George’s POLITICAL LADDER

1971

BORN IN CORNWALL, GEORGE GROWS UP ON THE FAMILY FARM

1990s

GROWS STRAWBERRIES FOR THE FAMILY FRUIT BUSINESS. HELPS MANAGE IT THROUGH A “PAINFUL” PATCH

1999

STANDS UNSUCCESSFULLY AS A UKIP CANDIDATE AT THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT ELECTIONS. HE SOON SWITCHES TO THE CONSERVATIVES

2000s

WORKS FOR THE CONSERVATIVE CAMPAIGN HEADQUARTERS, BECOMING DAVID CAMERON’S PRESS SECRETARY

2010

ELECTED AS MP FOR CAMBORNE AND REDRUTH, HIS HOME CONSTITUENCY. JOINS EFRA, THE SELECT COMMITTEE SCRUTINISING DEFRA

May 2013

MARRIES KATY TAYLOR-RICHARDS, A FORMER LOBBY JOURNALIST. THEY WILL GO ON TO HAVE A DAUGHTER, ALICE, NOW NEARLY FOUR

October 2013

APPOINTED PARLIAMENTARY UNDER SECRETARY OF STATE AT DEFRA, WITH RESPONSIBILITY FOR FARMING AND FOOD, MARINE AND FISHERIES, AND ANIMAL HEALTH

2015

PROMOTED TO MINISTER OF STATE FOR AGRICULTURE, FISHERIES AND FOOD

2020

BECOMES SECRETARY OF STATE FOR DEFRA (NEAR LEFT)

May 2021

INTRODUCES A NEW ANIMAL WELFARE STRATEGY INCLUDING THE ANIMAL WELFARE (SENTIENCE) BILL AND ANIMALS ABROAD BILL, RECOGNISING THE SENTIENCE OF VERTEBRATE ANIMALS AND BANNING LIVE ANIMAL EXPORTS FOR FATTENING AND SLAUGHTER

November 2021

REPRESENTS THE UK ON THE WORLD STAGE AT COP26, THE UN CLIMATE CHANGE CONFERENCE, CHAMPIONING “NATURE-BASED SOLUTIONS”