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'{{short description|British conservative politician}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2020}} {{Infobox officeholder | honorific-prefix = | name = James Wild | honorific-suffix = [[Member of Parliament|MP]] | image = Official portrait of James Wild MP crop 2.jpg | office = [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)|Member of Parliament]] <br />for [[North West Norfolk (UK Parliament constituency)| North West Norfolk]] | term_start = 12 December 2019 | term_end = | predecessor = [[Henry Bellingham|Sir Henry Bellingham]] | successor = | majority = 19,922 (42.7%) | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1977|1|5|df=y}}<ref>{{cite web |url=https://data.parliament.uk/membersdataplatform/services/mnis/members/query/id=4787/BasicDetails/ |title=Members' Names Data Platform query |publisher=UK Parliament |access-date=11 February 2020}}</ref> | birth_place = [[Norwich]], England | birth_name = James Oliver Wild | nationality = British | death_date = | death_place = | spouse = [[Natalie Evans, Baroness Evans of Bowes Park|The Baroness Evans of Bowes Park]] | party = [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]] | alma_mater = [[Queen Mary University of London]] | caption = Wild in 2020 }} '''James Oliver Wild'''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2019-12-18/debates/2E37F0BD-4DF0-40A6-B9F9-0607212DBFB1/MembersSworn|title=Members Sworn|website=Hansard.parliament.uk|date=18 December 2019|access-date=28 January 2020}}</ref> (born 5 January 1977) is a British [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative Party]] politician. He has been the [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)|Member of Parliament]] (MP) for [[Norfolk North West (UK Parliament constituency)|North West Norfolk]] since the [[2019 United Kingdom general election|2019 general election]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/politics/constituencies/E14000859|title=Carshalton & Wallington parliamentary constituency - Election 2019|work=BBC News |access-date=13 December 2019}}</ref> ==Education and career== Wild attended the fee paying [[Norwich School]] and later studied at [[Queen Mary University of London|Queen Mary College]], [[University of London (SOAS)|University of London]], where he obtained a BA in politics.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.edp24.co.uk/news/politics/general-election-2019-conservative-candidate-chosen-north-west-norfolk-1-6370532|title=General Election 2019: Conservative candidate chosen for North West Norfolk|last=Lawes|first=Ruth|website=Eastern Daily Press|language=en|access-date=2020-04-17}}</ref> After university he worked in public relations for [[T-Mobile|T Mobile]] & Hanover Communications before becoming a Special Advisor to the Minister for Business and Enterprise. Subsequently, he became a Special Advisor to the Minister for Energy, then a Special Adviser to the Secretary of State for Defence, then Chief of Staff to the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, and then a Senior Special Adviser to the Prime Minister. In November 2019 he became [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative Party]] Candidate for North West Norfolk.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://uk.linkedin.com/in/james-wild-391495b|title=Linkedin}}</ref><br /> ==Personal life== Wild is married to [[Baroness Evans of Bowes Park]], who currently serves as [[Leader of the House of Lords]] and [[Lord Privy Seal|Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.edp24.co.uk/news/james-wild-a-former-special-advisor-to-the-defence-secretary-chosen-as-tory-candidate-for-north-norfolk-1-4998156 |title=James Wild - a former special advisor to the defence secretary - chosen as Tory candidate for North Norfolk |work=Eastern Daily Press |access-date=15 December 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.conservativehome.com/parliament/2019/07/vote-leave-takes-back-control-the-advisers-and-officers-of-johnsons-new-regime.html |title=Vote Leave takes back control: the advisers and officers of Johnson's new regime |work=Conservative Home |access-date=15 December 2019}}</ref> ==Controversy== On the night of the [[2017 United Kingdom general election|2017 general election]], Wild and his brother were involved in a scuffle with a reporter following Wild's failure to unseat former [[Liberal Democrats (UK)|Liberal Democrat]] MP [[Sir Norman Lamb]] in the [[North Norfolk (UK Parliament constituency)|North Norfolk]] constituency.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-england-norfolk-40222212/general-election-2017-tory-aides-involved-in-scuffle |title=General election 2017: Tory aides involved in scuffle | access-date=14 January 2020}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} ==External links== {{commons category}} *{{UK MP links |parliament=4787 |publicwhip=James_Wild |theywork=james_wild}} {{s-start}} {{s-par|uk}} {{s-bef|before=[[Henry Bellingham ]]}} {{s-ttl |title =[[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)|Member of Parliament]] for [[North West Norfolk (UK Parliament constituency)|North West Norfolk]] |years=[[2019 United Kingdom general election|2019]]–present }} {{s-inc}} {{s-end}} {{East of England Conservative Party MPs}} {{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Wild, James}} [[Category:1977 births]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:Spouses of life peers]] [[Category:UK MPs 2019–]] [[Category:British special advisers]] [[Category:Conservative Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies]]'