Jo Churchill

Jo Churchill
MP
Member of Parliament
for Bury St Edmunds
Assumed office
8 May 2015
Preceded by David Ruffley
Majority 21,301 (35.9%)
Personal details
Born (1964-03-18) 18 March 1964
Political party Conservative
Website Official website

Johanna Peta "Jo" Churchill[1] is a Conservative Party politician in the United Kingdom.

Early life

Johanna Churchill was born on 18 March 1964. She was educated at Dame Alice Harpur School.[2]

Career

Churchill was the finance director of a scaffolding company and served on Lincolnshire County Council.[3]

Churchill is the Member of Parliament (MP) for the constituency of Bury St Edmunds in Suffolk, which encompasses Bury St Edmunds and Stowmarket, having first taken her seat at the 2015 general election.[4] She sits on the Environmental Audit Select Committee.[5]

Churchill was opposed to Brexit prior to the 2016 referendum.[6]

References

  1. The London Gazette: no. 61230. p. 9125. 18 May 2015.
  2. ‘CHURCHILL, Johanna Peta’, Who's Who 2016, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 2016
  3. "Director selected as Tory candidate for Bury St Edmunds". BBC News. 4 November 2014.
  4. "Bury St Edmunds". BBC News. 8 May 2015. Retrieved 8 May 2015.
  5. "Environmental Audit Committee". UK Parliament. Retrieved 10 October 2015.
  6. Goodenough, Tom (16 February 2016). "Which Tory MPs back Brexit, who doesn't and who is still on the fence?". The Spectator. Retrieved 11 October 2016.
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
David Ruffley
Member of Parliament
for Bury St Edmunds

2015–present
Incumbent
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