Trudy Harrison
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Trudy Lynne Harrison (born 19 April 1976) is a British Conservative Party politician who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Copeland from the February 2017 by-election to the 2024 general election. Her election marked the first time Copeland had elected a Conservative MP since 1931, and the first time the constituency had elected a female MP. Three months after her by-election victory, Harrison was re-elected in the 2017 general election and held her seat in 2019.
Trudy Harrison | |
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Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Natural Environment and Land Use[lower-alpha 1] | |
In office 8 September 2022 – 13 November 2023 | |
Prime Minister | Liz Truss Rishi Sunak |
Preceded by | Steve Double |
Succeeded by | Rebecca Pow |
Minister of State for Transport | |
In office 7 July 2022 – 7 September 2022 | |
Prime Minister | Boris Johnson |
Preceded by | Andrew Stephenson |
Succeeded by | Lucy Frazer |
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Transport | |
In office 16 September 2021 – 7 July 2022 | |
Prime Minister | Boris Johnson |
Preceded by | Rachel Maclean |
Succeeded by | Karl McCartney |
Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Prime Minister | |
In office 16 December 2019 – 16 September 2021 | |
Prime Minister | Boris Johnson |
Preceded by | James Heappey |
Succeeded by | Sarah Dines Andrew Griffith |
Member of Parliament for Copeland | |
In office 23 February 2017 – 30 May 2024 | |
Preceded by | Jamie Reed |
Succeeded by | Constituency abolished |
Personal details | |
Born | (1976-04-19) 19 April 1976 (age 48) Seascale, Cumbria, England |
Political party | Conservative (since 2016) |
Other political affiliations | Independent (2004 to 2007) |
Children | 4 |
Residence(s) | Bootle, Cumbria, England London, England |
Alma mater | University of Salford |
In December 2019, Harrison was appointed Parliamentary Private Secretary to Prime Minister Boris Johnson. In September 2021, she was appointed Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State at the Department for Transport; she was promoted to Minister of State in the same department in July 2022.
She was appointed Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Environment by Prime Minister Liz Truss in September 2022.[1][2] She was reappointed by Rishi Sunak.[3][4]