Maggie Throup
{{Short description|British Conservative politician, MP for Erewash}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2020}}{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Maggie Throup
| image = Official portrait of Maggie Throup MP crop 2.jpg
| honorific-suffix = OBE
| office = Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Vaccines and Public Health
| primeminister = Boris Johnson
| predecessor = Nadhim Zahawi (Vaccines)
Jo Churchill (Public Health)
| successor = Neil O'Brien
| term_start = 16 September 2021
| term_end = 6 September 2022
| office1 = Lord Commissioner of the Treasury
| primeminister1 = Boris Johnson
| term_start1 = 19 September 2019
| term_end1 = 16 September 2021
| predecessor1 = Alister Jack
| successor1 = Amanda Solloway
| office2 = Member of Parliament
for Erewash
| term_start2 = 7 May 2015
| term_end2 = 30 May 2024
| predecessor2 = Jessica Lee
| successor2 = Adam Thompson
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1957|1|27|df=y}}
| birth_place = Shipley, West Riding of Yorkshire, England
| death_date =
| death_place =
| party = Conservative
| alma_mater = University of Manchester
| website = {{URL|maggiethroup.com|Official website}}
| caption = Official portrait, 2019
}}
Margaret Ann Throup{{London Gazette |issue=61230 |date=18 May 2015 |page=9120}} {{postnominals|country=GBR|size=100%|OBE}} (born 27 January 1957){{Cite book|last=Brunskill|first=Ian|url=http://worldcat.org/oclc/1129682574|title=The Times guide to the House of Commons 2019 : the definitive record of Britain's historic 2019 General Election|date=19 March 2020|isbn=978-0-00-839258-1|pages=195|publisher=HarperCollins Publishers Limited |oclc=1129682574}} is a British Conservative Party politician who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Erewash in Derbyshire from the 2015 general election to the 2024 general election. Prior to entering politics, Throup worked as a biomedical scientist and business consultant.
Throup was appointed Lord Commissioner of the Treasury in the Chief Whip's office in September 2019, during the first Johnson ministry. On 16 September 2021, during the cabinet reshuffle, she was appointed Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Vaccines and Public Health.{{Cite web|url=https://www.gov.uk/government/news/ministerial-appointments-september-2021|title=Ministerial appointments: September 2021|date=16 September 2021}}
Early life and career
Maggie Throup was born on 27 January 1957 in Shipley, West Riding of Yorkshire.{{cite web|url=http://myparliament.info/Member/4447|title=Biography for Maggie Throup|accessdate=22 October 2017|url-status=usurped|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171022193600/http://myparliament.info/Member/4447|archive-date=22 October 2017}}{{cite news|url=http://www.birminghampost.co.uk/news/local-news/general-election-battle-solihull-3931821|title=General Election: The battle for Solihull|work=Birmingham Post|date=6 April 2010|accessdate=22 October 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171022193615/http://www.birminghampost.co.uk/news/local-news/general-election-battle-solihull-3931821|archive-date=22 October 2017}} Her early education was at the Bradford Girls' Grammar School,{{cite web|url=http://ukpollingreport.co.uk/2015guide/erewash/|title=Erewash|publisher=UK Polling Report|accessdate=22 October 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171022193842/http://ukpollingreport.co.uk/2015guide/erewash/|archive-date=22 October 2017}} which was a private fee-paying school at the time she attended. She graduated from the University of Manchester with a BSc in biology.{{cite news|url=http://www.derbytelegraph.co.uk/news/derby-news/general-election-2017-erewash-contested-173840|title=General Election 2017 - Erewash will be contested by these candidates|work=Derby Telegraph|date=6 June 2017|accessdate=22 October 2017|last=Gildea|first=Samantha|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171022193507/http://www.derbytelegraph.co.uk/news/derby-news/general-election-2017-erewash-contested-173840|archive-date=22 October 2017}} After graduating she worked as a biomedical scientist at the Calderdale Health Authority for seven years, specialising in haematology.{{cite web|url=https://www.maggiethroup.com/about-maggie|title=About Maggie|publisher=Maggie Throup|accessdate=22 October 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171022193828/https://www.maggiethroup.com/about-maggie|archive-date=22 October 2017}} During her time at Calderdale Health Authority, she became a Fellow of the Institute of Biomedical Science.{{cite web|url=http://cv.democracyclub.org.uk/show_cv/3437|title=Maggie Throup's CV|publisher=Democracy Club|accessdate=22 October 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171023010744/http://cv.democracyclub.org.uk/show_cv/3437|archive-date=23 October 2017}} She then pursued a career in marketing and public relations which included a directorship of a pharmaceutical company and running her own consultancy.
Parliamentary career
Throup stood unsuccessfully as the Conservative candidate for Colne Valley in West Yorkshire in the 2005 general election, losing to the Labour party candidate Kali Mountford.{{cite web|title=Colne Valley|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/vote2005/html/155.stm|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061224163435/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/vote2005/html/155.stm|archive-date=24 December 2006|accessdate=4 December 2016|publisher=BBC News}} She subsequently contested the constituency of Solihull in the 2010 general election, however lost to the Liberal Democrat candidate Lorely Burt.{{cite web|title=Solihull|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/election2010/results/constituency/e06.stm|publisher=BBC News|accessdate=4 December 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160115110315/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/election2010/results/constituency/e06.stm|archive-date=15 January 2016}}
Throup was subsequently selected as the Conservative candidate for Erewash and was elected as MP for the constituency in the 2015 general election with 20,636 (42.7%) votes and a majority of 3,584.{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/politics/constituencies/E14000695#election2015-logo|title=Erewash|publisher=BBC News|accessdate=22 October 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170520005756/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/politics/constituencies/E14000695#election2015-logo|archive-date=20 May 2017}} In the 2015–17 parliament, she was part of the Health Select Committee and the Scottish Affairs Committee.{{Cite web|title=Parliamentary career for Maggie Throup - MPs and Lords - UK Parliament|url=https://members.parliament.uk/member/4447/career|access-date=2020-09-19|website=members.parliament.uk|language=en}}
Throup supported remaining within the European Union (EU) in the 2016 EU membership referendum.{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-eu-referendum-35616946|title=EU vote: Where the cabinet and other MPs stand|publisher=BBC News|date=22 June 2016|accessdate=22 October 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171003020914/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-eu-referendum-35616946|archive-date=3 October 2017}}
She held her seat in the 2017 general election with 25,939 (52.1%) and an increased majority of 4,534.{{Cite web|title=Erewash (Constituency) 2017 results - General election results - UK Parliament|url=https://electionresults.parliament.uk/election/2017-06-08/results/Location/Constituency/Erewash|access-date=2020-09-19|website=electionresults.parliament.uk|language=en}} After the election, Throup was re-elected onto the Health Select Committee, but stood down in February 2018.{{cite web|title=Maggie Throup MP|url=https://www.parliament.uk/biographies/commons/maggie-throup/4447|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171022193827/https://www.parliament.uk/biographies/commons/maggie-throup/4447|archive-date=22 October 2017|accessdate=22 October 2017|publisher=parliament.uk}} Following the Government reshuffle in January 2018, Throup was appointed Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Ministerial team at The Department for Health and Social Care.{{Cite web|date=2018-09-18|title=2019-09-18_Parliamentary_Private_Secretaries_-_Sept_2018_-_FINAL__1_.pdf|url=https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/741506/2018-09-18_Parliamentary_Private_Secretaries_-_Sept_2018_-_FINAL__1_.pdf}}
She is the chair of the All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Obesity, Heart Disease, and the secretary for the APPG on Human Trafficking and Modern Slavery.{{cite web|url=https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/170928/obesity.htm|publisher=parliament.uk|accessdate=22 October 2017|title=Obesity|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171022193601/https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/170928/obesity.htm|archive-date=22 October 2017}}{{cite web|url=https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/171108/register-171108.pdf|title=Register of All-Party Parliamentary Groups|date=8 November 2017|publisher=parliament.uk|pages=508, 533, 652}}
In January 2016, a Labour-proposed amendment that would have required private landlords to make their homes "fit for human habitation" was rejected by 312 votes to 219. According to Parliament's register of interests, Throup was one of 72 MPs who voted against the amendment who derived an income from a property. Communities minister Marcus Jones said the Government believed homes should be fit for human habitation but did not want to pass the new law that would explicitly require it.{{cite news|title=Housing Bill: Tories aren't the only party whose MPs are landlords|url=https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/housing-bill-tories-arent-only-party-whose-mps-are-also-landlords-1538211|work=International Business Times|accessdate=8 August 2018|date=21 January 2016}}{{cite news|title=Tories vote down law requiring landlords make their homes fit for human habitation|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/tories-vote-down-law-requiring-landlords-make-their-homes-fit-for-human-habitation-a6809691.html|work=Independent|accessdate=19 February 2019|date=13 January 2016}}
In May 2016, it was reported that Throup was one of a number of Conservative MPs being investigated by police for allegedly spending more than the legal limit on constituency election campaign expenses.{{cite news | url=https://news.channel4.com/livepages/2016/election-expenses/| title=Election Expenses Exposed| work=Channel 4 News|accessdate=8 August 2018|date=23 June 2016}} In May 2017, the Crown Prosecution Service said that while there was evidence of inaccurate spending returns, it did not "meet the test" for further action.{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-39865801|publisher=BBC|title=No charges over 2015 Conservative battle bus cases|work=BBC News|accessdate=8 August 2018}}
In September 2017, it was reported in the press that Throup had claimed expenses on first class tickets when she travelled by rail, despite official guidance from parliamentary watchdog IPSA – set up in the wake of the 2009 expenses scandal – saying politicians should "consider value for money" when booking tickets. She was revealed to be one of only 22 MPs who never travelled standard class. She argued that her claims were permissible within the expenses rules and that the first class tickets were cheaper than some standard class tickets available.{{cite news|title=Three Tory Derbyshire MPs claim £10k on first-class train tickets in a year|url=https://www.derbytelegraph.co.uk/news/local-news/three-tory-derbyshire-mps-claim-449373|work=Derby Telegraph|accessdate=8 August 2018|date=8 September 2017}}
In September 2019, she was appointed a Lord Commissioner of the Treasury, making her a government whip.
Throup was re-elected in the 2019 general election, with an increased majority of 10,606 votes.{{Cite web|title=Erewash (Constituency) 2019 results - General election results - UK Parliament|url=https://electionresults.parliament.uk/election/2019-12-12/Results/Location/Constituency/Erewash/|access-date=2020-09-19|website=electionresults.parliament.uk|language=en}}
Throup was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2024 New Year Honours for political and public service.{{London Gazette|issue=64269|supp=y|page=N16|date=30 December 2023}}
She lost her seat to Adam Thompson at the 2024 election.
Ministerial career
In September 2021, Throup was appointed as the newly-integrated Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Vaccines and Public Health, replacing both Jo Churchill (as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Prevention, Public Health and Primary Care) and Nadhim Zahawi (as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for COVID-19 Vaccine Deployment) during the cabinet reshuffle.{{Cite web|url=https://www.gov.uk/government/news/ministerial-appointments-september-2021|title=Ministerial appointments: September 2021|date=16 September 2021}}{{Cite web|last=hugo-gye|date=2021-09-16|title=Maggie Throup becomes new vaccine minister in reshuffle after Nadhim Zahawi is promoted|url=https://inews.co.uk/news/politics/maggie-throup-new-vaccine-minister-1204015|access-date=2021-09-18|website=inews.co.uk|language=en}}
Throup rejoined the back benches on 8 September 2022,{{cite web |url=https://www.gov.uk/government/people/maggie-throup-mp |title=Maggie Throup MP |publisher=UK Government |accessdate=1 Jun 2023}} when Liz Truss appointed a new ministerial team after becoming prime minister.
References
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External links
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- [http://www.maggiethroup.com/ Official website]
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Category:Alumni of the University of Manchester
Category:Conservative Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies
Category:Female members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for English constituencies
Category:Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for constituencies in Derbyshire
Category:21st-century British women politicians