Suella Braverman

Suella Braverman
MP
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State
for Exiting the European Union
Assumed office
9 January 2018
Prime Minister Theresa May
Sec. of State David Davis
Dominic Raab
Preceded by Office established
Member of Parliament
for Fareham
Assumed office
8 May 2015
Preceded by Mark Hoban
Majority 21,555 (37.8%)
Personal details
Born Sue-Ellen Cassiana Fernandes
(1980-04-03) 3 April 1980
Harrow, London, England
Political party Conservative
Spouse(s)
Rael Braverman (m. 2018)
[1]
Alma mater Queens' College, Cambridge
Pantheon-Sorbonne University

Sue-Ellen Cassiana Braverman (née Fernandes;[2] born 3 April 1980), known as Suella Braverman, is a British Conservative Party politician. She was first elected as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Fareham in 2015[3] and was re-elected at the 2017 snap election.[4]

Early life and education

Braverman was born to Christie[5] and Uma Fernandes,[6] who had emigrated to Britain in the 1960s from Kenya and Mauritius. Her mother was a nurse and a councillor in Brent[6] and her Goan-origin[7][8][9][10] father worked for a housing association. She was born in Harrow, London, and grew up in Wembley.[11] Her early education was at the state comprehensive Uxendon Manor Primary School in Brent and the independent Heathfield School, Pinner on a scholarship.[11][12]

Braverman read Law at Queens' College, Cambridge, and completed a Master's degree in European and French Law at Pantheon-Sorbonne University.[13][14] During her undergraduate studies, she was President of the Cambridge University Conservative Association.[15] Between 2005 and 2015, Braverman practised as a barrister.[13]

Braverman is a member of Middle Temple, where she won the Astbury Scholarship in 2005. She completed her pupillage at 2–3 Gray’s Inn Square (now Cornerstone Barristers). From 2008 onwards, she was based at No5 Chambers in London specialising in planning, judicial review and immigration law.[16] She was appointed to the Attorney General’s Panel of Treasury Counsel in 2010.[17]

Political candidate

At the 2005 general election, Braverman contested Leicester East, finishing in second place behind Labour's Keith Vaz.[18] She sought selection as the Conservative candidate in Bexhill and Battle, but was unsuccessful, and was eventually selected to be the Conservative candidate in Fareham.[19] Braverman also sought election to the London Assembly at the 2012 Assembly elections, being placed fourth on the Conservative London-wide list. She missed out, however; as only the first three candidates were elected.

Parliamentary career

Braverman was elected to the House of Commons as the MP for Fareham in 2015 with 56.1% of the vote and a majority of 22,262.[20] She gave her maiden speech on 1 June 2015.[21] She has taken a particular interest in education, home affairs and justice and has written for The Daily Telegraph, Bright Blue, i News, HuffPost, Brexit Central and ConservativeHome.[22]

From 2015 to 2017, Braverman was a member of the Education Select Committee and the Education, Skills and the Economy Sub-Committee.[23] Between November 2015 and February 2016, she was a member of the Joint Committee on the Draft Investigatory Powers Bill.[24]

Braverman chaired the all-party parliamentary group (APPG) on Financial Education for Young People from September 2016 to May 2017. She led a Parliamentary inquiry and launched a report[25] into the provision of financial education in schools (Financial Education in Schools: Two Years On – Job Done?) and campaigned for better financial education in schools, working with the charity Young Enterprise and the money-saving expert Martin Lewis.

She is a Commissioner on the Social Market Foundation commission on inequality in education,[26] a cross-party initiative which is examining the causes and effects of inequality in education at primary and secondary levels in England and Wales.

Braverman joined the Armed Forces Parliamentary Scheme in 2016, graduating from the scheme in 2017. She has visited the British Army Training Unit Suffield in Canada, the Royal Marines for Arctic Warfare Training at Asegarden Camp in northern Norway,[27] the Defence Academy of the United Kingdom at Shrivenham and the Queen Elizabeth Class Aircraft Carriers in Rosyth.[28]

Braverman led a Westminster Hall debate[29] in the House of Commons[30] on the failings of Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust and has chaired meetings with the Trust’s executives along with other MPs on the All-Party Parliamentary Group for Hampshire to question issues of poor care quality and the deaths of patients.[31] She is a member of the panel of an inquiry, led by think-tank British Future, to examine how the government can protect the rights of EU citizens in the UK.[32]

Braverman campaigned to leave the European Union in the 2016 EU membership referendum; a majority (55%) of votes in her constituency were for leaving.[33] She was Chair of the European Research Group, a pro-Leave group of Conservative MPs, until her promotion to ministerial office; she was replaced by Jacob Rees-Mogg.[34][35]

Following the 2017 general election, Braverman was appointed Parliamentary Private Secretary to HM Treasury Ministers.[36]

During the January 2018 reshuffle, she was appointed as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State at the Department for Exiting the European Union.[37] Contrary to initial reports, she did not resign alongside Secretary of State David Davis.[38]

Free schools

Braverman is chair of governors at the Michaela Community School,[39] and supports plans to create a free school in Fareham.[40][41] She sits on the advisory board of the New Schools Network,[42] a charity which aims to support groups setting up free schools within the English state education sector.

References

  1. ↑ George, David (28 February 2018). "Passion for politics sparks MP's romance". The News (Portsmouth). Johnston Publishing. Retrieved 12 April 2018.
  2. ↑ "No. 61230". The London Gazette. 18 May 2015. p. 9122.
  3. ↑ "Fareham". BBC News. 7 May 2015. Archived from the original on 30 December 2016.
  4. ↑ "Fareham". BBC News. 8 June 2017. Archived from the original on 28 June 2017.
  5. ↑ "Supplement on Suella Fernandes". Goan Voice UK. Retrieved 27 April 2018.
  6. 1 2 "Supplement on Uma Fernandes". Goan Voice UK. Retrieved 27 April 2018.
  7. ↑ "From refugees to Parliament: The Goan experience". The Times of India. 13 September 2015. Retrieved 27 April 2018.
  8. ↑ "UK: Goan-origin British MP Suella Fernandes and Narayana Murthy's son-in-law appointed to cabinet". Scroll.in. 10 January 2018. Retrieved 27 April 2018.
  9. ↑ "Three Goans elected to UK Parliament". The Times of India. 9 May 2015. Retrieved 27 April 2018.
  10. ↑ "Three Goan-origin MPs elected to UK Parliament". oHeraldo. 9 May 2015. Retrieved 27 April 2018.
  11. 1 2 "About Suella". Suella Fernandes. Retrieved 8 April 2017.
  12. ↑ McGauran, Ann (2 July 2015). "Who's on the new education select committee?". Schools Week. Retrieved 8 April 2017.
  13. 1 2 "Fernandes, Sue-Ellen Cassiana, (Suella)". Who's Who 2017. A & C Black. Retrieved 22 March 2017.
  14. ↑ Iziren, Adeline (30 April 2005). "What happened next?". The Guardian. Guardian News and Media.
  15. ↑ Arthur, Sylvia (6 September 2003). "The road to No 10". The Guardian. Guardian News and Media.
  16. ↑ "Suella Fernandes – Planning & Environment". No5. Retrieved 27 April 2017.
  17. ↑ "Parliamentary candidates to watch". Insight Consulting Group (ICG). Retrieved 27 April 2017.
  18. ↑ "Election Data 2005". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
  19. ↑ Rigby, Elizabeth (10 December 2014). "Being brown and a woman handicaps candidate says Tory". Financial Times. Retrieved 25 August 2015.
  20. ↑ Hawkins, Oliver; et al. (28 July 2015). General Election 2015 (Briefing Number CBP7186). House of Commons Library.
  21. ↑ "New MP for Fareham pledges her commitment in her maiden speech". The News (Portsmouth). 2 June 2015.
  22. ↑ Articles:
    • Fernandes, Suella (December 2016). "A sense of belonging: striking the right balance" (PDF). Bright Blue. p. 9.
    • Fernandes, Suella (13 March 2017). "Brexit will be a great thing for women". i News. ESL Media.
    • Fernandes, Suella (10 March 2017). "I'm proud of this Government's action on domestic abuse". Huffington Post.
    • "Posts by Suella Fernandes MP". Brexit Central.
    • "Articles by Suella Fernandes". ConservativeHome.
  23. ↑ "Suella Fernandes MP". UK Parliament.
  24. ↑ "Joint Select Committee: Draft Investigatory Powers Bill Joint Committee – membership". UK Parliament.
  25. ↑ "APPG on Financial Education for Young People Report Launch in Parliament". Young Enterprise.
  26. ↑ "The Commissioners". Conmission on Equality in Education. Social Market Foundation.
  27. ↑ "Minus 10 degrees with the Royal Marines in the Arctic Circle". Suella Fernandes MP. 16 March 2017.
  28. ↑ "Visit to Rosyth". Suella Fernandes MP. 19 February 2016.
  29. ↑ Campbell, Loughlan (26 May 2016). "Debate to be held at Westminster on criticised NHS Trust". The News (Portsmouth).
  30. ↑ "Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust". Parliamentary Debates (Hansard). United Kingdom: Westminster Hall. 8 June 2016.
  31. ↑ "Fareham MP chairs Southern Health meeting in Parliament". ITV News. 18 January 2016. Retrieved 3 July 2017.
  32. ↑ "New Inquiry to examine how Government can protect rights of EU citizens in UK". British Future. August 2016.
  33. ↑ "Brexit: Fareham result and reaction". The News (Portsmouth). June 2016.
  34. ↑ "Interview: The double-hatted Suella Fernandes – both a member of the Government and a pro-Leave group leader". Conservative Home. Retrieved 31 July 2017.
  35. ↑ Stewart, Heather (7 September 2017). "Pro-leave MPs prepare public statement insistent on hard Brexit". The Guardian. Guardian News and Media. Retrieved 17 September 2017.
  36. ↑ "Parliamentary Private Secretaries: full list". Conservative Home. Retrieved 31 July 2017.
  37. ↑ "Suella Fernandes MP". GOV.UK. UK Government. Retrieved 9 January 2018.
  38. ↑ https://www.fxstreet.com/news/suella-braverman-reported-to-not-yet-resign-from-uk-government-bbc-201807090840
  39. ↑ Fernandes, Suella (16 September 2015). "Jeremy Corbyn should join our crusade for better education". The Daily Telegraph. Telegraph Media Group. Retrieved 6 July 2016.
  40. ↑ Barber, Kimberley (11 December 2015). "Volunteers wanted to bring A-levels back in to town". The News (Portsmouth). Johnston Publishing. Retrieved 6 July 2016.
  41. ↑ Campbell, Loughlan (8 June 2016). "Bid for new Fareham school to offer A-levels pushed back to 2018". The News (Portsmouth). Johnston Publishing. Retrieved 6 July 2016.
  42. ↑ "Advisory Council". New Schools Network. Retrieved 22 March 2017.
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