candidate Dr Taylor's Wyre Forest seat |date=7 May 2010 |publisher=BBC |accessdate=8 May 2010}}</ref> In terms of the number of votes cast in the constituency, this was an increase on the majority of 10,080 at the [[United Kingdom general election, 2005|previous general election]],<ref>{{cite news| url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/vote2005/html/102.stm | work=BBC News | title=BBC NEWS – Election 2005 – Bromsgrove}}</ref> though was a reduction when compared both to the actual number of votes his predecessor had received (24,387) and to the Conservatives' percentage share of the vote (43.7% versus 51.0% in 2005). |
After a selection contest held by the Bromsgrove Conservative Association on 6 February 2010, in which he received over 70% of the votes cast by its members, Javid was announced as the Conservative Parliamentary Candidate for the [[United Kingdom general election, 2010|2010 general election]]. In the election held on 6 May 2010, Javid received 22,558 votes, winning the seat by a majority of 11,308.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/election_2010/england/8663175.stm |title=Tory wins health candidate Dr Taylor's Wyre Forest seat |date=7 May 2010 |publisher=BBC |accessdate=8 May 2010}}</ref> In terms of the number of votes cast in the constituency, this was an increase on the majority of 10,080 at the [[United Kingdom general election, 2005|previous general election]],<ref>{{cite news| url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/vote2005/html/102.stm | work=BBC News | title=BBC NEWS – Election 2005 – Bromsgrove}}</ref> though was a reduction when compared both to the actual number of votes his predecessor had received (24,387) and to the Conservatives' percentage share of the vote (43.7% versus 51.0% in 2005). |
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===Communities Secretary=== |
===Communities Secretary=== |
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Javid was appointed as the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government in July 2016, following the replacement of David Cameron as Prime Minister by Theresa May.<ref>https://www.gov.uk/government/news/new-ministerial-appointment-july-2016-secretary-of-state-for-communities-and-local-government</ref> He has focused in particular on increasing housing supply in the role, including a new generation of affordable and council housing.<ref>https://www.gov.uk/government/speeches/sajid-javids-speech-on-the-housing-market</ref> He had previously described council homes as "poor housing for the poor", but helped secure funds for new local authority building in the 2017 budget.<ref>https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/budget-2017-latest-housing-council-homes-building-hammond-boost-numbers-a8061551.html</ref> |
Javid was appointed as the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government in July 2016, following the replacement of David Cameron as Prime Minister by Theresa May.<ref>https://www.gov.uk/government/news/new-ministerial-appointment-july-2016-secretary-of-state-for-communities-and-local-government</ref> He has focused in particular on increasing housing supply in the role, including a new generation of affordable and council housing.<ref>https://www.gov.uk/government/speeches/sajid-javids-speech-on-the-housing-market</ref> He had previously described council homes as "poor housing for the poor", but helped secure funds for new local authority building in the 2017 budget.<ref>https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/budget-2017-latest-housing-council-homes-building-hammond-boost-numbers-a8061551.html</ref> |
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In March 2018, Javid called [[Momentum (organisation)|Momentum]] 'neo-fascist' in the [[House of Commons of the United Kingdom|House of Commons]] Chamber. Momentum threatened legal action if he repeats the comment outside Parliament where parliamentary privilege does not protects him against a lawsuit. MPs including, [[John Mann (British politician)|John Mann]], [[Jon Trickett]], [[Chris Williamson (politician)|Chris Williamson]], [[Alex Sobel]], [[Clive Lewis]] and [[Caroline Lucas]] also demanded Javid withdraw the statement and apologise.<ref name="independent">{{cite news |last=Kentish|first=Benjamin|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/sajid-javid-momentum-neo-facist-labour-party-antisemitisim-jewish-a8280601.html|title=Sajid Javid threatened with legal action after calling Momentum 'neo-fascist'|work= |location= |publisher=''[[The Independent]]''|date=29 March 2018|accessdate=2 April 2018}}</ref> |
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===Stephen Crabb's leadership bid=== |
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Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills President of the Board of Trade | |
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In office 11 May 2015 – 14 July 2016 | |
Prime Minister | David Cameron |
Preceded by | Vince Cable |
Succeeded by | Greg Clark (Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy) |
Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport | |
In office 9 April 2014 – 11 May 2015 | |
Prime Minister | David Cameron |
Preceded by | Maria Miller |
Succeeded by | John Whittingdale |
Minister for Equalities | |
In office 9 April 2014 – 15 July 2014 | |
Prime Minister | David Cameron |
Preceded by | Michael Foster (2010) |
Succeeded by | Nick Gibb (2017) |
Financial Secretary to the Treasury (City Minister) | |
In office 7 October 2013 – 9 April 2014 | |
Prime Minister | David Cameron |
Preceded by | Greg Clark |
Succeeded by | Nicky Morgan (as Financial Secretary to the Treasury) Andrea Leadsom (as City Minister) |
Economic Secretary to the Treasury | |
In office 4 September 2012 – 7 October 2013 | |
Prime Minister | David Cameron |
Preceded by | Chloe Smith |
Succeeded by | Nicky Morgan |
Member of Parliament for Bromsgrove | |
Assumed office 6 May 2010 | |
Preceded by | Julie Kirkbride |
Majority | 16,573 (30.7%) |
Personal details | |
Born | Rochdale, Lancashire, England | 5 December 1969
Political party | Conservative |
Spouse | Laura Javid (1996–present) |
Children | 4 |
Alma mater | |
Website | Official website |
Sajid Javid (born 5 December 1969) is a British
Javid previously served as Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport from 2014 to 2015, Minister for Equalities in 2014, Financial Secretary to the Treasury and City Minister from 2013 to 2014 and Economic Secretary from 2012 to 2013.[1]
Early life
Javid was born in Rochdale, Lancashire, one of five sons of parents of Pakistani descent.[2][3] His father was a bus driver. His family moved from Lancashire to Stapleton Road, Bristol.
Javid was educated from 1981 to 1986 at Downend School, a state comprehensive near Bristol, followed by Filton Technical College from 1986 to 1988, and finally the University of Exeter from 1988 to 1991. At Exeter he studied economics and politics and became a member of the Conservative Party.[4][5][6]
When he was twenty, Javid attended his first Conservative Party Conference and campaigned against the Thatcher government's decision in that year to join the European Exchange Rate Mechanism (ERM), calling it a "fatal mistake".[7]
Javid joined
In 2007 he relocated to Singapore as head of Deutsche Bank's credit trading, equity convertibles, commodities and private equity businesses in Asia,[10] and was appointed a board member of Deutsche Bank International Limited. He left Deutsche Bank in 2009 to pursue a career in politics. His earnings at Deutsche Bank would have been roughly £3m a year at the time he left.[11]
Javid is a
Political career
Member of Parliament
On 28 May 2009, the serving MP for Bromsgrove, Julie Kirkbride, announced that she would be standing down at the following general election in light of the expenses scandal; Kirkbride had represented Bromsgrove since 1997. Her resignation was confirmed in December 2009, after she attempted to withdraw it.[13]
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/From_left_to_right_Stuart_Popham_and_Sajid_Javid_MP.jpg/220px-From_left_to_right_Stuart_Popham_and_Sajid_Javid_MP.jpg)
After a selection contest held by the Bromsgrove Conservative Association on 6 February 2010, in which he received over 70% of the votes cast by its members, Javid was announced as the Conservative Parliamentary Candidate for the
According to former
In an analysis of the 2010 intake of MPs by Westminster consultancy firm Guide Public Affairs, Guide to the Next Prime Minister, published in August 2011, Javid ranked third, and was the top-scoring Conservative.[19][20] In October 2012, Iain Dale in The Daily Telegraph included Javid in his list of "Top 100 most influential figures from the Right".[8] Dale wrote: "His fast rise up the greasy pole into George Osborne's inner circle is not only proof of this man's ambition but also his talent." Nicholas Watt in The Guardian has also suggested that Javid could rise to the top.[21]
In The Times' 2014 right-wing power list, Javid moved up 18 places to number 8, with the article stating that he had emerged "as the senior member of the 2010 intake" and that if "the Tories want to jump a generation, then a Javid leadership candidacy would provide the opportunity."[22] The 2014 GG2 Power List ranked Javid as the most influential British Asian [23] and, at the accompanying GG2 Leadership Awards event on 5 November 2014, David Cameron described Javid as "the brilliant Asian man who I asked to join the Cabinet" and stated that "I want to hear that title 'Prime Minister' followed by a British Asian name."[24]
A
Javid was briefly a member of the
Israel
At a Conservative Friends of Israel lunch in 2012, The Jewish Chronicle reported Javid as stating that "if he had to leave Britain to live in the Middle East, then he would choose Israel as home. Only there, he said, would his children feel the 'warm embrace of freedom and liberty'".[32]
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Pint-Glas_UK.jpg/220px-Pint-Glas_UK.jpg)
Culture Secretary
On 9 April 2014,
Javid defended media freedom and the right of the press to investigate wrongdoing by politicians and officials in his first appearance as culture secretary on BBC's
His speech as Culture Secretary to the Union of Jewish Students' Annual Conference 2014 about the importance of diversity and free expression in the world of culture[37] has been hailed by Isabel Hardman of The Spectator as "one of the finest speeches from a government minister I have ever read."[38]
Business Secretary
Following the
After being appointed Business Secretary, Javid said that there would be "significant changes" to strike laws under the new Conservative government, announcing that strikes affecting essential public services will need the backing of 40% of eligible union members under government plans.[40]
Javid was a supporter of remaining in the European Union, although he described himself as a Eurosceptic with "no time for ever-closer union".[41]
In February 2017, it was revealed in court that Javid had ignored the advice of a senior civil servant in order to keep granting export licenses for weapons to Saudi Arabia, despite allegations of war crimes in the
Communities Secretary
Javid was appointed as the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government in July 2016, following the replacement of David Cameron as Prime Minister by Theresa May.[43] He has focused in particular on increasing housing supply in the role, including a new generation of affordable and council housing.[44] He had previously described council homes as "poor housing for the poor", but helped secure funds for new local authority building in the 2017 budget.[45]
In March 2018, Javid called
Stephen Crabb's leadership bid
In June 2016,
Awards
In January 2015, Javid was awarded the Politician of the Year award at the British Muslim Awards.[52]
In November 2017, Sajid Javid won Patchwork Foundation’s Conservative MP of the Year Award
Personal life
Javid lives with his wife Laura and their four children. He has previously said that his family's heritage is Muslim, but that he does not practise any religion, although he believes that "we should recognise that Christianity is the religion of our country".[53]
Javid was a victim of hate; receiving religious hate mail; "punish a muslim day" parcel, he is currently[when?] the fifth British MP to receive such abuse. [54]
See also
References
- ^ Owen, Paul (7 October 2013). "Coalition government reshuffle". The Guardian. Retrieved 7 October 2013.
- ^ Eaton, George (14 April 2014). "Sajid Javid's father would never have made it into Cameron's Britain". New Statesman. Retrieved 22 November 2015.
- ^ Forsyth, James (26 January 2013). "Interview with Sajid Javid, the bus driver's son who may end up leading the Tories". The Spectator. Archived from the original on 23 November 2015. Retrieved 22 November 2015.
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- ^ "Treasury minister Sajid Javid: Don't slam the City, it represents some of the best of capitalism". The Evening Standard. Retrieved 28 January 2015.
- ^ a b Iain Dale "Iain Dale's Top 100 most influential figures from the Right 2012", Daily Telegraph, 7 October 2012
- ^ "Deutsche Bank appoints Sajid Javid as Global Head of Emerging Markets Structuring". db.com. 27 May 2005. Retrieved 28 January 2015.
- ^ "Deutsche Bank appoints Sajid Javid Head of Global Credit Trading, Asia". db.com. 11 October 2006. Retrieved 28 January 2015.
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- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 15 July 2011. Retrieved 15 February 2011.
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- ^ "Tory wins health candidate Dr Taylor's Wyre Forest seat". BBC. 7 May 2010. Retrieved 8 May 2010.
- ^ "BBC NEWS – Election 2005 – Bromsgrove". BBC News.
- ^ "These are the best new MPs for over 30 years". The Times. Retrieved 28 January 2015.
- ^ "New MPs set out with confidence". Financial Times. Retrieved 28 January 2015.
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- ^ "The list". The Independent. London.
- ^ Hope, Christopher (5 November 2014). "I want to see a British Asian Prime Minister, says David Cameron". Telegraph.co.uk. London. Retrieved 28 January 2015.
- ^ "Sajid Javid is our readers' Conservative to Watch in 2015". Conservative Home. Retrieved 28 January 2015.
- ^ Capital Flows (24 July 2014). "Sajid Javid: The Next Prime Minister of Great Britain?". Forbes. Retrieved 28 January 2015.
- ^ "Bromsgrove MP appointed to new role in Parliament". Bromsgrove Advertiser. 25 November 2010.
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- ^ "Sajid Javid gets promotion in Cabinet reshuffle". obv.org.uk. Retrieved 28 January 2015.
- ^ Morris, Nigel (7 October 2013). "'Conspiracy theorist' Norman Baker replacement of Jeremy Browne heads list of reshuffle surprises". The Independent. London. Retrieved 28 January 2015.
- ^ McElroy, Damien (1 March 2014). "Ukraine tells Putin: this could be war". Telegraph.co.uk. London. Retrieved 28 January 2015.
- ^ Bright, Martin (13 December 2012). "Muslim Tory MP: After Britain, Israel is best". The Jewish Chronicle. Retrieved 10 April 2014.
- ^ http://siba.co.uk/2013/05/local-brewers-show-support-for-duty-cut/
- ^ "The Rt Hon Sajid Javid MP". www.gov.uk. Retrieved 28 January 2015.
- ^ Mason, Rowena (11 April 2014). "Sajid Javid: media not to blame for Maria Miller's resignation". The Guardian. Retrieved 28 January 2015.
- ^ Turner, Camilla (22 May 2015). "Theresa May's proposal to censor TV was opposed by cabinet colleague, leaked letter reveals". Daily Telegraph. London. Retrieved 13 June 2015.
- ^ "Sajid Javid's speech at the Union of Jewish Students' Annual Conference 2014". www.gov.uk. Retrieved 28 January 2015.
- ^ Hardman, Isabel (16 December 2014). "Is this the best speech given by a minister in this government?". Spectator Blog. Retrieved 28 January 2015.
- ^ Pickard, Jim (3 February 2016). "Conservatives: the party of business?". Financial Times. Retrieved 8 February 2016.
- ^ "Sajid Javid: Significant changes to strike law". BBC News. 12 May 2015. Retrieved 12 May 2015.
- ^ Javid, Sajid (14 May 2016). "The only thing leaving the EU guarantees is a lost decade for British business". Daily Telegraph. London. Retrieved 26 July 2016.
- ^ Ross, Alice; Evans, Rob (7 February 2017). "UK minister ignored official warning over Saudi weapons exports, court hears" – via The Guardian.
- ^ https://www.gov.uk/government/news/new-ministerial-appointment-july-2016-secretary-of-state-for-communities-and-local-government
- ^ https://www.gov.uk/government/speeches/sajid-javids-speech-on-the-housing-market
- ^ https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/budget-2017-latest-housing-council-homes-building-hammond-boost-numbers-a8061551.html
- ^ Kentish, Benjamin (29 March 2018). "Sajid Javid threatened with legal action after calling Momentum 'neo-fascist'". The Independent. Retrieved 2 April 2018.
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- ^ a b "Conservative leader: Who might succeed David Cameron?". BBC News. 30 June 2016. Retrieved 30 June 2016.
- ^ Walker, Jonathan (28 June 2016). "Bromsgrove MP Sajid Javid launches joint bid for Tory leadership". Birmingham Mail. Retrieved 28 June 2016.
- ^ Cooper, Charlie (29 June 2016). "What you need to know about Stephen Crabb, who's likely your next Prime Minister". The Independent. Retrieved 30 June 2016.
- ^ Sebastian Payne [@SebastianEPayne] (30 June 2016). "Stephen Crabb's leadership platform: the blue-collar New Moderniser to save the UK chttps://t.co/PxtZJID2y0 via @FT" (Tweet). Retweeted by Stephen Crabb – via Twitter.
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External links
- Official website
- https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/a2056494-289d-11e8-bb7d-85110f4c5caa
- Sajid Javid MP Conservative Party profile
- Bromsgrove Conservatives
- Profile at Parliament of the United Kingdom
- Contributions in Parliament at Hansard
- Voting record at Public Whip
- Record in Parliament at TheyWorkForYou
- Official channel at YouTube
- Debrett's People of Today
- Appearances on C-SPAN