Julian Knight’s biography, net worth, fact, career, awards and life story

Intro British politician
Is Journalist 
From United Kingdom 
Type Journalism 
Gender male
Birth 5 January 1972, Chester, Cheshire West and Chester, Cheshire, North West England
Age: 48 years
Politics Conservative Party

Julian Knight (born 5 January 1972) is a British Conservative Party politician. He was elected as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Solihull in 2015.

Early life

Knight was born in 1972 in Chester, and grew up in a lone parent family. He attended Chester Catholic High School, and went on to study History at the University of Hull, the first in his family to do so.

Employment before Parliament

After graduating, Knight moved to London to find work, doing a variety of jobs before finding a job on a local newspaper. He moved up in journalism over the intervening years, working for the BBC as personal finance and consumer affairs reporter for five years until 2007, working across online, TV and radio. In 2007 he became the Money and Property Editor of The Independent on Sunday.

Political career

Knight was elected as Member of Parliament for Solihull on 8 May 2015 with a majority of 12,902.

Knight was opposed to Brexit prior to the 2016 referendum.

Elections in the 2010s

General Election 2015: Solihull
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Julian Knight 26,956 49.2 +6.6
Liberal Democrat Lorely Burt 14,054 25.7 -17.2
UKIP Phil Henrick 6,361 11.6 +9.4
Labour Nigel Knowles 5,693 10.4 +1.5
Green Howard Allen 1,632 3.0 N/A
An Independence from Europe Mike Nattrass 50 0.1 N/A
Democratic Matthew J. Ward 33 0.1 N/A
Majority 12,902 23.6
Turnout 54,779 70.9 -1.36
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrat Swing +6.6

Other work

Knight has written books on a variety of subjects, including British politics, the euro-zone crisis, tax law and how to play cricket.

Personal life

Knight lives in Olton, Solihull and is married to Philippa, a former nurse.

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