Fletcher worked in the House of Lords as the chief of staff to the prime minister's trade envoy to Uganda and Rwanda,[6]Dolar Popat,[5] as well as for the private healthcare company Synergix Health, founded by entrepreneur David Ravechio and Byju Thickar.[7]
Fletcher also contested the local government elections in May 2018 for Tower Hamlets London Borough Council, coming second out of three Conservative candidates in the diverse three-member ward of Whitechapel. He gained 274 votes.[10]
Fletcher was involved in an effort to reopen a disused railway line in Ashfield District.[12] Fletcher is involved in a campaign to restore post-16 education [13] to Bolsover and make major improvements to Junction 28 of the M1.[14]
Fletcher is a supporter of Brexit, voting to leave the European Union in the 2016 referendum.[4]
Fletcher has been critical of the BBC, saying its employees and coverage "look down on working class communities in the North and Midlands. The coverage of Brexit was borderline farcical, wall-to-wall coverage of anti-British stories and negativity".[19]
Personal life
Fletcher is openly gay.[20] He is married to Will Knock.[5]
References
^"Members Sworn". Hansard. 18 December 2019. Retrieved 28 January 2020.
^Starkie, James [@WhitehallPodUK] (5 June 2023). "Parliamentary Private Secretary (PPS)?" (Tweet). Archived from the original on 15 March 2024. Retrieved 15 March 2024 – via Twitter. @Jamesara & Jonathan are joined by Labour Shadow Minister @AlexDaviesJones, and Mark Fletcher MP, PPS to the Chancellor (@Jeremy_Hunt), to learn about what a PPS is & what they do.