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Martin Vickers
MP
Member of Parliament
forBrigg and Immingham
Cleethorpes(2010–2024)
Assumed office
6 May 2010
Preceded byShona McIsaac
Majority3,243 (7.6%)
Personal details
Born
Martin John Vickers

(1950-09-13)13 September 1950(age 73)[1]
Cleethorpes,Lincolnshire,England
Political partyConservative
SpouseAnn Gill
Children1
ResidenceCleethorpes
Alma materUniversity of Lincoln
Websitewww.martinvickers.org.uk

Martin John Vickers[2](born 13 September 1950) is aBritishConservative Partypolitician. He was elected as theMember of Parliament(MP) forBrigg and Imminghamsince the2024 general election.He previously represented theCleethorpesconstituency from2010until its abolition in 2024.

Early life[edit]

Born inCleethorpes,Lincolnshire,Vickers was educated at Havelock School andGrimsby College.[3]He gained a politics degree at theUniversity of Lincolnafter six years as a part-time student in 2004.[4]

In 1979, he stood as a Conservative candidate for the Cromwell ward on Great Grimsby Borough Council, but was not successful. The following year, he elected as a councillor for the Weelsby ward on that council. Having only narrowly held his seat in 1986 by just 74 votes, he changed seats in 1990 to the Scartho ward (even then, only winning by an even narrower 30 votes) while Labour comfortably gained his old seat. In 1994, he lost his seat in Scartho to the Liberal Democrats.[5]

In 1995, he stood for the Scartho ward (with boundaries similar to the former Humberside County Council division) on the then-newly created unitary authorityNorth East Lincolnshire Councilwhich replaced the Great Grimsby and Cleethorpes borough councils, but was unsuccessful. He did, however, gain the seat from Labour in 1999 and remained on the authority until 2011[6]

Before being elected an MP, he served as full-time Conservative agent forEdward Leigh.[citation needed]

Parliamentary career[edit]

Vickers was elected to theHouse of CommonsasMember of Parliament(MP) forCleethorpesin the2010 general election,by a majority of 4,298.[7]On 24 October 2011, Vickers was one of 81 MPs to rebel against the government to vote for anational referendum on the European Union.[8]He was re-elected in the 2015 election and 2017 election.[9]

Political views and parliamentary voting record[edit]

Vickers opposes the legalisation of same-sex marriage. He voted againstMarriage (Same Sex Couples) Act 2013which introduced it in England and Wales.[10]Vickers also voted against similar legislation which introduced it in Northern Ireland in 2019.[11]In the same year, Vickers was one of 21 MPs who voted against LGBT inclusive sex and relationship education in English schools.[12]He also voted against the legalisation of abortion in Northern Ireland in 2019.[11]

Despite his social conservative views on gay rights and abortions, Vickers has maintained he opposes the reintroduction of thedeath penalty.[13]

Vickers supportedBrexitin the2016 EU membership referendum.[14]He voted for then Prime Minister Theresa May'swithdrawal agreement.[15]

He is a member of theConservative Christian Fellowship.[16][better source needed]As of 31 July 2019, Vickers is the vice chair of theAPPGsfor Albania, Azerbaijan, Central America, Faroe Islands, Iceland, Isle of Man, East Coast Main Line, Economic Development, Fair Fuel for UK Motorists and UK Hauliers, Fisheries, Football, Rail in the North, Transport Across the North, and Yorkshire and Northern Lincolnshire. He is the secretary of the APPG for Australia and New Zealand and the treasurer for the APPG for Heritage Rail. He is also the chair of the APPG for Kosovo, North Macedonia, Freeports, Oil Refining Sector, Rail. Vickers is co-chair of the APPG for Montenegro and an officer for the APPG for Serbia and River Thames.[17]

Following an interim report on the connections betweencolonialismand properties now in the care of theNational Trust,including links withhistoric slavery,Vickers was among the signatories of a letter toThe Telegraphin November 2020 from the "Common Sense Group"of Conservative Parliamentarians. The letter accused the National Trust of being" coloured bycultural Marxistdogma, colloquially known as the 'wokeagenda' ".[18]

Personal life[edit]

He is married to Ann, and they have one daughter.[19]His wife works in his parliamentary office as a part-time junior secretary.[20]

References[edit]

  1. ^"Martin Vickers MP".BBC Democracy Live.BBC.Retrieved25 July2010.
  2. ^"2010 Parliamentary Elections".North East Lincolnshire Council. Archived fromthe originalon 11 May 2010.Retrieved7 May2010.
  3. ^"Martin Vickers".The Daily Telegraph.Archived fromthe originalon 31 August 2011.Retrieved7 May2010.
  4. ^"Vickers, Martin".Politics.co.uk. Archived fromthe originalon 23 February 2012.Retrieved7 May2010.
  5. ^"Great Grimsby Borough Council Elections 1973-1994"(PDF).
  6. ^"Cllr Vickers, Martin".North East Lincolnshire Council. Archived fromthe originalon 30 January 2011.Retrieved7 May2010.
  7. ^"Cleethorpes".BBC News.Retrieved7 May2010.
  8. ^Wintour, Patrick (25 October 2011)."Full list of MPs who voted for an EU referendum".The Guardian.Retrieved3 September2019.
  9. ^"Cleethorpes parliamentary constituency".BBC News.Retrieved3 September2019.
  10. ^"MP-by-MP: Gay marriage vote".BBC News.5 February 2013.Retrieved3 September2019.
  11. ^abBaynes, Chris (10 July 2019)."All the MPs who voted against lifting abortion ban and same-sex marriage in Northern Ireland".The Independent.Retrieved3 September2019.
  12. ^Butterworth, Benjamin (28 March 2019)."MPs vote for LGBT inclusive sex and relationship education from primary school".inews.co.uk.Retrieved3 September2019.
  13. ^"Death penalty would not prevent another Huntley says MP".BBC News.12 July 2012.Retrieved12 October2022.
  14. ^"Which Tory MPs back Brexit, who doesn't and who is still on the fence? – Coffee House".The Spectator.16 February 2016.
  15. ^"How MPs voted on May's withdrawal deal defeat".Financial Times.29 March 2019. Archived fromthe originalon 2 September 2019.
  16. ^"Martin John VICKERS - Personal Appointments (free information from Companies House)".beta.companieshouse.gov.uk.Retrieved5 February2019.
  17. ^"Register of All-Party Parliamentary Groups"(PDF).parliament.uk. 31 July 2019.Retrieved3 September2019.
  18. ^"Britain's heroes".Letter to theDaily Telegraph.9 November 2020.Retrieved30 January2021.{{cite press release}}:CS1 maint: others (link)
  19. ^Leonard, Simon (9 June 2017)."This is what Martin Vickers is pledging for Cleethorpes after his General Election win".Scunthorpe Telegraph.Retrieved3 September2019.
  20. ^"Register of Members' Financial Interests as at 12 August 2019"(PDF).parliament.uk. p. 509.Retrieved3 September2019.

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