{"id":3763,"date":"2021-10-23T13:54:23","date_gmt":"2021-10-23T13:54:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.politicsphere.com\/?page_id=3763"},"modified":"2021-10-23T14:12:23","modified_gmt":"2021-10-23T14:12:23","slug":"scott-benton","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsphere.com\/british-mps\/scott-benton\/","title":{"rendered":"Scott Benton"},"content":{"rendered":"

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image=”3766″ img_size=”medium” add_caption=”yes”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][\/vc_row][vc_column][\/vc_column][vc_column_text]Name<\/strong>: Scott Benton<\/p>\n

Born<\/strong>: 1 July 1987<\/p>\n

Party<\/strong>: Conservative<\/p>\n

Constituency<\/strong>: Blackpool South<\/p>\n

Scott Benton is a British Conservative party politician who was born on 1 July 1987 in Newport, Wales. He studied Theology at the University of Nottingham, where he was awarded a First Class Honours degree. After he had completed his bachelor’s degree, he stayed on to achieve a master’s in Theology. Benton worked as a primary school teacher.<\/p>\n

Alongside being a councilor, he served as a Parliamentary Assistant to Conservative MP Craig Whittaker. At the 2019 general election, Benton fought and won Blackpool South for the Conservative Party. It was the first time since 1997 that a Conservative has been elected in this constituency.<\/p>\n

During the 2019 election campaign, David Brown from the Brexit Party who ran against Benton raised concerns over his connections to anti-abortion religion group the Society for the Protection of Unborn Children (SPUC). Benton defended the group’s anti-abortion stance, claiming that he is neither homophobic nor opposed to same-sex marriage.<\/p>\n

Benton was one of nine Members of Parliament from various political parties who accepted hospitality from betting and gaming companies at high-profile sporting events. He received tickets to\u00a0Royal Ascot, two\u00a0Euro 2020\u00a0football games, and to the\u00a0Wimbledon tennis tournament.<\/p>\n

Benton was found to have broken parliamentary rules. According to the complainant, Benton had not registered six entries in the Register of Members’ Financial Interests within his 28-day period for payments for research work as a Member’s researcher. Benton acknowledged his mistake and apologized for breaking the regulations inadvertently.<\/p>\n

Links<\/h2>\n

https:\/\/www.scottbenton.org.uk\/<\/a><\/p>\n

Last Election Results:<\/h2>\n

Scott Benton won 16,247 votes out of a possible 32,752. This represents a 49.6% share and a 3,690 majority in his constituency. There was a voter turnout of 56.8%.<\/p>\n\n