16 Facts About Ben Everitt

Benjamin William Everitt was born on 22 November 1979 and is a British Conservative Party politician who served as the Member of Parliament for Milton Keynes North from 2019 to 2024.

Ben Everitt attended The King's School in Grantham, and then Durham University, where he obtained a BSc.

Ben Everitt worked as a management consultant for Deloitte from 2009 to 2012.

Ben Everitt was latterly head of strategy for the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales from 2012 to 2020.

At the 2015 local elections, Ben Everitt was elected to Aylesbury Vale District Council, representing Great Brickhill and Newton Longville ward for the Conservatives.

Ben Everitt was elected as the MP for the marginal Milton Keynes North constituency at the 2019 general election, succeeding the former Conservative MP Mark Lancaster.

In 2020, Aylesbury Vale became part of the newly created Buckinghamshire Council, with Ben Everitt serving as a councillor on the new unitary authority until the inaugural elections in May 2021.

In 2020, Ben Everitt became chairman of the All-Party Parliamentary Group for Housing Market and Housing Delivery.

Ben Everitt became chair of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Connected and Automated Mobility with his Milton Keynes North constituency being home to numerous automated mobility trials including driverless cars.

Ben Everitt campaigned for a new hospital in Milton Keynes, alongside fellow Conservative MP Iain Stewart, who represents Milton Keynes South, but was unable to persuade the government to approve the project.

In November 2020, Ben Everitt was one of more than 50 MPs who signed a letter calling on a proposed pay rise for MPs to be scrapped due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Ben Everitt has called on the Chancellor, Rishi Sunak, to extend the Stamp Duty holiday which had been put in place to support movers and the housing market during the pandemic.

Ben Everitt was criticised by opponents during the 2019 election campaign for allegedly staging a photo of himself picking up litter in the car park of the Conservative Club in Bletchley.

Ben Everitt attracted media attention in 2021 as a result of an investigation into his second home expenses by the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority following a complaint by a constituent as a result of official statistics showing that Ben Everitt was among the top ten claimants of second home expenses out of 650 MPs despite his constituency being within a short commute of London.

Ben Everitt married Emma Skinner in 2006; the couple have a son and two daughters.

Ben Everitt lists his recreations as "family, watching Rugby, drinking beer", and is a member of the United and Cecil Club.