Mark Eastwood | |
|---|---|
 Official portrait, 2019 | |
| Member of Parliament for Dewsbury | |
| In office 12 December 2019 –30 May 2024 | |
| Preceded by | Paula Sherriff |
| Succeeded by | Constituency abolished |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 14 March 1971 |
| Nationality | British |
| Political party | Conservative |
| Children | 2 |
| Education | Batley Boys High School |
Mark Simon Eastwood [1] (born 14 March 1971) [2] [3] is a British Conservative Party politician who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Dewsbury from 2019 to 2024. [4]
Eastwood grew up in Thornhill Lees,before moving to the Wilton Estate in Batley at the age of six. He joined the Conservative Party at the age of seventeen,while he was a student at Batley Boys High School,now Upper Batley High School. [5]
Eastwood had a total of six unsuccessful attempts standing for the Dewsbury East ward of Kirklees Council. [6] Before he became an MP,he worked for a company which provides medical furniture and equipment to the NHS,and served as Yorkshire and Humber representative of the Conservative Workers &Trade Unionists. [7] Eastwood was elected as the MP for Dewsbury at the 2019 general election,gaining the seat from Labour's Paula Sherriff. [8]
He was a member of the Regulatory Reform Committee and the Committee on the Future Relationship with the European Union. [9] Eastwood is also a member of the APPGs on British Muslims,Football,and the Furniture Industry,as well as being a member of the Parliamentary Football Club. [10]
His first overseas trip was to Pakistan in 2020 as part of an all-party delegation. [11] On 23 August 2021,Prime Minister Boris Johnson appointed him as the UK's trade envoy to the country. [12] His constituency of Dewsbury was abolished for the 2024 general election due to the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies. He instead contested the new constituency of Ossett and Denby Dale but lost,placing second with 28.9 per cent of the vote. [13]
Eastwood identifies as a "moderate,compassionate Conservative". He is a supporter of Brexit,having worked on local Vote Leave campaigns during the 2016 referendum. [5]
During the Conservative Party leadership election in 2022,Eastwood supported Liz Truss. [14] He was a supporter of Boris Johnson's time in Number 10,saying he was “saddened and disappointed”at his resignation,and he continued to have his full support. [15]
Eastwood has a wife,two children and is a Leeds United season ticket holder. [16] [6] [7] He has been known to DJ at private events held locally. [16]
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Ossett is a market town in the Wakefield district,in the county of West Yorkshire,England. Historically part of the West Riding of Yorkshire,it is situated between Dewsbury,Horbury and Wakefield. At the 2021 census,the town had a population of 21,861. Ossett forms part of the Heavy Woollen District.
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The 2022 Kirklees Metropolitan Borough Council election took place on 5 May 2022. One third of councillors—23 out of 69—on Kirklees Metropolitan Borough Council were elected. The election took place alongside other local elections across the United Kingdom.
Dewsbury and Batley is a constituency of the House of Commons in the UK Parliament,represented since 2024 by Iqbal Mohamed,an Independent. Further to the completion of the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies,it was first contested in the 2024 general election. The constituency is located in the borough of Kirklees in West Yorkshire.
Ossett and Denby Dale is a constituency of the House of Commons in the UK Parliament. Further to the completion of the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies,it was first contested at the 2024 general election.
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