Ben Howlett (politician)
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Ben Howlett MP |
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Member of Parliament for Bath |
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Assumed office 8 May 2015 |
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| Preceded by | Don Foster |
| Majority | 3,833 (8.33%) |
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| Born | 21 August 1986 |
| Political party | Conservative |
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University of Durham University of Cambridge |
| Religion | Christianity |
| Website | Official website |
Benjamin John Howlett (born 21 August 1986) is an English Conservative Party politician. He has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Bath since the 2015 general election.
Ben Howlett was born on 21 August 1986. He was educated at Manningtree High School in Essex, then studied History and Politics at the University of Durham, and a Masters in Economic History at the University of Cambridge. He lived in Little Oakley, which is on the outskirts of Harwich.
Howlett worked as a recruitment consultant from 2008 to 2015, latterly specialising in non-medical positions in the healthcare sector.
Howlett joined the Conservative party in 2004, working for MP Douglas Carswell, and from 2007 to 2010 for London MEP Syed Kamall. He has been leader of the Conservative group on Harwich Town Council. He was chair of Conservative Future from 2010 to 2013. In November 2015, following the suicide of a young Conservative activist, Elliott Johnson, Howlett told the BBC's Newsnight programme that "institutionalised bullying" in the youth team had been "swept under the carpet" because the party did not want to lose the last election.
Howlett moved to Bath after spending two weeks in the city campaigning to be selected as the Conservative candidate in November 2013. In January 2015, he said his party "wouldn't have a hope in hell here if it weren't for Don Foster standing down". He subsequently gained the seat at the 2015 general election, succeeding the retiring Liberal Democrat MP.
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