Background
Main was born in Cardiff, Wales.
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Anne Main
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University of Sheffield. Swansea University.
Career
She then obtaained a Postgraduate Certificate in Education from Sheffield University. She moved to the London area and taught English and drama at an inner London comprehensive school. She also served on South Buckinghamshire Council from 2001.
On 13 August 2009, the local Street Albans conservative association voted by a large margin (140 to 20 according to some sources) to keep her as its candidate for the forthcoming general election, which had to be held before 3 June 2010.
As of 29 April 2013, she is the Chair of the All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Bangladesh. On 26 June it became apparent that she would be facing a Parliamentary inquiry into these allegations under John Lyon, the Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards, following a formal complaint thought to be from a constituent.
In February 2010 Lyon concluded that the public should not have been expected to meet living costs for Main"s daughter and Main was ordered to repay £7,100 (being £2,100 wrongly claimed for food, along with an additional £5,000 to reflect the daughter"s use of the flat), and to provide a written apology to the committee. Main claimed £22,000 a year for a second home, despite being able to commute both from her taxpayer-funded flat in Street Albans, 26 miles from Westminster, or from her family house in Beaconsfield, 31 miles from Westminster.
Politics
Main"s political career began in 1999 when she became a town councillor in Beaconsfield in Buckinghamshire. The local party vote was the consequence of a deselection bid, led by the association"s chairwoman, in connection with public criticism over her parliamentary expenses. In the 2010 general election she held on to her seat with an increased majority, despite a 3.75% swing to the Liberal Democrats.
She increased her majority in May 2015 to 12,732, picking up some votes from the Liberal Democrats as part of the collapse of that party"s national support.
Membership
54th United Kingdom Parliament. 55th United Kingdom Parliament. 56th United Kingdom Parliament]
She was elected at the 2005 general election as the Member of Parliament (Member of Parliament) for Street Albans, defeating the Labour incumbent Kerry Pollard, and was re-elected in 2010 and 2015.
In May 2005, she was elected as the Member of Parliament for Street Albans.
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Conservative Party