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Scott Leslie Mann is a British Conservative Party politician. He has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for North Cornwall since May 2015. He also represents the Wadebridge West ward on Cornwall Council.〔(Profile ), scottmann.org.uk; accessed 15 May 2015.〕 ==Life and career== Mann was born and grew up in Wadebridge, Cornwall and attended Wadebridge Secondary School. His father, Eugene, grew up in Bodmin, Cornwall; his occupation was in boat construction.〔"Local Mann stands for parliament", ''North Cornwall News'' (magazine); accessed 15 May 2015.〕 His mother, Peggy, grew up in St Kew Highway, Cornwall.〔"About Scott" - North Cornwall View magazine 2015〕〔(Profile ), westernmorningnews.co.uk; accessed 15 May 2015.〕 After leaving school at 16, Mann attended St Austell College before becoming a postman for the Royal Mail and was based at the local sorting office in Wadebridge.〔"About Scott" - North Cornwall View magazine 2015〕 He is the honorary vice president of Wadebridge Cricket Club.〔(Profile ), wadebridge.play-cricket.com; accessed 15 May 2015.〕 In 2009, he was elected as county councillor for Wadebridge West, serving briefly on the North Cornwall District Council before it was absorbed by the now unitary authority that is Cornwall Council. In 2013, Mann retained his seat as councillor for Wadebridge West.〔"About Scott", ''North Cornwall View'' (magazine); accessed 15 May 2015.〕 In February 2012, Mann resigned as deputy leader of the Conservative group on Cornwall Council in protest at £16 million of public money being used to fund a proposed sports stadium near Truro.〔(Mann resigns as deputy leader of the Conservative group on Cornwall Council ), bbc.co.uk; accessed 15 May 2015.〕〔 (Profile ), cornishguardian.co.uk; accessed 15 May 2015.〕 In 2013, Mann was named as the Conservative Party's prospective parliamentary candidate for North Cornwall in the run up to the 2015 General Election.〔"Local Mann stands for parliament", ''North Cornwall News'' (magazine); accessed 15 May 2015.〕 In 2014, Mann met with Conservative MP and Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport Sajid Javid in Cornwall to campaign for the continued support for community leisure centres which were at threat of losing funding from the local authority.〔("Keep our leisure centres open" ), cornishguardian.co.uk; accessed 15 May 2015.〕〔(Cameron: rural communities overlooked ), westernmorningnews.co.uk; accessed 15 May 2015.〕 Mann is the Member of Parliament for the constituency of North Cornwall after winning the seat in the 2015 General Election. Scott received 21,689 votes, beating the previous MP, Dan Rogerson, by 6,621 with an approximate 9,000 vote swing. He became the first Conservative MP for the area since 1992, as well as contributing to all six Cornwall constituencies electing Conservative candidates—the first time in over a hundred years.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=North Cornwall Parliamentary constituency )〕 Along with Sarah Newton he took his pledge of allegiance to government in the Cornish language. 〔https://www.celticleague.net/news/new-mps-take-oath-in-cornish/〕〔http://parliamentlive.tv/event/index/bc085cdc-ec99-4795-b2c2-bd8fee57e2e9?in=12%3A36%3A00&out=12%3A39%3A00〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Scott Mann (politician)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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