Difference between revisions of "Claire Perry"
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She was appointed minister of state for climate change and industry in June 2017, replacing [[Nick Hurd]] who was moved to the [[Home Office]]. | She was appointed minister of state for climate change and industry in June 2017, replacing [[Nick Hurd]] who was moved to the [[Home Office]]. | ||
| − | Previously she was a junior transport minister at the [[Department for Transport]] from July 2014 until 2016. <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> She also served as an assistant whip at the [[HM Treasury]] in 2013 and 2014.<ref>[https://www.gov.uk/government/news/ministerial-appointments-7-october-2013 Ministerial appointments: 7 October 2013], Prime Minister's Office, 7 October 2013.</ref> . | + | Previously she was a junior transport minister at the [[Department for Transport]] from July 2014 until 2016. <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> She also served as an assistant whip at the [[HM Treasury]] in 2013 and 2014.<ref>[https://www.gov.uk/government/news/ministerial-appointments-7-october-2013 Ministerial appointments: 7 October 2013], Prime Minister's Office, 7 October 2013.</ref> |
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| + | ==Pushing fracking== | ||
| + | In an October 2018 interview with The ''Times'', Perry described environmentalists who want to block fracking as "unrealistic" in their ambition to switch to 100 per cent renewables. “What are they going to cook their kids’ tea on?" she said. "It’s likely to be gas and do we actually want to be reliant on Mr Putin for our gas supply?” | ||
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| + | To avoid reliance on Russian supplies she wanted to exploit the shale gas “that’s right beneath our feet”, she added. | ||
==Constituency== | ==Constituency== | ||
In 2015 she was re-elected with a majority of 28,295. <ref> [http://www.westerndailypress.co.uk/Election-Devizes-result-Conservative-Claire-Perry/story-26463349-detail/story.html Election Devizes result: Conservative Claire Perry has won the seat] ''Western Daily Press'', 8 May 2015, accessed 18 May 2015 </ref> | In 2015 she was re-elected with a majority of 28,295. <ref> [http://www.westerndailypress.co.uk/Election-Devizes-result-Conservative-Claire-Perry/story-26463349-detail/story.html Election Devizes result: Conservative Claire Perry has won the seat] ''Western Daily Press'', 8 May 2015, accessed 18 May 2015 </ref> | ||
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==Education== | ==Education== | ||
| − | Perry was educated at Nailsea Comprehensive School, Oxford University, and Harvard Business School where she received | + | Perry was educated at Nailsea Comprehensive School, Oxford University, and Harvard Business School where she received an MBA. <ref name= "Gov"/> |
==Affiliations== | ==Affiliations== | ||
Revision as of 01:31, 26 October 2018
Claire Perry is a British politician who has been the Conservative Party MP for Devizes in Wiltshire since 2010.[1]
She was appointed minister of state for climate change and industry in June 2017, replacing Nick Hurd who was moved to the Home Office. Previously she was a junior transport minister at the Department for Transport from July 2014 until 2016. [2] She also served as an assistant whip at the HM Treasury in 2013 and 2014.[3]
Pushing fracking
In an October 2018 interview with The Times, Perry described environmentalists who want to block fracking as "unrealistic" in their ambition to switch to 100 per cent renewables. “What are they going to cook their kids’ tea on?" she said. "It’s likely to be gas and do we actually want to be reliant on Mr Putin for our gas supply?”
To avoid reliance on Russian supplies she wanted to exploit the shale gas “that’s right beneath our feet”, she added.
Constituency
In 2015 she was re-elected with a majority of 28,295. [4]
Background
Perry worked for Bank of America, McKinsey & Company, and Credit Suisse before starting her own small business offering online financial advice to women. In 2007 Perry worked as an adviser to George Osborne before being elected as the MP for the Devizes constituency in central Wiltshire in May 2010. [5]
Education
Perry was educated at Nailsea Comprehensive School, Oxford University, and Harvard Business School where she received an MBA. [5]
Affiliations
Notes
- ↑ Claire Perry, www.parliament.uk, accessed 24 August 2013.
- ↑ Ministerial appointments: July 2014, Prime Minister's Office, 15 July 2014.
- ↑ Ministerial appointments: 7 October 2013, Prime Minister's Office, 7 October 2013.
- ↑ Election Devizes result: Conservative Claire Perry has won the seat Western Daily Press, 8 May 2015, accessed 18 May 2015
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Claire Perry GOV.UK, accessed 10 October 2014
- ↑ Membership List, All-Party Parliamentary Group on Science and Technology in Agriculture, accessed 16 November 2015
