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| − | '''Caroline Dinenage''' is the [[Conservative Party]] MP for Gosport. <ref name= "Parliament"> [http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/commons/caroline-dinenage/4008 Caroline Dinenage MP] ''www.parliament.uk'', accessed 3 March 2015 </ref> She was elected in May 2010 with a majority of 14,413 votes. <ref name= "Parliament"/> | + | '''Caroline Dinenage''' is the UK [[Conservative Party]] MP for Gosport. <ref name= "Parliament"> [http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/commons/caroline-dinenage/4008 Caroline Dinenage MP] ''www.parliament.uk'', accessed 3 March 2015 </ref> She was elected in May 2010 with a majority of 14,413 votes. <ref name= "Parliament"/> |
| − | In the 2015 general election, Dinenage was re-elected with a majority of 17,098 and 55 | + | In April 2014 Dinenage was appointed parliamentary private secretary to education secretary [[Nicky Morgan]]. <ref name= "Caroline"> [http://caroline4gosport.co.uk/about-caroline/ Caroline Dinenage - Biography] ''Caroline Dinenage'', accessed 3 March 2015 </ref> |
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| + | In the 2015 general election, Dinenage was re-elected with a majority of 17,098 and 55 per cent of the vote. <ref> [http://www.portsmouth.co.uk/news/local/general-election-caroline-dinenage-holds-gosport-for-the-tories-1-6732423 General Election: Caroline Dinenage holds Gosport for the Tories] ''The Portsmouth News'', 8 May 2015, accessed 12 May 2015 </ref> | ||
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| + | She was appointed minister for equalities at the [[Department for Education]], and parliamentary under secretary of state at the [[Ministry of Justice]]. | ||
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==Background== | ==Background== | ||
Revision as of 03:11, 13 May 2015
Caroline Dinenage is the UK Conservative Party MP for Gosport. [1] She was elected in May 2010 with a majority of 14,413 votes. [1]
In April 2014 Dinenage was appointed parliamentary private secretary to education secretary Nicky Morgan. [2]
In the 2015 general election, Dinenage was re-elected with a majority of 17,098 and 55 per cent of the vote. [3]
She was appointed minister for equalities at the Department for Education, and parliamentary under secretary of state at the Ministry of Justice.
Background
Before entering parliament Dinenage worked at her own small business, a manufacturing company which she set up in a gap year before university. [2]
In 2013 she was also appointed the small business ambassador for the South by prime minister David Cameron. [2] Dinenage is also a member of the business, innovation and skills select committee and is said to use her expertise in business to help her promote small and medium-sized enterprise, UK industry and skills training in Parliament. [2]
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Caroline Dinenage MP www.parliament.uk, accessed 3 March 2015
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Caroline Dinenage - Biography Caroline Dinenage, accessed 3 March 2015
- ↑ General Election: Caroline Dinenage holds Gosport for the Tories The Portsmouth News, 8 May 2015, accessed 12 May 2015
