Charlotte Ann Leslie is a British Conservative Party

Conservative Party (UK)

The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House...

 politician. She was elected as the Member of Parliament

Member of Parliament

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 (MP) for the Bristol North West constituency on 6 May 2010.

She attended Badminton School

Badminton School

Miriam Badock established a school for girls in 1858 at Badminton House in Clifton. By 1898 it had become known as Miss Bartlett's School for Young Ladies....

 and Millfield

Millfield

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.

After studying Classics at Balliol College, Oxford University, she went on to work for the BBC

BBC

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 and the Policy Exchange

Policy Exchange

Policy Exchange is a British conservative think tank based in London. The Daily Telegraph has described it as "the largest, but also the most influential think tank on the right"...

 think-tank specialising in education (especially special needs education) before becoming an adviser to the Shadow Secretary of State for Education and Skills, David Willetts

David Willetts

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. Until her election to Parliament, she was the editor of Crossbow Magazine, the quarterly journal of the Bow Group

Bow Group

The Bow Group is one of the oldest think tanks in the United Kingdom. Taking its name from the Bow area of London where it first met, it was founded in 1951...

 Conservative Party think tank. She made her maiden speech on the 2nd of June, 2010.

External links

• Charlotte Leslie MP official constituency website
• Charlotte Leslie MP Conservative Party profile
• Bristol & South Gloucestershire Conservatives
• Contributor page at The Guardian
  The Guardian
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