Seema Kennedy

Seema Kennedy
MP
Seema Kennedy MP
Parliamentary Private Secretary to; the Minister of State for Schools
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 17 July 2016
Prime Minister	Theresa May
Member of Parliament; for South Ribble
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 8 May 2015
Preceded by	Lorraine Fullbrook
Majority	5,945 (11.4%)
Personal details
Born	6 October 1974 (age 50); Lancashire, United Kingdom
Political party	Conservative
Alma mater	Pembroke College,; Cambridge
Website	Official website

Seema Louise Ghiassi Kennedy (born 1974) is a British Conservative Party politician. She has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for South Ribble in Lancashire since 2015.

Early life

Seema Kennedy was born in 1974. She was educated at Westholme School and Pembroke College, Cambridge.^[1]

Career

Kennedy fought Ashton-under-Lyne at the 2010 general election, coming second to Labour's David Heyes.

Kennedy has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for South Ribble since May 2015. She is also the first Member of Parliament of Iranian descent with an Iranian father and a British mother.^[2]

Kennedy was opposed to Brexit prior to the 2016 referendum.^[3] Following Theresa May's reshuffle upon becoming Prime Minister, Kennedy became Parliamentary Private Secretary to Nick Gibb, the Minister of State for Schools.

References

^ ‘KENNEDY, Seema Louise Ghiassi’, Who's Who 2016, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 2016
^ [1] "Seema Kennedy, About". seemakennedy.co.uk.
^ Goodenough, Tom (16 February 2016). "Which Tory MPs back Brexit, who doesn't and who is still on the fence?". The Spectator. Retrieved 11 October 2016.

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Preceded by Lorraine Fullbrook	Member of Parliament for South Ribble 2015–present	Incumbent

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[1] ‘KENNEDY, Seema Louise Ghiassi’, Who's Who 2016, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 2016

[2] [1] "Seema Kennedy, About". seemakennedy.co.uk.

[thespectatorwhichtorympsbackbrexit-3] Goodenough, Tom (16 February 2016). "Which Tory MPs back Brexit, who doesn't and who is still on the fence?". The Spectator. Retrieved 11 October 2016.

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