Since 2022, James Stephen Heappey has served as Minister of State for the Armed Forces and Veterans.

He has been the Conservative Party’s Member of Parliament (MP) for Wells in Somerset since 2015. From 2020 to 2022, he was Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for the Armed Forces until being appointed Minister of State in July 2022. He was a British Army officer before entering politics.

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Heappey resides in London and Axbridge, Somerset, with his wife Kate and two daughters.

Heappey declared his support for Liz Truss in the Conservative leadership race in July 2022.
Following Truss’ victory, Heappey was re-appointed as a Minister of State in the Ministry of Defence as the Minister for Armed Forces and Veterans in September 2022.

Heappey was elected as the Conservative Prospective Parliamentary Candidate for Wells in the 2015 general election, after being chosen as the Conservative Prospective Parliamentary Candidate two years earlier.

He used his maiden speech in the House of Commons to encourage the Government to continue addressing the issues that many rural communities face, such as poor road connections, limited access to the rail network, weak phone signals, and slow broadband speeds.

Heappey succeeded Nick de Bois as Chair of the All Party Parliamentary Group for the UK Events Industry in October 2015. He also serves as Vice Chairman of the All Party Parliamentary Group for Rural Business, which seeks to secure policy outcomes that promote the rural economy’s sustainable growth.