17 Facts About Flick Drummond

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Felicia Jane "Flick" Beatrix Drummond was born on 16 June 1962 and is a British Conservative Party politician.

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Flick Drummond has been the Member of Parliament for Meon Valley since 2019, having previously represented Portsmouth South from 2015 to 2017.

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Flick Drummond campaigned to remain in the European Union in the 2016 Referendum.

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Flick Drummond stated in 2016 that the referendum result diminished and would lessen Britain's influence in Europe.

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Flick Drummond was defeated in a further marginal result at the 2017 general election, one of thirty net gains by the opposing Labour Party.

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In October 2018, Flick Drummond was elected Voluntary Director of the Conservative Policy Forum by the National Conservative Convention.

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In November 2019, Flick Drummond was selected as the prospective parliamentary candidate for the safe Conservative seat of Meon Valley, in Eastern Hampshire.

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Flick Drummond returned to Parliament at the December 2019 general election after the incumbent George Hollingbery retired.

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Flick Drummond then stood down as the Conservative candidate to become the Hampshire Police and crime commissioner in the 2020 England and Wales police and crime commissioner elections.

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Between February and September 2020 Flick Drummond served as Parliamentary Private Secretary to Anne-Marie Trevelyan as Secretary of State for International Development before becoming PPS to Therese Coffey at the Department for Work and Pensions.

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Since January 2021, Flick Drummond has served as one of two vice-chairwomen of the Conservative European Forum, which replaced the Conservative Group for Europe.

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In October 2022, Flick Drummond was appointed to the Commons Public Accounts Committee and the Education Select Committee.

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Flick Drummond's opponent was Home Secretary and Fareham MP Suella Braverman who won the vote by 77 votes to 54.

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Flick Drummond is currently Chair of APPGs on Wine of Great Britain, Women and Work, and Women, Peace and Security.

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Flick Drummond is particularly interested in education policy and foreign affairs, in particular the Middle East.

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Flick Drummond is a graduate of the Royal College of Defence Studies and has completed two terms on the Armed Forces Parliamentary Scheme.

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Flick Drummond has served as Chair of Governors at Milton Park Primary School and a trustee of Salterns Academy Trust in Portsmouth.