Peter Bone
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Peter Bone MP |
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Member of Parliament for Wellingborough |
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Assumed office 5 May 2005 |
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| Preceded by | Paul Stinchcombe |
| Majority | 16,397 (32.5%) |
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19 October 1952 Billericay, Essex, England |
| Nationality | British |
| Political party | Conservative |
| Spouse(s) | Jeanette Bone |
| Children | Alexander Helen Thomas |
| Residence | Rushden, Northamptonshire |
| Occupation | Politician |
| Profession | Accountant |
| Religion | Church of England |
| Website | parliament..peter-bone |
Peter William Bone MP (born 19 October 1952) is a British Conservative Party politician and Member of Parliament (MP) for Wellingborough.
Bone was born in 1952 in Billericay and educated at Westcliff High School for Boys until 1971 then Chart Tutors – now part of Kaplan – till 1974. Bone is quoted as playing cricket as a left arm bowler for Cambridge Methodists Cricket Club in Leeds, and tweets regularly of his matches playing with Wellingborough Old Grammarians 3rd XI, despite not actually being a member of the club. He states that he is a keen follower of American Football and had a question read out live on Sky Sports in January 2012. He is an active member of the Church of England and attends St Mary's Church in Rushden with his family, as well as holding constituency surgeries in the church hall.
Qualified as a chartered accountant; (FCA) in 1976, Bone has "run both a public company and a family business" and is quoted as a "successful businessman". In 1995, according to The Guardian, Bone was described as Britain's "meanest boss" by the Daily Mirror when he defended paying a 17-year-old trainee at Palm Travel (West) 87p an hour. By way of context, the average wage was over £8 per hour in 1995. While appearing on the British satirical television programme Have I Got News for You Bone, to laughter, said the Mirror's claim was "wholly correct" but pointed out that the wage in question was part of a "government training scheme", paying "£30 a week". Host Jennifer Saunders disagreed saying that Bone was not mean as he paid his wife £45,000 per year.
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