Therese Coffey
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
