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| He has held numerous positions in sales, marketing and business development in his family business, - a ] truck dealership headquartered in ] in the Black Country - culminating in the position of marketing director for four years from 2006 to 2010. He is currently a non-executive director of the company. | He has held numerous positions in sales, marketing and business development in his family business, - a ] truck dealership headquartered in ] in the Black Country - culminating in the position of marketing director for four years from 2006 to 2010. He is currently a non-executive director of the company. | ||
| He was recently castigated by the Prime Minister for rebelling against government plans for greater UK integration with Europe <ref>http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1347579/Tory-rebel-tears-torn-father-David-Cameron-heated-vote.html</ref>. This has lead to accusations of kowtowing to his eurosceptic multimillionaire father, who owns , after a previous accusation of nepotism towards his sister <ref>http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1307122/Give-sister-30k-job-new-MP-begs-fellow-Tories.html</ref> | |||
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| 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 constituency represented for the previous 16 years by Labour's Ian Pearson. He is a member of the European Scrutiny Committee, an ambassador for the charity Heropreneurs and founder Chairman of the All Party Parliamentary Group for Family Business.
Education
Kelly was educated at Wolverhampton Grammar School in the Black Country, 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
After business school, Kelly worked as research assistant for Michael Howard in 2004/5 whilst the latter served as Leader of the Conservative Party.
He was selected as the Conservative candidate for Dudley South in September 2007.
He has held numerous positions in sales, marketing and business development in his family business, Keltruck Ltd - a Scania truck dealership headquartered in West Bromwich in the Black Country - culminating in the position of marketing director for four years from 2006 to 2010. He is currently a non-executive director of the company.
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