Rebecca Pow
Rebecca Pow | |
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Member of Parliament for Taunton Deane | |
Assumed office 8 May 2015 | |
Preceded by | Jeremy Browne |
Majority | 15,491 (26.8%) |
Personal details | |
Born | Somerset, United Kingdom | 10 October 1960
Political party | Conservative |
Website | Official website |
Rebecca Faye Clark, known as Rebecca Pow,[1] is a British Conservative Party politician. She has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Taunton Deane since May 2015.[2]
Pow was previously a parish councillor in Stoke St Mary and trustee of the Somerset Wildlife Trust. After working for the National Farmers Union she worked as a journalist specialising in environment, farming and gardening and has reported for BBC, ITV and Channel 4.[3][4][5][6]
She sits on the Environmental Audit Select Committee and Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Select Committee.[7]
She declared that she would vote Remain in the 2016 referendum on the UK's membership of the EU.[8]
References
- ^ "No. 61230". The London Gazette. 18 May 2015.
- ^ "Taunton Deane". BBC News. Retrieved 7 May 2015.
- ^ "Election Taunton Deane result: Conservative Rebecca Pow". Western Daily Press. 8 May 2015. Retrieved 9 May 2015.
- ^ "Rebecca Pow". Conservative Party. Retrieved 9 May 2015.
- ^ Wright, Oliver (6 May 2014). "Why it's harder than it looks to evict a Liberal Democrat MP". Independent. Retrieved 9 May 2015.
- ^ "Rebecca Pow". Garden Media Guild. Retrieved 9 May 2015.
- ^ "Rebecca Pow MP". UK Parliament. Retrieved 10 October 2015.
- ^ "European Referendum". Rebecca Pow. Retrieved 23 June 2016.
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