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| Prior to becoming an MP, Kwarteng worked as an analyst in financial services. He has written a book, '']'', about the legacy of the ], published by ] in 2011.<ref name="website"/> He has also co-authored (with Jonathan Dupont) the book ''Gridlock Nation'' on the causes and solutions to traffic congestion in Britain.<ref>{{cite web |first=Steven |last=Poole |url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2011/oct/07/steven-poole-non-fiction-choice-reviews |title=Et cetera: Steven Poole's non-fiction choice - reviews |publisher=www.guardian.co.uk |date=7 October 2011 |accessdate=1 November 2012 }}</ref> | Prior to becoming an MP, Kwarteng worked as an analyst in financial services. He has written a book, '']'', about the legacy of the ], published by ] in 2011.<ref name="website"/> He has also co-authored (with Jonathan Dupont) the book ''Gridlock Nation'' on the causes and solutions to traffic congestion in Britain.<ref>{{cite web |first=Steven |last=Poole |url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2011/oct/07/steven-poole-non-fiction-choice-reviews |title=Et cetera: Steven Poole's non-fiction choice - reviews |publisher=www.guardian.co.uk |date=7 October 2011 |accessdate=1 November 2012 }}</ref> | ||
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| Dr.Kwasi KwartengMP | |
|---|---|
.jpg) Kwarteng in 2014 | |
| Member of Parliament for Spelthorne | |
| Incumbent | |
| Assumed office 6 May 2010 re-elected 7 May 2015 | |
| Preceded by | David Wilshire |
| Majority | 14,152 in 2015 |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1975-05-26) 26 May 1975 (age 49) London |
| Nationality | British |
| Political party | Conservative |
| Alma mater | Harvard University Trinity College, Cambridge Eton College |
| Occupation | Member of Parliament Historian |
| Website | kwasi4spelthorne |
Kwasi Alfred Addo Kwarteng (born 26 May 1975) is a British politician and historian. A member of the Conservative Party, he has served as a Member of Parliament (MP) since 2010 representing the constituency of Spelthorne in Surrey.
Early life
Kwarteng was born in London. His parents migrated to the UK from Ghana as students in the 1960s.
Kwarteng attended Eton College as a King's Scholar. He then went on to Cambridge University where he read Classics and History at Trinity College. He was a member of the team which won University Challenge in 1995 (in the first series after the programme was revived by the BBC in 1994). He attended Harvard University on a Kennedy Scholarship, and then earned a PhD in Economic History at Cambridge University.
Prior to becoming an MP, Kwarteng worked as an analyst in financial services. He has written a book, Ghosts of Empire, about the legacy of the British Empire, published by Bloomsbury in 2011. He has also co-authored (with Jonathan Dupont) the book Gridlock Nation on the causes and solutions to traffic congestion in Britain.
In 2014 he also published War and Gold: A Five-Hundred-Year History of Empires, Adventures and Debt a history of capital and the enduring ability of money - when combined with speculation - to ruin societies.
Political career
Kwarteng was the Conservative candidate in the constituency of Brent East at the 2005 general election. He finished in third place behind the incumbent Liberal Democrat MP Sarah Teather (who had won the seat in a 2003 by-election) and Yasmin Qureshi of the Labour Party. Kwarteng was chairman of the Bow Group in 2005-06. In 2006, The Times suggested that he could become the first black Conservative cabinet minister. He was sixth on the Conservative list of candidates for the London Assembly in the 2008 London Assembly election, but was not elected as the Conservatives claimed only three London-wide list seats.
Kwarteng was selected as the Conservative candidate for Spelthorne at an open primary in January 2010 after the incumbent Conservative MP, David Wilshire, became mired in controversy arising from the Parliamentary expenses scandal and announced that he would be retiring from Parliament at the next general election. Kwarteng was described by a local paper as a "black Boris". At the 2010 general election, Kwarteng won the seat with 22,261 votes (claiming a majority of 10,019).
In August 2012, Kwarteng co-authored a book, Britannia Unchained. In it, the authors claim that "Once they enter the workplace, the British are among the worst idlers in the world".
Re-elected on 7 May 2015 with an increased majority.
Books by Kwasi Kwarteng
Ghosts of Empire: Britain's Legacies in the Modern World - published by Bloomsbury Publishing Plc 2011
After The Coalition - Co-authored with Priti Patel, Dominic Raab, Chris Skidmore and Elizabeth Truss - published by Biteback Publishing 2011
Gridlock Nation - Co-authored with Jonathan Dupont - published by Biteback Publishing 2011
Britainnia Unchained: Global Lessons for Growth and Prosperity - Co-authored with Priti Patel, Dominic Raab, Chris Skidmore and Elizabeth Truss. Published by Palgrave Macmillan 2012
War and Gold: A Five-Hundred-Year History of Empires, Adventures and Debt - published by Bloomsbury Publishing Plc 2014
References
- "Kwasi Kwarteng MP". BBC Democracy Live. BBC. Retrieved 25 July 2010.
- http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/59418/notices/1118281/from=2010-05-06;to=2010-05-19;all=returned+westminster/
- ^ Tories adopt 'black Boris' as candidate, Staines News, 25 January 2010
- ^ Official website
- ^ telegraph.co.uk political database
- "Trinity on University Challenge". Sean Blanchflower.
- Poole, Steven (7 October 2011). "Et cetera: Steven Poole's non-fiction choice - reviews". www.guardian.co.uk. Retrieved 1 November 2012.
- http://www.theguardian.com/books/2014/may/12/war-gold-500-year-history-study-money-society-kwarteng-review
- http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/article696213.ece Power couple behind the new Tory throne, The Times, 26 March 2006
- Labour holds Rutherglen and Hamilton West, BBC News, 7 May 2010
- http://www.standard.co.uk/news/politics/tackle-lazy-britain-fellow-tories-tell-david-cameron-8056787.html
- http://www.spelthorne.gov.uk/article/9733/Parliamentary-election-results
- http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/politics/constituencies/E14000959
External links
- Official website
- Blog at Conservative Home
- Kwasi Kwarteng MP Conservative Party profile
- Spelthorne Conservatives
- Contributions in Parliament at Hansard 1803–2005
- Voting record at Public Whip
- Record in Parliament at TheyWorkForYou
| Parliament of the United Kingdom | ||
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| Preceded byDavid Wilshire | Member of Parliament for Spelthorne 2010–present |
Incumbent |
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- UK MPs 2010–15
- Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for English constituencies
- Conservative Party (UK) MPs
- Black British politicians
- British people of Ghanaian descent
- Alumni of Trinity College, Cambridge
- Harvard University alumni
- People educated at Eton College
- Politicians from London
- Writers from London
- 1975 births
- Living people
- UK MPs 2015–20