The subject of this article is standing for re-election to the House of Commons of the United Kingdom on 4 July, and has not been an incumbent MP since Parliament was dissolved on 30 May. Some parts of this article may be out of date during this period. |
Suzanne Webb | |
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Assistant Government Whip | |
Assumed office 14 November 2023 | |
Prime Minister | Rishi Sunak |
Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Prime Minister | |
In office 6 September 2022 –25 October 2022 | |
Prime Minister | Liz Truss |
Preceded by | Alexander Stafford |
Succeeded by | Craig Williams |
Member of Parliament for Stourbridge | |
Assumed office 12 December 2019 | |
Preceded by | Margot James |
Majority | 13,571 (29.7%) |
Personal details | |
Born | Sutton Coldfield,England | 4 February 1966
Political party | Conservative |
Website | Official website |
Suzanne Webb OBE (born 4 February 1966) [1] is a British Conservative Party politician. She has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Stourbridge since the 2019 general election. She was the Parliamentary Private Secretary to Prime Minister Liz Truss from September to October 2022. [2]
Webb was born in Sutton Coldfield. Prior to becoming an MP,she worked for a global logistics provider for 29 years,most recently in a senior leadership role. [3]
Webb voted for the UK to remain in the European Union in the 2016 referendum,although she became a supporter of Brexit after the referendum. [3]
Webb was elected as a Conservative Party councillor for the Castle Vale ward on Birmingham City Council on 3 May 2018. Her term of office expired in 2022. She had previously stood as the Conservative candidate for the Sutton Vesey ward in 2016. [4] She also stood as a candidate in the 2019 European Parliament elections for the West Midlands. [5]
As part of the Conservative voluntary party,Webb was the Coventry,Birmingham,and Solihull Area Chairman between 2017 and 2019. In 2019,Webb was elected as the West Midlands Regional Chairman. [6] She was also part of the Andy Street Campaign Team for the 2017 West Midlands mayoral election.
In November 2019,Webb was adopted as the candidate for Stourbridge after the incumbent,Margot James,announced that she would not be contesting the forthcoming election. The seat,which had been held by the Conservatives since 2010,was held by Webb. [7] [8]
She was appointed Parliamentary Private Secretary in the Department for International Trade and Women and Equalities,serving under Liz Truss,in June 2020.
In September 2021,Webb was appointed Parliamentary Private Secretary to Secretary of State for Defence,Ben Wallace. [9]
From 8 July to 7 September 2022,she was an Assistant Government Whip in a role attached to the Ministry of Defence. [10]
On 7 September 2022,Webb was appointed as the Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Prime Minister,Liz Truss. [11]
In November 2023,she was appointed Assistant Government Whip in the Sunak ministry. [12]
Webb was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) on 29 December 2023 in Truss's resignation honours list. [13] [14] The received the honour at Windsor Castle on 26 May 2024. [15]
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