Nigel Huddleston

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 Boris Johnson became Prime Minister in July 2019, Huddleston was appointed as an Assistant Whip, leaving his role as vice chairman.

Huddleston was opposed to Brexit prior to the 2016 referendum.

In 2010, Huddleston was the Conservative candidate for Luton South, and lost by 2,329 votes to Labour's Gavin Shuker. In 2015, he was selected as a parliamentary candidate in a primary election 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 May 2015, he has been the Conservative Party Member of Parliament (MP) for the Mid Worcestershire constituency.

Huddleston started his career as a consultant for Arthur Andersen, which collapsed in 2002 after the American side of the business was found guilty of criminal charges related to the firms auditing of Enron. He continued his career at Deloitte, and later worked as the Industry Head of Travel for Google.

Nigel Huddleston was born in Lincoln, England. He was educated at the Robert Pattinson Comprehensive School, a state secondary school in North Hykeham in Lincolnshire, followed by Christ Church, Oxford, from which he graduated in 1992. He received an M.B.A. from the UCLA Anderson School of Management in Los Angeles, California.

Nigel Paul Huddleston (born 13 October 1970) is a British businessman and politician serving as the Tourism Minister at the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport and the Conservative Party Member of Parliament (MP) for Mid Worcestershire since 2015.