Amanda Solloway

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Amanda Solloway

MP
Official portrait of Amanda Solloway MP crop 2.jpg
Solloway in 2020
Lord Commissioner of the Treasury
Assumed office
17 September 2021
Prime MinisterBoris Johnson
Preceded byMaggie Throup
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Science, Research and Innovation
In office
14 February 2020 – 16 September 2021
Prime MinisterBoris Johnson
Preceded byChris Skidmore
as Minister of State
Succeeded byGeorge Freeman
Member of Parliament
for Derby North
Assumed office
12 December 2019
Preceded byChris Williamson
Majority2,540 (5.4%)
In office
7 May 2015 – 3 May 2017
Preceded byChris Williamson
Succeeded byChris Williamson
Personal details
Born (1961-06-06) 6 June 1961 (age 60)
Nottingham, England
Political partyConservative
WebsiteOfficial website

Amanda Jane Solloway (née Edghill; born 6 June 1961)[1] is a British Conservative Party politician, who has served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Derby North since 2019, having previously served from May 2015 to June 2017.

Early life and education[]

Solloway was born Amanda Jane Edghill in Nottingham. She has a younger sister and brother.[citation needed]

She was educated at Bramcote Hills Grammar School at Bramcote, Broxtowe, Nottinghamshire,[1] which became comprehensive in 1978, and is now is part of Bramcote Hills Sport and Community College.

She started working at 16 behind the counter of an off-licence, worked as a management trainee at Sainsbury's supermarket and stayed for 13 years, then worked in a regional training role at Help the Aged, moved to Baird Clothing to become head of training 1998 and founded her own consultancy in 2008.[2]

Parliamentary career[]

Solloway was first elected at the 2015 general election for the Derby North constituency, with a majority of 41 votes, unseating the incumbent Labour MP Chris Williamson, who had been the MP for the seat since 2010. She became a Parliamentary Private Secretary (PPS) to the Minister of State for the Department of International Development.[3]

She was opposed to Brexit prior to the 2016 referendum.[4]

Solloway has been a campaigner on mental health and homelessness issues in Derby North and in Parliament.[5] She was one of three parliamentary champions for HS2, the high-speed rail network which is intended to be built between London and the North.[6]

Solloway lost her seat at the 2017 general election to Williamson,[7] on a night where Labour made gains across the United Kingdom. She continued to be active in Derby North, including in the 2018 Derby City Council election and 2019 Derby City Council election, where the Conservatives made gains in wards in the Derby North constituency.

She regained Derby North for the Conservatives in the 2019 general election with a majority of 2,540, with Williamson (standing as an independent) in sixth place.[8]

On 14 February 2020, Solloway was appointed Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Science, Research and Innovation at the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy during the first cabinet reshuffle of the second Johnson ministry.[9]

On 17 September 2021, Solloway was appointed a Lord Commissioner of the Treasury (Government Whip) during the second cabinet reshuffle of the second Johnson ministry.[10]

Other work[]

Solloway spent 15 years in retail management with J Sainsbury supermarket, a further 15 years within HR in the charity sector (Help the Aged and Save the Children), and in the private sector (Baird Clothing Group) supporting manufacturing, warehousing and retail.[11][12]

Personal life[]

Solloway lives in Derbyshire and is patron of the Friends Of The Baby Unit at Royal Derby Hospital.[13] She ran the London marathon, in 2016 and 2017, and, in doing so, raised money for that hospital's baby unit.[14]

Electoral history[]

2019 general election[]

General election 2019: Derby North[15]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Amanda Solloway 21,259 45.2 Increase0.8
Labour Tony Tinley 18,719 39.8 Decrease8.7
Liberal Democrats Greg Webb 3,450 7.3 Increase2.7
Brexit Party Alan Graves 1,908 4.1 Increase4.1
Green Helen Hitchcock 1,046 2.2 Increase2.2
Independent Chris Williamson 635 1.4 Increase1.4
Majority 2,540 5.4 N/A
Turnout 47,002 64.2 Decrease5.4
Conservative gain from Labour Swing Increase 4.8

2017 general election[]

General election 2017: Derby North
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Chris Williamson 23,622 48.5 +11.9
Conservative Amanda Solloway 21,607 44.4 +7.7
Liberal Democrats Lucy Care[16] 2,262 4.6 -4.0
UKIP Bill Piper[17] 1,181 2.4 -12.2
Majority 2,015 4.1
Turnout 48,672 69.1 0.0
Labour gain from Conservative Swing +2.1

2015 general election[]

General election 2015: Derby North[18]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Amanda Solloway[19] 16,402 36.7 +5.0
Labour Chris Williamson 16,361 36.6 +3.5
UKIP Tilly Ward[20] 6,532 14.6 +12.8
Liberal Democrats Lucy Care 3,832 8.6 -19.5
Green Alice Mason-Power[21] 1,618 3.6 +3.6
Majority 41 0.09
Turnout 44,745 69.1 +6.0
Conservative gain from Labour Swing +0.8

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b "Solloway, Amanda Jane, (born 6 June 1961), MP (C) Derby North, 2015–17 and since 2019; Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, since 2020". WHO'S WHO & WHO WAS WHO. doi:10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.u283952. ISBN 978-0-19-954088-4. Retrieved 27 January 2021.
  2. ^ Amanda Solloway: “I switch between HR and the House of Commons” People Management 20-Feb-2020
  3. ^ "About me". Amanda Solloway. Archived from the original on 19 April 2017.
  4. ^ Goodenough, Tom (16 February 2016). "Which Tory MPs back Brexit, who doesn't and who is still on the fence?". The Spectator. Archived from the original on 22 October 2016. Retrieved 11 October 2016.
  5. ^ "Amanda Solloway: We need to tackle mental health issues head on". Derby Telegraph. 21 August 2015. Archived from the original on 26 September 2015. Retrieved 21 April 2017.
  6. ^ "Amanda Solloway appointed HS2 Ambassador". Amanda Solloway MP. Archived from the original on 22 April 2017. Retrieved 21 April 2017.
  7. ^ "Election Results 2017: Derby North won by Labour's Chris Williamson". BBC News. 9 June 2017. Archived from the original on 14 June 2017. Retrieved 3 June 2021.
  8. ^ Hawley, Zena (13 December 2019). "Amanda Solloway jumps for joy as she takes Derby North from Labour". Derby Telegraph. Archived from the original on 14 December 2019. Retrieved 14 December 2019.
  9. ^ https://www.gov.uk/government/ministers/parliamentary-under-secretary-of-state--130[dead link]
  10. ^ "Ministerial appointments: September 2021". 16 September 2021.
  11. ^ "Amanda Solloway, former MP, Derby North – TheyWorkForYou". TheyWorkForYou. Archived from the original on 19 April 2017.
  12. ^ "Baird Group / Contact". www.bmb-clothing.co.uk. Archived from the original on 15 January 2017.
  13. ^ "FOBU is delighted to announce MP Amanda Solloway as Patron – Friends of the Baby Unit Derby". www.fobuderby.co.uk. Archived from the original on 25 April 2017. Retrieved 24 April 2017.
  14. ^ "Derby MP Amanda Solloway completes London Marathon". Derby Telegraph. 23 April 2017. Retrieved 24 April 2017.[permanent dead link]
  15. ^ "Derby North Parliamentary constituency". BBC News. BBC. Retrieved 22 November 2019.
  16. ^ "Lucy Care". libdems.org.uk. Retrieved 13 June 2017.
  17. ^ "Who are Derbyshire's UKIP candidates in the General Election?". 11 May 2017. Archived from the original on 11 May 2017. Retrieved 11 May 2017.
  18. ^ "Election Data 2015". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
  19. ^ "Amanda Solloway". Archived from the original on 7 January 2014.
  20. ^ "John Charlesworth: UKIP replaces its General Election candidate for Derby North". 27 February 2015. Archived from the original on 28 February 2015. Retrieved 1 March 2015.
  21. ^ "General Election: Green Party announces it will contest both Derby seats". 17 March 2015. Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 17 March 2015.

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Chris Williamson 		Member of Parliament
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