Tessa Munt
| Tessa Munt | |
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Member of Parliament for Wells |
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In office 6 May 2010 – 7 May 2015 |
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| Preceded by | David Heathcoat-Amory |
| Succeeded by | James Heappey |
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16 October 1959 Surrey, England |
| Nationality | British |
| Political party | Liberal Democrats |
Tessa Jane Munt (born 16 October 1959) is a British Liberal Democrat politician. She was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Wells in Somerset from 2010 - 2015 and had previously served as the Parliamentary Private Secretary (PPS) to the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, Vince Cable.
Her paternal grandfather was a politician in Kenya in the 1950s, whilst her uncle was a member of the Church of England synod. Her mother was raised within the Church of Scotland, but her family had mainly Jewish roots.
The eldest of four children born in Surrey, she was educated at a Roman Catholic Convent school until the age of 11, and then at Reigate County School for Girls and Sutton High School, before finishing her education at an independent college. Munt has told the BBC that as a child, she was a victim of sexual abuse.
Munt initially joined the international division of Midland Bank, before leaving after a year to join a local firm of solicitors. After three years, she started working for the local hotel, and after two years moved to East Anglia working in the company's sales and marketing team, before moving to personnel and later delivering quality customer care training.
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