Tom Pursglove

Tom Pursglove MP
Member of Parliament for Corby
Incumbent
Assumed office 8 May 2015
Preceded by	Andy Sawford
Majority	2,412 (4.3%)
Personal details
Born	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] He is currently the youngest Conservative MP.

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]

He was one of the founders of Grassroots Out, an organisation which advocated United Kingdom withdrawal from the European Union, along with Conservative MP Peter Bone and Labour MP Kate Hoey.

In July 2016, following Theresa May becoming Prime Minister, Pursglove was appointed as the Parliamentary Private Secretary to Robert Goodwill MP, the Minister of State for Immigration at the Home Office.

References

1. "Tom Pursglove, Conservative Party candidate to be MP for Corby – YourNextMP.com". web.archive.org. Retrieved 9 September 2016.
2. "Corby parliamentary constituency - Election 2015 - BBC News". bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 9 September 2016.
3. "Tom Pursglove". www.votepursglove.co.uk. Retrieved 8 June 2015.
4. Sophie Mcintyre (9 May 2015). "General election 2015: Seven new MPs that you should know about". The Independent. London. Retrieved 9 May 2015.
5. "GENERAL ELECTION 2015: Conservative candidate pays tribute to former Labour MP after winning his Corby seat - Northamptonshire Telegraph". northantstelegraph.co.uk. Retrieved 9 September 2016.