Jill Mortimer
British Conservative Party politician
Jillian Wendy Mortimer (née Sowerby; born 20 March 1965) is a British Conservative Party politician who served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Hartlepool from 2021 to 2024.
Early and personal life
Jillian Sowerby was born on 20 March 1965 in Leeds. Her father was a builder and her mother was a greengrocer. She attended Parklands Girls High School and later read law at Teesside University as a mature student at the age of 50, studying alongside two of her three children. One of her grandmothers grew up in Hartlepool. She is married to Nicholas Mortimer.
Before entering the House of Commons, Mortimer was a farmer in Knayton, North Yorkshire, hand-rearing Dexter cows and selling the beef and lamb from the gate of the farm and also training to become a barrister. Today the farm operates as an upmarket B&B with planning permission granted for yurts and shepherd's huts to be added to the site. She announced her intention to buy a property in her Hartlepool constituency following her election, however she did not do so.
Political career
Mortimer served as a councillor for Raskelf and White Horse ward on Hambleton District Council between May 2019 and October 2021.
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