Darren Henry
Darren Henry | |
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Member of Parliament for Broxtowe | |
Assumed office 12 December 2019 | |
Preceded by | Anna Soubry |
Majority | 5,331 (9.6%) |
Personal details | |
Born | Bedford, England |
Political party | Conservative |
Spouse | Caroline Henry |
Residence | Broxtowe |
Alma mater | University of Lincoln |
Occupation | Politician |
Profession | Logistician |
Website | Official website |
Military service | |
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Years of service | 1987–2013 |
Rank | Squadron Leader |
Darren George Henry is the Conservative MP for the constituency of Broxtowe. He was elected in 2019, defeating the incumbent MP, and former leader of The Independent Group for Change, Anna Soubry.[1]
Political career
In early 2014, Henry joined the Conservatives, noting that whilst campaigning was possible in military service, it had not occurred to him to do so up until this point. [2]
After a few months of membership, he sought nomination to be the official Conservative seat in North West Hampshire. He was shortlisted, but lost to former Deputy Mayor of London, Kit Malthouse. [3]
In the 2015 general election he was selected as the Conservative candidate for Wolverhampton North East in Birmingham.[4], whilst also employed as General Manager at Harvest Fine Foods.[5] He came second to Labour's Emma Reynolds, seeing a decline of 4.4% in the Conservative vote share.[6]
Henry served as a Parish councillor in the Shrewton, Wiltshire before resigning in September 2019.[7]
Henry was also a councillor on Wiltshire Council, from May 2017 and until January 2020.[8] [9]
In early 2019, Henry was shortlisted to be Police and Crime Commissioner for Swindon and Wiltshire.[10] He lost the selection to Jonathon Seed in April 2019. [11] The May 2020 Police and Crime Commissioner election has since been postponed until 2021.[12]
In summer 2019, he was shortlisted, along with Tony Devenish and Felicity Buchan, for the ultra-marginal West London seat of Kensington. He failed to be selected.[13]
Following this, he was selected as the Conservative Parliamentary candidate for Broxtowe in September 2019.[14]
At a 2019 general election hustings in Broxtowe, Henry called for a ban on payday loans, and for support for food bank users who could not manage their budgets properly. Reaction to this speech was audibly negative.[15]
In his maiden speech, made in the week marking 72 years since the arrival of the Windrush generation to the UK, Henry spoke negatively of Labour for representing immigrants and those of the Windrush Generation. Henry spoke of his pride in being the first Conservative parliamentarian of West Indian heritage.[16][17]
Henry was elected Co-Chair of the Midlands Engine All-party parliamentary group on July 22nd 2020.[18]
Honours
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General Service Medal | With clasp "AIR OPERATIONS IRAQ" |
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Queen Elizabeth II Golden Jubilee Medal |
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Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal |
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Royal Air Force Long Service and Good Conduct Medal |
References
- ^ "Broxtowe parliamentary constituency – Election 2019". BBC News Online. BBC. 13 December 2019. Archived from the original on 14 December 2019. Retrieved 14 December 2019.
- ^ "July 2020: Darren Henry MP and Ren Kapur MBE by CF Armed Forces • A podcast on Anchor". Anchor. Retrieved 15 July 2020.
- ^ "July 2020: Darren Henry MP and Ren Kapur MBE". Event occurs at 11:30:00.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Conservatives chose Wolverhampton candidate for general election". www.expressandstar.com. Retrieved 15 July 2020.
- ^ "Food supplier to create 50 jobs with new branch". Daily Echo. Retrieved 15 July 2020.
- ^ "Wolverhampton North East – 2015 election results". electionresults.parliament.uk. 8 May 2015. Archived from the original on 14 December 2019. Retrieved 14 December 2019.
- ^ "Shrewton Parish Council minutes - October 2019" (PDF).
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Councillor details – Cllr Darren Henry". cms.wiltshire.gov.uk. Trowbridge: Wiltshire Council. 14 December 2019. Archived from the original on 14 December 2019. Retrieved 14 December 2019.
- ^ "Councillor details – Cllr Darren Henry". cms.wiltshire.gov.uk. Trowbridge: Wiltshire Council. 12 July 2020.
- ^ "Darren Henry - Police & Crime Commissioner Candidate Selection Meeting Information".
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ Franklin, Dave (26 April 2019). "Jonathon Seed selected to stand in the Police & Crime Commissioner election next year". The Swindonian. Retrieved 15 July 2020.
- ^ "Coronavirus: Wiltshire and Swindon Police and Crime Commissioner elections cancelled". Swindon Advertiser. Retrieved 15 July 2020.
- ^ "Ex-Boris deputy loses her bid to stand again in Kensington". Evening Standard. 8 July 2019.
- ^ "Darren Henry selected as Conservative candidate for Broxtowe". Conservative Home.
- ^ "Tory candidate suggests food bank users can't 'manage their budgets' properly". The Independent. 8 December 2019. Retrieved 15 December 2019.
- ^ https://www.nottinghampost.com/news/nottingham-news/notts-mp-proud-first-tory-4267797.amp
- ^ https://www.darrenhenry.org.uk/news/broxtowe-mp-darren-henry-makes-maiden-speech-house-commons.
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External links
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