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Nicky Morgan

Early life

Morgan was born in Kingston upon Thames. She grew up in Surbiton and attended Surbiton High School before studying Jurisprudence at St Hugh's College, Oxford. She qualified as a solicitor in 1994 and worked as a corporate lawyer specialising in mergers and acquisitions before taking on an in-house counsel role advising on corporate law matters.[2]
Political career

Morgan joined the Conservative Party in 1989 and was the Chair of Wessex Young Conservatives from 1995–97 and Vice-chair, Battersea Conservatives from 1997-99.[3] She fought Islington South and Finsbury in the 2001 General Election.

Morgan was first selected for the Loughborough seat in 2004 and in the 2005 General Election Morgan achieved a swing to the Conservatives in Loughborough, making it the most marginal seat in the East Midlands. Morgan was reselected for the Loughborough seat in 2006.

In the 2010 General Election Morgan was elected as the MP for Loughborough on a swing of 5.5% with a majority of 3,744 votes.[4] She made her maiden speech in a debate on Economic Affairs and Work and Pensions on 8 June 2010.[5] In June, 2010, she was selected as a Conservative member of the Business, Innovation and Skills Committee but was replaced following promotion in September to Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Universities and Science Minister, David Willetts.[6]

In March 2012, Morgan was reported as being one of the Conservative MPs to have spoken critically of Party Co-Chairman Sayeeda Warsi at a meeting of the 1922 Committee, following Lady Warsi's handling of Roger Helmer MEP's defection to UKIP.[7]

She was appointed assistant whip in September 2012,[8] and Economic Secretary to the Treasury on 7 October 2013


Following the resignation of Maria Miller from the Cabinet, she became Minister for Women (attending Cabinet) on 9 April 2014[10] and was appointed a Privy Councillor.

On 15 July 2014
 she was appointed Secretary of State for Education in David Cameron's reshuffle, replacing Michael Gove and retaining her post as Minister for Women and Equalities.
Student fees

On 7 November 2010, Morgan appeared on the Politics Show with Lucy Hopkins, Loughborough Students' Union President to continue an earlier on-campus debate on the tripling of student tuition fees. Morgan agreed costs could be daunting but said student numbers were unsustainable, it was fair to ask people to invest in their own education and people should ask more questions about how courses would improve prospects. Hopkins accepted that the Government had tried to find fair options but said students were taking on "excessive debts" which they would still be paying off when their own children went to university, they had no guarantee of a better job and those from poor homes would either have to choose an affordable university or not attend. In response, Morgan said university wasn't a rite of passage, there were other ways of continuing education and she herself had taken eight years to pay her debts. She would advise the Government on the debate.[12]
Other issues

In July 2010, Morgan asked the Prime Minister to join her in congratulating Loughborough University Student Union Rag Committee on raising more money on behalf of the Royal British Legion than any other rag in the country.[13] Both agreed it was an example of the Big Society in action.[13]

In February 2011, she visited the new offices of Dialog Devices at Loughborough Innovation Centre.[14] The company has been awarded a Department of Health grant for development of a device with the potential to provide an early diagnosis of peripheral arterial disease

In 2013, Morgan voted against the introduction of same sex marriage in England and Wales, arguing that marriage could only be between a man and a woman

In January 2014, speaking at a meeting of the Bright Blue Tory think tank, Morgan said Conservatives must send out an optimistic message and not just "the language of hate" if they were to win the next general election. Her comments were thought to show concern at right wing backbenchers' criticisms of Cameron on immigration, welfare and the EU though a party source insisted that she was talking about very few people
Personal life

Morgan and her husband, architect Jonathan, have a son named Alex (born January 2008).

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