Penny Mordaunt
Secretary of State for International Development | |||||||
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In office 9 November 2017 – 1 May 2019 | |||||||
Prime Minister | Theresa May | ||||||
Preceded by | Priti Patel | ||||||
Succeeded by | Rory Stewart | ||||||
Minister for Women and Equalities | |||||||
In office 30 April 2018 – 24 July 2019 | |||||||
Prime Minister | Theresa May | ||||||
Preceded by | Amber Rudd | ||||||
Succeeded by | Amber Rudd | ||||||
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Member of Parliament for Portsmouth North | |||||||
Assumed office 6 May 2010 | |||||||
Preceded by | Sarah McCarthy-Fry | ||||||
Majority | 15,780 (34.4%) | ||||||
Personal details | |||||||
Born | Penelope Mary Mordaunt 4 March 1973 Torquay, Devon, England | ||||||
Political party | Conservative | ||||||
Spouse |
Paul Murray
(m. 1999; div. 2000) | ||||||
Honorary Captain) | |||||||
Unit | Royal Naval Reserve | ||||||
Penelope Mary Mordaunt (/ˈmɔːrdənt/; born 4 March 1973) is a British politician who has served as Leader of the House of Commons and Lord President of the Council since 2022. A member of the Conservative Party, she has been Member of Parliament (MP) for Portsmouth North since the 2010 general election. She has run twice for the Conservative party leadership in July–September and October 2022, losing to Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak respectively.
Mordaunt read philosophy at the
In May 2019, Mordaunt was appointed to the Cabinet position of
Following Johnson's announcement in July 2022 that he would resign as Leader of the Conservative Party and Prime Minister, Mordaunt entered the leadership contest to succeed him, but was eliminated in the final round of voting among Conservative MPs and subsequently endorsed Truss. Mordaunt was appointed as Leader of the House of Commons and Lord President of the Council when Truss became Prime Minister. Following Truss's resignation on 20 October 2022, Mordaunt made a second bid to become Conservative leader and Prime Minister. She pulled out of the election after being unable to gain the necessary endorsement of 100 MPs, allowing Sunak to become Conservative Leader and Prime Minister unopposed. Sunak later retained Mordaunt in his cabinet, continuing as Leader of the House of Commons and Lord President, giving her a role at the coronation of Charles III and Camilla.
Early life and education
Penelope Mary Mordaunt was born on 4 March 1973[2][3][4][5] in Torquay, Devon.[6] The daughter of a former paratrooper, she says that she was named after HMS Penelope.[7] Her father, John Mordaunt, born at Hilsea Barracks, served in the Parachute Regiment before retraining as a teacher, and later became a youth worker for Hampshire County Council.[8] Her mother, Jennifer (née Snowden), was a special needs teacher at schools in Purbrook.[8] Through her mother she is a relative of Philip Snowden, the first Labour Chancellor of the Exchequer.[9] The actress Dame Angela Lansbury was her grandmother's cousin,[10][11] thus she is distantly related to former Labour Party leader George Lansbury.[12]
Mordaunt has two brothers: her twin, James, and a younger brother, Edward.[13] She was educated at Oaklands Roman Catholic School in Waterlooville, Hampshire, and studied drama at the Victoryland Theatre School.[14]
Mordaunt was 15 when her mother died of breast cancer and after leaving school, she became her younger brother Edward's primary caregiver. The following year her father was also diagnosed with cancer, from which he recovered. To support her time at university Mordaunt worked in a Johnson & Johnson factory, and became a magician's assistant to Will Ayling, a past president of the Portsmouth and District Magic Circle and of the British Ring of the International Brotherhood of Magicians.[15]
Mordaunt has attributed her interest in politics to her experiences whilst working in hospitals and orphanages of
Early professional career
After graduation, Mordaunt worked in public relations in various sectors. Under Prime Minister John Major she was Head of Youth for the Conservative Party, before working for two years as Head of Broadcasting for the Conservatives under party leader William Hague (1999–2001).[4][13] She worked as a communications specialist for the Freight Transport Association (now Logistics UK) from 1997 to 1999. In 2000, she worked briefly as Head of Foreign Press for George W. Bush's presidential campaign.[18][19]
She was Communications Director for the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea from 2001 to 2003, before leaving to set up a new Anglo-American website called 'virtualconservatives'.[20][13] Lord Moylan, who was Deputy Leader of Kensington and Chelsea Council where Mordaunt was hired as a Director of Communications, said: "We had to get rid of her after a few months because she was incompetent."[21]
From 2004 to 2006, she was a director of Media Intelligence Partners.
Entry into parliament
In November 2003, Mordaunt was selected as the Conservative candidate to contest Portsmouth North in the 2005 general election. She attained a 5.5% swing towards the Conservatives,[13] but lost to Labour candidate Sarah McCarthy-Fry by 1,139 votes.[25] A critic of women-only shortlists,[26][27] Mordaunt worked after the 2005 election as chief of staff for David Willetts's aborted leadership campaign.[28]
Mordaunt was re-selected in January 2006 to contest Portsmouth North at the
In 2014, Mordaunt proposed the Loyal Address in reply to the Queen's
At the 2015 general election, Mordaunt was re-elected as the MP for Portsmouth North with an increased majority of 10,537.[36] She was re-elected at the 2017 general election with a decreased majority of 9,965,[37] but at the 2019 general election she increased her majority to 15,780,[38] where she won 61.4% of the vote.
Ministerial career
Mordaunt was appointed
Mordaunt was appointed Minister of State for the Armed Forces in May 2015, becoming the first woman to hold the post.[41] Major Robert Campbell, who was investigated and exonerated over the death of an Iraqi in 2003, criticised Mordaunt for backing the Iraq Historic Allegations Team while she was Armed Forces Minister, stating: "Now she is depicting herself as the armed forces champion but she never did anything for me. She needs to apologise for how we were treated. She failed us as the armed forces champion."[42]
In July 2016, following
Secretary of State for International Development: 2017–2019
Mordaunt was promoted to the
In February 2018, an investigation by The Times newspaper revealed allegations of misconduct by Oxfam staff operating in Haiti, in the aftermath of the 2010 earthquake. Mordaunt argued that Oxfam, which had received £32 million in Government funds in the previous financial year, had failed in its "moral leadership" over the scandal. She also said that Oxfam did "absolutely the wrong thing" by not reporting the detail of the allegations to the Government. Mordaunt felt it was important for aid organisations to report offences because she suspected that there were paedophiles "targeting" the charity sector in order to carry out predatory activities.[44]
Minister for Women and Equalities: 2018–2019
Mordaunt became Minister for Women and Equalities in April 2018, replacing Amber Rudd, who had resigned following the Windrush scandal.[45] In July 2018 she became the first minister to use sign language in the House of Commons, to applause from all sides.[46] In March 2019, she was criticised in a newspaper article by Maya Forstater, who claimed she had not answered to Mumsnet users' satisfaction questions on sex and gender during a webchat held on International Women's Day.[47]
Secretary of State for Defence: 2019
On 1 May 2019, Mordaunt was appointed as the first female
Re-entry into Government
In a cabinet reshuffle in February 2020, Mordaunt re-entered the Government, joining the Cabinet Office as Paymaster General in succession to Oliver Dowden.[52] She was the UK alternate co-chair of the EU Withdrawal Agreement Joint Committee.[53] She was appointed Minister of State for Trade Policy in the 2021 cabinet reshuffle.[54] Lord Frost was critical of her time as his deputy in the Brexit negotiations, saying he had "grave reservations" about her being Prime Minister and that "she did not master the detail that was necessary when we were in negotiations".[55][56]
Leader of the House of Commons: 2022–present
On 6 September 2022, Mordaunt was appointed
On 6 May 2023, Mordaunt participated in the
Conservative Leadership bids
July–September 2022
In July 2022, following the resignation of Boris Johnson during the July 2022 government crisis, Mordaunt launched her bid to be the next Conservative Leader and consequently UK Prime Minister.[65][66] An early promotional video published by her campaign attracted criticism for featuring footage of former professional sprinter Oscar Pistorius, who murdered his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp in 2013.[66][67][68] Athlete Jonnie Peacock requested to be removed from the same video published by her campaign.[69][70] Mordaunt's campaign edited the video to remove footage of Peacock and Pistorius,[67] and later issued a third edition of the video with a short clip of the murdered Labour MP Jo Cox removed, following a request from Cox's family.[71]
In 2018, Mordaunt, the then Women and Equalities Minister, told MPs that "trans men are men, trans women are women" at the launch of a consultation on reforming the Gender Recognition Act.
Mordaunt was one of eight contenders who achieved the necessary 20 nominations by 12 July deadline. Three other candidates had to drop out earlier that day.[78] On 20 July, Mordaunt was eliminated from the fifth round of the leadership competition after failing to secure sufficient support from Conservative MPs.[65] On 1 August 2022, Mordaunt declared her support for Liz Truss in the final round of the leadership contest.[79]
October 2022
Following the resignation of Truss during the October 2022 government crisis, Mordaunt declared she would seek nomination in the ensuing Conservative Party leadership election. However, after only 27 MPs publicly backed her nomination, she pulled out of the election, allowing Rishi Sunak to become Leader unopposed. She tweeted her withdrawal two minutes before the 2pm deadline on 24 October, by which candidates needed to have 100 nominations, and then issued a statement. Mordaunt was later re-appointed to her role by Sunak.[80][81]
Military service
Mordaunt was
In May 2015 she was placed onto Reserve 'List 6',
Views and activities
Splash! appearance
In 2014, Mordaunt appeared on reality television programme
Brexit
In the 2016 United Kingdom European Union membership referendum, Mordaunt supported Brexit.[90] During the referendum campaign, Mordaunt said the United Kingdom did not have a veto to Turkey joining the European Union.[91] Given this is a provision of the Treaty on European Union, Mordaunt was accused of 'lying' over the matter.[92][93] When challenged about her claim, Mordaunt said: "There is a provision for a veto but we could not have used it because David Cameron gave an undertaking that he would support their accession and having given that undertaking to a NATO country, he would not have been able to walk away."[94] She reiterated her defence of her 2016 comments during her Conservative Party leadership campaign in July 2022.[94]
Northern Ireland
Mordaunt voted in favour of legalising same-sex marriage in Northern Ireland. She has said in the House of Commons that the
Homeopathy
Mordaunt has often advocated that the British
Muslim Council of Britain meeting
Since 2009, Labour, the Conservative-Liberal Democrat coalition and Conservative governments have maintained a policy of "non-engagement" with the Muslim Council of Britain due to allegations the group does not represent the British Muslim community and claims that members of the council had made 'favourable' remarks about extremists in the past.[99][100]
As Paymaster General, Mordaunt met with the Secretary General of the MCB, Zara Mohammed, which Alan Mendoza of the Henry Jackson Society described as "shocking". A Government spokesperson told The Jewish Chronicle: "The UK government has a long-standing policy of not engaging with the MCB and that has not changed."[99]
Royal yachts
In June 2020, Mordaunt produced a proposal for a pair of ships with the primary role of specialising in trade, research, and humanitarian work. The vessels were to be funded by private, research, commercial and charitable funds, in partnership with the UK's Overseas Development Assistance budget. The vessels could also be used as "cost effective and secure" accommodation for members of the royal family on visits, so would effectively be successor to the Royal Yacht Britannia which had been decommissioned in 1997. Mordaunt said of it, “We know that industry would also support as would a growing coalition of commercial and trade ventures, research organisations, shipbuilders and ship support companies, maritime training organisations and medical and health projects”. The director of the Global Britain Programme at the Henry Jackson Society, said: "These new ships will help project Britain's image around the world".[101]
Vandalism of War Memorials
In June 2020, in response to vandalism of war memorials, Mordaunt stated: "I would like to suggest that for some found guilty of vandalising such memorials they might benefit from some time spent with our service personnel – perhaps at a battle camp. That might give them a new appreciation of just what these people go through for their sakes."[102]
Personal life
Mordaunt has been a member of the British Astronomical Association,[103][104] and, as of 2013[update], was chair of the Wymering Manor Trust in Portsmouth.[105] She ran the League of Friends visiting team at the Queen Alexandra Hospital in Portsmouth for eight years.[8]
Mordaunt met Paul Murray when they were both students at the
In July 2022, Hampshire Police said they were investigating death threats sent to Mordaunt. She strengthened her security after a letter was sent to her constituency office threatening to shoot a bullet in her head and kill all her family.[113][114]
Decorations
Publications
- Greater: Britain After the Storm (with Chris Lewis, 2021) ISBN 9781785906091
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External links
- Official website
- Penny Mordaunt at the Conservative Party
- Profile at Parliament of the United Kingdom
- Contributions in Parliament at Hansard
- Voting record at Public Whip
- Record in Parliament at TheyWorkForYou
- Appearances on C-SPAN