Michael Ellis (British politician)
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Michael Ellis MP |
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| Deputy Leader of the House of Commons | |
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Assumed office 17 July 2016 |
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| Prime Minister | Theresa May |
| Leader | David Lidington |
| Preceded by | Therese Coffey |
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Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Home Secretary |
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In office 23 June 2015 – 13 July 2016 |
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| Prime Minister | David Cameron |
| Home Secretary | Theresa May |
| Preceded by | George Hollingbery |
| Succeeded by | David Rutley |
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Member of Parliament for Northampton North |
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Assumed office 6 May 2010 |
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| Preceded by | Sally Keeble |
| Majority | 3,245 (8.2%) |
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Michael Tyrone Ellis 13 October 1967 Northampton, England, UK |
| Political party | Conservative |
| Alma mater |
University of Buckingham City Law School |
| Website | Official website |
Michael Tyrone Ellis (born 13 October 1967) is a Conservative Party politician in the UK. He has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for the Northampton North constituency since the May 2010 General Election.
Michael Ellis was born on 13 October 1967 to a British Jewish family.
He was educated at two independent schools: at Spratton Hall Preparatory School and Wellingborough School, followed by the independent University of Buckingham, where he obtained an LLB degree in 1993, including First Class Honours in Public (Constitutional) Law and won the Aylesbury Vale District Council Chairman's Prize for the Best Performance in Public Law that year. At university he was also a student editor of the Denning Law Journal.
Whilst at university, Ellis undertook an exchange program in the United States at the College of William and Mary, Marshall-Wythe School of Law in Williamsburg, Virginia.
After attending the Inns of Court School of Law in London, Ellis was called to the Bar at Middle Temple in 1993.
Ellis's legal practice as a barrister was based in Northampton, and his chambers' head office was in London.
Ellis was elected as a Conservative Councillor on Northamptonshire County Council, representing the Park (now Parklands) Ward of Northampton North in 1997 and he served until the next election in 2001. At the time of his election he was the youngest County Councillor in Northamptonshire, at the age of 29.
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