Mark Menzies
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Mark Menzies MP |
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Member of Parliament for Fylde |
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Assumed office 6 May 2010 |
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| Preceded by | Michael Jack |
| Majority | 13,224 (30.4%) |
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Mark Andrew Menzies 18 May 1971 Irvine, Ayrshire, Scotland, UK |
| Nationality | British |
| Political party | Conservatives |
| Alma mater | University of Glasgow |
| Religion | Catholic |
| Website | www |
Mark Andrew Menzies (born 18 May 1971) is a British Conservative Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Fylde in Lancashire since 2010. He was formerly PPS to Charles Hendry MP, Minister of State for Energy and Climate Change before both men were moved in the 2012 Cabinet Reshuffle. He resigned as Parliamentary Private Secretary (PPS) to Mark Prisk MP, Minister of State for Housing and Local Government in March 2014.
Menzies grew up in Ardrossan, Ayrshire, raised by his mother after his Merchant Navy father died a month before he was born. With his mother working shifts at the local ICI factory to support them, he attended a local primary school before benefiting from the Assisted Places Scheme at a nearby independent secondary school, the Keil School. At the University of Glasgow he was President of the Conservative Association, in 1994 and graduated from the university with an honours degree in economic and social history. Menzies' professional career was spent in the retail sector. He joined Marks & Spencer as a graduate trainee in 1994 and has later worked in marketing for two large UK supermarkets. In 2007, he was the recipient of the IGD/Unilever Social Innovation Marketing award.
Menzies stood as a Conservative candidate for the safe Labour seat of Glasgow Govan in the 2001 general election, where he came fourth. In 2005 he stood in Selby in Yorkshire, a Labour marginal, and came in second. He was added to David Cameron's "A-List" in 2006 and Menzies was selected for Fylde in November 2008. He was elected at the 2010 general election, retaining the seat for the Conservatives, gaining 22,826 votes, 52.2% of the total.
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