Angela Richardson

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Angela Richardson
MP
Official portrait of Angela Richardson MP crop 2.jpg
Official portrait, 2019
Member of Parliament
for Guildford
Assumed office
12 December 2019
Preceded byAnne Milton
Majority3,337 (5.7%)
Personal details
Born
Angela Joy Richardson[1]

(1974-10-21) 21 October 1974 (age 47)
Auckland, New Zealand
Political partyConservative
Spouse(s)Jeremy Bruce Richardson
Children3
ProfessionInvestment banker
Websiteangelarichardson.uk

Angela Joy Richardson[1] (born 21 October 1974)[2] is a British Conservative Party politician, who has served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Guildford since the 2019 general election.

Political career[]

In May 2019, Richardson stood for election to Waverley Borough Council in the ward of Cranleigh East, but failed to win a seat after she was pushed into fifth place by three Liberal Democrats and a Conservative candidate.[3] She was elected to Cranleigh Parish Council later the same month.[4]

Following incumbent MP Anne Milton's resignation from the Conservative Party in opposition to the Brexit policies of Prime Minister Boris Johnson, Richardson was selected as the party's candidate for the Guildford constituency. She was elected at the 2019 general election, defeating Milton, who contested the election as an independent candidate. She was sworn into the House of Commons on 18 December 2019.[1]

She was also elected as a vice-chair of the APPG for Australia and New Zealand.[5]

Richardson served as a Parliamentary Private Secretary (PPS) to the ministerial team at the Department for Education,[6] and following this, to Levelling Up Secretary Michael Gove.[7] On 3 November 2021, she was fired from her PPS role after abstaining on a government-backed amendment to overhaul the Commons' disciplinary process in response to the proposed suspension of Owen Paterson.[7] She was reinstated to her PPS role the following day.[8] She ultimately resigned as PPS in January 2022, with her resignation made public after the publication on 31 January of Sue Gray's report on breaches of lockdown restrictions in Downing Street.[9]

Political views[]

Richardson made a speech in support of the Higher Education (Freedom of Speech) Bill claiming that Kathleen Stock "sustained campaign of harassment and bullying" leading to her resignation from the University of Sussex which she believes requires greater legal responsibilities on students' unions.[10]

Personal life[]

Richardson was born in West Auckland, New Zealand. She previously worked in the City of London in investment banking operations. She has three children.[11] Richardson lives in Ewhurst, Surrey, in her constituency.[12]

References[]

  1. ^ a b c "Members Sworn". Hansard. UK Parliament. 18 December 2019. Retrieved 28 January 2020.
  2. ^ Brunskill, Ian (2020). The Times guide to the House of Commons 2019 : the definitive record of Britain's historic 2019 General Election. Glasgow. p. 214. ISBN 978-0-00-839258-1.
  3. ^ "Election results for Cranleigh East, Waverley Borough Council election - Thursday 2 May 2019". 2 May 2019.
  4. ^ "Election results for Cranleigh - East, 2 May 2019 - Waverley Borough Council". modgov.waverley.gov.uk. Retrieved 21 August 2021.
  5. ^ "House of Commons - Register Of All-Party Parliamentary Groups as at 20 May 2020: Australia and New Zealand". publications.parliament.uk. Retrieved 30 May 2020.
  6. ^ "List of Parliamentary Private Secretaries - October 2020". 1 October 2020.
  7. ^ a b Morris, James (4 November 2021). "Tory MP loses her job after abstaining on Owen Paterson vote". LBC. Retrieved 4 November 2021.
  8. ^ Cowburn, Ashley (5 November 2021). "Tory MP reappointed as Gove aide less than 24 hours after losing job for defying government". The Independent. Retrieved 7 November 2021.
  9. ^ Demianyk, Graeme (31 January 2022). "Tory MP Quits Government With Swipe At Boris Johnson Over Partygate Response". HuffPost UK. Retrieved 31 January 2022.
  10. ^ "Angela Richardson on Twitter". Twitter. Retrieved 21 December 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  11. ^ "Angela Richardson". Guildford Conservatives. Retrieved 13 December 2019.
  12. ^ "Who are Surrey's new Tory MPs Angela Richardson, Claire Coutinho, and Ben Spencer?". Surrey Live. 13 December 2019. Retrieved 13 December 2019.

External links[]

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Preceded by Member of Parliament
for Guildford
2019–present 		Incumbent


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