Does anyone know how many MPs have any form of scientific or medical training? Degree level or above?
Tobias ELLWOOD : He attended Loughborough University from 1985 to 1990, graduating with a BA (Hons) degree, and the Cass Business School at City University from 1997 to 1998, where he received a Master of Business Administration degree (MBA). [provisional FAIL]
Caroline DINENAGE [HEALTH > CULTURE MINISTER] : Politics and English at Swansea University [FAIL]
Anthony BROWNE : studied mathematics at Trinity Hall, Cambridge (close, but not a scientist or medic) [FAIL]. Chief Executive of the British Bankers' Association. He sat on the Boards of the International Banking Federation, the European Banking Federation and TheCityUK
Andrew GWYNNE (LABOUR) : North East Wales Institute of Higher Education in Wrexham from 1992 to 1995 and the University of Salford from 1995 to 1998, earning a BA in Politics and Contemporary History. [FAIL]
Hilary BENN : studied Russian and East European Studies at the University of Sussex and went on to work as a policy researcher for two trade unions, ASTMS and MSF. [FAIL]
Layla MORAN : From 2000 to 2003, she studied physics at Imperial College London, and from 2005 to 2007 she completed a PGCE at Brunel University London. From 2007 to 2008, she studied for a master's degree in comparative education at UCL's Institute of Education. [PASS!!!]
Jamie STONE (LIB DEM) : Stone went to school at Tain and GORDONSTOUN He studied History and Geology at the University of St Andrews and graduated in 1977. Upon graduation, he worked in a variety of fields including fish gutting and the oil industry. [geology, almost but FAIL]
Luke EVANS MP (CON) : His father is a GP and his mother is a nurse. Evans qualified as a doctor from the University of Birmingham Medical School in 2007 and specialised as a GP in 2013 [a strong PASS] @BorisJohnson @MattHancock
Matt HANCOCK (Sec of State for HEALTH & SOCIAL CARE) : Hancock studied for a BA in Philosophy, Politics and Economics (PPE) at Exeter College, Oxford, and an MPhil in Economics at Christ's College, Cambridge, as a postgraduate student. [FAIL, FAIL, FAIL...FFS!!!]
Helen WHATELY : Minister for SOCIAL CARE : studied Politics and Philosophy (PPE) at Oxford University. After university Helen trained as a management accountant at PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC). [FAIL]
Alexander Boris de Pfeffel JOHNSON : PRIME MINISTER : Johnson won a scholarship to read Literae Humaniores at Balliol College, Oxford, a four-year course in the study of the Classics, ancient literature and classical philosophy.[FAIL]
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