Amanda Solloway
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Amanda Jane Solloway MP |
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Member of Parliament for Derby North |
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Assumed office 8 May 2015 |
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| Preceded by | Chris Williamson |
| Majority | 41 (0.09%) |
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4 June 1961 Nottingham, England, UK |
| Political party | Conservative |
| Website | Official website |
Amanda Jane Solloway (born 4 June 1961) is a British Conservative Party politician. She has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Derby North since May 2015.
She was born Amanda Jane Edghill in Nottingham. She has a younger sister (born 1967) and brother (born 1963).
She was educated at Bramcote Hills Grammar School at Bramcote, Broxtowe, Nottinghamshire, which became comprehensive in 1978, and now is part of Bramcote Hills Sport and Community College.
She is the Parliamentary Private Secretary (PPS) to the Minister of State for the Department of International Development. She was opposed to Brexit prior to the 2016 referendum.
She is one of three parliamentary champions for HS2, the high-speed rail network which is being built between London and the north . [1]
Mrs Solloway has been a keen campaigner on mental health and homelessness issues in Derby North and in parliament. [2]
Solloway is an experienced Management Consultant specialising in behavioural development.
She spent 15 years in retail management with J Sainsbury plc and a further 15 years within HR across the Not for Profit (Help the Aged and Save the Children) and Private Sector (Baird Clothing Group) supporting Manufacturing, Warehousing and Retail.
She lives in Borrowash. Amanda is married to Robert Solloway; she married in 1983 in Basford, Nottinghamshire. They have two daughters (born January 1987 and November 1990).
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