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Claire Perry MP Member of Parliament
for DevizesIncumbent Assumed office
6 May 2010Preceded by Michael Ancram Majority 13 005 [1] Personal details Born 3 April 1964
Bromsgrove, Worcestershire[2]Nationality British Political party Conservative Spouse(s) Clayton Perry Children Two Daughters, One Son Alma mater Brasenose College, Oxford,
Harvard UniversityOccupation MP for Devizes Profession Banking Website www.claireperry.org.uk Claire Louise Perry[3] (born 3 April 1964) is a British Conservative Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Devizes since the 2010 general election.
Biography
The youngest of three children, Perry lives near Salisbury and originates from North Somerset where she attended Nailsea School, a comprehensive school. She later studied at Brasenose College, Oxford, where she read Geography, graduating in 1985. She later earned an MBA at Harvard University. Her career was in banking and finance, working for Bank of America, McKinsey & Company, and Credit Suisse before setting up her own small company offering financial advice for women.[4] She is married with three children. After joining the Conservative party in 2006, she went to work for the Shadow Chancellor George Osborne.[5]
Perry was selected by local Conservatives in November 2009 to replace the outgoing Member for Devizes, Michael Ancram, in a safe seat for her party.[6]
In 2010 she supported calls for an opt out filtering system for the Internet, where sites with 18+ material would be blocked unless the user opted out of the system. She also suggested that ISPs offer a range of age levels, with the default setting being that anything not suitable for under-14s be blocked.[7][8][9]
In July 2011 she presented a Private Members' Bill to Parliament calling for Remembrance Sunday to be made a bank holiday.[10] The Bill passed its first reading and was due to be debated again on 21 October 2011.[11]
References
- ^ [1] at news.bbc.co.uk
- ^ http://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/article/oupww/whoswho/U251299/
- ^ http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/59418/notices/1118281/from=2010-05-06;to=2010-05-19;all=returned+westminster/
- ^ [2] at claireperry.org.uk
- ^ Paul Barltrop, Claire Perry chosen for Devizes at news.bbc.co.uk
- ^ ANNOUNCEMENT - PPC FOR THE DEVIZES CONSTITUENCY at devizesconservatives.com
- ^ http://www.theyworkforyou.com/debates/?id=2010-11-23c.235.0
- ^ "Broadband firms urged to block sex websites to protect children" at guardian.co.uk
- ^ "MP calls for pornography 'opt-in' to protect children" at news.bbc.co.uk
- ^ Hope, Christopher (June 15, 2011). "Day after Remembrance Sunday should be a Bank Holiday, MPs suggest". Daily Telegraph. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/8577429/Day-after-Remembrance-Sunday-should-be-a-Bank-Holiday-MPs-suggest.html. Retrieved June 18, 2011.
- ^ "Parliament UK: Remembrance Day (Bank Holiday) Bill 2010-11". http://services.parliament.uk/bills/2010-11/remembrancedaybankholiday.html. Retrieved June 18, 2011.
External links
- Claire Perry MP official constituency website
- Claire Perry MP Conservative Party profile
- Devizes Conservatives
- Contributions in Parliament at Hansard 1803–2005
- Electoral history and profile at The Guardian
- Voting record at PublicWhip.org
- Record in Parliament at TheyWorkForYou.com
- Profile at Westminster Parliamentary Record
- Profile at BBC News Democracy Live
- Claire Perry selected to fight Devizes, ConservativeHome, November 2009
Parliament of the United Kingdom Preceded by
Michael AncramMember of Parliament for Devizes
2010–presentIncumbent Categories:- Living people
- 1964 births
- Alumni of Brasenose College, Oxford
- English bankers
- British female MPs
- Conservative Party (UK) MPs
- Members of the United Kingdom Parliament for English constituencies
- UK MPs 2010–
- Female members of the United Kingdom Parliament for English constituencies
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