Mark Fletcher (politician)
Mark Peter Fletcher is a British politician serving as Member of Parliament for Bolsover since 2019. A member of the Conservative Party, he beat the long-serving Dennis Skinner, who had been the Labour MP for the constituency since the 1970 election.Biography
He grew up in Doncaster, attending Ridgewood School. He attended Jesus College, Cambridge and was president of the Cambridge University Students' Union. He has worked in the House of Lords as the chief of staff to Lord Popat of Harrow, as well as for the private healthcare company Synergix Health.
In the 2015 election he stood in the Doncaster North constituency against then Labour party leader Ed Miliband. Two years later, Fletcher was the candidate in Stockton North, where he achieved an 8.5% increase in vote share.
Fletcher also contested the local government election in May 2018 for Tower Hamlets London Borough Council, coming second out of three Conservative candidates in the diverse 3-member ward of Whitechapel. He gained 274 votes. A member of the 2019 intake of Tory MPs, Fletcher was one of two former Tower Hamlets 2018 Conservative council candidates to have won a marginal seat in the December polls, the other being Gedling's Tom Randall, who had stood in Canary Wharf ward.Personal life
Fletcher is openly gay. He is married to Will Knock.
