Eric Pickles
The Lord Pickles | |
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 Official portrait, 2025 | |
| United Kingdom Special Envoy for Post-Holocaust Issues | |
| In office 10 September 2015 – April 2025 | |
| Prime Minister | |
| Preceded by | Robert Andrew Burns |
| Succeeded by | Vacant |
| United Kingdom Anti-Corruption Champion | |
| In office 11 May 2015 – 11 December 2017 | |
| Prime Minister |
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| Preceded by | Matt Hancock |
| Succeeded by | John Penrose |
| Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government | |
| In office 12 May 2010 – 11 May 2015 | |
| Prime Minister | David Cameron |
| Preceded by | John Denham |
| Succeeded by | Greg Clark |
| Minister of State for Faith | |
| In office 6 August 2014 – 11 May 2015 | |
| Prime Minister | David Cameron |
| Preceded by | The Baroness Warsi |
| Succeeded by | The Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth |
| Chairman of the Conservative Party | |
| In office 19 January 2009 – 12 May 2010 | |
| Leader | David Cameron |
| Preceded by | Caroline Spelman |
| Succeeded by |
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| Member of the House of Lords | |
| Life peerage 18 June 2018 | |
| Member of Parliament for Brentwood and Ongar | |
| In office 9 April 1992 – 3 May 2017 | |
| Preceded by | Robert McCrindle |
| Succeeded by | Alex Burghart |
| Shadow Cabinet portfolios | |
| 2002 | Local Government and the Regions |
| 2003–2005 | Local Government |
| 2007–2009 | Communities and Local Government |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Eric Jack Pickles 20 April 1952 Keighley, England |
| Party | Conservative |
| Spouse | Irene Coates |
| Alma mater | Leeds Metropolitan University |
| Website | gov.uk |
alma_mater which should be merged with/replaced by education.Eric Jack Pickles, Baron Pickles (born 20 April 1952) is a British Conservative Party politician who served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Brentwood and Ongar from 1992 to 2017. He served in David Cameron's Cabinet as Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government from 2010 to 2015. During his time at the Communities and Local Government department, Grenfell tower was renovated using highly combustable cladding, something Pickles was later heavily criticised for allowing during the subsequent inquiry following a fire at the tower in June 2017. There were calls for Pickles to resign as a Conservative party peer from the House of Lords, but he refused to do so. He previously served as Chairman of the Conservative Party from 2009 to 2010 and was later the United Kingdom Anti-Corruption Champion from 2015 to 2017.
Pickles was appointed the second United Kingdom Special Envoy for Post-Holocaust Issues in 2015. He stood down as an MP at the 2017 general election, but continued in his role as Special Envoy under Prime Ministers Theresa May, Boris Johnson, Liz Truss, Rishi Sunak, and Keir Starmer. He is the chairman of Conservative Friends of Israel in the House of Lords as of 2023.