17 Facts About Paul Masterton

Paul Masterton was born on 2 November 1985 and is a Scottish Conservative Party politician.

Paul Masterton was the Member of Parliament for East Renfrewshire from 2017 to 2019.

Paul Masterton attended Buckstone Primary School and George Watson's College.

Paul Masterton went on to graduate with a law degree from the University of Dundee in 2007.

In 2010, Paul Masterton became a newly qualified solicitor specialising in Pensions and long-term savings, continuing to work with McGrigors, latterly Pinsent Masons, for 9 years, until his election.

Paul Masterton received 21,496 votes, defeating the SNP's Kirsten Oswald by 4,712 votes.

In Parliament, Paul Masterton was the Co-chair of the All Party Parliamentary Groups on British Jews and Surgical Mesh, and Chair of the All Party Parliamentary Group on Democratic Participation.

Paul Masterton was an active member of a number of other APPGs including those on Surrogacy, Pensions, Equitable Life, Post Offices and Single Parents.

Between September 2018 and March 2019, Paul Masterton served as the Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Ministerial Team at the Home Office.

Paul Masterton resigned from this role on 13 March 2019 in order to vote against the Government and oppose the United Kingdom leaving the European Union without a deal on 31 March 2019.

Paul Masterton worked closely with the BMA and NHS Employers, successfully lobbying the Department for Health and Social Care, and the Treasury, to make changes to the Scheme and launch a review into the operation of the annual allowance taper.

On 12 December 2018, during Prime Minister's Questions, Paul Masterton raised the death of a 13-year-old constituent who committed suicide as a result of cyberbullying.

Paul Masterton continued to campaign on the issues of self-harm and suicide prevention in young people, and successfully campaigned for the inclusion of a statutory duty of care on technology companies in the Government's Online Harms White Paper.

Paul Masterton voted Remain in the 2016 EU Referendum and was a vocal supporter of securing a withdrawal agreement from the European Union.

In November 2017, Paul Masterton was listed by The Daily Telegraph as one of fifteen Tory "Brexit mutineers", within a week he had received an anonymous Christmas card describing him as a "traitor".

In line with his party's position, Paul Masterton was opposed to a second Scottish independence referendum.

Paul Masterton is no longer a member of the Scottish Conservative Party, and now works as a civil servant at the Ministry of Defence.