Ben Gummer
Ben Gummer, Source: Flickr
Ben Gummer has been the Conservative Party MP for Ipswich since 2010.[1] In the 2015 election Gummer retained his seat with a majority of 3,733.
Following the 2015 cabinet reshuffle, Gummer replaced Daniel Poulter as junior health minister in the Department of Health. [2]
On 14 July 2016, Gummer was appointed as minister for the cabinet office and paymaster general by incoming Prime Minister Theresa May. [3]
Gummer is the son of John Gummer, Conservative MP for Lewisham West 1970-74; Eye 1979-83; and Suffolk Coastal 1983-2010.[4]
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Notes
- ↑ Ben Gummer, www.parliament.uk, accessed 17 November 2013.
- ↑ Ipswich MP Ben Gummer replaces Dr Dan Poulter as junior health minister Ipswich Star, 12 May 2015, accessed 13 May 2015
- ↑ 'Her Majesty's government', parliament.uk, accessed 18 July 2016
- ↑ Sarah Priddy, PIL: Current Members Related to Other Current or Former Members - Commons Library Standard Note, 13 September 2013.
- ↑ Membership List, All-Party Parliamentary Group on Science and Technology in Agriculture, accessed 16 November 2015
