Robert Buckland
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Robert Buckland QC MP |
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| Solicitor General for England and Wales | |
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Assumed office 15 July 2014 |
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| Prime Minister |
David Cameron Theresa May |
| Preceded by | Oliver Heald |
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Member of Parliament for South Swindon |
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Assumed office 6 May 2010 |
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| Preceded by | Anne Snelgrove |
| Majority | 5,785 (11.7%) |
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Robert James Buckland 22 September 1968 Llanelli, Carmarthenshire, Wales |
| Nationality | British |
| Political party | Conservative |
| Spouse(s) | Sian |
| Alma mater | Inns of Court School of Law, University of Durham |
| Occupation | Barrister, Crown Court Recorder |
| Website |
www parliament..robert-buckland |
Robert James BucklandQC (born 22 September 1968) is a British barrister and Conservative Party politician. He is the Solicitor General for England and Wales and is the Member of Parliament (MP) for Swindon South, having won the seat from the Labour Party at the 2010 general election. Buckland is a supporter of Britain's membership of the European Union.
Robert Buckland was born in Llanelli in 1968, and was educated at Old Road County Primary School and St Michael's School in the town and at Hatfield College, Durham, where he became Secretary of the Junior Common Room and President of the Durham Union Society. He graduated in Law in 1990 and was called to the Bar at Inner Temple in 1991.
He was a member of Dyfed County Council from 1993 to 1996, having won his Elli Ward seat from Labour with a majority of just 3 votes. It was reported that he was the first Conservative "in living memory" to have been elected in the Llanelli area. In 1994, Buckland stood for the safe Labour European Parliament seat of South Wales West. Buckland stood for the Conservatives in the by-election for the Welsh constituency of Islwyn caused by the appointment of Neil Kinnock as European Commissioner. The by-election was held at a time of unpopularity for the Major government, and was won by the Labour candidate, Don Touhig. Buckland polled only 3.9%. He also stood for Preseli Pembrokeshire at the 1997 general election and was on the Conservative list of candidates for Wales at the 1999 European elections.
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