Robert Largan was born on 29 May 1987 and is a British Conservative Party politician, who was elected as the Member of Parliament for High Peak at the 2019 general election.
28 Facts About Robert Largan
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Robert Largan has been serving as Assistant Government Whip since October 2022.
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Robert Largan's father came from a large Irish Catholic family in Salford and had a variety of occupations, including a Shabbos goy, plasterer, postman, and trade union shop steward.
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Robert Largan's mother left school with no qualifications, caring for her younger sisters following the death of her father, and later worked in the Department of Social Security.
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Robert Largan attended his local comprehensive, Philips High School, then studied economics and politics at the University of Manchester between 2005 and 2008.
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Robert Largan later moved to London, where he trained as a chartered accountant and was hired by Deloitte in 2012, working in equity capital markets until 2017.
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Robert Largan began his political career with the Conservative Party in 2014, gaining a seat as a local councillor for Sands End in Hammersmith and Fulham London Borough Council.
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Robert Largan worked as a Parliamentary Assistant for Greg Hands.
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Robert Largan unsuccessfully contested the Bury South constituency for the Conservatives at the June 2017 general election.
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In 2018, Robert Largan unsuccessfully stood for selection in Crewe and Nantwich, before eventually being selected as the Conservative Parliamentary candidate for High Peak in October 2018.
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On 2 March 2020, Robert Largan was elected to serve on the Transport Select Committee to scrutinise the Department for Transport.
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Robert Largan gave his maiden speech on 23 March 2020, during an emergency debate on the Coronavirus Bill which introduced a range of new powers to tackle the Covid-19 pandemic.
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Robert Largan used the speech to call on the Government to urgently provide more support to the self-employed.
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In December 2021, Robert Largan was elected as the chair for the All-Party Parliamentary Group for Mining and Quarrying.
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Robert Largan is a member of the Events; Personal Banking and Fairer Financial Services; and Rare, Genetic and Undiagnosed Conditions all-party parliamentary groups.
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Robert Largan is a member of the One Nation Caucus of Conservative MPs.
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In December 2019, Robert Largan voted for the Withdrawal Agreement which allowed the UK to leave the EU on 31 January 2020.
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In September 2020, Robert Largan voted for the Internal Markets Bill, although he expressed concerns about the impact on the Belfast Agreement.
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Robert Largan voted in favour of the Trade and Cooperation Agreement between the UK and the EU in December 2020.
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Robert Largan has campaigned strongly against antisemitism and has pushed for organisations to adopt the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance definition of antisemitism.
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Robert Largan is a parliamentary officer of the Conservative Friends of Israel.
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In 2019, CFoI paid for Robert Largan to visit Israel and the West Bank on a fact finding political delegation.
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Robert Largan is a member of the Conservative Environmental Network and is a keen advocate for environmental and conservation causes.
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Robert Largan voted in favour of the amendment, put forward by crossbench peer Arthur Wellesley, the Duke of Wellington, which would put a legal duty on water companies to prevent untreated sewage being released into rivers and waterways.
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In July 2021, Robert Largan successfully brought an extension to the now paused controversial Clean Air Zone, to include all roads into Mottram and Hollingworth.
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In September 2021, Robert Largan raised the issue of increasing access to face-to-face GP services at Prime Minister's Questions, citing cancer diagnosis as a key concern.
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In January 2023, Robert Largan came under fire by charity CPRE [33].
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Robert Largan is the first High Peak Member of Parliament to live in Glossop since 1929.