Introduction
Jonathan Edward Gullis (born 9 January 1990) is a Conservative Party politician, who has served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Stoke-on-Trent North since 2019.
Career
Prior to becoming an MP Gullis was a school teacher, in Birmingham and served as the school's trade union representative.
Gullis stood in Washington and Sunderland West at the 2017 general election but lost to incumbent Labour MP Sharon Hodgson.
Gullis was elected in the 2019 general election. He unseated Labour's Ruth Smeeth and became the first Conservative to serve as MP for Stoke-on-Trent North.
On 30 April 2020, Gullis was criticised after he complained of the media's 'sick obsession' with the number of deaths during the coronavirus pandemic and called comparisons with the number of deaths in other countries 'lazy' in a now deleted tweet. He later apologised for his 'poor choice of words'.
He is a member of the European Research Group and is a parliamentary backer of Freer, an initiative run by the neoliberal Institute of Economic Affairs.
Personal life
In March 2020, Gullis revealed that he has suffered with depression, self-harm and suicidal thoughts throughout his life.