John penrose mp biography for kids
John penrose mp biography for kids
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John David Penrose (born 22 June 1964) is a British politician who served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Weston-super-Mare from 2005 until 2024.
A member of the Conservative Party, he was the United Kingdom Anti-Corruption Champion at the Home Office from 2017 until 2022. He resigned on 6 June 2022 as the United Kingdom Anti-Corruption Champion due to the Boris Johnson Partygate scandal.
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Penrose previously served as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State at the Department for Culture, Media and Sport from 2010 to 2012 and Lord Commissioner of the Treasury from 2014 to 2016. He was Minister of State for Northern Ireland from 2018 to 2019.
Early life and career
John Penrose was born in Sudbury, Suffolk, on 22 June 1964.
He was privately educated at Ipswich School and studied at Downing College, Cambridge, receiving a BA in law in 1986. He received an MBA from Columbia Business