This article is about the former MP for Newbury. For other uses, see Richard Benyon (disambiguation).
British Conservative politician
The Right Honourable
The Lord Benyon
PC
Official portrait, 2017
Minister of State for Climate, Environment and Energy
Incumbent
Assumed office 14 November 2023
Prime Minister
Rishi Sunak
Preceded by
The Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park
Minister of State for Biosecurity, Marine and Rural Affairs[a]
In office 30 October 2022 – 14 November 2023
Prime Minister
Rishi Sunak
Preceded by
Scott Mann
Succeeded by
Robbie Moore (Rural)
The Lord Douglas-Miller (Biosecurity)
In office 13 May 2021 – 20 September 2022
Prime Minister
Boris Johnson
Preceded by
The Lord Gardiner of Kimble
Succeeded by
Scott Mann
In office 6 June 2010 – 7 October 2013
Prime Minister
David Cameron
Preceded by
Dan Norris
Succeeded by
Dan Rogerson
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for International Environment
In office 20 September 2022 – 25 October 2022
Prime Minister
Liz Truss
Preceded by
The Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park
Succeeded by
Vacant
Member of the House of Lords Lord Temporal
Incumbent
Assumed office 2 February 2021 Life peerage
Member of Parliament for Newbury
In office 5 May 2005 – 6 November 2019
Preceded by
David Rendel
Succeeded by
Laura Farris
Personal details
Born
(1960-10-21) 21 October 1960 (age 63) Reading, Berkshire, England
Political party
Conservative[b]
Spouse(s)
Emma Villiers (divorced) Zoe Robinson
Children
5 sons
Residence
Englefield House
Education
Bradfield College
Alma mater
Royal Agricultural College
Awards
Life peer
Signature
Website
richardbenyon.com parliament..richard-benyon
Military service
Allegiance
United Kingdom
Branch/service
British Army
Years of service
1981–85
Rank
Lieutenant
Unit
Royal Green Jackets
Richard Henry Ronald Benyon, Baron BenyonPC[1][2] (born 21 October 1960) is a British politician who has served as Minister of State for Climate, Environment and Energy since 2023.[3] A member of the Conservative Party, he was Member of Parliament (MP) for Newbury from 2005 to 2019.
Benyon studied at the Royal Agricultural College and Royal Military Academy Sandhurst before serving in the British Army, being posted to Northern Ireland and the Far East with the Royal Green Jackets. He was elected to Newbury Council in 1991 and became Conservative group leader in 1994.
Benyon became MP for Newbury at the 2005 general election. In opposition, he served on the Home Affairs Select Committee, as an opposition whip and as a shadow minister for the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA). Under David Cameron, he first served as a government minister at DEFRA from May 2010 to October 2013. He had the Conservative whip removed on 3 September 2019 by Prime Minister Boris Johnson, after voting against the government, and sat as an independent MP until he had the whip restored on 28 October 2019.
In December 2020, it was announced Benyon would have a life peerage conferred after a nomination by Prime Minister Boris Johnson.[4] Following the resignation of Lord Gardiner of Kimble in May 2021, he was again made Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.[5]
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