Nick Herbert

Quick Facts

Full Name	Nick Herbert
Occupation	Politician
Date Of Birth	Apr 7, 1963(1963-04-07)
Age	61
Birthplace	Cambridge
Country	United Kingdom
Birth City	England
Horoscope	Aries

Nick Herbert Biography

Nick Herbert is one of the most popular and richest Politician who was born on April 7, 1963 in Cambridge, England, United Kingdom. Nicholas Le Quesne HERNST, CBE was born 7 April 1963 and is a British Conservative Party politician. He was the Member of Parliament (MP), for Arundel South Downs between 2005 and 2019. His time was split between the Home Office and Ministry of Justice between 2010-2012, when he was Minister of State of Police and Criminal Justice. He announced that he would not stand for reelection in December 2019, General Election.

He co-founded Reform in 2001. It focuses on reforming public service via private sector participation and deregulation.

His selection to contest the West Sussex seat of Arundel and South Downs at the 2005 general election did not come about without incident. The sitting Conservative MP, Howard Flight, had been forced to resign as a vice chairman of the party and had the whip removed by Michael Howard in 2005 after he had told a Conservative Way Forward meeting that the Conservatives would have to make more cuts than they were promising. With no whip, he was not considered as an approved candidate and, despite protest and the local association refusing to select a new candidate, he finally resigned just a month before the election. Herbert was selected and elected, holding the seat with a slightly reduced majority of 11,309. He made his maiden speech on 6 June 2005.

Herbert joined his long-term partner, Jason Eades, in civil partnership in early January 2009. They have been in a relationship since 1999.

In 1998, he joined Business for Sterling as its Chief Executive. He led the launch and execution of the “no” campaign against the Euro currency. Reform was then founded by him as its Director. This was until his election as a member of parliament in 2005.

Nick Herbert Net Worth

Nick Herbert is one of the richest Politician from United Kingdom. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Nick Herbert 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Herbert studied law and land economics at Magdalene College in Cambridge and Haileybury College. He worked as a researcher for the Conservative Research Department, Rural & Environmental bureau. In 1990, he was appointed director of public affairs at British Field Sports Society. He remained there for six years. From that position, he helped form the Countryside Movement, which became the Countryside Alliance.

At the 1997 general election, he unsuccessfully contested Berwick-upon Tweed in Northumberland. He finished third with 8,951 votes less than the veteran Liberal Democrat MP Alan Beith.

After his election to Parliament, Herbert joined the Home Affairs Select Committee. After David Cameron became leader of the Conservative Party, Herbert was appointed as a Shadow Minister for home affairs on 16 December

2005. This meant he had to leave the Home Affairs Select Committee. In July 2007, he joined the Shadow Cabinet for the new position of Shadow Secretary of State for Justice, shadowing veteran Labour minister Jack Straw. On 19 January 2009 he was made Shadow Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.

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Who is Nick Herbert Dating?

According to our records, Nick Herbert married to Betsy Rose. As of December 1, 2023, Nick Herbert’s is not dating anyone.

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Herbert formed, and co-chairs, the All Party Parliamentary Group on Global TB, and in 2014 launched the Global TB Caucus which he co-chairs with South Africa’s Health Minister, Aaron Motsoaledi, initiating the Barcelona Declaration with a speech to the World Lung Conference.

Facts & Trivia

Nick Ranked on the list of most popular Politician. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United Kingdom. Nick Herbert celebrates birthday on April 7 of every year.

In November 2019, Herbert announced his resignation as MP in order to focus on his other campaign roles on rural issues, central governance reform, combatting tuberculosis and securing LGBT rights worldwide.

Top Facts about Nick Herbert

1. Nick Herbert is a British Conservative politician.
2. He served as MP for Arundel and South Downs.
3. Herbert was the Minister of State for Policing and Criminal Justice.
4. He co-founded the think tank Reform in 2001.
5. Herbert is openly gay and campaigned for same-sex marriage.
6. He resigned from government in 2012 to campaign for Remain.
7. In 2019, he was appointed Chair of the London School of Economics.
8. Herbert supports drug policy reform and harm reduction measures.
9. He has been critical of Boris Johnson’s Brexit strategy.
10. Herbert advocates for greater use of technology in policing.