Benutzer:Honoratior/Laura Trott
Vorlage:Short description Vorlage:For Vorlage:Use British English Vorlage:Use dmy dates Vorlage:Infobox officeholder Laura Trott Vorlage:Post-nominals (born 7 December 1984)[1] is a British Conservative Party politician, who was elected as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Sevenoaks at the 2019 general election. She has been serving as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State at the Department for Work and Pensions since October 2022. Trott is the first woman to represent the constituency. Before her parliamentary career, she worked as a partner at Portland Communications, and as a special adviser.
Early life and career
[Bearbeiten | Quelltext bearbeiten]Trott grew up in Oxted, Surrey, England.[2] She attended Oxted School[3] and then studied history and economics at Pembroke College, Oxford.[4][5][6] She then became a strategy consultant at Booz & Company.[7] Trott is an ambassador for the Sutton Trust, an educational charity.[8]
Political career
[Bearbeiten | Quelltext bearbeiten]Trott was a Conservative Party councillor for Frognal and Fitzjohns on the Camden London Borough Council between 2010 and 2014.[9][10]
In January 2009, she became a political adviser for the Conservatives. Trott then became a special adviser to then Minister for the Cabinet Office Francis Maude in May 2010 with the remit of political policy and media, and was later promoted to chief of staff.[2][11] She was subsequently appointed as a political adviser in the Number 10 Policy Unit, responsible for education and family policy under then Prime Minister David Cameron.[2] Trott was credited for formulating the party's tax-free childcare policy.[12] After the 2015 general election, Trott was promoted to director of strategic communication.[7] In 2016, she was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in Cameron's Resignation Honours for her political and public service.[13] After the election of Prime Minister Theresa May, she left the government and became a partner at the political consultancy and public relations firm Portland Communications in September 2017.[7]
Trott was selected as the Conservative candidate for Sevenoaks in Kent on 10 November 2019.[14] It is a notionally safe Conservative seat, having elected a member of the party since 1924, and was previously represented by former Secretary of State for Defence Michael Fallon.[14][15] She was elected as MP for Sevenoaks in the 2019 general election with a majority of 20,818 (40.9%).[16] Trott is the first woman to represent the constituency.[15] Trott was a policy fellow at the Centre for Science and Policy at the University of Cambridge between 2020 and 2021.[17]
In the private member's bill ballot, she was the highest placed Conservative MP which guaranteed that her bill would be debated in parliament.[18][19] She presented her bill on 5 February 2020, which aimed to restrict access to botulinum toxin and filler cosmetic procedures for under 18s.[20] It became law in October 2021.[21]
Trott has been a member of the Health and Social Care Select Committee since March 2020.[22] She is also on the steering committee of the China Research Group.[23] Trott co-wrote a policy paper advocating for the establishment of "accelerator zones" with fellow Conservative MP Bim Afolami in February 2021 for the think tank Social Market Foundation. The zones would have relaxation of visa rules, tax incentives, and policy fellowship programmes.[24]
On 6 July 2022, in the wake of the resignations of Chancellor Rishi Sunak and Health Secretary Sajid Javid from the second Johnson ministry following the Chris Pincher scandal, Trott resigned as Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Department for Transport, citing "trust in politics is – and must always be – of the utmost importance, but sadly in recent months this has been lost".[25] Two days later, following Johnson's resignation as Conservative Party leader, she endorsed Sunak's bid to succeed him in the July–September 2022 Conservative Party leadership election.[26] Trott was appointed Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Department for Work and Pensions on 27 October 2022.[27]
Personal life
[Bearbeiten | Quelltext bearbeiten]Trott is married to Bahador "Bids" Mahvelati, a partner at professional services firm PriceWaterhouseCoopers.[28][29] They have one daughter and twin sons.[2][8]
References
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- ↑ Ian Brunskill: The Times guide to the House of Commons 2019 : the definitive record of Britain's historic 2019 General Election. 2020, ISBN 978-0-00-839258-1, S. 325 (worldcat.org).
- ↑ a b c d Alan Smith: General Election 2019: Conservative Laura Trott looks safe in Sevenoaks. Kent Online, 17. November 2019, abgerufen am 6. Februar 2020.
- ↑ About Laura. Laura Trott, abgerufen am 8. Juli 2022.
- ↑ Billy Camden: Movers & Shakers: Ben and Michael Dyer, Laura Trott and Brian Lightman, Schools Week, 6 February 2016. Abgerufen im 6 February 2020
- ↑ Dame Lynne Brindley Speech for Pembroke 40 Years of Women Dinner. Pembroke College, Oxford, S. 2 .
- ↑ The Pembrokian, Issue 38, July 2013. In: The Pembrokian. Juli 2013, S. 5, abgerufen am 6. Februar 2020.
- ↑ a b c Portland appoints three former Downing Street advisers to its corporate team. Portland Communications, 1. September 2017, abgerufen am 6. Februar 2020.
- ↑ a b Laura Trott. Sevenoaks Conservatives, abgerufen am 6. Februar 2020.
- ↑ Emma Youle: Ballerina in bid for Tory Camden Council seat In: Ham & High, 12 June 2013. Abgerufen im 6 February 2020
- ↑ Local election results 6 May 2010. Camden London Borough Council, abgerufen am 6. Februar 2020.
- ↑ Amelia Hill: Can David Cameron be made to understand what women want? In: The Guardian, 15 February 2012. Abgerufen im 6 February 2020
- ↑ Haroon Siddique: Donors, aides and remainers dominate secret Cameron honours list In: The Guardian, 31 July 2016. Abgerufen im 6 February 2020
- ↑ Resignation Honours 2016. gov.uk, S. 5, abgerufen am 6. Februar 2020.
- ↑ a b Patrick Maguire: Tories select Laura Trott in Sevenoaks In: New Statesman, 10 November 2019. Abgerufen im 6 February 2020
- ↑ a b Ciaran Duggan: General Election 2019: Sevenoaks result. Kent Online, 13. Dezember 2019, abgerufen am 6. Februar 2020.
- ↑ Sevenoaks, BBC News. Abgerufen im 6 February 2020
- ↑ Policy Fellows 2020–2021. Centre for Science and Policy, abgerufen am 8. Juli 2022.
- ↑ Private Members' Bill ballot : 9 January 2020. parliament.uk, 9. Januar 2020, abgerufen am 6. Februar 2020.
- ↑ Eleni Courea: 20 MPs to watch in 2020. Politico Europe, 27. Januar 2020, abgerufen am 6. Februar 2020.
- ↑ New Bill to restrict under 18s' access to Botox and fillers echoes Nuffield Council concerns. Nuffield Council of Bioethics, 5. Februar 2020, abgerufen am 6. Februar 2020.
- ↑ Laura Trott: 'I Hope Today Marks The Start Of Much Needed Change': Laura Trott MP On New The Botox And Filler Ban For Under-18s In: Grazia, 1 October 2021. Abgerufen im 14 November 2021
- ↑ Health and Social Care Committee membership agreed. parliament.uk, 2. März 2020, abgerufen am 3. März 2020.
- ↑ Sebastian Payne: Senior Tories launch ERG-style group to shape policy on China In: Financial Times, 25 April 2020. Abgerufen im 24 June 2020
- ↑ Accelerator Zones: how to turbocharge economic opportunity across the UK. Social Market Foundation, 21. Februar 2021, abgerufen am 22. Dezember 2022.
- ↑ Another UK lawmaker resigns from PM Johnson's government, 6 July 2022
- ↑ Sebastian Payne: Rishi Sunak to stand for leadership of UK Tory party In: Financial Times, 8 July 2022
- ↑ Laura Trott MBE MP. In: gov.uk. Abgerufen am 23. März 2023.
- ↑ Vorlage:Cite AV media
- ↑ Bahador (Bids) Mahvelati. PriceWaterhouseCoopers, abgerufen am 29. Dezember 2020.