Biography:
Penny Mordaunt was re-elected as Conservative MP for Portsmouth North on May 7th 2015 with 21343 votes, taking 47.0% of the vote.
Born in 1973, Penny’s family have lived in Portsmouth since 1975. She was educated at Oaklands RC Comprehensive School and studied drama at the Victoryland children theatre.
She worked at the old Johnson and Johnson factory and as a magician’s assistant for Paulsgrove resident and former President of the Magic Circle, Will Ayling, before going to University.
She gained an interest in politics having worked in the hospitals and orphanages of post revolutionary Romania, for the year prior and during her time at University.
She had a career in business and communications working in the private, public and charitable sectors.
She also worked at the Freight Transport Association and in local government.
She went on the be a director of a national lottery distributor and created the Veterans reunited programme.
In 2006 she became Director of Diabetes UK.
Penny is training to be a Royal Navy reservist at King Alfred on Whale Island, is a fellow of the Royal Society for Arts, and a member of the British Astronomical Association.
Penny fundraises for several local and national charities and ran the League of Friends visiting team at the Queen Alexandra Hospital for the last 5 years.
Penny was elected in May 2010, having also stood as a candidate in 2005. She is a member of the European Scrutiny committee, which monitors legislation and directives coming from the EU and decides which should be heard on the floor of the House.
She is the Chairman of the All Party Parliamentary Group on Ageing and Older People and has helped set up the Centre for Social Justice commission into older peoples care and quality of life.
She is the founder and Chairman of the APPG on the Life Sciences which looks at ways we can support health and medical research and increase the speed at which new treatments become available on the NHS.
She is a member of various APGs related to defence, healthcare, shipbuilding, India and the USA.
Penny devoted her maiden speech to the Royal Navy; between 2014 and 2015 she has been the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department for Communities and Local Government, and in May 2015 she was appointed Minister of State for the Armed Forces.
Constituency: Portsmouth North
Constituency Address: Portsmouth North Conservatives, 379 London Road, Portsmouth, PO2 9LD
Constituency Tel: 023 9269 7266
Date of Birth: 4 March 1973
Email: penny.mordaunt.mp@parliament.uk
Party: Conservative
Personal Website: www.pennymordaunt.com
Westminster Address: House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA
Westminster Tel: 020 7219 7129
Twitter: https://twitter.com/PennyMordauntMP
Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/PennyMordauntMP?fref=ts
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