Marco Longhi

Marco Andrea Longhi[1] (born 22 April 1967)[2] is a British Conservative Party politician and property entrepreneur who has served as the Member of Parliament for Dudley North since 2019.

Marco Longhi
MP
Member of Parliament
for Dudley North
Assumed office
12 December 2019
Preceded byIan Austin
Majority11,533 (31.4%)
Personal details
Born (1967-04-22) 22 April 1967
Walsall, Staffordshire, England
NationalityBritish
Political partyConservative
Websitemarcolonghi.org.uk

Early life

Longhi grew up in Rome, the son of an Italian airline worker. He trained as a pilot and later studied engineering at Manchester University, before working in the oil and gas industry.[3]

Political career

In 1999, Longhi was elected as a Conservative councillor in Walsall, where his grandfather Wilfred Clarke had been Mayor in 1978, and became Mayor in 2017 and again in 2018.[3] In the 2005 general election he ran for election in Dudley South, gaining an increased vote share but losing to the Labour incumbent by around 4,000 votes.

He ran in Dudley North at the 2019 general election, gaining the seat after the incumbent, Ian Austin (independent, formerly Labour), stood down.[4]

On 22 April 2020, during the COVID-19 pandemic, he became the first ever MP to speak in the Commons chamber via remote video link,[5] asking a question of the Wales Secretary, Simon Hart.[6]

Following an interim report on the connections between colonialism and properties in the care of the National Trust, including links with historic slavery, Longhi was among the signatories of a letter to The Telegraph from the Common Sense Group of Conservative parliamentarians. The letter accused the National Trust of being "coloured by cultural Marxist dogma, colloquially known as the 'woke agenda'".[7]

On 23 August 2021, Prime Minister Boris Johnson appointed Longhi as the UK's trade envoy to Brazil.[8]

Business career

Longhi was the director of property management company Justmove (Lettings) Limited and owns nine houses in Walsall.[1][9]

References
  1. "JUSTMOVE (LETTINGS) LIMITED - Officers". Companies House. Retrieved 20 May 2020.
  2. Brunskill, Ian (19 March 2020). The Times guide to the House of Commons 2019 : the definitive record of Britain's historic 2019 General Election. p. 176. ISBN 978-0-00-839258-1. OCLC 1129682574.
  3. Madeley, Peter (1 November 2019). "Brexiteer Marco Longhi sets sights on Parliament in Dudley North campaign". Express and Star. Midlands News Association.
  4. "Dudley North parliamentary constituency - Election 2019". BBC News. 13 December 2019.
  5. Poole, Danielle. "Marco Longhi MP makes history by asking first question in virtual Parliament". Worcester News. Retrieved 22 April 2020.
  6. "Welsh minister attacks Raab over target comments". BBC News. 22 April 2020. Retrieved 22 April 2020.
  7. "Britain's heroes". Letter to the Daily Telegraph. 9 November 2020. Retrieved 30 January 2021.{{cite press release}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
  8. "PM announces new Trade Envoys to boost British business around the world". GOV.UK (Press release). 23 August 2021. Retrieved 23 August 2021.
  9. "Marco Longhi MP, Dudley North". TheyWorkForYou. Retrieved 20 May 2020.


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