Rebecca Sheila Paul is a British

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politician who has served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for

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since

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Biography

Paul has worked in tax management for businesses and charities. She has worked in Parliament for Robin Millar, the MP for Aberconwy, Wales from 2019 to 2024. Paul was elected as the councillor for Tadworth, Walton and Kingswood at the 2021 Surrey County Council election with 70 per cent of the vote share. She served as the Deputy Cabinet Member for Levelling Up on

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. In July 2023, Paul was selected as the Conservative

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for the

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. The incumbent MP,

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, was elected as a Conservative but had the whip removed and was not standing again. At the 2024 general election, she won the seat with 35 per cent of the vote share and a majority of 3,187. In the opposition frontbench of Kemi Badenoch, she serves as a junior

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. Paul opposed Kim Leadbeater's bill introducing

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into law and served on the committee examining the legislation.

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* Living people Year of birth missing (living people) Place of birth missing (living people) Female members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for English constituencies UK MPs 2024–present Conservative Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies Members of Surrey County Council Women councillors in England Conservative Party (UK) councillors Date of birth missing (living people) {{UK-MP-stub