Penny Mordaunt
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Penny Mordaunt MP |
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| Minister of State for Disabled People, Work and Health | |
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Assumed office 14 July 2016 |
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| Prime Minister | Theresa May |
| Sec. of State | Damian Green |
| Preceded by | Justin Tomlinson (as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State) |
| Minister of State for the Armed Forces | |
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In office 11 May 2015 – 15 July 2016 |
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| Prime Minister | David Cameron |
| Preceded by | Mark Francois |
| Succeeded by | Mike Penning |
| Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department for Communities and Local Government | |
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In office 14 July 2014 – 11 May 2015 |
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| Prime Minister | David Cameron |
| Preceded by | Nick Boles |
| Succeeded by | James Wharton |
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Member of Parliament for Portsmouth North |
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Assumed office 6 May 2010 |
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| Preceded by | Sarah McCarthy-Fry |
| Majority | 10,537 (23.2%) in 2015 |
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Penelope Mary Mordaunt 4 March 1973 Torquay, Devon, England |
| Nationality | British |
| Political party | Conservative |
| Spouse(s) | Paul Murray (divorced) |
| Alma mater | University of Reading |
| Website | www |
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| Allegiance |
 United Kingdom
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| Service/branch |
 Royal Navy
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| Years of service | 2013 – present |
| Rank |
 Lieutenant
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Penelope Mary Mordaunt (born 4 March 1973) is a British Conservative Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Portsmouth North since winning the seat at the 2010 United Kingdom general election.
Mordaunt was born in Torquay, Devon and studied philosophy at the University of Reading. Before entering Parliament, she worked in business and communications, working in the private, public and charitable sectors, including as communications director for Kensington and Chelsea Council. She is currently the only female who is a Royal Naval Reservist in the House of Commons.
Mordaunt was appointed as a Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State at the Department for Communities and Local Government in July 2014. In May 2015 Prime Minister David Cameron appointed her Minister of State for the Armed Forces at the MoD, the first woman to take this post. In July 2016, the new Prime Minister Theresa May appointed her to a newly created Minister of State position at the Department for Work and Pensions.
The daughter of a former paratrooper, one of twins born in Torquay, Devon, Mordaunt was named after the Leander-class frigate HMS Penelope. Her father, who had been born in Hilsea barracks, had left the Parachute Regiment and trained as a teacher. He taught in Torquay before the family moved to Portsmouth in 1975, when Mordaunt was aged two, so that he could be closer to his aging parents. He taught at Oak Park school and later became a youth worker for Hampshire Council. Her mother was a special needs teacher at several Purbrook schools, and her stepmother is also a local primary school teacher.
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