Brandon Lewis
Brandon Lewis has been the Conservative Party member of Parliament (MP) for Great Yarmouth since May 2010.
He was appointed minister of state at the Home Office in July 2019.
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Ministerial roles
- Minister without Portfolio from January 2018 to July 2019
- Minister of State for Immigration from June 2017 to January 2018
- Minister of State for Policing and the Fire Service
- Minister of State for Housing and Planning at the Department for Communities and Local Government from July 2014 until July 2016.
- Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Department for Communities and Local Government from September 2012 until July 2014.[1]
Background
Lewis is a qualified barrister and a company director. Before joining the government he was an active member of a number of All Party Parliamentary Groups, including those for enterprise zones and local growth as well as local government. He was also the co-chair of a group on coastal erosion. [2]
Lewis served on Brentwood Borough Council for more than 10 years, and was Leader for five of those. [2]
Education
Lewis has a BSc in Economics and LLB Hons (Law) from the University of Buckingham. He also holds an LLM in commercial law from King’s College London. [2]
Staff
- Stephen Canning - Management consultant, PricewaterhouseCoopers, Councillor, Essex county council, Councillor Braintree District Council [3]
- Samuel Chapman-Allen - Councillor, Breckland District Council [3]
- Ann Gisborne - Deputy registrar, Suffolk County Council [3]
- Helen Hill - Councillor, London Borough of Richmond Upon Thames [3]
Meetings with fracking companies
In March 2018, policing minister Lewis met fracking company Cuadrilla as protests at the firm’s Preston New Road drilling site in Lancashire intensified. Six months later, in September, three anti-fracking campaigners at the site were jailed. The sentences were overturned on appeal. Cite error: Closing </ref> missing for <ref> tag
Given
Political Donations
Recorded by the Electoral Commission:
| Date | Name of donor | Amount | Donated to | Subsidiary (parties only) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25/09/2008 | Brandon Lewis | £1,205.00 | Conservative Party | Central party |
| 25/09/2008 | Brandon Lewis | £1,205.00 | Conservative Party | Great Yarmouth |
| 26/04/2013 | Brandon Lewis | £21,609.00 | Conservative Party | Great Yarmouth |
Notes
- ↑ Ministerial appointments: July 2014, Prime Minister's Office, 15 July 2014.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Brandon Lewis GOV.UK, accessed 10 October 2014
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Register of interests of members' secretaries and research assistants, 23 March 2016, parliament.uk, accessed 21 April 2016
- ↑ Electoral Commission, Donation Search, accessed 20 February 2015
