Christopher Pincher
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Christopher Pincher MP |
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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 | 11,302 (24.0%) |
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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 PincherMP (born 24 September 1969 in Walsall) is a British Conservative Party politician. He has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Tamworth since the 2010 general election, when he won the seat from the Labour Party. He first fought the seat in 2005.
Christopher Pincher grew up in Wombourne, Staffordshire, and 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.
Christopher Pincher was a member of Iain Duncan Smith's successful campaign for the party leadership in 2001. He failed to win election to Parliament for Tamworth in 2005, gaining a 2.8% swing from Labour, but losing vote share to Veritas and the UK Independence Party. Despite Brian Jenkins clinging onto the seat, Christopher said he had won the arguments, after campaigning for more police and school discipline. He was re-selected to fight the seat at the next election.
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