article_snippet: Come home Witham MP Ms Patel...'
article_snippet: Who is Witham MP Ms Patel!?
article_snippet: Come home Witham MP Ms Patel...'
article_snippet: Witham MP Ms Patel was elected to the seat of Witham in Essex in the 2010 election, having been placed on the Conservatives 'A-list' of prospective candidates following David Cameron's selection as party leader.
article_snippet: Witham MP Ms Patel Witham MP
article_snippet: Ms Patel was born and raised in London after Witham MP Ms Patel parents came to Britain from Uganda in the 1970s.
article_snippet: Witham MP Ms Patel studied at Keele University and the University of Essex, and after graduating, was given a job at Conservative Central Office but then left to work in the press office of the Eurosceptic, single issue Referendum Party.
article_snippet: Witham MP Ms Patel rejoined the Conservatives in 1997, working in William Hague's press office, but left to join Weber Shandwick.
article_snippet: Witham MP Ms Patel Witham MP Ms Patel stood as a Conservative candidate in the 2005 general election but lost the Nottingham North poll in a landslide to long-standing Labour MP Graham Allen.
article_snippet: Witham MP Ms Patel Witham MP
article_snippet: Ms Patel is known for Witham MP Ms Patel strong stance on crime, but has been criticised for Witham MP Ms Patel support on tobacco industry positions and had voted for the smoking ban to be overturned in 2010.
article_snippet: Witham MP Ms Patel is married to marketing director Alex Sawyer, and the couple have a son, Freddie, who was born in  2008. '
article_snippet: " 'On Friday I got a one-line email from Ed Miliband saying "Ms Patel I apologise" and that was it,' said Ms Patel, whose parents were Ugandan immigrants of Indian heritage who moved to Britain in the early 1970s.