Role British Politician Name Tom Pursglove | Political party Conservative Majority 2,412 (4.3%) | |
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Born 5 November 1988 (age 35) ( 1988-11-05 ) Alma mater Queen Mary University ofLondon Profiles | ||
House of commons question thursday 15th october 2015 tom pursglove
Thomas Christopher John Pursglove (born 5 November 1988) is a British Conservative Party politician. He has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Corby since May 2015. Until 9 June 2017, he was the youngest Conservative MP.
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- House of commons question thursday 15th october 2015 tom pursglove
- Tom pursglove s ice bucket challenge
- Education
- Life and career
- References
Tom pursglove s ice bucket challenge
Education
Pursglove was educated at Sir Christopher Hatton School, a state comprehensive school in the market town of Wellingborough in Northamptonshire, where he grew up, and graduated from Queen Mary University of London.
Life and career
In 2007, at the age of 18, Pursglove became the youngest councillor in the country when he was elected for the Croyland Ward on Wellingborough Borough Council. He has worked as a parliamentary assistant to Chris Heaton-Harris and worked with Peter Bone.
Pursglove was elected as a Member of Parliament for Corby in the 2015 general election with a majority of 2,412 (4.3%). He won back for the Conservatives a seat that had been lost to Labour in a 2012 by-election.
He was one of the founders of Grassroots Out, an organisation which advocated United Kingdom withdrawal from the European Union, along with Conservative MP Peter Bone and Labour MP Kate Hoey.
In July 2016, following Theresa May becoming Prime Minister, Pursglove was appointed as the Parliamentary Private Secretary to Robert Goodwill MP, the Minister of State for Immigration at the Home Office.
Pursglove was re-elected in the 2017 General Election.