Simon Wright (politician)

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Simon Wright MP

Member of Parliament for Norwich South
Incumbent
Assumed office 6 May 2010
Preceded by	Charles Clarke
Majority	310 (0.7%)
Personal details
Born	(1979-09-15) 15 September 1979^[1]
Nationality	British
Political party	Liberal Democrats
Alma mater	Imperial College London King's College London
Religion	Christian
Website	http://simonwright.org.uk

Simon James Wright^[2] (born 15 September 1979) is a British Liberal Democrat politician, who was elected at the 2010 general election as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Norwich South, defeating frontbench incumbent Charles Clarke (Lab), winning 29.7% of the votes cast.^[3]

He was educated at Imperial College London (BSc) and King's College London (PGCE).

Wright has worked as a teacher of mathematics at Alderman Peel High School in Wells-next-the-Sea in North Norfolk and was elected as a councillor for the Lancaster North ward (Fakenham) on North Norfolk District Council in 2003.^[4] Wright achieved the second highest percentage of the vote of three seats available in the poll behind Cllr Nich Starling (LD).

Later that year Wright quit teaching to become campaigns officer for Norman Lamb MP (LD), North Norfolk. Coincidentally the member of staff whom he replaced became his wife in 2006.

In 2005 Wright oversaw Norman Lamb's General Election victory in North Norfolk increasing the majority from 483 votes to 10,606.

Wright stepped down as campaigns officer in 2007 to devote himself full-time to being his party's prospective parliamentary candidate for Norwich South.

Wright's first parliamentary appointment saw him appointed to the Environmental Audit Select Committee in July 2010.^[5]

References

↑ "Simon Wright MP". BBC Democracy Live. BBC. Retrieved 25 July 2010.
↑ http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/59418/notices/1118281/from=2010-05-06;to=2010-05-19;all=returned+westminster/
↑ "Election 2010: Norwich South". BBC News. Retrieved 7 May 2010.
↑ North Norfolk Retrieved 2013-07-16
↑ Simonwright.org.uk

External links

Simon Wright MP official constituency website

Profile at Parliament of the United Kingdom

Contributions in Parliament at Hansard 1803–2005

Current session contributions in Parliament at Hansard

Electoral history and profile at The Guardian

Voting record at Public Whip

Record in Parliament at TheyWorkForYou

Profile at Westminster Parliamentary Record

Profile at BBC News Democracy Live

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Charles Clarke	Member of Parliament for Norwich South 2010–present	Incumbent

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Name	Wright, Simon
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Short description	British politician
Date of birth	15 September 1979
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