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title="Incumbent">Incumbent</a></b></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>Assumed office</b></span> <br />5 November 2024</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">Leader</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Kemi_Badenoch" title="Kemi Badenoch">Kemi Badenoch</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;"><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Housing,_Communities_and_Local_Government" title="Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government">Minister of State for Communities and Resilience</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />11 May 2015 – 16 July 2016</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Prime Minister</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/David_Cameron" title="David Cameron">David Cameron</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><i>Office established</i></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><i>Office abolished</i></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;"><a href="/wiki/Minister_for_Portsmouth" title="Minister for Portsmouth">Minister of State for Portsmouth</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />11 May 2015 – 16 July 2016</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Prime Minister</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/David_Cameron" title="David Cameron">David Cameron</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Theresa_May" title="Theresa May">Theresa May</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Matt_Hancock" title="Matt Hancock">Matt Hancock</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><i>Office abolished</i></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;"><a href="/wiki/Minister_of_State_for_the_Armed_Forces" title="Minister of State for the Armed Forces">Minister of State for the Armed Forces</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />7 October 2013 – 11 May 2015</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Prime Minister</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/David_Cameron" title="David Cameron">David Cameron</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Andrew_Robathan" title="Andrew Robathan">Andrew Robathan</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Penny_Mordaunt" title="Penny Mordaunt">Penny Mordaunt</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;"><a href="/wiki/Minister_of_State_for_Defence_Personnel,_Welfare_and_Veterans" class="mw-redirect" title="Minister of State for Defence Personnel, Welfare and Veterans">Minister of State for Defence Personnel, Welfare and Veterans</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />4 September 2012 – 7 October 2013</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Prime Minister</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/David_Cameron" title="David Cameron">David Cameron</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Andrew_Robathan" title="Andrew Robathan">Andrew Robathan</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Anna_Soubry" title="Anna Soubry">Anna Soubry</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;"><a href="/wiki/Vice-Chamberlain_of_the_Household" title="Vice-Chamberlain of the Household">Vice-Chamberlain of the Household</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />11 May 2010 – 4 September 2012</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Prime Minister</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/David_Cameron" title="David Cameron">David Cameron</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Helen_Jones" title="Helen Jones">Helen Jones</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Greg_Knight" title="Greg Knight">Greg Knight</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;"><a href="/wiki/Shadow_Minister_for_Europe" class="mw-redirect" title="Shadow Minister for Europe">Shadow Minister for Europe</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />29 May 2007 – 11 May 2010</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">Leader</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/David_Cameron" title="David Cameron">David Cameron</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Graham_Brady" title="Graham Brady">Graham Brady</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Chris_Bryant" title="Chris Bryant">Chris Bryant</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;"><a href="/wiki/Member_of_Parliament_(United_Kingdom)" title="Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)">Member of Parliament</a> <br /> for <a href="/wiki/Rayleigh_and_Wickford" class="mw-redirect" title="Rayleigh and Wickford">Rayleigh and Wickford</a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/Rayleigh_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Rayleigh (UK Parliament constituency)">Rayleigh</a> (2001–2010)</span></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><div class="skin-nightmode-reset-color" style="width:100%; margin:0; color: black; background-color: lavender"><b><a href="/wiki/Incumbent" title="Incumbent">Incumbent</a></b></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>Assumed office</b></span> <br />7 June 2001</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Michael_Clark_(British_politician)" title="Michael Clark (British politician)">Michael Clark</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">Majority</th><td class="infobox-data">5,621 (11.7%)</td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender">Personal details</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday">1965-08-14</span>) </span>14 August 1965<span class="noprint ForceAgeToShow"> (age 59)</span><br />London, England</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Political party</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Spouses</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1151524712">.mw-parser-output .marriage-line-margin2px{line-height:0;margin-bottom:-2px}.mw-parser-output .marriage-line-margin3px{line-height:0;margin-bottom:-3px}.mw-parser-output .marriage-display-ws{display:inline;white-space:nowrap}</style></li></ul> <div class="marriage-display-ws"><div style="display:inline-block;line-height:normal;margin-top:1px;white-space:normal;">Karen Thomas</div> <div class="marriage-line-margin2px"></div> <div style="display:inline-block;margin-bottom:1px;"></div>(<abbr title="married">m.</abbr> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1038841319">.mw-parser-output .tooltip-dotted{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}</style><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip" title="June 2000">2000</span>; <abbr title="divorced">div.</abbr> 2006)<wbr /></div> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1151524712"></li></ul> <div class="marriage-display-ws"><div style="display:inline-block;line-height:normal;">Olivia Sanders</div> <div style="display:inline-block;"></div>(<abbr title="married">m.</abbr> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip" title="11 June 2022">2022</span>)<wbr /></div> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Residence(s)</th><td class="infobox-data label"><a href="/wiki/Rayleigh,_Essex" title="Rayleigh, Essex">Rayleigh, Essex</a>, England</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Alma_mater" title="Alma mater">Alma mater</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/University_of_Bristol" title="University of Bristol">University of Bristol</a><br /><a href="/wiki/King%27s_College_London" title="King's College London">King's College London</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.markfrancois.com">www<wbr />.markfrancois<wbr />.com</a></span></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender">Military service</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Allegiance</th><td class="infobox-data">United Kingdom</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Branch/service</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Territorial_Army_(United_Kingdom)" class="mw-redirect" title="Territorial Army (United Kingdom)">Territorial Army</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Years of service</th><td class="infobox-data">1983–1989</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Rank</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Lieutenant_(British_Army)" class="mw-redirect" title="Lieutenant (British Army)">Lieutenant</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Unit</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Royal_Anglian_Regiment" title="Royal Anglian Regiment">Royal Anglian Regiment</a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below" style="border-top: 1px solid right;"><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Mark Gino Francois</b> (<span class="rt-commentedText nowrap"><span class="IPA nopopups noexcerpt" lang="en-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/English" title="Help:IPA/English">/<span style="border-bottom:1px dotted"><span title="'f' in 'find'">f</span><span title="'r' in 'rye'">r</span><span title="/ɑː/: 'a' in 'father'">ɑː</span><span title="'n' in 'nigh'">n</span><span title="/ˈ/: primary stress follows">ˈ</span><span title="'s' in 'sigh'">s</span><span title="'w' in 'wind'">w</span><span title="/ɑː/: 'a' in 'father'">ɑː</span></span>/</a></span></span>; born 14 August 1965) is a British politician who has been the <a href="/wiki/Member_of_Parliament_(United_Kingdom)" title="Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)">Member of Parliament</a> (MP) for <a href="/wiki/Rayleigh_and_Wickford" class="mw-redirect" title="Rayleigh and Wickford">Rayleigh and Wickford</a> since <a href="/wiki/2001_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="2001 United Kingdom general election">2001</a>. A member of the <a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative Party</a>, he has been Shadow Minister for Defence since 2024.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Francois served as <a href="/wiki/Vice-Chamberlain_of_the_Household" title="Vice-Chamberlain of the Household">Vice-Chamberlain of the Household</a> (2010–2012), a <a href="/wiki/Minister_of_State" title="Minister of State">Minister of State</a> at the <a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Defence_(United_Kingdom)" title="Ministry of Defence (United Kingdom)">Ministry of Defence</a> (2012–2013) and <a href="/wiki/Minister_of_State_for_the_Armed_Forces" title="Minister of State for the Armed Forces">Minister of State for the Armed Forces</a> (2013–2015). He was also <a href="/wiki/Department_for_Communities_and_Local_Government" class="mw-redirect" title="Department for Communities and Local Government">Minister of State for Communities and Resilience</a> and <a href="/wiki/Minister_for_Portsmouth" title="Minister for Portsmouth">Minister for Portsmouth</a> at the <a href="/wiki/Department_for_Communities_and_Local_Government" class="mw-redirect" title="Department for Communities and Local Government">Department for Communities and Local Government</a> from 2015 to 2016.<sup id="cite_ref-auto_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2018, he was appointed deputy chair and <i>de facto</i> <a href="/wiki/Whip_(politics)" title="Whip (politics)">whip</a><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> of the <a href="/wiki/Eurosceptic" class="mw-redirect" title="Eurosceptic">eurosceptic</a> <a href="/wiki/European_Research_Group" title="European Research Group">European Research Group</a> (ERG) by chair <a href="/wiki/Jacob_Rees-Mogg" title="Jacob Rees-Mogg">Jacob Rees-Mogg</a>. He was a critic of the leadership of <a href="/wiki/Theresa_May" title="Theresa May">Theresa May</a> during her time as <a href="/wiki/Leader_of_the_Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Leader of the Conservative Party (UK)">leader of the Conservative Party</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In March 2020 he became the Chair of the ERG. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life_and_career">Early life and career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mark_Francois&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early life and career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Mark Gino Francois was born on 14 August 1965 in <a href="/wiki/Islington" title="Islington">Islington</a>, London to Anna (<i><span title="Name at birth"><a href="/wiki/Birth_name#Maiden_and_married_names" title="Birth name">née</a></span></i> Carloni) and Reginald Francois.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His father was an engineer and his mother was an Italian <a href="/wiki/Au_pair" title="Au pair">au pair</a>. The family moved to <a href="/wiki/Basildon" title="Basildon">Basildon</a> in 1971.<sup id="cite_ref-UKWW_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-UKWW-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-CH_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CH-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His secondary education was at the Nicholas Comprehensive School (now part of <a href="/wiki/James_Hornsby_School" title="James Hornsby School">James Hornsby School</a>).<sup id="cite_ref-UKP_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-UKP-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He studied history at the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Bristol" title="University of Bristol">University of Bristol</a> and graduated with a <a href="/wiki/Bachelor_of_Arts" title="Bachelor of Arts">Bachelor of Arts</a> (BA) in 1986.<sup id="cite_ref-WW_24_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WW_24-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Francois stated that he joined the <a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative Party</a> when he was studying in Bristol.<sup id="cite_ref-CH_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CH-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He went on to undertake a <a href="/wiki/Master_of_Arts" title="Master of Arts">Master of Arts</a> (MA) degree in war studies at <a href="/wiki/King%27s_College_London" title="King's College London">King's College London</a>, graduating in 1987.<sup id="cite_ref-WW_24_10-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WW_24-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1983, whilst at university, he joined the <a href="/wiki/Army_Reserve_(United_Kingdom)" title="Army Reserve (United Kingdom)">Territorial Army</a> (TA), the part-time reserve force of the <a href="/wiki/British_Army" title="British Army">British Army</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-WW_24_10-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WW_24-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Given the <a href="/wiki/Service_number" title="Service number">service number</a> 523962, Francois was commissioned as a <a href="/wiki/Second_lieutenant" title="Second lieutenant">second lieutenant</a> (on probation) on 18 December 1985.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 1 February 1988, he transferred from the general list to the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Anglian_Regiment" title="Royal Anglian Regiment">Royal Anglian Regiment</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-LG_6_June_1988_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LG_6_June_1988-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-animal_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-animal-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His commission was confirmed in 1988, and he was granted seniority in the rank of second lieutenant from 18 December 1983.<sup id="cite_ref-LG_12_December_1988_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LG_12_December_1988-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was promoted <a href="/wiki/Lieutenant_(British_Army_and_Royal_Marines)" title="Lieutenant (British Army and Royal Marines)">lieutenant</a> on 18 September 1988, with seniority in that rank from 18 December 1985.<sup id="cite_ref-LG_12_December_1988_16-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LG_12_December_1988-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He left the Territorial Army on 21 September 1989.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>After university, Francois became a management trainee with <a href="/wiki/Lloyds_Bank" title="Lloyds Bank">Lloyds Bank</a>. He then worked as a political consultant for the <a href="/wiki/Lobbying" title="Lobbying">lobbying</a> company Market Access International in 1988, leaving to set up his own lobbying firm, Francois Associates, in 1996, which he closed when he was elected as an MP in 2001.<sup id="cite_ref-EAC_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-EAC-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-WallerCriddle2007_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WallerCriddle2007-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>He was a member of <a href="/wiki/Basildon_District_Council" class="mw-redirect" title="Basildon District Council">Basildon District Council</a> for the <a href="/wiki/Langdon_Hills" title="Langdon Hills">Langdon Hills</a> ward from <a href="/wiki/1991_Basildon_District_Council_election" title="1991 Basildon District Council election">1991</a> to 1995. On the council, he served as vice-chair of the housing committee from 1992 to 1995.<sup id="cite_ref-EAC_18-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-EAC-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Parliamentary_career">Parliamentary career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mark_Francois&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Parliamentary career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Francois stood for the <a href="/wiki/Brent_East" class="mw-redirect" title="Brent East">Brent East</a> constituency in the <a href="/wiki/1997_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1997 United Kingdom general election">1997 general election</a>, coming second to the incumbent, <a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Ken_Livingstone" title="Ken Livingstone">Ken Livingstone</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-electoralcalculus1997_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-electoralcalculus1997-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Francois contested the election to be the Conservatives' <a href="/wiki/Prospective_parliamentary_candidate" title="Prospective parliamentary candidate">prospective parliamentary candidate</a> for <a href="/wiki/Kensington_and_Chelsea_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Kensington and Chelsea (UK Parliament constituency)">Kensington and Chelsea</a> in the <a href="/wiki/1999_Kensington_and_Chelsea_by-election" title="1999 Kensington and Chelsea by-election">1999 by-election</a>. The contest was won by <a href="/wiki/Michael_Portillo" title="Michael Portillo">Michael Portillo</a>, who garnered 60% of the final ballot.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>He was selected as the party's candidate for <a href="/wiki/Rayleigh_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Rayleigh (UK Parliament constituency)">Rayleigh</a> in the <a href="/wiki/2001_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="2001 United Kingdom general election">2001 general election</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Francois won the seat with a majority of 8,290.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He made his <a href="/wiki/Maiden_speech" title="Maiden speech">maiden speech</a> on 4 July 2001.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Francois was re-elected in the <a href="/wiki/2005_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="2005 United Kingdom general election">2005 general election</a> with an increased majority of 14,726.<sup id="cite_ref-electoralcalculus2005_26-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-electoralcalculus2005-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>He served as a member of the <a href="/wiki/Environmental_Audit_Select_Committee" title="Environmental Audit Select Committee">Environmental Audit Select Committee</a> for the duration of his first term in Parliament. He was promoted to become an <a href="/wiki/Opposition_Whip" class="mw-redirect" title="Opposition Whip">Opposition Whip</a> in 2003 by <a href="/wiki/Michael_Howard" title="Michael Howard">Michael Howard</a>; to <a href="/wiki/Shadow_Economic_Secretary_to_the_Treasury" title="Shadow Economic Secretary to the Treasury">Shadow Economic Secretary</a> in May 2004; and later to <a href="/wiki/Shadow_Paymaster_General" class="mw-redirect" title="Shadow Paymaster General">Shadow Paymaster General</a> (10 May 2005 – 3 July 2007) scrutinising <a href="/wiki/HMRC" class="mw-redirect" title="HMRC">HMRC</a>. </p><p>He was promoted to be <a href="/wiki/Shadow_Minister_for_Europe" class="mw-redirect" title="Shadow Minister for Europe">Shadow Minister for Europe</a> on 3 July 2007, and joined the Shadow Cabinet at the January 2009 reshuffle. As Shadow Minister for Europe Francois oversaw the Conservative Party's withdrawal from the <a href="/wiki/European_People%27s_Party_group" class="mw-redirect" title="European People's Party group">EPP grouping</a> in the <a href="/wiki/European_Parliament" title="European Parliament">European Parliament</a>, the creation of the <a href="/wiki/European_Conservatives_and_Reformists_Group" title="European Conservatives and Reformists Group">ECR grouping</a> and the Conservatives' opposition in the House of Commons to the <a href="/wiki/Treaty_of_Lisbon" title="Treaty of Lisbon">Treaty of Lisbon</a>, which he spoke against on many occasions including on 5 March 2008 in the debate to pass the <a href="/wiki/European_Union_(Amendment)_Act_2008" title="European Union (Amendment) Act 2008">European Union (Amendment) Act 2008</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>When the <a href="/wiki/Rayleigh_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Rayleigh (UK Parliament constituency)">Rayleigh</a> constituency was abolished, Francois was elected in the new seat of <a href="/wiki/Rayleigh_and_Wickford_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Rayleigh and Wickford (UK Parliament constituency)">Rayleigh & Wickford</a> in the <a href="/wiki/2010_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="2010 United Kingdom general election">2010 general election</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-UKP_9-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-UKP-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Francois won with a majority of 22,338 votes, 42.7%, receiving 57.8% of all the votes cast.<sup id="cite_ref-electoralcalculus2010_29-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-electoralcalculus2010-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>When the Conservatives and <a href="/wiki/Liberal_Democrats_(UK)" title="Liberal Democrats (UK)">Liberal Democrats</a> joined in <a href="/wiki/Cameron%E2%80%93Clegg_coalition" title="Cameron–Clegg coalition">a coalition government</a> following the <a href="/wiki/2010_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="2010 United Kingdom general election">2010 general election</a>, he was appointed <a href="/wiki/Vice-Chamberlain_of_the_Household" title="Vice-Chamberlain of the Household">Vice-Chamberlain of the Household</a>, a <a href="/wiki/Sinecure" title="Sinecure">sinecure</a> given to a Government Whip that entails being kept as 'captive' at Buckingham Palace when the Queen <a href="/wiki/State_Opening_of_Parliament" title="State Opening of Parliament">opens Parliament</a>. He joined the <a href="/wiki/Privy_Council_of_the_United_Kingdom" class="mw-redirect" title="Privy Council of the United Kingdom">Privy Council</a> on 9 June 2010.<sup id="cite_ref-pc-9june2010_31-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-pc-9june2010-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2011, he was a member of the special Select Committee set up to scrutinise the Bill that became the <a href="/wiki/Armed_Forces_Act_2011" title="Armed Forces Act 2011">Armed Forces Act 2011</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>He was appointed <a href="/wiki/Minister_of_State" title="Minister of State">Minister of State</a> for Defence Personnel, Welfare and Veterans in the <a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Defence_(United_Kingdom)" title="Ministry of Defence (United Kingdom)">Ministry of Defence</a> in September 2012. From October 2013 to May 2015, he was Minister of State with responsibility for the armed forces, cyber activity, and force generation.<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>At the <a href="/wiki/2015_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="2015 United Kingdom general election">2015 general election</a>, Francois was re-elected as the MP for Rayleigh and Wickford with a reduced majority of 17,230 votes.<sup id="cite_ref-electoralcalculus_34-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-electoralcalculus-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Following the election, he became Minister of State for Communities and Resilience and <a href="/wiki/Minister_for_Portsmouth" title="Minister for Portsmouth">Minister for Portsmouth</a> at the <a href="/wiki/Department_for_Communities_and_Local_Government" class="mw-redirect" title="Department for Communities and Local Government">Department for Communities and Local Government</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-auto_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Francois left the government after <a href="/wiki/Theresa_May" title="Theresa May">Theresa May</a> was appointed prime minister, but she appointed him to conduct a review into the use of reserves in the Army.<sup id="cite_ref-review_35-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-review-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>At the <a href="/wiki/2017_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="2017 United Kingdom general election">2017 general election</a>, Francois was re-elected as the MP for Rayleigh and Wickford with an increased majority of 23,450 votes.<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Since September 2017, Francois has sat on the <a href="/wiki/Defence_Select_Committee" title="Defence Select Committee">Defence Select Committee</a> and is a former member of the Administration Committee, the Committee of Selection, Defence Committee and Environmental Audit Committee.<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He is a vice-president of Conservative Friends of Poland.<sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In September 2019, <a href="/wiki/Essex_Police" title="Essex Police">Essex Police</a> issued clarification on Francois' status, when he joined one of their patrols in a <a href="/wiki/Rayleigh,_Essex" title="Rayleigh, Essex">Rayleigh, Essex</a> <a href="/wiki/Wetherspoons" title="Wetherspoons">Wetherspoons</a> pub in his capacity as the local <a href="/wiki/Member_of_parliament" title="Member of parliament">MP</a>. He appeared to be dressed as a uniformed police officer, including wearing a police issue <a href="/wiki/Stable_on_the_Strand" title="Stable on the Strand">stab vest</a>. Essex Police said that they had wrongly issued the jacket to the MP and confirmed that Francois is not employed by them. They used the statement to add that they are however currently recruiting.<sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2019, Francois became one of the 28 so called Tory "Brexit Spartans" who voted against Theresa May's Brexit deal all three times it was put to the House of Commons.<sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>At the <a href="/wiki/2019_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="2019 United Kingdom general election">2019 general election</a>, Francois was re-elected with an increased majority of exactly 31,000<sup id="cite_ref-Rayleigh_&_Wickford_42-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Rayleigh_&_Wickford-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and achieved 72.6% of the vote.<sup id="cite_ref-Rayleigh_&_Wickford_42-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Rayleigh_&_Wickford-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In January 2020, he launched a crowdfunding bid with the StandUp4Brexit group to raise money for <a href="/wiki/Big_Ben" title="Big Ben">Big Ben</a> to chime upon the UK's departure from the EU.<sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 3 March 2020, Francois was announced as chair of the ERG, succeeding <a href="/wiki/Steve_Baker_(politician)" title="Steve Baker (politician)">Steve Baker</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In this capacity he wrote to <a href="/wiki/Michel_Barnier" title="Michel Barnier">Michel Barnier</a>, head of the task force negotiating the post-Brexit relationship between the UK and the EU, a letter titled "A Missive from a Free Country".<sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Barnier replied in an open letter.<sup id="cite_ref-47" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-48" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In December 2021, Francois called on <a href="/wiki/Secretary_of_State_for_Northern_Ireland" title="Secretary of State for Northern Ireland">Secretary of State for Northern Ireland</a> <a href="/wiki/Brandon_Lewis" title="Brandon Lewis">Brandon Lewis</a> to resign for failing to come through with promised legislation related to veterans.<sup id="cite_ref-49" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In November 2022, Labour MP <a href="/wiki/Sarah_Owen" title="Sarah Owen">Sarah Owen</a> criticised Francois for using an "outdated and crass racial slur" in the House of Commons when he referred to Japanese people as "<a href="/wiki/Jap" title="Jap">Japs</a>". Francois used the term when asking a question on defence, saying: "Given the defence budget is likely to come under great pressure, why does it take <a href="/wiki/BAE_Systems" title="BAE Systems">BAE Systems</a> eleven years to build a ship the Japs can build in four?"<sup id="cite_ref-bbc.co.uk_50-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bbc.co.uk-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Francois later said he was complimenting the Japanese shipbuilding industry and used "Japs" as an abbreviation for Japanese.<sup id="cite_ref-bbc.co.uk_50-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bbc.co.uk-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Francois was again re-elected at the <a href="/wiki/2024_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="2024 United Kingdom general election">2024 general election</a>, with a decreased vote share of 37% and a decreased majority of 5,621.<sup id="cite_ref-51" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-52" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Personal_life">Personal life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mark_Francois&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Personal life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Francois married Karen Thomas at <a href="/wiki/Langdon_Hills" title="Langdon Hills">Langdon Hills</a>, Basildon, in June 2000. They divorced in 2006.<sup id="cite_ref-UKWW_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-UKWW-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 11 June 2022, Francois married Olivia Sanders, a <a href="/wiki/Radiographer" title="Radiographer">NHS radiographer</a>, borough councillor, and former Conservative Mayor of <a href="/wiki/Brentwood,_Essex" title="Brentwood, Essex">Brentwood</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-53" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-54" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mark_Francois&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/mark-francois-racial-slur-japan-kemi-badenoch-b2641881.html">"Tory MP Mark Francois who used 'racial slur' made shadow defence minister"</a>. <i>The Independent</i>. 5 November 2024<span class="reference-accessdate">. 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</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#0087DC; color:white;;width:1%">North East England</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Matt_Vickers" title="Matt Vickers">Matt Vickers</a></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#0087DC; color:white;;width:1%">North West England</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Aphra_Brandreth" title="Aphra Brandreth">Aphra Brandreth</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Esther_McVey" title="Esther McVey">Esther McVey</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Andrew_Snowden" title="Andrew Snowden">Andrew Snowden</a></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#0087DC; color:white;;width:1%">Yorkshire and the Humber</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/David_Davis_(British_politician)" title="David Davis (British politician)">David Davis</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Charlie_Dewhirst" title="Charlie Dewhirst">Charlie Dewhirst</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Kevin_Hollinrake" title="Kevin Hollinrake">Kevin Hollinrake</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Robbie_Moore_(politician)" title="Robbie Moore (politician)">Robbie Moore</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Alec_Shelbrooke" title="Alec Shelbrooke">Alec Shelbrooke</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Julian_Smith_(politician)" title="Julian Smith (politician)">Julian Smith</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Graham_Stuart_(politician)" title="Graham Stuart (politician)">Graham Stuart</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Rishi_Sunak" title="Rishi Sunak">Rishi Sunak</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Martin_Vickers" title="Martin Vickers">Martin Vickers</a></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#0087DC; color:white;;width:1%">East Midlands</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Stuart_Andrew" title="Stuart Andrew">Stuart Andrew</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Edward_Argar" title="Edward Argar">Edward Argar</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Victoria_Atkins" title="Victoria Atkins">Victoria Atkins</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Peter_Bedford_(politician)" title="Peter Bedford (politician)">Peter Bedford</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Sarah_Bool" title="Sarah Bool">Sarah Bool</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Alberto_Costa_(British_politician)" title="Alberto Costa (British politician)">Alberto Costa</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Gareth_Davies_(English_politician)" title="Gareth Davies (English politician)">Gareth Davies</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Luke_Evans_(politician)" title="Luke Evans (politician)">Luke Evans</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/John_Hayes_(British_politician)" title="John Hayes (British politician)">John Hayes</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Robert_Jenrick" title="Robert Jenrick">Robert Jenrick</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Caroline_Johnson" title="Caroline Johnson">Caroline Johnson</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Alicia_Kearns" title="Alicia Kearns">Alicia Kearns</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Edward_Leigh" title="Edward Leigh">Edward Leigh</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Neil_O%27Brien" title="Neil O'Brien">Neil O'Brien</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Shivani_Raja" title="Shivani Raja">Shivani Raja</a></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#0087DC; color:white;;width:1%">West Midlands</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Stuart_Anderson_(politician)" title="Stuart Anderson (politician)">Stuart Anderson</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Harriett_Baldwin" title="Harriett Baldwin">Harriett Baldwin</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Saqib_Bhatti" title="Saqib Bhatti">Saqib Bhatti</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Karen_Bradley" title="Karen Bradley">Karen Bradley</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Mark_Garnier" title="Mark Garnier">Mark Garnier</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Nigel_Huddleston" title="Nigel Huddleston">Nigel Huddleston</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Andrew_Mitchell" title="Andrew Mitchell">Andrew Mitchell</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Wendy_Morton" title="Wendy Morton">Wendy Morton</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Jesse_Norman" title="Jesse Norman">Jesse Norman</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Mark_Pritchard_(politician)" title="Mark Pritchard (politician)">Mark Pritchard</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Neil_Shastri-Hurst" title="Neil Shastri-Hurst">Neil Shastri-Hurst</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Bradley_Thomas_(British_politician)" title="Bradley Thomas (British politician)">Bradley Thomas</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Gavin_Williamson" title="Gavin Williamson">Gavin Williamson</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Mike_Wood_(Conservative_politician)" title="Mike Wood (Conservative politician)">Mike Wood</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Jeremy_Wright" title="Jeremy Wright">Jeremy Wright</a></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#0087DC; color:white;;width:1%">East of England</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Kemi_Badenoch" title="Kemi Badenoch">Kemi Badenoch</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Steve_Barclay" title="Steve Barclay">Steve Barclay</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Alex_Burghart" title="Alex Burghart">Alex Burghart</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/James_Cartlidge" title="James Cartlidge">James Cartlidge</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/James_Cleverly" title="James Cleverly">James Cleverly</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Lewis_Cocking" title="Lewis Cocking">Lewis Cocking</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Oliver_Dowden" title="Oliver Dowden">Oliver Dowden</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Mark Francois</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/George_Freeman_(politician)" title="George Freeman (politician)">George Freeman</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Richard_Fuller_(Conservative_politician)" title="Richard Fuller (Conservative politician)">Richard Fuller</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Rebecca_Harris" title="Rebecca Harris">Rebecca Harris</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Richard_Holden_(British_politician)" title="Richard Holden (British politician)">Richard Holden</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Neil_Hudson_(politician)" title="Neil Hudson (politician)">Neil Hudson</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Bernard_Jenkin" title="Bernard Jenkin">Bernard Jenkin</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Jerome_Mayhew" title="Jerome Mayhew">Jerome Mayhew</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Gagan_Mohindra" title="Gagan Mohindra">Gagan Mohindra</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Ben_Obese-Jecty" title="Ben Obese-Jecty">Ben Obese-Jecty</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Priti_Patel" title="Priti Patel">Priti Patel</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Patrick_Spencer" title="Patrick Spencer">Patrick Spencer</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Blake_Stephenson" title="Blake Stephenson">Blake Stephenson</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Nick_Timothy" title="Nick Timothy">Nick Timothy</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/John_Whittingdale" title="John Whittingdale">John Whittingdale</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/James_Wild_(politician)" title="James Wild (politician)">James Wild</a></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#0087DC; color:white;;width:1%">London</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Gareth_Bacon" title="Gareth Bacon">Gareth Bacon</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Bob_Blackman" title="Bob Blackman">Bob Blackman</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Iain_Duncan_Smith" title="Iain Duncan Smith">Iain Duncan Smith</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Peter_Fortune" title="Peter Fortune">Peter Fortune</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Louie_French" title="Louie French">Louie French</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Julia_Lopez_(politician)" title="Julia Lopez (politician)">Julia Lopez</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Chris_Philp" title="Chris Philp">Chris Philp</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Andrew_Rosindell" title="Andrew Rosindell">Andrew Rosindell</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/David_Simmonds" title="David Simmonds">David Simmonds</a></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#0087DC; color:white;;width:1%">South East England</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Suella_Braverman" title="Suella Braverman">Suella Braverman</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Claire_Coutinho" title="Claire Coutinho">Claire Coutinho</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Mims_Davies" title="Mims Davies">Mims Davies</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Caroline_Dinenage" title="Caroline Dinenage">Caroline Dinenage</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Roger_Gale" title="Roger Gale">Roger Gale</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Nus_Ghani" title="Nus Ghani">Nus Ghani</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Helen_Grant_(politician)" title="Helen Grant (politician)">Helen Grant</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Andrew_Griffith" title="Andrew Griffith">Andrew Griffith</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Alison_Griffiths_(politician)" title="Alison Griffiths (politician)">Alison Griffiths</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Damian_Hinds" title="Damian Hinds">Damian Hinds</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Paul_Holmes_(Conservative_politician)" title="Paul Holmes (Conservative politician)">Paul Holmes</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Jeremy_Hunt" title="Jeremy Hunt">Jeremy Hunt</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Lincoln_Jopp" title="Lincoln Jopp">Lincoln Jopp</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Katie_Lam" title="Katie Lam">Katie Lam</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Julian_Lewis" title="Julian Lewis">Julian Lewis</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Alan_Mak_(politician)" title="Alan Mak (politician)">Alan Mak</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Kit_Malthouse" title="Kit Malthouse">Kit Malthouse</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Joy_Morrissey" title="Joy Morrissey">Joy Morrissey</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Kieran_Mullan" title="Kieran Mullan">Kieran Mullan</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a 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