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Holly Mumby-Croft

Holly Mumby-Croft

British Conservative politician


Holly Mumby-Croft (born July 1985)[1] is a British Conservative Party politician, serving as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Scunthorpe since 2019.

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Early life

Mumby-Croft was born in Scunthorpe. She attended Sir John Nelthorpe School in Brigg and Brigg Sixth-Form College followed by reading English and History at the University of Lincoln.[2]

Political career

Prior to her election as an MP, Mumby-Croft was elected as a councillor for the Broughton and Appleby ward on North Lincolnshire Council in 2015, and was re-elected in May 2019 but subsequently stood down upon being elected to Parliament.[3]

Mumby-Croft stood in Scunthorpe at the 2017 general election, and came second. She stood again at the 2019 general election, and defeated the incumbent Labour MP Nic Dakin, winning with a 17.1% majority. This represented a 12.8% swing from Labour to Conservative.

In February 2020, Mumby-Croft praised plans to build a multi-million pound national flood training centre in Scunthorpe.[4] Mumby-Croft made her maiden speech on 6 March 2020, and talked about the town's steel industry. She also made a commitment to increased school funding and the upgrading of Scunthorpe General Hospital.[5]

In October 2020, Mumby-Croft was one of five Conservative MPs who broke the whip to vote for a Labour opposition day motion to extend the provision of free school meals during school holidays until Easter 2021.[6]

Electoral history

2019 general election

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2017 general election

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References

  1. Brunskill, Ian (19 March 2020). The Times guide to the House of Commons 2019 : the definitive record of Britain's historic 2019 General Election. p. 323. ISBN 978-0-00-839258-1. OCLC 1129682574.
  2. "Scunthorpe parliamentary constituency". BBC News. 13 December 2019.
  3. "Plans revealed for national flood training centre in Scunthorpe". grimsbytelegraph. 13 February 2020. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 25 March 2020.
  4. "Scunthorpe MP puts steel industry at centre of speech in Parliament". grimsbytelegraph. 6 March 2020. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 25 March 2020.
  5. Ford, Gregory (22 October 2020). "Scunthorpe MP Holly Mumby-Croft reveals why she had to break Tory ranks in free school meals vote". Grimsby Live. Retrieved 18 November 2020.

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