Kit Malthouse
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Kit Malthouse MP |
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Member of Parliament for North West Hampshire |
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Assumed office 7 May 2015 |
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| Preceded by | Sir George Young, Bt |
| Majority | 23,763 |
| Member of the London Assembly for West Central |
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In office 1 May 2008 – 5 May 2016 |
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| Preceded by | Angie Bray |
| Succeeded by | Tony Devenish |
| Majority | 29,131 |
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27 October 1966 Liverpool, England |
| Political party | Conservative |
| Spouse(s) | Juliana Farha |
| Children | 3 |
| Alma mater | Newcastle University |
| Website | Official website |
Christopher Laurie Malthouse (born 27 October 1966), known as Kit Malthouse, is an English Conservative Party politician, businessman and occasional writer. He was elected in the May 2015 general election as the Member of Parliament (MP) for North West Hampshire. A former Deputy Mayor of London for Business and Enterprise, a member of the London Assembly representing the West Central constituency, which encompasses the City of Westminster, the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham and the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea. He was formerly Chair of the Metropolitan Police Authority and the first Statutory Deputy Mayor for Policing.
A former city councillor and Deputy Leader of Westminster City Council, London. He is a member of the Conservative Party.
Malthouse was born in the Aigburth area of Liverpool, and educated at Sudley County Primary and Liverpool College. He studied Politics and Economics at the University of Newcastle Upon Tyne.
Malthouse trained to be a chartered accountant at Touche Ross & Company (now Deloitte), qualifying in 2004. He then left and worked as Finance Director of the Cannock Group. He led the management buyout of the part of that group called County Holdings and is now chairman of the company.
Malthouse's first run for office was to represent the constituency of Liverpool Wavertree in the 1997 general election. The seat, which had been recreated after being abolished following the 1979 general election, was easily won by Labour candidate Jane Kennedy, who took 29,592 votes (64.4%). Malthouse came third with 4,944 votes (10.8%), behind Liberal Democrat candidate Richard C. Kemp.
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