Suella Fernandes
Suella Fernandes MP |
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Member of Parliament for Fareham |
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Assumed office 8 May 2015 |
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Preceded by | Mark Hoban |
Majority | 22,262 (40.7%) |
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Born | Harrow, London, England |
3 April 1980
Political party | Conservative |
Alma mater | Queens' College, Cambridge Pantheon-Sorbonne University |
Sue-Ellen Cassiana Fernandes[1] (born 3 April 1980) is a British Conservative Party politician. She has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Fareham since May 2015.[2]
Early life and education
Fernandes' parents immigrated Britain in the 1960s from Kenya and Mauritius, her mother was a nurse and local councillor and her father worked for a housing association. Fernandes was educated at Heathfield School, Pinner, read law at Queens' College, Cambridge and completed a Masters at Pantheon-Sorbonne University.[3]
Career
In the 2005 general election, Fernandes unsuccessfully contested Leicester East, coming a distant second to Labour's Keith Vaz. She attempted to be selected to be Conservative candidate in Bexhill and Battle but was unsuccessful and was eventually selected to be the Conservative candidate in Fareham.[4]
Fernandes also sought election to the London Assembly at the 2012 elections, being placed fourth on the Conservative London-wide list. She missed out, however, as only the first three candidates were elected.
Before her election, she was a barrister at London-based No5 Chambers.[5] She was elected with 56.1% of the vote and a majority of 22,262.[6]
References
- ↑ The London Gazette: no. 61230. p. 9122. 18 May 2015.
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- ↑ ‘FERNANDES, Suella’, Who's Who 2016, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 2016
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- ↑ Simmons, Richard, Meet the lawyers standing for Parliament, Lawyer 2B, 10 April 2015
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Preceded by | Member of Parliament for Fareham 2015–present |
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