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| 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 13 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 has held numerous positions in sales, marketing and business development in his fathers business, Keltruck Ltd - a Scania truck dealership headquartered in West Bromwich - culminating in the position of marketing director for three years from 2006 to 2009. He is presently a non-executive director of his father's company and receives £40,000 remuneration for this role in addition to his standard salary as a Member of Parliament.
Kelly ran for the leadership of Conservative Future, but failed to be elected. In 1998 Kelly and a friend placed a £50 bet at odds of 10,000/1 that one of them would be Prime Minister within 40 years. After business school, Kelly worked as research assistant for Michael Howard in 2004/5 whilst the latter served as Leader of the Conservative Party. Following his election it was revealed that Kelly had emailed all Conservative MP's asking if they would give his sister, Nicola, a secretarial job. Kelly was accused of abusing his position.
Kelly is a Thatcherite and Eurosceptic, and supported David Davis in the Conservative Party (UK) leadership election, 2005.
References
Notes
- "The New Boys and Girls - No. 15 Chris Kelly". Private Eye (1280). London: Pressdram Ltd: 9. 21 January 2011.
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