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
EducationLeeds School of Medicine
Websitewww.drkieranmullan.org.uk

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.

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] At the time of his selection for Crewe and Nantwich, Mullan was a clinical lead at the Healthcare Quality Improvement Partnership.[11]

Political career

Mullan was selected as the Conservative candidate for the marginal seat of Crewe and Nantwich in September 2018.[12] He had previously unsuccessfully contested elections for two seats in the Midlands: Birmingham Hodge Hill in 2015,[13] and Wolverhampton South East in 2017.[14]

He won Crewe and Nantwich 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]

Mullan has campaigned for funding to rebuild Leighton Hospital,[20] including petitions and joint letters with fellow Cheshire MPs Edward Timpson and Fiona Bruce,[21] and holding a Westminster Hall debate on the topic in November 2021.[22] In May 2023, Secretary of State for Health and Social Care Steve Barclay announced that the hospital would be included in the government's rebuilding programme as it was constructed using reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete so was unsafe to use beyond 2030.[23]

Mullan made the final shortlist for selection as the Conservative candidate for the new seat of Chester South and Eddisbury as he was considered as an incumbent by CCHQ as part of Crewe and Nantwich (5.6%) is contained in the new constituency. The final result was postponed in September 2023 after he complained about the actions of a fellow candidate in the contest.[24] In October 2023, Aphra Brandreth (daughter of broadcaster and former City of Chester MP Gyles Brandreth) was selected as the Conservative candidate for Chester South and Eddisbury.[25]

Personal life

Mullan is gay.[26] He plays rugby and has spoken out against plans by the RFU to ban tackles above the waist in the community game.[27]

References

  1. 1 2 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. 1 2 Ousbey, Jenny (28 January 2020). "Game changers". PharmaTimes. Retrieved 4 July 2020.
  3. 1 2 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. ↑ "Danny Keenan and Kieran Mullan: Making quality improvement easier". British Medical Journal. 31 August 2018. Retrieved 21 November 2021.
  12. ↑ Ellams, Barry (25 September 2018). "34-year-old doctor is new parliamentary candidate for Crewe and Nantwich". Cheshire Live. Retrieved 13 December 2019.
  13. ↑ "Birmingham Hodge Hill". Election 2015. BBC News. 7 May 2015. Retrieved 27 November 2021.
  14. ↑ "Wolverhampton South East". Election 2017. BBC News. 9 June 2017. Retrieved 27 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. ↑ "MP Kieran Mullan meets Prime Minister over new Leighton Hospital". The Nantwich News. 15 November 2020.
  21. ↑ "MP Cheshire MPs push for Leighton Hospital funding from Government". The Nantwich News. 4 August 2021.
  22. ↑ "Westminster Hall". Hansard. 3 November 2021.
  23. ↑ "Government committed to building 40 new hospitals by 2030 – Barclay". The Northern Echo. 25 May 2023. Retrieved 23 September 2023.
  24. ↑ Atkinson, William (7 September 2023). "Dispute in Chester South and Eddisbury over CCHQ postponement of the final selection". Retrieved 23 September 2023.
  25. ↑ "Aphra Brandreth to stand for Tories in father Gyles's old seat". BBC News. 30 October 2023. Retrieved 1 November 2023.
  26. ↑ 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.
  27. ↑ Kelleher, Will (26 January 2023). "RFU cannot ignore anger over tackle-height change, say MPs". The Times.
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