Energy

Elizabeth Truss: Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

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10 years ago

May 11, 2015

Simon Leadbetter

Elizabeth Truss MP was appointed Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs on 15 July 2014. She was elected as the Conservative MP for south west Norfolk in 2010. She will remain in post.

Elizabeth studied philosophy, politics and economics at Merton College, Oxford. Elizabeth entered Parliament in 2010. She was appointed Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Education and Childcare in September 2012. Elizabeth was previously Deputy Director at Reform. She also worked in the energy and telecommunications industry for 10 years as a commercial manager and economics director, and is a qualified management accountant.

A selection of Elizabeth Truss’s votes.

Voted a mixture of for and against measures to prevent climate change
Voted strongly for fewer MPs in the House of Commons
Voted moderately for encouraging occupational pensions
Voted very strongly for an equal number of electors per parliamentary constituency
Voted moderately against a more proportional system for electing MPs
Voted very strongly against paying higher benefits over longer periods for those unable to work due to illness or disability
Voted very strongly for greater restrictions on campaigning by third parties, such as charities, during elections
Voted very strongly for selling England’s state owned forests

Votes by issue:

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Simon Leadbetter is the founder and publisher of Blue & Green Tomorrow. He has held senior roles at Northcliffe, The Daily Telegraph, Santander, Barclaycard, AXA, Prudential and Fidelity. In 2004, he founded a marketing agency that worked amongst others with The Guardian, Vodafone, E.On and Liverpool Victoria. He sold this agency in 2006 and as Chief Marketing Officer for two VC-backed start-ups launched the online platform Cleantech Intelligence (which underpinned the The Guardian’s Cleantech 100) and StrategyEye Cleantech. Most recently, he was Marketing Director of Emap, the UK’s largest B2B publisher, and the founder of Blue & Green Communications Limited.