21 Facts About Paul Bristow

Paul Bristow was born on 27 March 1979 and is a British politician who served as the Member of Parliament for Peterborough from 2019 until 2024, when he was defeated by the Labour candidate Andrew Pakes.

Paul Bristow's father Alan was a Conservative Party district councillor.

Paul Bristow grew up in Whittlesey in Cambridgeshire, where he had moved when he was five years old and attended Sir Harry Smith Community College.

Paul Bristow studied History and Politics at Lancaster University and previously worked as a parliamentary aide for former Conservative MP Richard Spring.

In 2006, Paul Bristow was elected to Hammersmith and Fulham Council as a councillor for Fulham Reach ward.

Paul Bristow was the director of the healthcare public relations consultancy PB Consulting which he had founded in 2010.

Paul Bristow resigned his directorship and handed over control of the firm to his wife in January 2020.

Paul Bristow has served as a member of the Health and Social Care Committee since November 2022 and had previously been part of the committee between March 2020 and May 2022.

Paul Bristow was appointed as a Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Nadine Dorries in February 2022.

In November 2021, Paul Bristow wrote an article in The Times calling for MPs to be banned from involvement in consultant lobbying.

Paul Bristow initially supported Grant Shapps in the July 2022 Conservative Party leadership election, after Shapps withdrew, Bristow endorsed Liz Truss.

In October 2022, following the resignation of Truss as Prime Minister, Paul Bristow announced that he would be supporting previous Prime Minister Boris Johnson in the subsequent leadership election.

On 24 May 2023, Paul Bristow was asked by the Speaker to leave the House of Commons, owing to his disruptive behaviour.

Paul Bristow was not formally ejected, though Hoyle had threatened to name him, should he not leave voluntarily.

Paul Bristow was dismissed as Parliamentary Private Secretary at the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology for his comments as they diverged from the government's position and "not consistent with the principles of collective responsibility".

In November 2024, Paul Bristow was selected as the Conservative Party candidate for the 2025 Cambridgeshire and Peterborough mayoral election.

Paul Bristow is a supporter of York City FC He is married and has two daughters.

Paul Bristow's wife Sara is a public relations consultant and was the managing director of Healthcomms Consulting from January 2020 to August 2022 and Politicomms Consulting from November 2020 until the company was dissolved in March 2022.

Paul Bristow resigned his directorship in January 2020, handing control to his wife.

Paul Bristow's sister-in-law Emma is a director of the public relations consultancy GK Strategy having been appointed in July 2023.

Paul Bristow requested the ban to avoid "any suggestion of hypocrisy" when campaigning about "speeding on residential streets" in Peterborough.