Margot James

Margot James
Margot James MP
Member of Parliament
for Stourbridge
Incumbent
Assumed office
6 May 2010
Preceded by Lynda Waltho
Majority 5,164 (10.9%)
Vice Chairman of the Conservative Party
Incumbent
Assumed office
2008
Councillor, Brompton ward of Kensington & Chelsea
In office
June 2005 – 2008
Leader David Cameron
Personal details
Born 1958 (age 52–53)
Coventry, Warwickshire, England
Nationality English
Political party Conservative
Spouse(s) Jay Hunt
Residence South Kensington, Oldswinford
Alma mater London School of Economics
Website Official website

Margot James MP (born 1958) is an English politician and entrepreneur. She is currently a Vice Chairman of the Conservative Party with responsibility for women, and the Member of Parliament (MP) for the consituency of Stourbridge. She is the first openly lesbian MP in the Conservative Party. She previously served as a local councillor in Kensington & Chelsea from 2006-08.

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Early life

The younger daughter of a self-made businessman, James was born in Coventry.[1] Educated privately in Leamington Spa, she attended sixth form at Millfield School,[2] before going on to the London School of Economics (LSE), where she earned a degree in Economics & Government.

Professional career

James worked in sales and marketing for her father's business, Maurice James Industries (MJI), a haulage, waste management, and property group based around Birmingham. After working for a consulting firm, in 1986 she co-founded Shire Health Group, a public relations and clinical trials organisation. Shire Health was voted ‘Consultancy of the Year’ three times, while James was voted Communicator of the Year in 1997. The company was sold to business partner Ogilvy & Mather for £4 million in 2004,[3] with James appointed Head of European Healthcare for parent WPP Group.[1]

Political career

James joined the Conservative Party aged 17, and chaired the LSE Conservative Association.[1] During her studies, she acted as a researcher for MP Sir Anthony Durant, and after graduation spent a gap year working in the press office of Conservative Central Office.[1] James resigned from the Conservative Party after Margaret Thatcher was ousted as Prime Minister. She rejoined the Conservative Party in 2004,[2] and is patron of the UCL Conservative Society.

At the May 2005 general election, she was the Conservative candidate for the Holborn and St. Pancras constituency.[2] She came third behind the sitting MP, Labour's Frank Dobson, and the Liberal Democrat candidate Jill Fraser.

In May 2006, James was elected a local councillor for the Brompton ward of Kensington & Chelsea, becoming one of the Conservative Party's few 'out' lesbian office holders. She resigned from the council in 2008.

She was placed on the 'A-List' of Conservative Party parliamentary candidates ahead of the 2010 general election,[4] and was selected as the candidate for the marginal Labour-held constituency of Stourbridge, from where she was elected. This made her the second lesbian woman in the House of Commons, after Angela Eagle, and the first to have come out before her election.

Other activities

James served on the board of Parkside NHS Trust, and worked as a Mental Health Manager. She spent ten years as a trustee of Abantu, an African women's charity, during which time she trained women from more than forty different African countries in communications and lobbying skills. She has also worked as a mentor for The Prince's Trust and Young Enterprise.[1] She sits on the Court of Governors at LSE.

Personal life

James lives in South Kensington and Oldswinford with her partner, Jay Hunt, presenter of the BBC television programme Would Like To Meet. She ranked in the top 50 on The Independent's Pink List of the 101 most influential gay men and women in 2009.[3]

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