General Election 2017
A round-up of news on the General Election 2017 from the Anglia region.
Essex MP keeps International Development brief
The MP for Witham in Essex, Priti Patel, remains in her post at International Development Secretary in Theresa May Cabinet reshuffle.
Priti Patel, who was a leading campaign for Brexit in the EU referendum, was promoted to the Cabinet when Mrs May became Prime Minister in July 2016. She had been Employment Minister under David Cameron.
Her majority in Witham fell slightly to 18,646 in the recent General Election
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The ups and downs of the reshuffle for the East's MPs
There has been promotion and demotion for MPs for the Anglia region in Theresa May's Cabinet reshuffle following the General Election.
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New Ipswich MP to rethink plans for Orwell Crossing
Sandy Martin defeated the Conservative Ben Gummer, who was one of the architects of Theresa May's ill-fated election campaign.
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Cambs MP predicts PM has only six months in office
The Conservative MP for South Cambridgeshire, Heidi Allen, says Theresa May is "not the leader that we need."