David Mowat
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David Mowat MP |
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| Parliamentary Undersecretary of State for Care and Support | |
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Assumed office 14 July 2016 |
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| Prime Minister | Theresa May |
| Preceded by | Alistair Burt (as Minister of State) |
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Member of Parliament for Warrington South |
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Assumed office 6 May 2010 |
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| Preceded by | Helen Southworth |
| Majority | 2,750 (4.6%) |
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20 February 1957 Rugby, Warwickshire, England |
| Political party | Conservative |
| Spouse(s) | Nicky Mowat |
| Alma mater | Imperial College London |
| Profession | Chartered accountant |
| Website | www |
David John Mowat (born 20 February 1957) is a Conservative Party politician in the United Kingdom. He is the Member of Parliament (MP) for Warrington South, and was first elected at the 2010 general election. He was appointed as Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Department of Health in July 2016.
Mowat attended Lawrence Sheriff School and at one point was in the same class as Rugby MP Mark Pawsey. He then went on to study engineering at Imperial College London.
After graduating, Mowat qualified as a Chartered Accountant and subsequently joined the consultancy firm Accenture where he eventually became a Global Managing Partner responsible for a business with a turnover of over £500m.
Prior to his election to Parliament, Mowat served as the Chairman of Fairbridge, a charitable organisation in Salford which helps to improve the life chances of disadvantaged young people. Mowat also served as a Councillor on Macclesfield Borough Council from 2007 to 2008.
Mowat served as a member of the Scottish Affairs Select Committee from 2010 to 2012 and also served on the Joint Committee scrutinising the draft Financial Services Bill. He is a trustee of the House of Commons Pension Fund and serves on the Board of the Parliamentary Office for Science & Technology, the non-partisan advisory body on Science & Technology policy within Parliament.
He is also a member of several All Party Parliamentary Groups including Autism, Financial Education for Young People, Chess, Nuclear and Rail in the North. He is vice-chairman President of the Rugby League and Nuclear Power Groups. He is also co-chair of the All-Party Group on Rebalancing the British Economy and became Chair of the UK Aluminium Industry APPG in 2013.
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