Anne Margaret Main was born on 17 May 1957 and is a Conservative Party politician who formerly served as the Member of Parliament for St Albans in Hertfordshire.
18 Facts About Anne Main
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Anne Main was elected at the general election of 2005, and was re-elected in 2010,2015 and 2017.
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Anne Main lost her seat to Daisy Cooper, a Liberal Democrat, at the 2019 general election.
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Anne Main was state-educated at the Bishop of Llandaff Church in Wales High School in Rookwood Close in Llandaff, Cardiff.
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Anne Main read English at Swansea University obtaining a BA Hons, where she met her first husband, Stephen.
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Anne Main then obtained a PGCE from the University of Sheffield.
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Anne Main moved to the London area, and taught English and drama at an inner London comprehensive school.
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Anne Main served as councillor for Beaconsfield South Ward on South Bucks District Council from 2001 to 2005.
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In November 2005, Anne Main endorsed David Cameron in the Conservative Party leadership election, after originally supporting his rival David Davis.
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Anne Main then increased her majority in 2015 to 12,732 votes, picking up some votes from the Liberal Democrats as part of the collapse of that party's support nationwide.
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Anne Main became Chair of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Bangladesh, and served on a number of Select Committees; in addition she became a member of the Panel of Chairs.
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At the 2016 EU Referendum, Anne Main campaigned for a "Leave" vote.
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Anne Main largely voted in accordance with her party, but opposed high-speed rail and same-sex marriage in the United Kingdom.
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Anne Main was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the 2020 Birthday Honours for public and parliamentary service.
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Anne Main commenced a career as a novelist after the end of her political career, and by August 2024 had published eleven novels about life in South Wales, UK set around the middle of the twentieth century.
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Anne Main was investigated by The Daily Telegraph in May 2009 for claiming a second home allowance and a council tax discount for an apartment for a constituency home, which was lived in full-time and rent-free by her daughter.
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Anne Main had argued the Fees Office had told her it was permissible for her daughter to share the second home.
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Anne Main married her first husband Stephen Tonks in 1978, and they had a son and two daughters.