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In July 2023, she was selected to contest the next general election in
In July 2023, she was selected to contest the next general election in
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[[Winchester (UK Parliament constituency)|Winchester]] for the [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservatives]] in the [[next UK general election]]
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Flick Drummond
MP
Official portrait, 2019
Member of Parliament
for Meon Valley
Incumbent
Assumed office
12 December 2019
Preceded byGeorge Hollingbery
Majority23,555 (43.0%)
Member of Parliament
for Portsmouth South
In office
7 May 2015 – 3 May 2017
Preceded byMike Hancock
Succeeded byStephen Morgan
Personal details
Born
Felicia Jane Beatrix

(1962-06-16) 16 June 1962 (age 62)[1]
Aden, Aden Protectorate
(now Yemen)
Political partyConservative
SpouseHereward Drummond
Children4
EducationRoedean School, East Sussex
Alma materUniversity of Hull
University of Southampton
WebsiteOfficial website
Military service
Allegiance United Kingdom
Branch/serviceTerritorial Army
Intelligence Corps

Felicia Jane "Flick" Beatrix Drummond[2] (born 16 June 1962) is a British Conservative Party politician. She has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Meon Valley since 2019, having previously represented Portsmouth South from 2015 to 2017.

Political career

Drummond sat on Winchester City Council from 1996 to 2000, before leaving to accompany her husband to work in the United States. Having returned in 2004, Drummond was selected to stand for Parliament in Southampton Itchen in 2005, coming second to Labour's John Denham. In the 2015 general election, she succeeded the incumbent, Mike Hancock as Member of Parliament in Portsmouth South, having come second to him in the 2010 general election.

During the 2015 Parliament Drummond was a member of the Women and Equalities Select Committee. With Jess Phillips, she set up the Women and Work APPG which she currently co-chairs. She also established the Cybersecurity APPG.

Drummond campaigned to remain in the European Union in the 2016 Referendum.[3] She stated in 2016 that the referendum result diminished and would lessen Britain's influence in Europe.[4]

Drummond was defeated in a further marginal result at the 2017 general election, one of thirty net gains by the opposing Labour Party.

In October 2018, Drummond was elected Voluntary Director of the Conservative Policy Forum by the National Conservative Convention. In November 2019, Drummond was selected as the prospective parliamentary candidate for the safe Conservative seat of Meon Valley, in Eastern Hampshire. She returned to Parliament at the December 2019 general election after the incumbent George Hollingbery retired. She then stood down as the Conservative candidate to become the Hampshire Police and crime commissioner in the 2020 England and Wales police and crime commissioner elections.[5]

Between February and September 2020 Drummond served as Parliamentary Private Secretary to Anne-Marie Trevelyan as Secretary of State for International Development[6] before becoming PPS to Thérèse Coffey at the Department for Work and Pensions.[7]

Since January 2021, Drummond has served as one of two vice-chairwomen of the Conservative European Forum, which replaced the Conservative Group for Europe. The group calls for close, strategic relationships with Europe, advocating for a close relationship with European institutions.[8]

In October 2022, Drummond was appointed to the Commons Public Accounts Committee and the Education Select Committee.

Under the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, her Meon Valley constituency is set to be dissolved and merged with Fareham to form "Fareham and Waterlooville".[9] On 5th April 2023, she faced a re-selection vote for the next general election. Her opponent was Home Secretary and Fareham MP Suella Braverman who won the vote by 77 votes to 54.

She is currently Chair of APPGs on Wine of Great Britain, Women and Work, and Women, Peace and Security. She is co-chair of the APPG on Yemen.

In July 2023, she was selected to contest the next general election in Winchester for the Conservatives in the next UK general election [10]

Interests

Flick Drummond is particularly interested in education policy and foreign affairs, in particular the Middle East.[11] Drummond is a graduate of the Royal College of Defence Studies and has completed two terms on the Armed Forces Parliamentary Scheme.

Personal life

Drummond is married with four children. Before entering politics Drummond was a lay inspector for Ofsted. Drummond has also served as Chair of Governors at Milton Park Primary School and a trustee of Salterns Academy Trust in Portsmouth.

Publications

  • No Blame Game - The Future for Children's Social Workers for the Conservative Party Commission on Social Workers (October 2007)
  • Women Returners, Annual report for Women and Work APPG (2016)
  • Brexit and Beyond edited by George Freeman MP – chapter on Coastal Communities (2019)
  • The Future of Education, One Nation Conservatives (2020)

References

  1. ^ Dale, Iain; Smith, Jacqui (2019). The Honourable Ladies : Volume II: Profiles of Women MPs 1997-2019. La Vergne: Biteback Publishing. ISBN 9781785904479.
  2. ^ "No. 61230". The London Gazette. 18 May 2015. pp. 9124–9125.
  3. ^ Goodenough, Tom (16 February 2016). "Which Tory MPs back Brexit, who doesn't and who is still on the fence?". The Spectator. Retrieved 11 October 2016.
  4. ^ Elgot, Jessica; Mason, Rowena (2 October 2016). "Don't trust Brexit 'three blind mice', says Tory former minister". The Guardian. Retrieved 2 October 2016.
  5. ^ "New MP Flick Drummond stands down as Tory PCC candidate". Hampshire Chronicle. Retrieved 20 February 2020.
  6. ^ "Flick appointed PPS". Conservatives. Conservative and Unionist Party. 25 February 2020. Retrieved 24 December 2021.
  7. ^ "Flick joins Department for Work and Pensions". Conservatives. Conservative and Unionist Party. 22 February 2023. Retrieved 22 February 2023.
  8. ^ "Our people". Conservative European Forum.
  9. ^ Atkinson, William (28 February 2023). "Braverman, Drummond, and Fareham. The Home Secretary is not the local champion that some party members are looking for". Conservative Home. Retrieved 19 March 2023.
  10. ^ "Conservatives choose candidate for the next General Election". Hampshire Chronicle. 21 July 2023. Retrieved 23 July 2023.
  11. ^ "About Flick Drummond MP". Flick Drummond. Retrieved 16 February 2022.
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Member of Parliament
for Portsmouth South
2015–2017 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Member of Parliament
for Meon Valley
2019–present 		Incumbent
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