Mark Andrew Pritchard is a Conservative Party

Conservative Party (UK)

The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House...

 politician in England. He has been the Member of Parliament

Member of Parliament

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 (MP) for The Wrekin

The Wrekin (UK Parliament constituency)

The Wrekin is a county constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom since 1918. It elects one Member of Parliament by the first past the post system of election...

 in Shropshire

Shropshire

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 since the 2005 general election

United Kingdom general election, 2005

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Early and Porfessional life

Pritchard was brought up and educated in Herefordshire

Herefordshire

Herefordshire is a historic and ceremonial county in the West Midlands region of England. For Eurostat purposes it is a NUTS 3 region and is one of three counties that comprise the "Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Gloucestershire" NUTS 2 region. It also forms a unitary district known as the...

. He then became a marketing communications director.

Political career

Pritchard was re-elected at the 2010 general election. On 26 May 2010, following the general election, Pritchard was elected as one of the two Secretaries of the 1922 Committee

1922 Committee

In British politics, the 1922 Committee is a committee of Conservative Members of Parliament. Voting membership is limited to backbench MPs although frontbench Conservative MPs have an open invitation to attend meetings. While the party was in opposition, frontbench MPs other than the party leader...

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Pritchard was at the centre of a political story in 2010 when he had a public confrontation with the Speaker of the House of Commons, who had told him to stand aside in a corridor. Pritchard then told him "You’re not f---ing royalty!". This slogan soon found itself on t shirts.

Political Positions

Pritchard is known for his advocacy of animal rights issues. In June 2011 he successfully moved a motion to ban wild animals in circuses. In the House of Commons he stated that he had been placed under pressure by the Prime Minister

David Cameron

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 to withdraw the motion, first by being offered a job, and then by being threatened.

Pritchard defines himself as a "main stream Eurosceptic

EuroSceptic

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External links

• Mark Pritchard MP official constituency website
• Blog at ConservativeHome
• Mark Pritchard MP Conservative Party profile
• Wrekin Conservatives