Philip Dunne (Ludlow politician)
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Philip Dunne MP |
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| Minister of State for Health | |
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Assumed office 15 July 2016 |
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| Prime Minister | Theresa May |
| Preceded by | Alistair Burt (Care and Support) |
| Minister for Defence Procurement | |
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In office 4 September 2012 – 15 July 2016 |
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| Prime Minister | David Cameron |
| Preceded by | Peter Luff |
| Succeeded by | Harriett Baldwin (Under Secretary of State) |
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Member of Parliament for Ludlow |
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Assumed office 5 May 2005 |
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| Preceded by | Matthew Green |
| Majority | 18,929 (39.4%) |
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14 August 1958 Ludlow, Shropshire, England |
| Nationality | British |
| Political party | Conservative |
| Spouse(s) | Domenica Dunne |
| Alma mater | Keble College, Oxford |
Philip Martin Dunne (born 14 August 1958) is a British Conservative Party politician and the Member of Parliament (MP) for the Ludlow constituency in Shropshire.
He has been a farmer since 1987, at his family's farm just over the county border in Herefordshire, at Leintwardine near Ludlow, and was elected as a councillor on the South Shropshire District Council in 2001, of which he became the Conservative leader 2003–2005. He was also elected as the secretary of the Ludlow Conservative Association for a year in 2001. Since 2005 Dunne has been the Conservative Member of Parliament for Ludlow.
Philip Dunne was born in Ludlow, Shropshire, and has an ancestry of politicians and courtiers. He is the son of Sir Thomas Dunne KG, the former Lord Lieutenant of Herefordshire and Worcestershire, who in turn is the son of Philip Russell Rendel Dunne (who briefly sat in the Commons), who in turn was the son of Edward Marten Dunne (who also sat in the Commons). Philip Dunne was educated at Abberley Hall School, followed by Eton College and Keble College, Oxford, where he was awarded a degree in Philosophy, Politics and Economics.
He was elected to the House of Commons at the 2005 general election for Ludlow when he unseated the incumbent Liberal Democrat MP, Matthew Green. Dunne regained the (historically safe) seat for the Conservatives; the seat having been lost at the 2001 general election. He made his maiden speech on 8 June 2005. During his first term in Parliament (2005–2010) he was a member of the Work and Pensions Select Committee, and in 2006 he was appointed to the Public Accounts Committee.
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