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[[John Penrose]] has been the Conservative MP for Weston-Super-Mare since 2005. In the 2015 general election, Penrose was re-elected with a majority of 15,609. <ref> [http://www.thewestonmercury.co.uk/news/election/election_john_penrose_wins_weston_seat_watch_his_victory_sp Election: John Penrose wins Weston seat – watch his victory speech] ''Weston, Worle & Somerset Mercury'', 8 May 2015, accessed 18 May 2015 </ref>  
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'''John Penrose''' has been the [[Conservative Party]] MP for Weston-Super-Mare since 2005. In the 2015 general election, Penrose was re-elected with a majority of 15,609. <ref> [http://www.thewestonmercury.co.uk/news/election/election_john_penrose_wins_weston_seat_watch_his_victory_sp Election: John Penrose wins Weston seat – watch his victory speech] ''Weston, Worle & Somerset Mercury'', 8 May 2015, accessed 18 May 2015 </ref>  
  
Penrose was a Parliamentary Under-Secretary ([[Department for Culture, Media and Sport]]) from 2010 to 2012. He was appointed an Assistant Whip (HM Treasury) in 2013.<ref>[http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/commons/John-Penrose/1584 John Penrose], www.parliament.uk, accessed 8 October 2013.</ref>
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Penrose was a parliamentary under-secretary ([[Department for Culture, Media and Sport]]) from 2010 to 2012. He was appointed an assistant whip (HM Treasury) in 2013.<ref>[http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/commons/John-Penrose/1584 John Penrose], www.parliament.uk, accessed 8 October 2013.</ref>
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As of May 2015, he was appointed to Parliamentary Secretary to the [[Cabinet Office]], as a Minister for Constitutional Reform. His role will oversee, among other things, elections and electoral registration, constituency boundaries and political parties and referendum policy.<ref>[https://www.gov.uk/government/people/john-penrose John Penrose Profile]Gov.UK, accessed 25 September 2015</ref>
  
 
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==Notes==

Latest revision as of 11:38, 25 September 2015

John Penrose has been the Conservative Party MP for Weston-Super-Mare since 2005. In the 2015 general election, Penrose was re-elected with a majority of 15,609. [1]

Penrose was a parliamentary under-secretary (Department for Culture, Media and Sport) from 2010 to 2012. He was appointed an assistant whip (HM Treasury) in 2013.[2]

As of May 2015, he was appointed to Parliamentary Secretary to the Cabinet Office, as a Minister for Constitutional Reform. His role will oversee, among other things, elections and electoral registration, constituency boundaries and political parties and referendum policy.[3]

Notes

  1. Election: John Penrose wins Weston seat – watch his victory speech Weston, Worle & Somerset Mercury, 8 May 2015, accessed 18 May 2015
  2. John Penrose, www.parliament.uk, accessed 8 October 2013.
  3. John Penrose ProfileGov.UK, accessed 25 September 2015