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[[Penny Mordaunt]] has been the UK [[Conservative Party]] MP for Portsmouth North since 2010.<ref>[http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/commons/penny-mordaunt/4017 Penny Mordaunt], www.parliament.uk, accessed 4 September 2013.</ref> In 2015 she retained her seat with a majority of 10,537. <ref> [http://www.portsmouth.co.uk/news/local/general-election-penny-mordaunt-holds-portsmouth-north-for-tories-1-6732425 General Election: Penny Mordaunt holds Portsmouth North for Tories.] ''The Portsmouth News'', 7 May 2015, accessed 13 May 2015 </ref>  
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'''Penny Mordaunt''' has been the UK [[Conservative Party]] MP for Portsmouth North since 2010.<ref>[http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/commons/penny-mordaunt/4017 Penny Mordaunt], www.parliament.uk, accessed 4 September 2013.</ref> In 2015 she retained her seat with a majority of 10,537. <ref> [http://www.portsmouth.co.uk/news/local/general-election-penny-mordaunt-holds-portsmouth-north-for-tories-1-6732425 General Election: Penny Mordaunt holds Portsmouth North for Tories.] ''The Portsmouth News'', 7 May 2015, accessed 13 May 2015 </ref>  
  
 
She was appointed as parliamentary under secretary of state at the [[Department for Communities and Local Government]] in July 2014.<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 was appointed as parliamentary under secretary of state at the [[Department for Communities and Local Government]] in July 2014.<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>  

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Penny Mordaunt

Penny Mordaunt has been the UK Conservative Party MP for Portsmouth North since 2010.[1] In 2015 she retained her seat with a majority of 10,537. [2]

She was appointed as parliamentary under secretary of state at the Department for Communities and Local Government in July 2014.[3] Before this, she was parliamentary private secretary to the secretary of state for defence, Philip Hammond from autumn 2013. [4]

In May 2015, Mordaunt was promoted to the position of armed forces minister at the Ministry of Defence, becoming the first woman in this role. [5]

Education

She was educated at Oaklands RC Comprehensive School and at Reading University where she read Philosophy. [4]

Background

Mordaunt worked for the Conservative Central Office where she was head of broadcasting under the leadership of William Hague. In 2000 she served as head of foreign press for George W. Bush’s presidential election campaign. [4]

In Parliament, Mordaunt served on the European Scrutiny Committee, Defence Select Committee, and as chairman of the APPGs for Life Science and for Ageing and Older People.
Mordaunt also worked as an aid worker in post-revolutionary Romania before and during university. She was director of communications at Kensington & Chelsea Council and the Freight Transport Association as well as being the a director at Diabetes UK. In 2004 she founded a media company, which she sold in 2010. [4]

Affiliations

External resources

Notes

  1. Penny Mordaunt, www.parliament.uk, accessed 4 September 2013.
  2. General Election: Penny Mordaunt holds Portsmouth North for Tories. The Portsmouth News, 7 May 2015, accessed 13 May 2015
  3. Ministerial appointments: July 2014, Prime Minister's Office, 15 July 2014.
  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 Penny Mordaunt GOV.UK, accessed 10 October 2014
  5. Penny Mordaunt first female Armed Forces Minister ITV News, 11 May 2015, accessed 13 May 2015