Ben Howlett (politician)

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Ben Howlett
MP
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Member of Parliament
for Bath
Assumed office
8 May 2015
Preceded by Don Foster
Majority 3,833 (8.33%)
Personal details
Born (1986-08-21) 21 August 1986 (age 37)
Political party Conservative
Alma mater University of Durham
University of Cambridge
Religion Christianity[1]
Website Official website

Benjamin John Howlett[2] (born 21 August 1986) is an English Conservative Party politician. He has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Bath since the 2015 general election.

Early life

Ben Howlett was born on 21 August 1986. He was educated at Manningtree High School in Essex, then studied History and Politics at the University of Durham, and a Masters in Economic History at the University of Cambridge.[3][4] He lived in Little Oakley, which is on the outskirts of Harwich.[5]

Career

Howlett worked as a recruitment consultant from 2008 to 2015, latterly specialising in non-medical positions in the healthcare sector.[4][6][7]

Howlett joined the Conservative party in 2004, working for Douglas Carswell.[8] He has been leader of the Conservative group on Harwich Town Council.[9] He was chair of Conservative Future from 2010 to 2013.[6][10] In November 2015, following the suicide of a young conservative activist, Elliott Johnson, Howlett told the BBC's Newsnight programme that "institutionalised bullying" in the youth team had been "swept under the carpet" because the party did not want to lose the last election.[11][12]

He moved to Bath after spending two weeks in the city campaigning to be selected as the Conservative candidate in November 2013.[13] In January 2015, he said his party "wouldn’t have a hope in hell here if it weren’t for Don Foster standing down".[14] He subsequently gained the seat at the 2015 general election, succeeding the retiring Liberal Democrat MP.[15][16]

He currently sits on the Women and Equalities Select Committee and the Petitions Select Committee. [17]

Personal life

Howlett is openly gay and is a proponent of same sex marriage.[18][19] He is a Christian.[1]

References

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Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Member of Parliament
for Bath
2015–present		 Incumbent

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