Caroline Dinenage
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Caroline Dinenage MP |
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| Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Women, Equalities and Early Years | |
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Assumed office 8 May 2015 |
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| Leader | Theresa May |
| Preceded by | Position Established |
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Member of Parliament for Gosport |
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Assumed office 6 May 2010 |
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| Preceded by | Peter Viggers |
| Majority | 17,098 (May 2015 election) |
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Caroline Julia Dinenage 28 October 1971 Portsmouth, Hampshire, England, UK |
| Nationality | British |
| Political party | Conservative |
| Spouse(s) | Carlos Garetta (?-?); 2 children Mark Lancaster (2014-present) |
| Alma mater | Swansea University |
| Website | www.caroline4gosport.co.uk |
Caroline Julia Dinenage (born 28 October 1971) is an English Conservative Party politician who was elected as Member of Parliament (MP) for Gosport at the 2010 general election. She was re-elected with an increased majority in 2015. In July 2014, she was appointed as Parliamentary Private Secretary (PPS) to the Minister for Women and Equalities, Nicky Morgan. In May 2015, Dinenage was appointed to the dual roles of Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Ministry of Justice and Minister for Women and Equalities at the Department for Education. In July 2016, Dinenage was appointed Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Women, Equalities and Early Years at the Department for Education.
Dinenage was born on 28 October 1971, the daughter of television presenter Fred Dinenage. She has lived in South Hampshire for most of her life.
She attended Oaklands RC Comprehensive School, Waterlooville, and then studied Politics and English at Swansea University.
Dinenage was a director/company secretary of Dinenages Ltd, a private limited company which under a former franchise contract still trades as Recognition Express, a distributor and supplier of corporate identity products. In 2010, Dinenage announced that she would sell her quarter share in the business, but instead reduced her shareholding to 15%. In June 2015, Dinenage gave up her remaining share in the business.
Dinenage began her political career in Winchester, where she was a member of the local council for five years, resigning in 2003. She stood as the Conservative Party candidate for Portsmouth South in the 2005 general election, finishing second with 33.9% of the vote.
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