List of House of Cards Trilogy Characters - Maxwell Stanbrook, MP

Maxwell Stanbrook, MP

In the novel The Final Cut, Max Stanbrook is a Minister in Francis Urquhart's government promoted to Environment Secretary by Urquhart after he sacks Annita Burke. He is put in charge of preventing the construction of the Thatcher statue by Urquhart. When he can't find a reason to stop its construction, Urquhart gives him a lecture about following orders. He is later revealed to be Jewish and of dubious parentage. After Francis Urquhart is killed, it is Stanbrook who prevails over harsh candidates like Arthur Bollingroke to become Prime Minister. He (thanks to Urquhart's death, which granted a sympathy vote) wins a landslide majority in Parliament. He is not featured at all in the TV version.