John Penrose (politician)
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John Penrose MP |
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Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State at the Cabinet Office |
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In office 11 May 2015 – 17 July 2016 |
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| Prime Minister | David Cameron |
| Preceded by | Sam Gyimah |
| Succeeded by | Chris Skidmore |
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Assumed office 8 February 2014 |
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| Prime Minister | David Cameron |
| Preceded by | Karen Bradley |
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Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Tourism and Heritage |
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In office 13 May 2010 – 4 September 2012 |
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| Prime Minister | David Cameron |
| Preceded by | Margaret Hodge |
| Succeeded by | Office Dissolved |
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Member of Parliament for Weston-super-Mare |
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Assumed office 5 May 2005 |
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| Preceded by | Brian Cotter |
| Majority | 15,609 (29.7%) |
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22 June 1964 Sudbury, Suffolk, England |
| Nationality | British |
| Political party | Conservative |
| Spouse(s) | Dido Harding, Baroness Harding |
| Alma mater | Downing College, Cambridge; Columbia University |
| Religion | Anglican |
| Website | www.johnpenrose.org |
John David Penrose (born 22 June 1964) is the Conservative Member of Parliament (MP) for Weston-super-Mare. He served as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State at the Department for Culture, Media and Sport from 2010 to 2012, with focus upon heritage and tourism.
Born in Sudbury, Suffolk, he went to Ipswich School. He studied at Downing College, Cambridge, receiving a BA in Law in 1986. He received an MBA from Columbia University in 1991.
He was a Bank Trading Floor Risk Manager at JP Morgan from 1986–90, then a management consultant at McKinsey & Company from 1992-4. He was Commercial Director of the Academic Books Division at Thomson Publishing in Andover from 1995-6, then Managing Director of Schools Book Publishing at Longman (Pearson PLC), publishing school textbooks for the UK and parts of Africa. He was chairman of Logotron Ltd in Cambridge. (also owned by Pearson). In 1998, he was in charge of research at the Bow Group.
He was elected in the 2005 general election, winning the seat from the Liberal Democrat Brian Cotter and retained his seat in the 2010 general election. He had previously contested Weston-super-Mare unsuccessfully in 2001, and Ealing Southall in 1997.
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