James Sunderland (politician)

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James Sunderland
MP
Official portrait of James Sunderland MP crop 2.jpg
Official portrait, 2019
Member of Parliament
for Bracknell
Assumed office
12 December 2019
Preceded byPhillip Lee
Majority19,829 (36.5%)
Personal details
Born (1970-06-06) 6 June 1970 (age 51)
Chertsey, Surrey, England
Political partyConservative
Websitejamessunderland.org.uk

James Sunderland (born 6 June 1970)[1] is a British politician serving as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Bracknell since 2019. He is a member of the Conservative Party.[2]

Early life[]

James Sunderland was educated at Royal Grammar School, Guildford before going on to study at the University of Birmingham. In November 2019 James was selected as a parliamentary candidate by the Bracknell Conservative Association.[3]

Political career[]

Sunderland stood and won as the conservative parliamentary candidate for the Bracknell constituency in the 2019 general election.[4]


All-Party Parliamentary Groups (APPGs) are cross-party, informal groups of Members of Parliament with a common interest. They regularly carry out investigations, prepare reports and lobby Ministers on behalf of their interest sector. Since becoming an MP James Sunderland has become a member of the following APPGs:[5]

  • Chair: Armed Forces Covenant, Motorsport, Veterans
  • Vice-Chair: British Overseas Territories, South Atlantic, South Western Railway, Special Needs Education, Turks and Caicos Islands
  • Member: Armed Forces, Homelessness, International Trade, Loan Charge (IR35), Motor Neurone Disease, Western Rail Link to London Heathrow.

Following an interim report on the connections between colonialism and properties now in the care of the National Trust, including links with historic slavery, Sunderland was among the signatories of a letter to The Telegraph from the "Common Sense Group" of Conservative Parliamentarians. The letter accused the National Trust of being "coloured by cultural Marxist dogma, colloquially known as the 'woke agenda'".[6]

In March 2021 Sunderland was elected the chairman of the Armed Forces Bill Select Committee.[7]

He responded to claims that the Boundary Commission charged with redistricting the Bracknell Constituency purposefully redrew the maps to aid Conservatives by saying "I am comfortable that fairness has been employed and that the fundamental principles that underpin it have been robustly honoured."[8]

In the Government reshuffle of September 2021, Sunderland received his first official appointment as a Parliamentary Private Secretary to the ministerial team at the Ministry of Defence (United Kingdom).

Personal life[]

James Sunderland is married.[3]

References[]

  1. ^ Brunskill, Ian (19 March 2020). The Times guide to the House of Commons 2019 : the definitive record of Britain's historic 2019 General Election. p. 116. ISBN 978-0-00-839258-1. OCLC 1129682574.
  2. ^ "Bracknell general election results: Conservative candidate James Sunderland wins seat". Bracknell News. 13 December 2019. Retrieved 13 December 2019.
  3. ^ a b "About James". James Sunderland MP. Retrieved 25 July 2020.
  4. ^ "About James | James Sunderland MP | Member of Parliament for Bracknell". www.jamessunderland.org.uk. Retrieved 28 November 2020.
  5. ^ "Register of All-Party Parliamentary Groups" (pdf). parliament.uk. 27 January 2021. Retrieved 17 July 2021.
  6. ^ "Britain's heroes". Letter to the Daily Telegraph. 9 November 2020. Retrieved 30 January 2021.{{cite press release}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
  7. ^ "Committees". Retrieved 3 March 2021.
  8. ^ "Letter: MP rebuffs claims Tories have rigged the nation's new political map". Reading Chronicle. 20 June 2021. Retrieved 9 July 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)

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Preceded by Member of Parliament for Bracknell
2019–present 		Incumbent


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