Helen Morgan (politician)

Helen Margaret Lilian Morgan[1] (née Halcrow; born 9 April 1975) is a British Liberal Democrat politician and chartered accountant who has been Member of Parliament (MP) for North Shropshire since 2021.

[6] Morgan is a chartered accountant, and prior to her election to Parliament worked as financial controller for a real estate business based in North Shropshire.

[10] The by-election was triggered after its incumbent MP Owen Paterson announced on 4 November that he would be stepping down after Prime Minister Boris Johnson indicated he would no longer prevent his suspension from parliament after being found by a watchdog to have breached rules on lobbying.

The government had earlier issued a three line whip to Conservative MPs to support an amendment to prevent Paterson's sanction and overhaul the watchdog but the following day reversed its position.

[17] One of her first actions as an MP was writing to Sajid Javid, the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, asking for a review into ambulance waiting times in Shropshire.