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Everitt is a supporter of [[Brexit]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.miltonkeynes.co.uk/news/politics/general-election-2019-brouhaha-over-brexit-makes-for-a-lively-hustings-meeting-in-sherington-near-milton-keynes-1-9170761|title=General election 2019: Brouhaha over Brexit makes for a lively hustings meeting in Sherington, near Milton Keynes|website=miltonkeynes.co.uk|language=en|access-date=2019-12-17}}</ref> |
Everitt is a supporter of [[Brexit]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.miltonkeynes.co.uk/news/politics/general-election-2019-brouhaha-over-brexit-makes-for-a-lively-hustings-meeting-in-sherington-near-milton-keynes-1-9170761|title=General election 2019: Brouhaha over Brexit makes for a lively hustings meeting in Sherington, near Milton Keynes|website=miltonkeynes.co.uk|language=en|access-date=2019-12-17}}</ref> |
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==Controversies== |
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Everitt was criticised by opponents during the election campaign for allegedly staging a photo of himself picking up litter in the car park of the Conservative Club in Bletchley.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.miltonkeynes.co.uk/news/politics/was-milton-keynes-conservative-s-twitter-litter-picture-a-bit-of-a-con-1-9155395|title=Was Milton Keynes Conservative's Twitter litter picture a bit of a con?|website=miltonkeynes.co.uk|language=en|access-date=2019-12-17}}</ref> |
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In May 2020 a tweet that was made in 2011<ref>{{cite web |url=https://twitter.com/Ben_Everitt/status/62077702370361344 |title=ooch. Not the best photo there. Looks like a tranny with a hangover. Not one for the family album |website=[[Twitter]] |date=24 April 2011 |access-date=28 May 2020 }}</ref> was shared on social media showing Ben refer to [[Tessa Jowell]] as looking like "a [[tranny]] with a hangover". <ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.miltonkeynes.co.uk/news/politics/mp-milton-keynes-apologises-saying-baroness-resembled-tranny-hangover-2867810 |title=MP for Milton Keynes apologises for saying baroness resembled a 'tranny with a hangover' |website=miltonkeynes.co.uk |date=28 May 2020 |access-date=28 May 2020 }}</ref> |
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Revision as of 23:43, 26 January 2021
Ben Everitt | |
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![]() Everitt in 2019 | |
Member of Parliament for Milton Keynes North | |
Assumed office 12 December 2019 | |
Preceded by | Mark Lancaster |
Majority | 6,255 (10.0%) |
Personal details | |
Born | [1] Grantham, Lincolnshire, England | 22 November 1979
Political party | Conservative |
Occupation | Politician |
Website | www |
Ben Everitt (born 22 November 1979) is a British Conservative Party politician who has served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Milton Keynes North since the 2019 general election.[2] He remains a paid councillor for the Conservative Party on Aylesbury Vale District Council, having been elected in local council elections in 2015.[3]
In 2020, Everitt became chairman of the All-Party Parliamentary Group for Housing Market and Housing Delivery.[4]
Everitt is a supporter of Brexit.[5]
References
- ^ "Members' Names Data Platform query". UK Parliament. Retrieved 12 December 2020.
- ^ "Milton Keynes North parliamentary constituency - Election 2019" – via www.bbc.com.
- ^ "New: Candidate shortlists for Milton Keynes North; Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner; and Eddisbury". Conservative Home.
- ^ Heath, Lucie (26 August 2020). "Meet Ben Everitt, chair of the new All-Party Parliamentary Group for Housing Market and Housing Delivery". Inside Housing. Retrieved 16 September 2020.
- ^ "General election 2019: Brouhaha over Brexit makes for a lively hustings meeting in Sherington, near Milton Keynes". miltonkeynes.co.uk. Retrieved 17 December 2019.