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Vicky Ford is a former MP for Chelmsford.

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Profile

Former Conservative MP for Chelmsford

Entered the House of Commons on 9 June 2017 — General election

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

• Personal website

Social Media

• @vickyford
• https://facebook.com/Vicky4Chelmsford

Expenses

• Expenses from 2010 onwards

Topics of interest

• Foreign
• Commonwealth and Development Office
• Treasury
• Department for Transport
• Department for Education
• Home Office
• Sudan: Armed Conflict
• Sudan: Humanitarian Aid
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• Restaurants: Recycling
• Electric Vehicles: Charging Points

Other offices held in the past

• Member, School Attendance (Duties of Local Authorities and Proprietors of Schools) Bill Committee (24 Apr 2024 to 1 May 2024)
• Member, Education Committee (22 Jan 2024 to 30 May 2024)
• Member, Criminal Justice Bill Committee ( 6 Dec 2023 to 30 Jan 2024)
• Member, Energy Security and Net Zero Committee (12 Jun 2023 to 30 May 2024)
• Member, Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Bill Committee ( 7 Jun 2023 to 11 Jul 2023)
• Member, Workers (Predictable Terms and Conditions) Bill Committee ( 1 Mar 2023 to 8 Mar 2023)
• Member, Equipment Theft (Prevention) Bill Committee (25 Jan 2023 to 1 Feb 2023)
• Minister of State (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office) (Minister for Development) ( 6 Sep 2022 to 25 Oct 2022)
• Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office) (16 Sep 2021 to 6 Sep 2022)
• The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Education (13 Feb 2020 to 16 Sep 2021)
• Member, European Statutory Instruments Committee (10 Feb 2020 to 14 Sep 2020)
• Member, European Statutory Instruments Committee (18 Jul 2018 to 6 Nov 2019)
• Member, Women and Equalities Committee ( 5 Mar 2018 to 6 Nov 2019)
• Member, Science, Innovation and Technology Committee (16 Oct 2017 to 6 Nov 2019)

Previous MPs in this constituency

• Simon Burns
• Norman St John-Stevas
• Hubert Ashton
• John Macnamara
• Ernest Millington
• John Macnamara
• Vivian Henderson
• Charles Howard-Bury
• Henry Curtis-Bennett
• Sydney Robinson
• Ernest Pretyman
• Frederick Rasch
• Thomas Usborne
• William Beadel

Future MPs in this constituency

• Marie Goldman

Public bill committees (Sittings attended)

• School Attendance (Duties of Local Authorities and Proprietors of Schools) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Criminal Justice Bill Committee (15 out of 16)
• Workers (Predictable Terms and Conditions) Bill Committee (0 out of 1)
• Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Bill Committee (11 out of 14)
• Equipment Theft (Prevention) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Domestic Gas and Electricity (Tariff Cap) Bill Committee (2 out of 2)
• Finance (No.3) Bill Committee (2 out of 2)
• Domestic Gas and Electricity (Tariff Cap) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Financial Services (Implementation of Legislation) Bill Committee Committee (1 out of 1)
• Space Industry Bill Committee (2 out of 2)
• Finance (No. 3) Bill Committee (5 out of 7)

Recent appearances

• Written Answers — Department for Science, Innovation and Technology: Question 23 May 2024

  To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps her Department is taking to help protect children online.

• Energy Security and Net Zero: Fuel Poverty 21 May 2024

  Thanks to Government grants, a social housing provider in my Chelmsford constituency, CHP, has made some great investments in social housing to help energy efficiency, reduce bills and lower fuel poverty, but it would like to go further. Will the Minister discuss with me the ways in which we can help to share the benefits of those savings so that some of them can be invested in improving...

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