James Wharton
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James Wharton MP |
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| Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for International Development | |
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Assumed office 17 July 2016 |
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| Prime Minister | Theresa May |
| Preceded by | Nick Hurd |
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Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, Minister for the Northern Powerhouse |
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In office 11 May 2015 – 17 July 2016 |
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| Prime Minister | David Cameron |
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Penny Mordaunt (Communities and Local Government) Office created (Northern Powerhouse) |
| Succeeded by | Andrew Percy |
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Member of Parliament for |
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Assumed office 6 May 2010 |
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| Preceded by | Dari Taylor |
| Majority | 5,046 (9.7%) |
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James Stephen Wharton 16 February 1984 Wolviston, County Durham, England |
| Political party | Conservative |
| Alma mater |
Durham University University of Law |
| Website | Official website |
James Stephen Wharton (born 16 February 1984) is a British Conservative Party politician. He has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for his home constituency of since the 2010 general election. Wharton was appointed Minister for the Northern Powerhouse after his reelection in 2015 and moved to a ministerial position in the Department for International Development by Theresa May in 2016.
James Wharton grew up in Wolviston, County Durham. He went to Yarm School and St Peter's School, York followed by Durham University where he studied Law and was a member of the Officers' Training Corps (OTC) (part of the Northumbrian UOTC). Following his graduation from Durham he studied the Legal Practice Course at The College of Law in York and qualified as a solicitor with BHP Law, a firm in the Northeast.
Wharton joined the Conservative Party in his teens and was made chairman of his local association at 18
Wharton defeated the sitting Labour MP Dari Taylor to be elected as MP for Stockton South by 332 votes in the 2010 General Election, making him his party's youngest MP at the age of 26 as well as one of its most precariously-placed
From his election in May 2010 to November 2012, Wharton sat on the Public Accounts Committee.
After being elected MP for Stockton South, Wharton made stated his opposition to development occurring in . The plans backed by Wharton's predecessor Dari Taylor, included relocating Egglescliffe School to the park. Wharton accused of refusing to listen to the "democratic will of local people."
After a developer withdrew its £750,000 investment to regenerate Thornaby Town Hall, Wharton called for the building to be given back to the Town Council. Originally the building did belong to the Town Council; however due to local government reorganisations, it was taken on by Stockton Borough Council. In 2012 the Town Council purchased the building from the borough council with the hope of enabling the building and the surrounding area to be restored.
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