Damian Hinds
| Damian Hinds MP |
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| Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury | |
| Assumed office 12 May 2015 |
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| Prime Minister | David Cameron |
| Preceded by | Priti Patel |
| Member of Parliament for East Hampshire |
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| Assumed office 6 May 2010 |
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| Preceded by | Michael Mates |
| Majority | 25,147 (48.7%) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 27 November 1969 [1] Paddington, London, England[2] |
| Alma mater | Trinity College, Oxford |
| Religion | Roman Catholicism |
| Website | www |
Damian Patrick George Hinds[3] (born 27 November 1969) is a British Conservative Party politician and the Member of Parliament (MP) for the East Hampshire constituency. He is Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury.[4]
Education
Hinds was educated at St. Ambrose College, a Voluntary Aided Roman Catholic Grammar school in Altrincham in Cheshire, followed by the University of Oxford, where he attained a first class degree, and was president of the Oxford Union Society while there.
Life and career
Hinds was chairman of the Bow Group in 2001–02.
He stood in the Stretford and Urmston constituency during the 2005 general election, coming second to incumbent MP Beverley Hughes, gaining 30.4% of the vote (an increase for the party of 3.3%).
In the 2010 General Election Hinds was elected as the Member of Parliament for East Hampshire getting 56.8% of the vote (an increase of 9.7%) and achieving a swing from the Liberal Democrats to the Conservative Party of 6.6%. The previous Conservative MP, Michael Mates, stepped down at the 2010 General Election.
He sat on the Education Select Committee between 2010 and 2012.[5] He was also a member of the Public Bill Committee for the Defence Reform Act 2014[6]
Parliament lists Hinds' political interests as education, welfare, affordable credit, and social mobility.[5]
References
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