Richard Harrington (politician)

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Richard Harrington (2017)

Richard Harrington (* 4. November 1957 in Leeds ) is a British politician of the Conservative Party .

Life

Harrington has been a MP in the British House of Commons since 2010. From July 17, 2016 to June 14, 2017, he was Undersecretary of State in the Department for Work and Pensions in the May I cabinet . Harrington was expelled from the Conservative Party on September 4, 2019 due to his parliamentary opposition to a Brexit without an EU exit agreement. Shortly thereafter, he announced that he would not run for a seat in parliament again in the next general election. Harrington is married with two children.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ FAZ.net: British government throws dissenters from parliamentary group , accessed on September 5, 2019
  2. ↑ Mirror: Full list of 21 Tory rebels losing the whip in brutal no-deal Brexit purge September 4, 2019
  3. ^ Watford MP announces he will retire from politics at the next election. Retrieved October 12, 2019 .
personal data
SURNAME Harrington, Richard
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British politician (Conservative Party)
DATE OF BIRTH November 4th 1957
PLACE OF BIRTH Leeds , UK