Jamie Wallis

Jamie Hamilton Wallis (born 2 June 1984)[1] is a British Conservative Party politician, who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Bridgend since the 2019 general election.[2]

Jamie Wallis

MP
Wallis in 2019
Member of Parliament
for Bridgend
Assumed office
12 December 2019
Preceded byMadeleine Moon
Majority1,157 (2.8%)
Personal details
Born (1984-06-02) 2 June 1984
Bettws, Bridgend, Wales
Political partyConservative
FatherDaryl Hamilton Wallis
Alma materCardiff University

Life and career

Wallis was born in Bettws, Bridgend, the son of Daryl Hamilton Wallis, a computer forensics expert. He was a member of Pencoed council, representing the Hendre ward, until 2018, when he was replaced because of non-attendance at meetings. He later stated that he had resigned from the council by letter, but the council had not received the letter.[3] He said that his reason for resigning was that he had relocated to Cowbridge, where he joined the town council.[4]

Wallis is one of the owners of a company called Fields Holdings Limited, the parent company of Action Direct (UK) Limited, a former claims management company of which Wallis was a director in 2011[5] when the Ministry of Justice banned it from taking on any further employment claims work, following an investigation into the company's conduct.[6]

In July 2010, a Freedom of Information request (2417) was made to Bridgend County Borough Council asking how many complaints or referrals to Trading Standards had been made about a Field House associated company Rapid Data Recovery Ltd, which returned the response that between 1 January 2009 and mid-2010, 37 complaints had been received, a figure which included associated companies. In January 2020, after being elected to Parliament, Wallis threatened to take legal action against BCBC over the matter under the Freedom of Information Act.[7]

An investigation by Buzzfeed in January 2020 found that Wallis had been a co-owner of a 'sugar daddy' dating website, "which offered students financial relationships with wealthy 'sponsors'". Although Wallis initially denied links to the company, Buzzfeed found that he had been a director and shareholder of the site's parent company.[8] The Labour MP Jess Phillips called for Wallis to have the Conservative whip removed.[9] Since the election, Wallis has reportedly quit as director of at least seven companies.[10]

Wallis has a doctorate in astrobiology from the University of Cardiff, supervised by Chandra Wickramasinghe and focusing on evidence for cometary panspermia.[11] The degree was awarded in 2014, though Wickramasinghe had left the university in 2011.[12]

References
  1. "Jamie Wallis". Who Can I Vote For?. Retrieved 19 January 2019.
  2. "Bridgend parliamentary constituency - Election 2019". Retrieved 13 December 2019.
  3. Elizabeth Bradfield (3 December 2019). "Bridgend Conservative election candidate was kicked off town council for not going to meetings". Wales Online. Retrieved 21 January 2020.
  4. Daniel Bond (16 December 2019). "Class of 2019: Meet the new MPs". The House.
  5. "ACTION DIRECT (UK) LIMITED". Companies House. Retrieved 11 June 2020.
  6. Martin Shipton (10 January 2020). "Bridgend Conservative MP's companies prompted more than 800 complaints to trading standards, says council". Wales Online. Retrieved 11 June 2020.
    - "Ministry of Justice 'prevents Welsh claims firm from taking new clients'". Wales Online. 30 September 2011. Retrieved 11 June 2020.
  7. Philip Irwin (16 January 2020). "New MP threatens legal action against council". Cowbridge Today.
    - Alex Wickham and Alberto Nardelli, "A New Tory MP's Companies Were Subject To Hundreds Of Trading Standards Complaints", BuzzFeed News, 9 January 2020. Retrieved 11 June 2020.
  8. Wickham, Alex. "A New Tory MP Claimed He Wasn't Involved With A "Sugar Daddy" Service His Website Promoted. He Actually Co-Owned It". BuzzFeed. Retrieved 13 January 2020.
  9. "Jess Phillips urges Tories to suspend new MP linked to 'sugar daddy' website". inews. Retrieved 13 January 2020.
    - "Call for whip to be removed from new Tory MP". BBC News. 11 January 2020. Retrieved 13 January 2020.
  10. Shipton, Martin (10 January 2020). "New Tory MP's firms had 800 complaints to trading standards, says council". Wales Online. Retrieved 13 January 2020.
  11. Evidence of panspermia : from astronomy to meteorites (Thesis). 2014. EThOS uk.bl.ethos.620115
  12. "The New Boys and Girls No. 5: Jamie Wallis". Private Eye (1516): 12. 21 February 2020.
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
Madeleine Moon		 Member of Parliament for Bridgend
2019–present		 Incumbent



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