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HTTP://NEWS.BBC.CO.UK/DEMOCRACYLIVE/HI/REPRESENTATIVES/PROFILES/73064.STM, Rebecca Harris MP work=BBC Democracy Live, 25 July 2010, Windsor, Berkshire, EnglandHTTP://WWW.UKWHOSWHO.COM/VIEW/ARTICLE/OUPWW/WHOSWHO/U251174/ PUBLISHER=UKWHOSWHO.COM, 6 March 2012, | death_date = | death_place = United Kingdom>British| spouse = FrankConservative Party (UK)>Conservative| relations = | children = | residence = | alma_mater = Bedales SchoolLondon School of Economics| occupation = | profession = | religion = | signature = www.rebeccaharris.org}}| footnotes = | caption = Official portrait, 2019Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)>Member of Parliament for Castle Point| termstart2 = 6 May 2010| predecessor2 = Bob Spink| majority2 = 26,634 (60.2%)| primeminister1 = Theresa MayBoris Johnson}}Elizabeth Rebecca Scott Harris{{London Gazette |issue=61230 |date=18 May 2015 |page=9122}} (born 22 December 1967) is a British Conservative Party politician who was elected at the 2010 general election as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Castle Point. She is the incumbent Comptroller of the Household.WEB, Ministerial Appointments: September 2022,weblink 2022-09-09, GOV.UK, en, WEB, Rebecca Harris MP,weblink 2022-09-09, GOV.UK, en, In that role, she took part in the 2023 Coronation.WEB, Coronation order of service in full,weblink BBC News, 6 May 2023,

Education

Harris was born in Windsor, Berkshire and was privately educated at the Hampshire independent boarding school Bedales. She earned her degree from the London School of Economics (BSc).

Business career

Harris spent most of her working life with Phillimore & Co publishers, working in warehousing as a delivery driver and sales rep. Working her way through the ranks of the company she eventually joined the board as marketing director.

Political career

Harris was a Conservative head office campaign co-ordinator during 2000-2001 and Conservative North West London area officer during 2007–2008. She was elected as MP for Castle Point in 2010 with a majority of 7,632. She was re-elected in 2015 with an increased majority, and then again in 2017 with a substantially increased majority.In 2012, Harris was named by Conservative Home as one of a minority of loyal Conservative backbench MPs not to have voted against the government in any significant rebellions.WEB, Barrett, Matthew, The 24 Conservative MPs who are still on the backbenches and have never rebelled,weblink Conservative Home, 14 September 2012, 19 March 2015, She was a member of the Business, Innovation and Skills Committee and has championed the Daylight Saving Bill which, had it passed, would have moved Britain onto Central European Time.NEWS, Winterman, Denise,weblink Could the UK work with two different time zones?, 24 February 2011, BBC News Magazine, 24 February 2011, On 20 January 2012, the legislation ran out of time to progress, meaning that the United Kingdom would remain on Western European Time.NEWS, Staff writer,weblink Clock change bill runs out of time in Commons, 20 January 2012, BBC News, 21 January 2012, Prior to the EU 2016 referendum Harris stated the intention to campaign for Britain to leave the European Union.NEWS,weblink EU vote: Where the cabinet and other MPs stand, 22 June 2016, BBC News, 21 June 2017, en-GB, Harris and her entourage recorded video footage of allegedly speeding motorbikers and handed them to the police, after spotting them whilst canvassing for the 2015 general election. Local residents had complained of the street being used for road racing.NEWS, Trayner, David, MP films bikers she accuses of speeding,weblink 9 April 2015, Southend Echo, 12 March 2015, Harris was appointed as the Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, Theresa Villiers on 28 May 2015.Harris was appointed Parliamentary Private Secretary to the newly appointed Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, Sajid Javid MP in July 2016.Prior to the General Election in May 2015, Harris was named as the Member of Parliament with the 4th highest voting record in the country.NEWS,weblink Election 2015: How active was my MP?, Michael, Wilkinson, Telegraph, 16 April 2015, 24 August 2015, She was re-elected at the 2017 and 2019 general election; at the latter, Harris won 76.7% of the vote, the largest Conservative vote share of the entire election.WEB,weblink 28 January 2020, Commons Briefing Paper 8749. General Election 2019: results and analysis, House of Commons Library, London, 28 February 2023, live,weblink 18 November 2021,

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External links

• Rebecca Harris MP Conservative Party profile
• Castle Point Conservatives
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