Louise Mensch
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Louise Mensch in 2015
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Member of Parliament for Corby |
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In office 6 May 2010 – 29 August 2012 |
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| Preceded by | Phil Hope |
| Succeeded by | Andy Sawford |
| Majority | 1,951 (3.6%) |
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| Born |
Louise Daphne Bagshawe 28 June 1971 Westminster, London, England |
| Nationality | British |
| Political party | Conservative (1985-1996, and since 1997) |
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Labour (1996-1997) |
| Spouse(s) |
Anthony LoCicero (m. 2000; div. 2009) Peter Mensch (m. 2011) |
| Children | 3 |
| Relatives | Tilly Bagshawe (sister) |
| Residence | New York City, New York, U.S. |
| Alma mater | Christ Church, Oxford |
| Profession | Writer |
| Religion | Catholicism |
Louise Daphne Mensch (née Bagshawe; born 28 June 1971) is an English author and independent investigative journalist. She was the Conservative MP for Corby from 2010 to 2012. After resigning from Parliament, she moved to New York City. Mensch has stated her strong support for British and American intelligence agencies. After the 2016 U.S. presidential election, Mensch has been criticized for spreading conspiracy theories in her research on President Donald Trump's alleged connections to Russia.
Mensch was born in Westminster, London, the daughter of Nicholas Wilfrid Bagshawe and Daphne Margaret Triggs, and was raised a Catholic. She was educated at Beechwood Sacred Heart School, Tunbridge Wells, and Woldingham School, a Catholic girls' boarding school in Surrey. She read English Language and Literature at Christ Church, Oxford and was Secretary of the Oxford Union. She has a brother and two sisters, one of whom, Tilly Bagshawe, is a freelance journalist and author.
At age 18, Mensch was named Young Poet of the Year. Following a six-month internship at MTV Europe she worked as a press officer with EMI Records, and then as a marketing official for Sony Music.
Under her maiden name, Louise Bagshawe, she wrote in the chick lit fiction genre, publishing seventeen works which sold a total of over 2 million copies. Her first novel, Career Girls, was published in 1995. Her sister, Tilly Bagshawe, has also published works in the genre. In her role as an MP, Louise Mensch was denigrated for her work as an author of fiction intended for a female audience. Mensch is an outspoken advocate of the genre and has stated that it encourages girls to be ambitious. Reflecting on her books, she stated, “All of them feature feminist heroines making it on their own. I simply couldn’t write about some drippy Cinderella because I don’t admire those women.”
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