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| − | [[Brooks Newmark]] has been the Conservative MP for Braintree since 2005. He was a government whip as Lord Commissioner of the Treasury from 2010 to 2012.<ref>[http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/commons/mr-brooks-newmark/1488 Mr Brooks Newmark], www.parliament.uk, accessed 24 August 2013.</ref> In July 2014, he was appointed Parliamentary Secretary at the Cabinet Office.<ref name="No10reshuffle">[https://www.gov.uk/government/news/ministerial-appointments-july-2014 Ministerial appointments: July 2014], Prime Minister's Office, 15 July 2014.</ref> He resigned from the Government on 27 September 2014 over newspaper allegations about his private life.<ref>[http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-29396942 Tory minister Brooks Newmark resigns from government], BBC News, 27 September 2014.</ref> | + | [[Brooks Newmark]] has been the UK Conservative MP for Braintree since 2005. He was a government whip as Lord Commissioner of the Treasury from 2010 to 2012.<ref>[http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/commons/mr-brooks-newmark/1488 Mr Brooks Newmark], www.parliament.uk, accessed 24 August 2013.</ref> In July 2014, he was appointed Parliamentary Secretary at the Cabinet Office.<ref name="No10reshuffle">[https://www.gov.uk/government/news/ministerial-appointments-july-2014 Ministerial appointments: July 2014], Prime Minister's Office, 15 July 2014.</ref> He resigned from the Government on 27 September 2014 over newspaper allegations about his private life.<ref>[http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-29396942 Tory minister Brooks Newmark resigns from government], BBC News, 27 September 2014.</ref> |
| + | ==Business interests== | ||
| + | Newmark owns the investment firm [[Telesis Management]]. <ref>Alexandra Topping, [http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2014/sep/28/sunday-mirror-pressure-reveal-details-tory-minister-sexting-sting-brooks-newmark Sunday Mirror under pressure to reveal details of Tory minister ‘sexting’ sting], ''The Guardian'', 28 September 2014, accessed same day </ref> | ||
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Revision as of 03:08, 29 September 2014
Brooks Newmark has been the UK Conservative MP for Braintree since 2005. He was a government whip as Lord Commissioner of the Treasury from 2010 to 2012.[1] In July 2014, he was appointed Parliamentary Secretary at the Cabinet Office.[2] He resigned from the Government on 27 September 2014 over newspaper allegations about his private life.[3]
Business interests
Newmark owns the investment firm Telesis Management. [4]
Notes
- ↑ Mr Brooks Newmark, www.parliament.uk, accessed 24 August 2013.
- ↑ Ministerial appointments: July 2014, Prime Minister's Office, 15 July 2014.
- ↑ Tory minister Brooks Newmark resigns from government, BBC News, 27 September 2014.
- ↑ Alexandra Topping, Sunday Mirror under pressure to reveal details of Tory minister ‘sexting’ sting, The Guardian, 28 September 2014, accessed same day
