Alex Burghart
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Alex Burghart MP |
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Member of Parliament for Brentwood and Ongar |
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Assumed office 8 June 2017 |
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| Preceded by | Sir Eric Pickles |
| Majority | 24,002 (45.4%) |
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| Born | 1977 (age 39–40) Wimborne Minster, Dorset, UK |
| Nationality | British |
| Political party | Conservative |
| Spouse(s) | Hermione Eyre |
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Christ Church, Oxford King's College London |
| Profession | Politician |
| Website | www.alexburghart.org.uk |
Michael Alex Burghart (born 1977) is the Conservative Member of parliament for Brentwood and Ongar, first elected in the 2017 General Election. Burghart was formerly a teacher, university lecturer and special adviser to the Prime Minister, Theresa May.
Michael Alex Burghart was born in Dorset in 1977, the son of two state-school teachers. He attended Millfield School in Somerset, having gained a scholarship to the school. Burghart read History at Christ Church, Oxford. He completed his PhD at King's College London in 2007 entitled "The Mercian polity, 716-918".
After university, Burghart taught history at Warwick School before becoming a history tutor at King's College, London. In 2005 he was the lead researcher for the King's College, London project on interrogating Anglo-Saxon charters using digital technologies.
Burghart became a political and policy adviser to Tim Loughton MP, then Shadow Minister for Children and Young People in 2008. He moved on to the Department for Education, where he worked on the Munro Review of Child Protection
After working for Barnardo's as a Policy and Parliamentary Adviser., in 2012 Berghart became Director of Policy, Centre for Social Justice
In February 2016 Burghart was appointed Director of Strategy and Advocacy for the Children's Commissioner for England, Anne Longfield. Later that year he became part of Prime Minister Theresa May's policy team.
Burghart stood against Jeremy Corbyn in Islington North in 2015. He told the Islington Gazette that, if elected, the first thing he would do would be,"Dance a jig (and try to resuscitate Jeremy Corbyn)". Although he was not elected, Burghart increased the Conservative share of the vote from 14.2% to 17.2%.
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