Robin Millar (politician)

Robin John Millar (born 15 October 1968)[2] is a British Conservative Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Aberconwy since the 2019 general election.[3][4][5]

Robin Millar
MP
Official portrait, 2020
Member of Parliament
for Aberconwy
Assumed office
12 December 2019
Preceded byGuto Bebb
Majority2,034 (6.4%)
Personal details
Born (1968-10-15) 15 October 1968
Bangor, Wales
NationalityBritish
Political partyConservative
Alma materUniversity of Manchester[1]

Early life and education

Robin Millar was born in Bangor in 1968, where his father was chairman of the Conwy Conservative Association.[6] Millar went to Ysgol Friars School, then studied civil engineering at UMIST and later moved to Suffolk to support his wife’s work as an equine veterinary nurse.[7] While living there he worked as a civil engineer in Cambridge, Russia, the Netherlands and the USA. He later set up Millar Consulting helping to transform public services, local government and membership organisations.[8]

Political career

Millar started his political career in 2003 as a member Forest Heath Council for the All Saints ward in Newmarket.[9] Millar was deputy leader of Forest Heath Council and Mayor of Newmarket in 2003.

He contested the Arfon constituency at the 2010 general election, finishing in 3rd place with 16.7% of the vote. He later became a member for both Suffolk County Council for the Newmarket and Red Lodge seat and West Suffolk District Council for Newmarket North before becoming an MP in 2019.[10][11]

He resigned as a director and trustee of the Conservative Christian Fellowship on his election. [12]

In May 2021 Millar wrote an essay entitled "A Common Sense Model for Poverty" for inclusion in Common Sense: Conservative Thinking for a Post-Liberal Age published by the Common Sense Group, an informal group of Conservative MPs.[13]

In October 2022, he was appointed Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Secretary of State for Scotland and the Secretary of State for Wales.[14] Millar resigned from the position on 29 June 2023 in order to vote against new regulations on sex education in Northern Ireland.[15][16]

References
  1. PoliticsHome.com (16 December 2019). "Class of 2019: Meet the new MPs". PoliticsHome.com. Retrieved 4 February 2020.
  2. Brunskill, Ian (19 March 2020). The Times guide to the House of Commons 2019 : the definitive record of Britain's historic 2019 General Election. p. 75. ISBN 978-0-00-839258-1. OCLC 1129682574.
  3. "Aberconwy parliamentary constituency - Election 2019". Retrieved 13 December 2019.
  4. "Robin Millar holds Aberconwy for the Welsh Conservatives with increased majority". North Wales Pioneer. Retrieved 13 December 2019.
  5. Mosalski, Ruth (13 December 2019). "General Election 2019 result for Aberconwy". walesonline. Retrieved 13 December 2019.
  6. "About Robin Millar MP". Robin Millar. Retrieved 12 July 2022.
  7. "About Robin Millar MP". Robin Millar. Retrieved 12 July 2022.
  8. "Class of 2019: Meet the new MPs". Politics Home. 25 February 2020. Retrieved 14 February 2022.
  9. "Forest Heath Election of District Councillors for All Saints" (PDF). westsuffolk.gov.uk. 5 May 2011.
  10. Geater, Paul (12 November 2019). "Suffolk councillor heads to Wales in 2019 General Election". East Anglian Daily Times. Retrieved 13 December 2019.
  11. "Councillor Robin Millar". West Suffolk. Retrieved 30 January 2020.
  12. "Robin John MILLAR - Personal Appointments (free information from Companies House)". beta.companieshouse.gov.uk. Retrieved 4 February 2020.
  13. Millar, Robin (May 2021). A Common Sense Model for Poverty in Hayes, John (ed.). Common Sense: Conservative Thinking for a Post-Liberal Age (pdf). Common Sense Group.
  14. "Parliamentary Private Secretaries - November 2022" (PDF).
  15. "Welsh Tory quits UK government over sex education law". BBC News. 29 June 2023. Retrieved 18 October 2023.
  16. Masters, Adrian (5 July 2023). "Robin Millar MP quits government role over Northern Ireland sex education changes". ITV News. Retrieved 18 October 2023.
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