Angela Richardson | |
---|---|
Deputy Chairwoman of the Conservative Party | |
In office 26 March 2024 –5 July 2024 | |
Leader | Rishi Sunak |
Preceded by | Luke Hall |
Member of Parliament for Guildford | |
In office 12 December 2019 –30 May 2024 | |
Preceded by | Anne Milton |
Succeeded by | Zöe Franklin |
Personal details | |
Born | Angela Joy Richardson [1] 21 October 1974 Auckland,New Zealand |
Political party | Conservative |
Spouse | Jeremy Bruce Richardson |
Children | 3 |
Residence(s) | Guildford,Surrey,England |
Profession | Investment banking operations |
Website | angelarichardson |
Angela Joy Richardson [1] (born 21 October 1974) [2] is a British Conservative Party politician who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Guildford from 2019 until 2024. She served as a Deputy Chairwoman of the Conservative Party until she lost her seat in the 2024 general election. [3]
In May 2019,Richardson stood for election to Waverley Borough Council in the ward of Cranleigh East,but failed to win a seat after she was pushed into fifth place by three Liberal Democrats and a Conservative candidate. [4] She was elected to Cranleigh Parish Council later the same month. [5]
At the 2019 general election,Richardson was elected to Parliament as MP for Guildford with 44.9% of the vote and a majority of 3,337. [6] She was sworn into the House of Commons on 18 December 2019. [1]
Upon her election to Parliament,she was also elected as a vice-chair of the APPG for Australia and New Zealand. [7]
Richardson served as a Parliamentary Private Secretary (PPS) to the ministerial team at the Department for Education, [8] and following this,to Levelling Up Secretary Michael Gove. [9] On 3 November 2021,she was fired from her PPS role after abstaining on a government-backed amendment to overhaul the Commons' disciplinary process in response to the proposed suspension of Owen Paterson. [9] She was reinstated to her PPS role the following day. [10] She ultimately resigned as PPS in January 2022,with her resignation made public after the publication on 31 January of Sue Gray's report on breaches of lockdown restrictions in Downing Street. [11]
In February 2024,Richardson was reselected as the Conservative candidate for Guildford at the 2024 general election. [12]
On 26 March 2024,she was appointed as a Deputy Chairwoman of the Conservative Party,to replace Luke Hall who had been appointed Minister of State for Skills,Apprenticeships and Higher Education. [3]
On 4th July 2024 she was defeated in the general election by the Liberal Democratic Party candidate;Zöe Franklin who won with 22,937 votes (47.5%) against 14,508. [13]
Angela Richardson was born on 21 October 1974 in West Auckland,New Zealand. She previously worked in the City of London in investment banking operations. [14]
She is married to Jeremy Richardson,and has three children. [15] Richardson lives in Guildford [16]
South West Surrey was a constituency in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament. Since its 1983 creation,South West Surrey has been represented only by members of the Conservative Party. From 2005,the seat's MP was Jeremy Hunt,who served as chancellor of the Exchequer until 2024,and the former Culture Secretary,Health Secretary and Foreign Secretary.
Guildford is a constituency in Surrey represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2024 by Zöe Franklin,a Liberal Democrat.
Surrey Heath is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2024 by Al Pinkerton,a Liberal Democrat. The Home counties suburban constituency is in the London commuter belt,on the outskirts of Greater London. Surrey Heath is in the north west of Surrey and borders the counties of Berkshire and Hampshire.
Anne Frances Milton is a former British politician and lobbyist who served as Minister of State for Skills and Apprenticeships from 2017 to 2019. She was Member of Parliament (MP) for Guildford from 2005 to 2019. Elected as a Conservative,she had the whip removed in September 2019 and subsequently sat as an independent politician.
Dame Jacqueline Doyle-Price is a British former Conservative Party politician and former civil servant who was Member of Parliament (MP) for Thurrock from 2010 to 2024. She was first elected as MP in the 2010 general election and was defeated by Jen Craft of the Labour Party in the 2024 general election.
Gareth Alan Johnson is a British politician and former lawyer who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Dartford from 2010 to 2024. A member of the Conservative party,he served as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Courts from September to October 2022 in the Truss ministry. Johnson previously served as a Lord Commissioner of the Treasury from February to September 2022 and Assistant Government Whip from 2018 to 2019 and 2021 to 2022.
Mark Andrew Menzies is a British politician who served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Fylde in Lancashire from 2010 to 2024. As a member of the Conservative Party,he was the parliamentary private secretary (PPS) to Charles Hendry,Minister of State for Energy and Climate Change,before both were removed in the 2012 British cabinet reshuffle.
Helen Olivia Bicknell Whately is a British Conservative Party politician who has been Member of Parliament (MP) for Faversham and Mid Kent since 2015 and Shadow Secretary of State for Transport since July 2024. She served as Minister of State for Social Care from October 2022 to July 2024,and previously from 2020 to 2021. She also served as Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury from 2021 to 2022.
Huw William Merriman is a British politician who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Bexhill and Battle in East Sussex from 2015 to 2024. A member of the Conservative Party,he served as Minister of State for Rail and HS2 from October 2022 until July 2024. He previously chaired the Transport Select Committee between January 2020 and October 2022. Prior to his parliamentary career,Merriman was a barrister and a local councillor.
Felicia Jane "Flick" Beatrix Drummond is a British Conservative Party politician. She was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Meon Valley from 2019 until 2024,having previously represented Portsmouth South from 2015 to 2017.
Seema Louise Ghiassi Kennedy is a British Conservative Party politician who served as a Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State at both the Department of Health and Social Care and the Home Office in 2019. She was the Member of Parliament (MP) for South Ribble in Lancashire from 2015 to 2019,and also served as the Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Prime Minister from 2017 to 2019. She was the first female MP of Iranian heritage to take a seat in the House of Commons.
Kevin John Foster is a British Conservative Party politician who was the Member of Parliament for Torbay from 2015 to 2024. He served as Minister of State for Transport from September 2022 until October 2022. Foster served under Home Secretary Priti Patel as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Safe and Legal Migration from 2019 until September 2022.
Trudy Lynne Harrison is a British Conservative Party politician who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Copeland from the February 2017 by-election to the 2024 general election. Her election marked the first time Copeland had elected a Conservative MP since 1931,and the first time the constituency had elected a female MP. Three months after her by-election victory,Harrison was re-elected in the 2017 general election and held her seat in 2019.
Rachel Helen Maclean is a British politician who was the Member of Parliament for Redditch in Worcestershire from 2017 to 2024. A member of the Conservative Party,she currently serves as its Deputy Chairman for Women. She has previously served as Minister of State for Housing and Planning and has held ministerial roles in the Department for Transport and Home Office.
Joyce Rebekah "Joy" Morrissey is an American-born British Conservative Party politician who has served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Beaconsfield since 2019. She was a Lord Commissioner of the Treasury from November 2023 until July 2024. She has been Shadow Minister for Energy Security and Net Zero and an Opposition whip since July 2024.
Sara Alice Britcliffe is a British Conservative Party politician,who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Hyndburn from 2019 to 2024. At the age of 24,she was the youngest Conservative MP elected in the election,and the first to represent the constituency since 1992.
Mark Peter Fletcher is a British politician who was the member of Parliament (MP) for Bolsover from 2019 to 2024. He is a member of the Conservative Party.
Fay Alicia Jones is a British former politician who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Brecon and Radnorshire from 2019 to 2024. She is a member of the Conservative Party and a former junior government minister.
Sally-Ann Hart is a British politician who was the member of parliament (MP) for Hastings and Rye from 2019 to 2024. A member of the Conservative Party,she succeeded Amber Rudd,the former home secretary.
Jillian Wendy Mortimer is a British Conservative Party politician who served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Hartlepool from 2021 to 2024.
{{cite book}}
: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)