Jane Ellison

Jane Elizabeth Ellison[1] (born 15 August 1964)[2] is a British Conservative Party politician, who was first elected at the 2010 general election as the Member of Parliament for Battersea. On 7 May 2015, she was re-elected with an increased margin of 3.4%. She lost the seat to Marsha de Cordova of the Labour Party at the 2017 snap general election. As of 2020, she is Executive Director for External Relations and Governance at the World Health Organization.

This article is about the British politician. For the Borden spokesperson and cookbook author, see Jane Ellison (Borden).

Jane Ellison
Ellison in 2015
Financial Secretary to the Treasury
In office
15 July 2016 – 8 June 2017
Prime MinisterTheresa May
Preceded byDavid Gauke
Succeeded byMel Stride
Parliamentary Undersecretary of State for Public Health
In office
7 October 2013 – 15 July 2016
Prime MinisterDavid Cameron
Preceded byAnna Soubry
Succeeded byDavid Mowat
Member of Parliament
for Battersea
In office
7 May 2010 – 3 May 2017
Preceded byMartin Linton
Succeeded byMarsha de Cordova
Personal details
Born (1964-08-15) 15 August 1964
Bradford, England
Political partyConservative
Alma materSt Hilda's College, Oxford
WebsiteOfficial website

Early life and career

Ellison was born in Bradford, attending St. Joseph's Catholic College, Bradford, then a girls' grammar school. She studied Philosophy, Politics and Economics [3] at St Hilda's College, Oxford. After university, she worked at the John Lewis Partnership, where she held many positions up until her election to the House of Commons some 23 years later.[4]

A former Barnet London Borough Councillor, she contested the 1996 Barnsley East by-election and the 2000 Tottenham by-election, in both cases finishing in third place, and contested Barnsley East and Mexborough in 1997 and Pendle in the 2005 general election.[5] Labour retained the seat, although she almost halved the majority of sitting MP Gordon Prentice from 4,275 to 2,180.

She was selected as the prospective parliamentary candidate for Battersea in September 2006,[6] following an open primary held at the Battersea Arts Centre.

Parliamentary career

Ellison was elected at the 2010 general election, with a majority of 5,977.[7] In Parliament, she served on the Backbench Business Committee and Work and Pensions Committee.[7]

Ellison was appointed Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Public Health in October 2013.[5][7] She described providing political direction to the National Health Service (NHS) as "a bit like being on a high wire without a net at times, it can be quite exciting" in a meeting with the Tory Reform Group in 2014.[8]

According to The Observer, she also said: "I don't know how much any of you realise that with the Lansley act we pretty much gave away control of the NHS… we have some important strategic mechanisms but we don't really have day-to-day control", which was seized upon by critics as evidence that the government's NHS reforms had not succeeded.[8]

In January 2015, she announced the government was proposing introducing a ban on advertising on cigarette packaging before the next election, to some surprise amongst colleagues in the Conservative Party.[9]

In the 2017 general election, she lost her seat to Marsha De Cordova, who increased the Labour share of the vote by 9.1%.[10]

After politics

In October 2017 Ellison was appointed as Deputy Director-General for Corporate Operations at the World Health Organization. On 1 Jan 2020 she became the Executive Director for External Relations and Governance at WHO.[11]

Personal life

Ellison lives in Balham with her partner John, and enjoys music and walking.[5]

References
  1. "No. 61230". The London Gazette. 18 May 2015. p. 9117.
  2. "By-elections 1997–2000 Results and Candidates' Biographies (see Tottenham)". UK Election Results. Archived from the original on 12 July 2010. Retrieved 25 July 2010.
  3. Yearbook, Parliamentary. "Ellison, Jane". Archived from the original on 14 August 2016. Retrieved 16 July 2016.
  4. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 11 May 2010. Retrieved 16 May 2010.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  5. "About Jane - Jane Ellison - Parliamentary Candidate for Battersea". www.janeellison.net. Archived from the original on 12 August 2014. Retrieved 11 August 2014.
  6. "ConservativeHome's Seats & Candidates blog: Where are the original A-Listers now? The 27 who have been selected for target seats". conservativehome.blogs.com. Archived from the original on 2 November 2011. Retrieved 6 February 2011.
  7. "Jane Ellison MP". UK Parliament. Archived from the original on 16 March 2015. Retrieved 24 March 2015.
  8. Helm, Toby (21 June 2014). "NHS is out of control, says Tory health minister". Observer. Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 24 March 2015.
  9. "Second Tory Cabinet minister criticises plain packets for cigarettes". Daily Telegraph. 29 January 2015. Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 24 March 2015.
  10. "Battersea parliamentary constituency - Election 2017". BBC News. Archived from the original on 17 May 2018. Retrieved 22 June 2018 – via www.bbc.co.uk.
  11. "WHO Headquarters Leadership Team". Archived from the original on 4 July 2020. Retrieved 18 April 2018 – via www.who.int.
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
Martin Linton		 Member of Parliament
for Battersea
2010–2017		 Succeeded by
Marsha de Cordova
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