 | This article's subject is standing for re-election to the UK's House of Commons on 4 July, and has not been an MP since Parliament's dissolution on 30 May. The article may be out of date during this period. |
Caroline Ansell | |
|---|---|
 Official portrait, 2019 | |
| Member of Parliament for Eastbourne | |
| In office 12 December 2019 – 30 May 2024 | |
| Preceded by | Stephen Lloyd |
| Majority | 4,331 (7.9%) |
| In office 7 May 2015 – 3 May 2017 | |
| Preceded by | Stephen Lloyd |
| Succeeded by | Stephen Lloyd |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 12 January 1971 Eastbourne, East Sussex, England |
| Political party | Conservative |
| Alma mater | University of Sussex University of London École supérieure de commerce |
| Website | Official website |
Caroline Julie Porte Ansell (born 12 January 1971)[1] is a Conservative Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Eastbourne since 2019.[2][3] She was first elected at the 2015 general election, but was defeated at the snap 2017 general election.
Ansell served as a local councillor for the Meads ward on Eastbourne Borough Council from 2012 to 2015 and became deputy opposition leader, with the shadow portfolio for community including housing.[4][5] In her first two years in the House of Commons she was influential in fighting immigration issues on behalf of constituents and against revenge porn.[6][7][8][9]
- ^ Brunskill, Ian (19 March 2020). The Times guide to the House of Commons 2019 : the definitive record of Britain's historic 2019 General Election. p. 187. ISBN 978-0-00-839258-1. OCLC 1129682574.
- ^ "Ansell, Caroline Julie Porte, (born 1971), MP (C) Eastbourne, 2015–17 and since 2019". WHO'S WHO & WHO WAS WHO. doi:10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.u284009. ISBN 978-0-19-954088-4. Retrieved 1 May 2021.
- ^ "Biography for Caroline Ansell". MyParliament. Archived from the original on 1 August 2017. Retrieved 19 April 2017.
- ^ "Caroline wins Meads for Conservatives". www.eastbourneherald.co.uk.
- ^ "Annual Council: 8 May 2013 – Agenda" (PDF). Eastbourne Borough Council. 29 April 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 August 2017. Retrieved 10 July 2017.
- ^ Elgot, Jessica (12 April 2016). "Home Office pressed to allow American mother to stay with family in UK". The Guardian.
- ^ "Dad thanks Eastbourne for release after passport photo row". www.eastbourneherald.co.uk.
- ^ "The law needs to be changed on revenge porn, says Eastbourne MP". www.eastbourneherald.co.uk.
- ^ "MP backs campaign to lower bowel cancer screening age". www.eastbourneherald.co.uk.
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