Lee Rowley
Lee Rowley | |
|---|---|
| Member of Parliament for North East Derbyshire | |
| Assumed office 9 June 2017 | |
| Preceded by | Natascha Engel |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Lee Benjamin Rowley 1980 (age 43–44) Chesterfield, Derbyshire |
| Political party | Conservative |
| Alma mater | Lincoln College, Oxford |
Lee Benjamin Rowley (born 1980) is a Conservative Party politician who was elected as the MP for North East Derbyshire at the 2017 general election.[1] It was a Conservative gain as Rowley defeated the sitting Labour MP Natascha Engel in a seat which had been represented by Labour MPs since 1935.[2]
The son of a milkman,[2] Rowley was born in Chesterfield, which the NE Derbyshire constituency almost encircles. Born in the town's Scarsdale Hospital, he was raised in locally,[3] and attended St Marys High School, from where he was the first member of his family to attend university.[4] Rowley won an Exhibition to Lincoln College, Oxford in 2000.[5]
A business manager, he was been a Westminster councillor from 2006 to 2014.[6]
References
- ^ Parliament UK
- ^ a b Pidd, Helen (29 June 2017). "Derbyshire North-East: 'In our part of the world Corbyn wasn't an asset'". The Guardian. Retrieved 4 July 2017.
- ^ North Derbyshire Conservatives (27 April 2017). "Lee Rowley re-selected as Conservative candidate for North East Derbyshire". North Derbyshire Conservatives. Retrieved 9 June 2017.
- ^ "About Lee Rowley". Lee Rowley for North East Derbyshire. Retrieved 9 June 2017.
- ^ "Colleges, Halls, and Societies". Oxford University Gazette. 23 November 2000. Retrieved 9 June 2017.
- ^ "North East Derbyshire". UK Polling Report. Retrieved 9 June 2017.
- ^ Reynolds, Andrew (9 June 2017). "The UK just elected a record number of LGBTQ people to Parliament". Pink News. Retrieved 9 June 2017.
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