Lucy Allan (politician)
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Lucy Allan MP |
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Member of Parliament for Telford |
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Assumed office 7 May 2015 |
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| Preceded by | David Wright |
| Majority | 730 (1.8%) |
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Lucy Elizabeth Allan 2 October 1964 Worcestershire, United Kingdom |
| Political party | Conservative |
| Children | 1 |
| Alma mater |
Durham University Kingston University |
| Website | Official website |
Lucy Elizabeth Allan (born 2 October 1964) is a Conservative Party British politician, who is the Member of Parliament (MP) for Telford, and a family rights campaigner. She was a Councillor in the London Borough of Wandsworth from 2006–12. She was elected MP at the 2015 General Election.
Lucy Allan was born on 2 October 1964, the daughter of a farmer and a teacher, growing up near Totnes, Devon. She is related to the Scottish radical socialist suffragette Janie Allan, whose family owned the Allan Line shipping company.
Allan was educated at Durham University and Kingston Law School. She has a degree in anthropology and a master's degree in employment law.
Allan joined Price Waterhouse as a trainee in 1987, where she qualified as a Chartered Accountant and specialised in business turnaround, and in 1994 she further qualified as a Chartered Secretary in the Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators.
In 1994 she moved into Investment Management, reaching director level, working for UBS Warburg, Gartmore Investment, De La Rue, Mercury Asset Management and First State Investments. While Head of Investment Trusts at First State Investments, which ran the Scottish American Investment Company (SAINTS) and Scottish Oriental Smaller Companies Trust, she was suspended in September 2003 over plagiarism allegations in statements issued by SAINTS. In January 2004 she was made redundant, after First State Investments ceased to manage SAINTS.
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