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Biography
Kieran Mullan is a British Conservative Party politician who was elected as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Crewe and Nantwich at the 2019 general election.
Political career
Mullan won what had previously been a marginal seat, defeating the incumbent Labour Party MP Laura Smith, by8,508 votes.He was selected as the Conservative candidate for the Crewe and Nantwich seat in September 2018, and benefitted from pro-Brexit sentiment in the run-up to the December 2019 election.
He had previously unsuccessfully contested elections for two seats in the Midlands: Birmingham Hodge Hill in 2015, and Wolverhampton South East in 2017.
Career before Parliament
Mullan works in national health policy and as a junior doctor in A&E. He has written about education issues for ConservativeHome and BrexitCentral. He also founded ValueYou, a volunteer recognition scheme in Ealing.
In March 2020 he returned to frontline medicine in response to the coronavirus pandemic.
Personal life
Mullan is openly gay.