Ranil Jayawardena

Ranil Jayawardena
MP
Parliamentary Private Secretary
for Department for Work and Pensions
Assumed office
22 January 2018
Prime Minister Theresa May
Secretary of State Esther McVey
Member of Parliament
for North East Hampshire
Assumed office
8 May 2015
Preceded by James Arbuthnot
Majority 27,772 (48.2%)
Personal details
Born (1986-09-03) 3 September 1986
Political party Conservative
Spouse(s)
Alison Lyn Jayawardena (m. 2011)
Children 2
Alma mater London School of Economics
Website Official website

Ranil Malcolm Jayawardena[1] (born 3 September 1986) is a British Conservative Party politician. Born in London, England, his early education was at the Robert May's School and Alton College. Jayawardena graduated with a BSc. in Government from the London School of Economics. After university, he worked for Lloyds Banking Group as a senior manager. Jayawardena was first elected as the Member of Parliament (MP) for North East Hampshire in May 2015 and was re-elected in the 2017 election.

Early life and career

Jayawardena was born on 3 September 1986 in London, England.[2][3] His father, Nalin Mahinda Jayawardena,[4] is of Sri Lankan origin and moved to the United Kingdom in 1978 to pursue a career in accountancy.[5] His mother, Indira Jayawardena,[4] is of Indian origin; the family is completed by his brother and sister.[6] His early education was at the Hook Junior School in Hook,[7] Robert May's School, a state comprehensive school in the village of Odiham,[8] and Alton College in the town of Alton (both in Hampshire).[9] At the London School of Economics, he graduated with a BSc. in Government in 2008.[10] After university, Jayawardena worked for the Lloyds Banking Group as a senior manager and was involved, according to The Guardian in March 2015, on lobbying Members of the European Parliament on imminent legislation affecting the European banking sector. He also worked on a voluntary basis in the office of North East Hampshire MP James Arbuthnot.[11]

Jayawardena served as a councillor for Basingstoke and Deane in Hampshire from 2008 to 2015.[12] During his time as a councillor, he was also the Deputy Leader of the Council and Cabinet Member for Strategy in Basingstoke and Deane.[13]

Parliamentary career

James Arbuthnot, the MP for North East Hampshire, indicated in 2011 that he would retire at the next parliamentary election which was due to be held in 2015.[14] Jayawardena was selected in an open primary as the parliamentary candidate for the constituency in 2013. Other short-listed individuals for the seat included future MPs Victoria Atkins and Helen Whately.[15] He went on to be elected as the MP for the constituency at the 2015 general election with 35,573 votes (65.9% share) and a majority of 29,916.[16] This was the largest margin of victory by any Conservative MP in the election.[17] During the election, the candidate for the UK Independence Party was suspended after appearing to make a death threat towards Jayawardena.[18] In December, he voted to support Prime Minister David Cameron's plans to carry out airstrikes against ISIL targets in Syria.[19] In the 2015-17 parliament, he was part of the Home Affairs Select Committee and the International Trade Committee.[20]

Jayawardena supported Brexit in the June 2016 United Kingdom European Union membership referendum.[21] He held his seat in the 2017 general election with 37,754 (65.5%) votes and a majority of 27,772.[22] In June, he shut down his Twitter account after labelling it as "a platform full of trolls, extremists – and worse".[23] After the 2017 election, he was re-appointed to the International Trade Committee and also joined the House of Commons' Procedure Committee.[20] Jayawardena is the chair of the All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Finland, Sri Lanka, Hampshire and the Isle of Wight and the treasurer of the APPG on Iceland and Lithuania.[24].[25]

In January 2018, Jayawardena was made Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Ministerial team at the Department for Work and Pensions.[26]

Personal life

Jayawardena lives in Bramley, Hampshire.[27] He has been married to Alison (née Roberts), a solicitor, since 2011.[4][28] The couple have two daughters.[29] His wife works part-time as a Senior Researcher for his parliamentary office.[30] He is a Christian.[2]

References

  1. ↑ "Declaration of Results" (PDF). Electoral Commission. p. 1. Archived (PDF) from the original on 18 September 2017. Retrieved 14 May 2017.
  2. 1 2 Bennett, Owen. "Ranil Jayawardena: I Never Got An Apology From Ukip After One Of Its Candidates Said He Wanted To Shoot Me". The Huffington Post. Archived from the original on 10 June 2017. Retrieved 14 May 2017.
  3. ↑ "Ranil Jayawardena". MyParliament. Archived from the original on 25 September 2017. Retrieved 14 May 2017.
  4. 1 2 3 "Jayawardena, Ranil Malcolm (Who's Who, online edition)". Oxford University Press. Retrieved 11 February 2018.
  5. ↑ "Ukip candidate suspended for threatening to 'put a bullet in' Tory rival". The Guardian. 5 May 2015. Archived from the original on 10 May 2017. Retrieved 14 May 2017.
  6. ↑ "'Ranil's election great honour to Sri Lanka'". Daily News. 12 May 2015. Archived from the original on 12 May 2015.
  7. ↑ Harrison-Fisher, Andre (12 December 2017). "MP returns to old school to open new building". Basingstoke Gazette. Retrieved 12 December 2017.
  8. ↑ Richards, Adam (19 March 2013). "Cllr Ranil Jayawardena says too many children in the borough are being let down". Southern Daily Echo. Archived from the original on 24 September 2017. Retrieved 14 May 2017.
  9. ↑ "Alton to leave East Hampshire in boundary shake up". Farnham Herald. 16 September 2016. Archived from the original on 10 November 2017. Retrieved 14 May 2017.
  10. ↑ "LSE alumni elected in the UK general election". London School of Economics. Retrieved 14 May 2017.
  11. ↑ Syal, Rajeev; Barr, Caelainn (5 March 2015). "300 staff working for peers and MPs have lobbying interests, analysis reveals". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 11 September 2017. Retrieved 14 May 2017.
  12. ↑ "North East Hampshire". UK Polling Report. Archived from the original on 13 June 2017. Retrieved 14 May 2017.
  13. ↑ Bave, Jessica (5 June 2014). "Clive Sanders to remain as leader of Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council". Southern Daily Echo. Archived from the original on 10 November 2017. Retrieved 14 May 2017.
  14. ↑ "Tory MP James Arbuthnot to step down for 'new challenge'". BBC News. 6 June 2011. Archived from the original on 25 September 2015. Retrieved 24 September 2017.
  15. ↑ "Ranil Jayawardena selected as James Arbuthnot's successor". Ranil Jayawardena. 18 November 2013. Archived from the original on 24 September 2017.
  16. ↑ "Hampshire North East parliamentary constituency — Election 2015 - BBC News". BBC News. Archived from the original on 30 December 2016. Retrieved 17 May 2015.
  17. ↑ Williams, Zoe. "In the country's safest Tory seat, prosperity seeks a steady hand". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 26 June 2017. Retrieved 20 June 2017.
  18. ↑ Dutta, Kunal (5 May 2015). "Ukip sacks candidate Robert Blay for threatening to shoot his Tory rival". The Independent. Archived from the original on 28 August 2017. Retrieved 14 May 2017.
  19. ↑ "Syria strikes: Find out how your MP voted". BBC News. 3 December 2015. Archived from the original on 3 December 2015.
  20. 1 2 "Mr Ranil Jayawardena". parliament.uk. Archived from the original on 8 June 2017. Retrieved 14 May 2017.
  21. ↑ 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.
  22. ↑ "Hampshire North East". BBC News. Archived from the original on 17 June 2017. Retrieved 10 June 2017.
  23. ↑ Brown, Matthew (26 June 2017). "MP Jayawardena quits Twitter over 'trolling, extremists – and worse'". Basingstoke Observer. Archived from the original on 28 August 2017. Retrieved 28 August 2017.
  24. ↑ "Register of All-Party Parliamentary Groups" (PDF). parliament.uk. 8 November 2017. pp. 54, 62, 92, 130, 502.
  25. ↑ "All Party Parliamentary Group for the Waterways". www.waterways.org.uk. Retrieved 23 March 2018.
  26. ↑ "List of PPS's | Conservative Home". Conservative Home. Retrieved 2018-09-10.
  27. ↑ "Ranil Jayawardena MP visits HLF supported RSPB reserve at Hazeley Heath". Heritage Lottery Fund. 12 November 2015.
  28. ↑ "Alison Lyn Jayawardena". The Law Society. Archived from the original on 28 August 2017. Retrieved 14 May 2017.
  29. ↑ "About Ranil". Ranil Jayawardena. Archived from the original on 9 June 2017. Retrieved 14 May 2017.
  30. ↑ "Register of Members' Financial Interests" (PDF). parliament.uk. p. 253. Archived (PDF) from the original on 28 August 2017. Retrieved 28 August 2017.
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
James Arbuthnot		 Member of Parliament
for North East Hampshire
2015–present		 Incumbent
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