William Wragg
| William Wragg MP | |
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| Member of Parliament for Hazel Grove | |
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Assumed office 8 May 2015 | |
| Preceded by | Andrew Stunell |
| Majority | 6,552 (15.2%) |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
11 December 1987 Hazel Grove, United Kingdom |
| Political party | Conservative |
| Alma mater | University of Manchester |
| Website | Official website |
William Peter Wragg[1] (born 11 December 1987) is a British Conservative Party politician. He has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Hazel Grove since May 2015.[2]
Early life
Wragg attended Poynton High School before gaining a first in History from the University of Manchester.[3] He is gay.[4]
Wragg became a school governor in 2008 and was elected to Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council in 2011.[5] He qualified as a primary school teacher by completing the Teach First programme in 2014, but left the profession after less than a year to work as a caseworker for an MP and campaign for the 2015 General Election.[3]
As MP
Wragg was elected as the MP for Hazel Grove in 2015, winning the seat from the Liberal Democrats.
He campaigned for Exiting the European Union in the 2016 Brexit referendum and following the resignation of Prime Minister David Cameron he campaigned for Andrea Leadsom in the 2016 Conservative leadership election.
Wragg held his seat at the 2017 General Election with a slightly reduced majority after being targeted by the successor to the remain campaign, Open Britain, for his support of a hard Brexit.[6]
Controversy
Wragg became nationally known in 2016 after it emerged that he had moved back to his parents house in order to save money for a deposit on buying a house.[7][8]
In May 2016 it emerged that Wragg was one of a number of Conservative MPs being investigated by police in the United Kingdom general election, 2015 party spending investigation, for allegedly spending more than the legal limit for his constituency in his election campaign; he was interviewed under caution in 2017, after which police passed his file to the Crown Prosecution Service for a decision as to whether to prosecute.[9] However, in May 2017 the Crown Prosecution Service decided that no criminal charges would be authorised.[10]
References
- ↑ "No. 61230". The London Gazette. 18 May 2015. p. 9117.
- ↑ "Hazel Grove Parliamentary Constituency Results". bbc.co.uk.
- 1 2 "William Wragg's CV". Democracy Club. Retrieved 27 May 2015.
- ↑ "William Wragg MP on Twitter". Twitter. Retrieved 16 June 2016.
- ↑ Fitzgerald, Todd (23 June 2015). "'Who's Hazel Grove'? William Wragg delivers geography lesson during maiden speech to parliament". Manchester Evening News.
- ↑ "Open Britain Attack List Of Brexit-Backing MPs Drawn Up Ahead Of General Election | HuffPost UK". huffingtonpost.co.uk. Retrieved 30 July 2017.
- ↑ Todd Fitzgerald. "Tory MP William Wragg moves back in with his parents because he says he can't afford to buy a house - Manchester Evening News". manchestereveningnews.co.uk. Retrieved 30 July 2017.
- ↑ "Tory MP admits he has moved back into his parent's home to save up for a deposit - Telegraph". telegraph.co.uk. Retrieved 30 July 2017.
- ↑ "Two Tory MPs reveal CPS is reviewing their election spending". Guardian. 16 March 2017.
- ↑ "CPS announces no charges in Conservative Party election spending investigation". telegraph.co.uk. Retrieved 30 July 2017.
External links
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Media related to William Wragg at Wikimedia Commons
| Parliament of the United Kingdom | ||
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| Preceded by Andrew Stunell |
Member of Parliament for Hazel Grove 2015–present |
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