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Tom Pursglove
Thomas Christopher John Pursglove (born 5 November 1988) is a British Conservative Party politician who served as Minister of State for Legal Migration and the Border from December 2023 to July 2024. A member of the Conservative Party, he was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Corby from May 2015 until 2024 when he was defeated.
Pursglove has previously served as Minister of State for Disabled People, Health and Work, Minister of State for Immigration, and Minister of State for Crime and Policing. Aged 26 at the time of his election, he was the youngest Conservative MP of the 2015–17 Parliament.
Pursglove was born in Kettering on 5 November 1988, and grew up in Wellingborough. He was educated at Sir Christopher Hatton School, a state comprehensive school in Wellingborough, and graduated from Queen Mary University of London in 2010 with a politics degree.
In 2007, at the age of 18, Pursglove became the youngest councillor in the country when he was elected for Croyland Ward on Wellingborough Borough Council. The election saw the Conservative Party extend their dominance in Wellingborough, winning 30 of the 36 posts available. Pursglove was re-elected in 2011, but did not stand again in 2015.
In addition to his role as a councillor, Pursglove worked as a parliamentary assistant to the Conservative MP for Daventry Chris Heaton-Harris and worked with the Conservative MP for Wellingborough Peter Bone. Prior to being elected as an MP, Pursglove was deputy chairman of the Wellingborough Conservative Association.
Pursglove was elected as MP for Corby at the 2015 general election with 42.8% of the vote and a majority of 2,412. He won back for the Conservatives a seat that had been lost to Labour in a 2012 by-election after the former Conservative MP Louise Mensch stood down.
In July 2016, following Theresa May's appointment as Prime Minister, Pursglove was appointed as Parliamentary Private Secretary to Robert Goodwill, the Minister of State for Immigration at the Home Office.
Pursglove was re-elected at the 2017 general election with an increased vote share of 49.2% and an increased majority of 2,690 votes.
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Tom Pursglove
Thomas Christopher John Pursglove (born 5 November 1988) is a British Conservative Party politician who served as Minister of State for Legal Migration and the Border from December 2023 to July 2024. A member of the Conservative Party, he was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Corby from May 2015 until 2024 when he was defeated.
Pursglove has previously served as Minister of State for Disabled People, Health and Work, Minister of State for Immigration, and Minister of State for Crime and Policing. Aged 26 at the time of his election, he was the youngest Conservative MP of the 2015–17 Parliament.
Pursglove was born in Kettering on 5 November 1988, and grew up in Wellingborough. He was educated at Sir Christopher Hatton School, a state comprehensive school in Wellingborough, and graduated from Queen Mary University of London in 2010 with a politics degree.
In 2007, at the age of 18, Pursglove became the youngest councillor in the country when he was elected for Croyland Ward on Wellingborough Borough Council. The election saw the Conservative Party extend their dominance in Wellingborough, winning 30 of the 36 posts available. Pursglove was re-elected in 2011, but did not stand again in 2015.
In addition to his role as a councillor, Pursglove worked as a parliamentary assistant to the Conservative MP for Daventry Chris Heaton-Harris and worked with the Conservative MP for Wellingborough Peter Bone. Prior to being elected as an MP, Pursglove was deputy chairman of the Wellingborough Conservative Association.
Pursglove was elected as MP for Corby at the 2015 general election with 42.8% of the vote and a majority of 2,412. He won back for the Conservatives a seat that had been lost to Labour in a 2012 by-election after the former Conservative MP Louise Mensch stood down.
In July 2016, following Theresa May's appointment as Prime Minister, Pursglove was appointed as Parliamentary Private Secretary to Robert Goodwill, the Minister of State for Immigration at the Home Office.
Pursglove was re-elected at the 2017 general election with an increased vote share of 49.2% and an increased majority of 2,690 votes.