Amanda Solloway

Amanda Solloway
Member of Parliament
for Derby North
In office
8 May 2015 – 3 May 2017
Preceded by Chris Williamson
Succeeded by Chris Williamson
Personal details
Born (1961-06-04) 4 June 1961
Nottingham, England
Political party Conservative
Website Official website

Amanda Jane Solloway (born 4 June 1961) is a British Conservative Party politician. She was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Derby North from May 2015 to 2017.

Early life and education

Solloway was born Amanda Jane Edghill in Nottingham. She has a younger sister and brother.

She was educated at Bramcote Hills Grammar School at Bramcote, Broxtowe, Nottinghamshire,[1] which became comprehensive in 1978, and is now is part of Bramcote Hills Sport and Community College.

Parliamentary career

Solloway, elected at the 2015 general election, was the Parliamentary Private Secretary (PPS) to the Minister of State for the Department of International Development.[2] She was opposed to Brexit prior to the 2016 referendum.[3]

Solloway has been a campaigner on mental health and homelessness issues in Derby North and in parliament.[4] She was one of three parliamentary champions for HS2, the high-speed rail network which is intended to be built between London and the north.[5]

Solloway lost her seat in the 2017 General Election to Labour's Chris Williamson[6], who had previously been the MP for Derby North until 2015.

Other work

Solloway spent 15 years in retail management with J Sainsbury and a further 15 years within HR across the Not for Profit (Help the Aged and Save the Children) and Private Sector (Baird Clothing Group) supporting Manufacturing, Warehousing and Retail.[7][8]

Personal life

Solloway lives in Borrowash in Erewash, Derbyshire. She married Robert Solloway in 1983 in Basford, Nottinghamshire;[9] the couple have two daughters.

Solloway is patron of the Friends Of The Baby Unit at Royal Derby Hospital.[10] She ran the London marathon, in 2016 and 2017, and, in doing so, raised money for the Royal Derby Hospital baby unit.[11]

References

  1. ↑ 'SOLLOWAY, Amanda Jane', Who's Who 2016, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 2016; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2015
  2. ↑ "About me". Amanda Solloway. Archived from the original on 19 April 2017.
  3. ↑ Goodenough, Tom (16 February 2016). "Which Tory MPs back Brexit, who doesn't and who is still on the fence?". The Spectator. Archived from the original on 22 October 2016. Retrieved 11 October 2016.
  4. ↑ "Amanda Solloway: We need to tackle mental health issues head on". Derby Telegraph. 21 August 2015. Archived from the original on 26 September 2015. Retrieved 21 April 2017.
  5. ↑ "Amanda Solloway appointed HS2 Ambassador". Amanda Solloway MP. Archived from the original on 22 April 2017. Retrieved 21 April 2017.
  6. ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Williamson_(politician)
  7. ↑ "Amanda Solloway, former MP, Derby North - TheyWorkForYou". TheyWorkForYou. Archived from the original on 19 April 2017.
  8. ↑ "Baird Group / Contact". www.bmb-clothing.co.uk. Archived from the original on 15 January 2017.
  9. ↑ "Resign now, victims tell MP in debt firm scandal". Archived from the original on 14 March 2016.
  10. ↑ "FOBU is delighted to announce MP Amanda Solloway as Patron – Friends of the Baby Unit Derby". www.fobuderby.co.uk. Archived from the original on 25 April 2017. Retrieved 24 April 2017.
  11. ↑ "Derby MP Amanda Solloway completes London Marathon". Derby Telegraph. 23 April 2017. Retrieved 24 April 2017.
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
Chris Williamson		 Member of Parliament
for Derby North
2015–2017		 Succeeded by
Chris Williamson
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