Ben Everitt

Everitt was born in Grantham, Lincolnshire, in 1979 to parents Peter and Rosemary Everitt. He attended The King's School in Grantham, and then Durham University, where he obtained a BSc. Everitt worked as a management consultant for Deloitte from 2009 to 2012. He was latterly head of strategy for the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales from 2012 to 2020.

At the 2015 local elections, Everitt was elected to Aylesbury Vale District Council, representing Great Brickhill and Newton Longville ward for the Conservatives.{{Cite web|title=Local Elections Archive Project — Great Brickhill and Newton Longville Ward|url=https://www.andrewteale.me.uk/leap/ward/16837/|access-date=2021-04-30|website=www.andrewteale.me.uk}} He was elected as the MP for the marginal Milton Keynes North constituency at the 2019 general election, succeeding the former Conservative MP Mark Lancaster. In 2020, Aylesbury Vale became part of the newly created Buckinghamshire Council, with Everitt serving as a councillor on the new unitary authority until the inaugural elections in May 2021.{{Cite web|date=2021-04-30|title=Councillor details - Councillor Ben Everitt|url=https://buckinghamshire.moderngov.co.uk/mgUserInfo.aspx?UID=193|access-date=2021-04-30|website=buckinghamshire.moderngov.co.uk|language=en}}{{cite web|date=18 March 2020|title=New council outlines political arrangements following postponement of elections|url=https://shadow.buckinghamshire.gov.uk/new-council-outlines-political-arrangements-following-postponement-of-elections/|access-date=31 March 2020|website=Buckinghamshire Council Shadow Authority}}

In 2020, Everitt became chairman of the All-Party Parliamentary Group for Housing Market and Housing Delivery.{{cite web |last1=Heath |first1=Lucie |title=Meet Ben Everitt, chair of the new All-Party Parliamentary Group for Housing Market and Housing Delivery |url=https://www.insidehousing.co.uk/insight/insight/meet-ben-everitt-chair-of-the-new-all-party-parliamentary-group-for-housing-market-and-housing-delivery-67530 |website=Inside Housing |access-date=16 September 2020 |date=26 August 2020}} He also became chair of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Connected and Automated Mobility with his Milton Keynes North constituency being home to numerous automated mobility trials including driverless cars.{{Cite web|title=Ben Everitt MP Elected Chair Of APPG For Connected And Automated Mobility|url=https://www.beneveritt.com/news/ben-everitt-mp-elected-chair-appg-connected-and-automated-mobility|access-date=2021-04-30|website=Ben Everitt|date=27 January 2021 |language=en}}

Everitt is a supporter of Brexit.{{Cite web|url=https://www.miltonkeynes.co.uk/news/politics/general-election-2019-brouhaha-over-brexit-makes-for-a-lively-hustings-meeting-in-sherington-near-milton-keynes-1-9170761|title=General election 2019: Brouhaha over Brexit makes for a lively hustings meeting in Sherington, near Milton Keynes|website=miltonkeynes.co.uk|language=en|access-date=2019-12-17}} He campaigned for a new hospital in Milton Keynes, alongside fellow Conservative MP Iain Stewart, who represents Milton Keynes South, but was unable to persuade the government to approve the project.{{Cite web|title=Ben Everitt MP Backs Maternity And Children's Unit Campaign|url=http://bemk.co.uk/news/ben-everitt-mp-backs-maternity-and-childrens-unit-campaign|access-date=2021-04-30|website=beMK}}{{Cite web|title=Brand new Women's and Children's Hospital is coming to Milton Keynes|url=https://www.mkfm.com/news/local-news/confirmed-maternity-and-childrens-hospital-set-to-open-in-milton-keynes/|access-date=2021-04-30|website=MKFM|language=en}}{{Cite web |title=NHP New Women's and Children's Hospital |url=https://www.mkuh.nhs.uk/mkview/estates-projects/mkuh-nhp |access-date=2024-05-24 |website=MK View |language=en}}

In November 2020, Everitt was one of more than 50 MPs who signed a letter calling on a proposed pay rise for MPs to be scrapped due to the coronavirus pandemic.{{Cite web|title=Ben Calls For Pay Rise For MPs To Be Scrapped|url=https://www.mkfm.com/news/local-news/ben-calls-for-pay-rise-for-mps-to-be-scrapped/|access-date=2021-04-30|website=MKFM|language=en}} The pay rise was scrapped in December.{{Cite web|last=Buchan|first=Lizzy|date=2020-12-11|title=MPs' pay rise scrapped after backlash over proposed £3,000 wage hike|url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/politics/breaking-mps-pay-rise-scrapped-23153096|access-date=2021-04-30|website=mirror|language=en}}

Everitt has called on the Chancellor, Rishi Sunak, to extend the Stamp Duty holiday which had been put in place to support movers and the housing market during the pandemic.{{Cite web|title=Ben Everitt MP: The Chancellor must not let a cliff-edge ending ruin the good work of the Stamp Duty holiday|url=https://www.conservativehome.com/platform/2021/02/ben-everitt-mp-the-chancellor-must-not-let-a-cliff-edge-ending-ruin-the-good-work-of-the-stamp-duty-holiday.html|access-date=2021-04-30|website=Conservative Home|date=17 February 2021 |language=en-US}}

In the 2024 United Kingdom general election, he was defeated by Labour candidate Chris Curtis.{{Cite news |title=Milton Keynes North - General election results 2024 |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/election/2024/uk/constituencies/E14001370 |access-date=2024-07-07 |work=BBC News |language=en-GB}}

Everitt was criticised by opponents during the 2019 election campaign for allegedly staging a photo of himself picking up litter in the car park of the Conservative Club in Bletchley.{{Cite web|url=https://www.miltonkeynes.co.uk/news/politics/was-milton-keynes-conservative-s-twitter-litter-picture-a-bit-of-a-con-1-9155395|title=Was Milton Keynes Conservative's Twitter litter picture a bit of a con?|website=miltonkeynes.co.uk|language=en|access-date=2019-12-17}}

In May 2020, a tweet posted by Everitt in 2011 was shared on social media, in which he referred to the late Labour MP Tessa Jowell as looking like "a tranny with a hangover".{{cite web|date=24 April 2011|title=ooch. Not the best photo there. Looks like a tranny with a hangover. Not one for the family album|url=https://twitter.com/Ben_Everitt/status/62077702370361344|access-date=28 May 2020|website=Twitter}} He apologised for the remark.{{cite news |url=https://www.miltonkeynes.co.uk/news/politics/mp-milton-keynes-apologises-saying-baroness-resembled-tranny-hangover-2867810 |title=MP for Milton Keynes apologises for saying baroness resembled a 'tranny with a hangover' |website=miltonkeynes.co.uk |date=28 May 2020 |access-date=28 May 2020 }}

Everitt attracted media attention in 2021 as a result of an investigation into his second home expenses by the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority following a complaint by a constituent as a result of official statistics showing that Everitt was among the top ten claimants of second home expenses out of 650 MPs despite his constituency being within a short commute of London.

The investigation found no evidence that Everitt had broken any rules, concluding that while he was claiming £2,800 per month rent from the taxpayer for a second family home in London despite his children not visiting the property during the 2020/21 financial year and his children being educated in Milton Keynes, this was within the rules.{{cite news |url= https://www.miltonkeynes.co.uk/news/people/milton-keynes-mp-slammed-for-claiming-almost-ps2800-a-month-expenses-for-second-family-home-in-london-3207691 |title= Milton Keynes MP slammed for claiming almost £2,800 a month expenses for second family home in London |website=miltonkeynes.co.uk |date=20 April 2022 |access-date=14 October 2023 }}

He married Emma Skinner in 2006; the couple have a son and two daughters. He lists his recreations as "family, watching Rugby, drinking beer", and is a member of the United and Cecil Club.

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