Anthony James Holland Mangnall (born 12 August 1989) is a British politician who has served as the

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(MP) for

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since

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. A member of the

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, he worked in

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and as a special adviser prior to his parliamentary career.

Early life

Mangnall's early childhood was spent in

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and Northern Ireland, and was later educated at the

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. Mangnall studied history, politics, and sociology at the

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. During his time at university, he worked as a researcher in the parliamentary office of

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. Mangnall moved to Singapore in 2012 to work as a broker for shipbroking company Braemar ACM. He joined Poten and Partners in London in 2014. Mangnall then returned to politics in 2016 and worked in Hague's office as a special adviser.

Parliamentary career

Mangnall contested the notionally safe

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constituency of Warley in the 2017 general election.Mangnall was selected as the Conservative candidate for Totnes on 20 July 2019. Prior to his selection, he was working as a special adviser to then

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. Mangnall was elected in the 2019 general election with a majority of 12,724. The seat had previously been represented by

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who had left the Conservatives in February to join

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, and subsequently stood as a Liberal Democrats candidate in the constituency. As Chair of the

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for the UK's Preventing Sexual Violence in Conflict Initiative, Mangnall has been outspoken in opposing cuts to UK overseas aid. In 2020 he co-authored a paper for the One Nation Conservatives exploring how to spend aid more effectively. Mangnall was a member of the

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between March 2020 and May 2021 and has been a member of the

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since 9 November 2020. In 2020, he introduced a

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called the Recall of MPs (Change of Party Affiliation) Bill which intended to create a recall process if an MP voluntarily changed party affiliation.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Mangnall, Anthony 1989 births UK MPs 2019–present Living people Conservative Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for Totnes People educated at Shrewsbury School Alumni of the University of Exeter People from South Hams (district) British special advisers