Stephen Hammond
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Stephen Hammond MP |
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| Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Transport |
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In office 4 September 2012 – 15 July 2014 |
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| Prime Minister | David Cameron |
| Preceded by | Mike Penning |
| Succeeded by | Claire Perry |
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Member of Parliament for Wimbledon |
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Assumed office 5 May 2005 |
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| Preceded by | Roger Casale |
| Majority | 11,408 (24.1%) |
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4 February 1962 Southampton, Hampshire, England |
| Nationality | British |
| Political party | Conservative |
| Spouse(s) | Sally (née Sarah Williams) |
| Residence | London |
| Alma mater | Queen Mary, University of London |
| Occupation | Politician |
| Religion | Anglican |
| Website | www.stephenhammondmp.com |
Stephen William Hammond (born 4 February 1962) is a British Conservative Party politician and former UK Government Minister.
Hammond was first elected as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Wimbledon at the 2005 general election. On 4 September 2012, he was appointed Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Transport, with responsibility for buses, rail and shipping. He lost his ministerial post in the reshuffle on 15 July 2014 and was succeeeded by Claire Perry.
Hammond was born in Southampton, and educated at the city's King Edward VI School before reading Economics at Queen Mary, University of London. After graduating with a BSc degree, he began a career in finance at a leading fund management house and subsequently worked for major investment banks. Hammond was appointed a Director of the Equities division of Dresdner Kleinwort Benson in 1994 and four years later joined Commerzbank Securities. In 2000 he was promoted to Director, Pan European Research, with responsibility for seventy professionals based in London and across Europe.
He first stood for Parliament for North Warwickshire at the 1997 general election, being comfortably defeated by Labour's Mike O'Brien. Contesting Wimbledon in 2001 general election, he failed to regain what had been a safe seat for the Conservatives before Labour's 1997 landslide, and was defeated by the Labour incumbent, Roger Casale. He was elected a Councillor for the Ward of Village, Wimbledon in the London Borough of Merton election in 2002 and subsequently became Deputy Leader of the Conservative Group on Merton Council.
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