Jeremy John Elton Lefroy was born on 30 May 1959 and is a British Conservative Party politician.
13 Facts About Jeremy Lefroy
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Jeremy Lefroy was first elected as the Member of Parliament for the Stafford constituency in the 2010 general election and was re-elected in 2015 and 2017 before standing down ahead of the 2019 general election.
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Jeremy Lefroy was educated at Highgate School, an independent school in Highgate in North London.
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Jeremy Lefroy studied at King's College, Cambridge, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1980: as per tradition, his BA was promoted to a Master of Arts degree in 1984.
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Jeremy Lefroy founded and runs Equity for Africa, a charitable trust which seeks to alleviate poverty in a self-sustaining way by creating jobs through investing in small and medium-sized enterprises in Africa.
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Jeremy Lefroy was one of the three Conservative Councillors for the Westlands ward of Newcastle-under-Lyme Council.
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Jeremy Lefroy was the official Conservative Party candidate for Newcastle-under-Lyme at the 2005 general election, losing to the sitting Labour MP, Paul Farrelly.
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Jeremy Lefroy was first elected as MP for Stafford in 2010 with a majority of 5,460 and was re-elected in the 2015 general election with an increased majority of 9,177 votes.
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Jeremy Lefroy stepped down at the 2019 general election, having announced in June 2019 that he would not seek re-election.
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Jeremy Lefroy is a member of the 1922 Executive Committee.
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Jeremy Lefroy advocated a "Remain" vote for the 2016 EU referendum.
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Jeremy Lefroy has been married to Janet, a GP and lecturer at Keele University Medical School, since 1985.
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Jeremy Lefroy is a member of the Conservative Christian Fellowship.