Ben Everitt

Ben Everitt
Ben Everitt; MP
	Everitt in 2019
Member of Parliament ; for Milton Keynes North
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 12 December 2019
Preceded by	Mark Lancaster
Majority	6,255 (10.0%)
Personal details
Born	22 November 1979[1]; Grantham, Lincolnshire, England
Nationality	British
Political party	Conservative
Occupation	Politician
Website	www.beneveritt.com

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]

Controversies

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.[6]

In May 2020 a tweet that was made in 2011[7] was shared on social media showing Ben refer to Tessa Jowell as looking like "a tranny with a hangover". [8]

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.
"Was Milton Keynes Conservative's Twitter litter picture a bit of a con?". miltonkeynes.co.uk. Retrieved 17 December 2019.
"ooch. Not the best photo there. Looks like a tranny with a hangover. Not one for the family album". Twitter. 24 April 2011. Retrieved 28 May 2020.
"MP for Milton Keynes apologises for saying baroness resembled a 'tranny with a hangover'". miltonkeynes.co.uk. 28 May 2020. Retrieved 28 May 2020.

External links

Profile at Parliament of the United Kingdom

Contributions in Parliament at Hansard

Voting record at Public Whip

Record in Parliament at TheyWorkForYou

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Mark Lancaster	Member of Parliament for Milton Keynes North 2019–present	Incumbent

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[1] "Members' Names Data Platform query". UK Parliament. Retrieved 12 December 2020.

[2] "Milton Keynes North parliamentary constituency - Election 2019" – via www.bbc.com.

[3] "New: Candidate shortlists for Milton Keynes North; Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner; and Eddisbury". Conservative Home.

[4] 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.

[5] "General election 2019: Brouhaha over Brexit makes for a lively hustings meeting in Sherington, near Milton Keynes". miltonkeynes.co.uk. Retrieved 17 December 2019.

[6] "Was Milton Keynes Conservative's Twitter litter picture a bit of a con?". miltonkeynes.co.uk. Retrieved 17 December 2019.

[7] "ooch. Not the best photo there. Looks like a tranny with a hangover. Not one for the family album". Twitter. 24 April 2011. Retrieved 28 May 2020.

[8] "MP for Milton Keynes apologises for saying baroness resembled a 'tranny with a hangover'". miltonkeynes.co.uk. 28 May 2020. Retrieved 28 May 2020.