Mark Harper
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The Right Honourable Mark Harper MP |
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Chief Whip of the House of Commons Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury |
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In office 9 May 2015 – 14 July 2016 |
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| Prime Minister | David Cameron |
| Preceded by | Michael Gove |
| Succeeded by | Gavin Williamson |
| Minister of State for Disabled People | |
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In office 15 July 2014 – 8 May 2015 |
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| Prime Minister | David Cameron |
| Preceded by | Mike Penning |
| Succeeded by | Justin Tomlinson |
| Minister of State for Immigration | |
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In office 4 September 2012 – 8 February 2014 |
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| Prime Minister | David Cameron |
| Preceded by | Damian Green |
| Succeeded by | James Brokenshire (Security and Immigration) |
| Under Secretary of State for Constitutional and Political Reform | |
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In office 11 May 2010 – 4 September 2012 |
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| Prime Minister | David Cameron |
| Preceded by | Position established |
| Succeeded by | Chloe Smith |
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Member of Parliament for Forest of Dean |
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Assumed office 5 May 2005 |
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| Preceded by | Diana Organ |
| Majority | 10,987 (22.2%) |
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Mark James Harper 26 February 1970 Swindon, England |
| Political party | Conservative |
| Spouse(s) | Margaret Harper |
| Alma mater | Brasenose College, Oxford |
Mark James Harper (born 26 February 1970) is a British Conservative Party politician. Harper was born in Swindon and studied Philosophy, Politics and Economics at Brasenose College, Oxford. He was a chartered accountant before becoming the Member of Parliament for the Forest of Dean constituency in 2005. Harper has previously served as a junior minister in the Cabinet Office, Immigration Minister and Minister for Disabled People. He was the Government Chief Whip in the House of Commons from May 2015 to July 2016.
Harper was born in Swindon, Wiltshire, and educated at the Headlands Comprehensive School and Swindon College. He read Philosophy, Politics and Economics at Brasenose College, Oxford where – like David Cameron before him – he studied under Professor Vernon Bogdanor.
On graduation in 1991 he joined KPMG as an auditor. After qualifying as a chartered accountant, he joined Intel Corporation. In 2002 he left Intel to set up his own accountancy practice.
Before becoming an MP, Harper was the treasurer of the Swindon Conservative Association and was its vice-chairman for a year in 1998.
He contested the Gloucestershire seat of Forest of Dean at the 2001 General Election but was defeated by the sitting Labour MP Diana Organ. Organ retired at the 2005 general election and Harper gained the seat for the Conservatives with a majority of 2,049 - the same number of votes by which he was defeated at the previous election. In the same general election, Harper's wife, Margaret, stood for parliament as the Conservative candidate in Worcester, coming a close second to the Labour candidate, Michael Foster.
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