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Angela Richardson | |
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Deputy Chairwoman of the Conservative Party | |
Assumed office 26 March 2024 | |
Leader | Rishi Sunak |
Preceded by | Luke Hall |
Member of Parliament for Guildford | |
Assumed office 12 December 2019 | |
Preceded by | Anne Milton |
Majority | 3,337 (5.7%) |
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 has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Guildford since 2019. She has served as a Deputy Chairwoman of the Conservative Party since 26 March 2024. [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]
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. [13]
She is married to Jeremy Richardson,and has three children. [14] Richardson lives in Guildford in her constituency. [15]
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