Jamie Wallis becomes first British MP to come out as transgender

Jamie Wallis has became the first British legislator to openly declare they were transgender

Mr Wallis, who stated his preferred pronouns are he/his, released the statement after attending a dinner for Tory MPs at the Park Plaza Hotel in Westminster last night

In a statement posted hours after Boris Johnson reportedly joked about people who are transgender

Wallis was a member of Pencoed town council, representing the Hendre ward, until 2018

Jamie Wallis was born on 2 June 1984 Bettws, Bridgend, Wales

Wallis is one of the owners of a company called Fields Holdings Limited, the parent company of Action Direct (UK) Limited

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28 November 2021, Wallis was arrested on suspicion of driving while unfit after a car collided with a lamppost in Llanblethian, Vale of Glamorgan.