Caroline Nokes
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Caroline Nokes MP |
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| Chair of the Advisory Committee on Works of Art | |
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In office 8 July 2015 – 17 July 2016 |
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| Preceded by | Frank Doran |
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Member of Parliament for Romsey and Southampton North |
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Assumed office 6 May 2010 |
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| Preceded by | Sandra Gidley |
| Majority | 17,712 (36.60%) |
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Caroline Fiona Ellen Perry 26 June 1972 Lyndhurst, Hampshire, England |
| Nationality | British |
| Political party | Conservative |
| Children | 1 daughter |
| Alma mater | University of Sussex |
| Website | www |
Caroline Fiona Ellen Nokes (née Perry; born 26 June 1972) is a Conservative Party politician in the United Kingdom. She is the Member of Parliament (MP) for Romsey and Southampton North in Hampshire, and from 2014-2015 was Parliamentary Private Secretary at the Department for Work and Pensions. In July 2016 Nokes was appointed Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the DWP
Caroline Nokes is the daughter of Roy Perry, former Conservative MEP for the Wight and Hampshire South constituency.
Nokes was born in Lyndhurst Hospital, but raised in West Wellow, the Hampshire village in which she still lives, and represents in Parliament. She was educated at The Romsey School, La Sagesse Convent in Romsey and then Peter Symonds' College, Winchester, going on to read politics at the University of Sussex from 1991 to 1994.
After graduating, Nokes became a policy adviser for her father, a Member of the European Parliament. Prior to her election, she was Chief Executive of the National Pony Society, an animal welfare charity promoting and supporting the traditional native breeds of ponies through education, training and competition.
Nokes was a member of Test Valley Borough Council from 1999 until 2010, when she was elected as a Councillor for the Romsey Extra Ward, serving as the Leisure Portfolio Holder. She stood down as a Councillor when she was elected to Parliament in May 2010.
Nokes was the Conservative Parliamentary Candidate for the Southampton Itchen constituency in the 2001 general election; and Romsey constituency in the 2005 general election. She was elected MP for the new seat of Romsey and Southampton North having defeated the former Liberal Democrat MP for the Romsey seat, Sandra Gidley, by 4,165 votes in the 2010 election. Nokes made her maiden speech on 17 June 2010 on the subject of a High Skilled Economy.
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