Chris Pincher
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Christopher Pincher MP |
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| Comptroller of the Household | |
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In office 15 June 2017 – 5 November 2017 |
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| Prime Minister | Theresa May |
| Preceded by | Mel Stride |
| Succeeded by | Vacant |
| Assistant Government Whip | |
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In office 17 July 2016 – 15 June 2017 |
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| Prime Minister | Theresa May |
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Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Foreign Secretary |
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In office 23 July 2015 – 13 July 2016 |
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| Prime Minister | David Cameron |
| Preceded by | Damian Collins |
| Succeeded by | Andrew Stephenson |
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Member of Parliament for Tamworth |
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Assumed office 6 May 2010 |
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| Preceded by | Brian Jenkins |
| Majority | 12,347 (26.2%) |
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Christopher John Pincher 24 September 1969 Walsall, Staffordshire, England |
| Nationality | British |
| Political party | Conservative |
| Alma mater | London School of Economics |
| Occupation | IT consultant |
| Committees | Energy and Climate Change Select Committee |
Christopher John Pincher (born 24 September 1969) is a British Conservative Party politician. He has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Tamworth since the 2010 general election, when he gained the seat from the Labour Party. He first fought the seat in 2005.
Pincher served as an Assistant Whip until his resignation following allegations about his sexual behaviour.
Pincher was born in Walsall, and grew up in Wombourne, Staffordshire. He has been a member of the Conservative Party since 1987, having been politicised by the 1984–85 miners' strike. He was deputy director of the Conservative Collegiate Forum, followed by chairman of Islington North Constituency Association. He was tipped as a future cabinet member ahead of the 1997 general election, in which he ran for Parliament for the newly created safe Labour seat of Warley, in Sandwell; he came a distant second, with 24% of the vote.
Pincher was a member of Iain Duncan Smith's successful campaign for the party leadership in 2001. He failed to be elected at the in 2005 when he first stood for Tamworth, gaining a 2.8% swing from Labour. Although Brian Jenkins retained the seat, Pincher said he had won the arguments, after campaigning for more police and school discipline.
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