Maria Miller
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The Right Honourable Maria Miller MP |
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| Chair of the Women and Equalities Committee | |
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Assumed office 18 June 2015 |
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| Preceded by | Position established |
| Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport | |
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In office 4 September 2012 – 9 April 2014 |
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| Prime Minister | David Cameron |
| Preceded by | Jeremy Hunt (Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport) |
| Succeeded by | Sajid Javid |
| Minister for Women and Equalities | |
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In office 4 September 2012 – 9 April 2014 |
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| Prime Minister | David Cameron |
| Preceded by | Theresa May |
| Succeeded by |
Nicky Morgan (Women) Sajid Javid (Equalities) |
| Undersecretary of State for Disabled People | |
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In office 12 May 2010 – 4 September 2012 |
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| Prime Minister | David Cameron |
| Preceded by | Jonathan Shaw |
| Succeeded by | Esther McVey |
| Member of Parliament for Basingstoke |
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Assumed office 6 May 2005 |
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| Preceded by | Andrew Hunter |
| Majority | 11,063 (20.8%) |
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Maria Frances Lewis 26 March 1964 Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, England |
| Political party | Conservative |
| Spouse(s) | Iain Miller (1990–present) |
| Children | 1 daughter 2 sons |
| Alma mater | London School of Economics |
| Religion | Anglicanism |
| Website | Official website |
Maria Frances Lewis Miller (born 26 March 1964) is a British Conservative Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Basingstoke since 2005. She is the Chair of the Women and Equalities Select Committee.
She was the Minister for Disabled People from 2010 to 2012, and from 2012 to 2014 a member of the Cabinet as Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport and Minister for Women and Equalities. Miller was forced to resign from the cabinet in April 2014 because she had over-claimed expenses.
The daughter of John Lewis, she was born in Wolverhampton, but was brought up in Bridgend, South Wales. She was educated at the Brynteg Comprehensive School before reading Economics at the London School of Economics from where she graduated in 1985. She joined Greys Advertising Ltd as an advertising executive, leaving in 1990 to become a marketing manager with Texaco. She rejoined Greys in 1994 and served for five years as a director, before becoming a director for the Rowland Group in 1999 for four years.
Miller joined the Conservative Party in 1983 and contested Wolverhampton North East at the 2001 general election but was defeated by the sitting Labour MP, Ken Purchase. She has served as the chairman of Wolverhampton North East Conservative Association since 2001. She was chair of the Wimbledon Conservative Association for a year from 2002.
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