Wendy Morton

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Wendy Morton (born 9 November 1967) is a British politician and businesswoman who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Aldridge-Brownhills since 2015 and Shadow Minister for Development since November 2024. A member of the Conservative Party, she previously served as Government Chief Whip in the House of Commons and Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury from September to October 2022. Morton served as an Assistant Government Whip under Theresa May from 2018 to 2019. After Boris Johnson became Prime Minister in July 2019, Morton was appointed Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Justice. In the February 2020 reshuffle, she was appointed Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for European Neighbourhood and the Americas. In December 2021, she was appointed Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Transport; she was promoted to Minister of State in February 2022. Following Johnson's resignation in July 2022, Morton supported Liz Truss’s candidacy in the subsequent Conservative...

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