Rebecca Pow

Rebecca Pow
MP
Member of Parliament
for Taunton Deane
Assumed office
8 May 2015
Preceded by Jeremy Browne
Majority 15,491 (26.8%)
Personal details
Born (1960-10-10) 10 October 1960
Somerset, United Kingdom
Political party Conservative
Website Official website

Rebecca Faye Clark, known as Rebecca Pow,[1] is a British Conservative Party politician. She has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Taunton Deane since May 2015.[2]

Pow was previously a parish councillor in Stoke St Mary and trustee of the Somerset Wildlife Trust. After working for the National Farmers Union she worked as a journalist specialising in environment, farming and gardening and has reported for BBC, ITV and Channel 4.[3][4][5][6]

She sits on the Environmental Audit Select Committee and Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Select Committee.[7]

She declared that she would vote Remain in the 2016 referendum on the UK's membership of the EU.[8]

References

  1. The London Gazette: no. 61230. p. 9125. 18 May 2015.
  2. "Taunton Deane". BBC News. Retrieved 7 May 2015.
  3. "Election Taunton Deane result: Conservative Rebecca Pow". Western Daily Press. 8 May 2015. Retrieved 9 May 2015.
  4. "Rebecca Pow". Conservative Party. Retrieved 9 May 2015.
  5. Wright, Oliver (6 May 2014). "Why it's harder than it looks to evict a Liberal Democrat MP". Independent. Retrieved 9 May 2015.
  6. "Rebecca Pow". Garden Media Guild. Retrieved 9 May 2015.
  7. "Rebecca Pow MP". UK Parliament. Retrieved 10 October 2015.
  8. "European Referendum". Rebecca Pow. Retrieved 2016-06-23.
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
Jeremy Browne
Member of Parliament
for Taunton Deane

2015–present
Incumbent
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