1. Jamie Hamilton Wallis was born on 2 June 1984 and is a British Conservative Party politician who served as Member of Parliament for Bridgend in Wales from the 2019 general election until 2024, for only one parliamentary term.
21 Facts About Jamie Wallis
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Jamie Wallis has been convicted of several driving offences and his business dealings have come under scrutiny.
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Jamie Wallis was born in Bettws and attended St Robert's Catholic School in Aberkenfig, St Clare's School in Porthcawl and Brynteg School in Bridgend.
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Jamie Wallis then read chemistry at Christ Church, Oxford, graduating in 2006 with an upper second class degree.
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Jamie Wallis is one of the owners of a company called Fields Holdings Limited, the parent company of Action Direct Limited, a former claims management company of which Jamie Wallis was a director in 2011 when the Ministry of Justice banned it from taking on any further employment claims work, following an investigation into the company's conduct.
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In January 2020, after being elected to Parliament, Jamie Wallis threatened to take legal action against the council over the matter under the Freedom of Information Act.
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Jamie Wallis was a member of Pencoed town council, representing the Hendre ward, until 2018, when he was disqualified for non-attendance.
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Jamie Wallis later stated that he had resigned from the council by letter, but the council had not received the letter.
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Jamie Wallis said that his reason for resigning was that he had relocated to Cowbridge, where he joined the town council.
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An investigation by BuzzFeed in January 2020 found that Jamie Wallis had been a co-owner of a 'sugar daddy' dating website, "which offered students financial relationships with wealthy 'sponsors'".
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The Labour MP Jess Phillips called for Jamie Wallis to have the Conservative party whip removed.
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Since the 2019 election, Jamie Wallis has quit as director of at least seven companies.
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Jamie Wallis later called for party leader and prime minister Liz Truss to resign, citing her failure to challenge anti-transgender rhetoric in the election.
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In October 2023, Jamie Wallis stated that he would not seek re-election to the Bridgend constituency at the next general election, but may seek an alternative constituency outside Wales.
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At the time of the December 2019 general election, Jamie Wallis was married and had two daughters, then aged six and three.
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On 30 March 2022, Jamie Wallis came out as transgender, becoming the first openly transgender MP in the House of Commons.
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Jamie Wallis said an individual had outed him to his father and attempted to blackmail Wallis in April 2020; Wallis said the individual was prosecuted, pleaded guilty and was sentenced to 2 years and 9 months imprisonment.
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On 28 November 2021, Jamie Wallis was arrested on suspicion of driving while unfit after a car collided with a lamppost in Llanblethian, Vale of Glamorgan.
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On 11 July 2022 Jamie Wallis was found guilty of failing to stop and report an accident, leaving his car in a dangerous position, but cleared of driving without due care and attention.
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Jamie Wallis said he was frightened of a group of people who came to help him.
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Jamie Wallis was picked up by his father and fell asleep at home without reporting the crash to police.