Editing Ed Vaizey (section)

=== Ministerial career ===
In 2010, Vaizey was appointed as [[Minister for Culture, Communications and Creative Industries]] with responsibilities in the [[Department for Culture, Media and Sport|Departments for Culture, Media and Sport]] and [[Department for Business, Innovation and Skills|for Business, Innovation and Skills]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Ed Vaizey|url=https://www.gov.uk/government/people/ed-vaizey|work=GOV.UK}}</ref> Vaizey was the longest serving Minister of Culture since the post was created in 1964, serving a total of 2,255 days, exceeding the total set by the first incumbent, [[Jennie Lee, Baroness Lee of Asheridge|Jennie Lee]], by 186 days.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Snow|first1=Georgia|title=Ed Vaizey becomes UK's longest serving arts minister|url=https://www.thestage.co.uk/news/2016/ed-vaizey-becomes-uks-longest-serving-arts-minister/|website=thestage.co.uk|access-date=28 December 2017|date=12 January 2016}}</ref><ref name="Telegraphletter">{{cite news|title=Letters: Saluting Ed Vaizey, a true friend to the creative industries|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/opinion/2016/07/20/letters-saluting-ed-vaizey-a-true-friend-to-the-creative-industr/|work=The Telegraph|access-date=28 December 2017|date=21 July 2016}}</ref> In 2013 the professional association for librarians, [[Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals|CILIP]], passed a motion of no confidence in his tenure of the post at its AGM.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2013-09-22 |title=The library profession says "We have no confidence in you, Mr Vaizey" |url=https://www.publiclibrariesnews.com/2013/09/the-library-profession-says-we-have-no-confidence-in-you-mr-vaizey.html |access-date=2024-09-08 |website=Public Libraries News}}</ref> 

Upon leaving office, over 150 senior figures from the arts and creative industries wrote to the ''Daily Telegraph'' to express their thanks for his service as Minister for Culture and the Digital Economy.<ref name="Telegraphletter" /> In 2011 he was mistakenly informed that he was to be Trade Minister, a post actually intended for [[Ed Davey]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/ed-vaizey-i-was-once-made-minister-for-trade-for-about-half-an-hour-8180956.html|title=Ed Vaizey: 'I was once made Minister for Trade – for about half an hour'|date=27 September 2012|work=The Independent|last=Burrell|first=Ian|access-date=9 January 2018}}</ref>

Vaizey supported continued membership of the [[European Union]] in the [[2016 United Kingdom European Union membership referendum|2016 referendum]] and is supportive of the [[European Atomic Energy Community]] (Euratom).<ref>{{Cite news | last = Dixon | first = Anabelle | title = 40 Brexit troublemakers to watch: Ed Vaizey | url = https://www.politico.eu/list/brexit-40-troublemakers-ranking/ed-vaizey/ | work = [[POLITICO]] | date = 9 November 2017 | access-date = 26 August 2018}}</ref>

As a minister, Vaizey upheld the policy of free entry to the [[National Museums of the United Kingdom|UK's national museums]].<ref>{{cite news|last1=Hope|first1=Christopher|title=Conservatives rule out museum entry charges after 2015 election|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/10549815/Conservatives-rule-out-museum-entry-charges-after-2015-election.html|work=The Telegraph|access-date=28 December 2017|date=4 January 2014}}</ref>  Towards the end of his tenure, the Treasury introduced [[tax credit]]s for theatre, orchestras and museums.<ref>{{cite web|title=Voting record - Ed Vaizey MP, Wantage|url=https://www.theyworkforyou.com/mp/11905/ed_vaizey/wantage/votes|work=TheyWorkForYou|publisher=mySociety|access-date=28 December 2017}}</ref>  Vaizey also secured £150 million in capital funding from the Treasury to help reform museum storage.<ref>{{cite web|title=UK government's first white paper in over half a century|url=https://en.artmediaagency.com/tag/ed-vaizey/|website=artmediaagency.com|access-date=28 December 2017|archive-date=28 December 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171228232002/https://en.artmediaagency.com/tag/ed-vaizey/|url-status=dead}}</ref>

He oversaw the separation of English Heritage into two arms – a regulator, now known as [[Historic England]], and a charity, [[English Heritage]].<ref>{{cite web|title=All change at English heritage|url=http://www.cgms.co.uk/blogpage/All+change+at+English+heritage_282.html|website=cgms.co.uk|access-date=28 December 2017|archive-date=29 December 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171229052151/http://www.cgms.co.uk/blogpage/All+change+at+English+heritage_282.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>  Vaizey also held responsibility for the creative industries and ensured the continuance of the film tax credits, as well as the introduction of tax credits for video games, television and visual effects.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Stuart|first1=Keith|title=Ed Vaizey – video games are as important to British culture as cinema|url=https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2015/jul/15/ed-vaizey-video-games-important-british-culture-cinema|newspaper=The Guardian|access-date=28 December 2017|date=15 July 2015}}</ref>  As a result, the film industry became the second highest contributor to growth in the [[service sector]] in 2017, growing by 72.4% since 2014, compared to European growth of 8.5%.  During his tenure, the creative industries grew at three times the rate of the UK economy as a whole.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Sweney|first1=Mark|title=UK film industry on a roll as it helps keep economy growing|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2017/jul/26/uk-film-industry-economy-ons-movie-tv-tax-breaks-pound|newspaper=The Guardian|access-date=28 December 2017|date=26 July 2017}}</ref> He was dismissed as a minister by [[Theresa May]] on 14 July 2016, and returned to the backbenches.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Asthana|first1=Anushka|title=MPs will want Theresa May to quit, says former minister Ed Vaizey|url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2017/oct/05/ed-vaizey-suggests-theresa-may-should-resign|newspaper=The Guardian|access-date=6 December 2017|date=5 October 2017}}</ref> He was appointed a member of the [[Her Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council|Privy Council]] in July 2016.

[[File:Internet minister Ed Vaizey MP at Broadband Beyond 2015 Where Next for Britain's Broadband Future?.jpg|thumb|right|Vaizey in 2013]]