James Heappey (born 30 January 1981) is a British Conservative Party politician. A former British Army officer, he has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Wells in Somerset since 2015.James Heappey grew up in Nailsea, Somerset. He attended Queen Elizabeth's Hospital in Bristol and graduated from the University of Birmingham having studied Political Science.Following university, Heappey attended the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst. He then served as an officer in the Royal Gloucestershire, Berkshire and Wiltshire Regiment and then The Rifles, the county regiment for Somerset, in Kabul in 2005, Northern Ireland in 2006, Basra in 2007 and Sangin in Helmund Province in 2009. He also served in Kenya, and in 2011 he was posted to the Ministry of Defence in London, where he worked as executive officer on the General Staff and was promoted to Major in 2012. After leaving the army, he worked as a researcher for North Somerset MP Liam Fox. Wikipedia
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