{{short description|British Conservative politician}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2020}} {{Use British English|date=January 2020}} {{Infobox officeholder | honorific_prefix = | name = Jeremy Lefroy | honorific_suffix = | image = Jeremy Lefroy MP-73 (38884514780) (cropped).jpg | alt = | caption = Lefroy in 2018 | office = [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)|Member of Parliament]] <br /> for [[Stafford (UK Parliament constituency)|Stafford]] | parliament = | term_start = 6 May 2010 | term_end = 6 November 2019 | predecessor = [[David Kidney]] | successor = [[Theo Clarke|Theodora Clarke]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.stokesentinel.co.uk/news/stoke-on-trent-news/general-election-2019-new-mp-3639478|title=New MP Theo Clarke holds onto Stafford seat for Conservatives|first1=Rob|last1=Andrews|first2=Kerry|last2=Ashdown|date=13 December 2019|website=stokesentinel}}</ref> | birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=y|1959|05|30}} | birth_place = London<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/article/oupww/whoswho/U251247/ |title=Who's Who |publisher=Ukwhoswho.com |access-date=17 October 2012}}</ref> | death_date = | death_place = | resting_place = | birth_name = | party = [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative Party]] | other_party = | spouse = Janet Lefroy | relations = | children = 2 | alma_mater = [[King's College, Cambridge]] | occupation = | profession = | cabinet = | committees = | portfolio = | signature = | signature_alt = | website = {{URL|jeremylefroy.org.uk}} | footnotes = }}
'''Jeremy John Elton Lefroy'''<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=59418 |date=13 May 2010 |page=8745}}</ref> (born 30 May 1959) is a [[Conservative Party (UK)|British Conservative Party]] politician. He was first elected as the Member of Parliament for the [[Stafford (UK Parliament constituency)|Stafford constituency]] in the [[2010 United Kingdom general election|2010 general election]] and was re-elected in 2015 and 2017 before standing down ahead of the [[2019 United Kingdom general election|2019 general election]].
==Early life and education== Lefroy was born on 30 May 1959 in London, England.<ref>{{cite news|url= http://news.bbc.co.uk/democracylive/hi/representatives/profiles/37699.stm |archive-url= https://archive.today/20130419153836/http://news.bbc.co.uk/democracylive/hi/representatives/profiles/37699.stm |url-status= dead |archive-date= 19 April 2013 |title=Jeremy Lefroy MP |work=Democracy Live |publisher=BBC |access-date=25 July 2010}}</ref><ref name="WW 2019">{{cite web |title=Lefroy, Jeremy John Elton |url=https://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/10.1093/ww/9780199540884.001.0001/ww-9780199540884-e-251247 |website=[[Who's Who 2019]] |publisher=Oxford University Press |access-date=10 November 2019 |doi=10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.U251247|date=1 December 2018 |isbn=978-0-19-954088-4 }}</ref> He was educated at [[Highgate School]], an independent school in [[Highgate]] in North London.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ukpolitics.telegraph.co.uk/Stafford/Jeremy+Lefroy|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120306092331/http://ukpolitics.telegraph.co.uk/Stafford/Jeremy+Lefroy|url-status=dead|archive-date=6 March 2012|title=Profile|work=The Telegraph|access-date=17 October 2012}}</ref> He studied at [[King's College, Cambridge]], graduating with a Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree in 1980: as per tradition, his BA was promoted to a [[Master of Arts (Oxbridge and Dublin)|Master of Arts]] (MA Cantab) degree in 1984.<ref name="WW 2019" />
==Business career== Lefroy lived and worked in the coffee industry in [[Tanzania]] between 1989 and 2000.<ref name="bio" /> He is a qualified chartered accountant.<ref name="bio">{{cite web|title=About Jeremy|url=http://www.jeremylefroy.org.uk/about-jeremy|website=Jeremy Lefroy|access-date=1 April 2015|archive-date=23 February 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150223104753/http://www.jeremylefroy.org.uk/about-jeremy|url-status=dead}}</ref>
He also founded and runs [[Equity for Africa]], a [[charitable trust]] which seeks to alleviate poverty in a self-sustaining way by creating jobs through investing in [[Small and medium enterprise|small and medium-sized enterprises]] (SMEs) in Africa.
==Political career== Lefroy was one of the three Conservative Councillors for the Westlands ward of [[Newcastle-under-Lyme (borough)|Newcastle-under-Lyme]] Council. Since a Conservative-led joint administration with the [[Liberal Democrats (UK)|Liberal Democrats]] took control from [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]] in May 2006, he served as the Portfolio holder for Finance and Efficiency in the Borough.
Lefroy was the official Conservative Party candidate for [[Newcastle-under-Lyme (UK Parliament constituency)|Newcastle-under-Lyme]] at the [[2005 United Kingdom general election|2005 general election]], losing to the sitting Labour MP, [[Paul Farrelly]]. He polled 9,945 votes, which is a decrease from the 10,664 votes that the Conservatives recorded at the previous General Election; representing a fall in the Conservative share of the vote from 26.7% to 25%, although this did also represent a 2.7% swing from Labour to the Conservatives, as Labour lost vote share at an even faster rate.
===Parliamentary career=== Lefroy was first elected as MP for [[Stafford (UK Parliament constituency)|Stafford]] in [[2010 United Kingdom general election|2010]] with a majority of 5,460<ref>{{cite news|title=Stafford|url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/nol/shared/election2010/results/constituency/e40.stm|work=Election 2010|publisher=BBC|access-date=1 April 2015}}</ref> and was re-elected in the [[2015 United Kingdom general election|2015 general election]] with an increased majority of 9,177 votes.<ref>{{cite news|title=Jeremy Lefroy retains Stafford seat|url=http://www.staffordshirenewsletter.co.uk/8203-Jeremy-Lefroy-retains-Stafford-seat/story-26463935-detail/story.html|access-date=9 May 2015|work=Staffordshire newsletter|date=8 May 2015|archive-date=23 July 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150723123018/http://www.staffordshirenewsletter.co.uk/8203-Jeremy-Lefroy-retains-Stafford-seat/story-26463935-detail/story.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> He stepped down at the [[2019 United Kingdom general election|2019 general election]], having announced in June 2019 that he would not seek re-election.<ref>{{cite web |title=Stafford MP decides to step down |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-stoke-staffordshire-48628670 |work=BBC News |access-date=10 November 2019 |date=14 June 2019}}</ref>
In Parliament, he served on the [[International Development Committee|Select Committee for International Development]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Jeremy Lefroy|url=http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/commons/jeremy-lefroy/4109|website=Parliament UK|access-date=1 April 2015}}</ref> In 2013, Lefroy was elected chair of [[The Parliamentary Network on the World Bank & International Monetary Fund]]. He is a member of the [[1922 Committee|1922 Executive Committee]].<ref>{{cite web |title=What is the 1922 committee, who is on it and what do they do? |url=https://metro.co.uk/2018/11/16/what-is-the-1922-committee-who-is-on-it-and-what-do-they-do-8146624/ |website=Metro |access-date=16 May 2019}}</ref>
Lefroy has described himself as a "[[One-nation conservatism|One Nation Tory]]".<ref>{{cite news|last1=Lefroy|first1=Jeremy|last2=Bruce|first2=Fiona|title=Marriage must be at the centre of Tory policy|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/david-cameron/11040269/Marriage-must-be-at-the-centre-of-Tory-policy.html|access-date=1 April 2015|work=The Telegraph|date=18 August 2014}}</ref> He advocated a "Remain" vote for the [[2016 United Kingdom European Union membership referendum|2016 EU referendum]].<ref>{{Cite news | last = Madeley | first = Pete | title = Jeremy Lefroy – I won't be a Brexit rebel | url = https://www.expressandstar.com/news/trending-topics/brexit/2017/11/16/jeremy-lefroy---i-wont-be-a-brexit-rebel/ | work = [[Express & Star]] | date = 16 November 2017 | access-date = 25 August 2018}}</ref>
===Post-Parliamentary career=== Lefroy was elected as a councillor for the Maer and Whitmore ward in the [[2026 Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Council election]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Price |first1=Richard |last2=Aitken |first2=Jennie |title=Reform gains control of Newcastle-under-Lyme in historic night for party |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cwy2e2w7y46o |website=[[BBC News]] |access-date=8 May 2026 |date=8 May 2026}}</ref>
== Personal life== Lefroy has been married to Janet, a [[General practitioner|GP]] and lecturer at [[Keele University]] Medical School, since 1985. The couple have two children, who both went to school in Newcastle-under-Lyme.
He is a member of the [[Conservative Christian Fellowship]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.christian-conservatives.org.uk/people?page=1|title=People {{!}}|website=www.christian-conservatives.org.uk|access-date=27 May 2017|archive-date=8 October 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161008095937/https://www.christian-conservatives.org.uk/people?page=1|url-status=dead}}</ref>
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==External links== *[http://www.jeremylefroy.org.uk Official website] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140401131807/http://www.jeremylefroy.org.uk/ |date=1 April 2014 }} *{{UK MP links | parliament = jeremy-lefroy/4109 | publicwhip = jeremy_lefroy | theywork = jeremy_lefroy}}
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