Jane Hunt (politician)
Jane Hunt | |
|---|---|
 Official portrait, 2020 | |
| Member of Parliament for Loughborough | |
| Assumed office 12 December 2019 | |
| Preceded by | Nicky Morgan |
| Majority | 7,125 (13.1%) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 4 June 1966 |
| Nationality | British |
| Political party | Conservative |
| Children | 2 |
Jane Marion Hunt[1] (born 4 June 1966)[2] is a British Conservative Party politician who has served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Loughborough since 2019. She is currently the Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Cabinet Office.
Career[]
Hunt served on Charnwood Borough Council from 2003 until 2015 for Loughborough Nanpantan, and from 2018 for Quorn and Mountsorrel Castle.[3] She worked as an adviser to her predecessor, Nicky Morgan, in Morgan's role as MP for Loughborough from 2010 to 2019.[4] She was the unsuccessful Conservative prospective parliamentary candidate for several safe Labour seats prior to 2019, initially contesting Leicester East at the 2010 general election and the neighbouring Leicester South at the 2011 by-election.[5] She also unsuccessfully contested Nottingham South at the 2015 and 2017 general elections. Hunt finished second in all bar one of the contests, coming third in Leicester South behind the Liberal Democrats.
Hunt was elected at the 2019 general election; it was her fourth attempt to enter Parliament.[6] She made her maiden speech to the House of Commons on 20 January 2020.[7] She was appointed Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Cabinet Office.[8]
Personal life[]
Hunt is married and has two children.[3]
References[]
- ^ "Members Sworn". Hansard.parliament.uk. 18 December 2019. Retrieved 28 January 2020.
- ^ Brunskill, Ian (19 March 2020). The Times guide to the House of Commons 2019 : the definitive record of Britain's historic 2019 General Election. ISBN 978-0-00-839258-1. OCLC 1129682574.
- ^ a b "About Jane Hunt". Jane Hunt.
- ^ Orton, Amy (10 December 2019). "Who has been elected as the new MP for Loughborough?". leicestermercury. Retrieved 13 December 2019.
- ^ Isaby, Jonathan (28 March 2011). "Jane Hunt selected as Conservative candidate for Leicester South by-election". ConservativeHome. Retrieved 28 June 2020.
- ^ "Loughborough parliamentary constituency - Election 2019". BBC.com. Retrieved 13 December 2019.
- ^ "Jane Hunt – 2020 Maiden Speech in the House of Commons". UKPOL. 20 January 2020. Retrieved 11 February 2020.
- ^ "PARLIAMENTARY PRIVATE SECRETARIES – APRIL 2020" (PDF). gov.uk. Retrieved 12 April 2020.
External links[]
- Profile at Parliament of the United Kingdom
- Contributions in Parliament at Hansard
- Voting record at Public Whip
- Record in Parliament at TheyWorkForYou
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