Kieran Mullan

Kieran Mullan (born 6 June 1984)[1] is a British Conservative Party politician who was elected as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Crewe and Nantwich at the 2019 general election.

Kieran Mullan
MP
Member of Parliament
for Crewe and Nantwich
Assumed office
12 December 2019
Preceded byLaura Smith
Majority8,508 (15.7%)
Personal details
Born (1984-06-06) 6 June 1984
Political partyConservative
ResidenceCrewe, England
EducationLeeds School of Medicine
Websitewww.drkieranmullan.org.uk

Early life and career

Mullan was born in 1984.[1] He grew up in social housing.[2] His mother is a nurse and his father is a policeman.[3] Mullan studied medicine at the Leeds School of Medicine.[4] In 2008, he was an account executive for the public relations firm Weber Shandwick.[5] From 2009 to 2013, he worked for the advocacy group Patients Association.[6][7][8] In 2013, he contributed to a government review into the NHS Hospitals complaints system.[9] The following year, Mullan founded the charity ValueYou in Ealing, London which aimed to recognise volunteers.[10] He has also worked as a volunteer special constable for four years and as an emergency medicine doctor.[3]

Political career

Mullan unsuccessfully contested elections for two seats in the Midlands: Birmingham Hodge Hill in 2015,[11] and Wolverhampton South East in 2017.[12]

He was selected as the Conservative candidate for the Crewe and Nantwich seat in September 2018.[13] At the time of his selection Mullan was a clinical lead at the Healthcare Quality Improvement Partnership.[14] He won the marginal seat for the Conservatives, defeating the incumbent Labour Party MP Laura Smith, by 8,508 votes.[15][16] It was thought that pro-Brexit sentiment in the constituency contributed to the win.[17][18] During his election victory speech he said he would "speak up for, and work for, staff" at the NHS and increase the number of GPs.[2]

Mullan has been a member of the Justice Select Committee since March 2020.[19] In 2020, while serving as an MP, he returned to his role as a doctor to volunteer during the COVID-19 pandemic.[3]

Personal life

Mullan is gay.[20]

References
  1. 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. 159. ISBN 978-0-00-839258-1. OCLC 1129682574.
  2. Ousbey, Jenny (28 January 2020). "Game changers". PharmaTimes. Retrieved 4 July 2020.
  3. Abbit, Beth (30 March 2020). "MP goes back to work as a doctor to help colleagues during the coronavirus pandemic". Manchester Evening News.
  4. "Kieran John Mullan". General Medical Council. Retrieved 21 November 2021.
  5. "APPC Register Entry for 1 December 2008 to 28 February 2009" (PDF). p. 74. Retrieved 21 November 2021.
  6. Mullan, Kieran (31 August 2009). "Kieran Mullan: The NHS must stop hiding behind complex bureaucracy". The Independent.
  7. "Uncorrected transcript of oral evidence To be published as HC 786-i". UK Parliament. 1 February 2011.
  8. "Handling and resolving complaints post-Francis". The Health Foundation. 11 April 2013.
  9. Clwyd, Ann; Hart, Professor Tricia (October 2013). "A Review of the NHS Hospitals Complaints System Putting Patients Back in the Picture" (PDF). p. 51 – via GOV.UK.
  10. "About Us". ValueYou. Retrieved 21 November 2021.
  11. "Birmingham Hodge Hill". Election 2015. BBC News. 7 May 2015. Retrieved 27 November 2021.
  12. "Wolverhampton South East". Election 2017. BBC News. 9 June 2017. Retrieved 27 November 2021.
  13. Ellams, Barry (25 September 2018). "34-year-old doctor is new parliamentary candidate for Crewe and Nantwich". Cheshire Live. Retrieved 13 December 2019.
  14. "Danny Keenan and Kieran Mullan: Making quality improvement easier". British Medical Journal. 31 August 2018. Retrieved 21 November 2021.
  15. "Tories claim marginal seat of Crewe and Nantwich". BBC News. 13 December 2019. Retrieved 13 December 2019.
  16. Jackson, Matt (13 December 2019). "General Election 2019: Conservative Kieran Mullan takes Crewe and Nantwich from Labour". StokeOnTrent Live. Retrieved 13 December 2019.
  17. "Switching allegiances? Brexit stirs election doubts around England". Reuters. 18 November 2019. Retrieved 21 July 2022.
  18. Bounds, Andy (9 December 2019). "Can the Tories secure key marginal of Crewe and Nantwich?". Financial Times. Retrieved 13 December 2019.
  19. "Dr Kieran Mullan - Parliamentary career". UK Parliament. Retrieved 21 November 2021.
  20. Reynolds, Andrew (13 December 2019). "The UK's parliament is still the gayest in the world after 2019 election". Pink News. Retrieved 26 April 2020.
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