Guto Bebb
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Guto Bebb MP |
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Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Wales |
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Assumed office 19 March 2016 |
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| Prime Minister |
David Cameron Theresa May |
| Preceded by | Alun Cairns |
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Member of Parliament for Aberconwy |
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Assumed office 6 May 2010 |
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| Preceded by | Constituency established |
| Majority | 3,999 (13.3%) |
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9 October 1968 Wrexham, Wales |
| Political party | Conservative |
| Spouse(s) | Esyllt Bebb |
| Children | 5 |
| Alma mater | Aberystwyth University |
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Official website Parliament biography |
Guto ap Owain Bebb (born 9 October 1968) is a Welsh Conservative Party politician and the Member of Parliament (MP) for Aberconwy. He was first elected in the 2010 general election having previously contested elections to both the Welsh Assembly and the House of Commons, and is a member of the Conservative Friends of Israel group. On 19 March 2016 he was appointed Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Wales Office and a Government Whip.
Bebb was born in Wrexham in 1968 to a family who originated from Bangor and Blaenau Ffestiniog, and was a student at Ysgol Syr Hugh Owen in Caernarfon. He graduated from the University of Wales, Aberystwyth in 1990 with a BA in history. He subsequently ran an economic development consultancy and also worked as the business development director of Innovas Wales. He was also a partner in his wife's bookshop.
Bebb is a former Plaid Cymru activist and was chair of the party in Caernarfon. He defected to the Conservatives because of his Eurosceptic views.
Bebb first stood for the Conservatives in 2002 when he contested the safe Labour seat of Ogmore in a 2002 by-election caused by the death of the veteran MP Sir Raymond Powell. He finished in fourth place many votes behind the victor, Huw Irranca-Davies. He stood again in the 2003 Welsh Assembly election in which he was a candidate in the now-defunct constituency of Conwy. He came third, behind Labour and Plaid Cymru.
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