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Sir Sajid Javid is a pioneer who has held two of the highest offices of state – chancellor and home secretary. He is the rare politician who puts personal loyalty above personal gain. Javid famously resigned as Chancellor of the Exchequer when the then prime minister, Boris Johnson, ordered him to sack his team of political aides. He said, “no self-respecting minister” could accept such a condition.

He supported the former England and Yorkshire cricketer, Azeem Rafiq, posting on X (formerly Twitter) “‘P***’ is not banter. Heads should roll at Yorkshire CCC.”

Javid was born in Rochdale but raised in Bristol. At 18, he joined the Conservative Party, under the leadership of Margaret Thatcher. After graduating from university, he became a banker. By the time he was 25, he was appointed to be a vice president at Chase Manhattan Bank. Javid later moved to Deutsche Bank in London to help build its business in emerging market countries. But he left behind a lucrative career in the City in the summer of 2009 for public service.

Famously, when Sadiq Khan beat the then Tory, Zac Goldsmith, to become mayor of London, Javid posted, “[F]rom one son of a Pakistani bus driver to another, congratulations.”

In December 2022, he announced "after much reflection" that he would not be contesting his Worcestershire seat of Bromsgrove in the next general election.