Justin Tomlinson

Justin Paul Tomlinson (born 5 November 1976) is the Conservative MP for North Swindon. He was originally a Conservative Councillor on Swindon Borough Council, being elected in 2000. He is the current Member of Parliament for Swindon North. He was appointed the position of Minister for Disabled People following the 2015 general election victory of the Conservative Party.

Education

Tomlinson was educated at the Harry Cheshire High School (since renamed Baxter College), a state comprehensive school in Kidderminster, Worcestershire in the West Midlands England, followed by Oxford Brookes University [formerly known as Oxford Polytechnic] in the city of Oxford where he became Chairman of its Conservative Student Branch from 1995–99. He was National Chairman of Conservative Future between 2002 and 2003, the youth-wing of the Conservative Party.

Tomlinson served as manager of a nightclub called Eros, in Swindon, Wiltshire. He also operated a small marketing business.

Political career