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'''Rebecca Harris''' is the [[Conservative Party]] MP for Castle Point. She was elected in May 2010 with a majority vote of 7,632. <ref name= "Politics"> [http://www.politics.co.uk/reference/rebecca-harris Rebecca Harris] ''politics.co.uk'', accessed 5 March 2015 </ref> In the May 2015 election she retained her seat with an increased majority of 8,934. <ref> [http://www.express.co.uk/politics/politicians/conservative/rebecca-harris/63 Rebecca Harris] ''Express'', accessed 15 May 2015 </ref> | '''Rebecca Harris''' is the [[Conservative Party]] MP for Castle Point. She was elected in May 2010 with a majority vote of 7,632. <ref name= "Politics"> [http://www.politics.co.uk/reference/rebecca-harris Rebecca Harris] ''politics.co.uk'', accessed 5 March 2015 </ref> In the May 2015 election she retained her seat with an increased majority of 8,934. <ref> [http://www.express.co.uk/politics/politicians/conservative/rebecca-harris/63 Rebecca Harris] ''Express'', accessed 15 May 2015 </ref> | ||
| − | From May 2015 to July 2016, Harris served as the parliamentary private secretary (PPS) to the former Northern Irish secretary [[Theresa Villiers]].<ref> Guido Fawkes [http://order-order.com/tag/pps/#_@/kLedddMB1Im3fg PPS reshuffle in full], 29 May 2015, accessed 1 June 2015.</ref> Following the reshuffle of July 2016, Mrs Harris was appointed PPS to the current secretary of state for communities and local government, [[Sajid Javid | + | From May 2015 to July 2016, Harris served as the parliamentary private secretary (PPS) to the former Northern Irish secretary [[Theresa Villiers]].<ref> Guido Fawkes [http://order-order.com/tag/pps/#_@/kLedddMB1Im3fg PPS reshuffle in full], 29 May 2015, accessed 1 June 2015.</ref> Following the reshuffle of July 2016, Mrs Harris was appointed PPS to the current secretary of state for communities and local government, [[Sajid Javid]] MP. <ref> Mark Wallace, [http://www.conservativehome.com/parliament/2016/09/the-full-pps-list-one-third-leavers-one-third-women-and-ninety-per-cent-may-supporters.html The full PPS list. One third Leavers. One third women. And ninety per cent May supporters.], ''Conservative Home'', 22 September 2016, accessed 31 January 2016. </ref> |
==Background== | ==Background== | ||
Revision as of 09:49, 31 January 2017
Rebecca Harris is the Conservative Party MP for Castle Point. She was elected in May 2010 with a majority vote of 7,632. [1] In the May 2015 election she retained her seat with an increased majority of 8,934. [2]
From May 2015 to July 2016, Harris served as the parliamentary private secretary (PPS) to the former Northern Irish secretary Theresa Villiers.[3] Following the reshuffle of July 2016, Mrs Harris was appointed PPS to the current secretary of state for communities and local government, Sajid Javid MP. [4]
Background
Before entering parliament Harris spent the majority of her working life in business, principally with Phillimore & Co, a specialist publishers of British local history. [5]
Harris has worked as a special adviser to Tim Yeo while he was shadow secretary of state for the Department of Trade and Industry, Department of Health, Department for Education, Department for Transport and the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs respectively, in the last Parliament. [1]
Contact
Constituency
- Address: c/o Castle Point Conservatives, Bernard Braine House, 8 Green Road, Benfleet, SS7 5JT
- Telephone: 01268 792992
- Fax: 01268 792992
- Email: office@castlepointconservatives.com
Parliamentary
- Address: House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA
- Telephone: 020 7219 7206
- Email: rebecca.harris.mp@parliament.uk
Web & Social media
- Website: http://www.rebeccaharris.org
- Twitter: https://twitter.com/rebeccaharrismp
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Rebecca Harris politics.co.uk, accessed 5 March 2015
- ↑ Rebecca Harris Express, accessed 15 May 2015
- ↑ Guido Fawkes PPS reshuffle in full, 29 May 2015, accessed 1 June 2015.
- ↑ Mark Wallace, The full PPS list. One third Leavers. One third women. And ninety per cent May supporters., Conservative Home, 22 September 2016, accessed 31 January 2016.
- ↑ About Rebecca Harris Rebecca Harris, accessed 5 March 2015
