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Ben Wallace is a former MP for Wyre and Preston North.

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Profile

Former Conservative MP for Wyre and Preston North, Former Conservative MSP for North East Scotland

Entered the House of Commons on 5 May 2005 — General election

Left the House of Commons on 30 May 2024 — Dissolved for election

Entered the Scottish Parliament on 6 May 1999 — Election

Left the Scottish Parliament on 31 March 2003 — Election

Also represented Lancaster and Wyre; North East Scotland

• Personal website
• Page on the Scottish Parliament website
• Wikipedia page
• BBC News profile

Social Media

• @BWallaceMP
• https://facebook.com/benwallaceWPN

Expenses

• Expenses from 2004 to 2009
• Expenses from 2010 onwards

Topics of interest

Ben Wallace campaigned to remain in the European Union Source: BBC

• Defence
• Home Department
• Health
• Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
• Communities and Local Government
• Committees: Ministerial Attendance
• Afghanistan
• Iran
• Future Large Aircraft
• QinetiQ

Other offices held in the past

• The Secretary of State for Defence (24 Jul 2019 to 31 Aug 2023)
• Minister of State (Home Office) (Security) (17 Jul 2016 to 24 Jul 2019)
• Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Northern Ireland Office) ( 8 May 2015 to 17 Jul 2016)
• Member, Administration Committee ( 1 Dec 2014 to 30 Mar 2015)
• Assistant Whip (HM Treasury) (15 Jul 2014 to 8 May 2015)
• Shadow Minister (Scotland) ( 6 Jul 2007 to 6 May 2010)
• Member, Scottish Affairs Committee (12 Jul 2005 to 6 May 2010)

Public bill committees (Sittings attended)

• Counter-Terrorism and Border Security Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Crime (Overseas Production Orders) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Counter-Terrorism and Border Security Bill Committee (6 out of 6)
• Criminal Finances Bill Committee (6 out of 6)
• Social Action, Responsibility and Heroism Bill Committee (3 out of 3)
• Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders bill Committee (16 out of 18)
• Counter-Terrorism Bill Committee (8 out of 14)
• Consumers, Estate Agents and Redress Bill Committee (6 out of 6)
• National Insurance Contributions Bill Committee (2 out of 4)
• Identity Cards Bill Committee (11 out of 11)
• Northern Ireland (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill Committee (2 out of 2)
• Northern Ireland (Offences) Bill Committee (6 out of 6)

Recent appearances

• Valedictory Debate 24 May 2024

  We do not have time for me to share all my anecdotes about my experiences during my 19 years of being a Member of Parliament. I could tell the House about my trip to Iran with Jeremy Corbyn and Jack Straw, which was like something out of Monty Python—I turned out to be the most pro-European of the three, and it was a certainly an extraordinary experience—or about the touching and...

• Valedictory Debate 24 May 2024

  One of the lessons I learned when I was first elected to the Scottish Parliament in 1999—it was a bit like being behind enemy lines for a Conservative; there were 13 of us out of 123—was that it was a surprise who was nice or helpful. I remember Dennis Canavan, a former Member of this House, who never quite made it past the Tony Blair vetting system to be a Labour Member in the Scottish...

• Written Answers — Ministry of Defence: Armed Forces: Defence Equipment 21 May 2024

  To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 10 May 2024 to Question 24424 on Armed Forces: Defence Equipment, for what reason his Department has linked the annual budget cycle in 2024 to the announcement for future funding in the 2025-26 financial year, in the context of the annual budget cycle being for in-year spending adjustments.

More of Ben Wallace’s recent appearances