Pauline Latham was a Conservative member of Derbyshire County Council from 1987 to 1993, and was a Derby City Councillor from 1992 to 1996 and from 1998 to 2010.
12 Facts About Pauline Latham
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Pauline Latham was a governor of Ecclesbourne School for 12 years.
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Pauline Latham was a candidate for Broxtowe at the 2001 general election, and stood as a European candidate in 1999 and 2004 for the East Midlands.
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Pauline Latham's name was added to the A-List of high priority Conservative candidates created by David Cameron, and she was selected as the candidate for Mid Derbyshire, a new constituency created as a result of changes proposed by the Boundary Commission for England.
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Pauline Latham voted for the United Kingdom to leave the European Union in the 2016 referendum.
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Pauline Latham is a member of the European Research Group.
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Pauline Latham voted for then Prime Minister Theresa May's Brexit withdrawal agreement on 29 March 2019.
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Pauline Latham supported Esther McVey in the 2019 Conservative Party leadership election.
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In February 2017, Pauline Latham said that other governments across Europe should be looking after refugee children from Calais in their jurisdictions, not Britain.
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Pauline Latham said that refugee children were not under threat of murder, that they were in safe countries, and other governments should deal with them.
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In March 2023, Pauline Latham announced she would stand down at the next general election.
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Pauline Latham has since campaigned for greater awareness of the condition.