Nadine Dorries

Nadine Dorries, born on May twenty-first, nineteen fifty-seven, is a notable British author and former politician. She served as the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport from twenty twenty-one to twenty twenty-two and was the Member of Parliament for Mid Bedfordshire from two thousand five until two thousand twenty-three, representing the Conservative Party. In twenty twenty-five, she transitioned to become a member of Reform UK.

Raised in Liverpool's working-class district of Anfield, Dorries spent her formative years in Halewood and Runcorn. Her career began as a trainee nurse in Warrington, later evolving into a role as a medical representative. Dorries also dedicated a year in Zambia, leading a community school, before returning to England to establish Company Kids Ltd, a child day-care service for working parents, which she sold in nineteen ninety-eight.

Throughout her parliamentary career, Dorries was known for her controversial stances, including attempts to amend abortion laws and promote sexual abstinence in education. She was a vocal critic of prominent figures like John Bercow, David Cameron, and George Osborne. Her participation in the reality show I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! in two thousand twelve led to her losing the Conservative whip, although she was reinstated the following year.

In July twenty nineteen, Boris Johnson appointed her as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Patient Safety, Suicide Prevention, and Mental Health, later promoting her to a minister of state in May twenty twenty. Following a cabinet reshuffle in September twenty twenty-one, she became Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport but resigned in September twenty twenty-two after Liz Truss succeeded Johnson.

On June ninth, twenty twenty-three, Dorries announced her intention to resign as an MP, later retracting her decision pending information regarding her denied peerage in Boris Johnson's resignation honours. Ultimately, she vacated her seat on August twenty-ninth, facing criticism for her lack of engagement in parliamentary duties since leaving government.