Brandon Lewis
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The Right Honourable Brandon Lewis MP |
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| Minister of State for Policing and the Fire Services | |
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Assumed office 16 July 2016 |
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| Prime Minister | Theresa May |
| Sec. of State | Amber Rudd |
| Preceded by | Mike Penning (Policing, Fire and Criminal Justice) |
| Minister of State for Housing and Planning | |
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In office 15 July 2014 – 16 July 2016 |
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| Prime Minister | David Cameron |
| Preceded by | Kris Hopkins |
| Succeeded by | Gavin Barwell |
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Member of Parliament for Great Yarmouth |
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Assumed office 6 May 2010 |
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| Preceded by | Tony Wright |
| Majority | 6,154 (13.8%) |
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20 June 1971 London, England, UK |
| Political party | Conservative |
| Children | Two |
| Alma mater |
University of Buckingham King's College London |
Brandon Kenneth Lewis (born 20 June 1971) is the Conservative Party Member of Parliament for Great Yarmouth. He was elected at the 2010 general election.
Lewis was born on 20 June 1971 in Harold Wood, and educated at Forest School in Walthamstow. He received a degree in economics from the University of Buckingham, an LLB in Law from Buckingham, and an LLM in commercial law from King's College London. He was called to the bar by the Inner Temple and is a qualified barrister. He was a director of Woodlands Schools Limited, a provider of private primary schools based in Hutton, Essex until September 2012 when he resigned his position.
Lewis became a Borough Councillor in May 1998 for Hutton South on Brentwood Borough Council, and later became Conservative Group leader in 2002. He was leader of the council from 2004 to 2009 before resigning as a councillor. During his time as leader of the council he co-hosted The Eric and Brandon Show with local MP Eric Pickles on Phoenix FM, a local radio station in Brentwood. Under Lewis' leadership the council refused to identify land for additional traveller sites when required to by the government, citing greenbelt classification. Lewis claimed that the council was being "victimised".
Lewis stood for election in the Sherwood constituency in 2001, coming second to Paddy Tipping the Labour party candidate with a 34% share of the vote. He was selected to represent the Conservative party in the Great Yarmouth in 2006 and was elected at the 2010 general election, defeating sitting Labour MP Tony Wright with a majority of just over 4000 - a swing to the Conservatives of 8.7% in the seat which was number 66 on their list of target seats.
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