Karl McCartney
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Karl McCartney MP |
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Member of Parliament for Lincoln |
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Assumed office 6 May 2010 |
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| Preceded by | Gillian Merron |
| Majority | 1,443 (3.1%) |
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25 October 1968 Birkenhead, Cheshire, England |
| Nationality | British |
| Political party | Conservative |
| Spouse(s) | Cordelia McCartney |
| Children | 2 sons |
| Alma mater | University of Wales, Lampeter |
| Religion | Christianity |
| Website | www.karlmccartney.co.uk/ |
Karl Ian McCartney (born 25 October 1968, Birkenhead) is a politician in the United Kingdom. He is Conservative Party Member of Parliament for Lincoln, and was first elected in 2010.
McCartney attended Birkenhead School from 1980–1986 and went on to study Geography at St David's University College in Lampeter (now University of Wales, Lampeter) from 1988. At Lampeter he was student union president from 1991–1992 and captained the Welsh Universities First XI football team from 1990–1991.
After completing university in 1992 McCartney worked in the City of London. He has been a school governor since 1995. In 1999 he completed an MBA from Kingston Business School and became a magistrate.
McCartney was elected to parliament as MP for Lincoln in the May 2010 general elections, ousting Gillian Merron. He made his maiden speech on 12 July during the debate on Corporation Tax.
McCartney is opposed to the idea of same-sex marriage arguing in a 2012 reply to a constituent's letter on the matter that he felt it would next lead to "multi-partnership marriages... [and] a reduction in the age of permitted marriage".
In April 2012 McCartney said that publication of the results of the Department for Education's investigation into allegations of misuse of funds at Lincoln's Priory Federation of Academies Trust should be delayed.
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