1. Michael Tomlinson previously served as Solicitor General for England and Wales from September 2022 to December 2023 and Vice-Chamberlain of the Household from July to September 2022.
22 Facts About Michael Tomlinson
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Michael Tomlinson was born in Wokingham, Berkshire on 1 October 1977 and attended Hereford Cathedral School, a private school in Hereford.
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Michael Tomlinson studied history at King's College London before obtaining a Postgraduate Diploma in Law at the College of Law.
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Michael Tomlinson worked as a door tenant at 3 Paper Buildings specialising in commercial, contract, and personal injury law.
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Michael Tomlinson was appointed to the Attorney General's Civil Panel Counsel in 2007 and served till 2012.
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Michael Tomlinson was selected as the Conservative candidate for Mid Dorset and North Poole in March 2013.
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Michael Tomlinson had previously been the campaign manager for the constituency in the 2010 general election.
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Michael Tomlinson was elected at the 2015 general election with 23,639 votes, a majority of 10,530.
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Michael Tomlinson made his maiden speech on 22 June 2015 during a debate on the Education and Adoption Bill.
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Michael Tomlinson supported Brexit in the 2016 Brexit referendum as he felt that it would restore the country's sovereignty.
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Michael Tomlinson was a member of the European Scrutiny Committee between November 2016 and May 2017 and then again between October 2017 and November 2019.
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Michael Tomlinson was the deputy chair of the European Research Group between 2016 and 2018.
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Michael Tomlinson was appointed Parliamentary Private Secretary at the Department of International Development in July 2017 and was promoted to PPS to the Secretary of State, Penny Mordaunt, in January 2018.
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Michael Tomlinson was appointed PPS to Dominic Raab, Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union on 13 November 2018.
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Michael Tomlinson wrote an article in The Daily Telegraph on 16 November 2018, in which he expressed reservations about the then Prime Minister Theresa May's Brexit deal.
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In February 2020, Michael Tomlinson was appointed a Lord Commissioner of the Treasury and then became Vice-Chamberlain of the Household in July 2022.
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On 7 December 2023, Michael Tomlinson was appointed as the Minister of State for Illegal Migration.
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Michael Tomlinson was sworn of the Privy Council on 21 February 2024, entitling him to the style The Right Honourable for life.
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Michael Tomlinson was defeated by Vikki Slade at her fourth attempt in 2024.
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Michael Tomlinson is married to Frances Mynors and they have three children.
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Michael Tomlinson is the daughter of Sir Richard Mynors, 2nd Baronet of Treago Castle in Herefordshire.
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Michael Tomlinson has two sisters and had one younger brother, Edward, who died in 2006 at the age of 24 of carbon monoxide poisoning while on a gap year in Beirut, Lebanon.