Jim Paice
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The Right Honourable Sir James Paice DL |
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| Minister of State for Agriculture and Food | |
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In office 13 May 2010 – 4 September 2012 |
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| Prime Minister | David Cameron |
| Preceded by | Jim Fitzpatrick |
| Succeeded by | David Heath |
| Shadow Secretary of State for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food | |
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In office 15 March 2004 – 6 May 2005 |
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| Leader | Michael Howard |
| Preceded by | John Whittingdale |
| Succeeded by | Position abolished |
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Member of Parliament for South East Cambridgeshire |
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In office 11 June 1987 – 30 March 2015 |
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| Preceded by | Francis Pym |
| Succeeded by | Lucy Frazer |
| Personal details | |
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24 April 1949 Felixstowe, England |
| Political party | Conservative |
| Spouse(s) | Ava Patterson |
| Alma mater | University of Essex |
| Website | Official website |
Sir James Edward Thornton Paice, DL (born 24 April 1949) is a Conservative Party politician in the United Kingdom. He was the Member of Parliament (MP) for South East Cambridgeshire between 1987 and 2015, when he stood down from parliament. He was the Minister of State at the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs from 2010–2012 until being removed in the 2012 government reshuffle.
Born in Felixstowe, Suffolk, Paice went to the independent Framlingham College. At the Writtle Agricultural College, he received a National Diploma in Agriculture in 1970. He was a farm manager from 1970–73. From 1973–79, he was a farmer and contractor. From 1979–87, he was Training Manager at Framlingham Management and Training Services. At United Framlingham Farmers Ltd, he was non-executive Director from 1987–89, then Director from 1989–1994. From 1976 until 1987, he was on Suffolk Coastal District Council, becoming the youngest ever chairman in 1983.
Paice married Ava Patterson in 1973. They have two sons.
Paice contested the Caernarfon seat for the Conservatives in the 1979 general election but lost to incumbent Dafydd Wigley of Plaid Cymru. At the 1987 general election he was chosen by the Conservatives to replace their incumbent member of parliament for South East Cambridgeshire, former Foreign Secretary Francis Pym, who was stepping down. Paice won the seat with a majority of 17,502.
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