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Suite 16, Cedars Court
Haven's Head Business Park
Milford Haven
Pembrokeshire
SA73 3LS
Tel: 01646 693888
House of Commons
London
SW1A 0AA
Tel: 020 72196518
Email: crabbs@parliament.uk
Stephen Crabb MP
Stephen was elected as the Conservative Member of Parliament for Preseli Pembrokeshire in May 2005 with a majority of 607 making him the youngest Conservative MP elected in the 2005 Westminster intake of Members of Parliament. In the 2010 election he increased his majority to 4605 votes and 42.79% share of the vote.
He had previously fought the seat during the 2001 election, and after a strong campaign succeeded in reducing the Labour majority from 8736 to 2946 a swing of 6.3%, the largest in Wales.
Stephen lives in Pembrokeshire, a few miles outside Haverfordwest with his wife Beatrice and their two children. A little known fact is that Stephen shares his birthday with his son.
Stephen was born in 1973 and grew up in Portfield Avenue, Haverfordwest, where he attended Fenton Infants, Barn Street Junior School and Tasker Milward VC School. Following a Gap year spent working with voluntary projects in USA and Colombia Stephen went on to study at Bristol University, graduating in 1995 with First Class Honours.
Stephen spent time following his graduation working for a number of companies in Pembrokeshire before taking a job working in the House of Commons as a Research Assistant to Andrew Rowe MP. He later went on to work as Parliamentary Affairs Officer for the National Council for Voluntary Youth Services.
Between 1998 and 2002 he was Policy and Campaigns Manager at London Chamber of Commerce & Industry before undertaking an MBA at London Business School. In 1998 Stephen also served as an Election Observer for the OSCE in Bosnia Herzegovina.
Stephen's main passion outside of politics is rugby, playing as a student at County and University level and continues to play both for the London Business School Alumni and the House of Commons Team. He also enjoys a wide range of sports and outdoor pursuits and is a keen long distance runner completing several Marathons, including the 2002 London Marathon raising £1500 for the Kidney Patients Association.
Since being elected as Member of Parliament for Preseli Pembrokeshire in 2005, Stephen has taken a full an active role in Parliament, with voting records in the top 10% of all MPs.
In May 2010 Stephen became an Assistant Government Whip.
Surgeries
To view Stephen's Surgery dates please click here.
Stephen also does Door Step Surgeries within the Constituency during the year.
