词条 | Victoria Prentis |
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|honorific-prefix = The Honourable |name = Victoria Prentis | honorific-suffix = {{Post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100%|MP}} |image = Official portrait of Victoria Prentis crop 2.jpg |office1 = Parliamentary Private Secretary for Leader of the House of Commons |primeminister1 = Theresa May |1blankname1 = Leader of the House |1namedata1 = Andrea Leadsom |term_start1 = June 2017 |term_end1 = |predecessor1 = Kevin Hollinrake |successor1 = |office2 = Parliamentary Private Secretary for Department for Transport |primeminister2 = Theresa May |1blankname2 = Secretary of State |1namedata2 = Chris Grayling |term_start2 = July 2016 |term_end2 = June 2017 |predecessor2 = |successor2 = Bim Afolami |office3 = Member of Parliament for Banbury |term_start3 = 7 May 2015 |term_end3 = |predecessor3 = Tony Baldry |successor3 = |majority3 = 12,399 (20.1%) |birth_date = {{birth date and age|1971|3|24|df=y}} |birth_place = Banbury, England, UK |death_date = |death_place = |party = Conservative |spouse = Sebastian Prentis |alma_mater = Royal Holloway, University of London Downing College, Cambridge |website = {{url|https://www.victoriaprentis.com|Official website}} }} Victoria Mary Boswell Prentis (born 24 March 1971) is a British Conservative politician who was first elected as the Member of Parliament for Banbury at the 2015 general election, and was re-elected at the 2017 general election.[1] She was Parliamentary Private Secretary (PPS) to junior ministers in the Department for Transport between July 2016 and June 2017. Prentis is currently the Parliamentary Private Secretary (PPS) to the Leader of the House of Commons a post she has held since June 2017. Early life and careerShe was born Victoria Boswell, in Banbury, and grew up on the family farm in nearby Aynho. She was educated at Royal Holloway, University of London and Downing College, Cambridge, from where she has degrees in English and Law.[2] She is the daughter of Tim Boswell, Baron Boswell of Aynho, who was MP for Daventry from 1987 to 2010.[3] Prentis qualified as a barrister in 1995, she joined the Civil Service in 1997, leaving in November 2014. Her last job for the government was leading the "Justice and Security team" at the Treasury Solicitor's Department.[4] Parliamentary careerIn November 2014, Prentis was selected as the Conservative candidate for the Banbury constituency at the 2015 general election. She retained the safe seat for the Conservatives (held by them since 1922). In Parliament she sits on the Justice Select Committee and the Select Committee on Statutory Instruments. Prentis is an opponent of High Speed 2, believing it will affect her constituency.[5] She rebelled against the Conservative government when the HS2 Bill received its second reading in the House of Commons in March 2016.[6] Prentis was a founding supporter of Conservatives for Reform in Europe, a group which campaigned in support of the UK’s membership of a reformed European Union. Accordingly, she declared that she would vote remain in the 2016 referendum on the UK's membership of the EU.[7][8] Prentis supported Theresa May's candidacy during the 2016 Conservative leadership contest.[9] She was appointed Parliamentary Private Secretary to junior ministers in the Department for Transport in July 2016. She was re-elected as the MP for Banbury in the 2017 general election.[10] Personal lifeShe is married to Sebastian Prentis, a barrister, whom she met when they were both students at the University of Cambridge. The couple have two daughters and live in Somerton, Oxfordshire.[2][11] References1. ^{{Cite web|title = Banbury parliamentary constituency 2015|url = https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/politics/constituencies/E14000539|website = BBC News Online|accessdate = 15 May 2015}} 2. ^1 {{cite web|title=About Victoria|url=http://victoriaprentis.com/about-victoria/|website=Victoriaprentis.com|accessdate=13 April 2015}} 3. ^{{cite news|last1=Wallace|first1=Mark|title=Victoria Prentis selected in Banbury|url=http://www.conservativehome.com/parliament/2014/11/victoria-prentis-selected-in-banbury.html|accessdate=13 April 2015|work=ConservativeHome.com|date=8 November 2014}} 4. ^{{Cite web|title=Banbury Guardian: Top government lawyer chosen as Conservative candidate for Banbury |date=8 November 2014 |publisher=North Oxfordshire Conservatives |url=http://northoxfordshireconservatives.com/blog/2014/11/08/banbury-guardian-top-government-lawyer-chosen-as-conservative-candidate-for-banbury/ |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150506073619/http://northoxfordshireconservatives.com/blog/2014/11/08/banbury-guardian-top-government-lawyer-chosen-as-conservative-candidate-for-banbury/ |archivedate=6 May 2015|deadurl=no}} 5. ^{{cite web|title=Victoria's views|url=http://victoriaprentis.com/views/#hs2|website=victoriaprentis.com|accessdate=28 July 2015}} 6. ^{{cite web|title=Victoria Prentis to vote against HS2|url=http://victoriaprentis.com/2016/03/23/victoria-prentis-mp-to-vote-against-hs2-today/|website=victoriaprentis.com|accessdate=25 July 2016}} 7. ^{{Cite web|url=http://victoriaprentis.com/about-victoria/views-2/|title=Victoria’s Views {{!}} Victoria Prentis|website=victoriaprentis.com|access-date=23 June 2016}} 8. ^{{cite news|last1=Goodenough|first1=Tom|title=Which Tory MPs back Brexit, who doesn’t and who is still on the fence?|url=http://blogs.spectator.co.uk/2016/02/which-tory-mps-back-brexit-who-doesnt-and-who-is-still-on-the-fence/|accessdate=11 October 2016|work=The Spectator|date=16 February 2016}} 9. ^{{cite web|title=Victoria back Theresa May|url=http://victoriaprentis.com/2016/07/05/victoria-backs-theresa-may/|website=victoriaprentis.com|accessdate=25 July 2016}} 10. ^{{Cite web|title = Banbury parliamentary constituency 2017|url = https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/politics/constituencies/E14000539|website = BBC News Online|accessdate = 9 June 2017}} 11. ^{{Cite web|title = General election update: Prentis says Banbury MP role is an ‘extraordinary privilege’|url = http://www.banburyguardian.co.uk/news/local-news/general-election-update-prentis-says-banbury-mp-role-is-an-extraordinary-privilege-1-6733092|website = Banbury Guardian|accessdate = 15 May 2015|archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20150515195535/http://www.banburyguardian.co.uk/news/local-news/general-election-update-prentis-says-banbury-mp-role-is-an-extraordinary-privilege-1-6733092|archivedate = 15 May 2015|dead-url = no|date = 8 May 2015}} External links
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