Tom Pursglove

Tom Pursglove
MP
Member of Parliament
for Corby
Assumed office
8 May 2015
Preceded by Andy Sawford
Majority 2,412 (4.3%)
Personal details
Born (1988-11-05) 5 November 1988
Political party Conservative
Alma mater Queen Mary University of
London

Thomas Christopher John Pursglove (born 5 November 1988)[1] is a British Conservative Party politician. He has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Corby since May 2015.[2]

Education

Pursglove was educated at Sir Christopher Hatton School, a state comprehensive school in the market town of Wellingborough in Northamptonshire, where he grew up, and graduated from Queen Mary College, University of London.[3]

Life and career

In 2007, at the age of 18, Pursglove became the youngest councillor in the country when he was elected for the Croyland Ward on Wellingborough Borough Council. He has worked as a parliamentary assistant to Chris Heaton-Harris and worked with Peter Bone.[4]

Pursglove was elected as a Member of Parliament for Corby in the 2015 general election with a majority of 2,412 (4.3%). He won back for the Conservatives a seat that had been lost to Labour in a 2012 by-election.[5]

References

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
Andy Sawford
Member of Parliament
for Corby

2015–present
Incumbent
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