Alan Mak (politician)
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Alan Mak MP |
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| Member of Parliament for Havant | |
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Assumed office 7 May 2015 |
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| Preceded by | David Willetts |
| Majority | 13,920 (31.1%) |
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| Born | 1984 (age 32–33) York, England, UK |
| Political party | Conservative |
| Alma mater | Peterhouse, Cambridge |
| Religion | Christianity |
| Website | Official website |
Alan Mak (born 1984) is a British Conservative Party politician who was elected as the Member of Parliament (MP) for the Havant constituency in Hampshire in 2015. He is the first person of Chinese and East Asian origin to be elected to the House of Commons of the United Kingdom.
Mak, whose parents hail from Hong Kong, attended St Peter's School, York, and went on to read Law at Peterhouse, Cambridge. He subsequently practised as a solicitor with Clifford Chance.
He was named Graduate of the Year by Realworld in 2005. In 2010, he was recognised with the award for Young City Lawyer of the year in Square Mile magazine's 30 under 30 awards in 2010.
Mak was elected as Member of Parliament for Havant in the 2015 general election. He is the first person of Chinese origin to be elected to the House of Commons. However, he is uncomfortable with being defined solely by his ethnic identity and has dismissed the notion that his election as MP would raise the profile of British East Asians. In an interview with the South China Morning Post's Post Magazine, he said "If the CFC and Chinese for Labour think I am going to be representing every Chinese, Thai, Vietnamese and Korean—and there are many in my constituency—they are mistaken. It's a stupid story. I am not standing for the Chinese population of Britain. I am standing for the people of Havant and my country." Following his election he expressed concern about the attention his ethnicity, and subsequent political breakthrough, was receiving from both international media and British Chinese groups.
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