18 Facts About Nicola Richards

Nicola Faye Richards was born on 19 December 1994 and is a British politician.

Nicola Richards was the Member of Parliament for West Bromwich East from 2019 to 2024.

Nicola Richards's constituency was abolished at the 2024 general election.

Nicola Richards was born on 19 December 1994 and grew up in Dudley.

Nicola Richards then worked in public relations for the Jewish Leadership Council, and the Holocaust Educational Trust.

Nicola Richards was elected as a Conservative councillor for Kingswinford North and Wall Heath on the Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council in 2015, and was re-elected in 2019.

Nicola Richards was the chair of the local Young Conservatives group and a vice-chair of the Dudley South Conservative Association.

Nicola Richards supported Brexit in the 2016 UK EU membership referendum and campaigned with Vote Leave.

Nicola Richards was a member of the Committee on the Future Relationship with the European Union from March 2020 to January 2021, the Women and Equalities Committee from March 2020 to November 2021 and the Education Select Committee from September 2021 to March 2022.

Nicola Richards served on the 1922 Committee between November 2020 and September 2021.

Nicola Richards was a Parliamentary Private Secretary in the Department of Transport between September 2021 and July 2022.

Nicola Richards resigned as PPS on 5 July 2022 in protest against Prime Minister Boris Johnson's leadership over his handling of the Chris Pincher scandal.

Nicola Richards endorsed Penny Mordaunt during the July 2022 Conservative Party leadership election.

Nicola Richards became co-Chair of the All-Party Parliamentary Group Against Antisemitism in December 2022.

In May 2024, it was confirmed that Nicola Richards had been shortlisted to be the Conservative prospective parliamentary candidate for Solihull West and Shirley; she later lost the selection vote, coming second to Dr Neil Shastri-Hurst.

Nicola Richards continues to serve as Vice Chair of the International Young Democrat Union, a global alliance of centre-right political youth organisations.

Nicola Richards married Jon Smith at St Mary and St Bartholomew Church, in Hampton in Arden, near Solihull, in December 2022.

Nicola Richards was a trustee of the Albion Foundation, the charity arm of the football club West Bromwich Albion until 2024.