Role Politician Majority 6,552 (15.2%) | Name William Wragg | |
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Born 11 December 1987 (age 36) ( 1987-12-11 ) Website www.williamwragg.org.uk Profiles | ||
Leasehold Reform - William Wragg MP - December 2017
William Peter Wragg (born 11 December 1987) is a British Conservative Party politician. He has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Hazel Grove since May 2015.
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- Leasehold Reform William Wragg MP December 2017
- William wragg mp speaks at the grassroots out event in manchester
- Early life
- As MP
- Controversy
- References
William wragg mp speaks at the grassroots out event in manchester
Early life
Wragg attended Poynton High School before gaining a first in History from the University of Manchester. He is gay.
Wragg became a school governor in 2008 and was elected to Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council in 2011. He qualified as a primary school teacher by completing the Teach First programme in 2014, but left the profession after less than a year to work as a caseworker for an MP and campaign for the 2015 General Election.
As MP
Wragg was elected as the MP for Hazel Grove in 2015, winning the seat from the Liberal Democrats.
He campaigned for Exiting the European Union in the 2016 Brexit referendum and following the resignation of Prime Minister David Cameron he campaigned for Andrea Leadsom in the 2016 Conservative leadership election.
Wragg held his seat at the 2017 General Election with a slightly reduced majority after being targeted by the successor to the remain campaign, Open Britain, for his support of a hard Brexit.
Controversy
Wragg became nationally known in 2016 after it emerged that he had moved back to his parents house in order to save money for a deposit on buying a house.
In May 2016 it emerged that Wragg was one of a number of Conservative MPs being investigated by police in the United Kingdom general election, 2015 party spending investigation, for allegedly spending more than the legal limit for his constituency in his election campaign; he was interviewed under caution in 2017, after which police passed his file to the Crown Prosecution Service for a decision as to whether to prosecute. However, in May 2017 the Crown Prosecution Service decided that no criminal charges would be authorised.