Jonathan Gullis

Jonathan Edward Gullis (born 9 January 1990) is a Conservative Party politician, who has served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Stoke-on-Trent North since 2019.[2][3]

Jonathan Gullis

MP
Member of Parliament
for Stoke-on-Trent North
Assumed office
12 December 2019
Preceded byRuth Smeeth
Majority6,286 (15.7%)
Personal details
Born (1990-01-09) 9 January 1990[1]
Salisbury, England
Political partyConservative

Education

Guillis attended Princethorpe College, an independent school near Rugby[4].

Career

Prior to becoming an MP Gullis was a school teacher, in Birmingham and served as the school's trade union representative.[5]

Gullis stood in Washington and Sunderland West at the 2017 general election but lost to incumbent Labour MP Sharon Hodgson.

Gullis was elected in the 2019 general election. He unseated Labour's Ruth Smeeth and became the first Conservative to serve as MP for Stoke-on-Trent North.[2]

On 30 April 2020, Gullis was criticised after he complained of the media's 'sick obsession' with the number of deaths during the coronavirus pandemic and called comparisons with the number of deaths in other countries 'lazy' in a now deleted tweet. He later apologised for his 'poor choice of words'.[6]

He is a member of the European Research Group and is a parliamentary backer of Freer, an initiative run by the neoliberal Institute of Economic Affairs.[7][8]

Personal life

In March 2020, Gullis revealed that he has suffered with depression, self-harm and suicidal thoughts throughout his life.[9]

References
  1. "Members' Names Data Platform query". UK Parliament. Retrieved 6 February 2020.
  2. "Election 2019: Stoke on Trent North". BBC. 13 December 2019. Retrieved 13 December 2019.
  3. Corrigan, Phil (13 December 2019). "New MP pledges to 'work his bum off' after winning big in Stoke-on-Trent North". stokesentinel. Retrieved 14 December 2019.
  4. "New MP Jonathan Gullis Pays Tribute To His Princethorpe Teacher". Princethorpe Connect. 27 January 2020. Retrieved 25 May 2020.
  5. "Meet Boris's Babies – theyre young, fun and working class". The Times (London). 15 December 2019. p. 23.
  6. Corrigan, Phil (30 April 2020). "'An absolute disgrace' – Piers Morgan blasts Stoke-on-Trent MP for controversial coronavirus tweet". Stoke-on-Trent Live. Retrieved 1 May 2020.
  7. "Why new MPs are rushing to join the European Research Group". The Week. 19 December 2019. Retrieved 20 December 2019.
  8. FREER [@Freer_UK] (9 March 2020). ""Stimulate our economy through a combination of cutting red tape, simplifying the tax book, updating our planning laws and putting people's money back in their pockets." @JEGullis, parliamentary backer of FREER, for ⁦@thetimes this morning!" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  9. Ault, Richard (10 March 2020). "'I self-harmed after bullying...' MP Jonathan Gullis speaks out about his own mental health struggles - and thoughts of suicide". Stoke-on-Trent Live. Retrieved 11 March 2020.
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
Ruth Smeeth		 Member of Parliament for Stoke-on-Trent North
2019–present		 Incumbent
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