Chris Skidmore
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Chris Skidmore FRHistS FSA FRSA MP |
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Parliamentary Secretary at the Cabinet Office |
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Assumed office 17 July 2016 |
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| Prime Minister | Theresa May |
| Preceded by | John Penrose |
| Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Chancellor of the Exchequer | |
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In office 29 May 2015 – 17 July 2016 |
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| Prime Minister | David Cameron |
| Chancellor | George Osborne |
| Preceded by | Robert Halfon |
| Succeeded by | John Glen |
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Member of Parliament for Kingswood |
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Assumed office 6 May 2010 |
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| Preceded by | Roger Berry |
| Majority | 9,006 (18.7%) |
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17 May 1981 Longwell Green, Avon, UK |
| Nationality | British |
| Political party | Conservative |
| Alma mater | Christ Church, Oxford |
| Occupation | Politician |
| Profession | Author and historian |
| Religion | Anglican |
| Website | www.chrisskidmore.com |
Christopher James Skidmore FRHistS FSA (born 17 May 1981) is a British politician, author, and historian. He has served since 2010 as the Conservative Member of Parliament (MP) for Kingswood, South Gloucestershire, and in 2015 became Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Chancellor of the Exchequer. When Theresa May became Prime Minister in 2016 he was appointed Parliamentary Secretary at the Cabinet Office, where he is described as Minister for the Constitution.
Skidmore was born on 17 May 1981 at Longwell Green in South Gloucestershire (then in the county of Avon), in the West of England. He became an active member of the Conservative Party in 1996.
Skidmore was educated at Bristol Grammar School, a mixed independent school in the City of Bristol, Avon, south west England, before going up to Christ Church, Oxford, graduating in 2002 with a first-class degree in Modern History (BA), and later as MSt.
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