Nicola Blackwood
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Nicola Blackwood MP |
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| Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Public Health & Innovation | |
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Assumed office 14 July 2016 |
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| Prime Minister | Theresa May |
| Preceded by | Ben Gummer |
| Chair of the Science and Technology Select Committee | |
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In office 18 June 2015 – 14 July 2016 |
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| Preceded by | Andrew Miller |
| Succeeded by | Stephen Metcalfe |
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Member of Parliament for Oxford West and Abingdon |
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Assumed office 6 May 2010 |
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| Preceded by | Evan Harris |
| Majority | 9,582 (16.7%) |
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16 October 1979 Johannesburg, South Africa |
| Nationality | British |
| Political party | Conservative |
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St Anne's College, Oxford Emmanuel College, Cambridge |
| Religion | Church of England |
| Website |
nicolablackwood parliament..nicola-blackwood |
Nicola Claire Blackwood (born 16 October 1979) is a British Conservative Party politician. She was elected as Member of Parliament (MP) for Oxford West and Abingdon in the 2010 election and as Chair of the Commons Science and Technology Select Committee in June 2015. She became Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Health Services (Public Health Minister) in July 2016.
Blackwood was born on 16 October 1979 in Johannesburg to a nurse and a cardiologist parents. Two months later her family returned to the United Kingdom and she was brought up in Oxford. As a child she suffered from asthma and was also diagnosed with chronic fatigue syndrome when she was 15, which meant that she was taught at home for her GCSE and A-Level exams. From the age of fourteen she trained as a singer at Trinity College of Music, then went up to St Anne's College, Oxford, where she obtained a First class degree in music. She later graduated M.Phil. in musicology from Emmanuel College, Cambridge.
Before her election to parliament, Blackwood worked for Andrew Mitchell. She also worked as a volunteer on human rights and aid projects in the Middle East, Mozambique, Rwanda and Bangladesh, and has also worked as a volunteer among the disadvantaged in Birmingham and Blackpool.
Prior to standing for election, Blackwood worked with the Conservative Party Human Rights Group which was set up to find ways for the UK to combat human rights abuses in countries like Burma and the Democratic Republic of the Congo and subsequently as an adviser to the then Shadow International Development Secretary, Andrew Mitchell during the 2005–10 parliament.
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