- Nigel Mills (politician)
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Nigel Mills MP Member of Parliament
for Amber ValleyIncumbent Assumed office
6 May 2010Preceded by Judy Mallaber Majority 536 (1.16%) Personal details Born 1974/75
Jacksdale, Nottinghamshire, EnglandNationality British Political party Conservative Alma mater University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne Nigel John Mills[1] (born 1974) is a Conservative Party politician in England. He has been Member of Parliament (MP) for Amber Valley since the 2010 general election, when he won the seat with a majority of 536.[2]
Career
Mills was born in Jacksdale on the Nottinghamshire/Derbyshire border, and was educated at a Loughborough Grammar School and went on to study Classics at Newcastle University.[3] Mills qualified as a Chartered Accountant in 1999, working for PricewaterhouseCoopers until early 2010, moving on to Deloitte working as a Tax Adviser to businesses.[3]
Mills was the partner of Gillian Shaw, the Conservative candidate for Amber Valley in the general elections of 2001 and 2005 who died of cancer in 2006.[4]
Mills was a borough councillor for the ward of Horsley, Horsley Woodhouse and Shipley, sitting on the Amber Valley borough council.[3] He was also a Heanor and Loscoe Town Councillor.
He lives in Langley Mill. He is keen on sport, he is a season ticket holder at Notts County F.C. and is a member of Nottinghamshire County Cricket Club.
During Parliamentary recess in 2011, Nigel Mills volunteered with VSO in Tajikistan in a placement designed to improve the business environment and therefore stimulate the creation of jobs for more economically and socially vulnerable groups in the country.
References
External links
- Nigel Mills MP Conservative Party profile
- Nigel Mills MP Amber Valley Conservatives profile
- 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
Parliament of the United Kingdom Preceded by
Judy MallaberMember of Parliament for Amber Valley
2010–presentIncumbent This article about a Member of the Parliament of the United Kingdom elected at the 2010 general election or a subsequent by-election is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.