Katherine Fletcher | |
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Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Women | |
In office 20 September 2022 –27 October 2022 | |
Prime Minister | Liz Truss |
Preceded by | The Baroness Stedman-Scott |
Succeeded by | Maria Caulfield |
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Transport | |
In office 20 September 2022 –27 October 2022 | |
Prime Minister | Liz Truss |
Preceded by | Karl McCartney |
Succeeded by | Richard Holden |
Member of Parliament for South Ribble | |
Assumed office 12 December 2019 | |
Preceded by | Seema Kennedy |
Majority | 11,199 (20.8%) |
Personal details | |
Born | Katherine Fletcher 18 February 1976 [1] Wythenshawe,Manchester,England |
Political party | Conservative |
Alma mater | University of Nottingham |
Katherine Fletcher (born 18 February 1976) [2] is a British Conservative Party politician who serves as the Member of Parliament (MP) for South Ribble in Lancashire,following the 2019 general election. [3] She served as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State in the Department for Transport and Minister for Women between September and October 2022. [4]
Katherine Fletcher was born in 1976 in Northenden,before moving to Bowdon in Cheshire,England. [5]
Fletcher attended Royal Green Infants School in Northenden,St Wilfreds Junior School and then the selective Altrincham Grammar School for Girls in Bowdon,Greater Manchester. She studied biology at University of Nottingham,during which time she worked as a nursing assistant in an elderly care home. Before her election,Fletcher worked in banking and assisted in the early setup of the Northern Powerhouse. At the time of the election,Fletcher was a small and medium enterprise (SME) business owner [5] and a town councillor on Knutsford Town Council. [6] Fletcher resigned from the Town Council in April 2020. [7]
Fletcher stood as the Conservative Party's candidate in Ellesmere Port and Neston at the 2015 general election. She came second in the election to the Labour MP Justin Madders. She was elected as Member of Parliament (MP) for South Ribble at the 2019 general election. [8] Her predecessor was fellow Conservative Seema Kennedy,who retired. Fletcher has said the A&E department at the Chorley and South Ribble Hospital should be restored to a 24-hour service. [9]
As of March 2020,Fletcher holds Membership of two Parliamentary Committees:the Science and Technology Select Committee and the Petitions Committee. [10]
Fletcher qualified as safari ranger (field guide) during a gap year in Mpumalanga in Limpopo province,South Africa,and Mozambique. Away from politics,she enjoys palaeontology and holds a season ticket at Manchester United. [5]
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