Therese Coffey
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Thérèse Coffey succeeded John Gummer as the UK Conservative Party MP for Suffolk Coastal in 2010.
She was appointed an assistant government whip in the cabinet reshuffle of July 2014.[1]
In the May 2015 election, Coffey retained her seat with a majority of 18,842, becoming Parliamentary secretary to and deputy leader of the House of Commons. [2]
Pro-nuclear views
In her maiden speech in 2010 Coffey said:
- My diverse constituency also contains our beloved nuclear power station at Sizewell. I hope that we shall have many more reactors there — certainly at least two — before the end of the decade.
Affiliations
- Associate Parliamentary Renewable and Sustainable Energy Group
- All-Party Parliamentary Group on Private Equity and Venture Capital
- All-Party Parliamentary Pro-Life Group
- Associate Parliamentary Group for Energy Studies
Gifts
Coffey had a Conservative business dinner, estimated to be worth £1,000, donated to her by Huawei Technologies and was taken to the tennis at Wimbledon, estimated at £895, by Digital UK.[3]
Affiliations
Contact
- Twitter: @theresecoffey
- Website:http://www.theresecoffeymp.com
Resources
- Therese Coffey, Sizewell C Development – EDF 1ST Round Proposals, Letter to constituents, 15 January 2013
Notes
- ↑ Ministerial appointments: July 2014, Prime Minister's Office, 15 July 2014.
- ↑ Therese Coffey named as deputy leader of Commons ITV News, 11 May 2015, accessed 13 May 2015
- ↑ Annabelle Dickson Second jobs and party donations from energy firms, IT and property companies - what has your MP declared in the latest MP’s register of interests? Eastern Daily Press, 29 October 2014, accessed 20 February 2015
