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70-631: The Delray Beach Open is an ATP World Tour 250 series men's professional tennis tournament held each year in Delray Beach, Florida , United States. Played on hard courts, it was previously known as America's Red Clay Championships , Citrix Tennis Championships , and the Delray Beach International Tennis Championships . The event was held in Coral Springs from 1993 to 1998; in 1999, it

140-549: A Catholic of Irish descent, was a bus driver who became a lift operator. Her mother was an Anglican , and Dorries was raised as such. She was brought up in the Anfield district of Liverpool, where she attended Rose Heath Primary School. In 2016, Dorries said that she had been abused by Anglican vicar and family friend Rev William Cameron, who was made priest-in-charge at St Mary's Anglican church in Halewood in 1966, when she

210-596: A Davis Cup tie for his country earlier that month. The initial suspension of nine months, supported by the International Lawn Tennis Federation (ILTF) , was later reduced by the ILTF to one month which meant that Pilic would not be allowed to play at Wimbledon. In response, the ATP threatened a boycott, stating that if Pilić was not allowed to compete, none should. After last-ditch attempts at

280-697: A better position to campaign for the abolition of the present expenses arrangements by doing so. Dorries stood for election as a deputy speaker after one of the three posts became vacant. In the Commons vote during October 2013 she was the first of the six candidates to be eliminated, with 13 votes. A complaint from the Liberal Conspiracy website, regarding Dorries's use of the House of Commons' Portcullis emblem on her blog, had been upheld in March 2008, on

350-507: A blog entry which stated that "It also only takes any individual with a smattering of intelligence to see that everything on the blog is accurate, because it is largely a record of real time events. It was only ever the perception of where I was on any particular day which was disguised." The conservative journalist Peter Oborne suggested, in his Daily Telegraph blog a fortnight later, that Cameron should have "ordered Mrs Dorries to apologise personally to her constituents, and stripped her of

420-425: A compromise failed, the ATP voted in favor of a boycott and as a result, 81 of the top players, including reigning champion Stan Smith and 13 of the 16 men's seeds, did not compete at the 1973 Wimbledon Championships . Three ATP players, Ilie Năstase , Roger Taylor and Ray Keldie , defied the boycott and were fined by the ATP's disciplinary committee. But the tour was still run by the tournament directors and

490-531: A fellow Conservative MP, Kris Hopkins , as "one of parliament's slimiest, nastiest MPs" on her Twitter account, and criticised Prime Minister Cameron's decision to promote Hopkins to a junior ministerial post within the Department for Communities and Local Government as "a really awful decision". On 29 May 2015, the independent candidate in Mid Bedfordshire, Tim Ireland, lodged an appeal against

560-614: A file to the Crown Prosecution Service for consideration. In February 2013, it was reported that Dorries was being investigated by the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority over her expenses, although no specific details were given at this time. On 27 June 2013, Dorries announced she would no longer claim her personal expenses as an MP, but would draw on her salary for such costs. She argued that she would be in

630-926: A level below the ATP Tour, and the ATP Champions Tour for seniors. Grand Slam tournaments, a small portion of the Olympic tennis tournament , the Davis Cup , the Hopman Cup and the introductory level Futures tournaments do not fall under the auspices of the ATP, but are overseen by the ITF instead and the International Olympic Committee (IOC) for the Olympics. In these events, however, ATP ranking points are still awarded, with

700-446: A long day of interviews in hot sunny rooms, the list was whittled down to a shortlist of three ... I was informed that I had been selected outright on the first ballot ... That pride, that sense of achievement, the knowledge that I was selected on the basis of my performance and merit above all other candidates on that day is what enables me to hold my head up high in this place. Dorries's account of her own selection appears to contradict

770-431: A media relations and public affairs company. On 9 May 2010, two days after being returned at the general election for Mid Bedfordshire , The Times reported that Dorries was facing the first complaint about an MP's expenses claim of the new parliament. The newspaper reported that she had claimed around £10,000 for an annual report in 2007 on her performance as an MP, but that her former Commons researcher had never seen

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840-406: A news report which The Times ran at the time, reporting that Conservative Campaign Headquarters placed a majority of women on the shortlist and pressed for the selection of a female candidate: Mrs Dorries, who has three teenage children, easily beat her 11 rivals and won the plum safe seat on the first ballot at the selection this weekend. Party officials were thrilled that the seat has gone to

910-539: A nurse. She left the Liverpool area after she married mining engineer Paul Dorries. In 1982, Dorries became a medical representative to Ethicla Ltd for a year, before spending a year in Zambia (1983–84) as the head of a community school, where her husband ran a copper mine. In 1987 she founded Company Kids Ltd, which provided child day-care services for working parents. The company was sold in 1998 to BUPA ; Dorries

980-523: A peerage in Boris Johnson's resignation honours . Following mounting pressure, she formally vacated her seat on 29 August. Dorries had not spoken in the House of Commons since June 2022, or worked on a select committee, and was criticised by both Tory and opposition MPs for allegedly abandoning her constituents. Dorries was born Nadine Vanessa Bargery in Liverpool on 21 May 1957. Her father,

1050-694: A semi-private discussion that BuzzFeed made public, it was suggested that Dorries believed the UK could leave the EU but stay within the Customs Union whilst at the same time negotiating free trade deals with other countries. Later in December 2017 she tweeted: "If we stay in the Single Market and the Customs Union, we haven't left." In November 2018, Dorries, who was strongly in favour of Brexit , said of

1120-576: A total of nine members, of which there are three representatives each from the Europe, Americas and the International Group of tournaments. Nadine Dorries Nadine Vanessa Dorries ( née Bargery ; born 21 May 1957) is a British author and a former politician who served as Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport from 2021 to 2022. She was Member of Parliament (MP) for Mid Bedfordshire from 2005 to 2023 for

1190-529: A total of up to 500 points. Players accumulate points over the four rounds and the playoffs and these are counted as one of a player's four best results from the 500 level events. An additional 125 points are given to a player who wins all 8 live rubbers and wins the Davis Cup. The ATP Tour comprises ATP Masters 1000 , ATP 500 , and ATP 250 . The ATP also oversees the ATP Challenger Tour ,

1260-516: A trainee at Warrington General Hospital . According to an interview with The Times in 2014, Dorries's parents divorced during her adolescence. While training to be a nurse at 21, she shared a flat with her father. He died at the age of 42. From 1978 to 1981, Dorries was a nurse in Warrington and Liverpool according to a 2009 report. Her CV when she was a parliamentary candidate in 2001 stated Liverpool and London as places where she worked as

1330-667: A woman. Previously, only two women had been selected in the 17 safe seats where sitting MPs have retired. Senior party figures had made clear to local dignitaries that they would like the seat to go to a woman and presented the constituency with a shortlist of seven women and five men to underline the point. Dorries was elected to the House of Commons at the 2005 general election with a majority of 11,355, and made her maiden speech on 25 May 2005. Dorries initially supported David Davis to become Conservative leader in 2005, later withdrawing her endorsement. She stated that David Cameron ,

1400-566: The 1922 Committee . BuzzFeed reported that in October 2017 Dorries had become confused about her party's position on Brexit after talking with a politics teacher about a key element of her party's position, Britain's proposed exit from the European Union Customs Union . The EU Customs Union is an agreement between EU members not to impose tariffs (i.e. import taxes) on goods passing across their mutual borders. From

1470-505: The COVID-19 pandemic . In March 2021, she defended the government's 1% NHS pay offer on the grounds that it would protect the financial support of those on furlough , stating that the "unprecedented" pressure on the UK's finances was behind the pay offer. On 15 September 2021, Dorries was promoted as Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport following Oliver Dowden 's appointment as Conservative Party Co-chairman . She

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1540-566: The Channel 4 documentary series Tower Block of Commons , in which MPs stay with welfare claimants. Dorries was re-elected in the 2010 general election with an increased majority and a swing of 2.3% from the Liberal Democrats . In 2013, Dorries's daughter was reportedly among the highest-earning family members employed by MPs with a salary of £40,000–45,000 as an office manager, even though her daughter lived 96 miles away from

1610-617: The Conservative Party . Born in Liverpool to a working-class family, Dorries was raised in the city's district of Anfield and the nearby towns of Halewood and Runcorn . She began work as a trainee nurse in Warrington and subsequently became a medical representative. During her early career, she spent a year in Zambia as head of a community school. After returning to England, she founded Company Kids Ltd, which provided child day-care services for working parents. She sold

1680-574: The Department of Health and Social Care . She was promoted in May 2020 to the ministerial rank of Minister of State for Patient Safety, Suicide Prevention and Mental Health . On 10 March 2020, Dorries became the first MP to be diagnosed with COVID-19 . It is not known exactly when she contracted the disease, but it was reported that she had attended Parliament and visited 10 Downing Street before being required to self-isolate. On 14 May 2020, Dorries

1750-558: The International Tennis Federation (ITF), the ATP, and tournament directors from around the world. The ATP successfully requested that the MIPTC introduce a drug testing rule, making tennis the first professional sport to institute a drug-testing program. In May 1973 Nikola Pilić , Yugoslavia's number one tennis player, was suspended by his national lawn tennis association, who claimed he had refused to play in

1820-591: The McCarthy 'Witch-Hunts ' and the press's 'drip-drip' revelation of MP's expenses, eliciting Cameron's public criticism. She said everyone was fearing a 'suicide', and colleagues were constantly checking up on each other. Later in the day her blog was taken down. It transpired that Withers , lawyers acting for the Barclay Brothers , the owners of the Daily Telegraph , had required the removal of

1890-575: The Paris Masters will qualify for the ATP Finals . At the beginning of the 2009 season, all accumulated ranking points were doubled to bring them in line with the new tournament ranking system. [ vedit   · edit source ] [ vedit   · edit source ] As of January 1, 2020, Andrea Gaudenzi is the Chairman of ATP and Massimo Calvelli is

1960-532: The Tennis Masters Series tournaments became the new Masters 1000 level and ATP International Series Gold and ATP International Series events became ATP 500 level and 250 level events respectively. The Masters 1000 tournaments are Indian Wells , Miami , Monte Carlo , Madrid , Rome , Toronto/Montreal , Cincinnati , Shanghai and Paris . The end-of-year event, the ATP Finals , moved from Shanghai to London. Hamburg has been displaced by

2030-695: The Withdrawal Agreement negotiated between the UK Government and the EU27 : "This is a very sad place to be, but unfortunately, the future of the country and of our relationship with Europe is at stake. This deal gives us no voice, no votes, no MEPs, no commissioner". When Boris Johnson became prime minister in July 2019, Dorries was appointed as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Patient Safety, Suicide Prevention and Mental Health at

2100-709: The ATP, and as a concession it was decided that Monte Carlo would remain a Masters 1000 level event, with more prize money and 1000 ranking points, but it would no longer be a compulsory tournament for top-ranked players. Monte Carlo later dropped its suit. Hamburg was "reserved" to become a 500 level event in the summer. Hamburg did not accept this concession, but later lost its suit. The 500 level tournaments are Rotterdam , Dubai , Rio , Acapulco , Barcelona , Aegon Championships (Queens Club, London), Halle (Gerry Weber Open), Hamburg , Washington , Beijing , Tokyo , Basel and Vienna . The ATP & ITF have declared that Davis Cup World Group and World Group Playoffs award

2170-552: The Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) moved the 2022 St. Petersburg Open from Saint Petersburg to Kazakhstan . In May 2022, the ATP stripped the Wimbledon tournament of its world ranking points over the tournament's decision to decline entries from Russian and Belarusian players . The UK Culture Secretary , Nadine Dorries , commented that the ATP's decision would send the "completely wrong message to both Putin and

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2240-769: The Board of Directors, which has the power to accept or reject the council's suggestions. As of 2024, the Council consists of a President ( Matthew Ebden ), a Vice President ( Andrey Rublev ), three players who are ranked within the top 50 in singles ( Grigor Dimitrov , Alexander Zverev and Mackenzie McDonald ), two players who are ranked between 51 and 100 in singles ( Pedro Martínez and Dušan Lajović ), two top 100 players in doubles ( Wesley Koolhof and Miguel Ángel Reyes-Varela ), one at-large member ( Pedro Cachin ), one alumni member ( Nicolás Pereira ), and one coach (Federico Ricci). The ATP Tournament Advisory Council consists of

2310-464: The Conservatives in the previous week's local elections . Peter Oborne observed at this point that Dorries had still not declared the amount she was paid for her appearance on I'm a Celebrity... in the register of members interests, last published on 22 April, despite her promise to do so. Shortly after regaining the whip, Dorries floated the idea of joint Conservative–UKIP candidates at

2380-607: The House of Commons . She also clashed with David Cameron and George Osborne , describing them as "two arrogant posh boys". In 2012, she lost the Conservative whip after she took part in the reality TV programme I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! without informing the chief whip . The whip was returned in 2013 and she was re-admitted to the parliamentary party. In July 2019, Boris Johnson appointed Dorries as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Patient Safety, Suicide Prevention and Mental Health . In May 2020, she

2450-474: The ITF. The limited player representation and influence within the Men's International Professional Tennis Council (MIPTC) as well as dissatisfaction with the way the sport was managed and marketed culminated in a player mutiny in 1988 led by active tennis pros, including then world number one ranked Mats Wilander which changed the entire structure of the tour. In reaction to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine ,

2520-492: The Number 10 "cesspit". Brown subsequently said he was "sorry" and that he took "full responsibility for what happened". Dorries threatened libel proceedings against McBride, Draper and Downing Street but did not carry out that threat. McBride paid Dorries an undisclosed sum, estimated at £ 1,000 plus £2,500 towards her costs. In May 2009, The Telegraph , as part of its exposure of MPs' expenses claims , questioned whether

2590-838: The basis that Dorries "gave the impression it had some kind of parliamentary endorsement or authority". On 21 October 2010, the MP's standards watchdog criticised Dorries for maintaining a blog which would "mislead constituents" as to how much actual time she was spending in her constituency. Dorries announced: "my blog is 70% fiction and 30% fact! It is written as a tool to enable my constituents to know me better and to reassure them of my commitment to Mid Bedfordshire . I rely heavily on poetic licence and frequently replace one place name/event/fact with another." Referring to her main home being in Gloucestershire , she said: "I have always been aware that should my personal domestic arrangements become

2660-558: The beginning of December 2013, said that Dorries had finally disclosed her income (amounting to £20,228 in total) from appearing on I'm a Celebrity... in the register of members' interests. In the June 2016 EU referendum , Dorries supported the Leave campaign and was critical of Cameron, who backed Remain. Dorries called for Cameron to resign during the campaign in May 2016, and submitted a letter of no confidence to Graham Brady , chairman of

2730-489: The blog, on threat of libel action against the service provider. In January 2010, it was reported that Dorries was still being investigated by John Lyon , the Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards , regarding her claim for second home expenses. There was some debate as to the location of her main home. It was also reported that Dorries had claimed £20,000 in office expenses for work undertaken by

2800-815: The chief executive officer. Mark Young is the Vice Chairman, David Massey is the Executive Vice President for the European region and Alison Lee for the International group. The ATP Board of Directors includes the chairman, along with three tournament representatives and three player representatives. The player representatives are elected by the ATP Player Council. The current board members are: The twelve-member ATP Player Advisory Council delivers advisory decisions to

2870-521: The company in 1998. She was elected to the House of Commons at the 2005 general election for the Conservative safe seat of Mid Bedfordshire. As a backbencher , Dorries introduced several unsuccessful private member's bills , including attempts to reduce the time limit for abortions in the UK and changes to the rules regarding counselling for the women involved, and the advocacy of sexual abstinence for girls in sex education . An opponent of John Bercow , she attempted to have him removed as Speaker of

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2940-481: The exception of the Olympics and Hopman Cup. The four-week ITF Satellite tournaments were discontinued in 2007. Players and doubles teams with the most ranking points (collected during the calendar year) play in the season-ending ATP Finals , which, from 2000 to 2008, was run jointly with the International Tennis Federation (ITF). The details of the professional tennis tour are: ATP publishes weekly rankings of professional players: ATP rankings (commonly known as

3010-614: The exception of those for the ATP Finals , whose points are dropped following the last ATP event of the year. The player with the most points by the season's end is the world No. 1 of the year. The ATP rankings Race to Turin is a calendar-year indicator of what the PIF ATP Rankings will be on the Monday after the end of the regular season. Players finishing in the top eight of the Emirates ATP Rankings following

3080-572: The growing influence of Christian evangelical movements in the UK and highlighted the Lawyers' Christian Fellowship 's involvement in lobbying the British Government on issues such as abortion , gay rights and the enforcing of laws relating to blasphemy . The programme included footage of an LCF representative meeting with Dorries to influence policy on matters where they had a common agenda. In February 2010 Dorries took part in

3150-555: The information to Kathryn Hudson , the parliamentary commissioner for standards. In so doing, she had broken the MP's code of conduct. The all-party standards committee said that she should never have agreed to such a clause in her contract. In addition, Dorries had falsely claimed that payment for eight pieces of work in the media did not need to be declared as they were made to Averbrook, her company, rather than to herself directly. Andy McSmith , writing in The Independent at

3220-449: The knowledge of my political opponents, they would be able to exaggerate that to good effect." She gave an explanation of the statement to her local newspaper, in which she said that her whereabouts on her blog had been disguised, on police advice, because of unwanted attention. She also said that she made the statement in order to protect her staff and family. On 27 October 2010, Dorries partially retracted her 70% fiction claim, posting

3290-451: The leaked publication of emails sent by Damian McBride , Prime Minister Gordon Brown 's head of strategy and planning, which suggested spreading a rumour that Dorries had a one-night stand with a fellow MP, in an email to Derek Draper , a Labour-supporting blogger. McBride resigned and Dorries denounced the accusation as libellous : "[t]he allegations regarding myself are 100 per cent untrue", and demanded an apology intent on exposing

3360-463: The men had their first television package to broadcast 19 tournaments. Coming online with their first website in 1995, this was followed by a multi-year agreement with Mercedes-Benz. Lawsuits in 2008, around virtually the same issues, resulted in a restructured tour. In 2009, ATP introduced a new tour structure called ATP World Tour consisting of ATP World Tour Masters 1000, ATP World Tour 500, and ATP World Tour 250 tier tournaments. Broadly speaking,

3430-516: The new clay court event at Madrid, which is a new combined men's and women's tournament. In 2011, Rome and Cincinnati also became combined tournaments. Severe sanctions are placed on top players skipping the Masters 1000 series events, unless medical proof is presented. Plans to eliminate Monte Carlo and Hamburg as Masters Series events led to controversy and protests from players as well as organisers. Hamburg and Monte Carlo filed lawsuits against

3500-636: The next general election in 2015, with herself as such a candidate. "This is not party policy and it's not going to happen", a Conservative Party spokesman told the Press Association . Following the publication of a report by the Standards Committee on 11 November 2013, Dorries apologised in the House of Commons to her fellow MPs for two errors of judgement. Her confidentiality agreement with ITV over her fee for appearing on I'm A Celebrity... had led to her refusing to disclose

3570-476: The office. Subsequently, Dorries's sister was taken on as "senior secretary" with a salary of £30,000–35,000. In reply to an enquiry by Ben Glaze, deputy political editor of the Daily Mirror , about the employment of her daughter, Dorries tweeted: "Be seen within a mile of my daughters and I will nail your balls to the floor... using your own front teeth. Do you get that?" In October 2013, Dorries described

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3640-425: The party whip on 6 November, after her confirmation that she was planning to be absent from Parliament. John Lyon, the Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards , received a complaint about her behaviour. The series began on 11 November 2012, but on 21 November, Dorries became the first contestant to be voted off the show. On 27 November Dorries met Sir George Young , who asked her to rebuild her relationship with

3710-504: The party whip there and then". In August 2011, Dorries led the first delegation of Members of Parliament to Equatorial Guinea . She met the Prime Minister of Equatorial Guinea, Ignacio Milam Tang . She reportedly said to him: "We are here to dispel some of the myths about Equatorial Guinea and also with humility to offer you help to avoid the mistakes we have made." According to the official website of Equatorial Guinea, Dorries

3780-490: The party. She then sat as an independent MP, but continued to deny the whip had been withdrawn , stating it had merely been suspended. On 8 May 2013, Dorries regained the Conservative whip without any conditions having been applied. George Osborne reportedly objected to her regaining the parliamentary whip, while commentators speculated that, should she not be readmitted, Dorries might join UKIP , which had made gains from

3850-476: The people of Ukraine". CEO Hamilton Jordan is credited with the "Parking Lot Press Conference" on 26 August 1988 during which the ATP announced their withdrawal from the MIPTC (then called the MTC) and the creation of their own tour from 1990 onwards. This re-organisation also ended a lawsuit with Volvo and Donald Dell . On 19 January 1989 the ATP published the calendar for the inaugural 1990 season. By 1991,

3920-542: The property in Dorries's constituency, on which she claimed £24,222 additional costs allowance (for "secondary" housing costs), had been in fact her main or only home from 2007 onwards. The newspaper also queried hotel bills, including one for 'Mr N Dorries': these had been disallowed by the Fees Office and Dorries said they were submitted by mistake. On 22 May 2009, she spoke on BBC Radio 4 and drew parallels between

3990-546: The report or worked on it. Dorries insisted that she had indeed published the report, placing a photograph of it on her blog. She subsequently told the Biggleswade Advertiser that the report was never printed and a credit note issued with refund on 13 September 2008. On 13 January 2011, it was reported by the Daily Mirror that police were investigating Dorries concerning her expenses. Three days later, The Sunday Times reported that police had since handed

4060-655: The result accusing Dorries of breaches of Section 106 of the Representation of the People Act 1983 by making false statements about his character. The development first emerged in early June after the three-week petition for such an action had expired. The petition was rejected by the High Court of Justice because it was served at Dorries's constituency office and not her home address. In April 2009, Dorries stated that she had commenced legal action following

4130-476: The retirement through ill health after a series of scandals of Jonathan Sayeed . In 2009, she gave this account of her selection: Three weeks before the 2005 general election I, a council estate Scouser, was selected as the Conservative candidate to represent a southern rural constituency. Because the vacancy occurred so quickly and so close to D-day, the party provided my association with a shortlist of seventeen candidates, of which about five were women. Following

4200-404: The successful candidate, "represented everything that through my life ... [I have] been suspicious of." In May 2007, she criticised Cameron for ignoring the recommendations of the Conservative public policy working group in favour of grammar schools . However, she did defend the selection of Liz Truss in 2009, whose Conservative candidature was called into question after an extra-marital affair

4270-457: The ‘world rankings’), a 52-week rolling ranking, and the ATP Race to Turin , a year to date ranking. All ATP players also have a Universal Tennis Rating , based on head-to-head results. The ATP rankings is used for determining qualification for entry and seeding in all tournaments for both singles and doubles. Within the ATP rankings period which is the past year, points are accumulated with

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4340-429: Was criticised after she retweeted a doctored video from a far-right Twitter account which falsely claimed that Labour leader Keir Starmer obstructed the prosecution of grooming gangs while he served as Director of Public Prosecutions . In November 2020, Dorries attracted media criticism after rejecting an offer of cross-party talks to discuss a mental health support package for frontline NHS and care staff during

4410-476: Was first managed by Jack Kramer , as executive director, and Cliff Drysdale , as president. Jim McManus was a founding member. Kramer created the professional players' rankings system , which started the following year and is still in use. From 1974 to 1989, the men's circuit was administered by a sub-committee called the Men's International Professional Tennis Council (MIPTC) . It was made up of representatives of

4480-403: Was nine. She said that at the time, she was too ashamed to report this to her parents or authorities, but the stories of child sexual abuse described in novels she wrote as an adult are based on her own experience. After primary school, she attended Halewood Grange Comprehensive School before moving with her family to Runcorn . She grew up on a council estate and entered nursing in 1975 as

4550-490: Was one of nine MPs on the trip. Early in November 2012, it was announced that Dorries had agreed to appear on I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here! . Other Conservatives objected to her decision and her constituents were "overwhelmingly negative" on local radio. Neither the Conservative chief whip, Sir George Young , nor the chairman of the Mid Bedfordshire Conservative Association were informed of her absence from Parliament. The Conservative Party suspended Dorries from

4620-620: Was promoted to a minister of state . In Johnson's cabinet reshuffle in September 2021 , he promoted her to Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport. Despite being invited to continue in the position, she resigned as Culture Secretary ahead of the formation of the Truss ministry , after Liz Truss took over from Johnson on 6 September 2022. On 9 June 2023, Dorries announced her intention to stand down as an MP with immediate effect. She later changed her position, saying that she would not proceed with her resignation until she had received information relating to why she had been refused

4690-498: Was relocated to the Delray Beach Tennis Center . American Todd Martin won the tournament's first singles event in 1993. The tournament was previously named the Delray Beach International Tennis Championships (ITC) before being changed to its current name in 2014. 26°27′47″N 80°04′30″W  /  26.463°N 80.075°W  / 26.463; -80.075 Association of Tennis Professionals Launched in 1972 by Jack Kramer , Donald Dell , and Cliff Drysdale , it

4760-465: Was revealed. Dorries served as a member of the Innovation, Universities, Science and Skills Committee , although by November 2008 she had attended only 2% of sessions. The committee then reformed as the Science and Technology Select Committee; she did not attend a single session. In 2010, she was elected to the Health Select Committee . In May 2008, Dorries featured in the Channel 4 Dispatches documentary "In God's Name". The programme examined

4830-417: Was subsequently a director of the health provider during the following year. As Nadine Bargery, she was selected as the prospective parliamentary candidate (PPC) for Hazel Grove , near Manchester in spring 2000. Her candidacy split the constituency party, and she was briefly deselected in August before being imposed by Conservative Central Office . Standing for the seat at the 2001 general election , she

4900-401: Was unsuccessful in her attempt to succeed the Liberal Democrat candidate Andrew Stunell , who retained the seat with a majority of 8,435 votes. Dorries worked for three years as a special adviser to Oliver Letwin , when Shadow Chancellor, to sort out his relations with the media amongst other things. Dorries won the Conservative candidacy for the safe seat of Mid Bedfordshire in 2005 on

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