Career
Early Wheeler was brought up in Wandsworth and elected Conservative Councillor on Wandsworth Council at the age of 22. After working in the City of London for 10 years, she qualified as an Associate of the Chartered Insurance Institute. Wheeler was elected to South Derbyshire District Council in 1995 and was leader of the Conservative group on the council until standing aside following her election as an Member of Parliament. Following her election to parliament, she continued briefly as district councillor for Repton but did not seek re-election when her term ended in 2011.
Wheeler had previously unsuccessfully fought the general elections of 2001 and 2005 in Coventry South, although a swing to the Conservatives was recorded on both occasions.
Wheeler"s husband Bob is the current leader of South Derbyshire District Council. Their daughter Harriet was a council candidate in the 2011 local elections but was unsuccessful.
Parliamentary prior to successfully contesting the South Derbyshire seat. In Parliament she sat on the Standards and Privileges Committee and the Communities and Local Government Committee
Wheeler was one of 79 Conservative MPs who supported a 2011 rebel motion calling for a referendum on the European Union She also joined a 2013 rebel amendment expressing regret at not including the referendum in the government"s plansShe subsequently backed the government"s plans to hold a referendum in 2017 and opposed a proposal to hold it in 2014
In the 25 November 13 edition of the Register of Members Financial Interests, Wheeler is shown as having carried out a number of surveys for opinion research companies, with the payment being donated to her constituency association.
She is also shown as being sponsored to undertake trips to Ethiopia, Myanmar and the Democratic Republic of Congo for research purposes.
