George Eustice
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George Eustice MP |
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| Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries & Food | |
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Assumed office 7 October 2013 |
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| Prime Minister |
David Cameron Theresa May |
| Sec. of State | Paterson, Truss, Leadsom |
| Preceded by | Richard Benyon |
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Member of Parliament for Camborne and Redruth |
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Assumed office 6 May 2010 |
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| Preceded by | Constituency created |
| Majority | 7,004 (15.3%) |
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28 September 1971 Penzance, Cornwall, England |
| Nationality | British |
| Political party | Conservatives |
| Spouse(s) | Katy Eustice |
| Website | georgeeustice |
Charles George Eustice (born 28 September 1971, in Cornwall), known as George Eustice, is a British Conservative Party politician, who was elected at the 2010 general election as the Member of Parliament for Camborne and Redruth, winning by 66 votes. He was re-elected in 2015, achieving 18,452 votes, an increase on his 2010 total of 2.6%.
In October 2013, as part of Prime Minister David Cameron's Government reshuffle, Eustice was appointed Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Farming, Food and the Marine Environment.
Eustice is the son of Paul and Adele Eustice and grew up at Trevaskis Fruit Farm, near Hayle in his constituency. Before entering politics, he worked in the family business for nine years. He married his girlfriend of 5 years, Katy Taylor-Richards on 20 May 2013 in the Chapel of St Mary Undercroft at the Palace of Westminster.
He was educated at Truro Cathedral School then Truro School, followed by Cornwall College at Pool. He was a member of Cornwall Athletic Club based at Carn Brea, Camborne and ran for Cornwall's Cross-Country Team.
At the 1999 European Parliament Elections Eustice stood unsuccessfully as a candidate for the UK Independence Party in the South West of England.
In 2000 Eustice was appointed as Campaign Director for "No" the campaign group to ensure the UK did not adopt the Euro as the UK currency. Whilst the campaign was accused of links to Conservative Party, it aimed to be cross-party and Labour MPs, such as Kate Hoey, also joined the campaign.
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