17 Facts About Mark Menzies

Mark Andrew Menzies was born on 18 May 1971 and is a British politician who served as Member of Parliament for Fylde in Lancashire from 2010 to 2024.

Mark Menzies denied the allegations and said he complied with all the rules about funding declarations.

Mark Menzies grew up in Ardrossan, Ayrshire, raised by his mother after his Merchant Navy father died a month before he was born.

Mark Menzies stood as a Conservative candidate for the safe Labour seat of Glasgow Govan in the 2001 general election, where he came fourth.

Mark Menzies was added to David Cameron's "A-List" in 2006, and Menzies was selected for the safe conservative seat of Fylde in November 2008.

Mark Menzies was elected as the MP for Fylde in Lancashire at the 2010 general election, succeeding Michael Jack and retaining the seat for the Conservatives, gaining 22,826 votes and 13,185 majority.

Mark Menzies has been involved in the advocacy of several issues in relation to his Fylde constituency.

Mark Menzies raised Governmental awareness of this issue and called for urgent action to avoid a repeat of the 2004 Morecambe Bay cockling disaster.

Mark Menzies succeeded in implementing a temporary ban pending further emergency by-laws.

Mark Menzies was the parliamentary private secretary to Charles Hendry, Minister of State for Energy and Climate Change, before both were removed in the 2012 British cabinet reshuffle.

Mark Menzies campaigned for the liberalisation of Sunday Trading legislation.

Mark Menzies brought forward a Bill which sought to allow local authorities to vary Sunday trading restrictions in their jurisdiction contemporaneously to large national events.

In line with Mark Menzies' interest in defence, he is a member of the Armed Forces Parliamentary Scheme.

Mark Menzies was a member of the Scottish Affairs Select Committee for a time in 2010 before his appointment as a Parliamentary Private Secretary.

Mark Menzies was opposed to Brexit prior to the 2016 EU membership referendum.

In 2017 it was reported that Mark Menzies had been questioned by police over allegations he fed alcohol to a dog and had a brawl with a friend.

Mark Menzies said his friend had attacked him and stated that the police had dropped their investigation after he showed them pictures of his friend plying the dog with alcoholic drinks.