18 Facts About Tom Pursglove

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Thomas Christopher John Pursglove was born on 5 November 1988 and is a British politician serving as Minister of State for Disabled People, Health and Work.

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Tom Pursglove served as Minister of State for Immigration from September 2022 to October 2022.

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Tom Pursglove served as Minister of State for Crime and Policing from July 2022 to September.

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Tom Pursglove was educated at Sir Christopher Hatton School, a state comprehensive school in the market town of Wellingborough in Northamptonshire, where he grew up, and graduated from Queen Mary University of London in 2010 with a politics degree.

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In 2007, at the age of 18, Tom Pursglove became the youngest councillor in the country when he was elected for Croyland Ward on Wellingborough Borough Council.

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Tom Pursglove was re-elected in 2011, but did not stand again in 2015.

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Tom Pursglove was elected as a Member of Parliament for Corby in the 2015 general election with a majority of 2,412.

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Tom Pursglove won back for the Conservatives a seat that had been lost to Labour in a 2012 by-election after the former Conservative MP Louise Mensch stood down.

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In July 2016, following Theresa May's appointment as Prime Minister, Tom Pursglove was appointed as Parliamentary Private Secretary to Robert Goodwill, the Minister of State for Immigration at the Home Office.

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Tom Pursglove was re-elected at the 2017 general election with a slightly increased majority of 2,960 votes.

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In February 2018, following the announcement that Northamptonshire County Council had brought in a section 114 notice, putting it in special measures following a crisis in its finances, Tom Pursglove was one of seven local MPs who released a statement arguing that the problems with the authority were down to mismanagement from the Conservative councillors who led it rather than funding cuts from the Conservative Government.

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On 27 July 2018, following Ben Bradley's resignation over disagreements with the government's policy on Brexit, Tom Pursglove was selected to replace him as Vice Chairman of the Conservative Party for Youth.

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

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Tom Pursglove was one of the founders of Grassroots Out, an organisation which advocated United Kingdom withdrawal from the European Union.

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Tom Pursglove has expressed scepticism about human influence on climate change and advocated abolishing the Department of Energy and Climate Change.

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Tom Pursglove has questioned public spending on reducing carbon emissions in the UK on the grounds that countries like China produce more emissions and therefore needed to take more action.

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Between 2013 and 2016, Tom Pursglove was director, alongside Chris Heaton-Harris, of Together Against Wind, a lobbying company that helped move Government policy against favouring the installation of onshore wind power.

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In 2017, Tom Pursglove expressed opposition to the Hunting Act 2004 in a written response to constituents.