1. Natalie Cecilia Elphicke is a former British politician and finance lawyer.
28 Facts About Natalie Elphicke
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Natalie Elphicke was elected as a member of the Conservative Party during the 2019 general election as Member of Parliament for Dover.
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Natalie Elphicke defected to the Labour Party on 8 May 2024, shortly before standing down at the 2024 general election.
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Natalie Elphicke Cecilia Ross was born in Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire, on 5 November 1970, and grew up in social housing.
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Natalie Elphicke then studied law at the University of Kent in Canterbury, gaining an LLB degree.
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Natalie Elphicke was called to the Bar at Lincoln's Inn in 1994 on a Hardwicke Scholarship, and admitted as a solicitor in 1999.
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Natalie Elphicke worked as a lawyer for the Inland Revenue from 1995 to 1997.
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Natalie Elphicke was the author of the 2010 report Housing People; Financing Housing for the conservative think-tank Policy Exchange.
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Natalie Elphicke led the Conservative Policy Forum when it was launched in 2011.
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Natalie Elphicke worked for Stephenson Harwood, becoming a partner in their banking practice.
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Natalie Elphicke left in 2013 to found Million Homes, Million Lives, with Calum Mercer, a former finance director at Circle Housing.
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Natalie Elphicke was a non-executive director of the Student Loans Company, and chair of its Audit and Risk Committee.
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Natalie Elphicke was an independent member of the Audit and Risk Committee at the Department for Education.
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Natalie Elphicke co-authored with Keith House a review into the role of local authorities in providing housing.
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Natalie Elphicke was selected as the Conservative candidate for the Dover constituency on 8 November 2019.
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Natalie Elphicke had previously narrowly lost out to Matt Hancock for selection as the candidate for West Suffolk prior to the 2010 general election.
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Natalie Elphicke was elected as the MP for the seat at the 2019 general election with a majority of 12,278.
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In February 2020, Natalie Elphicke was appointed as a Parliamentary Private Secretary at the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government.
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Natalie Elphicke was heckled by some protestors who blamed her party for laws that allowed the sackings to take place which she called "nonsense".
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In 2023, Natalie Elphicke was appointed the Chair of the APPG for Blockchain Technology.
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On 8 May 2024, Natalie Elphicke defected to the Labour Party in reaction to what she described as the "broken promises of Rishi Sunak's tired and chaotic government".
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Natalie Elphicke crossed the floor moments before that day's Prime Minister's Questions.
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Natalie Elphicke was the third Conservative MP to cross the floor to Labour during that parliament, following Dan Poulter eleven days prior and Christian Wakeford in 2022.
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Natalie Elphicke's defection was regarded as a shock by the BBC political editor Chris Mason due to her right-wing views.
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On 12 May, Natalie Elphicke was accused of lobbying Robert Buckland, the Secretary of State for Justice, in 2020, over her then-husband's court case.
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Natalie Elphicke married Charlie Elphicke in 1995; he is the former Conservative Party MP for Dover.
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Natalie Elphicke was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire in the 2015 Queen's Birthday Honours for services to housing, in her role as Chair of Million Homes, Million Lives.
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Natalie Elphicke is a Freeman of the City of London.