Charlotte Leslie

Charlotte Leslie is the Conservative Party MP for Bristol North West. She was elected in May 2010 with a majority vote of 3,643.

Since May 2015, Leslie has been the parliamentary private secretary to the international development minister Grant Shapps.

Background

Before being voted in to Parliament, Leslie worked as a researcher for the National Autistic Society. She also previously worked as an education associate at The Young Foundation and as a researcher for Policy Exchange, the neoconservative orientated think-tank which has close ties with David Cameron.

Education

Leslie studied Classics at the University of Oxford between 1997 and 2001.

Controversies

Tory MP’s sudden change of heart over tax-avoidance donor

In February 2015 Leslie reversed her pledge to hand back a £5,000 donation from Hugh Sloane. despite making public her decision that she wouldn't be accepting it.The Independent reported that Leslie had mistakenly understood Sloane to have been found guilty of tax evasion hence why she initially decided to return the money.

On her decision to retain the donation, Leslie stated that 'it is clear this was not tax evasion, and that there was no criminal prosecution of Hugh Sloane ... given this, I will not be returning the donation'. In response to this controversy Leslie declined to comment, but a Conservative spokesman said: 'All donations to the Conservative party are properly and transparently declared to the Electoral Commission, published by them, and comply fully with Electoral Commission rules.'

Contact

Constituency

• Address: 184 Henleaze Road, Bristol, BS9 4NE
• Telephone: 0117 962 9427

Parliamentary

• Address: House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA
• Telephone: 020 7219 7026
• Fax: 020 7219 0921
• charlotte.leslie.mp@parliament.uk

Web & Social media

• Website: http://charlotteleslie.com
• Twitter: https://twitter.com/clesliemp

Affiliations

• All-Party Parliamentary Beer Group
• House of Commons Health Select Committee