Virginia Crosbie

Virginia Ann Crosbie is a British Conservative Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Ynys Môn since the 2019 general election. Prior to her political career, she worked as a director at UBS and HSBC before retraining as a mathematics teacher.

Virginia Crosbie
Assumed office
12 December 2019
Preceded byAlbert Owen
Majority1,968 (5.4%)
Personal details
BornMaldon, Essex, England
NationalityBritish
Political partyConservative
Children3
Alma mater
Websitewww.virginiacrosbie.co.uk

Early life

Crosbie was born in Maldon, Essex, and grew up in the village of Tiptree, where her mother worked at the Tiptree Jam Factory.[1] She attended Colchester County High School.[1] As a teenager, she worked as a dolphin trainer at the Woburn Safari Park for Terry Nutkins's BBC children's television series Animal Magic.[1][2] She studied microbiology at Queen Mary University of London before completing a diploma in management studies at the University of Westminster.[3] After graduating, Crosbie worked for Glaxo Wellcome before becoming a pharmaceutical analyst at the bank UBS.[1][4] She became a director at UBS and later at HSBC. She then retrained, and became a mathematics teacher.[2][4]

Parliamentary career

Crosbie contested the Rhondda constituency as the Conservative candidate in the 2017 general election. She finished third behind the Labour Party and Plaid Cymru candidates.[5] She then became the deputy chair of the Kensington, Chelsea and Fulham Conservatives Association, and the director of Women2Win, an organisation which campaigns for more female Conservative parliamentarians.[6][7] She also worked as a senior parliamentary researcher for Basingstoke MP Maria Miller.[3][4]

She was selected as the Conservative candidate for Ynys Môn on 14 November 2019 (the day when nominations closed).[8] Crosbie was chosen after the former Brecon and Radnorshire MP Chris Davies, the previously selected candidate, withdrew the day before due to opposition by the local association, and other Welsh Conservatives.[9] She was elected as MP for Ynys Môn in the 2019 general election with a majority of 1,968 (5.4%).[10] The constituency had been represented by a Labour Party MP since the 2001 general election.[11] She is the first Conservative MP to represent the seat since 1987.[12]

In February 2020, she became Parliamentary Private Secretary (PPS) to the Department of Health and Social Care.[13][14] Crosbie has been a member of the Welsh Affairs Select Committee and Women and Equalities Committee since March 2020.[15][16]

Personal life

Crosbie is married and has three children.[1][2]

References
  1. Oldershaw, Lauren (21 March 2018). "Former Colchester School girl Virginia Crosbie leads campaign to get more women in politics". Daily Gazette. Colchester: Newsquest. Archived from the original on 30 May 2019. Retrieved 17 December 2019.
  2. "General Election 2019: Meet Wales' first female Tory MPs". Election 2019. BBC News. BBC. 13 December 2019. Retrieved 17 December 2019.
  3. Bodkin, Henry (16 December 2019). "Ten new MPs to watch: New Tory intake includes quiz show king and Prue Leith's speech-writer son". The Daily Telegraph. London: Telegraph Media Group. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 17 December 2019.
  4. Bond, Daniel (16 December 2019). "Class of 2019: Meet the new MPs". Politics Home. Archived from the original on 17 December 2019. Retrieved 17 December 2019.
  5. "Rhondda – 2017 Election Results". General Elections Online. Parliament of the United Kingdom. Archived from the original on 18 December 2019. Retrieved 17 December 2019.
  6. Crosbie, Virginia (20 August 2019). "A Conservative victory depends on women voters". ConservativeHome. Archived from the original on 17 December 2019. Retrieved 17 December 2019.
  7. "About Us". Women2Win. Archived from the original on 4 December 2019. Retrieved 17 December 2019.
  8. "Meet the first female Conservative MPs in Wales". ITV News Wales. 13 December 2019. Archived from the original on 16 December 2019. Retrieved 17 December 2019.
  9. "Tory Chris Davies withdraws from seat after criticism". Election 2019. BBC News. BBC. 13 November 2019. Retrieved 18 December 2019. A former MP who lost his seat following a conviction for a false expenses claim has quit the general election after briefly becoming the Conservative candidate for Ynys Mon. Chris Davies pulled out after other Welsh Tories criticised his selection.
  10. "Ynys Môn". Election 2019. BBC News. BBC. Retrieved 17 December 2019.
  11. "Labour MP Albert Owen to stand down at next election". BBC News. BBC. 14 August 2019. Retrieved 17 December 2019.
  12. "Ex-Plaid Cymru leader seeks to return as Ynys Mon MP". BBC News. 24 April 2017. Retrieved 18 December 2019.
  13. @VirginiaCrosbie (28 February 2020). "Honoured to have been appointed as Parliamentary Private Secretary to support ⁦@MattHancock⁩ and Ministers in the ⁦@DHSCgovuk⁩. Hoping to use my background in healthcare to help improve outcomes for patients across the UK" (Tweet). Retrieved 10 May 2020 – via Twitter.
  14. "Parliamentary Private Secretaries – April 2020" (PDF). Retrieved 12 April 2020.
  15. "Welsh Affairs Committee membership agreed". parliament.uk. 2 March 2020. Retrieved 3 March 2020.
  16. "Women and Equalities Committee membership agreed". parliament.uk. 2 March 2020. Retrieved 3 March 2020.
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
Albert Owen		 Member of Parliament for Ynys Môn
2019–present		 Incumbent
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