Harriett Mary Morison Baldwin is a British Conservative Party politician serving as Member of Parliament for West Worcestershire since 2010.
21 Facts About Harriett Baldwin
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In 2022, Harriett Baldwin was elected Chair of the Treasury Select Committee.
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Harriett Baldwin Mary Morison Eggleston was born on 2 May 1960 in Watford, Hertfordshire to Anthony Francis Eggleston and Jane Morison Buxton.
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Harriett Baldwin's father was a former headmaster of the private Felsted School in Essex and the Campion School in Athens.
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Harriett Baldwin's childhood was spent in Cyprus and in the village of Felsted.
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Harriett Baldwin studied French and Russian at Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford.
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Harriett Baldwin obtained an MBA from McGill University in Montreal, Canada.
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Harriett Baldwin joined the investment bank JPMorgan Chase in 1986, becoming managing director and head of currency management at their London office in 1998.
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Harriett Baldwin later became a pension fund manager at the bank before leaving in 2008.
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Harriett Baldwin served as vice-chair of Social Investment Business between 2008 and 2012.
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At the 2005 general election, Harriett Baldwin contested the Stockton North constituency.
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Harriett Baldwin came second to incumbent Labour Party MP Frank Cook.
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Harriett Baldwin was a member of the UK's delegation to the NATO Parliamentary Assembly.
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In February 2014, Harriett Baldwin became an assistant government whip and in the government reshuffle in July, she was promoted to the role of Government Whip, Lord Commissioner of HM Treasury.
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Harriett Baldwin was appointed as the Prime Minister's Trade Envoy to Russia.
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Harriett Baldwin supported the UK remaining within the EU in the 2016 membership referendum.
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In July 2016, Harriett Baldwin was appointed as the Parliamentary Under-Secretary and the Minister for Defence Procurement at the Ministry of Defence as part of the Government reshuffle by new Prime Minister Theresa May.
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Harriett Baldwin was Minister of State for Africa and International Development between January 2018 and July 2019.
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Harriett Baldwin has been a member of the Treasury Select Committee since March 2020 and was elected its chair in 2022.
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Harriett Baldwin is a steering committee member of the lockdown-sceptic COVID Recovery Group, a group of Conservative MPs who opposed the UK government's December 2020 lockdown.
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Harriett Baldwin supported Penny Mordaunt in the October 2022 Conservative Party leadership election.