Jessica Katherine Lee (born 7 April 1976) Erewash Conservatives – Jessica Lee MP is a British former

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politician. She was elected as the

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(MP) for the constituency of Erewash in Derbyshire in 2010. She served as Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Attorney General,

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, before stepping down for the 2015 general election.

Early life

Lee was born in

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on 7 April 1976, educated at

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and

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, University of London, where she graduated with a degree in History & Politics in 1997 and served as Chair of the college's Conservative Students Society. She was the first person from her family to go to university. Lee went on to study at the

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. She was called to the Bar by the

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in 2000, and practised as a barrister specialising in

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. At the 2005 general election, Lee stood as a parliamentary candidate for the Conservative Party in

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, finishing third with 9.8% of the vote in a constituency won by the incumbent Labour Party MP

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Parliamentary career

Lee was elected to the

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as MP for Erewash in the 2010 general election with a majority of 2,501. After her victory was confirmed, she said: "I feel privileged, honoured, slightly overwhelmed. I mean it when I say I will do my best to serve everyone in Erewash, whether they voted for me or not". Lee campaigned enthusiastically for the opening of a railway station in

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, and raised the issue in the

. Following the formation of the Cameron Ministry in May 2010, Lee was appointed as the Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Attorney General,

. In January 2014, Lee announced her intention to step down at the 2015 general election.

References

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