Claire Perry

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{{Infobox MP
| honorific-prefix =
| name = Claire Perry
| honorific-suffix = [[Member of Parliament|MP]]
| image = Rail Minister Claire Perry at event in Southampton Port.jpg
| image_size = 200px
| caption = Claire Perry at an event in Southhampton, welcoming the arrival of the first [[British Rail Class 800|Class 800]] train.
| office = [[Department for Transport|Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Transport]]
| primeminister = [[David Cameron]]
| term_start = 15 July 2014
| term_end =
| predecessor = [[Stephen Hammond]]
| successor =
|office1 = [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)|Member of Parliament]] for [[Devizes (UK Parliament constituency)|Devizes]]
| parliament1 =
| term_start1 = 6 May 2010
| term_end1 =
| majority1 = 20,751 (42.3%)
| predecessor1 = [[Michael Ancram]]
| successor1 =
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1964|04|03|df=yes}}
| birth_place = [[Bromsgrove]], [[Worcestershire]], England<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/article/oupww/whoswho/U251299/ |title=Who's Who |publisher=Ukwhoswho.com |date= |accessdate=24 July 2013}}</ref>
| death_date =
| death_place =
| nationality = British
| spouse = Clayton Perry (separated)<ref name=Telg9946614/><ref name=WGH10303958/>
| party = [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]
| relations =
| children = two daughters, one son
| residence =
| alma_mater = [[Brasenose College, Oxford]], [[Harvard University]]
| occupation = MP for Devizes
| profession = [[Financial adviser|Financial]]
| religion =
| website = {{URL|www.claireperry.org.uk}}
| footnotes =
}}
'''Claire Louise Perry'''<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=59418 |date=13 May 2010 |startpage=8746}}</ref> (born 3 April 1964) is a [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]] Member of Parliament for [[Devizes (UK Parliament constituency)|Devizes]], elected in the [[United Kingdom general election, 2010|2010 general election]].

==Early life==
The youngest of three children, Perry was raised in [[North Somerset]]. Perry was educated at [[Nailsea School]] and [[Brasenose College, Oxford]], where she read Geography, graduating in 1985. She later obtained an [[MBA]] at [[Harvard University]].

Perry worked in banking and finance for [[Bank of America]], [[McKinsey & Company]] and [[Credit Suisse]].<ref>[http://www.claireperry.org.uk/about-claire-/claire%27s-biography] at claireperry.org.uk</ref>

==Political career==
After joining the Conservative party in 2006, she worked for the [[Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer|Chancellor]] [[George Osborne]].<ref>Paul Barltrop, ''[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/politics_show/regions/west/8346502.stm Claire Perry chosen for Devizes]'' at news.bbc.co.uk</ref> Perry was selected in November 2009 as a Conservative candidate to replace the outgoing Member for Devizes, [[Michael Ancram]], in a [[safe seat]] for her party.<ref>[http://www.devizesconservatives.com/index.php?sectionid=3&pagenumber=72 ANNOUNCEMENT - PPC FOR THE DEVIZES CONSTITUENCY] at devizesconservatives.com</ref>

===Appointments===
In October 2011 Perry was appointed as Parliamentary Private Secretary to [[Philip Hammond]], the Secretary of State for Defence.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.claireperry.org.uk/about-claire-/claire's-biography |title=About Claire | Claire's Biography |publisher=Claire Perry |date= |accessdate=24 July 2013}}</ref> Perry held this role until October 2013 when she assumed her new position as Government Assistant Whip. On 15 July 2014 and again in May 2015 Claire Perry was appointed [[Department for Transport|Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Transport]], with responsibility for rail fares, rail franchising, freight and logistics and transport agencies.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.gov.uk/government/people/claire-perry |title=Claire Perry MP |publisher=GOV.UK |date= |accessdate=2015-08-18}}</ref>
[[File:Claire Perry.jpg|thumb|Perry (left) in 2012]]

===Bills===
In June 2011, Perry presented a [[Private Members' Bill]] to Parliament calling for the Monday after [[Remembrance Sunday]] to be made a [[bank holiday]].<ref name="Telegraph Remembrance">{{cite news | url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/8577429/Day-after-Remembrance-Sunday-should-be-a-Bank-Holiday-MPs-suggest.html | title=Day after Remembrance Sunday should be a Bank Holiday, MPs suggest | work=Daily Telegraph | date=15 June 2011 | accessdate=18 June 2011 | author=Hope, Christopher}}</ref> The Bill passed its first reading and was due to be debated again on 20 January 2012 but Perry withdrew the bill on 10 January.<ref name="Bill Parliament">{{cite web | url=http://services.parliament.uk/bills/2010-11/remembrancedaybankholiday.html | title=Parliament UK: Remembrance Day (Bank Holiday) Bill 2010-11 | accessdate=18 June 2011}}</ref>

===Internet filtering===
Perry is in favour of a form of [[Internet censorship]] which will apply to all users unless they opt out of it. She considers that children should thereby be prevented from obtaining access to information and images which she believes they should not see.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.theyworkforyou.com/debates/?id=2010-11-23c.235.0 |title=Internet Pornography: 23 Nov 2010: House of Commons debates |publisher=TheyWorkForYou |date=23 November 2010 |accessdate=24 July 2013}}</ref><ref>Caroline Davies [http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2010/dec/19/broadband-sex-safeguard-children-vaizey "Broadband firms urged to block sex websites to protect children"], ''The Guardian'', 19 December 2010</ref><ref>[http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-11822874 "MP calls for pornography 'opt-in' to protect children"], BBC News, 23 November 2010</ref>
Perry is in favour of improvements in Internet content filters that give people an unavoidable choice about whether to install filters on their home networks.{{clarify|date=June 2015}} She advises the Prime Minister on the prevention of the sexualisation and commercialisation of childhood.

In July 2013, Perry's website was targeted by hackers who "placed indecent images on the site". Perry used her official Twitter account to make accusations that the political blogger Paul Staines - known as [[Guido Fawkes (blogger)|Guido Fawkes]] - had sponsored the attack,<ref name=bbc24jul13>[http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-23437473 "Net block MP Claire Perry in spat over porn hack"], BBC News, 24 July 2013</ref><ref name=boing24jul13>Doctorow C [http://boingboing.net/2013/07/24/technologically-illiterate-mp.html Technologically illiterate MP who masterminded UK porn blocker gets hacked, threatens reporter for writing about it], boing boing, 24 July 2013. Retrieved 2013-07-25.</ref> while Staines himself threatened to sue her for libel if the claim was not removed.<ref name=gran24jul13>Josh Halliday [http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2013/jul/24/guido-fawkes-threatens-sue-mp-hacking "Guido Fawkes blogger threatens to sue Tory MP over hacking accusation"], ''The Guardian'', 24 July 2013</ref>

After [[Internet filter]]s started to be rolled out, news agencies reported that a wide range of non-pornographic websites were now being censored by UK ISPs as a result of false-positive results for blocked phrases, such as child-protection charities, women's charities, and gay rights groups. This list also reportedly includes Perry's own website, as a result of her frequent use of words such as "porn" and "sex" in web posts about her pro-censorship campaign.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.forbes.com/sites/timworstall/2013/12/25/the-best-story-yet-about-the-uks-online-porn-filters/ |first=Tim |last=Worstall |date=25 December 2013 |title=The Best Story Yet About The UK's Online Porn Filters |work=Forbes}}</ref><ref name=2014AVNVirginFSP>{{cite web|last=Staff|title=FSC's Duke Argues Against Censorship at UK Roundtable|url=http://business.avn.com/articles/legal/FSC-s-Duke-Argues-Against-Censorship-at-UK-Roundtable-551614.html|publisher=Adult Video News|accessdate=9 March 2014}}</ref>

===Controversy===
Perry was criticised over a tweet rejoicing the defeat of [[UKIP]] candidate [[Mark Reckless]] <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/women/womens-life/11591752/General-Election-2015-Ukip-slur-Shame-on-Tory-MP-sexist-tweet.html |title=General Election 2015 Ukip slur: Shame on Tory MP 'sexist' tweet |publisher=Telegraph |date=2015-05-08 |accessdate=2015-08-18}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|author=Jenn Selby |url=http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/tory-candidate-claire-perry-reacts-to-mark-reckless-defeat-dont-let-the-door-hit-your-fat-arse-as-you-leave-10235081.html |title=Tory candidate Claire Perry reacts to Mark Reckless defeat: 'Don't let the door hit your fat arse as you leave' - People - News |publisher=The Independent |date=2015-05-08 |accessdate=2015-08-18}}</ref>

===Confusion over deficit vs debt===
On 8 October 2012, Perry stated that the [[national debt]] and [[national deficit]] were the same thing on [[BBC Radio 5 Live]].<ref>{{Cite news
|title=Prime Minister puts the twit back in Twitter...
|date=8 October 2012
|newspaper=[[Mail Online]]
|url=http://www.dailymail.co.uk/debate/article-2214824/David-Cameron-Twitter-Prime-Minister-launched-david_cameron-social-networking-site.html
}}</ref><ref>{{cite web
|title=Boris on Best Behaviour…
|date=October 8, 2012
|website=http://order-order.com
|publisher=[[Guido Fawkes (blogger)|Guido Fawkes]]
|url=http://order-order.com/2012/10/08/boris-on-best-behaviour/#comment-1438060
|quote=On Radio 5 this morning: 
Victoria Derbyshire: What is puzzling is, under Labour debt equals bad, under the Conservatives and Liberal Democrats national debt equals? 
Claire Perry: We have cut Labour’s deficit Victoria by a quarter 
Derbyshire: I’m talking about debt 
Perry: Well it is the same thing 
Derbyshire: It is not the same thing
}}</ref> Reference to this confusion was later made by [[David Dimbleby]], when introducing her as a panelist on a following episode of ''[[Question Time (TV series)|Question Time]]''.<ref>{{Cite news
|title=Question Time: as it happened 26th October
|date=26 October 2012
|newspaper=[[The Daily Telegraph]]
|url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/9634721/Question-Time-live.html
}}</ref>

==Personal life==
Perry has three children, of whom the eldest, Sophie, has incredible bant and is just generally a bit of a lad (with 37 Tinder matches currently) with her husband, from whom she is divorced.<ref name=Telg9946614>{{cite web|url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/9946614/Cameron-cutie-Claire-Perry-gives-up-on-difficult-marriage.html|title='Cameron cutie' Claire Perry gives up on 'difficult' marriage|author=Tim Walker|publisher=Daily Telegraph|date=21 March 2013|accessdate=21 March 2013}}</ref> The family had a house in [[Broad Chalke]] near [[Salisbury]], Wiltshire, and one in London.<ref name=WGH10303958>{{cite web|url=http://www.gazetteandherald.co.uk/news/towns/wiltshire/10303958.Devizes_MP_Claire_Perry_reveals_that_her_marriage_is_over/|title=Devizes MP Claire Perry reveals that her marriage is over|author=Lewis Cowen|publisher=Wiltshire Gazette & Herald|date=21 March 2013|accessdate=21 March 2013}}</ref> After her separation she moved to the [[Vale of Pewsey|Pewsey Vale]].<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.thisiswiltshire.co.uk/news/10759865.Claire_Perry__MP_for_Devizes___Fascinating_to_find_out_what_changes_are_afoot/ | title=Claire Perry, MP for Devizes - Fascinating to find out what changes are afoot | publisher=[[Newsquest]] | work=thisiswiltshire.co.uk | date=24 October 2013 | accessdate=19 September 2015}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
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*[http://claireperry.org.uk/ Claire Perry MP] ''official constituency website''
*[http://www.conservatives.com/People/Members_of_Parliament/Perry_Claire.aspx Claire Perry MP] Conservative Party profile
*[http://www.devizesconservatives.com/ Devizes Conservatives]
*{{UK MP links | hansard = ms-claire-perry | guardian = 12349/claire-perry | publicwhip = Claire_Perry | theywork = claire_perry | record = Claire-Perry/Devizes/1045 | bbc = 83522.stm | journalisted = }}
*[http://conservativehome.blogs.com/goldlist/2009/11/claire-perry-selected-to-fight-devizes.html Claire Perry selected to fight Devizes], ''ConservativeHome'', November 2009
}}

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| DATE OF BIRTH = 3 April 1964
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[[Category:Harvard Business School alumni]]

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