JOHN PENROSE

'John David Penrose' (born June 22, 1964) is the Conservative Member of Parliament (MP) for Weston-super-Mare.

Early life

Born in Sudbury, Suffolk, he went to Ipswich School. He studied at Cambridge University, receiving a BA in Law in 1986. He received an MBA from Columbia University in 1991. He was a Bank Trading Floor Risk Manager at JP Morgan from 1986-90, then a management consultant at McKinsey & Company from 1992-4. He was Commercial Director of the Academic Books Division at Thomson Publishing in Andover from 1995-6, then Managing Director of Schools Book Publishing at Longman (Pearson PLC), publishing school textbooks for the UK and parts of Africa. He was chairman of Logotron Ltd in Cambridge. (also owned by Pearson). In 1998, he was in charge of research at the Bow Group.

He was elected in the 2005 general election, winning the seat from the Liberal Democrat Brian Cotter. He had previously contested Weston-super-Mare unsuccessfully in 2001, and Ealing Southall at the 1997 general election.
His 2005 general election promises were:

★ Fewer drug addicts and more Police

★ Lower taxes and higher pensions

★ Disciplined schools

★ Bigger hospital with more GPs

★ A better local environment
He serves on the Work and Pensions Committee. In 2006, he was appointed Parliamentary Private Secretary to Oliver Letwin MP. He was also appointed joint chairman of the All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Further Education & Lifelong Learning.

John Penrose is married to the Tesco executive, the Hon. Dido Harding, and is a publisher by trade.

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