Stephen McPartland
| Stephen McPartland MP |
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| Member of Parliament for Stevenage |
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| Assumed office 6 May 2010 |
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| Preceded by | Barbara Follett |
| Majority | 4,955 (10.4%) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 9 August 1976 Liverpool, Lancashire, England |
| Nationality | British |
| Political party | Conservative |
| Spouse(s) | Emma McPartland |
| Religion | Roman Catholic |
| Website | www.stephenmcpartland.co.uk |
Stephen McPartland (born 9 August 1976)[1] is a British Conservative Party politician. He was elected as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Stevenage at the 2010 general election.
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Early life
Born in Liverpool on 9 August 1976, McPartland studied for his first degree in History at the University of Liverpool, graduating in 1997. He studied for an MSc in Technology Management at Liverpool John Moores University in 1998. McPartland was the Director of Membership for British American Business (the US Chamber of Commerce), based in London.
His political career started in 1999 in Warrington, where he managed a range of local council, parliamentary and European election campaigns, before he moved to Hertfordshire in 2001 to work as a Campaign Manager.
Parliamentary career
McPartland’s political interests include health care, with a particular focus on cancer treatment and respiratory diseases; education, science and technology, including satellite technology; international trade; policing; addiction treatment; urban regeneration and government procurement of IT projects.[1]
He served on the Science and Technology Select Committee between 2011 and 2012.[1]
He also sat on the 2011 Education Bill Committee and participated in all stages of the Bill’s passage through Parliament[2]
McPartland is on the Board of the Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology [3] and is involved with the running of several All Party Parliamentary Groups (APPGs),[4] including the following:
- Chair, Allergy APPG
- Chair, Child and Youth Crime APPG
- Chair, Child Health and Vaccine Preventable Diseases APPG
- Chair, Furniture Industry APPG
- Chair, Literacy APPG
- Chair, Respiratory Health APPG
- Vice Chair, Ticket Abuse APPG
- Officer, Disability APPG
- Officer, Internet, Communications & Technology APPG
McPartland campaigned against corporate tax avoidance,[5] including writing to all of the FTSE100 CEOs to ask whether they would be willing to support greater tax transparency.[6][7]
McPartland was Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Minister of State for Trade and Investment, Lord Livingston.[8]
McPartland initiated a parliamentary inquiry into electronic invoicing in the public sector; it delivered its findings in June 2014.[9] He is also pushing for greater interoperability, with the launch of an Interoperability Charter in April 2013, to encourage and recognise best practice in delivering the Digital Economy.[10]
As Chair of the Respiratory Health APPG, McPartland led an inquiry into respiratory deaths and noted that the UK has the worst death rate of OECD countries and that mostdeaths of children from asthma are preventable.[11] He also successfully campaigned to change the law from 1 October 2014 to allow emergency inhalers for asthma attacks to be kept in schools.[12]
Other activities
McPartland served as chairman of The Furniture Ombudsman, a not-for-profit, industry-wide customer disputes resolution body.[13] McPartland was a Trustee of The Living Room Charity, which offers a wide range of free addiction treatment services and is a Patron of the Turn the Tide project. Both are locally-based charitable organisations founded in Stevenage. McPartland is also a non-executive director of Furniture Village.[14] and a Patron of Trailblazers, a national charity that reduces re-offending among young people through providing volunteer mentors.[15]
Personal life
McPartland lives in Stevenage with his wife, Emma, a teacher at a local primary school.
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External links
- Official website
- Voting record at Public Whip
- Record in Parliament at TheyWorkForYou
- Profile at BBC News Democracy Live
- Campaign for a Radiotherapy Unit at Lister Hospital facebook campaign supported by McPartland
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| Preceded by | Member of Parliament for Stevenage 2010–present |
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