Robin Millar (politician)
British politician (born 1968)
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Robin John Millar (born 15 October 1968)[2] is a British Conservative Party politician who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Aberconwy from 2019 to 2024.[3][4][5]
Robin Millar | |
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| Member of Parliament for Aberconwy | |
| In office 12 December 2019 – 30 May 2024 | |
| Preceded by | Guto Bebb |
| Succeeded by | Constituency abolished |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 15 October 1968 Bangor, Gwynedd, Wales |
| Party | Conservative |
| Education | University 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 of 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.[10] When journalist Bill Curtis asked Millar why he got into politics, he told the interviewer that he has 'always been a problem solver'.
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.[11][12]
He resigned as a director and trustee of the Conservative Christian Fellowship on his election.[13]
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.[14]
In October 2022, he was appointed Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Secretary of State for Scotland and the Secretary of State for Wales.[15] Millar resigned from the position on 29 June 2023 in order to vote against new regulations on sex education in Northern Ireland.[16][17] Millar was Chairman of the Outdoor Learning All Party Parliamentary Group. He backed the Outdoor Learning Policy Report, a policy report by UK Youth, in October 2023.
At the 2024 general election, Millar stood for re-election in the successor constituency of Bangor Aberconwy, where he was pushed into third place with 9,036 votes (21.7%).[18][19][20]
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