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Revision as of 23:15, 19 April 2011
For other people named Christopher Kelly, see Christopher Kelly (disambiguation).| Chris KellyMP | |
|---|---|
| Member of Parliament for Dudley South | |
| Incumbent | |
| Assumed office 6 May 2010 | |
| Preceded by | Ian Pearson |
| Majority | 3,856 (10.1%) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1978 (age 45–46) |
| Nationality | British |
| Political party | Conservative |
| Alma mater | Oxford Brookes University, Imperial College Business School |
Christopher Kelly (born 1978), known as Chris Kelly, is a Conservative Party politician in England. He is the Member of Parliament (MP) for the Dudley South constituency in the West Midlands of England. He was elected to Parliament at the 2010 general election, in the seat which was previously been occupied by Labour's Ian Pearson for 16 years. He is a member of the European Scrutiny Committee.
Education
Kelly was educated at Wolverhampton Grammar School, an independent school in the city of Wolverhampton in the Black Country of the West Midlands 1989-96, followed by Oxford Brookes University, where he was a History and Politics student 1996-1999, and Imperial College Business School in 2002/3 where he gained an MBA.
Life and career
Kelly was employed in the family business, Keltruck Ltd - a Scania truck dealership based in West Bromwich - serving as marketing director from 2006 to 2009. He remains a non-executive director of Keltruck Ltd.
After graduating from Oxford Brookes University, and Imperial College Business School, Kelly worked as research assistant for Michael Howard in 2004/5 then Conservative Leader of the Opposition.
Kelly supported David Davis in the Conservative Party (UK) leadership election, 2005. Whilst at University he placed a bet on himself to become Prime Minister by 2038.
Personal life
Kelly attracted criticism for emailing all his fellow Conservative MPs from his Parliamentary email account urging them to give his sister a secretarial or managerial job. It was suggested he had abused his position and the incident occurred in the wake of new rules curbing MPs employment of family members. Kelly promised to use personal email in future.
External links
References
- "The New Boys and Girls - No. 15 Chris Kelly". Private Eye (1280). London: Pressdram Ltd: 9. 21 January 2011.
{{cite journal}}:|access-date=requires|url=(help) - ^ Private Eye
- ^ Give my sister £30k job, new MP begs his fellow Tories | Mail Online
- Dudley South Tory hopeful bets on himself for PM (From Dudley News)
- MP used Commons email account to seek job for his sister (From Stourbridge News)
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