Rebecca Pow

Rebecca Pow[1] (born 10 October 1960), is a British Conservative politician who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Taunton Deane from 2015 to 2024.

She was brought up on the family farm, working there as a teenager and was an active member of both Bath and Taunton Young Farmers Clubs.

After working for the National Farmers Union, she became a journalist specialising in environment, farming and gardening and has reported for BBC, ITV and Channel 4.

[16][17] Pow received local and national criticism for stating during the 2017 Budget debate that people in Taunton have "thousands of extra pounds in their pockets".

[22][23] In May 2019, it was alleged that Pow was one of a number of MPs who had legally claimed parliamentary expenses for an 'accommodation uplift' contrary to the measure's original purpose.

[24] On 10 September 2019, during the first Johnson ministry, Pow was appointed Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State at the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.

Pow speaking at the 2014 Conservative Party Conference