Ben Wallace (politician)
The Right Honourable Ben Wallace MP | |
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| Minister of State for Security and Economic Crime | |
Incumbent | |
Assumed office 17 July 2016 | |
| Prime Minister | Theresa May |
| Preceded by | John Hayes |
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State Northern Ireland Office | |
In office 12 May 2015 – 17 July 2016 | |
| Prime Minister | David Cameron |
| Preceded by | Andrew Murrison |
| Succeeded by | Kris Hopkins |
| Government Whip | |
In office 15 July 2014 – 12 May 2015 | |
| Prime Minister | David Cameron |
Member of Parliament for Wyre and Preston North Lancaster and Wyre (2005–2010) | |
Incumbent | |
Assumed office 5 May 2005 | |
| Preceded by | Hilton Dawson |
| Majority | 12,246 (23.3%) |
Member of the Scottish Parliament for North East Scotland | |
In office 6 May 1999 – 31 March 2003 | |
| Preceded by | New Office |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Robert Ben Lobban Wallace (1970-05-15) 15 May 1970 Farnborough, Kent, England |
| Nationality | British |
| Political party | Conservative |
| Spouse(s) | Liza, née Cooke[1] |
| Children | 3 |
| Alma mater | Royal Military Academy Sandhurst |
| Occupation | Politician |
| Profession | Army Officer |
| Awards | Mentioned in Despatches |
| Website | www.benwallace.org.uk |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance | United Kingdom |
| Branch/service | British Army |
| Years of service | 1990–1998 |
| Rank | Captain |
| Unit | Scots Guards |
| Battles/wars | The Troubles |
Robert Ben Lobban Wallace PC (born 15 May 1970) is a British Conservative Party politician. He has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Wyre and Preston North since the 2010 general election, having been the MP for Lancaster and Wyre from 2005 to 2010.
Contents
1 Early life and career
1.1 Military and business career
2 Political career
2.1 Scottish Parliament
2.2 United Kingdom Parliament
3 Personal life
4 References
5 External links
Early life and career
Wallace was born on the 15 May 1970 in Farnborough, Kent. He was privately educated at Millfield School in Somerset. He studied politics under Clive Thomas, who also taught Julian Smith MP and Margot James MP.[2] After school Wallace became a ski instructor with the Austrian National Ski School in the village of Alpbach in Austria. During that period his parents moved to Pennsylvania in the United States where they lived for seven years.
Military and business career
Aged 19, Wallace attended the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, before being commissioned as a platoon commander into the Scots Guards. During his eight-year army career he served in Germany, Windsor, Cyprus, Central America and Northern Ireland. In 1992 he was mentioned in despatches.[citation needed]. He served as Intelligence officer in Cookstown, East Tyrone in 1994. His last post was as Company Commander of F Company Scots Guards.
From 2003 to 2005 he was overseas director of QinetiQ, the UK's former Defence Evaluation and Research Agency (DERA).[2]
Political career
Scottish Parliament
After leaving the Army, he became, in 1999, a Conservative Member of the Scottish Parliament, as a list MSP for North East Scotland, before standing down in 2003. He was the Scottish Conservatives' shadow health spokesman during that time.
United Kingdom Parliament
Wallace won the Lancaster and Wyre Constituency from Labour in 2005. The election result saw a 481 vote (0.92%) Labour majority swing to a 4171 vote (8.00%) Conservative majority. The overall swing was 4.50% from Labour to Conservative. This constituency was number nine on the 2005 Conservative 'target list'.[citation needed] He subsequently became the Member of Parliament (MP) for Wyre and Preston North after winning the seat at the 2010 general election; he was re-elected in 2015 and 2017.
From 2005 to 2010 Wallace was a member of the Scottish Affairs Select Committee.[3] From 2006 to 2010 Wallace was the Shadow Minister of State for Scotland. He was Chairman of the British–Iran Parliamentary Group from 2006 to 2014. On 13 November 2008, Wallace was awarded Campaigner of the Year in the Spectator/Threadneedle Parliamentarian awards, for his work promoting transparency of MPs expenses.[4][5] In February 2008, in conjunction with the Sunday Times, Wallace published all his expenses and receipts.
Following his re-election to Parliament, Wallace was appointed as Parliamentary Private Secretary to the then-Justice Secretary and Lord Chancellor, and later Minister without Portfolio in the Cabinet Office, Ken Clarke MP.[citation needed] On 4 September 2012, Wallace turned down a position as a Lord Commissioner of the Treasury during the cabinet reshuffle.[citation needed] to remain Clarke's PPS.[6] In July 2014, as Clarke returned to the back benches, Wallace was again offered a job in Government as a whip. This time he accepted. In May 2015 he was promoted to Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State in the Northern Ireland Office. After the EU referendum, the new Prime Minister, Theresa May, promoted him to Minister of State for Security in the Home Office. In December 2017 the Ministerial portfolio was extended to include Economic Crime. He was the Security Minister during the terror attacks of 2017 and the Salisbury attempted assassination of Sergei Skripal Sergei Skripal
Wallace was appointed to the Privy Council for his role in coordinating the government response to the 2017 Westminster attack.[7]
Wallace supported the UK staying in the European Union prior to the 2016 referendum.[8]
Personal life
In 2001, he married Liza and they have three children. He employs his wife as a part-time Senior Research Assistant on a salary up to £29,000.[9] Wallace currently resides near Lancaster and in London.[10][11] He enjoys watching rugby, skiing and motorsport. He is currently a member of the Queen's Bodyguard for Scotland, the Royal Company of Archers.[citation needed]
References
^ "House of Commons – The Register of Members' Financial Interests – Part 2: Part 2". Publications.parliament.uk. Retrieved 4 February 2016..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/12px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#33aa33;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}
^ ab "Ben Wallace: Electoral history and profile". The Guardian. Retrieved 4 January 2010.
^ "Mr Ben Wallace MP – UK Parliament". Parliament.uk. 20 July 2015. Retrieved 4 February 2016.
^ "Matthew d'Ancona's Parliamentarian awards speech". Spectator.co.uk. 13 November 2008. Archived from the original on 29 May 2010. Retrieved 16 December 2018.
^ Andrew Gimson (13 November 2008). "Sketch: George Osborne laughs it off". The Telegraph. Retrieved 16 December 2018.
^ "Cameron: Man or mouse? Man – and butcher! The Tory Diary". Conservativehome.blogs.com. 6 September 2012. Retrieved 4 February 2016.
^ Agerholm, Harriet (24 March 2017). "MPs Tobias Ellwood and Ben Wallace appointed to Privy Council in honour of Westminster response | The Independent". The Independent. Retrieved 25 March 2017.
^ Goodenough, Tom (16 February 2016). "Which Tory MPs back Brexit, who doesn't and who is still on the fence?". The Spectator. Retrieved 20 May 2018.
^ "IPSA". GOV.UK. Retrieved 20 May 2018.
^ "About Ben". Personal website. Retrieved 20 May 2018.
^ "IPSA record". IPSA. Retrieved 20 May 2018.
External links
 | Wikimedia Commons has media related to Ben Wallace (politician). |
Ben Wallace MP official constituency website
Ben Wallace MP Conservative Party profile
Profile at Parliament of the United Kingdom
Contributions in Parliament at Hansard 2010–present
- Contributions in Parliament during 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 at Hansard Archives
Voting record at Public Whip
Record in Parliament at TheyWorkForYou
Profile at Westminster Parliamentary Record
- News articles
- Yobs in June 2005
- Iris scanning in January 2007
- Explaining his expenses in February 2008
Parliament of the United Kingdom | ||
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| Preceded by Hilton Dawson | Member of Parliament for Lancaster and Wyre 2005–2010 | Constituency Abolished |
New constituency | Member of Parliament for Wyre and Preston North 2010–present | Incumbent |
