Stephen Hammond

from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Stephen Hammond (2017)

Stephen Hammond (* 4. February 1962 in Southampton ) is a British politician of the Conservative Party .

Life

Hammond studied at King Edward VI School before moving to the University of London to study economics. He then worked for a leading fund management company and then worked for investment banks. In 1994, Hammond was head of the common stock division of Dresdner Kleinwort Benson. In 2000 he became director of Pan European Research. In 2001 he was elected to Wimbledon City Council and in 2002 he became vice chairman of the Conservative Group on Merton Council. Hammond has been a member of the House of Commons for the constituency of Wimbledon since 2005 and became Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Transport in the cabinet of Prime Minister David Cameron on September 4, 2012 .

On December 13, 2017, Hammond was involved in a rebellion against Theresa May's government , in which the government was defeated in an important Brexit vote in parliament. He was then dismissed as deputy chairman of the Conservative Party. On September 4, 2019, he was expelled from the Conservative Party faction due to his parliamentary opposition to a Brexit without an EU exit agreement.

Hammond has been married since 1991 and has one daughter.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ www.dft.gov.uk ( Memento from October 20, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
  2. ↑ Stephen Hammond: Tory MP sacked as Conservative vice-chairman after Brexit rebellion (engl.)
  3. ↑ Mirror: Full list of 21 Tory rebels losing the whip in brutal no-deal Brexit purge
  4. ↑ FAZ.net: Government throws dissenters from the parliamentary group , September 4, 2019
personal data
SURNAME Hammond, Stephen
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British Conservative Party politician, Member of the House of Commons
DATE OF BIRTH 4th February 1962
PLACE OF BIRTH Southampton