Paul Holmes (Eastleigh MP)

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Paul Holmes

MP
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Holmes in 2020
Member of Parliament
for Eastleigh
Assumed office
12 December 2019
Preceded byMims Davies
Majority15,607 (26.4%)
Personal details
Born (1988-08-25) 25 August 1988 (age 33)
Southwark, London
NationalityBritish
Political partyConservative
Alma materUniversity of Southampton
OccupationPolitician

Paul John Holmes (born 25 August 1988)[1] is a British Conservative Party politician who was elected as Member of Parliament (MP) for Eastleigh at the 2019 general election.[2][3]

Early life[]

Holmes was born at Guy's Hospital in Southwark, London, in 1988, to parents John Edward Holmes and Sandra Holmes. He grew up on the Bellingham council estate in Lewisham.[4]

Holmes attended Elfrida Primary School in Bellingham and Kelsey Park Sports College in Beckenham.

Career[]

While a second-year student of Politics and International Relations at the University of Southampton, Holmes was elected as a Conservative councillor in the 2008 Southampton City Council election, representing the Redbridge ward, a seat he gained from the Labour Party.[5][6] He served on Southampton City Council as cabinet member for children's services and learning.[7] Holmes stood down at the 2012 council election.[6]

Holmes worked as a Parliamentary Researcher to Wimbledon MP Stephen Hammond from 2011 to 2015. From 2015 to 2016, he was an account manager at Portland Communications.

He unsuccessfully contested Mitcham and Morden, a safe seat for the Labour Party, at the 2015 general election, and the more marginal Labour-held Southampton Test at the 2017 general election.[8]

He worked as a Special Adviser (SpAd) to Conservative Party Chairman and Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster Patrick McLoughlin between 2016 and 2017, before becoming Special Adviser to Damian Green, the First Secretary of State and Minister for the Cabinet Office. Holmes remained in this role until Green's resignation from Government. He then worked as SpAd to the Secretary of State for Education, Damian Hinds in 2018, and became Head of Public Affairs at Clarion Housing Group in the same year.

Holmes was elected to parliament in 2019, succeeding Conservative Mims Davies, who had stood down as MP for Eastleigh before later being selected to represent Mid Sussex. He was elected to serve on the Housing, Communities and Local Government Select Committee until January 2021, and the Select Committee on Statutory Instruments, which he continues to serve on. In January 2021, he was appointed as Parliamentary Private Secretary (PPS) to the Home Office.

Personal life[]

Holmes currently lives in Hedge End.[citation needed] He lists his recreations as "real ale, cooking, aviation", and is a member of the Southern Parishes Conservative club.[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. 187. ISBN 978-0-00-839258-1. OCLC 1129682574.
  2. ^ "Eastleigh parliamentary constituency - Election 2019". Retrieved 14 December 2019.
  3. ^ Jump up to: a b "Holmes, Paul John, (born 25 Aug. 1988), MP (C) Eastleigh, since 2019". WHO'S WHO & WHO WAS WHO. 2020. doi:10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.u293903. ISBN 978-0-19-954088-4. Retrieved 29 April 2021.
  4. ^ "About Paul". Paul Holmes. Archived from the original on 23 October 2016.
  5. ^ "Paul Holmes | Politics and International Relations | University of Southampton". www.southampton.ac.uk.
  6. ^ Jump up to: a b "Local Elections Archive Project — Redbridge Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 29 April 2021.
  7. ^ "Class of 2019: Meet the new MPs". Politics Home. 25 February 2020. Retrieved 17 June 2020.
  8. ^ "Paul Holmes - Candidate for Eastleigh in UK Parliament elections". Democracy Club Candidates.

External links[]

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
Mims Davies 		Member of Parliament
for Eastleigh
2019–present 		Incumbent


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