Eddie Hughes (British politician)

Edmund Francis Hughes (born 3 October 1968) is a British Conservative Party politician who served in the Second Johnson ministry as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Housing and Rough Sleeping from 2021 to 2022. He has also been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Walsall North since 2017.

Eddie Hughes
MP
Official portrait, 2019
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Housing and Rough Sleeping
In office
16 January 2021  8 September 2022
Prime MinisterBoris Johnson
Preceded byKelly Tolhurst
Succeeded byAndrew Stephenson
Member of Parliament
for Walsall North
Assumed office
8 June 2017
Preceded byDavid Winnick
Majority11,965 (32.7%)
Personal details
Born (1968-10-03) 3 October 1968
Birmingham, England
Political partyConservative
Spouse
Clare Hughes
(m. 2014)
Children2
Alma materUniversity of Glamorgan

He was appointed Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Housing and Rough Sleeping by Boris Johnson in January 2021, due to the resignation of Kelly Tolhurst. He returned to the backbenches following the formation of the Truss ministry in September 2022.

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