Shailesh Vara promoted

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Shailesh Vara MP has today been promoted by the Prime Minister to Minister of State for Northern Ireland, having served as Parliamentary Under Secretary of State in the Department since January of this year.

Mr Vara said:

“I am of course very pleased with the promotion. The work in Northern Ireland is hugely important, especially as we leave the European Union, ensuring that there is no hard border with Ireland.”

Mr Vara was elected to Parliament in 2005 and has previously served as a Justice Minister, a Minister in the Department for Work and Pensions and also as a Government Whip.

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Official Portrait of Shailesh Vara - Credit:Chris McAndrew / UK Parliament - Attribution 3.0 Unported (CC BY 3.0)

Shailesh Vara

Member of Parliament for North West Cambridgeshire
Mr Shailesh Vara has been the Member of Parliament for North West Cambridgeshire constituency since he was first elected in May 2005. At the General Election on 12th December 2019 Shailesh was returned to Parliament for the fifth time with an increased share of 40,307 votes and won with a majority of 25,983.

Before standing as an MP, Shailesh worked as a solicitor in both London and Hong Kong. He is married with two children and held the position of Justice Minister and Northern Ireland Minister before resigning his Ministerial post over his concerns with Brexit.